35.41 . Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not , and if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him . Lo! He is ever Clement , Forgiving .

35.42 . And they swore by Allah , their most binding oath , that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations ; yet , when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance ,

35.43 . ( Shown in their ) behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil ; and the evil plot encloseth but the men who make it . Then , can they expect aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt not find for Allah ' s way of treatment any substitute , nor wilt thou find for Allah ' s way of treatment aught of power to change .

35.44 . Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them , and they were mightier than these in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the earth escapeth Him . Lo! He is the Wise , the Mighty .

35.45 . If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve , He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth ; but He reprieveth them unto an appointed term , and when their term cometh then verily ( they will know that ) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves .