قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ ١٣٦
They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!
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إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
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وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨
"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ١٣٩
So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.