M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

befriend others on account of what they earned.

131. O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to you apostles from among you, relating to you My communications and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours? They shall say: We bear witness against ourselves; and this worlds’s life deceived them, and they shall bear witness against their own souls that they were unbelievers.

132. This is because your Lord would not destroy towns unjustly while their people were negligent.

133. And all have degrees according to what they do; and your Lord is not heedless of what they do.

134. And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of mercy; if He pleases, Hq may take you off, and make whom He pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up from the seed of another people.

135. Surely what you are threatened with must come to pass and you cannot escape (it).

136. Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I too