The Poets — Arthur John Arberry Translation

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِیرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَیۡدِیَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَـٰفࣲ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٩

Arthur John Arberry

Said Pharaoh, 'You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīn

26:50

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَیۡرَۖ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ۝٥٠

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'There is no harm; surely unto our Lord we are turning

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn

26:51

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰیَـٰنَاۤ أَن كُنَّاۤ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥١

Arthur John Arberry

We are eager that our Lord should forgive us our offences, for that we are the first of the believers.

innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīn

26:52

۞ وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِیۤ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٥٢

Arthur John Arberry

Also We revealed unto Moses, 'Go with My servants by night; surely you will be followed.

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn

26:53

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ۝٥٣

Arthur John Arberry

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities musterers

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn

26:54

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِیلُونَ ۝٥٤

Arthur John Arberry

'Behold, these are a small troop

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūn

26:55

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُونَ ۝٥٥

Arthur John Arberry

and indeed they are enraging us

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūn

26:56

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِیعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ ۝٥٦

Arthur John Arberry

and we are a host on our guard.

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn

26:57

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٧

Arthur John Arberry

So We expelled them from gardens and fountains

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūni

26:58

وَكُنُوزࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٥٨

Arthur John Arberry

and treasures and a noble station

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmi

26:59

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ۝٥٩

Arthur John Arberry

even so, and We bequeathed them upon the Children of Israel

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīl

26:60

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِینَ ۝٦٠

Arthur John Arberry

Then they followed them at the sunrise

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīn

26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ۝٦١

Arthur John Arberry

and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, 'We are overtaken!

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūn

26:62

قَالَ كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّ مَعِیَ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ ۝٦٢

Arthur John Arberry

Said he, 'No indeed; surely my Lord is with me; He will guide me.

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn

26:63

فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقࣲ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٦٣

Arthur John Arberry

Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīm

26:64

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝٦٤

Arthur John Arberry

And there We brought the others on

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīn

26:65

وَأَنجَیۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٦٥

Arthur John Arberry

and We delivered Moses and those with him all together

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīn

26:66

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝٦٦

Arthur John Arberry

then We drowned the others

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

26:67

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٦٧

Arthur John Arberry

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:68

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٦٨

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:69

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ۝٦٩

Arthur John Arberry

And recite to them the tiding of Abraha

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīm

26:70

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٠

Arthur John Arberry

when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn

26:71

قَالُوا۟ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ ۝٧١

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn

26:72

قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ۝٧٢

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'Do they hear you when you call

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn

26:73

أَوۡ یَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَضُرُّونَ ۝٧٣

Arthur John Arberry

or do they profit you, or harm?

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn

26:74

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰلِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٧٤

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūn

26:75

قَالَ أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٥

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'And have you considered what you have been serving

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:76

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ۝٧٦

Arthur John Arberry

you and your fathers, the elders

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūn

26:77

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّیۤ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٧٧

Arthur John Arberry

They are an enemy to me, except the Lord of all Bein

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīn

26:78

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَنِی فَهُوَ یَهۡدِینِ ۝٧٨

Arthur John Arberry

who created me, and Himself guides me

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn

26:79

وَٱلَّذِی هُوَ یُطۡعِمُنِی وَیَسۡقِینِ ۝٧٩

Arthur John Arberry

and Himself gives me to eat and drink

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīn

26:80

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ یَشۡفِینِ ۝٨٠

Arthur John Arberry

and, whenever I am sick, heals me

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīn

26:81

وَٱلَّذِی یُمِیتُنِی ثُمَّ یُحۡیِینِ ۝٨١

Arthur John Arberry

who makes me to die, then gives me life

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīn

26:82

وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لِی خَطِیۤءَتِی یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٨٢

Arthur John Arberry

and who I am eager shall forgive me my offence on the Day of Doom

wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīn

26:83

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِی حُكۡمࣰا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِی بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ۝٨٣

Arthur John Arberry

My Lord, give me Judgment, and join me with the righteous

rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīn

26:84

وَٱجۡعَل لِّی لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِی ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٨٤

Arthur John Arberry

and appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the others

wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīn

26:85

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِی مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝٨٥

Arthur John Arberry

Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Blis

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīm

26:86

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِیۤ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٨٦

Arthur John Arberry

and forgive my father, for he is one of those astray

wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīn

26:87

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِی یَوۡمَ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝٨٧

