Verse 23:109 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
105
أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَایَـٰتِی تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٠٥
alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūn
‘Were My messages not recited over and over to you and still you rejected them?’
106
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَیۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمࣰا ضَاۤلِّینَ ١٠٦
qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīn
They will say, ‘Lord, our waywardness overcame us and we went astray
107
رَبَّنَاۤ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡهَا فَإِنۡ عُدۡنَا فَإِنَّا ظَـٰلِمُونَ ١٠٧
rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūn
Lord, take us away from this and if we go back to our old ways, then we shall really be evildoers.’
108
قَالَ ٱخۡسَءُوا۟ فِیهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ ١٠٨
qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūn
He will say, ‘Away with you! In you go! Do not speak to Me
109
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِیقࣱ مِّنۡ عِبَادِی یَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَاۤ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلرَّ ٰحِمِینَ ١٠٩
innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīn
Among My servants there were those who said, “Lord, We believe. Forgive us and have mercy on us: You are the most merciful of all.”
110
فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِیًّا حَتَّىٰۤ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِی وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ ١١٠
fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūn
But you kept on laughing at them: so intent were you on laughing at them that it made you forget My warning
111
إِنِّی جَزَیۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوۤا۟ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَاۤىِٕزُونَ ١١١
innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūn
Today I have rewarded them for their patience: it is they who will succeed.’
112
قَـٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِینَ ١١٢
qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīn
He will say, ‘How many years were you on earth?’
113
قَالُوا۟ لَبِثۡنَا یَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ یَوۡمࣲ فَسۡءَلِ ٱلۡعَاۤدِّینَ ١١٣
qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīn
and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.’
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