(Allah) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition"..

(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"

They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation?

We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the earlier generations, (to give) Insight to men, and guidance and Mercy, that they might receive admonition.

And He is Allah: There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the first and at the last: for Him is the Command, and to Him shall ye (all) be brought back.

And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.

"Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"

"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-

And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),

This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!

And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises?

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

And verily the Hereafter will be better for thee than the present.

主说：“你捉住它，不要怕，我将使它还原。”

他说：“以往各世纪的情况是怎样的？”

他们说：“他怎么不从他的那里拿一种迹象来给我们呢？”关于《古兰经》的阐明，难道没有降临他们吗？

在毁灭远古的各世代之后，我确已把经典赏赐穆萨，以作世人的明证、向导和恩惠，以便他们记念。

他是真主，除他外，绝无应受崇拜的，今世后世的赞颂全归他，判决只由他作出。你们只被召归于他。

你们应当安居于你们的家中，你们不要炫露你们的美丽，如从前蒙昧时代的妇女那样。你们应当谨守拜功，完纳天课，顺从真主及其使者。先知的家属啊！真主只欲消除你们的污秽，洗净你们的罪恶。

唯有我们初次的死亡，而我们绝不会受惩罚吗？

“我们只有初次的死亡，我们不会复活。

他们在乐园中，除初次死亡外不再尝死的滋味。真主将使他们得免于火狱的刑罚。

他毁灭了古时的阿德人，

这是古时的那些警告者之中的一个警告者。

你们确已知道初次的生长，你们怎不觉悟呢？

这确是载在古经典中的，

後世於你，确比今世更好；