Verse 37:36 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
32 فَأَغۡوَیۡنَـٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِینَ ۝٣٢ fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’ 33 فَإِنَّهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ فِی ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ۝٣٣ fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūn On that Day they will all share the torment 34 إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٤ innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn this is how We deal with the guilty 35 إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۤا۟ إِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمۡ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ یَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ۝٣٥ innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūn Whenever it was said to them, ‘There is no deity but God,’ they became arrogant
36 وَیَقُولُونَ أَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوۤا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجۡنُونِۭ ۝٣٦ wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūni and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’
37 بَلۡ جَاۤءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝٣٧ bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīn ‘No: he brought the truth and confirmed the earlier messengers 38 إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَاۤىِٕقُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِیمِ ۝٣٨ innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīm you will taste the painful torment 39 وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٣٩ wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn and be repaid only according to your deeds.’ 40 إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ۝٤٠ illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn Not so God’s true servants

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