The Poets — Syed Vickar Ahamed Translation

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Said (Firon): "Will you believe in Him (Allah) before I give you permission? Surely, he (Musa) is your chief, who has taught you magic! But you will know soon! Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "(That) does not matter! About us, we shall only go back to our Lord

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn

26:51

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Verily, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us for our mistakes, that we may become first among 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

By inspiration We revealed to Musa (Moses): "Go (away from Firon) by night with My servants; Because surely, you will be chased."

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn

26:53

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ۝٥٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then Firon (Pharaoh) sent news to (all) the Cities

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn

26:54

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِیلُونَ ۝٥٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"These (people) are only a small group

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūn

26:55

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُونَ ۝٥٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And they are very angry against us

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūn

26:56

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِیعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ ۝٥٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"But we are a many more with enough warning."

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn

26:57

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So We expelled them from gardens, springs

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūni

26:58

وَكُنُوزࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٥٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Treasures, and every kind of honorable position

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmi

26:59

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ۝٥٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

It was like this, that We made the Children of Israel inheritors of these things

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīl

26:60

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِینَ ۝٦٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So they (Firon) chased them (Musa and the Israelites) at sunrise

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīn

26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ۝٦١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And when the two groups saw each other, the Musa's (Moses’) people said: "We are sure to be overtaken (and overrun)."

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

26:62

قَالَ كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّ مَعِیَ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ ۝٦٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(Musa) said: "Not at all! My Lord is with me! He will soon guide me!"

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn

26:63

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then We told Musa (Moses) by revelation: "Strike the sea with your rod." And so, it (the sea) divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm part of a mountain

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And We made the other people come there

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīn

26:65

وَأَنجَیۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٦٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

We saved Musa (Moses) and all who were with him

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīn

26:66

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝٦٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then We drowned the others

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

26:67

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٦٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, there is a Sign in this: But most of them do not believe

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:68

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٦٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is), the Exalted in Might (Al-Aziz), Most Merciful (Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:69

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ۝٦٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And recite to them Ibrahim (Abraham)’s story

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīm

26:70

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When he said to his father and his people "What do you worship?"

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn

26:71

قَالُوا۟ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ ۝٧١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "We worship idols, and we remain attending to them always."

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn

26:72

قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ۝٧٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "Do they listen to you when you call unto (them

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn

26:73

أَوۡ یَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَضُرُّونَ ۝٧٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Or do (they) cause (any) good or harm to you?"

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn

26:74

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰلِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٧٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "No, but we found our fathers doing like this (what we do)."

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūn

26:75

قَالَ أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "Then do you see what you have been worshipping—

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:76

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ۝٧٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"You and your fathers before you

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūn

26:77

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّیۤ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٧٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Verily, they are enemies to me; except the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīn

26:78

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَنِی فَهُوَ یَهۡدِینِ ۝٧٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn

26:79

وَٱلَّذِی هُوَ یُطۡعِمُنِی وَیَسۡقِینِ ۝٧٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And it is He Who gives me food and gives me drink

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīn

26:80

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ یَشۡفِینِ ۝٨٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīn

26:81

وَٱلَّذِی یُمِیتُنِی ثُمَّ یُحۡیِینِ ۝٨١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And it is He Who will cause me to die, and then bring me to life (again)

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīn

26:82

وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لِی خَطِیۤءَتِی یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٨٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And Who, I hope, will forgive me for my mistakes on the Day of Resurrection.

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

26:83

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِی حُكۡمࣰا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِی بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ۝٨٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"O my Lord! Give me wisdom, and join me with the righteous (people)

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

26:84

وَٱجۡعَل لِّی لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِی ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٨٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And give me honorable saying on the tongue of truth of the later (generations) to come

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

26:85

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِی مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝٨٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of (Eternal) Joy (the Paradise)

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīm

26:86

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِیۤ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٨٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And forgive my father, verily, he is among those who go astray

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

26:87

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِی یَوۡمَ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝٨٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised up;"&mdash

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūn

26:88

یَوۡمَ لَا یَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ ۝٨٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The Day when neither wealth nor sons will be of (any) use

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūn

26:89

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Except only he who brings to Allah a good heart (will be treated well)

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmi

26:90

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٩٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The Garden will be brought near to the righteous

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīn

26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِیمُ لِلۡغَاوِینَ ۝٩١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the Fire will be placed in full sight to those lost in evil

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīn

26:92

وَقِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٩٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And it shall be said to them: "Where are the (gods that) you worshipped—

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:93

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ یَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَنتَصِرُونَ ۝٩٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn

26:94

فَكُبۡكِبُوا۟ فِیهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٩٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then they will be cast right into the (Fire)— They and those lost in evil

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn

26:95

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِیسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ۝٩٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the whole groups from (the race of) Satan altogether

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūn

26:96

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمۡ فِیهَا یَخۡتَصِمُونَ ۝٩٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They will say, while they quarrel in there

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn

26:97

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٩٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘By Allah, truly, we were in a clear error

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīni

26:98

إِذۡ نُسَوِّیكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٩٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘When we held you (Satan) as equal to the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:99

وَمَاۤ أَضَلَّنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ۝٩٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘And none has led us astray except those who were criminals, (deeply) soaked in sin

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūn

26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِینَ ۝١٠٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘Then, we have none to intercede (for us) now

famā lanā min shāfiʿīn

26:101

وَلَا صَدِیقٍ حَمِیمࣲ ۝١٠١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘Nor a close single friend to feel (sorry for us now)

walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmi

26:102

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Now if we only had a chance to return, we shall truly be of those who believe!’ "

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīn

26:103

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:104

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٠٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is) the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:105

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٠٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The people of Nuh (Noah) denied the messengers

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīn

26:106

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٠٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When their brother Nuh (Noah) said to them: "Will you not fear and obey (Allah, in total trust or Taq'wa)

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn

26:107

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٠٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I am to you a messenger fit for all trust

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:108

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٠٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So fear Allah, and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:109

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I do not ask for any reward for it from you: My reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds

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

26:110

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١١٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So fear Allah, and obey me."

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:111

۞ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ۝١١١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "Shall we believe in you when it is the lowliest who follow you?"

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūn

26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١١٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He (Noah) said: "And what do I know about what they do

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

26:113

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ۝١١٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Their account is only with my Lord, if you can (only) understand

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn

26:114

وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I am not one to drive away those who believe

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīn

26:115

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١١٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I am only a plain Warner (to warn you clearly)."

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu

26:116

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ۝١١٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "O Nuh (Noah)! If you do no stop, you will be stoned (to death)."

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

26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِی كَذَّبُونِ ۝١١٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "O my Lord! Truly my people have rejected me

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn

26:118

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then, You judge between me and them openly, and save me and those of the believers who 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And We saved him and those with him, in the Ark full of (all of creatures)

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

26:120

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِینَ ۝١٢٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

After that We drowned those who remained behind

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīn

26:121

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٢١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:122

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٢٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is) the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:123

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٢٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The ‘Ad (people) rejected the messengers

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīn

26:124

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When their brother Hud said to them; "Will you not fear (Allah)

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

26:125

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٢٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Verily, I am to you a messenger fit for all trust

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:126

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٢٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So fear Allah and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:127

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I do not ask for any reward for it from you: My reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

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

26:128

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ ۝١٢٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Do you build an important place on every high place to bring joy to yourselves

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ۝١٢٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And do you get for yourselves fine buildings with the hope of living in there (for ever)

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn

26:130

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ ۝١٣٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And when you play your strong hand (with force), do you act like cruel men with absolute power

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn

26:131

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٣١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Now fear Allah, and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:132

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٣٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Yes, fear Him Who has given you freely all that you know

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn

26:133

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَـٰمࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٣٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"He has freely given you cattle and sons—

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīn

26:134

وَجَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٣٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And gardens and springs

wajannātin waʿuyūni

26:135

إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٣٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Truly, I fear the Penalty of a Great Day for you."

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:136

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "It is the same for us if you preach (warn) us or do not be among (our) warners

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīn

26:137

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"This is nothing different from the customary actions of the ancient (people)

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn

26:138

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝١٣٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And we are not the ones to take pains and penalties!"

