17. وَالَّذِی قَالَ لِوَالِدَیْهِ أُفٍّ لَکُمَا أَتَعِدَانِنِی أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ الْقُرُونُ مِنْ قَبْلِی وَهُمَا یَسْتَغِیثَانِ اللهَ وَیْلَکَ آمِنْ وَهُمَا یَسْتَغِیثَانِ اللهَ وَیْلَکَ آمِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللهِ حَقٌّ فَیَقُولُ مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ أَسَاطِیرُ الاَْوَّلِینَ
17- BUT HE WHO SAID TO HIS PARENTS:- ``FIE ON YOU! DO YOU PROMISE ME THAT I SHALL BE PRAISED UP, WHILE GENERATIONS HAVE PASSED AWAY BEFORE ME (WITHOUT BEING RAISED UP AGAIN)? AND THE TWO (HIS PARENTS) ENTREAT ALLAH FOR HELP:- (AND REBUKE THEIR SON) ``WOE TO YOU! HAVE FAITH, THAT ALLAH'S PROMISE IS TRUE''
THEN HE SAYS:- ``IT IS NOTHING EXCEPT THE FICTIOUS NARRATIVES OF THE PRIMEVALS.''
18. أُوْلَئِکَ الَّذِینَ حَقَّ عَلَیْهِمْ الْقَوْلُ فِی أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ الْجِنِّ وَالاِْنسِ إِنَّهُمْ کَانُوا خَاسِرِینَ
18- THEY ARE THOSE WHO DESERVE THE FATE OF THE GENERATIONS THAT PASSED AWAY BEFORE THEM OF JINN AND MAN. VERILY THEY WERE THE LOSERS.
19. وَلِکُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ مِمَّا عَمِلُوا وَلِیُوَفِّیَهُمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَهُمْ لاَ یُظْلَمُونَ
19- AND FOR ALL OF THEM THERE ARE GRADES, ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE; AND THAT HE MAY REQUITE THEM FOR THEIR DEEDS, SO THAT THEY ARE NOT OPPRESSED.