Surah Ash-Shu'ara (سورة Ash-Shu'ara)

From the Quran Encyclopedia

Contents

🌙 Middle Meccan · 615–619 CE📋 Revelation #65🟡 Hifz: Medium📗 Juz 19

Surah Ash-Shu'ara (Arabic: سورة Ash-Shu'ara, "The Poets") is the 26 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 227 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Ash-Shu'ara ("The Poets") is chapter 26 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 227 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 26:1

طٰسٓمّٓ

tta-seen-meem

Ta, Seen, Meem

Verse 26:2

تِلۡكَ اٰيٰتُ الۡكِتٰبِ الۡمُبِيۡنِ

til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

These are the verses of the clear Book

Verse 26:3

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفۡسَكَ اَلَّا يَكُوۡنُوۡا مُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna

Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers

Verse 26:4

اِنۡ نَّشَاۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اٰيَةً فَظَلَّتۡ اَعۡنَاقُهُمۡ لَهَا خٰضِعِيۡنَ

in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled

Verse 26:5

وَمَا يَاۡتِيۡهِمۡ مِّنۡ ذِكۡرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحۡمٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ اِلَّا كَانُوۡا عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِيۡنَ

wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīna

And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it

Verse 26:6

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوۡا فَسَيَاۡتِيۡهِمۡ اَنۭۡ بٰٓؤُا مَا كَانُوۡا بِهٖ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُوۡنَ

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule

Verse 26:7

اَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡا اِلَي الۡاَرۡضِ كَمۡ اَنۭۡ بَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ زَوۡجٍ كَرِيۡمٍ

awalam yaraw ilā l-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind

Verse 26:8

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:9

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:10

وَاِذۡ نَادٰي رَبُّكَ مُوۡسٰ٘ي اَنِ ائۡتِ الۡقَوۡمَ الظّٰلِمِيۡنَۙ‏

wa-idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani i'ti l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people

Verse 26:11

قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَؕ اَلَا يَتَّقُوۡنَ

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah

Verse 26:12

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيۡ٘ اَخَافُ اَنۡ يُّكَذِّبُوۡنِؕ‏

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

Verse 26:13

وَيَضِيۡقُ صَدۡرِيۡ وَلَا يَنۡطَلِقُ لِسَانِيۡ فَاَرۡسِلۡ اِلٰي هٰرُوۡنَ

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron

Verse 26:14

وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۭۡ بٌ فَاَخَافُ اَنۡ يَّقۡتُلُوۡنِۚۖ‏

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me

Verse 26:15

قَالَ كَلَّاۚ فَاذۡهَبَا بِاٰيٰتِنَا٘ اِنَّا مَعَكُمۡ مُّسۡتَمِعُوۡنَ

[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening

Verse 26:16

فَاۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُوۡلَا٘ اِنَّا رَسُوۡلُ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:17

اَنۡ اَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَؕ‏

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel

Verse 26:18

قَالَ اَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِيۡنَا وَلِيۡدًا وَّلَبِثۡتَ فِيۡنَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِيۡنَۙ‏

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life

Verse 26:19

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ الَّتِيۡ فَعَلۡتَ وَاَنۡتَ مِنَ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful

Verse 26:20

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَا٘ اِذًا وَّاَنَا مِنَ الضَّآلِّيۡنَؕ‏

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray

Verse 26:21

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنۡكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِيۡ رَبِّيۡ حُكۡمًا وَّجَعَلَنِيۡ مِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَ

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers

Verse 26:22

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ اَنۡ عَبَّدۡتَّ بَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَؕ‏

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel

Verse 26:23

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:24

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاؕ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ مُّوۡقِنِيۡنَ

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced

Verse 26:25

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهٗ٘ اَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُوۡنَ

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear

Verse 26:26

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ اٰبَآئِكُمُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers

Verse 26:27

قَالَ اِنَّ رَسُوۡلَكُمُ الَّذِيۡ٘ اُرۡسِلَ اِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌ

[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad

Verse 26:28

قَالَ رَبُّ الۡمَشۡرِقِ وَالۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاؕ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason

Verse 26:29

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذۡتَ اِلٰهًا غَيۡرِيۡ لَاَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الۡمَسۡجُوۡنِيۡنَ

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned

Verse 26:30

قَالَ اَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٍ مُّبِيۡنٍۚ‏

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest

Verse 26:31

قَالَ فَاۡتِ بِهٖ٘ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful

Verse 26:32

فَاَلۡقٰي عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٌ مُّبِيۡنٌۚۖ‏

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest

Verse 26:33

وَّنَزَعَ يَدَهٗ فَاِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنّٰظِرِيۡنَࣖ‏

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers

Verse 26:34

قَالَ لِلۡمَلَاِ حَوۡلَهٗ٘ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَسٰحِرٌ عَلِيۡمٌۙ‏

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician

Verse 26:35

يُّرِيۡدُ اَنۡ يُّخۡرِجَكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَرۡضِكُمۡ بِسِحۡرِهٖࣗۖ فَمَاذَا تَاۡمُرُوۡنَ

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise

Verse 26:36

قَالُوۡ٘ا اَرۡجِهۡ وَاَخَاهُ وَابۡعَثۡ فِي الۡمَدَآئِنِ حٰشِرِيۡنَۙ‏

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Verse 26:37

يَاۡتُوۡكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيۡمٍ

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician

Verse 26:38

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيۡقَاتِ يَوۡمٍ مَّعۡلُوۡمٍۙ‏

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day

Verse 26:39

وَّقِيۡلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ اَنۡتُمۡ مُّجۡتَمِعُوۡنَۙ‏

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

Verse 26:40

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ اِنۡ كَانُوۡا هُمُ الۡغٰلِبِيۡنَ

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant

Verse 26:41

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوۡا لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ اَئِنَّ لَنَا لَاَجۡرًا اِنۡ كُنَّا نَحۡنُ الۡغٰلِبِيۡنَ

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant

Verse 26:42

قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَاِنَّكُمۡ اِذًا لَّمِنَ الۡمُقَرَّبِيۡنَ

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]

Verse 26:43

قَالَ لَهُمۡ مُّوۡسٰ٘ي اَلۡقُوۡا مَا٘ اَنۡتُمۡ مُّلۡقُوۡنَ

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw

Verse 26:44

فَاَلۡقَوۡا حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُوۡا بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ الۡغٰلِبُوۡنَ

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant

Verse 26:45

فَاَلۡقٰي مُوۡسٰي عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَاۡفِكُوۡنَۚۖ‏

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified

Verse 26:46

فَاُلۡقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سٰجِدِيۡنَۙ‏

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah]

Verse 26:47

قَالُوۡ٘ا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:48

رَبِّ مُوۡسٰي وَهٰرُوۡنَ

The Lord of Moses and Aaron

Verse 26:49

قَالَ اٰمَنۡتُمۡ لَهٗ قَبۡلَ اَنۡ اٰذَنَ لَكُمۡۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكَبِيۡرُكُمُ الَّذِيۡ عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحۡرَۚ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ࣢ؕ لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَاَرۡجُلَكُمۡ مِّنۡ خِلَافٍ وَّلَاُوصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۚ‏

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all

Verse 26:50

قَالُوۡا لَا ضَيۡرَؗ اِنَّا٘ اِلٰي رَبِّنَا مُنۡقَلِبُوۡنَۚ‏

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return

Verse 26:51

اِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ اَنۡ يَّغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطٰيٰنَا٘ اَنۡ كُنَّا٘ اَوَّلَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَࣖؕ‏

Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers

Verse 26:52

وَاَوۡحَيۡنَا٘ اِلٰي مُوۡسٰ٘ي اَنۡ اَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيۡ٘ اِنَّكُمۡ مُّتَّبَعُوۡنَ

