44 Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those before them — and they were stronger than those in power? And Allāh is not such that anything in the heavens or the earth can escape Him. Surely He is ever Knowing, Powerful.

45 And were Allāh to punish men for what they earn, He would not leave on the back of it any creature, but He respites them till an appointed term; so when their doom comes, then surely Allāh is ever Seer of His servants.

Chapter 36 Yā Sīn

1 O man,

2 By the Qur’ān, full of wisdom!

3 Surely thou art one of the messengers,

4 On a right way.

5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,

6 That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.

7 The word has indeed proved true of most of them, so they believe not.

8 Surely We have placed on their necks chains reaching up to the chins, so they have their heads raised aloft.

9 And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, thus We have covered them, so that they see not.

10 And it is alike to them whether thou warn them or warn them not — they believe not.

11 Thou canst warn him only who follows the Reminder and fears the Beneficent in secret; so give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.

12 Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down that which they send before and their footprints, and We record everything in a clear writing.