Have they not travelled in the earth so that they may behold what wise hath been the end of those before them. They were more numerous than these, and mightier in strength and the traces in the land. But naught availed them of that which they had been earning.
かれらは地上を旅して，観察しなかったのか。かれら以前の者の結末がどうであったかを。かれら（滅ぼされた民）は，これら（マッカの多神教徒）よりも多数で，力も優れ，地上の遺跡も多い。それでも，かれらの稼いだことは，何の役にも立たなかった。