Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?

They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."

Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) and their fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and a messenger making things clear.

不然，我使这等人和他们的祖先得享受安乐，直到他们的寿命延长。 难道他们不知道我来缩小他们的边境吗？难道他们是战胜者吗？

他们说：“我们赞颂你超绝万物，我们不该舍你而敬事任何神灵。但你曾使他们及其祖先享乐，直到他们遗忘了记念，他们原是灭亡的民众。”

不然，我使这些人和他们的祖先享受，直到真理降临，及宣道的使者诞生。