وَإِذَا تُتْلى عَلَیْهِمْ آیَاتُنَا بَیِّنَات قَالَ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا لِلَّذِینَ آمَنُوا أَىُّ الْفَرِیقَیْنِ خَیْرٌ مَّقَاماً وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِیّ(( 73 ))

73- WHEN OUR PERSPICUOUS SIGNS (VERSES) ARE RECITED TO THEM, THE UNBELIEVERS SAY TO THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED:ِ ``WHICH ONE OF THE TWO PARTIES IS BETTER IN POSITION, AND SUPERIOR IN ASSOCIATION?''

وَکَمْ أَهْلَکْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْن هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَاثاً وَرِئْی(( 74 ))

74- AND HOW MANY A GENERATION WE DESTROYED BEFORE THEM, WHO WERE BETTER IN PROPERTY AND SPLENDOUR.

قُلْ مَنْ کَانَ فِى الضَّلاَلَةِ فَلْیَمْدُدْ لَهُ الرَّحْمنُ مَدّاً حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا یُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا الْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَسَیَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَّکَاناً وَأَضْعَفُ جُند(( 75 ))

75- SAY, HE WHO IS IN ERROR, THEN THE MERCIFUL WILL RESPITE HIM, TILL HE SEES WHAT THEY ARE PROMISED, WHETHER THE PUNISHMENT, OR, THE HOUR. THEN VERY SOON WILL THEY KNOW WHO IS WORSE IN POSITION, AND WEAKER OF HOSTS.

وَیَزِیدُ اللهُ الَّذِینَ اهْتَدَوْا هُدىً وَالْبَاقِیَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَیْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّکَ ثَوَاباً وَخَیْرٌ مَّرَدّ(( 76 ))

76- AND ALLAH WILL INCREASE THOSE WHO ARE GUIDED (THEIR) GUIDANCE, AND THE ABIDING (DEEDS) OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE BETTER WITH YOUR LORD, AS REWARD AND GOOD END.