How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk

And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it

(But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned

They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers

And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play

If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did

Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him)

Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary

They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not

Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead

If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him)

He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned

Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse