39* And the Moon,- We have measured for her stations (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.  
| |40* It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law).  
| |41* And a Sign for them is that We bore their race (through the Flood) in the loaded Ark;  
| |42* And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which they ride.  
| |43* If it were Our Will, We could drown them: then would there be no helper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered,  
| |44* Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world) convenience (to serve them) for a time.  
| |45* When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back).  
| |46* Not a Sign comes to them from among the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom.  
| |47* And when they are told, "Spend ye of (the bounties) with which Allah has provided you," the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Shall we then feed those whom, if Allah had so willed, He would have fed, (Himself)?- Ye are in nothing but manifest error."  
| |48* Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if what ye say is true?"  
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