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Sura Xxi. Anbiyaa, Or The Prophets. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xxi.: Anbiya, Or The Prophets

Section 1

1.
Iqtaraba liLnnasi hisabuhum wahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoonA

1.
Closer and closer to mankind

Comes their Reckoning: yet they

Heed not and they turn away.

2. Ma ya/teehim min thikrin min rabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahum yalAAaboonA

2.
Never comes (aught) to them

Of a renewed Message

From their Lord, but they

Listen to it as in jest,--

3.
Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo aLnnajwa allatheena "th"alamoo hal hatha illa basharun mithlukum afata/toona aLssihra waantum tubsiroonA

3.
Their hearts toying as with

Trifles. The wrong-doers conceal

Their private counsels, (saying),

"Is this (one) more than

A man like yourselves?

Will ye go to witchcraft

With your eyes open?
"

4. Qala rabbee yaAAlamu alqawla fee aLssama-i waAl-ardi wahuwa aLssameeAAu alAAaleemU

4.
Say: "My Lord

Knoweth (every) word (spoken)

In the heavens and on earth:

He is the One that heareth

And knoweth (all things).
"

5. Bal qaloo adghathu ahlamin bali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falya/tina bi-ayatin kama orsila al-awwaloonA

5.
\"Nay," they say, "(these are)

Medleys of dreams!--Nay,

He forged it!--Nay,

He is (but) a poet!

Let him then bring us

A Sign like the ones

That were sent to

(Prophets) of old!
"

6. Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaha afahum yu/minoonA

6.
(As to those) before them,

Not one of the populations

Which We destroyed believed:

Will these believe?

7. Wama arsalna qablaka illa rijalan noohee ilayhim faIs-aloo ahla aLththikri in kuntum la taAAlamoonA

7.
Before thee, also, the apostles

We sent were but men,

To whom We granted inspiration:


If ye realise this not, ask

Of those who possess the Message.

8. Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan la ya/kuloona aLttaAAama wama kanoo khalideenA

8.
Nor did We give them

Bodies that ate no food,

Nor were they exempt from death.

9. Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaAAda faanjaynahum waman nashao waahlakna almusrifeenA

9.
In the end We fulfilled

To them Our promise,

And We saved them

And those whom We pleased,

But We destroyed those

Who transgressed beyond bounds.

10.
Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitaban feehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloonA

10.
We have revealed for you

(O men!) a book in which

Is a Message for you:

Will ye not then understand?

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