Verse 38:14 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
10 أَمۡ لَهُم مُّلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۖ فَلۡیَرۡتَقُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَسۡبَـٰبِ ۝١٠ am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbāb Do they control the heavens and earth and everything between? Let them climb their ropes 11 جُندࣱ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهۡزُومࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ ۝١١ jundun mā hunālika mahzūmun mina l-aḥzāb their armed alliance is weak and will be crushed 12 كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ وَعَادࣱ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ۝١٢ kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu dhū l-awtād The people of Noah, Ad, and firmly-supported Pharaoh rejected their prophets before them 13 وَثَمُودُ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطࣲ وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡءَیۡكَةِۚ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ ۝١٣ wathamūdu waqawmu lūṭin wa-aṣḥābu al'aykati ulāika l-aḥzāb Thamud, the people of Lot, and the Forest-Dwellers each formed opposition [against theirs]
14 إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ۝١٤ in kullun illā kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqāb They all rejected the mes-sengers and they were deservedly struck by My punishment
15 وَمَا یَنظُرُ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ إِلَّا صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقࣲ ۝١٥ wamā yanẓuru hāulāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqi all the disbelievers here are waiting for is a single blast that cannot be postponed 16 وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبۡلَ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ۝١٦ waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi l-ḥisāb They say, ‘Our Lord! Advance us our share of punishment before the Day of Reckoning!’ 17 ٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا یَقُولُونَ وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلۡأَیۡدِۖ إِنَّهُۥۤ أَوَّابٌ ۝١٧ iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhā l-aydi innahu awwābu Bear their words patiently [Prophet]. Remember Our servant David, a man of strength who always turned to Us 18 إِنَّا سَخَّرۡنَا ٱلۡجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ یُسَبِّحۡنَ بِٱلۡعَشِیِّ وَٱلۡإِشۡرَاقِ ۝١٨ innā sakharnā l-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥ'na bil-ʿashiyi wal-ish'rāq We made the mountains join him in glorifying Us at sunset and sunrise

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