Verse 51:33 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
29
فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ٢٩
fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmu
His wife then entered with a loud cry, struck her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman?’
30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَ ٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ٣٠
qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuki innahu huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīm
but they said, ‘It will be so. This is what your Lord said, and He is the Wise, the All Knowing.’
31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٣١
qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn
Abraham said, ‘What is your errand, messengers?’
32
قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ٣٢
qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīn
They said, ‘We are sent to a people lost in sin
33
لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ٣٣
linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni
to bring down rocks of clay
34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ٣٤
musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn
marked by your Lord for those who exceed all bounds.’
35
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ٣٥
fa-akhrajnā man kāna fīhā mina l-mu'minīn
We brought out such believers as were there
36
فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ٣٦
famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn
We found only one household devoted to God
37
وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ٣٧
wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīm
and left the town to be a sign for those who fear the painful punishment
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