وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن یَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ اللهِ أَندَادَاً یُحِبُّونَهُمْ کَحُبِّ اللهِ وَالَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبّاً للهِ وَلَوْ یَرَى الَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ یَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ للهِ جَمِیعاً وَأَنَّ الله شَدِیدُ الْعَذَابِ(( 165 ))

165- AND THERE ARE SOME AMONG MEN WHO TAKE TO THEMSELVES COMPEERS APART FROM GOD, THEY LOVE THEM AS ALLAH IS LOVED. BUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE, LOVE ALLAH MORE ARDENTLY. O, IF THE OPPRESSORS MIGHT SEE, WHEN THEY SEE THE CHASTISEMENT, AND THAT THE POWER ALTOGETHER BELONGS TO ALLAH, AND THAT ALLAH IS STERN IN PUNISHMENT.

إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِینَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِینَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الاَْسْبَابُ(( 166 ))

166- WHEN THOSE WHO WERE FOLLOWED (THE ASTRAYING LEADERS) SHALL DISOWN THEIR FOLLOWERS, AND THEY SEE THE CHASTISEMENT AND THEIR TIES ARE CUT ASUNDER.

وَقَالَ الَّذِینَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا کَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ کَمَا تَبَرَّءُوَا مِنَّا کَذَلِکَ یُرِیهِمُ اللهُ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ حَسَرَت عَلَیْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَرجِینَ مِنَ النَّارِ(( 167 ))

167- AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED SHALL SAY: IF ONLY WE HAD ONE MORE CHANCE, WE WOULD DISOWN THEM AS THEY HAVE NOW DISOWNED US. THUS ALLAH SHOWS THEM (THE FRUITS OF) THEIR DEEDS AS (NOTHING BUT) REGRETS; AND THEY SHALL NOT COME OUT OF THE FIRE.