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وَلَا And not يَأْتُونَكَ they come to you بِمَثَلٍ with an example إِلَّا but جِئْنَـٰكَ We bring you بِٱلْحَقِّ the truth وَأَحْسَنَ and (the) best تَفْسِيرًا explanation ٣٣

And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

— Come To Light

ٱلَّذِينَ Those who يُحْشَرُونَ will be gathered عَلَىٰ on وُجُوهِهِمْ their faces إِلَىٰ to جَهَنَّمَ Hell أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ those شَرٌّۭ (are the) worst مَّكَانًۭا (in) position وَأَضَلُّ and most astray سَبِيلًۭا (from the) way ٣٤

The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

— Come To Light

وَلَقَدْ And verily ءَاتَيْنَا We gave مُوسَى Musa ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Scripture وَجَعَلْنَا and We appointed مَعَهُۥٓ with him أَخَاهُ his brother هَـٰرُونَ Harun وَزِيرًۭا (as) an assistant ٣٥

And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

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فَقُلْنَا Then We said ٱذْهَبَآ Go both of you إِلَى to ٱلْقَوْمِ the people ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَذَّبُوا۟ have denied بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا Our Signs فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ Then We destroyed them تَدْمِيرًۭا (with) destruction ٣٦

And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

— Come To Light

وَقَوْمَ And (the) people نُوحٍۢ (of) Nuh لَّمَّا when كَذَّبُوا۟ they denied ٱلرُّسُلَ the Messengers أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ We drowned them وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ and We made them لِلنَّاسِ for mankind ءَايَةًۭ ۖ a sign وَأَعْتَدْنَا And We have prepared لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ for the wrongdoers عَذَابًا a punishment أَلِيمًۭا painful ٣٧

And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

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وَعَادًۭا And Ad وَثَمُودَا۟ and Thamud وَأَصْحَـٰبَ and (the) dwellers ٱلرَّسِّ (of) Ar-rass وَقُرُونًۢا and generations بَيْنَ between ذَٰلِكَ that كَثِيرًۭا many ٣٨

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

— Come To Light

وَكُلًّۭا And each ضَرَبْنَا We have set forth لَهُ for him ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ ۖ the examples وَكُلًّۭا and each تَبَّرْنَا We destroyed تَتْبِيرًۭا (with) destruction ٣٩

And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

— Come To Light

وَلَقَدْ And verily أَتَوْا۟ they have come عَلَى upon ٱلْقَرْيَةِ the town ٱلَّتِىٓ which أُمْطِرَتْ was showered مَطَرَ (with) a rain ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ (of) evil أَفَلَمْ Then do not يَكُونُوا۟ they [were] يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ see it بَلْ Nay كَانُوا۟ they are لَا not يَرْجُونَ expecting نُشُورًۭا Resurrection ٤٠

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

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وَإِذَا And when رَأَوْكَ they see you إِن not يَتَّخِذُونَكَ they take you إِلَّا except هُزُوًا (in) mockery أَهَـٰذَا Is this ٱلَّذِى the one whom بَعَثَ Allah has sent ٱللَّهُ Allah has sent رَسُولًا (as) a Messenger ٤١

And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?

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إِن He would have almost كَادَ He would have almost لَيُضِلُّنَا [surely] misled us عَنْ from ءَالِهَتِنَا our gods لَوْلَآ if not أَن that صَبَرْنَا we had been steadfast عَلَيْهَا ۚ to them وَسَوْفَ And soon يَعْلَمُونَ will know حِينَ when يَرَوْنَ they will see ٱلْعَذَابَ the punishment مَنْ who أَضَلُّ (is) more astray سَبِيلًا (from the) way ٤٢

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

— Come To Light

أَرَءَيْتَ Have you seen مَنِ (one) who ٱتَّخَذَ takes إِلَـٰهَهُۥ (as) his god هَوَىٰهُ his own desire أَفَأَنتَ Then would you تَكُونُ be عَلَيْهِ over him وَكِيلًا a guardian ٤٣

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

— Come To Light

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