Arthur John Arberry

Degrade me not upon the day when they are raised up

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūn

26:88

یَوۡمَ لَا یَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ ۝٨٨

Arthur John Arberry

the day when neither wealth nor sons shall profi

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūn

26:89

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

Arthur John Arberry

except for him who comes to God with a pure heart

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmi

26:90

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٩٠

Arthur John Arberry

And Paradise shall be brought forward for the godfearing

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīn

26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِیمُ لِلۡغَاوِینَ ۝٩١

Arthur John Arberry

and Hell advanced for the perverse

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīn

26:92

وَقِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٩٢

Arthur John Arberry

It shall be said to them, 'Where is that you were serving

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:93

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ یَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَنتَصِرُونَ ۝٩٣

Arthur John Arberry

apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn

26:94

فَكُبۡكِبُوا۟ فِیهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٩٤

Arthur John Arberry

Then they shall be pitched into it, they and the pervers

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn

26:95

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِیسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ۝٩٥

Arthur John Arberry

and the hosts of Iblis, all together

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūn

26:96

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمۡ فِیهَا یَخۡتَصِمُونَ ۝٩٦

Arthur John Arberry

They shall say, as they dispute there one with another

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn

26:97

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٩٧

Arthur John Arberry

'By God, we were certainly in manifest erro

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīni

26:98

إِذۡ نُسَوِّیكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٩٨

Arthur John Arberry

when we made you equal with the Lord of all Being

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:99

وَمَاۤ أَضَلَّنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ۝٩٩

Arthur John Arberry

It was naught but the sinners that led us astray

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūn

26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِینَ ۝١٠٠

Arthur John Arberry

so now we have no intercessors

famā lanā min shāfiʿīn

26:101

وَلَا صَدِیقٍ حَمِیمࣲ ۝١٠١

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٢

Arthur John Arberry

O that we might return again, and be among the believers!

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīn

26:103

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٣

Arthur John Arberry

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:104

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٠٤

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:105

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٠٥

Arthur John Arberry

The people of Noah cried lies to the Envoy

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīn

26:106

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٠٦

Arthur John Arberry

when their brother Noah said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn

26:107

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٠٧

Arthur John Arberry

I am for you a faithful Messenger

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:108

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٠٨

Arthur John Arberry

so serve you God, and obey you me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:109

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٠٩

Arthur John Arberry

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:110

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١١٠

Arthur John Arberry

so fear you God, and obey you me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:111

۞ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ۝١١١

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūn

26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١١٢

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'What knowledge have I of that they have been doing

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

26:113

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ۝١١٣

Arthur John Arberry

Their account falls only upon my Lord, were you but aware

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn

26:114

وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٤

Arthur John Arberry

I would not drive away the believers

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīn

26:115

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١١٥

Arthur John Arberry

'I am naught but a plain warner.

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu

26:116

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ۝١١٦

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'If thou givest not over, Noah, thou shalt assuredly be one of the stoned.

qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn

26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِی كَذَّبُونِ ۝١١٧

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'My Lord, my people have cried me lies

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn

26:118

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٨

Arthur John Arberry

so give true deliverance between me and them, and deliver me and the believers that are with me

fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn

26:119

فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ۝١١٩

Arthur John Arberry

So We delivered him, and those with him, in the laden ship

fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn

26:120

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِینَ ۝١٢٠

Arthur John Arberry

then afterwards We drowned the rest

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīn

26:121

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٢١

Arthur John Arberry

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:122

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٢٢

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:123

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٢٣

Arthur John Arberry

Ad cried lies to the Envoy

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīn

26:124

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

Arthur John Arberry

when their brother Hood said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

26:125

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٢٥

Arthur John Arberry

I am for you a faithful Messenger

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:126

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٢٦

Arthur John Arberry

so fear you God, and obey you me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:127

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٢٧

Arthur John Arberry

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:128

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ ۝١٢٨

Arthur John Arberry

What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ۝١٢٩

Arthur John Arberry

and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn

26:130

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ ۝١٣٠

Arthur John Arberry

When you assault, you assault like tyrants

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn

26:131

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٣١

Arthur John Arberry

So fear you God, and obey you me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:132

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٣٢

Arthur John Arberry

and fear Him who has succoured you with what you know

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn

26:133

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَـٰمࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٣٣

Arthur John Arberry

succoured you with flocks and sons

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīn

26:134

وَجَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٣٤

Arthur John Arberry

gardens and fountains

wajannātin waʿuyūni

26:135

إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٣٥

Arthur John Arberry

'Indeed, I fear for you the chastisement of a dreadful day.

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰعِظِینَ ۝١٣٦

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Alike it is to us, whether thou admonishest, or art not one of the admonishers

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīn

26:137

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣٧

Arthur John Arberry

this is nothing but the habit of the ancients

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn

26:138

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝١٣٨

Arthur John Arberry

and we shall not be chastised.

