أَفَلَمْ یَسِیرُوا فِى الاَْرْضِ فَتَکُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ یَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ یَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَعْمَى الاَْبْصَارُ وَلَکِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِى فِى الصُّدُورِ(( 46 ))
46- DO THEY NOT TRAVEL IN THE LAND, WITH A HEART TO APPREHEND (THE TRUTH) BY IT, OR WITH EARS TO HEAR WITH? SO, IT IS NOT THE EYES THAT ARE BLIND, BUT BLIND ARE THE HEARTS THAT ARE IN THE BREASTS.
وَیَسْتَعْجِلُونَکَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَلَنْ یُخْلِفَ اللهُ وَعْدَهُ وَإِنَّ یَوْماً عِنْدَ رَبِّکَ کَأَلْفِ سَنَة مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ(( 47 ))
47- AND THEY ASK YOU TO HASTEN ON THE PUNISHMENT, AND ALLAH WILL NEVER FAIL HIS PROMISE. AND A DAY WITH YOUR LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS OF WHAT YOU ARE COUNTING.
وَکَأَیِّنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَة أَمْلَیْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ الْمَصِیرُ(( 48 ))
48- AND HOW MANY A TOWN THAT I HAVE RESPITED IT WHILE BEING OPPRESSORS. THEN I SEIZED IT, AND TO ME IS THE DESTINATION.