فَكَأَيِّن مِن قَريَةٍ أَهلَكناها وَهِيَ ظالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خاوِيَةٌ عَلىٰ عُروشِها وَبِئرٍ مُعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصرٍ مَشيدٍ

How many a town did We destroy while it was committing wrong? They now lie in ruins, with abandoned wells and lofty mansions.

أَفَلَم يَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَتَكونَ لَهُم قُلوبٌ يَعقِلونَ بِها أَو آذانٌ يَسمَعونَ بِها ۖ فَإِنَّها لا تَعمَى الأَبصارُ وَلـٰكِن تَعمَى القُلوبُ الَّتي فِي الصُّدورِ

Didn’t they travel through the earth and use their intellect to understand, and their ears to listen? It’s not the eyes that go blind, but it’s the hearts in the chests that do.

وَيَستَعجِلونَكَ بِالعَذابِ وَلَن يُخلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعدَهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَومًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلفِ سَنَةٍ مِمّا تَعُدّونَ

They challenge you to hasten the punishment, but God will never fail in His promise. A day with your Lord is like a thousand years by your calculations.

وَكَأَيِّن مِن قَريَةٍ أَملَيتُ لَها وَهِيَ ظالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذتُها وَإِلَيَّ المَصيرُ

And how many a town did I prolong while it was committing wrong? To Me is the ultimate return.

قُل يا أَيُّهَا النّاسُ إِنَّما أَنا لَكُم نَذيرٌ مُبينٌ

Say, “O people, I am only a clear warner to you.”

وَالَّذينَ سَعَوا في آياتِنا مُعاجِزينَ أُولـٰئِكَ أَصحابُ الجَحيمِ

But those who strive to frustrate Our revelations will be inhabitants of Hell.

وَما أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ مِن رَسولٍ وَلا نَبِيٍّ إِلّا إِذا تَمَنّىٰ أَلقَى الشَّيطانُ في أُمنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنسَخُ اللَّهُ ما يُلقِي الشَّيطانُ ثُمَّ يُحكِمُ اللَّهُ آياتِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَليمٌ حَكيمٌ

We never sent a messenger or a prophet before you without Satan attempting to interfere with his desires. Yet, God nullifies what Satan insinuates, and God reinforces His revelations. God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

لِيَجعَلَ ما يُلقِي الشَّيطانُ فِتنَةً لِلَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ وَالقاسِيَةِ قُلوبُهُم ۗ وَإِنَّ الظّالِمينَ لَفي شِقاقٍ بَعيدٍ

Satan’s insinuations are a trial for those with diseased and hardened hearts. The wrongdoers are in profound discord.

وَلِيَعلَمَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا العِلمَ أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ مِن رَبِّكَ فَيُؤمِنوا بِهِ فَتُخبِتَ لَهُ قُلوبُهُم ۗ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهادِ الَّذينَ آمَنوا إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ

Those endowed with knowledge recognize the truth from your Lord; they believe in it, and their hearts humble to it. God guides those who believe to a straight path.

وَلا يَزالُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا في مِريَةٍ مِنهُ حَتّىٰ تَأتِيَهُمُ السّاعَةُ بَغتَةً أَو يَأتِيَهُم عَذابُ يَومٍ عَقيمٍ

But the unbelievers will remain in doubt until the Hour suddenly overtakes them—or the punishment of a barren day befalls them.