36. Fa/too bi-aba-ina in kuntum sadiqeen
a
36. "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
37. Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin wa
a
llatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum
innahum kanoo mujrimeen
a
37. What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We
destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
38. Wama khalaqna a
l
ssamawati wa
a
l-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeen
a
38. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
39. Ma khalaqnahuma illa bi
a
lhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoon
a
39. We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
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