سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ
The Poets
26:1
طسٓمٓ ١
Ṭā. Sīn. Mīm.1
26:2
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢
These are the verses of the Illuminating Book.
26:3
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣
It seems that you [O Prophet] will kill yourself [with grief], that they do not become Believers.
26:4
إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤
If [such] were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks [forever] in humility.
26:5
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ ٥
But there comes not to them any newly-revealed Message from the Most-Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.
26:6
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٦
They have indeed disbelieved [the Message]: so they will know soon [enough] the truth of what they mocked!
26:7
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ٧
Do they not look at the earth — how many noble pairs1of all kinds We have produced therein?
26:8
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨
Verily, in this, there is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
26:9
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩
And verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:10
وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠
And [remember] when your Lord called Mūsā1[telling him:] “Go to the people given to wrongdoing,
26:11
قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١
“the people of the Pharaoh1[and tell them:] ‘Will they not fear [Allāh]?’”
26:12
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢
He said: “O My Lord! I do fear that they will disbelieve me,”
26:13
وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ١٣
“My breast is straitened, and my tongue does not speak [plainly]: so send unto Hārūn.”1
26:14
وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ١٤
“And [further], they have a charge of crime against me;1so I fear that they may kill me.”
26:15
قَالَ كـَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ ١٥
Allāh said: “By no means! Proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen [to your call].
26:16
فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦
“So go forth, both of you, to the Pharaoh, and say: ‘We [I am] the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds,
26:17
أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧
[with the Message] “that you send with us the Children of Isrā’īl.’”
26:18
قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨
[The Pharaoh] said: “Did we not foster you as a child among us, and did you not stay in our midst many years of your life?
26:19
وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩
“And you did a deed of yours which [you know] you did, and you are an ungrateful!”1
26:20
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠
Mūsā said: “I did it then when I was one of the misguided.
26:21
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٢١
“So I fled from you [all] when I feared you. Then my Lord invested me with wisdom and appointed me as one of the Messengers.
26:22
وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢
“And this is the favour with which you do reproach me, that you have enslaved the Children of Isrā’īl!”
26:23
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٣
Pharaoh said: “And what is the Lord of the Worlds?”
26:24
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤
He [Mūsā] said: “[He is] the Lord the heavens and the earth, and all between them, if you had but sure belief.”
26:25
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٢٥
He [the Pharaoh] said to those around him: “Did you not listen [to what he says]?”
26:26
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦
[Mūsā] said: “[He is] your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!”
26:27
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٢٧
He [the Pharaoh] said: “Truly your Messenger, who has been sent to you, is a [man] bewitched!”
26:28
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٨
He [Mūsā] said: “[He is the] Lord of the East and the West, and all between them! If only you had understanding!”
26:29
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ ٢٩
He [the Pharaoh] said: “If you take any god other than me, I will certainly throw you into prison!”
26:30
قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٠
He [Mūsā] said: “Even if I showed you something clear [and convincing]?”
26:31
قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣١
He [the Pharaoh] said: “Show it then, if you are truthful!”
26:32
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٣٢
So [Mūsā] threw his rod, and behold, it became a serpent, plain [for all to see]!
26:33
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ٣٣
And he [Mūsā] drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the beholders!
26:34
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ ٣٤
He [the Pharaoh] said to the chiefs around him: “This is indeed a magician well-versed:
26:35
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ٣٥
“He wants to expel you from your land using his magic. So what is it you counsel?”
26:36
قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٣٦
They said: “Keep him and his brother in suspense [for a while], and dispatch to the towns heralds to collect.
26:37
يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ ٣٧
“They will bring up to you all magicians, well-versed.”
26:38
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٣٨
So the magicians were assembled for a day appointed,
26:39
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ٣٩
And the people were told: “Are you [getting] assembled?,
26:40
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤٠
“that we may follow the magicians if they win?”
26:41
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١
So when the magicians arrived, they said to the Pharaoh: “Shall we have a [suitable] reward if we overcome?”
26:42
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢
He said: “Yes, [and more], for you shall in that case be among the people close [to me].”
26:43
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ ٤٣
Mūsā said to them: “Throw you that which you are to throw!”
26:44
فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: “By the might of the Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly overcome!”
26:45
فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ ٤٥
Then Mūsā threw his rod, and it straightway swallowed up all the falsehoods which they faked!
