Verse 26:114 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
110 فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١١٠ fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn be mindful of God and obey me.’ 111 ۞ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ۝١١١ qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūn They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’ 112 قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١١٢ qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do 113 إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ۝١١٣ in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn It is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see
114 وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٤ wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīn I will not drive believers away
115 إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١١٥ in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu I am here only to give people a clear warning.’ 116 قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ۝١١٦ qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’ 117 قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِی كَذَّبُونِ ۝١١٧ qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me 118 فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٨ fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn so make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’

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