Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) is a Meccan surah of the Quran with 35 verses. Read, listen and memorize this surah with our interactive tools.
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📖 7 min readYou accuse me of lying, but I only intend to advise you. The One I am attributing this lie to will punish me for it and will not leave me alone. This is the meaning of the statement: {فلا تملكون} - O you who are being advised, at any time, in any way {لي من الله} - the Great, the Mighty, the Wise King {شيئاً} - anything that would prevent His vengeance upon me. For the King does not leave anyone who lies to Him unpunished, so how can I be punished for intentionally lying to Him about significant matters, morning and evening? Who will bear the burden of my lies when the intended purpose does not benefit me, and the One I am lying about does not leave me alone? Then, the statement explains the necessity of vengeance by saying: {هو أعلم} - He is more knowledgeable than you and everyone {بما تفيضون فيه} - about the lies you attribute to me. If He were as you claim, He would not have supported me, let alone aided and assisted me. This statement contains a warning to them, consolation for him, and relief from their accusations. Since mere assertion is not sufficient to prove the truth, and although it may seem evident, it is necessary to have definitive proof and clear evidence to claim truthfulness. The testimony of the King, who is the subject of the conversation, is the greatest evidence, for He is the most knowledgeable, and testimony is based on knowledge. Therefore, the statement produces a definitive conclusion with the phrase: {كفى} and emphasizes the action by using the preposition 'by' to confirm the action and deny metaphor, saying: {به شهيداً}
Whoever affirms the oneness of God has indeed believed, and whoever associates partners with Him has disbelieved. God has revealed this in the Torah, the Gospel, and all their scriptures. Their books have concurred with it, their messengers have unanimously agreed upon it, and their prophets, may peace be upon them, have consistently called to it and commanded it. Then, having borne witness to this, He said: {fāaman} - that is, this one who has borne witness to this testimony by this Quran when he saw it confirming what was mentioned and knew it to be the Book that their scriptures had foretold. He was guided to put things in their proper place, so he did, and did not become arrogant. And when those who carried the burden of proof after these evidences persisted in their unbelief due to pride and haughtiness, He said: {waastakbartum} - that is, you exhibited pride by turning away from it, seeking leadership, pride, and superiority. Thus, after the testimony of this witness, you were defiant without any justifiable doubt, leading you astray and causing you to disbelieve. You misplaced things, and the door to guidance was closed to you. And since they claimed to be the most guided and just of people, while rejecting the testimony of the Creator and the creation was an act of great injustice, making them misguided with full knowledge, God said, starting anew and indicating that the judgment is: Have you not, by your failure to believe after having knowledge, committed a great injustice by placing disbelief in the position of belief, thus going astray and intentionally abandoning the path that leads to guidance? {inna Allāh} - that is, the King
From ten to thirty years, one comes in the form of a collective, as if you have no equal, or a collective with no singular form from its word, or a singular with a kasrah (a diacritic mark indicating a broken plural), even though the pattern fa'lah does not collect on the pattern af'al, or shad like kalb (dog) and aklab (dogs), or shad like dhi'b (wolf) and adh'ab (wolves), and they are not heard but rather a matter of analogy - as has been mentioned, and it has been previously discussed in the surah of Yusuf what is of great benefit here. At-Tabarani narrated in the biography of Ibn Ahmad bin Lubayd al-Bayruti from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them, that he said: 'The age of ashad is thirty-three years, and it is the age at which 'Isa ibn Maryam was raised.' Al-Haythami said: 'In it is Sadqah bin Yazid, whom Abu Zur'ah and Abu Hatim trusted, but Ahmad and a group weakened him, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy.' Az-Zamakhshari said: 'It is the beginning of ashad and its end is forty.' And since the days of childhood and youth, even though they are the prime of a human's life and the times of his delight and the gathering of his strength and rest, in which the secret of his life appears to him in most cases, due to the dominance of the evil souls over him with bestial and savage tendencies, because of the consequences of desires and impulses they carry upon him.
And since this discourse has reached its conclusion, with excellent organization, and has encompassed these two categories as a compelling example for the disbelievers and believers of the Arabs, the first being for the believers who follow the religion of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, which was brought by the greatest of prophets, Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the second for the disbelievers who reject the greatest of their ancestors, Ibrahim, peace be upon him, whom they know through tradition inherited from their fathers, and through the miraculous Quran, as if they heard it from their Creator, affirming the oneness of Allah and warning of His punishment, and since He, glorified be He, had begun the discussion about them with what was mentioned regarding their disbelief in the Bestowers of blessings and their deserving of both evils, the humiliation of this world and the punishment of the Hereafter, He informed them of what their denial of their Lord's promise and disobedience to their parents, in reality or in teaching, produced, saying: {أولئك}, meaning those who are distant from reason and all goodness, {الذين حق}, meaning it is confirmed and obligatory. And since this is a threat, He indicated it with the instrument of superiority, saying: {عليهم القول}, meaning the complete and perfect word in its category, that they are the lowest of the low, which contradicts the claim of those who said that it was revealed about Abdur-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them, for he became a Muslim and one of the senior Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all, and Paradise became his rightful due.
