وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِی قَرْیَة مِنْ نَذِیر إِلاَّ قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ کَافِرُونَ(( 34 ))

34- AND WE DID NOT SEND ANY WARNER INTO A TOWN, EXCEPT THAT, THOSE WHO LIVED THERE IN COMFORT, SAID:- ``WE DISBELIEVE THAT WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN SENT WITH.''

وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَکْثَرُ أَمْوَالا وَأَوْلاَداً وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ(( 35 ))

35- THEY ALSO SAID:- ``OUR PROPERTIES AND CHILDREN ARE MORE (THAN THAT OF THE BELIEVERS), AND WE SHALL NOT BE PUNISHED.''

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّی یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَشَاءُ وَیَقْدِرُ وَلَکِنَّ أَکْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ یَعْلَمُونَ(( 36 ))

36- SAY:- ``VERILY MY LORD INCREASES THE SUSTENANCE FOR WHOM HE WILL, AND RESTRICTS, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW.

وَمَا أَمْوَالُکُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُکُمْ بِالَّتِی تُقَرِّبُکُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفَى إِلاَّ مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَأُوْلَئِکَ لَهُمْ جَزَاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ فِی الْغُرُفَاتِ آمِنُونَ(( 37 ))

37- AND NOT YOUR PROPERTIES, NEITHER YOUR CHILDREN, ARE (IN THE POSITION) TO BRING YOU NEARER TO US IN RANK, EXCEPT HIM WHO BELIEVED AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. THEN THOSE ARE FOR WHOM IS A TWOFOLD OF REWARD FOR WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY ARE IN THE LOFTY CHAMBERS IN SECURITY.

وَالَّذِینَ یَسْعَوْنَ فِی آیَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِینَ أُوْلَئِکَ فِی الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ(( 38 ))

38- AND THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE OUR SIGNS, SHALL BE BROUGHT FORTH (TO BE QUESTIONED AND PUNISHED)