وَإِنْ یُکَذِّبُوکَ فَقَدْ کَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوح وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ(( 42 ))
42- AND IF THEY BELIE YOU, SO DID THE PEOPLE OF NOAH, طD AND SAMUD BELIE (THEIR APOSTLES) BEFORE YOU.
وَقَوْمُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ وَقَوْمُ لُوط(( 43 ))
43- AND ALSO THE PEOPLE OF ABRAHAM AND LOT (BELIED THEIR PROPHET)
وَأَصْحَابُ مَدْیَنَ وَکُذِّبَ مُوسَى فَأَمْلَیْتُ لِلْکَافِرِینَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَکَیْفَ کَانَ نَکِیرِ(( 44 ))
44- AND THE COMPANIONS OF THE MEDIAN TOO. AND MOSES WAS ALSO BELIED. THEN I RESPITED THE UNBELIEVERS. AFTER THAT I SEIZED THEM, THEN HOW WAS (MY PUNISHMENT FOR) DENIAL?
فَکَأَیِّنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَة أَهْلَکْنَاهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْر مُّعَطَّلَة وَقَصْر مَّشِید(( 45 ))
45- SO, HOW MANY A TOWN THAT WE DESTROYED IT WHILE BEING OPPRESSOR. THEN IT FELL DOWN UPON ITS ROOF, AND ABANDONED WELL AND LOFTY PALACES.