Quote:
{26:136} They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
I'd translate وعظ as "preach", i.e.,
{26:136} They said, "It is [all] the same to us whether you preached or your were not of the preachers."Quote:
{26:137} This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
I suggest,
{26:137} "This is not but the manner of the formers,"Quote:
{26:139} And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{26:140} And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
I suggest,
{26:139} So, they denied him, therefore We destroyed them. Indeed, in that is a sign, but most of them have not been believers.{26:140} And [it is] your Lord [who] is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.