ولقد يسَّرنا لعاد أسباب التمكين في الدنيا على نحوٍ لم نمكنكم فيه معشر كفار قريش ، وجعلنا لهم سمعًا يسمعون به ، وأبصارًا يبصرون بها ، وأفئدة يعقلون بها ، فاستعملوها فيما يسخط الله عليهم ، فلم تغن عنهم شيئًا إذ كانوا يكذِّبون بحجج الله ، ونزل بهم من العذاب ما سخروا به واستعجلوه . وهذا وعيد من الله جل شأنه ، وتحذير للكافرين .
And We had firmly established them in a ( prosperity and ) power which We have not given to you ( ye Quraish ! ) and We had endowed them with ( faculties of ) hearing , seeing , heart and intellect : but of no profit to them were their ( faculties of ) hearing , sight , and heart and intellect , when they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah ; and they were ( completely ) encircled by that which they used to mock at !