26. وَلَقَدْ مَکَّنَّاهُمْ فِیمَا إِنْ مَکَّنَّاکُمْ فِیهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعآ وَأَبْصَارآ وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِنْ شَیْءٍ إِذْ کَانُوا یَجْحَدُونَ بِآیَاتِ اللهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُون
26- AND VERILY WE ESTABLISHED THEM IN WHAT (OF POWER) WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED YOU IN IT. (WE MADE THEM MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU)
AND WE GAVE THEM EARS, EYES, AND HEARTS; BUT THEIR EAR, EYE, AND HEARTS, AVAILED THEM NOTHING; SO LONG AS THEY DENIED THE SIGNS OF GOD, AND WHAT THEY WERE MOCKING AT ENCOMPASSED THEMSELVES.
27. وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَکْنَا مَا حَوْلَکُمْ مِنْ الْقُرَى وَصَرَّفْنَا الاْیَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُونَ
27- AND WE DESTROYED SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT WERE AROUND YOU, WHEN WE EXPLAINED OUR SIGNS PERHAPS THEY WOULD RETURN.
28. فَلَوْلاَ نَصَرَهُمْ الَّذِینَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ قُرْبَانآ آلِهَةً بَلْ ضَلُّوا عَنْهُمْ وَذَلِکَ إِفْکُهُمْ وَمَا کَانُوا یَفْتَرُونَ
28- WHY THEN GODS WHOM THEY HAD TAKEN BESIDES ALLAH, TO DRAW THEM NEARER TO HIM, DID NOT HELP THEM? THEY RATHER LOST THEM, (IN THEIR UTTER NEED) AND SO WAS THEIR CALUMNY AND WHAT THEY HAD BEEN FORGING.
