{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/03602.htm","path":"isl/quran/03602.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/03602.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n13. Waidrib lahum mathalan as-haba alqaryati ith jaaha almursaloona\n13. Set forth to them,\n By way of a parable,\n The (story of) the Companions\n Of the City. Behold,\n There came apostles to it.\n14. Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnayni fakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithin faqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloona\n14. When We (first) sent\n To them two apostles,\n They rejected them:\n But We strengthened them\n With a third: they said,\n \"Truly, we have been sent\n On a mission to you.\"\n15. Qaloo ma antum illa basharun mithluna wama anzala alrrahmanu min shay-in in antum illa takthiboona\n15. The (people) said: \"Ye are\n Only men like ourselves\n And (God) Most Gracious\n Sends no sort of revelation:\n Ye do nothing but lie.\"\n16. Qaloo rabbuna yaAAlamu inna ilaykum lamursaloona\n16. They said: \"Our Lord doth\n Know that we have been sent\n On a mission to you:\n17. Wama AAalayna illa albalaghu almubeenu\n17. \"And our duty is only\n To proclaim the clear Message.\n18. Qaloo inna tatayyarna bikum la-in lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minna AAathabun aleemun\n18. The (people) said: \"For us,\n We augur an evil omen\nFrom you: if ye desist not,\n We will certainly stone you.\n And a grievous punishment\n Indeed will be inflicted\n On you by us.\"\n19. Qaloo ta-irukum maAAakum a-in thukkirtum bal antum qawmun musrifoona\n19. They said: \"Your evil omens\n Are with yourselves:\n (Deem ye this an evil omen).\n If ye are admonished?\n Nay, but ye are a people\n Transgressing all bounds!\n20. Wajaa min aqsa almadeenati rajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAoo almursaleena\n20. Then there came running,\n From the farthest part\n Of the City, a man,\n Saying, \"O my People!\n Obey the apostles:\n21. IttabiAAoo man la yas-alukum ajran wahum muhtadoona\n21. \"Obey those who ask\n No reward of you\n (For themselves), and who have\n Themselves received Guidance\n22. Wama liya la aAAbudu allathee fataranee wa-ilayhi turjaAAoona\n22.\n23. Aattakhithu min doonihi alihatan in yuridni alrrahmanu bidurrin la tughni AAannee shafaAAatuhum shay-an wala yunqithooni\n23. \"Shall I take (other) gods\n Besides Him? If (God)\n Most Gracious should\n Intend some adversity for me,\n Of no use whatever\n Will be their intercession\n For me, nor can they\n Deliver me.\n24. Innee ithan lafee dalalin mubeenin\n24. \"I would indeed,\n If I were to do so,\n Be in manifest Error.\n25. Innee amantu birabbikum faismaAAooni\n25. \"For me, I have faith\n In the Lord of you (all):\n Listen, then, to me!\"\n26. Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala ya layta qawmee yaAAlamoona\n26. It was said: \"Enter thou\n The Garden.\" He said:\n \"Ah me! Would that\n My People knew (what I know)!\u2014\n27. Bima ghafara lee rabbee wajaAAalanee mina almukrameena\n27. \"For that my Lord\n Has granted me Forgiveness\n And has enrolled me\n Among those held in honour!\"\n28. Wama anzalna AAala qawmihi min baAAdihi min jundin mina alssama-i wama kunna munzileena\n28. And We sent not down\n Against his People, after him,\n Any hosts from heaven,\n Nor was it needful\n For Us so to do.\n29. In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan fa-itha hum khamidoona\n29. It was no more than\n A single mighty Blast,\n And behold! they were (like ashes)\n Quenched and silent.\n30. Ya hasratan AAala alAAibadi ma ya/teehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzi-oona\n30. Ah! alas for (My) servants!\n There comes not an apostle\n To them but they mock him!\n31. Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoona\n31. See they not how many\n Generations before them\n We destroyed? Not to them\n Will they return:\n32. Wa-in kullun lamma jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona\n32. But each one of them\n All\u2014will be brought\n Before Us (for judgment).","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXXVI.: Y\u0101-S\u012bn (being Abbreviated Letters).: Section 2 (13-32)","type":"page"}