Verse 26:139 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
142
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢
idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn
Their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God
143
إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ١٤٣
innī lakum rasūlun amīnu
I am a faithful messenger to you
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