:19. "And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
:20. "For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
:21. "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
:22. (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
:23. (The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
:24. "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
:25. How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
:26. And corn-fields and noble buildings,
:27. And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
:28. Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
:29. And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
:30. We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
:31. Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
:32. And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
:33. And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
:34. As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
:35. "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
:36. "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
:37. What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
:38. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
:39. We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
