26. Surah Ash-Shu'araa

وَ تَذَرُوْنَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ١ؕ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عٰدُوْنَ ﴿١٦٦﴾Open ayah 26:166 in the Quran reader

and leave what your Lord has created for you, that is, your wives? in fact, you are a people who cross (all) limits."

قَالُوْا لَئِنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ یٰلُوْطُ لَتَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِیْنَ ﴿١٦٧﴾Open ayah 26:167 in the Quran reader

They said, "If you do not stop 0 Lut, you shall be included among the outcast."

قَالَ اِنِّیْ لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِّنَ الْقَالِیْنَؕ ﴿١٦٨﴾Open ayah 26:168 in the Quran reader

He said "Certainly, I am hateful to your act.

رَبِّ نَجِّنِیْ وَ اَهْلِیْ مِمَّا یَعْمَلُوْنَ ﴿١٦٩﴾Open ayah 26:169 in the Quran reader

0 my Lord, save me and my family from what they do."

فَنَجَّیْنٰهُ وَ اَهْلَهٗۤ اَجْمَعِیْنَۙ ﴿١٧٠﴾Open ayah 26:170 in the Quran reader

So We saved him and his family, all of them

اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِی الْغٰبِرِیْنَۚ ﴿١٧١﴾Open ayah 26:171 in the Quran reader

except an old woman among those who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْاٰخَرِیْنَۚ ﴿١٧٢﴾Open ayah 26:172 in the Quran reader

Then We destroyed the others,

وَ اَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ مَّطَرًا١ۚ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِیْنَ ﴿١٧٣﴾Open ayah 26:173 in the Quran reader

and subjected them to a terrible rain. So evil was the rain of those who were warned.

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً١ؕ وَ مَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٧٤﴾Open ayah 26:174 in the Quran reader

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

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ۠ ﴿١٧٥﴾Open ayah 26:175 in the Quran reader

And surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ لْئَیْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَۚۖ ﴿١٧٦﴾Open ayah 26:176 in the Quran reader

The people of Aykah belied the messengers

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَیْبٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَۚ ﴿١٧٧﴾Open ayah 26:177 in the Quran reader

when Shu'aib said to them, 'Do you not fear Allah?

اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِیْنٌۙ ﴿١٧٨﴾Open ayah 26:178 in the Quran reader

I am an honest messenger for you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚ ﴿١٧٩﴾Open ayah 26:179 in the Quran reader

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَ مَاۤ اَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ١ۚ اِنْ اَجْرِیَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ ﴿١٨٠﴾Open ayah 26:180 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.

اَوْفُوا الْكَیْلَ وَ لَا تَكُوْنُوْا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِیْنَۚ ﴿١٨١﴾Open ayah 26:181 in the Quran reader

Give full measure and do not be among those who bring loss to others.

وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِیْمِۚ ﴿١٨٢﴾Open ayah 26:182 in the Quran reader

And weigh with an even balance.

وَ لَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْیَآءَهُمْ وَ لَا تَعْثَوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِیْنَۚ ﴿١٨٣﴾Open ayah 26:183 in the Quran reader

And do not make people short of their things and do not spread disorder in the land as mischief makers.

وَ اتَّقُوا الَّذِیْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَ الْجِبِلَّةَ الْاَوَّلِیْنَؕ ﴿١٨٤﴾Open ayah 26:184 in the Quran reader

And be fearful of the One who created you and the former generations."

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِیْنَۙ ﴿١٨٥﴾Open ayah 26:185 in the Quran reader

They said, "You are but one of the bewitched men.

وَ مَاۤ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَ اِنْ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكٰذِبِیْنَۚ ﴿١٨٦﴾Open ayah 26:186 in the Quran reader

And you are no more than a human like us, and in fact we consider you to be one of the liars.

فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَیْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَؕ ﴿١٨٧﴾Open ayah 26:187 in the Quran reader

So cause a piece from the sky to fall down upon us, if you are one of the truthful."

قَالَ رَبِّیْۤ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ﴿١٨٨﴾Open ayah 26:188 in the Quran reader

He said, 'My Lord knows best what you do."

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ یَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ١ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ ﴿١٨٩﴾Open ayah 26:189 in the Quran reader

Thus they belied him, so they were seized by the torment of the Day of Canopy. Indeed it was the punishment of a terrible day.

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً١ؕ وَ مَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٩٠﴾Open ayah 26:190 in the Quran reader

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

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ۠ ﴿١٩١﴾Open ayah 26:191 in the Quran reader

Add surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَ اِنَّهٗ لَتَنْزِیْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ ﴿١٩٢﴾Open ayah 26:192 in the Quran reader

And this (Qur'an) is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوْحُ الْاَمِیْنُۙ ﴿١٩٣﴾Open ayah 26:193 in the Quran reader

It is brought by the Trusted Spirit down

عَلٰى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِیْنَ ﴿١٩٤﴾Open ayah 26:194 in the Quran reader

to your heart, so that you become one of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِیٍّ مُّبِیْنٍؕ ﴿١٩٥﴾Open ayah 26:195 in the Quran reader

in plain Arabic language.

وَ اِنَّهٗ لَفِیْ زُبُرِ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ﴿١٩٦﴾Open ayah 26:196 in the Quran reader

And of course, it is (mentioned) in the scriptures of the former people.

اَوَ لَمْ یَكُنْ لَّهُمْ اٰیَةً اَنْ یَّعْلَمَهٗ عُلَمٰٓؤُا بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَؕ ﴿١٩٧﴾Open ayah 26:197 in the Quran reader

Is it not a proof for them that the knowledgeable of the children of Isra'il recognize him (the prophet)?

وَ لَوْ نَزَّلْنٰهُ عَلٰى بَعْضِ الْاَعْجَمِیْنَۙ ﴿١٩٨﴾Open ayah 26:198 in the Quran reader

And (even) if We had revealed it to a non-Arab,

فَقَرَاَهٗ عَلَیْهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ مُؤْمِنِیْنَؕ ﴿١٩٩﴾Open ayah 26:199 in the Quran reader

and he would have recited it to them, they were not to believe in it.

كَذٰلِكَ سَلَكْنٰهُ فِیْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَؕ ﴿٢٠٠﴾Open ayah 26:200 in the Quran reader

Thus We have made it enter into the hearts of the sinners.

لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ حَتّٰى یَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِیْمَۙ ﴿٢٠١﴾Open ayah 26:201 in the Quran reader

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

فَیَاْتِیَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّ هُمْ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَۙ ﴿٢٠٢﴾Open ayah 26:202 in the Quran reader

and it will come to them suddenly while they will not be anticipating (it),

فَیَقُوْلُوْا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُوْنَؕ ﴿٢٠٣﴾Open ayah 26:203 in the Quran reader

and they will say, "Is it (possible) that we are given some respite?"

اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ ﴿٢٠٤﴾Open ayah 26:204 in the Quran reader

Are they asking then that Our punishment should come soon?