We have set forth for people in this Koran all manner of parables; the human is the most disputatious of things. (54)

Nothing prevented people from believing and seeking the forgiveness of their Lord when guidance came to them, unless they are waiting for the fate of the ancients to overtake them, or that the punishment should come upon them face to face. (55)

We send Our Messengers only to proclaim glad tidings and to give warning. But the unbelievers dispute with false arguments so that they may belie the truth. They have taken My verses and warnings in mockery. (56)

Who is greater in evil than he who, when reminded of the verses of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets what his hands have sent before him? We have placed veils over their hearts lest they should understand it, and there is heaviness in their ears. Even if you call them to guidance, they will never be guided. (57)

Your Lord is Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Had it been His will to take them to task for what they earned, He would have hastened their punishment; but they have an appointed hour from which they will never escape. (58)

And those villages! When they became evil We destroyed them and appointed a meeting for their destruction. (59)

When Moses said to his (assisting) youth: 'I will not give up until I reach the point where the two seas meet even though I should go on for many years. ' (60)

But when they came to the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, which made its way burrowing into the sea. (61)

And when they had gone further, he said to his assisting youth; 'Bring us our breakfast; we are worn out from our journey. ' (62)

He replied: 'What do you think, I forgot the fish when we were resting on the rock. None but satan made me forget to mention this it made its way into the sea in a marvelous fashion. ' (63)