وَکَمْ أَهْلَکْنَا مِنْ قَرْیَة بَطِرَتْ مَعِیشَتَهَا فَتِلْکَ مَسَاکِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْکَنْ مِّنْ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلاَّ قَلِیلا وَکُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوَارِثِینَ(( 58 ))

58- HOW MANY A TOWN WE DESTROYED WHICH AFFLUENCE OF LIVELIHOOD HAD MADE THEM PROUD.

      THOSE ARE THEIR DWELLING PLACES THAT WERE RARELY INHABITED AFTER THEM, AND WE WERE THE INHERITORS.

وَمَا کَانَ رَبُّکَ مُهْلِکَ الْقُرَى حَتَّى یَبْعَثَ فِى أُمِّهَا رَسُولا یَتْلُوا عَلَیْهِمْ آیَاتِنَا وَمَا کُنَّا مُهْلِکِى الْقُرَى إِلاَّ وَأَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ(( 59 ))

59- AND YOUR LORD WAS NOT (SUCH AS) TO DESTROY TOWNS, UNTIL HE RAISED IN THEIR MOTHER TOWN (CAPITAL) A MESSENGER TO RECITE OUR SIGNS UNTO THEM. AND WE WERE NOT (SUCH AS) TO DESTROY THE TOWNS UNLESS THEIR INHABITANTS WERE OPPRESSORS.

وَمَا أُوتِیتُمْ مِّنْ شَىْء فَمَتَاعُ الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنْیَا وَزِینَتُهَا وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَیْرٌ وَأَبْقَى أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ(( 60 ))

60- AND WHATEVER OF A THING YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN ARE ONLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOWER LIFE, (OF THE PRESENT WORLD) AND ITS ADORNMENTS, AND WHAT IS WITH ALLAH IS BETTER AND MORE ENDURING.