وَکَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْیَة کَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً آخَرِینَ(( 11 ))
11- AND HOW MANY A TOWN WE DESTROYED WHO WERE OPPRESSORS, AND AFTER IT, WE BROUGHT ON OTHER PEOPLE.
فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا إِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا یَرْکُضُونَ(( 12 ))
12- WHEN THEY FELT OUR MIGHT, (i.e THE APPROACH OF OUR PUNISHMENT) THEY FLED OUT OF IT.
لاَ تَرْکُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِیهِ وَمَسَاکِنِکُمْ لَعَلَّکُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ(( 13 ))
13- DO NOT FLEE, AND RETURN TO YOUR LUXURIES THAT YOU HAVE SUPPLIED, INTO AND TO YOUR HOUSES. THAT YOU MIGHT BE QUESTIONED.
قَالُوا یَا وَیْلَنَا إِنَّا کُنَّا ظَالِمِینَ(( 14 ))
14- THEY SAID:ِ ``WOE TO US! WE WERE OPPRESSORS.
فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْکَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِیداً خَامِدِینَ (( 15 ))
15- AND THIS CRY THEY KEPT REPEATING, UNTIL WE MOWED THEM DOWN; AND MADE THEM SILENT.