Falawla kanat qaryatun amanat fanafaAAaha eemanuha illa qawma yoonusa lammaamanoo kashafna AAanhum AAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati alddunya wamattaAAnahum ilaheenin
Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
Fahal yantathiroona illa mithla ayyami allatheena khalaw min qablihim qul faintathiroo innee maAAakum mina almuntathireena
Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I, too, will wait with you."