أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
128. Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
129. And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
131. So fear Allah and obey me.
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
132. And fear He who provided you with that which you know,
أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
133. Provided you with grazing livestock and children
وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
134. And gardens and springs.
إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
135. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
136. They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
137. This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
139. And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
