Surah 26 of 114

الشعراء

Ash-Shu'ara · The Poets

227 verses · Revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 26:1

   طسٓمٓ ۝١

   QaraiTa, Seen, Meem.

2. 26:2

   تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢

   QaraiThese are the signs of the Manifest Book.

3. 26:3

   لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٣

   QaraiYou are liable to imperil your life [out of distress] that they will not have faith.

4. 26:4

   إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ۝٤

   QaraiIf We wish We will send down to them a sign from the sky before which their heads will remain bowed in humility.

5. 26:5

   وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ ۝٥

   QaraiThere does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.

6. 26:6

   فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝٦

   QaraiThey have already denied [the truth], but soon there will come to them the news of what they have been deriding.

7. 26:7

   أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٧

   QaraiHave they not regarded the earth, how many of every splendid kind [of vegetation] We have caused to grow in it?

8. 26:8

   إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨

   QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

9. 26:9

   وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٩

   QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

10. 26:10

    وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝١٠

    QaraiWhen your Lord called out to Moses: [saying,] ‘Go to those wrongdoing people,

11. 26:11

    قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ۝١١

    Qaraithe people of Pharaoh. Will they not be wary [of Allah]?’

12. 26:12

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ۝١٢

    QaraiHe said, ‘My Lord! I fear they will impugn me,

13. 26:13

    وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ۝١٣

    Qaraiand I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].

14. 26:14

    وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ۝١٤

    QaraiBesides, they have a charge against me, and I fear they will kill me.’

15. 26:15

    قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ۝١٥

    QaraiHe said, ‘Certainly not! Let both of you go with Our signs: We will indeed be with you, hearing [everything].

16. 26:16

    فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٦

    QaraiSo approach Pharaoh and say, ‘‘We are indeed envoys of the Lord of the worlds

17. 26:17

    أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ۝١٧

    Qaraithat you let the Children of Israel leave with us.’’ ’

18. 26:18

    قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ۝١٨

    QaraiHe [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Did we not rear you as a child among us, and did you not stay with us for years of your life?

19. 26:19

    وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝١٩

    QaraiThen you committed that deed of yours, and you are an ingrate.’

20. 26:20

    قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ۝٢٠

    QaraiHe said, ‘I did that when I was astray.

21. 26:21

    فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝٢١

    QaraiSo I fled from you, as I was afraid of you. Then my Lord gave me sound judgement and made me one of the apostles.

22. 26:22

    وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ۝٢٢

    QaraiThat you have enslaved the Children of Israel—is that the favour with which you reproach me?’

23. 26:23

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٣

    QaraiHe said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’

24. 26:24

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ۝٢٤

    QaraiHe said, ‘The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them,—should you have conviction.’

25. 26:25

    قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ ۝٢٥

    QaraiHe said to those who were around him, ‘Don’t you hear?!’

26. 26:26

    قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٢٦

    QaraiHe said, ‘Your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!’

27. 26:27

    قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ ۝٢٧

    QaraiHe said, ‘Indeed your messenger, who has been sent to you, is surely crazy!’

28. 26:28

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٢٨

    QaraiHe said, ‘The Lord of the east and the west and whatever is between them—should you exercise your reason.’

29. 26:29

    قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ ۝٢٩

    QaraiHe said, ‘If you take up any god other than me, I will surely make you a prisoner!’

30. 26:30

    قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٠

    QaraiHe said, ‘What if I bring you something [as an] unmistakable [proof]?’

31. 26:31

    قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝٣١

    QaraiHe said, ‘Then bring it, should you be truthful.’

32. 26:32

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٣٢

    QaraiThereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it was a manifest python.

33. 26:33

    وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ۝٣٣

    QaraiThen he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white and bright to the onlookers.

34. 26:34

    قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ۝٣٤

    QaraiHe said to the elite [who stood] around him, ‘This is indeed an expert magician

35. 26:35

    يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ۝٣٥

    Qaraiwho seeks to expel you from your land with his magic. So what do you advise?’

