وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَکْنَا الْقُرُونَ مِنْ قَبْلِکُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَیِّنَاتِ وَمَا کَانُوا لِیُؤْمِنُوا کَذَلِکَ نَجْزِی الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِینَ(( 13 ))
13- AND WE DESTROYED GENERATIONS BEFORE YOU WHEN THEY OPPRESSED; AND THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM WITH EVIDENCES; BUT THEY WERE NOT TO BELIEVE. THUS WE RECOMPENSE A PEOPLE WHO ARE GUILTY.
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاکُمْ خَلاَئِفَ فِی الاَْرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنْظُرَ کَیْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ(( 14 ))
14- THEN WE MADE YOU SUCCESSORS IN THE LAND AFTER THEM, IN ORDER TO OBSERVE WHAT DO YOU DO(HOW YOU BEHAVE).