but now they would say long has our sus­tainer made the distance between our journey stages! for they had sinned against themselves. and in the end we caused them to become tales and scattered them in countless fragments. herein behold there are messages indeed for all who are wholly patient in adversity and deeply grate­ful .
فقالوا ربنا باعد بين أسفارنا وظلموا أنفسهم فجعلناهم أحاديث ومزقناهم كل ممزق إن في ذلك لآيات لكل صبار شكور