Verse 37:38 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
41
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ٤١
ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmu
They will have familiar provisions––
42
فَوَ ٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٤٢
fawākihu wahum muk'ramūn
fruits- and will be honoure
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