ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً آخَرِینَ(( 31 ))

31- AFTER THEM WE ORIGINATED ANOTHER GENERATION.

فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِیهِمْ رَسُولا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَا لَکُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـه غَیْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ(( 32 ))

32- AND WE SENT TO THEM A MESSENGER OF THEMSELVES, SAYING THAT; WORSHIP ALLAH. YOU HAVE NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM. DO YOU NOT THEN PAY HEED?

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا وَکَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ الاْخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَاهُمْ فِى الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنْیَا مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُکُمْ یَأْکُلُ مِمَّا تَأْکُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَیَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ(( 33 ))

33- AND THE CHIEFS OF HIS PEOPLE WHO DISBELIEVED AND DENIED THE ENCOUNTER OF THE LIFE TO COME, AND ON WHOM WE HAD BESTOWED THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS LIFE SAID:ِ ``THIS IS NO MORE THAN A MAN LIKE YOURSELVES, WHO EATS OF WHAT YOU EAT, AND DRINKS OF WHAT YOU DRINK.''

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ بَشَراً مِّثْلَکُمْ إِنَّکُمْ إِذاً لَّخَاسِرُونَ(( 34 ))

34- AND IF YOU OBEY A MAN LIKE YOURSELVES. THEN YOU WILL BE LOSERS.

أَیَعِدُکُمْ أَنَّکُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَکُنتُمْ تُرَاباً وَعِظَاماً أَنَّکُمْ مُّخْرَجُونَ(( 35 ))

35- DOES HE PROMISE YOU THAT WHEN YOU DIED AND BECAME DUST AND BONES YOU WILL COME OUT. (OF GRAVES)

هَیْهَاتَ هَیْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ(( 36 ))

36- FAR FROM IT! FAR FROM IT! IS THAT WHICH YOU ARE PROMISED.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلاَّ حَیَاتُنَا الدُّنْیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْیَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِینَ(( 37 ))

37- IT IS NOT EXCEPT OUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD.

WE LIVE AND WE DIE; AND WE WILL NOT BE RAISED UP AGAIN.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ کَذِباً وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِینَ(( 38 ))

38- HE IS ONLY A MAN WHO HAS FORGED A LIE AGAINST ALLAH, AND WE WILL NOT BELIEVE HIM.

قَالَ رَبِّ انصُرْنِى بِمَا کَذَّبُونِ(( 39 ))

39- HE SAID; O, MY LORD! HELP ME IN WHAT THEY BELIE ME. (CALLING ME LIAR)

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِیل لَّیُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِینَ(( 40 ))

40- (HIS LORD) SAID:ِ SOON SHALL THEY BECOME RUEFUL.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّیْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً فَبُعْداً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِینَ(( 41 ))

41- THEN A CRY SEIZED THEM JUSTLY, AND WE MADE THEM AS WITHERED LEAVES! SO; AWAY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPRESSORS.