And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed.
A message of prohibition had come to them-
Consummate wisdom-but warners profit them not.
Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business,
With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,
Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day."
Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected.
Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents,
And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree.