۞ وَلَقَدْ And indeed وَصَّلْنَا We have conveyed لَهُمُ to them ٱلْقَوْلَ the Word لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَتَذَكَّرُونَ remember ٥١
And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the word [i.e., the Qur’ān] that they might be reminded.
— Come To Light
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ We gave them ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Scripture مِن before it قَبْلِهِۦ before it هُم they بِهِۦ in it يُؤْمِنُونَ believe ٥٢
Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it - they are believers in it.
— Come To Light
وَإِذَا And when يُتْلَىٰ it is recited عَلَيْهِمْ to them قَالُوٓا۟ they say ءَامَنَّا We believe بِهِۦٓ in it إِنَّهُ Indeed, it ٱلْحَقُّ (is) the truth مِن from رَّبِّنَآ our Lord إِنَّا Indeed, we كُنَّا [we] were مِن before it قَبْلِهِۦ before it مُسْلِمِينَ Muslims ٥٣
And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."
— Come To Light
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those يُؤْتَوْنَ will be given أَجْرَهُم their reward مَّرَّتَيْنِ twice بِمَا because صَبَرُوا۟ they are patient وَيَدْرَءُونَ and they repel بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ with good ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ the evil وَمِمَّا and from what رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ We have provided them يُنفِقُونَ they spend ٥٤
Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.
— Come To Light
وَإِذَا And when سَمِعُوا۟ they hear ٱللَّغْوَ vain talk أَعْرَضُوا۟ they turn away عَنْهُ from it وَقَالُوا۟ and say لَنَآ For us أَعْمَـٰلُنَا our deeds وَلَكُمْ and for you أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ your deeds سَلَـٰمٌ Peace (be) عَلَيْكُمْ on you لَا not نَبْتَغِى we seek ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorant ٥٥
And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."
— Come To Light
إِنَّكَ Indeed, you لَا (can) not تَهْدِى guide مَنْ whom أَحْبَبْتَ you love وَلَـٰكِنَّ but ٱللَّهَ Allah يَهْدِى guides مَن whom يَشَآءُ ۚ He wills وَهُوَ And He أَعْلَمُ (is) most knowing بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ (of) the guided ones ٥٦
Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
— Come To Light
وَقَالُوٓا۟ And they say إِن If نَّتَّبِعِ we follow ٱلْهُدَىٰ the guidance مَعَكَ with you نُتَخَطَّفْ we would be swept مِنْ from أَرْضِنَآ ۚ our land أَوَلَمْ Have not نُمَكِّن We established لَّهُمْ for them حَرَمًا a sanctuary ءَامِنًۭا secure يُجْبَىٰٓ are brought إِلَيْهِ to it ثَمَرَٰتُ fruits كُلِّ (of) all شَىْءٍۢ things رِّزْقًۭا a provision مِّن from لَّدُنَّا Us وَلَـٰكِنَّ But أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them لَا (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ know ٥٧
And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.
— Come To Light
وَكَمْ And how many أَهْلَكْنَا We have destroyed مِن of قَرْيَةٍۭ a town بَطِرَتْ which exulted مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ (in) its means of livelihood فَتِلْكَ And these مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ (are) their dwellings لَمْ not تُسْكَن have been inhabited مِّنۢ after them بَعْدِهِمْ after them إِلَّا except قَلِيلًۭا ۖ a little وَكُنَّا And indeed, [We] نَحْنُ We ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ (are) the inheritors ٥٨
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.
— Come To Light
وَمَا And not كَانَ was رَبُّكَ your Lord مُهْلِكَ (the) one to destroy ٱلْقُرَىٰ the towns حَتَّىٰ until يَبْعَثَ He (had) sent فِىٓ in أُمِّهَا their mother (town) رَسُولًۭا a Messenger يَتْلُوا۟ reciting عَلَيْهِمْ to them ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ Our Verses وَمَا And not كُنَّا We would be مُهْلِكِى (the) one to destroy ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ the towns إِلَّا except وَأَهْلُهَا while their people ظَـٰلِمُونَ (were) wrongdoers ٥٩
And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.
— Come To Light
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