الشعراء
Surah Ash-Shu'ara
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.
فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?
أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ
Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
then there came to them what they had been threatened with:
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ
would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
We have never destroyed a society without warners
ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ
It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they,
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺.1
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ
So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished.
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives,
وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and be gracious to the believers who follow you.
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,
ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.