:28. And We sent not down against his People, after him, any hosts from heaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do.
:29. It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were (like ashes) quenched and silent.
:30. Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not a messenger to them but they mock him!
:31. See they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to them will they return:
:32. But each one of them all - will be brought before Us (for judgment).
:33. A Sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, and produce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.
:34. And We produce therein orchard with date-palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth therein:
:35. That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks?
:36. Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.
:37. And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the Day, and behold they are plunged in darkness;
:38. And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.
:39. And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.
:40. It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law).
