ذَلِکَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَیْکَ مِنْهَا قَائِمٌ وَحَصِیدٌ(( 100 ))

100- THESE ARE THE NEWS OF THE TOWNS THAT WE RELATE IT TO YOU. OF THEM ARE SOME STANDING, (LIKE EGYPT) AND (SOME OTHER LIKE SODOM AND GOMMORAH) MOWN DOWN.

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَکِنْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَا أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ آلِهَتُهُمْ الَّتِی یَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مِنْ شَیْء لَّمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّکَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَیْرَ تَتْبِیب (( 101 ))

101- WE DID NOT OPPRESS THEM, BUT THEY OPPRESSED THEMSELVES. AND THEIR GODS WHOM THEY CALL APART FROM ALLAH, AVAILED THEM NOTHING (WERE OF NO USE TO THEM) WHEN THE DECREE (ORDER) OF YOUR LORD WAS ISSUED; AND THEY ADDED NOTHING TO THEM SAVE DESTRUCTION.

وَکَذَلِکَ أَخْذُ رَبِّکَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِیَ ظَالِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِیمٌ شَدِیدٌ(( 102 ))

102- AND SUCH WAS THE SEIZURE OF YOUR LORD WHEN HE SEIZED THE TOWNS WHEN THEY WERE OPPRESSORS, THAT HIS SEIZURE IS SEVERELY PAINFUL.

إِنَّ فِی ذَلِکَ لاَیَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الاْخِرَةِ ذَلِکَ یَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِکَ یَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ (( 103 ))

103- SURELY IN THAT IS A SIGN FOR HIM WHO FEARS THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LAST JUDGEMENT. THAT IS A DAY FOR WHICH PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER; AND THAT IS A DAY TO BE SEEN BY ALL.

وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لاَِجَل مَّعْدُود (( 104 ))

104- AND WE DELAY IT NOT EXCEPT FOR AN APPOINTED TERM.