وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ ٤٠
And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:41
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ ٤١
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
54:42
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ ٤٢
The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
54:43
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ ٤٣
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
54:44
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ ٤٤
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?