Those who were envious of his position only yesterday said on the morrow: "Indeed God increases the fortunes of those of His creatures as He will, and decreases. Had God not been gracious to us He could have (opened up) the earth and made it swallow us. Surely the infidels will not succeed."
و آنان كه ديروز جايگاه او را آرزو مى‌كردند در حالى بامداد كردند كه مى‌گفتند: واى!- يا: وه!- گويى خداست كه روزى را براى هر كه از بندگان خود بخواهد فراخ مى‌كند و تنگ مى‌گرداند اگر نه اين بود كه خدا بر ما منت نهاد هر آينه ما را نيز- به سبب آن آرزوها كه داشتيم- به زمين فرو مى‌برد واى! گويى كافران رستگار نمى‌شوند.