َمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُکِّرَ بِآیَاتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ یَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَکِنَّةً أَنْ یَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِی آذَانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَإِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى فَلَنْ یَهْتَدُوا إِذاً أَبَد(( 57 ))
57- AND WHO IS MORE UNJUST, THAN HE WHO WAS REMINDED BY THE SIGNS OF HIS LORD, THEN HE TURNED AWAY FROM IT, AND FORGOT WHAT HIS HANDS HAD FORWARDED? WE HAVE PUT A VEIL UPON THEIR HEARTS NOT TO APPREHEND IT, AND A HEAVINESS IN THEIR EARS (SO THAT THEY DON'T HEAR). AND IF YOU CALL THEM TO GUIDANCE, THEY WILL NEVER BE GUIDED!
وَرَبُّکَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ لَوْ یُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا کَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمْ الْعَذَابَ بَلْ لَّهُمْ مَوْعِدٌ لَّنْ یَجِدُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ مَوْئِل(( 58 ))
58- AND YOUR LORD IS FORGIVING, MERCIFUL. IF HE WAS TO TAKE THEM TO TASK FOR WHAT THEY EARNED, HE WOULD HAVE HASTENED THE PUNISHMENT FOR THEM, BUT THERE IS AN APPOINTED TIME FOR THEM, FROM WHICH THEY FIND NO REFUGE.
وَتِلْکَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَکْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِکِهِمْ مَّوْعِد(( 59 ))
59- AND THESE ARE THE TOWNS (THE RUINS OF WHICH YOU MAY SEE) THAT, WE DESTROYED THEM WHEN THEY OPPRESSED; AND WE APPOINTED FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION AN APPOINTED TIME.