Verse 44:37 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
33 وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ مَا فِیهِ بَلَـٰۤؤࣱا۟ مُّبِینٌ ۝٣٣ waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnu We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test 34 إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَیَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤ inna hāulāi layaqūlūn These people here assert 35 إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِینَ ۝٣٥ in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn ‘There is nothing beyond our one death: we will not be resurrected 36 فَأۡتُوا۟ بِءَابَاۤىِٕنَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٦ fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’
37 أَهُمۡ خَیۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٧ ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīn Are they better than the people of Tubbaand those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty
38 وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِینَ ۝٣٨ wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between 39 مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩ mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend 40 إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِیقَـٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٠ inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn The Day of Decision is the time appointed for all 41 یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلࣰى شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١ yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūn a Day when no friend can take another’s place

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