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

26:139

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Surely there is a Sign in this but most of them do not believe

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

26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٤٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is) the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:141

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٤١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The Samood (Thamud people) rejected the messengers

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīn

26:142

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٤٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not fear (Allah)

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn

26:143

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٤٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I am to you a messenger fit for all trust

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:144

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٤٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So fear Allah, and obey m

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:145

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I do not ask for any reward for it from you: My reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

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

26:146

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِی مَا هَـٰهُنَاۤ ءَامِنِینَ ۝١٤٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Will you be left safe (for ever), in (the enjoyment of) all that you have here

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn

26:147

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝١٤٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"In gardens and springs

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

26:148

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِیمࣱ ۝١٤٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And corn-fields and date palms with their (leafy) covers almost breaking (with the weight of fruit

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmu

26:149

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ ۝١٤٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And you dig out houses out of (rocky) mountains with high skill

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

26:150

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٥٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"But fear Allah and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:151

وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝١٥١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And do not follow the call of those who are wasteful—

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīn

26:152

ٱلَّذِینَ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ۝١٥٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Who do mischief in the land, and do not correct (their ways)."

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

26:153

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٥٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "You are only one of those under a (magical) spell

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:154

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"You are no more than a human like us: "Then bring us a Sign, if you tell the truth!"

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "Here is a she-camel: She has a right to (come to the) water, and you have a right to (come to the) water, 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And do not touch her with harm, or the penalty of the Great Day seize you."

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:157

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِینَ ۝١٥٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But they killed her (by cutting the hamstrings): Then they became full of sorrow

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīn

26:158

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But the penalty seized them, surely there is indeed a Sign in this but most of them do not believe

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

26:159

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٥٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is), the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:160

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٦٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The people of Lut (Lot) rejected the messengers

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīn

26:161

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٦١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When their brother Lut (Lot) said to them: "Will you not fear (Allah)

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn

26:162

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٦٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Verily, I am to you a messenger fit for all trust

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:163

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٦٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So, fear Allah and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:164

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I do not ask for any reward for it from you: My reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

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

26:165

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٦٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Will you run after males, of all creation (made) in the worlds

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīn

26:166

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And leave those (the females) whom Allah has made for you to be your wives? No! You are a people exceeding (all moral limits)!"

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn

26:167

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ ۝١٦٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "O Lut (Lot)! If you do not stop, you will surely be one of those driven out!"

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

26:168

قَالَ إِنِّی لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِینَ ۝١٦٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "I am one of those who disapproves your acts (of sodomy) with severe hate and anger

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīn

26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٦٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"O my Lord! Save me and my family from such things like what they do!"

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn

26:170

فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝١٧٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So, We saved him and his family— All

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ۝١٧١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Except an old woman who kept behind

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝١٧٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But the rest We destroyed totally

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

26:173

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ۝١٧٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And, We rained down on them a shower (of hard clay-stone): And evil was the shower on those who were warned (but did not listen)

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn

26:174

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٧٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely there is a Sign in this but most of them do not believe

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:175

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٧٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is) the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:176

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡءَیۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٧٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The companions of the Wood rejected the messengers

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīn

26:177

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَیۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٧٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When Shu’aib said to them: "Will you not fear (Allah)

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn

26:178

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٧٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I am to you a messenger fit for all trust

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:179

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٧٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"So fear Allah and obey me

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:180

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"I do not ask for any reward for it from you: My reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

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

26:181

۞ أَوۡفُوا۟ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ ۝١٨١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Give proper measure (to others) and do not make loss (for others by cheating)

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

26:182

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ ۝١٨٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And weigh with true and upright scales

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm

26:183

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ ۝١٨٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And do not defraud (hold back) things that are truly due to men, and do no evil in the land, by making mischief

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

26:184

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٨٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And fear Him Who created you and the generations before (you)."

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīn

26:185

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٨٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "You are only one of those under a (magical) spell

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:186

وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ۝١٨٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"You are no more than a human like us: And really, we think that you 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Now make a piece of the sky to fall on us, if you are truthful!"

