They shall say, Yes! there came to us one charged with warnings; but we treated him as a liar, and said, "Nothing hath God sent down: ye are in nothing but a vast delusion."
And they shall say, "Had we but hearkened or understood, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames;"
And their sin shall they acknowledge: but, "Avaunt, ye dwellers in the flame."
But pardon and a great reward for those who fear their Lord in secret!
Be your converse hidden or open, He truly knoweth the inmost recess of your breasts!
What! shall He not know who hath created? for He is the Subtil,2 the
Cognizant.
It is He who hath made the earth level for you: traverse then its broad sides, and eat of what He hath provided.-Unto Him shall be the resurrection.
What! are ye sure that He who is in Heaven will not cleave the Earth beneath you? And lo, it shall quake.
Or are ye sure that He who is in Heaven will not send against you a stone- charged whirlwind? Then shall ye know what my warning meant!
And verily, those who flourish before you treated their prophets as liars: and how grievous my wrath!