أَفَلَمْ یَهْدِ لَهُمْ کَمْ أَهْلَکْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ الْقُرُونِ یَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَاکِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَلِکَ لاَیَات لاُِّوْلِى النُّهَى(( 128 ))
128- IS IT NOT ENOUGH TO GUIDE THEM, THAT, HOW MANY OF GENERATIONS WE DESTROYED BEFORE THEM IN WHOSE (RUINED) DWELLING-PLACES THEY WALK? SURELY IN THIS, THERE ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WISE.
وَلَوْلاَ کَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَّبِّکَ لَکَانَ لِزَاماً وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمّىً(( 129 ))
129- HAD THERE BEEN NOT A WORD PRECEDED FROM YOUR LORD AND A STATED TERM, (GOD'S PUNISHMENT) WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THEM.
فَاصْبِرْ عَلَى مَا یَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّکَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا وَمِنْ آنَاءِ اللَّیْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ لَعَلَّکَ تَرْضَى(( 130 ))
130- THEN BE PATIENT WITH WHAT THEY SAY, AND CELEBRATE THE PRAISE OF YOUR LORD BEFORE SUNRISE, AND BEFORE ITS SETTING, AND DURING THE NIGHT ALSO GLORIFY, AND ABOUT THE DAY TOO; PERHAPS YOU MAY CONSENT.