(21:11) And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people. (21:12) And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it. (21:13) [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned." (21:14) They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers." (21:15) And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire]. (21:16) And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play. (21:17) Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so. (21:18) Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe. (21:19) To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire. (21:20) They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
