²⁰⁰ Thus have We put¹ it in the hearts of the lawbreakers:

²⁰¹ “They will not believe in¹ it until they see the painful punishment,

²⁰² “And it will come upon them unexpectedly, when they perceive not,”

²⁰³ Then will they say: “Can we be granted respite?”

²⁰⁴ Is it then Our punishment they seek to hasten?¹

²⁰⁵ Hast thou then considered: if We give them enjoyment for years,

²⁰⁶ Then there comes to them what they were promised,

²⁰⁷ What will it avail them, what they enjoyed?

²⁰⁸ And We destroyed no city save it had warners

²⁰⁹ As a reminder; and We were not wrongdoers.¹

²¹⁰ And the satans¹ did not bring it² down;

²¹¹ And it does not behove them, nor are they able.

²¹² They are excluded from hearing.

²¹³ And call thou not, with God, to another god lest thou be of those punished.

²¹⁴ And warn thou thy relatives.

²¹⁵ And lower thou thy wing¹ to those who follow thee among the believers.²

²¹⁶ And if they oppose thee, say thou: “I am quit of what you do.”

²¹⁷ And place thou thy trust in the Exalted in Might, the Merciful:

²¹⁸ Who sees thee when thou arisest,

²¹⁹ And thy going to and fro among those who submit;¹

²²⁰ He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

²²¹ Shall I inform you upon whom the satans¹ descend?

²²² They descend upon every sinful deceiver:¹

²²³ They give ear,¹ and most of them are liars.

²²⁴ And the poets:¹ those who err follow them.

²²⁵ Dost thou not see¹ that they wander in every valley,²

²²⁶ And that they say what they do not?

²²⁷ Save those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, and remember God much, and help themselves after they have been wronged;² and those who do wrong will come to know to what final destination they will be returned.