وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَى أُمَم مِّن قَبْلِکَ فَأَخَذْنَـهُم بِالْبَأْسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَضَرَّعُونَ (42)

42- AND WE SENT MESSENGERS TO THE NATIONS BEFORE YOU, (WHEN THEY REJECTED OUR MESSAGE, AND BELIED OUR MESSENGERS) THEN WE SEIZED THEM WITH HARDSHIP AND MISFORTUNE, PERHAPS THEY WOULD ENTREAT HUMBLY.

فَلَوْلاَ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا وَلَـکِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَیَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّیْطَـنُ مَا کَانُوا یَعْمَلُونَ (43)

43- WHY THEN DID THEY NOT ENTREAT HUMBLY WHEN OUR HARDSHIP CAME UPON THEM? BUT (ON THE CONTRARY) THEIR HEARTS HARDENED; AND SATAN ADORNED IN THEIR SIGHT, THAT WHICH THEY WERE DOING.

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُکِّرُوا بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ أَبْوَبَ کُلِّ شَىْء حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَآ أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَـهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ (44)

44- SO WHEN THEY FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE REMINDED OF; WE OPENED ON THEM THE DOORS OF ALL (GOOD AND ALLURING) THINGS - UNTIL- WHEN THEY REJOICED IN WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN; WE SUDDENLY SEIZED THEM, AND THEY WERE DEEPLY GRIEVED.

فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِینَ (45)

45- AND SO WAS CUT OFF, THE REMNANT OF THE PEOPLE WHO OPPRESSED. AND PRAISE BELONGS TO ALLAH, LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS.