And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent

Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten

And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped

Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them

Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord

Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us

Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors