Then He turned to the sky, and it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, "Come, willingly or unwillingly." They said, "We come willingly."
So He completed them as seven universes in two days, and He assigned to each universe its laws. And We decorated the lower universe with lamps, and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
But if they turn away, say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt, like the thunderbolt of Aad and Thamood."
Their messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them, saying, "Do not worship anyone but Allah." They said, "Had our Lord willed, He would have sent down angels; Therefore, we reject what you are sent with."
As for Aad, they turned arrogant on earth, and opposed justice, and said, "Who is more powerful than us?" Have they not considered that Allah, who created them, is more powerful than they? And they went on denying Our revelations.
So We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, for a few miserable days, to make them taste the punishment of shame in this life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more shameful; and they will not be saved.
And as for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them, because of what they used to earn.
And We saved those who believed and were righteous.
The Day when Allah's enemies are herded into the Fire, forcibly.
Until, when they have reached it, their hearing, and their sight, and their skins will testify against them regarding what they used to do.
