Verse 44:16 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
12
رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٢
rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūn
Lord relieve us from this torment! We believe!’
13
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ١٣
annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnu
How will this [sudden] faith benefit them? When a prophet came to warn them plainly
14
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ١٤
thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnu
they turned their backs on him, saying, ‘He is tutored! He is possessed!’
15
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِیلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَاۤىِٕدُونَ ١٥
innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn
We shall hold the torment back for a while ––you are sure to return [to Us]––
16
یَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ١٦
yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūn
and on the Day We seize [them] mightily We shall exact retribution
17
۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِیمٌ ١٧
walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmu
We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them
18
أَنۡ أَدُّوۤا۟ إِلَیَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ١٨
an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnu
saying, ‘Hand the servants of God over to me! I am a faithful messenger who has been sent to you
19
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّیۤ ءَاتِیكُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ١٩
wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīni
Do not consider yourselves to be above God! I come to you with clear authority
20
وَإِنِّی عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّی وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ٢٠
wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn
I seek refuge in my Lord and yours against your insults
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