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

26:139

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٣٩

Arthur John Arberry

So they cried him lies; then We destroyed them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٤٠

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:141

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٤١

Arthur John Arberry

Thamood cried lies to the Envoy

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīn

26:142

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٤٢

Arthur John Arberry

when their brother Salih said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn

26:143

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٤٣

Arthur John Arberry

I am for you a faithful Messenger

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:144

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٤٤

Arthur John Arberry

so fear you God, and obey you me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:145

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٤٥

Arthur John Arberry

'I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:146

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِی مَا هَـٰهُنَاۤ ءَامِنِینَ ۝١٤٦

Arthur John Arberry

Will you be left secure in this here

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn

26:147

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝١٤٧

Arthur John Arberry

among gardens and fountains

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

26:148

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِیمࣱ ۝١٤٨

Arthur John Arberry

sown fields, and palms with slender spathes

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmu

26:149

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ ۝١٤٩

Arthur John Arberry

Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

26:150

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٥٠

Arthur John Arberry

So fear you God, and obey you me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:151

وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝١٥١

Arthur John Arberry

and obey not the commandment of the prodiga

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīn

26:152

ٱلَّذِینَ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ۝١٥٢

Arthur John Arberry

who do corruption in the earth, and set not things aright.

alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūn

26:153

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٥٣

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:154

مَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِءَایَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٥٤

Arthur John Arberry

thou art naught but a mortal, like us; then produce a sign, if thou art one of the truthful.

mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

26:155

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝١٥٥

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'This is a she-camel; to her a draught and to you a draught, on a day appointed

qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmi

26:156

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوۤءࣲ فَیَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٥٦

Arthur John Arberry

and do not touch her with malice so that there seize you the chastisement of a dreadful day.

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:157

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِینَ ۝١٥٧

Arthur John Arberry

But they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīn

26:158

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٥٨

Arthur John Arberry

and the chastisement seized them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:159

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٥٩

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:160

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٦٠

Arthur John Arberry

The people of Lot cried lies to the Envoy

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīn

26:161

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٦١

Arthur John Arberry

when their brother Lot said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn

26:162

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٦٢

Arthur John Arberry

I am for you a faithful Messenger

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:163

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٦٣

Arthur John Arberry

so fear you God, and obey you me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:164

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٦٤

Arthur John Arberry

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:165

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٦٥

Arthur John Arberry

What, do you come to male beings

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīn

26:166

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ۝١٦٦

Arthur John Arberry

leaving your wives that your Lord created for you? Nay, but you are a people of transgressors

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn

26:167

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ ۝١٦٧

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'If thou givest not over, Lot, thou shalt assuredly be one of the expelled.

qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīn

26:168

قَالَ إِنِّی لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِینَ ۝١٦٨

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'Truly I am a detester of what you do

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīn

26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٦٩

Arthur John Arberry

My Lord, deliver me and my people from that they do.

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn

26:170

فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝١٧٠

Arthur John Arberry

So We delivered him and his people all together

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ۝١٧١

Arthur John Arberry

save an old woman among those that tarried

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝١٧٢

Arthur John Arberry

then We destroyed the others

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

26:173

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ۝١٧٣

Arthur John Arberry

and We rained on them a rain; and evil is the rain of them that are warned

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn

26:174

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٧٤

Arthur John Arberry

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:175

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٧٥

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:176

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡءَیۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٧٦

Arthur John Arberry

The men of the Thicket cried lies to the Envoy

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīn

26:177

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَیۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٧٧

Arthur John Arberry

when Shuaib said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn

26:178

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٧٨

Arthur John Arberry

I am for you a faithful Messenger, so fear you God, and obey you me

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:179

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٧٩

Arthur John Arberry

I ask of you no wage for this

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:180

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٨٠

Arthur John Arberry

my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:181

۞ أَوۡفُوا۟ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ ۝١٨١

Arthur John Arberry

Fill up the measure, and be not cheaters

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīn

26:182

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ ۝١٨٢

Arthur John Arberry

and weigh with the straight balance

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm

26:183

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ ۝١٨٣

Arthur John Arberry

and diminish not the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption

walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīn

26:184

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٨٤

Arthur John Arberry

Fear Him who created you, and the generations of the ancients.

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīn

26:185

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٨٥

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:186

وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ۝١٨٦

Arthur John Arberry

thou art naught but a mortal, like us; indeed, we think that thou art one of the liars

wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīn

26:187

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَیۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٨٧

Arthur John Arberry

Then drop down on us lumps from heaven, if thou art one of the truthful.

fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

26:188

قَالَ رَبِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٨٨

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'My Lord knows very well what you are doing.

