26. Surah Ash-Shu'araa

اَتَبْنُوْنَ بِكُلِّ رِیْعٍ اٰیَةً تَعْبَثُوْنَ ﴿١٢٨﴾Open ayah 26:128 in the Quran reader

Do you erect on every height a sign, having no sound purpose,

وَ تَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَۚ ﴿١٢٩﴾Open ayah 26:129 in the Quran reader

and take the objects of architecture as if you are going to live forever,

وَ اِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِیْنَۚ ﴿١٣٠﴾Open ayah 26:130 in the Quran reader

and when you seize (someone) you seize as tyrants?

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚ ﴿١٣١﴾Open ayah 26:131 in the Quran reader

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَ اتَّقُوا الَّذِیْۤ اَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُوْنَۚ ﴿١٣٢﴾Open ayah 26:132 in the Quran reader

And fear the One who has supported you with what you know.

اَمَدَّكُمْ بِاَنْعَامٍ وَّ بَنِیْنَۚۙ ﴿١٣٣﴾Open ayah 26:133 in the Quran reader

lie has supported you with cattle and sons,

وَ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ عُیُوْنٍۚ ﴿١٣٤﴾Open ayah 26:134 in the Quran reader

and with gardens and springs.

اِنِّیْۤ اَخَافُ عَلَیْكُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍؕ ﴿١٣٥﴾Open ayah 26:135 in the Quran reader

In fact I fear for you the punishment of a great day."

قَالُوْا سَوَآءٌ عَلَیْنَاۤ اَوَ عَظْتَ اَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوٰعِظِیْنَۙ ﴿١٣٦﴾Open ayah 26:136 in the Quran reader

They said, "It is all equal for us, whether you give us advice or you are not among those who give advice.

اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا خُلُقُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَۙ ﴿١٣٧﴾Open ayah 26:137 in the Quran reader

This is nothing but the practice of the ancient,

وَ مَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَۚ ﴿١٣٨﴾Open ayah 26:138 in the Quran reader

and we are not going to be punished."

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ١ؕ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً١ؕ وَ مَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٣٩﴾Open ayah 26:139 in the Quran reader

Thus they belied him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in this there is a sign, and most of them are not to believe.

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ۠ ﴿١٤٠﴾Open ayah 26:140 in the Quran reader

And surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَۚۖ ﴿١٤١﴾Open ayah 26:141 in the Quran reader

The (people of) Thamud belied the messengers

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ صٰلِحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَۚ ﴿١٤٢﴾Open ayah 26:142 in the Quran reader

when their brother Salih said to them, 'Do you not fear Allah?

اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِیْنٌۙ ﴿١٤٣﴾Open ayah 26:143 in the Quran reader

I am an honest messenger for you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚ ﴿١٤٤﴾Open ayah 26:144 in the Quran reader

So, fear Allah and obey me.

وَ مَاۤ اَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ١ۚ اِنْ اَجْرِیَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ ﴿١٤٥﴾Open ayah 26:145 in the Quran reader

And I do not claim from you any reward for it. My reward is with none but with the Lord of the worlds.

اَتُتْرَكُوْنَ فِیْ مَا هٰهُنَاۤ اٰمِنِیْنَۙ ﴿١٤٦﴾Open ayah 26:146 in the Quran reader

Will you be left secure in whatever is here,

فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ عُیُوْنٍۙ ﴿١٤٧﴾Open ayah 26:147 in the Quran reader

in gardens and springs,

وَّ زُرُوْعٍ وَّ نَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِیْمٌۚ ﴿١٤٨﴾Open ayah 26:148 in the Quran reader

and in farms and date-palms, the spates of which are interwoven?

وَ تَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُیُوْتًا فٰرِهِیْنَۚ ﴿١٤٩﴾Open ayah 26:149 in the Quran reader

1481 And you hew out houses from the hills with pride.

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚ ﴿١٥٠﴾Open ayah 26:150 in the Quran reader

So fear Allah and obey me,

وَ لَا تُطِیْعُوْۤا اَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِیْنَۙ ﴿١٥١﴾Open ayah 26:151 in the Quran reader

and do not obey the order of the transgressors

الَّذِیْنَ یُفْسِدُوْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا یُصْلِحُوْنَ ﴿١٥٢﴾Open ayah 26:152 in the Quran reader

make mischief on the land and who do not set things right".

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِیْنَۚ ﴿١٥٣﴾Open ayah 26:153 in the Quran reader

They said, "You are merely one of those bewitched.

مَاۤ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا١ۖۚ فَاْتِ بِاٰیَةٍ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَ ﴿١٥٤﴾Open ayah 26:154 in the Quran reader

You are nothing but a human like us. So, bring a sign if you are one of the truthful."

قَالَ هٰذِهٖ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَّ لَكُمْ شِرْبُ یَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍۚ ﴿١٥٥﴾Open ayah 26:155 in the Quran reader

He said, "This is a she-camel - She has a share of water, and you have a share of water on a specified day.

وَ لَا تَمَسُّوْهَا بِسُوْٓءٍ فَیَاْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ ﴿١٥٦﴾Open ayah 26:156 in the Quran reader

So do not touch her with evil (intent), lest you should be seized by a painful punishment."

فَعَقَرُوْهَا فَاَصْبَحُوْا نٰدِمِیْنَۙ ﴿١٥٧﴾Open ayah 26:157 in the Quran reader

But they killed her, then they became remorseful and the punishment seized them.

فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ١ؕ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً١ؕ وَ مَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٥٨﴾Open ayah 26:158 in the Quran reader

Surely in this there is a sign, and most of them are not to believe.

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ۠ ﴿١٥٩﴾Open ayah 26:159 in the Quran reader

And surely, your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطِ اِ۟لْمُرْسَلِیْنَۚۖ ﴿١٦٠﴾Open ayah 26:160 in the Quran reader

The people of Lut (علیہ السلام) belied the messengers

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ لُوْطٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَۚ ﴿١٦١﴾Open ayah 26:161 in the Quran reader

when their brother Lut (علیہ السلام) said to them, "Do you not fear Allah?

اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِیْنٌۙ ﴿١٦٢﴾Open ayah 26:162 in the Quran reader

I am an honest messenger for you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚ ﴿١٦٣﴾Open ayah 26:163 in the Quran reader

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَ مَاۤ اَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ١ۚ اِنْ اَجْرِیَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ ﴿١٦٤﴾Open ayah 26:164 in the Quran reader

And I do not claim from you any reward for it. My reward is with none but with the Lord of the worlds.

اَتَاْتُوْنَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعٰلَمِیْنَۙ ﴿١٦٥﴾Open ayah 26:165 in the Quran reader

Do you go to the males (for having sex) out of the whole universe,