this account of the communities some of them still remaining and some a field mowndown we convey unto thee for no wrong did we do to them but it was they who wronged themselves. and when thy sustainers judgment came to pass those deities of theirs which they had been wont to invoke instead of god proved of no avail whatever to them and brought them no more than utter perdition.
ذلك من أنباء القرى نقصه عليك منها قائم وحصيد وما ظلمناهم ولكن ظلموا أنفسهم فما أغنت عنهم آلهتهم التي يدعون من دون الله من شيء لما جاء أمر ربك وما زادوهم غير تتبيب