Ash-Shu'ara 26:121–152

26:121Page 372

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢١

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

26:122Page 372

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢

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

26:123Page 372

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣

ʿAad denied the messengers

26:124–127Page 372

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤

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

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٢٥

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧

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

26:128–130Page 372

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨

Do you construct on every elevation a sign,¹ amusing yourselves,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ١٢٩

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

26:131–134Page 372

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣٢

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

وَجَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤

And gardens and springs.

26:135Page 372

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٣٥

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

26:136Page 372

قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

26:137–138Page 373

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨

And we are not to be punished."

26:139–140Page 373

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٩

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠

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

26:141Page 373

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٤١

Thamūd denied the messengers

26:142–145Page 373

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

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

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

So fear Allāh and obey me.

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.

26:146–149Page 373

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

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

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧

Within gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

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

26:150–152Page 373

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢

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