:75. If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.
:76. We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-
:77. Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishment: then Lo! they will be plunged in despair therein!
:78. It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!
:79. And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered back.
:80. It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) the alternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?
:81. On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
:82. They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?
:83. "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
:84. Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"
:85. They will say, "To Allah!" say: "Yet will ye not receive admonition?"
:86. Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"
:87. They will say, "(They belong) to Allah." Say: "Will ye not then be filled with awe?"
:88. Say: "Who is it in whose hands is the governance of all things,- who protects (all), but is not protected (of any)? (say) if ye know."
:89. They will say, "(It belongs) to Allah." Say: "Then how are ye deluded?"