And when He divided them in their deeds, He gathered them in justice and grace, saying: {ولكل} - that is, for every one of the two groups, the blessed and the wretched, from the two species: the jinn
By the command of its Lord, meaning the One who created it, nurtured it, and perfected it, exacting revenge upon its enemies. And when it was mentioned with this grand remembrance, and the estimation was that it came to them and destroyed them, leaving none of them behind, the statement 'so it became morning' was added as an exaggeration. 'So it became morning' - and when the listener's attention was intensely focused on how they became morning, it was said, translating their annihilation: 'You see nothing' - that is, O perceiver. And when the awe of the heart and the terror of the soul were magnified, the Almighty said: 'except their dwellings' - that is, as a reward for their wickedness. Thus, the expression was suited to the meaning, and it was understood that the intended meaning of 'morning' is the absolute existence, but it was expressed in this way because the calamity in it is greater. And it was understood that none of the deniers remained, neither their homes nor their fiery ovens, and this is a metaphor for the comprehensive destruction that befell them, whether the sand buried them or they were laid out on the surface of the earth, as in the other verse: {You see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees} [{Haqqah: 7}]. And it was narrated that when Hud, peace be upon him, sensed the wind, he withdrew with those who believed with him to a sanctuary, and the wind leaned against the unbelievers, the Ahqaf, which was their gathering place when they spoke and the location of their expanses when they played. So they were under it for seven nights and eight days, then it uncovered them, lifted them, and cast them into the sea. Similarly, it destroyed their livestock and everything that had a soul, and it did not afflict Hud.
When they used to deny, meaning they would repeatedly deny over time, the signs of Allah, meaning the rejection of the evident signs of the Great King, and what surrounded them, meaning what encompassed them in terms of destruction and greatness, was a matter they could not comprehend. This was a punishment that they used to mock, meaning they found it to be a persistent and ongoing reality, a reality that was sought by one who was in love with it. And when the intended goal of informing about their destruction, given their great ability, was achieved, so that those who heard about their affair might take heed, He then mentioned those who followed them and shared in their denial, and thus shared in their destruction. He said, repeating it to frighten them and indicating the encompassing nature of His power and knowledge: {And We have certainly destroyed} with the greatness and encompassing power that We possess {what surrounds you}, meaning, O people of Mecca, {of the towns}, such as the people of Al-Hijr, Saba, Midian, Al-Ayka, the people of Lot, Pharaoh, the companions of Ar-Rass, Thamud, and others who are a lesson. And since the destruction that is being warned about was mentioned first, the listener looks to ask about their condition in the signs, so He said
With gentleness, I understand their statement to mean that if they do not respond, He will exact revenge upon them with a painful punishment. He followed this with an even more severe warning, saying: {And whoever does not respond to the Caller of Allah}, meaning the great Angel who encompasses all things, for whom there is no equal and whose wrath no one can withstand. The call of this Prophet, may God's peace and blessings be upon him, encompasses all of creation. Since the Book and the Sunnah, as I have previously mentioned in the chapters of Al-An'am and Al-Furqan, indicate the universality of the message, and one who refuses to respond to a message that is universal is a disobedient person deserving of punishment, He described His punishment in a way that indicates its inevitability, saying: {He is not incapable} of what He decrees against him {on earth}, for He is a sign within it, and He is encompassed by His own dominion, kingdom, and power. {And he has no protector besides Him}, meaning God, who is the only one capable of protecting, for no one can protect except Him. {No allies} will be able to do for him what a close relative would do for their kin, such as defending him, interceding on his behalf, ransoming him, or taking his place. Since salvation is impossible for him from every angle, and this does not differ whether the disobedient person is one or many, the statement of God, the Exalted, produces an expression in the plural form.
And when the Almighty and Exalted One completed what was required by the purpose of this surah, regarding the fundamentals and branches of religion, and the warning against His might by mentioning some of His examples, and concluded with the misguidance of those who did not respond to the caller, He drew attention to the fact that the clearest evidence of His encompassing majesty and beauty, and His power over the specified term for which He created creation, is what was clarified at the beginning of the surah, from the creation of the heavens and what is in them, and the signs that are apparent to the ear and eye. So, He said, mournfully for them due to their misguidance from responding to the caller, and denying and rebuking them, guiding them with affection towards what was not mentioned, until the statement: {ألم ير}
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حمٓ ﴿١﴾
Ha, Meem.
تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ﴿٢﴾
The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿٣﴾
We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌۭ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖ ٱئْتُونِى بِكِتَـٰبٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ أَثَـٰرَةٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٤﴾
Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿٥﴾
And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and they, of their invocation, are unaware.
وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءًۭ وَكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٦﴾
And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٧﴾
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۖ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٨﴾
Or do they say, "He has invented it?" Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allah at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving the Merciful."
قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ﴿٩﴾
Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌۭ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِۦ فَـَٔامَنَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٠﴾
Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an was from Allah, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًۭا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ قَدِيمٌۭ ﴿١١﴾
And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."
وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًۭا وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَهَـٰذَا كِتَـٰبٌۭ مُّصَدِّقٌۭ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٢﴾
And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
Those are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًۭا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًۭا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ ثَلَـٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿١٥﴾
And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.
وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّۢ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٧﴾
But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people" -
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿١٨﴾
Those are the ones upon whom the word has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
وَلِكُلٍّۢ دَرَجَـٰتٌۭ مِّمَّا عَمِلُوا۟ ۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
And for all there are degrees [of reward and punishment] for what they have done, and [it is] so that He may fully compensate them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾
And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."
۞ وَٱذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذَرَ قَوْمَهُۥ بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾
And mention, [O Muhammad], the brother of 'Aad, when he warned his people in the [region of] al-Ahqaf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allah. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾
They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًۭا تَجْهَلُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًۭا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا عَارِضٌۭ مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ رِيحٌۭ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾
And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًۭا وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭا وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allah; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].
فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Then why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِىَ وَلَّوْا۟ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
And [mention, O Muhammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur'an. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen quietly." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَـٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ ﴿٣٠﴾
They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.
يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ ﴿٣١﴾
O our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe in him; Allah will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٢﴾
But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ ﴿٣٣﴾
Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَـٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve."
فَٱصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعَزْمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ ۚ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةًۭ مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ بَلَـٰغٌۭ ۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
So be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?