قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَیْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَکُنْ مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِینَ(( 136 ))
136- THEY SAID; IT IS ALIKE TO US WHETHER YOU PREACH OR DO NOT PREACH.
إِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ خُلُقُ الاَْوَّلِینَ(( 137 ))
137- THIS IS NAUGHT BUT AN OLD CUSTOM. (OF THE PRIMEVALS)
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ(( 138 ))
138- AND WE SHALL NOT BE PUNISHED.
فَکَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَکْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَلِکَ لاَیَةً وَمَا کَانَ أَکْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِینَ(( 139 ))
139- THEN THEY BELIED HIM AND WE DESTROYED THEM. VERILY IN THAT IS A SIGN; AND MOST OF THEM WERE NOT BELIEVERS.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِیزُ الرَّحِیمُ(( 140 ))
140- AND VERILY YOUR LORD IS EXALTED IN MIGHT, THE COMPASSIONATE.