38. 38.2 . Nay , but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism .
38. 38.3 . How many a generation We destroyed before them , and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
38. 38.4 . And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them , and the disbelievers say : This is a wizard , a charlatan .
38. 38.5 . Maketh he the gods One God? Lo! that is an astounding thing .
38. 38.6 . The chiefs among them go about , exhorting : Go and be staunch to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed .
38. 38.7 . We have not heard of this in later religion . This is naught but an invention .
38. 38.8 . Hath the reminder been revealed unto him ( alone ) among us? Nay , but they are in doubt concerning My reminder ; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom .
38. 38.9 . Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord , the Mighty , the Bestower?
38. 38.10 . Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes!
