How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.

(As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?

But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that they shall not return,

How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

有许多城市曾被我毁灭了；我的刑罚，在他们过夜的时候，或在他们午睡的时候，降临他们。

在他们之前，我所毁灭的城市，没有一个曾信迹象的。现在，他们会信迹象吗？

我所毁灭的市镇，想复返人世，那是不可能的。

有许多城市居民不义，而我毁灭他们，地上屋顶尚存， 并且有若干被遗弃的水井和被建成的大厦。