(You are) the descendants of those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah. He was a truly thankful worshiper. ' (3)

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Book: 'You shall corrupt the land twice, and you shall ascend exceedingly high. ' (4)

And when the promise of the first came, We sent against you Our worshipers, those of great might, and they went through the habitations, and the promise was accomplished. (5)

Then, We gave the turn back to you to prevail over them, and We helped you with wealth and children, and made you the greater host. (6)

(We said): 'If you do good, it shall be for your own souls; but if you do evil it is likewise. ' And when the second promise came (We sent them against you), to sadden your faces and to enter the Mosque as they entered it the first time, they utterly destroyed whatever they came across. (7)

Perhaps Allah will have mercy on you. But if you return, We will return. We have made Gehenna (Hell) a prison for the unbelievers. (8)

This Koran guides to the straightest way. It gives glad tidings of a great wage to the believers who do good deeds, (9)

and for those who do not believe in the Everlasting Life We have prepared for them a painful punishment. (10)

Yet the human prays for evil as he prays for good mankind is always hasty. (11)

We appointed the night and the day as two signs. Then, We blotted out the sign of the night and made the sign of the day to see, so that you seek the bounty of your Lord and that you know the number of years and the reckoning. And We have clearly distinguished everything. (12)