Verse 38:17 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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 20 وَشَدَدۡنَا مُلۡكَهُۥ وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَفَصۡلَ ٱلۡخِطَابِ ۝٢٠ washadadnā mul'kahu waātaynāhu l-ḥik'mata wafaṣla l-khiṭāb We strengthened his kingdom; We gave him wisdom and a decisive way of speaking 21 ۞ وَهَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلۡخَصۡمِ إِذۡ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ ۝٢١ wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāb Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters

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