وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللهِ جَهْدَ أَیْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جَاءَهُمْ نَذِیرٌ لَیَکُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاُْمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ نَذِیرٌ مَا زَادَهُمْ إِلاَّ نُفُور(( 42 ))

42- AND THEY EARNESTLY SWORE BY ALLAH, THAT IF A WARNER CAME TO THEM, THEY WOULD BE GUIDED BETTER THAN ANY ONE OF THE NATIONS.

      BUT WHEN A WARNER CAME TO THEM, IT DID NOT INCREASE THEM EXCEPT KEEPING ALOOF.

اسْتِکْبَاراً فِی الاَْرْضِ وَمَکْرَ السَّیِّىِ وَلاَ یَحِیقُ الْمَکْرُ السَّیِّئُ إِلاَّ بِأَهْلِهِ فَهَلْ یَنْظُرُونَ إِلاَّ سُنَّتَ الاَْوَّلِینَ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَبْدِیلا وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَحْوِیل(( 43 ))

43- BEING PROUD IN THE LAND, AND HAVING EVIL PLOTS. AND EVIL PLOTS ENCOMPASSES ONLY THOSE WHO DO IT. AND DO THEY EXPECT, BUT THE WONT (FATE) OF THE ANCIENTS?

      THEN YOU WILL NEVER FIND THE WONT OF ALLAH TO BE CHANGED, AND YOU WILL NEVER FIND THE WONT OF ALLAH TO BE ALTERED.

أَوَلَمْ یَسِیرُوا فِی الاَْرْضِ فَیَنْظُرُوا کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَکَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَمَا کَانَ اللهُ لِیُعْجِزَهُ مِنْ شَیْء فِی السَّمَـوَاتِ وَلاَ فِی الاَْرْضِ إِنَّهُ کَانَ عَلِیماً قَدِیر(( 44 ))

44- DO THEY NOT TRAVEL IN THE EARTH, SO AS TO OBSERVE HOW WAS THE END OF THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE THEM? AND THEY WERE SUPERIOR TO THEM IN POWER. AND ALLAH HAS NEVER BEEN THE ONE, WHOM ANYTHING MAY FRUSTRATE HIM IN THE HEAVENS, NOR IN THE EARTH, THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALL-KNOWING, MIGHTY.