26:46
فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ٤٦
So the magicians fell down, prostrate,
26:47
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٧
saying: “We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
26:48
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٤٨
“the Lord of Mūsā and Hārūn.”
26:49
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٩
He [the Pharaoh] said, “Believe you in Him before I give you permission? Surely he is your leader who has taught you magic! But soon shall you know! Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.”
26:50
قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠
They said: “No matter! We shall [only] return to our Lord!”
26:51
إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥١
“Our only desire is that our Lord will forgive us our sins, since we are the first to believe.”
26:52
وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢
And We revealed to Mūsā: “Travel by night with my servants;1for surely you shall be pursued.”
26:53
فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣
So the Pharaoh sent collectors to the towns,
26:54
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤
[saying]: “These [Isrā’īlites] are but a small [evil] band,
26:55
وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥
“And they have surely enraged us,”
26:56
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦
“and we all are amply vigilant.”
26:57
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٧
So We expelled them from orchards and springs,
26:58
وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٥٨
and treasures and [every kind of] honourable position;
26:59
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩
Thus it was; and We made the Children of Isrā’īl inheritors of such things.
26:60
فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ ٦٠
So they pursued them at sunrise.1
26:61
فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ٦١
And when the two groups saw each other, the people of Mūsā said: “We are sure to be overtaken.”
26:62
قَالَ كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٦٢
[Mūsā] said: “Never! My Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me!”
26:63
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣
So We revealed to Mūsā: “Strike the sea with you rod!” So it got divided, and each separate part became like a huge mountain.
26:64
وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٤
And We made the other [party] approach thither.
26:65
وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٦٥
And We delivered Mūsā and all who were with him;
26:66
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٦
Then We drowned the others.
26:67
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٧
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
26:68
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:69
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩
And rehearse to them the story of Ibrāhīm.1
26:70
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٠
[Remember] when he said to his father and his people: “What worship you?”
26:71
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١
They said: “We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them.”
26:72
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ٧٢
He said: “Do they hear you when you call [them]?
26:73
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣
“Or do you good or harm?”
26:74
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤
They said: “Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus.”
26:75
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٥
He said: “Do you then think over what you have been worshipping,
26:76
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ٧٦
“you and your ancient fathers?
26:77
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧
“For, they are enemies to me, except the Sustainer of the Worlds,
26:78
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ ٧٨
“who created me and, therefore, He will [surely] guide me,
26:79
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ٧٩
“who gives me food and drink,
26:80
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ ٨٠
“and when I fall ill, it is He who cures me,
26:81
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ ٨١
“who causes me to die, and then will raise me [again],
26:82
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢
“and who, I hope, will forgive me my sins on the Day of Judgement.
26:83
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣
“O My Lord! Bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous,
26:84
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٨٤
“and grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the later [generations],1
26:85
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥
“and make me one of the inheritors of the Paradise of Bliss,
26:86
وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦
“and forgive my father, for he is among the misguided,
26:87
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٨٧
“and let me not be disgraced on the Day when [people] will be raised up,
26:88
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨
“the Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,
26:89
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ ٨٩
“except one who brings to Allāh a blame-free [pure] heart.”
26:90
وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠
[On the Day of Judgement] Paradise will be brought close to the [God‐]fearing,
26:91
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ ٩١
and to those straying [in evil], the Fire [Hell] will be placed in full view;
26:92
وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٩٢
and it shall be said to them: “Where are those [gods] you worshipped
26:93
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣
besides Allāh? Can they help you [now] or help themselves?”
26:94
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤
So they will be thrown headlong into it [Fire] — they and those straying [in evil],
26:95
وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٩٥
and the whole army of Iblīs [the Shayṭān] together.
26:96
قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٩٦
They will say therein amid their [mutual] bickering:
26:97
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧
“By Allāh, we were truly in deviation manifest,
26:98
إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٨
“When we held you [false gods] as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;
26:99
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٩٩
“and none misguided us but those who were given to sin;
26:100
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ١٠٠
“Now, we have no intercessors [for us],
26:101
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ ١٠١
“Nor [even] a single intimate friend,
26:102
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٢
“If only we had a chance of return, so we would truly be of those who believe!”
26:103
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٣
Verily, in this is a Sign but most of them did not believe.1
26:104
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:105
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٠٥
The people of Nūḥ disbelieved the Messengers.