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued

Verse 26:53

فَاَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي الۡمَدَآئِنِ حٰشِرِيۡنَۚ‏

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

Verse 26:54

اِنَّ هٰ٘ؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٌ قَلِيۡلُوۡنَۙ‏

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band

Verse 26:55

وَاِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُوۡنَۙ‏

And indeed, they are enraging us

Verse 26:56

وَاِنَّا لَجَمِيۡعٌ حٰذِرُوۡنَؕ‏

And indeed, we are a cautious society

Verse 26:57

فَاَخۡرَجۡنٰهُمۡ مِّنۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوۡنٍۙ‏

So We removed them from gardens and springs

Verse 26:58

وَّكُنُوۡزٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيۡمٍۙ‏

And treasures and honorable station

Verse 26:59

كَذٰلِكَؕ وَاَوۡرَثۡنٰهَا بَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَؕ‏

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel

Verse 26:60

فَاَتۡبَعُوۡهُمۡ مُّشۡرِقِيۡنَ

So they pursued them at sunrise

Verse 26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرَآءَ الۡجَمۡعٰنِ قَالَ اَصۡحٰبُ مُوۡسٰ٘ي اِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُوۡنَۚ‏

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken

Verse 26:62

قَالَ كَلَّاۚ اِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّيۡ سَيَهۡدِيۡنِ

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me

Verse 26:63

فَاَوۡحَيۡنَا٘ اِلٰي مُوۡسٰ٘ي اَنِ اضۡرِبۡ بِّعَصَاكَ الۡبَحۡرَؕ فَانۡفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٍ كَالطَّوۡدِ الۡعَظِيۡمِۚ‏

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain

Verse 26:64

وَاَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ الۡاٰخَرِيۡنَۚ‏

And We advanced thereto the pursuers

Verse 26:65

وَاَنۡجَيۡنَا مُوۡسٰي وَمَنۡ مَّعَهٗ٘ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۚ‏

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together

Verse 26:66

ثُمَّ اَغۡرَقۡنَا الۡاٰخَرِيۡنَؕ‏

Then We drowned the others

Verse 26:67

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:68

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:69

وَاتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَاَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَۘ‏

And recite to them the news of Abraham

Verse 26:70

اِذۡ قَالَ لِاَبِيۡهِ وَقَوۡمِهٖ مَا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ

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

Verse 26:71

قَالُوۡا نَعۡبُدُ اَصۡنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عٰكِفِيۡنَ

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted

Verse 26:72

قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُوۡنَكُمۡ اِذۡ تَدۡعُوۡنَۙ‏

He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate

Verse 26:73

اَوۡ يَنۡفَعُوۡنَكُمۡ اَوۡ يَضُرُّوۡنَ

Or do they benefit you, or do they harm

Verse 26:74

قَالُوۡا بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَا٘ اٰبَآءَنَا كَذٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُوۡنَ

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus

Verse 26:75

قَالَ اَفَرَءَيۡتُمۡ مَّا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُوۡنَۙ‏

He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping

Verse 26:76

اَنۡتُمۡ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمُ الۡاَقۡدَمُوۡنَؗ‏

You and your ancient forefathers

Verse 26:77

فَاِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوٌّ لِّيۡ٘ اِلَّا رَبَّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:78

الَّذِيۡ خَلَقَنِيۡ فَهُوَ يَهۡدِيۡنِۙ‏

Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me

Verse 26:79

وَالَّذِيۡ هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِيۡ وَيَسۡقِيۡنِۙ‏

And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink

Verse 26:80

وَاِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِيۡنِࣕۙ‏

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

Verse 26:81

وَالَّذِيۡ يُمِيۡتُنِيۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيۡنِۙ‏

And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

Verse 26:82

وَالَّذِيۡ٘ اَطۡمَعُ اَنۡ يَّغۡفِرَ لِيۡ خَطِيۡٓـَٔتِيۡ يَوۡمَ الدِّيۡنِؕ‏

And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense

Verse 26:83

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِيۡ حُكۡمًا وَّاَلۡحِقۡنِيۡ بِالصّٰلِحِيۡنَۙ‏

[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous

Verse 26:84

وَاجۡعَلۡ لِّيۡ لِسَانَ صِدۡقٍ فِي الۡاٰخِرِيۡنَۙ‏

And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations

Verse 26:85

وَاجۡعَلۡنِيۡ مِنۡ وَّرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيۡمِۙ‏

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure

Verse 26:86

وَاغۡفِرۡ لِاَبِيۡ٘ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّآلِّيۡنَۙ‏

And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray

Verse 26:87

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِيۡ يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُوۡنَۙ‏

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected

Verse 26:88

يَوۡمَ لَا يَنۡفَعُ مَالٌ وَّلَا بَنُوۡنَۙ‏

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

Verse 26:89

اِلَّا مَنۡ اَتَي اللّٰهَ بِقَلۡبٍ سَلِيۡمٍؕ‏

But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart

Verse 26:90

وَاُزۡلِفَتِ الۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَۙ‏

And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous

Verse 26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ الۡجَحِيۡمُ لِلۡغٰوِيۡنَۙ‏

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators

Verse 26:92

وَقِيۡلَ لَهُمۡ اَيۡنَمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُوۡنَۙ‏

And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

Verse 26:93

مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِؕ هَلۡ يَنۡصُرُوۡنَكُمۡ اَوۡ يَنۡتَصِرُوۡنَؕ‏

Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

Verse 26:94

فَكُبۡكِبُوۡا فِيۡهَا هُمۡ وَالۡغَاوٗنَۙ‏

So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators

Verse 26:95

وَجُنُوۡدُ اِبۡلِيۡسَ اَجۡمَعُوۡنَؕ‏

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together

Verse 26:96

قَالُوۡا وَهُمۡ فِيۡهَا يَخۡتَصِمُوۡنَۙ‏

They will say while they dispute therein

Verse 26:97

تَاللّٰهِ اِنۡ كُنَّا لَفِيۡ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيۡنٍۙ‏

By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

Verse 26:98

اِذۡ نُسَوِّيۡكُمۡ بِرَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:99

وَمَا٘ اَضَلَّنَا٘ اِلَّا الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ

And no one misguided us except the criminals

Verse 26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِنۡ شَافِعِيۡنَۙ‏

So now we have no intercessors

Verse 26:101

وَلَا صَدِيۡقٍ حَمِيۡمٍ

And not a devoted friend

Verse 26:102

فَلَوۡ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers

Verse 26:103

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:104

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:105

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحِ اِۨلۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَۚۖ‏

The people of Noah denied the messengers

Verse 26:106

اِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ اَخُوۡهُمۡ نُوۡحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَۚ‏

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Verse 26:107

اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ اَمِيۡنٌۙ‏

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

Verse 26:108

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:109

وَمَا٘ اَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ اَجۡرٍۚ اِنۡ اَجۡرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۚ‏

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:110

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِؕ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:111

قَالُوۡ٘ا اَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الۡاَرۡذَلُوۡنَؕ‏

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]

Verse 26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِيۡ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَۚ‏

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do

Verse 26:113

اِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّيۡ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُوۡنَۚ‏

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive

Verse 26:114

وَمَا٘ اَنَا بِطَارِدِ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَۚ‏

And I am not one to drive away the believers

Verse 26:115

اِنۡ اَنَا اِلَّا نَذِيۡرٌ مُّبِيۡنٌؕ‏

I am only a clear warner

Verse 26:116

قَالُوۡا لَئِنۡ لَّمۡ تَنۡتَهِ يٰنُوۡحُ لَتَكُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الۡمَرۡجُوۡمِيۡنَؕ‏

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned

Verse 26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنَّ قَوۡمِيۡ كَذَّبُوۡنِۚۖ‏

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me

Verse 26:118

فَافۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِيۡ وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحًا وَّنَجِّنِيۡ وَمَنۡ مَّعِيَ مِنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers

Verse 26:119

فَاَنۡجَيۡنٰهُ وَمَنۡ مَّعَهٗ فِي الۡفُلۡكِ الۡمَشۡحُوۡنِۚ‏

So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship

Verse 26:120

ثُمَّ اَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ الۡبَاقِيۡنَؕ‏

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones

Verse 26:121

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:122

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:123

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادُ اِۨلۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَۚۖ‏

Aad denied the messengers

Verse 26:124

اِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ اَخُوۡهُمۡ هُوۡدٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَۚ‏

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Verse 26:125

اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ اَمِيۡنٌۙ‏

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

Verse 26:126

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:127

وَمَا٘ اَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ اَجۡرٍۚ اِنۡ اَجۡرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:128

اَتَبۡنُوۡنَ بِكُلِّ رِيۡعٍ اٰيَةً تَعۡبَثُوۡنَۙ‏

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves

Verse 26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُوۡنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُوۡنَۚ‏

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally

Verse 26:130

وَاِذَا بَطَشۡتُمۡ بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِيۡنَۚ‏

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants

Verse 26:131

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:132

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيۡ٘ اَمَدَّكُمۡ بِمَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَۚ‏

And fear He who provided you with that which you know

Verse 26:133

اَمَدَّكُمۡ بِاَنۡعَامٍ وَّبَنِيۡنَۚۙ‏

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

Verse 26:134

وَجَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوۡنٍۚ‏

And gardens and springs

Verse 26:135

اِنِّيۡ٘ اَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيۡمٍؕ‏

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day

Verse 26:136

قَالُوۡا سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَا٘ اَوَعَظۡتَ اَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُنۡ مِّنَ الۡوٰعِظِيۡنَۙ‏

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors

Verse 26:137

اِنۡ هٰذَا٘ اِلَّا خُلُقُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَۙ‏

This is not but the custom of the former peoples

Verse 26:138

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيۡنَۚ‏

And we are not to be punished

Verse 26:139

فَكَذَّبُوۡهُ فَاَهۡلَكۡنٰهُمۡؕ اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:140

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:141

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَۚۖ‏

Thamud denied the messengers

Verse 26:142

اِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ اَخُوۡهُمۡ صٰلِحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَۚ‏

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Verse 26:143

اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ اَمِيۡنٌۙ‏

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

Verse 26:144

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:145

وَمَا٘ اَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ اَجۡرٍۚ اِنۡ اَجۡرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:146

اَتُتۡرَكُوۡنَ فِيۡ مَا هٰهُنَا٘ اٰمِنِيۡنَۙ‏

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death]

Verse 26:147

فِيۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوۡنٍۙ‏

Within gardens and springs

Verse 26:148

وَّزُرُوۡعٍ وَّنَخۡلٍ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيۡمٌۚ‏

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit

Verse 26:149

وَتَنۡحِتُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡجِبَالِ بُيُوۡتًا فٰرِهِيۡنَۚ‏

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill

Verse 26:150

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:151

وَلَا تُطِيۡعُوۡ٘ا اَمۡرَ الۡمُسۡرِفِيۡنَۙ‏

And do not obey the order of the transgressors

Verse 26:152

الَّذِيۡنَ يُفۡسِدُوۡنَ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُوۡنَ

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend

Verse 26:153

قَالُوۡ٘ا اِنَّمَا٘ اَنۡتَ مِنَ الۡمُسَحَّرِيۡنَۚ‏

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic

Verse 26:154

مَا٘ اَنۡتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثۡلُنَاۚۖ فَاۡتِ بِاٰيَةٍ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful

Verse 26:155

قَالَ هٰذِهٖ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرۡبٌ وَّلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٍ مَّعۡلُوۡمٍۚ‏

He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day

Verse 26:156

وَلَا تَمَسُّوۡهَا بِسُوۡٓءٍ فَيَاۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيۡمٍ

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day

Verse 26:157

فَعَقَرُوۡهَا فَاَصۡبَحُوۡا نٰدِمِيۡنَۙ‏

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful

Verse 26:158

فَاَخَذَهُمُ الۡعَذَابُؕ اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:159

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:160

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوۡطِ اِۨلۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَۚۖ‏

The people of Lot denied the messengers

Verse 26:161

اِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ اَخُوۡهُمۡ لُوۡطٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَۚ‏

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Verse 26:162

اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ اَمِيۡنٌۙ‏

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

Verse 26:163

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:164

وَمَا٘ اَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ اَجۡرٍۚ اِنۡ اَجۡرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:165

اَتَاۡتُوۡنَ الذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

Do you approach males among the worlds

Verse 26:166

وَتَذَرُوۡنَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَزۡوَاجِكُمۡؕ بَلۡ اَنۡتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عٰدُوۡنَ

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing

Verse 26:167

قَالُوۡا لَئِنۡ لَّمۡ تَنۡتَهِ يٰلُوۡطُ لَتَكُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الۡمُخۡرَجِيۡنَ

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted

Verse 26:168

قَالَ اِنِّيۡ لِعَمَلِكُمۡ مِّنَ الۡقَالِيۡنَؕ‏

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it]

Verse 26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِيۡ وَاَهۡلِيۡ مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do

Verse 26:170

فَنَجَّيۡنٰهُ وَاَهۡلَهٗ٘ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۙ‏

So We saved him and his family, all

Verse 26:171

اِلَّا عَجُوۡزًا فِي الۡغٰبِرِيۡنَۚ‏

Except an old woman among those who remained behind

Verse 26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا الۡاٰخَرِيۡنَۚ‏

Then We destroyed the others

Verse 26:173

وَاَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ مَّطَرًاۚ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ الۡمُنۡذَرِيۡنَ

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned

Verse 26:174

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:175

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:176

كَذَّبَ اَصۡحٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَۚۖ‏

The companions of the thicket denied the messengers

Verse 26:177

اِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَۚ‏

When Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Verse 26:178

اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ اَمِيۡنٌۙ‏

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

Verse 26:179

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوۡنِۚ‏

So fear Allah and obey me

Verse 26:180

وَمَا٘ اَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ اَجۡرٍۚ اِنۡ اَجۡرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰي رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:181

اَوۡفُوا الۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُوۡنُوۡا مِنَ الۡمُخۡسِرِيۡنَۚ‏

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss

Verse 26:182

وَزِنُوۡا بِالۡقِسۡطَاسِ الۡمُسۡتَقِيۡمِۚ‏

And weigh with an even balance

Verse 26:183

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا فِي الۡاَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِيۡنَۚ‏

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption

Verse 26:184

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَالۡجِبِلَّةَ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَؕ‏

And fear He who created you and the former creation

Verse 26:185

قَالُوۡ٘ا اِنَّمَا٘ اَنۡتَ مِنَ الۡمُسَحَّرِيۡنَۙ‏

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic

Verse 26:186

وَمَا٘ اَنۡتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثۡلُنَا وَاِنۡ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الۡكٰذِبِيۡنَۚ‏

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars

Verse 26:187

فَاَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَؕ‏

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful

Verse 26:188

قَالَ رَبِّيۡ٘ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do

Verse 26:189

فَكَذَّبُوۡهُ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ الظُّلَّةِؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيۡمٍ

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day

Verse 26:190

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًؕ وَمَا كَانَ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

Verse 26:191

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:192

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَنۡزِيۡلُ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏

And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds

Verse 26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوۡحُ الۡاَمِيۡنُۙ‏

The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down

Verse 26:194

عَلٰي قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡمُنۡذِرِيۡنَۙ‏

Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners

Verse 26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِيۡنٍؕ‏

In a clear Arabic language

Verse 26:196

وَاِنَّهٗ لَفِيۡ زُبُرِ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples

Verse 26:197

اَوَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّهُمۡ اٰيَةً اَنۡ يَّعۡلَمَهٗ عُلَمٰٓؤُا بَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَؕ‏

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel

Verse 26:198

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنٰهُ عَلٰي بَعۡضِ الۡاَعۡجَمِيۡنَۙ‏

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners

Verse 26:199

فَقَرَاَهٗ عَلَيۡهِمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا بِهٖ مُؤۡمِنِيۡنَؕ‏

And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it

Verse 26:200

كَذٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنٰهُ فِيۡ قُلُوۡبِ الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَؕ‏

Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals

Verse 26:201

لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِهٖ حَتّٰي يَرَوُا الۡعَذَابَ الۡاَلِيۡمَۙ‏

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

Verse 26:202

فَيَاۡتِيَهُمۡ بَغۡتَةً وَّهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُوۡنَۙ‏

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not

Verse 26:203

فَيَقُوۡلُوۡا هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنۡظَرُوۡنَؕ‏

And they will say, "May we be reprieved

Verse 26:204

اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَ

So for Our punishment are they impatient

Verse 26:205

اَفَرَءَيۡتَ اِنۡ مَّتَّعۡنٰهُمۡ سِنِيۡنَۙ‏

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

Verse 26:206

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يُوۡعَدُوۡنَۙ‏

And then there came to them that which they were promised

Verse 26:207

مَا٘ اَغۡنٰي عَنۡهُمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يُمَتَّعُوۡنَؕ‏

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided

Verse 26:208

وَمَا٘ اَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ اِلَّا لَهَا مُنۡذِرُوۡنَࣗۖۛ‏

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

Verse 26:209

ذِكۡرٰيࣞۛ وَمَا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيۡنَ

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust

Verse 26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ الشَّيٰطِيۡنُۚ‏

And the devils have not brought the revelation down

Verse 26:211

وَمَا يَنۭۡ بَغِيۡ لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيۡعُوۡنَؕ‏

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able

Verse 26:212

اِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ السَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُوۡلُوۡنَؕ‏

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed

Verse 26:213

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتَكُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡمُعَذَّبِيۡنَۚ‏

So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished

Verse 26:214

وَاَنۡذِرۡ عَشِيۡرَتَكَ الۡاَقۡرَبِيۡنَۙ‏

And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred

Verse 26:215

وَاخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَۚ‏

And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers

Verse 26:216

فَاِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ اِنِّيۡ بَرِيۡٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَۚ‏

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing

Verse 26:217

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَي الۡعَزِيۡزِ الرَّحِيۡمِۙ‏

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Verse 26:218

الَّذِيۡ يَرٰىكَ حِيۡنَ تَقُوۡمُۙ‏

Who sees you when you arise

Verse 26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السّٰجِدِيۡنَ

And your movement among those who prostrate

Verse 26:220

اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيۡعُ الۡعَلِيۡمُ

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing

Verse 26:221

هَلۡ اُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلٰي مَنۡ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيٰطِيۡنُؕ‏

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend

Verse 26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلٰي كُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيۡمٍۙ‏

They descend upon every sinful liar

Verse 26:223

يُّلۡقُوۡنَ السَّمۡعَ وَاَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كٰذِبُوۡنَؕ‏

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars

Verse 26:224

وَالشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الۡغَاوٗنَؕ‏

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them

Verse 26:225

اَلَمۡ تَرَ اَنَّهُمۡ فِيۡ كُلِّ وَادٍ يَّهِيۡمُوۡنَۙ‏

Do you not see that in every valley they roam

Verse 26:226

وَاَنَّهُمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُوۡنَۙ‏

And that they say what they do not do

Verse 26:227

اِلَّا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللّٰهَ كَثِيۡرًا وَّانۡتَصَرُوۡا مِنۭۡ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُوۡاؕ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ الَّذِيۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡ٘ا اَيَّ مُنۡقَلَبٍ يَّنۡقَلِبُوۡنَࣖ‏

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned