Ash-Shu'ara 26:211–227

26:211–212Page 376

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١

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

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.

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وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤

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

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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."

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وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

26:218–220Page 376

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨

Who sees you when you arise¹

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩

And your movement among those who prostrate.¹

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

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هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

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تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢

They descend upon every sinful liar.

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣

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

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وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

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

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥

Do you not see that in every valley they roam¹

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦

And that they say what they do not do? -

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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.