26:106
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦
[Remember] when their brother Nūḥ said to them: “Will you not fear [Allāh]?
26:107
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٠٧
“I am to you a trustworthy Messenger,
26:108
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٠٨
“so fear Allāh, and obey me.
26:109
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩
“No remuneration do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord-of-the-Worlds:
26:110
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١١٠
“So fear Allāh, and obey me.”
26:111
قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ١١١
They said: “Shall we believe in you when it is the lowest [of people] that follow you?”
26:112
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١١٢
He said: “And what do I know as to what they used to do?
26:113
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ١١٣
“Their account is only with my Lord, if you could only perceive.1
26:114
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٤
“I am not one to drive away those who believe.
26:115
إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ١١٥
“I am only a manifest warner.”
26:116
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ ١١٦
They said: “If you desist not, O Nūḥ, you shall be stoned [to death].
26:117
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧
He said: “O My Lord! Truly my people have disbelieved me.
26:118
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٨
“So judge you, then, between me and them clearly, and save me and the Believers who are with me.”
26:119
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١١٩
So We saved him and those with him, in the Ark filled [with all creatures].
26:120
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ١٢٠
Thereafter, We drowned those who remained behind.
26:121
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢١
Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them did not believe.
26:122
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:123
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣
The ‘Ād1[people] disbelieved the Messengers.
26:124
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤
[Remember] when their brother Hūd1said to them: “Will you not fear [Allāh]?
26:125
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٢٥
“I am to you a Messenger worthy of trust:
26:126
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦
“So fear Allāh and obey me.
26:127
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧
“No remuneration do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
26:128
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨
“Do you uselessly build a landmark on every high place?
26:129
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ١٢٩
“And you secure for yourselves [skillful] edifices in the hope of achieving eternity?
26:130
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠
“And when you punish, you punish like tyrants.
26:131
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١
“So fear Allāh, and obey me.
26:132
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣٢
“And fear Him who has bestowed on you all that you know.
26:133
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣
“He has bestowed on you cattle and sons,
26:134
وَجَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤
“and orchards and springs.
26:135
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٣٥
“Truly, I fear for you the punishment of a Great Day.”
26:136
قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦
They said: “It is the same to us whether you preach to us or be not among [our] preachers!
26:137
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧
“This is no other than the customary character of the ancients,1
26:138
وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨
“And we are not going to be punished.”
26:139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٩
So they disbelieved him; [as a result] We destroyed them. Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them did not believe.
26:140
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:141
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٤١
The Thamūd1[people] disbelieved the Messengers.
26:142
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢
[Remember] when their brother Ṣāliḥ1said to them: “Will you not fear [Allāh]?
26:143
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣
“I am to you a trustworthy Messenger.
26:144
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤
“So fear Allāh, and obey me.
26:145
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥
“No remuneration do I ask of you for it: verily, my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
26:146
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦
“Will you be left secure, in [the enjoyment of] all that you have here?
26:147
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧
“In orchards and springs,
26:148
وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨
“and in crops and date-palms with spathes of ripe fruit?
26:149
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩
“And you carve houses out of mountains with skill.1
26:150
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠
“So fear Allāh and obey me;
26:151
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١
“And obey not the bidding of those who exceeded the [just] limits,
26:152
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢
“who make mischief in the land, and make no reform.”
26:153
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣
They said: “You are only one of the bewitched!
26:154
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤
“You are no more than a human like us: so bring us a Sign,1if you tell the truth!”
26:155
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥
He said: “Here is [the Sign]: a she-camel.1She has a right of watering, and you have a right of watering on a day, appointed [for both].
26:156
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٥٦
“Touch her [she-camel] not with harm, lest the punishment of a Great Day seize you.”
26:157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧
But they slaughtered her: thereafter they became full of regrets.
26:158
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨
So the punishment seized them. Verily, in that is a Sign: but most of them did not believe.
26:159
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty,1the Most-Merciful.
26:160
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٦٠
The people of Lūṭ1disbelieved the Messengers.
26:161
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١
[Remember] when their brother Lūṭ said to them: “Will you not fear [Allāh]?
26:162
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٦٢
“I am to you a trustworthy Messenger.
26:163
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣
“So fear Allāh and obey me.