36. 26:36

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ۝٣٦

    QaraiThey said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities

37. 26:37

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ ۝٣٧

    Qaraito bring you every expert magician.’

38. 26:38

    فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ۝٣٨

    QaraiSo the magicians were gathered for the tryst of a known day,

39. 26:39

    وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ۝٣٩

    Qaraiand the people were told: ‘Will you all gather?!’

40. 26:40

    لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ۝٤٠

    Qarai‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are victors!’

41. 26:41

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ۝٤١

    QaraiSo when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we have a reward if we were to be the victors?’

42. 26:42

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ۝٤٢

    QaraiHe said, ‘Of course; and you will be among members of my inner circle.’

43. 26:43

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ۝٤٣

    QaraiMoses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you have to throw!’

44. 26:44

    فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ ۝٤٤

    QaraiSo they threw down their sticks and ropes, and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh, we shall surely be victorious!’

45. 26:45

    فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ۝٤٥

    QaraiThereat Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.

46. 26:46

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ۝٤٦

    QaraiThereat the magicians fell down prostrating.

47. 26:47

    قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٧

    QaraiThey said, ‘We believe in the Lord of all the worlds,

48. 26:48

    رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ۝٤٨

    Qaraithe Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

49. 26:49

    قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٤٩

    QaraiHe [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I should permit you? He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know! I will cut off your hands and feet from opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.’

50. 26:50

    قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ۝٥٠

    QaraiThey said, ‘[There is] no harm [in that]! Indeed, we shall return to our Lord.

51. 26:51

    إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٥١

    QaraiIndeed we hope our Lord will forgive us our offences for being the first to believe.’

52. 26:52

    ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٥٢

    QaraiThen We revealed to Moses, [saying],‘Set out with My servants at night, for you will be pursued.’

53. 26:53

    فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ۝٥٣

    QaraiThen Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities,

54. 26:54

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ ۝٥٤

    Qarai[proclaiming:] ‘These are indeed a small band.

55. 26:55

    وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ۝٥٥

    QaraiThey have aroused our wrath,

56. 26:56

    وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ۝٥٦

    Qaraiand we are alert and fully prepared.’

57. 26:57

    فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٥٧

    QaraiSo We took them out of gardens and springs,

58. 26:58

    وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٥٨

    Qaraiand [made them leave behind] treasures and stately homes.

59. 26:59

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ۝٥٩

    QaraiSo it was; and We bequeathed them to the Children of Israel.

60. 26:60

    فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ ۝٦٠

    QaraiThen they pursued them at sunrise.

61. 26:61

    فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ ۝٦١

    QaraiWhen the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘Indeed we have been caught up.’

62. 26:62

    قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ۝٦٢

    QaraiHe said, ‘Certainly not! Indeed my Lord is with me. He will guide me.’

63. 26:63

    فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٦٣

    QaraiThereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.

64. 26:64

    وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلَْٔاخَرِينَ ۝٦٤

    QaraiThere, We brought the others near,

65. 26:65

    وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٦٥

    Qaraiand We delivered Moses and all those who were with him.

66. 26:66

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَْٔاخَرِينَ ۝٦٦

    QaraiThen We drowned the rest.

67. 26:67

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝٦٧

    QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that, but most of them do not have faith.

68. 26:68

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٦٨

    QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

69. 26:69

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝٦٩

    QaraiRelate to them the account of Abraham

70. 26:70

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝٧٠

    Qaraiwhen he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’

71. 26:71

    قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ۝٧١

    QaraiThey said, ‘We worship idols, and are constant in our devotion to them.’

72. 26:72

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ ۝٧٢

    QaraiHe said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?

73. 26:73

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ ۝٧٣

    QaraiOr do they bring you any benefit, or cause you any harm?’

74. 26:74

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٧٤

    QaraiThey said, ‘Indeed, we found our fathers doing likewise.’

75. 26:75

    قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ۝٧٥

    QaraiHe said, ‘Have you regarded what you have been worshipping,

76. 26:76

    أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ ۝٧٦

    Qaraiyou and your ancestors?

77. 26:77

    فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٧٧

    QaraiThey are indeed enemies to me, but the Lord of all the worlds,

78. 26:78

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ ۝٧٨

    Qaraiwho created me, it is He who guides me,

79. 26:79

    وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ ۝٧٩

    Qaraiand provides me with food and drink,

80. 26:80

    وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ۝٨٠

    Qaraiand when I get sick, it is He who cures me;

81. 26:81

    وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ۝٨١

    Qaraiwho will make me die, then He will bring me to life,

82. 26:82

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيَٓٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٨٢

    Qaraiand who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Retribution.’

83. 26:83

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝٨٣

    Qarai‘My Lord! Grant me [unerring] judgement, and unite me with the Righteous.

84. 26:84

    وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرِينَ ۝٨٤

    QaraiConfer on me a worthy repute among the posterity,

85. 26:85

    وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٨٥

    Qaraiand make me one of the heirs to the paradise of bliss.

86. 26:86

    وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ۝٨٦

    QaraiForgive my father, for he is one of those who are astray.

87. 26:87

    وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝٨٧

    QaraiDo not disgrace me on the day that they will be resurrected,

88. 26:88

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ۝٨٨

    Qaraithe day when neither wealth nor children will avail,

89. 26:89

    إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ۝٨٩

    Qaraiexcept him who comes to Allah with a sound heart,’

90. 26:90

    وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٩٠

    Qaraiand paradise will be brought near for the Godwary,

91. 26:91

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ۝٩١

    Qaraiand hell will be brought into view for the perverse,

92. 26:92

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ۝٩٢

    Qaraiand they shall be told: ‘Where is that which you used to worship

93. 26:93

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ۝٩٣

    Qaraibesides Allah? Do they help you, or do they help each other?’

94. 26:94

    فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ۝٩٤

    QaraiThen they will be cast into it on their faces—they and the perverse,

95. 26:95

    وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ ۝٩٥

    Qaraiand the hosts of Iblis all together.

96. 26:96

    قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ۝٩٦

    QaraiThey will say, as they wrangle in it [together],

97. 26:97

    تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٩٧

    Qarai‘By Allah, we had indeed been in manifest error

98. 26:98

    إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٩٨

    Qaraiwhen we equated you with the Lord of all the worlds!

99. 26:99

    وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ۝٩٩

    QaraiNo one led us astray except the guilty.

100. 26:100

     فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ۝١٠٠

     QaraiNow we have no intercessors,

101. 26:101

     وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ ۝١٠١

     Qarainor do we have any sympathetic friend.

102. 26:102

     فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٠٢

     QaraiHad there been another turn for us, we would be among the faithful.’

103. 26:103

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٠٣

     QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

104. 26:104

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٠٤

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

105. 26:105

     كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٠٥

     QaraiThe people of Noah impugned the apostles

106. 26:106

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٠٦

     Qaraiwhen Noah, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

107. 26:107

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٠٧

     QaraiIndeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

108. 26:108

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٠٨

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

109. 26:109

     وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٠٩

     QaraiI do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

110. 26:110

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١١٠

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.’

111. 26:111

     ۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ۝١١١

     QaraiThey said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’

112. 26:112

     قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝١١٢

     QaraiHe said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do?

113. 26:113

     إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ۝١١٣

     QaraiTheir reckoning is only with my Lord, should you be aware.

114. 26:114

     وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١١٤

     QaraiI will not drive away the faithful.

115. 26:115

     إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١١٥

     QaraiI am just a manifest warner.’

116. 26:116

     قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ۝١١٦

     QaraiThey said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’

117. 26:117

     قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ۝١١٧

     QaraiHe said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me.

118. 26:118

     فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١١٨

     QaraiSo judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’

119. 26:119

     فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ۝١١٩

     QaraiThereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark.

120. 26:120

     ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ۝١٢٠

     QaraiThen We drowned the rest.

121. 26:121

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٢١

     QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

122. 26:122

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٢٢

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

123. 26:123

     كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٢٣

     Qarai[The people of] ‘Ad impugned the apostles,

124. 26:124

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

     Qaraiwhen Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

125. 26:125

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٢٥

     QaraiIndeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

126. 26:126

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٢٦

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

127. 26:127

     وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٢٧

     QaraiI do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

128. 26:128

     أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ۝١٢٨

     QaraiDo you build futile a sign on every prominence?

129. 26:129

     وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ۝١٢٩

     QaraiYou set up structures as if you will be immortal,

130. 26:130

     وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ۝١٣٠

     Qaraiand when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants.

131. 26:131

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٣١

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

132. 26:132

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٣٢

     QaraiBe wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know,

133. 26:133

     أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ ۝١٣٣

     Qaraiand aided you with sons and with cattle,

134. 26:134

     وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝١٣٤

     Qaraigardens and springs.

135. 26:135

     إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝١٣٥

     QaraiIndeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’

136. 26:136

     قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ۝١٣٦

     QaraiThey said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not.

137. 26:137

     إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣٧

     QaraiThese are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,

138. 26:138

     وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ۝١٣٨

     Qaraiand we will not be punished.’

139. 26:139

     فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٣٩

     QaraiSo they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

140. 26:140

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٤٠

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

141. 26:141

     كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٤١

     Qarai[The people of] Thamud impugned the apostles

142. 26:142

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٤٢

     Qaraiwhen Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

143. 26:143

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٤٣

     QaraiIndeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

144. 26:144

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٤٤

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

145. 26:145

     وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٤٥

     QaraiI do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

146. 26:146

     أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ۝١٤٦

     QaraiWill you be left secure in that which is here

147. 26:147

     فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝١٤٧

     Qarai—amid gardens and springs,

148. 26:148

     وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ ۝١٤٨

     Qaraifarms and date palms with dainty spathes

149. 26:149

     وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ ۝١٤٩

     Qarai—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?

150. 26:150

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٥٠

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me,

151. 26:151

     وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝١٥١

     Qaraiand do not obey the dictates of the transgressors,

152. 26:152

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ۝١٥٢

     Qaraiwho cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’

153. 26:153

     قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ۝١٥٣

     QaraiThey said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

154. 26:154

     مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بَِٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝١٥٤

     QaraiYou are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’

155. 26:155

     قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ۝١٥٥

     QaraiHe said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days.

156. 26:156

     وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝١٥٦

     QaraiDo not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’

157. 26:157

     فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ ۝١٥٧

     QaraiBut they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful.

158. 26:158

     فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٥٨

     QaraiSo the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

159. 26:159

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٥٩

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

160. 26:160

     كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٦٠

     QaraiThe people of Lot impugned the apostles

161. 26:161

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٦١

     Qaraiwhen Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

162. 26:162

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٦٢

     QaraiIndeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

163. 26:163

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٦٣

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

164. 26:164

     وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٦٤

     QaraiI do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

165. 26:165

     أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٦٥

     QaraiWhat! Of all people do you come to males,

166. 26:166

     وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ ۝١٦٦

     Qaraiabandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’

167. 26:167

     قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ ۝١٦٧

     QaraiThey said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’

168. 26:168

     قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ ۝١٦٨

     QaraiHe said, ‘Indeed I detest your conduct.’

169. 26:169

     رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٦٩

     Qarai‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’

170. 26:170

     فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝١٧٠

     QaraiSo We delivered him and all his family,

171. 26:171

     إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ۝١٧١

     Qaraiexcept an old woman who remained behind.

172. 26:172

     ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلَْٔاخَرِينَ ۝١٧٢

     QaraiThen We destroyed [all] the rest,

173. 26:173

     وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ۝١٧٣

     Qaraiand rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned!

174. 26:174

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٧٤

     QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

175. 26:175

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٧٥

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

176. 26:176

     كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لَْٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٧٦

     QaraiThe inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles,

177. 26:177

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٧٧

     Qaraiwhen Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

178. 26:178

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٧٨

     QaraiIndeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

179. 26:179

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝١٧٩

     QaraiSo be wary of Allah and obey me.

180. 26:180

     وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٨٠

     QaraiI do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

181. 26:181

     ۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ۝١٨١

     QaraiObserve the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure.

