وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ (45)
(36:45) When it is said to such people: 'Guard yourselves against what is ahead of you and what has preceded you *41 that mercy be shown to you' (they pay scant heed to it).
*41) "Which you havc left behind": Which the peoples before you have seen and experienced.