Verse 26:137 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
133 أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَـٰمࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٣٣ amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīn He has given you livestock, sons 134 وَجَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٣٤ wajannātin waʿuyūni gardens, springs 135 إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٣٥ innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’ 136 قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰعِظِینَ ۝١٣٦ qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīn They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not
137 إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣٧ in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn for we only do what our forefathers used to do
138 وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝١٣٨ wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn we shall not be punished.’ 139 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٣٩ fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe 140 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٤٠ wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful 141 كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٤١ kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīn The people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars

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