182. 26:182

     وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۝١٨٢

     QaraiWeigh with an even balance,

183. 26:183

     وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ۝١٨٣

     Qaraiand do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.

184. 26:184

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٨٤

     QaraiBe wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’

185. 26:185

     قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ۝١٨٥

     QaraiThey said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

186. 26:186

     وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ ۝١٨٦

     QaraiYou are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar.

187. 26:187

     فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝١٨٧

     QaraiMake a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’

188. 26:188

     قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٨٨

     QaraiHe said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’

189. 26:189

     فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝١٨٩

     QaraiSo they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day.

190. 26:190

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٩٠

     QaraiThere is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

191. 26:191

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٩١

     QaraiIndeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

192. 26:192

     وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٩٢

     QaraiThis is indeed [a Book] sent down by the Lord of all the worlds,

193. 26:193

     نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ۝١٩٣

     Qaraibrought down by the Trustworthy Spirit

194. 26:194

     عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ ۝١٩٤

     Qaraiupon your heart (so that you may be one of the warners),

195. 26:195

     بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ ۝١٩٥

     Qaraiin a clear Arabic language.

196. 26:196

     وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٩٦

     QaraiIt is indeed [foretold] in the scriptures of the ancients.

197. 26:197

     أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ۝١٩٧

     QaraiIs it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it?

198. 26:198

     وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ ۝١٩٨

     QaraiHad We sent it down upon some non-Arab

199. 26:199

     فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٩٩

     Qaraiand had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.

200. 26:200

     كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٢٠٠

     QaraiThis is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:

201. 26:201

     لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ۝٢٠١

     Qaraithey do not believe in it until they sight the painful punishment.

202. 26:202

     فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝٢٠٢

     QaraiIt will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.

203. 26:203

     فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ۝٢٠٣

     QaraiThereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’

204. 26:204

     أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ۝٢٠٤

     QaraiSo do they seek to hasten on Our punishment?

205. 26:205

     أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ۝٢٠٥

     QaraiTell me, should We let them enjoy for some years,

206. 26:206

     ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٠٦

     Qaraithen there comes to them what they have been promised,

207. 26:207

     مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ۝٢٠٧

     Qaraiof what avail to them will be that which they were given to enjoy?

208. 26:208

     وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ۝٢٠٨

     QaraiWe have not destroyed any town without its having warners,

209. 26:209

     ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٢٠٩

     Qaraifor the sake of admonition, and We were not unjust.

210. 26:210

     وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ۝٢١٠

     QaraiIt has not been brought down by the devils.

211. 26:211

     وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ۝٢١١

     QaraiNeither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that].

212. 26:212

     إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ۝٢١٢

     QaraiIndeed, they are kept at bay [even] from hearing it.

213. 26:213

     فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ۝٢١٣

     QaraiSo do not invoke any god besides Allah, lest you should be among the punished.

214. 26:214

     وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۝٢١٤

     QaraiWarn the nearest of your kinsfolk,

215. 26:215

     وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٢١٥

     Qaraiand lower your wing to the faithful who follow you.

216. 26:216

     فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٢١٦

     QaraiBut if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’

217. 26:217

     وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝٢١٧

     QaraiAnd put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful,

218. 26:218

     ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ۝٢١٨

     Qaraiwho sees you when you stand [for prayer],

219. 26:219

     وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ۝٢١٩

     Qaraiand your going about among those who prostrate.

220. 26:220

     إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٢٢٠

     QaraiIndeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

221. 26:221

     هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ۝٢٢١

     QaraiShould I inform you on whom the devils descend?

222. 26:222

     تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝٢٢٢

     QaraiThey descend on every sinful liar.

223. 26:223

     يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ ۝٢٢٣

     QaraiThey eavesdrop, and most of them are liars.

224. 26:224

     وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ۝٢٢٤

     QaraiAs for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them.

225. 26:225

     أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ ۝٢٢٥

     QaraiHave you not regarded that they rove in every valley,

226. 26:226

     وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٢٢٦

     Qaraiand that they say what they do not do?

227. 26:227

     إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ ۝٢٢٧

     QaraiBarring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up.