{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02607.htm","path":"isl/quran/02607.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02607.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n123. Kaththabat AAadun almursaleena\n123. The \u2019Ad (people) rejected'\n The apostles.\n124. Ith qala lahum akhoohum hoodun ala tattaqoona\n124. Behold, their brother H\u016bd\n Said to them: \"Will ye not\n Fear (God)?\n125. Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun\n125. \"I am to you an apostle\n Worthy of all trust:\n126. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni\n126. \"So fear God and obey me.\n127. Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameena\n127. \"No reward do I ask\n Of you for it my reward\n Is only from the Lord\n Of the Worlds.\n128. Atabnoona bikulli reeAAin ayatan taAAbathoona\n128. \"Do ye build a landmark\n On every high place\n To amuse yourselves?\n129. Watattakhithoona masaniAAa laAAallakum takhludoona\n129. \"And do ye get for yourselves\n Fine buildings in the hope\n Of living therein (for ever)?\n130. Wa-itha batashtum batashtum jabbareena\n130. \"And when ye exert\n Your strong hand,\n Do ye do it like men\n Of absolute power?\n131. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni\n131. \"Now fear God, and obey me.\n132. Waittaqoo allathee amaddakum bima taAAlamoona\n132. \"Yea, fear Him Who\n Has bestowed on you\n Freely all that ye know.\n133. Amaddakum bi-anAAamin wabaneena\n133. \"Freely has He bestowed\n On you cattle and sons,\u2014\n134. \"And Gardens and Springs.\n135. Innee akhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin\n135. \"Truly I fear for you\n The Penalty of a Great Day.\"\n136. Qaloo sawaon AAalayna awaAAathta am lam takun mina alwaAAitheena\n136. They said: \"It is the same\n To us whether thou\n Admonish us or be not\n Among (our) admonishers!\n137. In hatha illa khuluqu al-awwaleena\n137. \"This is no other than\n A customary device\n Of the ancients,\n138. Wama nahnu bimuAAaththabeena\n138. \"And we are not the ones\n To receive Pains and Penalties!\"\n139. Fakaththaboohu faahlaknahum inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena\n139. So they rejected him,\n And We destroyed them.\n Verily in this is a Sign:\n But most of them\n Do not believe.\n140. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu\n140. And verily thy Lord\n Is He, the Exalted in Might,\n Most Merciful.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXVI.: Shu\u2018ar\u0101a, or The P...","type":"page"}