مَا آمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْیَة أَهْلَکْنَاهَا أَفَهُمْ یُؤْمِنُونَ(( 6 ))
6- NONE OF THE TOWNS THAT WE DESTROYED BEFORE THEM DID BELIEVE. WILL THEN THEY BELIEVE?
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَکَ إِلاَّ رِجَالا نُوحِى إِلَیْهِمْ فَسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّکْرِ إِنْ کُنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ(( 7 ))
7- AND WE SENT NO ONE BEFORE YOU, EXCEPT MEN WHOM WE INSPIRED. SO ASK THOSE WHO ARE WELL VERSED IN THE REMINDER (SCRIPTURES) IF YOU DO NOT KNOW.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَداً لاَّ یَأْکُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا کَانُوا خَالِدِینَ(( 8 ))
8- AND WE MADE THEM NOT A BODY THAT ATE NO FOOD, AND THEY WERE NOT ETERNAL.
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَاهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَیْنَاهُمْ وَمَنْ نَّشَاءُ وَأَهْلَکْنَا الْمُسْرِفِینَ(( 9 ))
9- THEN WE FULFILLED OUR PROMISE TO THEM, AND WE SAVED THEM, AND THOSE WHOM WE PLEASED; AND WE DESTROYED THE TRANSGRESSORS.
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَیْکُمْ کِتَاباً فِیهِ ذِکْرُکُمْ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ(( 10 ))
10- NOW WE HAVE SENT DOWN TO YOU A BOOK IN WHICH IS YOUR REMEMBRANCE.