and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah's is
the end of affairs.

022.042
Y: If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them
(with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;

P: If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the
tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);

S: And if they reject you, then already before you did the people of Nuh
and Ad and Samood reject (prophets).

022.043
Y: Those of Abraham and Lut;

P: And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot;

S: And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut,

022.044
Y: And the Companions of the Madyan People; and Moses was rejected (in
the same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and (only)
after that did I punish them: but how (terrible) was my rejection (of
them)!

P: (And) the dwellers in Midian. And Moses was denied; but I indulged
the disbelievers a long while, then I seized them, and how (terrible)
was My abhorrence!

S: As well as those of Madyan and Musa (too) was rejected, but I gave
respite to the unbelievers, then did I overtake them, so how (severe)
was My disapproval.

022.045
Y: How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to
wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are
lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

P: How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it
lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty
tower!

S: So how many a town did We destroy while it was unjust, so it was
fallen down upon its roofs, and (how many a) deserted well and palace
raised high.

022.046
Y: Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds)
may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it
is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their
breasts.

P: Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith
to feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that
grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that
grow blind.

S: Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts
with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? For surely it is
not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the
breasts.

022.047
Y: Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not
fail i