إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاکَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِیراً وَنَذِیراً وَإِنْ مِنْ أُمَّة إِلاَّ خلاَ فِیهَا نَذِیرٌ(( 24 ))
24- WE HAVE SENT YOU WITH TRUTH, AS A BEARER OF GLAD-TIDINGS, AND A WARNER. AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NATION UNLESS A WARNER HAS LIVED AMONG THEM.
وَإِنْ یُکَذِّبُوکَ فَقَدْ کَذَّبَ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَیِّنَاتِ وَبِالزُّبُرِ وَبِالْکِتَابِ الْمُنِیرِ(( 25 ))
25- AND IF THEY BELIE YOU, SO DID BELIE THOSE WHO WERE BEFOR THEM. THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM WITH EVIDENCES, AND WITH PSALMS, AND WITH ILLUMINATING BOOK.
ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا فَکَیْفَ کَانَ نَکِیرِ(( 26 ))
26- THEN I SEIZED THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED. HOW WAS THEN THE REJECTION? (i.e. MY PUNISHMENT)