ص ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ ١
Sad: By the Quran, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
38:2
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ ٢
But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.
38:3
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ ٣
How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!
38:4
وَعَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ٤
So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies!