{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02102.htm","path":"isl/quran/02102.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02102.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n11. Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanat thalimatan waansha/na baAAdaha qawman akhareena\n11. How many were the populations\n We utterly destroyed because\n Of their iniquities, setting up\n In their places other peoples?\n12. Falamma ahassoo ba/sana itha hum minha yarkudoona\n12. Yet, when they felt\n Our Punishment (coming),\n Behold, they (tried to) flee\n From it.\n13. La tarkudoo wairjiAAoo ila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikum laAAallakum tus-aloona\n13. Flee not, but return to\n The good things of this life\n Which were given you,\n And to your homes,\n In order that ye may\n Be called to account\n14. Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena\n14. They said: \"Ah! woe to us!\n We were indeed wrong-doers!\"\n15. Fama zalat tilka daAAwahum hatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideena\n15. And that cry of theirs\n Ceased not, till we made\nThem as a field\n That is mown, as ashes\n Silent and quenched.\n16. Wama khalaqna alssamaa waal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeena\n16. Not for (idle) sport did We\n Create the heavens and the earth\n And all that is between!\n17. Law aradna an nattakhitha lahwan laittakhathnahu min ladunna in kunna faAAileena\n17. If it had been Our wish\n To take (just) a pastime,\n We should surely have taken\n It from the things nearest\n To Us, if We would\n Do (such a thing)!\n18. Bal naqthifu bialhaqqi AAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqun walakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoona\n18. Nay, We hurl the Truth\n Against falsehood, and it knocks\n Out its brain, and behold,\n Falsehood doth perish!\n Ah! woe be to you\n For the (false) things\n Ye ascribe (to Us).\n19. Walahu man fee alssamawati waal-ardi waman AAindahu la yastakbiroona AAan AAibadatihi wala yastahsiroona\n19. To Him belong all (creatures)\n In the heavens and on earth:\n Even those who are in His\n (Very) Presence are not\n Too proud to serve Him,\n Nor are they (ever) weary\n (Of His service):\n20. Yusabbihoona allayla waalnnahara la yafturoona\n20. They celebrate His praises\n Night and day, nor do they\n Ever flag or intermit.\n21. Ami ittakhathoo alihatan mina al-ardi hum yunshiroona\n21. Or have they taken\n (For worship) gods from the earth\n Who can raise (the dead)?\n22. Law kana feehima alihatun illa Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona\n22. If there were, in the heavens\n And the earth, other gods\n Besides God, there would\n Have been confusion in both!\n But glory to God,\n The Lord of the Throne:\n (High is He) above\n What they attribute to Him!\n23. La yus-alu AAamma yafAAalu wahum yus-aloona\n23. He cannot be questioned\n For His acts, but they\n Will be questioned (for theirs).\n24. Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan qul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru man maAAiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona alhaqqa fahum muAAridoona\n24. Or have they taken\n For worship (other) gods\n Besides him? Say, \"Bring\n Your convincing proof: this\n Is the Message of those\n With me and the Message\n Of those before me.\"\n But most of them know not\n The Truth, and so turn away.\n25. Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudooni\n25. Not an apostle did We\n Send before thee without\n This inspiration sent by Us\n To him: that there is\n No god but I; therefore\n Worship and serve Me.\n26. Waqaloo ittakhatha alrrahmanu waladan subhanahu bal AAibadun mukramoona\n26. And they say: \"(God)\n Most Gracious has begotten\n Offspring.\" Glory to Him!\n They are (but) servants raised\n To honour.\n27. La yasbiqoonahu bialqawli wahum bi-amrihi yaAAmaloona\n27. They speak not before\n He speaks, and they act\n (In all things) by His command.\n28. YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yashfaAAoona illa limani irtada wahum min khashyatihi mushfiqoona\n28. He knows what is before them,\n And what is behind them,\n And they offer no intercession\n Except for those who are\n Acceptable, and they stand\n In awe and reverence\n Of His (glory).\n29. Waman yaqul minhum innee ilahun min doonihi fathalika najzeehi jahannama kathalika najzee alththalimeena\n29. If any of them should say,\n \"I am a god besides Him\",\n Such a one We should\n Reward with Hell: thus\n Do We reward those\n Who do wrong.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXI.: Anbiy\u0101a, or The Prophets:...","type":"page"}