English

Have they not seen how many nations before them did We destroy? Thereafter they never came back to them. All of them shall (one day) be gathered before Us. Let the dead earth be a Sign for them. We gave it life and produced from it grain whereof they eat. We made in it gardens of date-palms and vines, and We caused springs to gush forth. that they might eat of its fruits. It was not their hands that made them. Will they not, then, give thanks? Holy is He Who created all things in pairs, whether it be of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they do not know. And the night is another Sign for them. We strip the day from it and they become plunged in darkness. The sun is running its course to its appointed place. That is the ordaining of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have appointed stages for the moon till it returns in the shape of a dry old branch of palm-tree. Neither does it lie in the sun’s power to overtake the moon1 nor can the night outstrip the day. All glide along, each in its own orbit. Neither does it lie in the sun’s power to overtake the moon1 nor can the night outstrip the day.2 All glide along, each in its own orbit. and then created for them other vessels like those on which they ride. Should We so wish, We can drown them, and there will be none to heed their cries of distress, nor will they be rescued. It is only Our Mercy (that rescues them) and enables enjoyment of life for a while.