Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"

(We also sent) Lut (as a messenger): behold, He said to his people, "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?

Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the day perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?

And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my people! Does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then?

As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?

"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?

But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-

So I do call to witness what ye see,

And what ye see not,

不义者秘密谈论说：“这只是一个象你们一样的凡人， 你们明知是魔术而顺从他吗？”

（我曾遣）鲁特，当日，他对他的宗族说：“你们怎么明目张胆地干丑事呢？

你说：“你们告诉我吧！如果真主使白昼为你们延长到复活日，那末，除真主外，哪一个神灵能把黑夜带来给你们，以便你们安息呢？难道你们不会观察吗？”

法老曾喊叫他的百姓说：“我的百姓啊！密斯尔（埃及）的国权，和在我脚下奔流的江河，不都是我的吗？难道你们看不见？

在你们自身中也有许多迹象，难道你们看不见吗？

这是魔术呢？还是你们看不见呢？

我比你们更临近他，但你们不晓得，

不然！我以你们所能见的万象盟誓，

并且以你们不能见的幽玄盟誓，