After him We did not send any army from heaven against his people, nor were We about to

there was just one blast, and they fell down lifeless

Alas for human beings! Whenever a messenger comes to them they ridicule him

Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them

[Yet] all of them will be brought before Us

There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat

We have put gardens of date palms and grapes in the earth, and We have made springs of water gush out of it

so that they could eat its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this. How can they not give thanks

Glory be to Him who created all the pairs of things that the earth produces, as well as themselves and other things they do not know about

The night is also a sign for them: We strip the daylight from it, and- lo and behold!- they are in darkness

The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing

We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk

The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit