قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٖ لَّيُصۡبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ
(23:40) He answered: "A short while, and they shall be repenting."
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءٗۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
(23:41) Then a mighty blast quite justly overtook them, and We reduced them
to a rubble.7 So away with the wrong-doing folk!
to a rubble.7 So away with the wrong-doing folk!
ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ
(23:42) Then, after them, We brought forth other generations.
مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
(23:43) No nation can outstrip its term, nor can it put it back.
ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتۡرَاۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةٗ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُۖ فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُم بَعۡضٗا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَحَادِيثَۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
(23:44) Then We sent Our Messengers in succession. Whenever a Messenger came
to his people they rejected him, calling him a liar. Thereupon, We made each
people to follow the other (to its doom), reducing them to mere tales (of the
past). Scourged be the people who do not believe!8
to his people they rejected him, calling him a liar. Thereupon, We made each
people to follow the other (to its doom), reducing them to mere tales (of the
past). Scourged be the people who do not believe!8