وَلاَ تَمُدَّنَّ عَیْنَیْکَ إِلَى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجاً مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنیَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِیهِ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّکَ خَیْرٌ وَأَبْقَى(( 131 ))

131- AND DO NOT STRETCH YOUR EYES (LOOK NOT WITH EAGERNESS) ON WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO PARTIES OF THEM. (THESE ARE) THE BLOSSOMS OF THE PRESENT LIFE, THROUGH WHICH WE TEST THEM; AND THE SUSTENANCE OF YOUR LORD IS BETTER AND MORE ENDURING.

وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَکَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَیْهَا لاَ نَسْأَلُکَ رِزْقاً نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُکَ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَى(( 132 ))

132- AND ENJOIN THE PRAYER ON YOUR FAMILY, AND INSIST UPON IT. WE DO NOT ASK YOU FOR SUSTENANCE. WE ARE SUSTAINING YOU, AND THE GOOD END IS FOR PIETY.

وَقَالُوا لَوْلاَ یَأْتِینَا بِآیَة مِّنْ رَّبِّهِ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَیِّنَةُ مَا فِى الصُّحُفِ الاُْولَى(( 133 ))

133- AND THEY SAID:ِ ``WHY DOES HE NOT BRING US A SIGN FROM HIS LORD? HAS THERE NOT COME TO THEM THE EVIDENCES WHICH ARE IN THE FORMER SCRIPTURES?''

وَلَوْ أَنَّا أَهْلَکْنَاهُمْ بِعَذَاب مِّنْ قَبْلِهِ لَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلاَ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَیْنَا رَسُولا فَنَتَّبِعَ آیَاتِکَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَى(( 134 ))

134- AND IF WE HAD DESTROYED THEM BY A PUNISHMENT BEFORE IT, THEY WOULD HAVE SAID:ِ ``OUR LORD! WHY DID YOU NOT SEND A MESSENGER TO US, SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR SIGNS, BEFORE WE WERE HUMBLED AND DISGRACED.''

قُلْ کُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَابُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ اهْتَدَى(( 135 ))

135- WE ARE ALL WAITING; THEN YOU WAIT ON. AND SOON SHALL YOU KNOW, WHO IS THE FOLLOWER OF THE STRAIGHT WAY AND WHO HAS BEEN GUIDED.