The Prophets
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[21:44]
Nay, We have allowed these [sinners] – as [We allowed] their forebears – to enjoy the good things of life for a great length of time: but then – have they never yet seen how We visit the earth [with Our punishment], gradually depriving it of all that is best thereon? Can they, then, [hope to] be the winners?

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* v.44 : Lit., “until their lives (‘umur) grew long” – i.e., until they grew accustomed to the thought that their prosperity would last forever (Zamakhsharī).
* For an explanation, see the identical phrase in 13:41 and the corresponding notes 79 and 80.