9* Or have they the treasures of the Mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?  
| |10* Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all between? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach that end)!  
| |11* They are but a host of confederates, and they will be put to flight.  
| |12* Before them (were many who) rejected messengers,- the people of Noah, and d, and Pharaoh, the lord of Stakes,  
| |13* And Thamd, and the people of Lt, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates.  
| |14* Not one (of them) but rejected the messengers, but My punishment came justly and inevitably (on them).  
| |15* These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay.  
| |16* They say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day of Account!"  
| |17* Have patience at what they say, and remember Our servant David, the man of strength: for he ever turned (in repentance to Allah).  
| |18* It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our Praises, at eventide and at break of day,  
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