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21. Surah Al-Anbya

The Prophets · Makki · 112 Ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

ٱقْتَرَبَ (Has) approached لِلنَّاسِ for [the] mankind حِسَابُهُمْ their account وَهُمْ while they فِى (are) in غَفْلَةٍۢ heedlessness مُّعْرِضُونَ turning away ١

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

— Come To Light

مَا Not يَأْتِيهِم comes to them مِّن of ذِكْرٍۢ a Reminder مِّن from رَّبِّهِم their Lord مُّحْدَثٍ anew إِلَّا except ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ they listen to it وَهُمْ while they يَلْعَبُونَ (are at) play ٢

No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

— Come To Light

لَاهِيَةًۭ Distracted قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ their hearts وَأَسَرُّوا۟ And they conceal ٱلنَّجْوَى the private conversation ٱلَّذِينَ those who ظَلَمُوا۟ [they] wronged هَلْ Is هَـٰذَآ this إِلَّا except بَشَرٌۭ a human being مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ like you أَفَتَأْتُونَ So would you approach ٱلسِّحْرَ the magic وَأَنتُمْ while you تُبْصِرُونَ see (it) ٣

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

— Come To Light

قَالَ He said رَبِّى My Lord يَعْلَمُ knows ٱلْقَوْلَ the word فِى in ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ and the earth وَهُوَ And He ٱلسَّمِيعُ (is) the All-Hearer ٱلْعَلِيمُ the All-Knower ٤

He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

— Come To Light

بَلْ Nay قَالُوٓا۟ they say أَضْغَـٰثُ Muddled أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ dreams بَلِ nay ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ he (has) invented it بَلْ nay هُوَ he شَاعِرٌۭ (is) a poet فَلْيَأْتِنَا So let him bring us بِـَٔايَةٍۢ a sign كَمَآ like what أُرْسِلَ was sent ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ (to) the former ٥

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

— Come To Light

مَآ Not ءَامَنَتْ believed قَبْلَهُم before them مِّن any قَرْيَةٍ town أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ which We destroyed أَفَهُمْ so will they يُؤْمِنُونَ believe ٦

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

— Come To Light

وَمَآ And not أَرْسَلْنَا We sent قَبْلَكَ before you إِلَّا except رِجَالًۭا men نُّوحِىٓ We revealed إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ to them فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ So ask أَهْلَ (the) people ٱلذِّكْرِ (of) the Reminder إِن if كُنتُمْ you لَا (do) not تَعْلَمُونَ know ٧

And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

— Come To Light

وَمَا And not جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ We made them جَسَدًۭا bodies لَّا not يَأْكُلُونَ eating ٱلطَّعَامَ the food وَمَا and not كَانُوا۟ they were خَـٰلِدِينَ immortals ٨

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

— Come To Light

ثُمَّ Then صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ We fulfilled (for) them ٱلْوَعْدَ the promise فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ and We saved them وَمَن and whom نَّشَآءُ We willed وَأَهْلَكْنَا and We destroyed ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ the transgressors ٩

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

— Come To Light

لَقَدْ Indeed أَنزَلْنَآ We (have) sent down إِلَيْكُمْ to you كِتَـٰبًۭا a Book فِيهِ in it ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ (is) your mention أَفَلَا Then will not تَعْقِلُونَ you use reason ١٠

We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

— Come To Light

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