[38.1] Saad, by the Holy Reading (Koran) of the Remembrance.
[38.2] No, the unbelievers exalt in their division.
[38.3] How many generations have We destroyed before them. They called: 'The time is neither of escape, nor safety.'
[38.4] They marvel now that, from among themselves, a warner has come to them. The unbelievers say: 'This is a lying sorcerer.
[38.5] What, has he made the gods One God? This is indeed a wondrous thing.'
[38.6] Their assembly left (saying): 'Go, and be patient to your gods, this is something to be desired.
[38.7] We never heard of this in the former religion. It is nothing but an invention.
[38.8] What, out of all of us, has the
Remembrance been sent down to
him (Prophet Muhammad)?' No, they are doubtful about My Remembrance, no, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
[38.9] Or, have they the treasuries of the Mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Giving?
[38.10] Or, is theirs the Kingdom of
the heavens and the earth and all that is between them? Then let them ascend by (their) means!
[38.11] The army is defeated as (were) the confederates.
