Verse 51:45 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
41 وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١ wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm There is another sign in the Ad: We sent the life-destroying wind against the 42 مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢ mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm and it reduced everything it came up against to shreds 43 وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣ wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni And also in the Thamud: it was said to them, ‘Make the most of your lives for a while,’ 44 فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤ faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūn but they rebelled against their Lord’s command, so the blast took them. They looked on helplessly
45 فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥ famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn they could not even remain standing, let alone defend themselves
46 وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦ waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn Before that We destroyed the people of Noah. They were a truly sinful people 47 وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧ wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn We built the heavens with Our power and made them vast 48 وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨ wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn We spread out the earth- how well We smoothed it out! 49 وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩ wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn and We created pairs of all things so that you [people] might take note

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