أَفَلَمْ یَسِیرُوا فِی الاَْرْضِ فَیَنظُرُوا کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ کَانُوا أَکْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَآثَاراً فِی الاَْرْضِ فَمَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ مَا کَانُوا یَکْسِبُونَ(( 82 ))

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82- DO THEY NOT TRAVEL IN THE EARTH, AND SEE HOW WAS THE END OF THOSE BEFORE THEMِTHEY WERE MORE NUMEROUS THAN THEM, AND STRONGER IN POWER, AND GREATER OF TRACES IN THE EARTH; YET, WHAT THEY EARNED, DID NOT AVAIL THEM.

فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَیِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُونَ(( 83 ))

83- WHEN THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM WITH EVIDENCES, THEY REJOICED IN WHAT WAS WITH THEM OF KNOWLEDGE, AND SURROUNDED THEM THAT WHICH THEY WERE MOCKING AT.

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَحْدَهُ وَکَفَرْنَا بِمَا کُنَّا بِهِ مُشْرِکِینَ(( 84 ))

84- AND WHEN THEY SAW OUR PUNISHMENT, THEY SAID:- ``WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH ALONE, AND WE BELIEVE NO MORE IN WHAT WE WERE ASSOCIATING WITH HIM.

فَلَمْ یَکُ یَنْفَعُهُمْ إِیمَانُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا سُنَّتَ اللهِ الَّتِی قَدْ خَلَتْ فِی عِبَادِهِ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِکَ الْکَافِرُونَ(( 85 ))

85- BUT THEIR BELIEF DID NOT PROFIT THEM WHEN THEY SAW OUR PUNISHMENT. (SUCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN) THE WONT OF ALLAH, TOUCHING HIS SERVANTS. AND THERE THE UNBELIEVERS WERE LOSERS.