Verse 36:31 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
27 بِمَا غَفَرَ لِی رَبِّی وَجَعَلَنِی مِنَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ۝٢٧ bimā ghafara lī rabbī wajaʿalanī mina l-muk'ramīn how my Lord has forgiven me and set me among the highly honoured.’ 28 ۞ وَمَاۤ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِن جُندࣲ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِینَ ۝٢٨ wamā anzalnā ʿalā qawmihi min baʿdihi min jundin mina l-samāi wamā kunnā munzilīn After him We did not send any army from heaven against his people, nor were We about to 29 إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَإِذَا هُمۡ خَـٰمِدُونَ ۝٢٩ in kānat illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-idhā hum khāmidūn there was just one blast, and they fell down lifeless 30 یَـٰحَسۡرَةً عَلَى ٱلۡعِبَادِۚ مَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ۝٣٠ yāḥasratan ʿalā l-ʿibādi mā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūn Alas for human beings! Whenever a messenger comes to them they ridicule him
31 أَلَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَیۡهِمۡ لَا یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝٣١ alam yaraw kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni annahum ilayhim lā yarjiʿūn Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them
32 وَإِن كُلࣱّ لَّمَّا جَمِیعࣱ لَّدَیۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ ۝٣٢ wa-in kullun lammā jamīʿun ladaynā muḥ'ḍarūn [Yet] all of them will be brought before Us 33 وَءَایَةࣱ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَیۡتَةُ أَحۡیَیۡنَـٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبࣰّا فَمِنۡهُ یَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٣٣ waāyatun lahumu l-arḍu l-maytatu aḥyaynāhā wa-akhrajnā min'hā ḥabban famin'hu yakulūn There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat 34 وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا جَنَّـٰتࣲ مِّن نَّخِیلࣲ وَأَعۡنَـٰبࣲ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُیُونِ ۝٣٤ wajaʿalnā fīhā jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin wafajjarnā fīhā mina l-ʿuyūn We have put gardens of date palms and grapes in the earth, and We have made springs of water gush out of i 35 لِیَأۡكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَیۡدِیهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا یَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٣٥ liyakulū min thamarihi wamā ʿamilathu aydīhim afalā yashkurūn so that they could eat its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this. How can they not give thanks

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