Verse 38:15 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
19
وَٱلطَّیۡرَ مَحۡشُورَةࣰۖ كُلࣱّ لَّهُۥۤ أَوَّابࣱ ١٩
wal-ṭayra maḥshūratan kullun lahu awwābu
and the birds, too, in flocks, all echoed his praise
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