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn

26:189

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمٍ ۝١٨٩

Arthur John Arberry

But they cried him lies; then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow; assuredly it was the chastisement of a dreadful day

fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:190

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٩٠

Arthur John Arberry

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:191

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٩١

Arthur John Arberry

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:192

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِیلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٩٢

Arthur John Arberry

Truly it is the revelation of the Lord of all Being

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِینُ ۝١٩٣

Arthur John Arberry

brought down by the Faithful Spiri

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīn

26:194

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِینَ ۝١٩٤

Arthur John Arberry

upon thy heart, that thou mayest be one of the warners

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīni

26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِیࣲّ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩٥

Arthur John Arberry

in a clear, Arabic tongue

Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeenin

26:196

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِی زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٩٦

Arthur John Arberry

Truly it is in the Scriptures of the ancients

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīn

26:197

أَوَ لَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَایَةً أَن یَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰۤؤُا۟ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ۝١٩٧

Arthur John Arberry

Was it not a sign for them, that it is known to the learned of the Children of Israel

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīl

26:198

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِینَ ۝١٩٨

Arthur John Arberry

If We had sent it down on a barbaria

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīn

26:199

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَیۡهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٩٩

Arthur John Arberry

and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed in it

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīn

26:200

كَذَ ٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٢٠٠

Arthur John Arberry

Even so We have caused it to enter into the hearts of the sinners

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn

26:201

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ یَرَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٢٠١

Arthur John Arberry

who will not believe in it, until they see the painful chastisemen

lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

26:202

فَیَأۡتِیَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ ۝٢٠٢

Arthur John Arberry

so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn

26:203

فَیَقُولُوا۟ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ۝٢٠٣

Arthur John Arberry

and they will say, 'Shall we be respited?

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn

26:204

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝٢٠٤

Arthur John Arberry

What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

26:205

أَفَرَءَیۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِنِینَ ۝٢٠٥

Arthur John Arberry

What thinkest thou? If We give them enjoyment of days for many years

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīn

26:206

ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٠٦

Arthur John Arberry

then there comes on them that they were promised

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūn

26:207

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُمَتَّعُونَ ۝٢٠٧

Arthur John Arberry

what will it then avail them, the enjoyment of days they were given

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn

26:208

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ۝٢٠٨

Arthur John Arberry

Never a city We destroyed, but it had warner

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn

26:209

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٢٠٩

Arthur John Arberry

for a reminder; and never did We wrong

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīn

26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢١٠

Arthur John Arberry

Not by the Satans has it been brought down

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīn

26:211

وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لَهُمۡ وَمَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ۝٢١١

Arthur John Arberry

it behoves them not, neither are they able

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūn

26:212

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ۝٢١٢

Arthur John Arberry

Truly, they are expelled from hearing

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn

26:213

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝٢١٣

Arthur John Arberry

So call thou not upon another god with God, lest thou shouldst be one of those that are chastised

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīn

26:214

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِیرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِینَ ۝٢١٤

Arthur John Arberry

And warn thy clan, thy nearest kin

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīn

26:215

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٢١٥

Arthur John Arberry

Lower thy wing to those who follow thee, being believers

wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīn

26:216

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢١٦

Arthur John Arberry

then, if they disobey thee, say, 'I am quit of that you do.

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūn

26:217

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝٢١٧

Arthur John Arberry

Put thy trust in the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīm

26:218

ٱلَّذِی یَرَىٰكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ ۝٢١٨

Arthur John Arberry

who sees thee when thou standes

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm

26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِی ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٢١٩

Arthur John Arberry

and when thou turnest about among those who bow

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīn

26:220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٢٢٠

Arthur John Arberry

Surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

26:221

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢٢١

Arthur John Arberry

Shall I tell you on whom the Satans come down

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīn

26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِیمࣲ ۝٢٢٢

Arthur John Arberry

They come down on every guilty impostor

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmi

26:223

یُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَـٰذِبُونَ ۝٢٢٣

Arthur John Arberry

They give ear, but most of them are liars

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūn

26:224

وَٱلشُّعَرَاۤءُ یَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٢٢٤

Arthur John Arberry

And the poets -- the perverse follow them

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūn

26:225

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِی كُلِّ وَادࣲ یَهِیمُونَ ۝٢٢٥

Arthur John Arberry

hast thou not seen how they wander in every valle

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn

26:226

وَأَنَّهُمۡ یَقُولُونَ مَا لَا یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٢٢٦

Arthur John Arberry

and how they say that which they do not

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūn

26:227

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِیرࣰا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ۗ وَسَیَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ أَیَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ یَنقَلِبُونَ ۝٢٢٧

Arthur John Arberry

Save those that believe, and do righteous deeds, and remember God oft, and help themselves after being wronged; and those who do wrong shall surely know by what overturning they will he overturned

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn

Surah 26. The Poets (ash-Shu`ara`)

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