۞ وَٱذْكُرْ And mention أَخَا (the) brother عَادٍ (of) Aad إِذْ when أَنذَرَ he warned قَوْمَهُۥ his people بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ in the Al-Ahqaf وَقَدْ and had already passed away خَلَتِ and had already passed away ٱلنُّذُرُ [the] warners مِنۢ before him بَيْنِ before him يَدَيْهِ before him وَمِنْ and after him خَلْفِهِۦٓ and after him أَلَّا That not تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ you worship إِلَّا except ٱللَّهَ Allah إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَخَافُ [I] fear عَلَيْكُمْ for you عَذَابَ a punishment يَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِيمٍۢ Great ٢١

قَالُوٓا۟ They said أَجِئْتَنَا Have you come to us لِتَأْفِكَنَا to turn us away عَنْ from ءَالِهَتِنَا our gods فَأْتِنَا Then bring us بِمَا what تَعِدُنَآ you threaten us إِن if كُنتَ you are مِنَ of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٢٢

قَالَ He said إِنَّمَا Only ٱلْعِلْمُ the knowledge عِندَ (is) with Allah ٱللَّهِ (is) with Allah وَأُبَلِّغُكُم and I convey to you مَّآ what أُرْسِلْتُ I am sent بِهِۦ with it وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ but أَرَىٰكُمْ I see you قَوْمًۭا a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant ٢٣

فَلَمَّا Then when رَأَوْهُ they saw it عَارِضًۭا (as) a cloud مُّسْتَقْبِلَ approaching أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ their valleys قَالُوا۟ they said هَـٰذَا This عَارِضٌۭ (is) a cloud مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ bringing us rain بَلْ Nay هُوَ it مَا (is) what ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم you were asking it to be hastened بِهِۦ ۖ you were asking it to be hastened رِيحٌۭ a wind فِيهَا in it عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment أَلِيمٌۭ painful ٢٤

تُدَمِّرُ Destroying كُلَّ every شَىْءٍۭ thing بِأَمْرِ by (the) command رَبِّهَا (of) its Lord فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ Then they became (such) لَا not يُرَىٰٓ is seen إِلَّا except مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ their dwellings كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَجْزِى We recompense ٱلْقَوْمَ the people ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ [the] criminals ٢٥

وَلَقَدْ And certainly مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ We had established them فِيمَآ in what إِن not مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ We have established you فِيهِ in it وَجَعَلْنَا and We made لَهُمْ for them سَمْعًۭا hearing وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭا and vision وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭ and hearts فَمَآ But not أَغْنَىٰ availed عَنْهُمْ them سَمْعُهُمْ their hearing وَلَآ and not أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ their vision وَلَآ and not أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم their hearts مِّن any شَىْءٍ thing إِذْ when كَانُوا۟ they were يَجْحَدُونَ rejecting بِـَٔايَـٰتِ (the) Signs ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَحَاقَ and enveloped بِهِم them مَّا what كَانُوا۟ they used to بِهِۦ [at it] يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ridicule ٢٦

وَلَقَدْ And certainly أَهْلَكْنَا We destroyed مَا what حَوْلَكُم surrounds you مِّنَ of ٱلْقُرَىٰ the towns وَصَرَّفْنَا and We have diversified ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ the Signs لَعَلَّهُمْ that they may يَرْجِعُونَ return ٢٧

فَلَوْلَا Then why (did) not نَصَرَهُمُ help them ٱلَّذِينَ those whom ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ they had taken مِن besides دُونِ besides ٱللَّهِ Allah قُرْبَانًا gods as a way of approach ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ gods as a way of approach بَلْ Nay ضَلُّوا۟ they were lost عَنْهُمْ ۚ from them وَذَٰلِكَ And that إِفْكُهُمْ (was) their falsehood وَمَا and what كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْتَرُونَ inventing ٢٨