وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُل مِّنْ قَبْلِکَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِینَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَّا کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُون(( 41 ))

41- AND THE MESSENGERS WHO CAME BEFORE YOU, WERE ALSO MOCKED AT, BUT THEIR MOCKERIES SURROUNDED THOSE OF THEM WHO SCOFFED.

قُلْ مَنْ یَکْلَؤُکُمْ بِالَّیْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمنِ بَلْ هُمْ عَنْ ذِکْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّعْرِضُونَ(( 42 ))

42- SAY; WHO GUARDS YOU IN THE NIGHT AND DAY FROM THE (WRATH) OF THE MERCIFUL? AYE! THEY TURN AWAY AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR LORD.

أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّنْ دُونِنَا لاَ یَسْتَطِیعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ مِّنَّا یُصْحَبُونَ(( 43 ))

43- OR DO THEY HAVE GODS TO DEFEND THEM APART FROM US?

      (THESE FABRICATED GODS OF THEM) ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES, NOR ARE THEY HELPED BY US.

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَؤُلاَءِ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ أَفَلاَ یَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى الاَْرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ(( 44 ))

44- AYE! WE BESTOWED ON THESE AND THEIR FATHERS, (THE ENJOYMENTS) UNTIL THEIR LIFE WAS PROLONGED. (AND CAUSED THEM TO REBEL)

      DO THEY NOT SEE THAT WE ARE SHRINKING THE EARTH FROM ITS SIDES? ARE THEY THEN THE CONQUERORS?

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أُنذِرُکُمْ بِالْوَحْىِ وَلاَ یَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا مَا یُنذَرُونَ(( 45 ))

45- SAY:ِ ``I WARN YOU THROUGH INSPIRATION. BUT THOSE WHO ARE DEAF WILL NOT HEAR WHEN THEY ARE WARNED.''