Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the fate of those who were before them? They were more powerful than them, and they plowed the earth and developed it more than they have developed it. Their apostles brought them manifest proofs. So it was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who used to wrong themselves.
かれら（マッカの多神教徒）は，地上を旅してかれら以前の者の最後が如何であったかを，観察しないのか。かれら（昔の人）は，かれらよりも力において優れ，地を掘り起こし（て耕作し），またかれらよりも栄えていた。そして使徒たちは明証を持ってかれらのところに来た。アッラーがかれらを損ったのではない。かれらが自ら自分を損ったのである。