26:164
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤
“No remuneration do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
26:165
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥
“Of all the creatures in the world, do you approach males?1
26:166
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦
“and you shun those whom Allāh has created for you to be your mates? Nay, you are a people transgressing [all limits]!”
26:167
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ١٦٧
They said: “If you desist not, O Lūt! You will assuredly be expelled!”
26:168
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ١٦٨
He said: “I do [utterly] detest your deeds.
26:169
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩
“O My Lord! Deliver me and my family from such things as they do!”
26:170
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٧٠
So We delivered him and all his family,
26:171
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١
except an old woman who was among those who perished.
26:172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٧٢
Then the rest We destroyed utterly.
26:173
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣
We rained down on them a shower [of stones]: and evil was the shower on those who were warned [but heeded not]!
26:174
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧٤
Verily, in this is a Sign: But most of them did not believe.
26:175
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:176
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦
The People of the Wood1disbelieved the Messengers.
26:177
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧
[Remember] when Shu‘ayb1said to them: “Will you not fear [Allāh]?
26:178
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨
“I am to you a trustworthy Messenger.
26:179
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩
“So fear Allāh and obey me.
26:180
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠
“No remuneration do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
26:181
أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١
“Give just measure, and cause no loss [to others by fraud].
26:182
وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢
“And weigh with scales, upright.
26:183
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣
“And cheat not people out of things due to them, nor do evil in the land, making mischief.
26:184
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤
“And fear Him who created you and [who created] the generations before [you].”
26:185
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥
They said: “You are only one of those utterly bewitched!
26:186
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
“You are but a human like us, and indeed we think you are one of the liars!
26:187
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧
“So cause pieces of the sky to fall on us, if you are one of the truthful!”
26:188
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨
He said: “My Lord knows best what you do.”
26:189
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
So they disbelieved him. So, the punishment of the day of overshadowing clouds1seized them, and that was the punishment of a Great Day.
26:190
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠
Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them did not believe.
26:191
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١
And, verily, your Lord is He, the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
26:192
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢
Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:
26:193
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣
With it came down the Faithful Spirit1
26:194
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤
to your heart so that you may be one of the warners,
26:195
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥
in a clear Arabic tongue.
26:196
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦
Without doubt it is [announced] in the [revealed] Scriptures of the ancient peoples.1
26:197
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧
Is it not an [enough] Sign for them that the scholars of the Children of Isrā’īl knew it [as true]?
26:198
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨
Had We revealed it to some of the non-Arabs,
26:199
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩
and had he recited it to them [Arabs], they would not have believed in it.1
26:200
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠
Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners,
26:201
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١
they will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
26:202
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢
which will visit them all of a sudden, while they perceive it not;
26:203
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣
Then they will say: “Shall we be respited?”
26:204
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤
Do they [still] ask for Our punishment to be hastened on?
26:205
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥
See you: if We do let them enjoy [this life] for a few [more] years,
26:206
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦
[and] then there comes to them at length the [punishment] which they were promised!
26:207
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧
It will profit them not the enjoyment they were given.
26:208
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
Never did We destroy a town but [only] after it had its warners,
26:209
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩
by way of a reminder; and We never are wrongdoers.
26:210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠
The satans did not bring it down:
26:211
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١
It is not proper for them, nor is it in their power.
26:212
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢
Indeed they [satans] are banished from hearing it.
26:213
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣
So call not on any other god alongwith Allāh, because [if you do] you will be among those who will be punished.
26:214
وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤
And warn your nearest relatives,
26:215
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥
and lower your wing1to the Believers who follow you.
26:216
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦
But if they disobey you, say: “I am free1from what you do!”
26:217
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧
And put your trust in the Mighty, the Most-Merciful,
26:218
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨
who sees you when you stand forth [in prayer],
26:219
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
and your movements among those who prostrate themselves,
26:220
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠
for He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
26:221
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١
Shall I inform you [O People!], on whom it is that the satans descend?
26:222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢
They descend on every liar, sinner.
26:223
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
They listen eagerly,1and most of them are liars.
26:224
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤
And the poets,1it is those straying [in evil], who follow them:
26:225
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥
See you not that they [poets] wander distracted in every valley?
26:226
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦
And that they say what they practice not?
26:227
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
except those who believe, work righteousness, engage in the remembrance of Allāh, and defend themselves after they were wronged. And soon will the wrongdoers know what vicissitude will overtake them!