چرا در قرون (و اقوام) قبل از شما، دانشمندان صاحب قدرتی نبودند كه از فساد در زمين جلوگيری كنند؟! مگر اندكی از آنها، كه نجاتشان داديم! و آنان كه ستم میكردند، از تنعّم و كامجوئی پيروی كردند؛ و گناهكار بودند (و نابود شدند)!
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were crimi