هَلْ یَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَأْتِیَهُمْ الْمَلاَئِکَةُ أَوْ یَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّکَ کَذَلِکَ فَعَلَ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمْ اللهُ وَلَکِنْ کَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ یَظْلِمُونَ(( 33 ))

33- DO THEY EXPECT ANYTHING EXCEPT THE ANGELS COMING TO THEM, (TO OVER TAKE THEIR SOULS) OR THE COMMAND OF YOUR LORD COME? SO DID THOSE BEFORE THEM. AND ALLAH DID NOT OPPRESS THEM, BUT THEY THEMSELVES WERE OPPRESSING.

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَیِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَّا کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُونَ(( 34 ))

34- THEN THE BAD CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THEY DID, AFFLICTED THEM; AND ENCOMPASSED THEM THAT AT WHICH THEY WERE MOCKING.

َقَالَ الَّذِینَ أَشْرَکُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَیْء نَّحْنُ وَلاَ آبَاؤُنَا وَلاَ حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَیْء کَذَلِکَ فَعَلَ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلاَّ الْبَلاَغُ الْمُبِینُ(( 35 ))

35- AND THE POLYTHEISTS SAID:ِ ``HAD ALLAH WILLED, WE WOULD NOT HAVE WORSHIPPED ANYTHING APART FROM HIM; NEITHER WE NOR OUR FATHERS. AND NOR WOULD HAVE WE FORBIDDEN ANYTHING WITHOUT (A PERMISSION FROM) HIM. SO DID THOSE BEFORE THEM. IS THERE THEN (ANY DUTY) UPON THE MESSSENGERS EXCEPT PERSPICUOUS CONVEYANCE? (OF THE MESSAGES)

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِی کُلِّ أُمَّة رَّسُولا أَنِ اُعْبُدُوا اللهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ فَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ هَدَى اللهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَیْهِ الضَّلاَلَةُ فَسِیرُوا فِی الاَْرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُکَذِّبِینَ(( 36 ))

36- AND VERILY WE RAISED IN EVERY NATION A MESSENGER (TO TELL THEM) THAT, WORSHIP ALLAH, AND AVOID FALSE GODS. THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THEM WHOM ALLAH GUIDED AND OF THEM WERE SOME WHO DESERVED STRAYING. SO TRAVEL IN THE EARTH AND PERCEIVE HOW WAS THE END OF THE BELIERS.

إِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلَى هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لاَ یَهْدِی مَنْ یُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ نَاصِرِینَ(( 37 ))

37- IF YOU ARE SO EAGER FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, THEN KNOW THAT ALLAH WILL NOT GUIDE HIM WHO LEAVES TO STRAY; AND THERE IS NOT ANY HELPERS FOR THEM.