or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they become weighed down in debt? (40)

or, is the unseen in their keeping, so they are writing it down? (41)

or, do they desire to outwit? the unbelievers are the outwitted. (42)

or, do they have a god, other than allah? exaltations to allah above that which they associate! (43)

even if they saw lumps falling from the sky they would say: 'a massed cloud! ' (44)

so leave them till they encounter their day in which they shall be thunderstruck. (45)

the day when their guile shall not relieve them a thing, and they shall not be helped. (46)

for the harmdoers there is indeed, a punishment before that, but most of them do not know. (47)

and be patient under the judgement of your lord, surely, you are before our eyes. and exalt with the praise of your lord when you arise, (48)

and exalt him in the night and at the declining of the stars. (49)