Ash-Shu'ara 26:142–227

26:142Page 373

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

26:143Page 373

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

26:144Page 373

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

So fear Allāh and obey me.

26:145Page 373

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

26:146Page 373

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

26:147Page 373

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧

Within gardens and springs

26:148Page 373

وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

26:149Page 373

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

26:150Page 373

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

So fear Allāh and obey me.

26:151Page 373

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

26:152Page 373

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

26:153Page 373

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

26:154Page 373

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

26:155Page 373

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥

He said, "This is a she-camel.¹ For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

26:156Page 373

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٥٦

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

26:157Page 373

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

26:158Page 373

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

26:159Page 373

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

26:160Page 374

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٦٠

The people of Lot denied the messengers

26:161Page 374

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

26:162Page 374

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٦٢

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

26:163Page 374

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣

So fear Allāh and obey me.

26:164Page 374

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

26:165Page 374

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥

Do you approach males among the worlds¹

26:166Page 374

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

26:167Page 374

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ١٦٧

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

26:168Page 374

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ١٦٨

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

26:169Page 374

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

26:170Page 374

فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٧٠

So We saved him and his family, all,

26:171Page 374

إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١

Except an old woman¹ among those who remained behind.

26:172Page 374

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٧٢

Then We destroyed the others.

26:173Page 374

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

26:174Page 374

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧٤

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

26:175Page 374

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

26:176Page 374

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦

The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers

26:177Page 374

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧

When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

26:178Page 374

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

26:179Page 374

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩

So fear Allāh and obey me.

26:180Page 374

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

26:181Page 374

۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

26:182Page 374

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢

And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

26:183Page 374

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

26:184Page 375

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

And fear He who created you and the former creation."¹

26:185Page 375

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

26:186Page 375

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

26:187Page 375

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

26:188Page 375

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

26:189–191Page 375

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

26:192Page 375

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

26:193Page 375

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

26:194Page 375

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

26:195Page 375

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥

In a clear Arabic language.

26:196Page 375

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

26:197Page 375

أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

26:198Page 375

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners¹

26:199Page 375

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩

And he had recited it to them [perfectly],¹ they would [still] not have been believers in it.

26:200Page 375

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠

Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.

26:201Page 375

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

26:202Page 375

فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

26:203Page 375

فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

26:204Page 375

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤

So for Our punishment are they impatient?

26:205–207Page 375

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦

And then there came to them that which they were promised?

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

26:208Page 376

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

26:209Page 376

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

26:210Page 376

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠

And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.¹

26:211Page 376

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

26:212Page 376

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.¹

26:213Page 376

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣

So do not invoke¹ with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

26:214Page 376

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤

And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.

26:215Page 376

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥

And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.

26:216Page 376

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

26:217Page 376

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

26:218Page 376

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨

Who sees you when you arise¹

26:219Page 376

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩

And your movement among those who prostrate.¹

26:220Page 376

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

26:221Page 376

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

26:222Page 376

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢

They descend upon every sinful liar.

26:223Page 376

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣

They pass on what is heard,¹ and most of them are liars.

26:224Page 376

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.

26:225Page 376

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥

Do you not see that in every valley they roam¹

26:226Page 376

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦

And that they say what they do not do? -

26:227Page 376

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]¹ after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.