Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: "If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing but lie."

Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.

But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: "We believe in Allah,- the one Allah - and we reject the partners we used to join with Him."

But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah's Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!

以物配主的人将说：“假若真主意欲，那末，我们和我们的祖先，都不以物配主，我们也不以任何物为禁物。”他们之前的人，曾这样否认（他们族中的使者），直到他们尝试了我的刑罚。你说：“你们有真知灼见，可以拿出来给我们看看吗？你们只凭猜测，尽说谎话。”

当他们感觉我的严刑的时候，他们忽然奔逃。

当他们看见我的刑罚的时候，他们说：“我们只信真主，不信我们所用以配他的。”

当他们看见我的刑罚的时候，他们的正信，对他们毫无裨益。真主以此为众仆的已逝去的常道。那时，不信道者，遭受亏折。