Johnnie Ellington II August 13, 2014 at 7:04 PM · 23:72] Are you asking them for a wage? Your Lord's wage is far better. He is the best Provider. [23:73] Most assuredly, you are inviting them to a straight path. [23:74] Those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will surely deviate from the right path. [23:75] Even when we showered them with mercy, and relieved their problems, they plunged deeper into transgression, and continued to blunder. [23:76] Even when we afflicted them with retribution, they never turned to their Lord imploring. [23:77] Subsequently, when we requited them with the severe retribution they had incurred, they were shocked. [23:78] He is the One who granted you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains. Rarely are you appreciative. [23:79] He is the One who established you on earth, and before Him you will be summoned. [23:80] He is the One who controls life and death, and He is the One who alternates the night and day. Do you not understand? [23:81] They said what their ancestors said. [23:82] They said, "After we die and become dust and bones, we get resurrected? [23:83] "Such promises were given to us and to our parents in the past. These are no more than tales from the past."