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

26:188

قَالَ رَبِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٨٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He said: "My Lord knows well what you do."

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn

26:189

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But they denied him. Then the punishment of a day of great sorrow seized them, indeed that was the penalty of a Great 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, in that, there is a Sign but most of them do not believe

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:191

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٩١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And surely your Lord is He (Who is) the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:192

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِیلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٩٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And Truly, this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِینُ ۝١٩٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

With this (the Quran), the Spirit [Gabriel] of truth came down (to bring it)—

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīn

26:194

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِینَ ۝١٩٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

To your heart and (to your) mind that you (O Prophet) may warn and guid

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīni

26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِیࣲّ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

In clear (and easily understood) Arabic tongue

Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeenin

26:196

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِی زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٩٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And without doubt it is (from) the mystic Books of the earlier peoples

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīn

26:197

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Is it not a Sign to them that the learned from the Children of Israel knew it (as true)

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīl

26:198

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِینَ ۝١٩٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

If We had revealed it to any of the non-Arabs

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīn

26:199

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَیۡهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٩٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And if he read 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Like this We have made it enter the hearts (and minds) of the criminals

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn

26:201

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ یَرَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٢٠١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They will not believe in it until they see the painful penalty

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

26:202

فَیَأۡتِیَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ ۝٢٠٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But the (penalty) will come to them swiftly, when they are not aware of it

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn

26:203

فَیَقُولُوا۟ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ۝٢٠٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then they will say: Will we be given some relief

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn

26:204

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝٢٠٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then do they ask them for Our Penalty to be hurried on

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

26:205

أَفَرَءَیۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِنِینَ ۝٢٠٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Do you see? (Even) if We let them enjoy (this life) for a few years

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīn

26:206

ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٠٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And still at the end, there will come to them (the punishment) that they were promised

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūn

26:207

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُمَتَّعُونَ ۝٢٠٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

It will not help them that they enjoyed (this life)

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn

26:208

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ۝٢٠٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And We never ruined a population that did not have its warners—

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn

26:209

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٢٠٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

As a reminder (to mankind); And We never are unjust

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīn

26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢١٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And no Satans' (or the Evil ones) have brought down this (Message)

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīn

26:211

وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لَهُمۡ وَمَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ۝٢١١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

It would not befit them, and they would not be able (to produce it)

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūn

26:212

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ۝٢١٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

As a fact, they have been removed far away from even hearing it

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn

26:213

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝٢١٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So do not call on any other god with Allah, or you will be from those under the penalty

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

26:214

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِیرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِینَ ۝٢١٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And advise and warn your nearest relatives

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīn

26:215

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٢١٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And lower you arms (as greetings) to the believers who follow you

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

26:216

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢١٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Even then, if they disobey you, say: I am free (of responsibility) for what you do

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūn

26:217

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝٢١٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And place your trust on the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīm

26:218

ٱلَّذِی یَرَىٰكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ ۝٢١٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Who sees you standing up (in prayer)

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm

26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِی ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٢١٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (sees) your movements among those who prostrate themselves

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīn

26:220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٢٢٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Verily, it is He Who hears and knows all things

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

26:221

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢٢١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(O my people!) Shall I inform you, on whom it is that Satans' (or the Evil ones) come down

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīn

26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِیمࣲ ۝٢٢٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They come down on every lying, sinful person

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmi

26:223

یُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَـٰذِبُونَ ۝٢٢٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(In their ears) they fill half-true, worthless things, and most of them are liars

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūn

26:224

وَٱلشُّعَرَاۤءُ یَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٢٢٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

As for the poets— Those astray (in evil) who follow them

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūn

26:225

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِی كُلِّ وَادࣲ یَهِیمُونَ ۝٢٢٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Do you not see that they (anxiously) speak about every subject (of lies and sin) in their poetry

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn

26:226

وَأَنَّهُمۡ یَقُولُونَ مَا لَا یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٢٢٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And that they say what they do not do

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Except those who believe and work rightfully, and do much in the remembering of Allah, and (act to) defend themselves only after they are wrongly attacked. And soon will the unjust attackers know what sudden changes their actions will take

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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