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| 28. And WE sent not down against his people, after him, any host from heaven, nor do WE send down any such. 29. It was but a single blast and lo ! they were extinct. 30. Alas for my servants ! there comes not a Messenger to them but they mock at him. 31. Do they not see how many generations WE have destroyed before them, and that they never come back to them ? 32. And all of them, gathered together, will certainly be brought before US. 33. And the dead earth is a Sign for them; WE quicken it and bring forth therefrom grain, of which they eat. 34. And WE have placed in it Gardens of date-palms and grapes, and WE have caused springs to gush forth therein, 35. That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and it was not there hands that made them grow up. Will they not then be grateful ? 36. Holy is HE Who created all things in pairs, of what the earth grows and of themselves, and of what they know not. 37. And a Sign for them is the night from which WE strip off the day, and lo ! they are left in darkness. 38. And the sun is moving on to its determined goal. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing God. 39. And for the moon WE have appointed stages, till it becomes again like an old dry twig of a palm-tree. 40. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. All of them float smoothly in an orbit. |
