وَكَمْ And how many قَصَمْنَا We (have) shattered مِن of قَرْيَةٍۢ a town كَانَتْ (that) was ظَالِمَةًۭ unjust وَأَنشَأْنَا and We produced بَعْدَهَا after them قَوْمًا another people ءَاخَرِينَ another people ١١
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
— Come To Light
فَلَمَّآ Then when أَحَسُّوا۟ they perceived بَأْسَنَآ Our torment إِذَا behold هُم they مِّنْهَا from it يَرْكُضُونَ were fleeing ١٢
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
— Come To Light
لَا Flee not تَرْكُضُوا۟ Flee not وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ but return إِلَىٰ to مَآ what أُتْرِفْتُمْ you were given luxury فِيهِ in it وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ and to your homes لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُسْـَٔلُونَ be questioned ١٣
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."
— Come To Light
قَالُوا۟ They said يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ O woe to us إِنَّا Indeed, [we] كُنَّا we were ظَـٰلِمِينَ wrongdoers ١٤
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
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فَمَا Then not زَالَت ceased تِّلْكَ [this] دَعْوَىٰهُمْ their cry حَتَّىٰ until جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ We made them حَصِيدًا reaped خَـٰمِدِينَ extinct ١٥
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
— Come To Light
وَمَا And not خَلَقْنَا We created ٱلسَّمَآءَ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضَ and the earth وَمَا and what بَيْنَهُمَا (is) between them لَـٰعِبِينَ (for) playing ١٦
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
— Come To Light
لَوْ If أَرَدْنَآ We intended أَن that نَّتَّخِذَ We take لَهْوًۭا a pastime لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ surely We (could have) taken it مِن from لَّدُنَّآ Us إِن if كُنَّا We were فَـٰعِلِينَ doers ١٧
Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
— Come To Light
بَلْ Nay نَقْذِفُ We hurl بِٱلْحَقِّ the truth عَلَى against ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ [the] falsehood فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ and it breaks its head فَإِذَا behold هُوَ it (is) زَاهِقٌۭ ۚ vanishing وَلَكُمُ And for you ٱلْوَيْلُ (is) destruction مِمَّا for what تَصِفُونَ you ascribe ١٨
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.
— Come To Light
وَلَهُۥ And to Him (belongs) مَن whoever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ and the earth وَمَنْ And (those) who عِندَهُۥ (are) near Him لَا not يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ they are arrogant عَنْ to عِبَادَتِهِۦ worship Him وَلَا and not يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ they tire ١٩
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
— Come To Light
يُسَبِّحُونَ They glorify (Him) ٱلَّيْلَ [the] night وَٱلنَّهَارَ and [the] day لَا not يَفْتُرُونَ they slacken ٢٠
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
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أَمِ Or ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ (have) they taken ءَالِهَةًۭ gods مِّنَ from ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth هُمْ they يُنشِرُونَ raise (the dead) ٢١
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
— Come To Light
لَوْ If كَانَ (there) were فِيهِمَآ in both of them ءَالِهَةٌ gods إِلَّا besides ٱللَّهُ Allah لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ surely they (would) have been ruined فَسُبْحَـٰنَ So glorified ٱللَّهِ (is) Allah رَبِّ Lord ٱلْعَرْشِ (of) the Throne عَمَّا (above) what يَصِفُونَ they attribute ٢٢
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
— Come To Light
لَا Not يُسْـَٔلُ He (can) be questioned عَمَّا about what يَفْعَلُ He does وَهُمْ but they يُسْـَٔلُونَ will be questioned ٢٣
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
— Come To Light
أَمِ Or ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ (have) they taken مِن besides Him دُونِهِۦٓ besides Him ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖ gods قُلْ Say هَاتُوا۟ Bring بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ your proof هَـٰذَا This ذِكْرُ (is) a Reminder مَن (for those) who مَّعِىَ (are) with me وَذِكْرُ and a Reminder مَن (for those) who قَبْلِى ۗ (were) before me بَلْ But أَكْثَرُهُمْ most of them لَا (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ know ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ the truth فَهُم so they مُّعْرِضُونَ (are) averse ٢٤
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
— Come To Light
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