[Useless, though, will be his repentance: for [as long as he was alive] he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray [for enlightenment,] 31 But he denied and flouted. 32 Then went he to his folk with glee. 33 Near to you and nearer, 34 Again, woe to you, [O man!], yes, woe to you! 35 DOES MAN, then, think that he is to be left to himself to go about at will? 36 Was he not once just a drop of discharged sperm. 37 Then he became a clot; then He created him and formed him. 38 and then He made of him a pair, male and female? 39 Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life? 40