فَلَوْلاَ کَانَ مِنْ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِکُمْ أُوْلُوا بَقِیَّة یَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ الْفَسَادِ فِی الاَْرْضِ إِلاَّ قَلِیلا مِّمَّنْ أَنْجَیْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا مَا أُتْرِفُوا فِیهِ وَکَانُوا مُجْرِمِینَ(( 116 ))
116- WHY WERE THERE NOT AMONG THE GENERATIONS BEFORE YOU, ANY UPRIGHT MEN TO PREACH AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE EARTH, EXCEPT A FEW OF THOSE WHOM WE RESCUED FROM AMONG THEM. AND THOSE WHO OPPRESSED FOLLOWED THEIR WORLDLY PLEASURES, AND THUS BECAME GUILTY.
وَمَا کَانَ رَبُّکَ لِیُهْلِکَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْم وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ (( 117 ))
117- AND YOUR LORD IS NOT TO DESTROY THE TOWNS UNJUSTLY, WHEN THEIR INHABITANTS ARE RIGHTEOUS.