Verse 26:185 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
181
۞ أَوۡفُوا۟ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ ١٨١
awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīn
Give full measure: do not sell others short
182
وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ ١٨٢
wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm
Weigh with correct scales
183
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ ١٨٣
walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīn
do not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth
184
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ١٨٤
wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīn
Be mindful of God who created you and former generations,’
185
قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ١٨٥
qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn
but they replied, ‘You are bewitched
186
وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ١٨٦
wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīn
You are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar
187
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَیۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ١٨٧
fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn
Make bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’
188
قَالَ رَبِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨
qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn
He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’
189
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمٍ ١٨٩
fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi
They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day
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