Verse 37:17 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
13
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا یَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣
wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn
take no heed when they are warned
14
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤
wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūn
and resort to ridicule when they see a sign
15
وَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِینٌ ١٥
waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnu
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
16
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again
17
أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ١٧
awaābāunā l-awalūn
along with our forefathers?’
18
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَ ٰخِرُونَ ١٨
qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūn
Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’
19
فَإِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ فَإِذَا هُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ١٩
fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūn
Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will loo
20
وَقَالُوا۟ یَـٰوَیۡلَنَا هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ٢٠
waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīn
and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’
21
هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢١
hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūn
[It will be said], ‘This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny
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