اللَّهُ الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَنعامَ لِتَركَبوا مِنها وَمِنها تَأكُلونَ
It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.
وَلَكُم فيها مَنافِعُ وَلِتَبلُغوا عَلَيها حاجَةً في صُدورِكُم وَعَلَيها وَعَلَى الفُلكِ تُحمَلونَ
And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realize upon them a need which is in your breasts; and upon them and upon ships you are carried.
وَيُريكُم آياتِهِ فَأَيَّ آياتِ اللَّهِ تُنكِرونَ
And He shows you His signs. So which of the signs of Allah do you deny?
أَفَلَم يَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَيَنظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ كانوا أَكثَرَ مِنهُم وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَآثارًا فِي الأَرضِ فَما أَغنىٰ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَكسِبونَ
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
فَلَمّا جاءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّناتِ فَرِحوا بِما عِندَهُم مِنَ العِلمِ وَحاقَ بِهِم ما كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ
And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
فَلَمّا رَأَوا بَأسَنا قالوا آمَنّا بِاللَّهِ وَحدَهُ وَكَفَرنا بِما كُنّا بِهِ مُشرِكينَ
And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."