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Sura Xxi. Anbiyaa, Or The Prophets. Section 4

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

Sra Xxi.: Anbiya, Or The Prophets

Section 4

42.
Qul man yaklaokum biAllayli waALnnahari mina aLrrahmani bal hum AAan thikri rabbihim muAAridoonA

42.
Say, "Who can keep

You safe by night and by day

From (the Wrath of) (God)

Most Gracious?
" Yet they

Turn away from the mention

Of their Lord.

43.
Am lahum alihatun tamnaAAuhum min doonina la yastateeAAoona nasra anfusihim wala hum minna yushaboonA

43.
Or have they gods that

Can guard them from Us?

They have no power to aid

Themselves, nor can they

Be defended from Us.

44.
Bal mattaAAna haola-i waabaahum hatta tala AAalayhimu alAAumuru afala yarawna anna na/tee al-arda nanqusuha min atrafiha afahumu alghaliboonA

44.
Nay, We gave the good things

Of this life to these men

And their fathers until

The period grew long for them;

See they not that We

Gradually reduce the land

(In their control) from

Its outlying borders? Is it

Then they who will win?

45.
Qul innama onthirukum biAlwahyi wala yasmaAAu aLssummu aLdduAAaa itha ma yuntharoonA

45.
Say, "I do but warn you

According to revelation":


But the deaf will not hear

The call, (even) when

They are warned!

46.
Wala-in massat-hum nafhatun min AAathabi rabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunna "th"alimeenA

46.
If but a breath of the Wrath

Of thy Lord do touch them,

They will then say, "Woe

To us! we did wrong indeed!
"

47. WanadaAAu almawazeena alqista liyawmi alqiyamati fala tu"th"lamu nafsun shay-an wa-in kana mithqala habbatin min khardalin atayna biha wakafa bina hasibeenA

47.
We shall set up scales

Of justice for the day

Of Judgment, so that

Not a soul will be dealt with

Unjustly in the least.

And if there be

(No more than) the weight

Of a mustard seed,

We will bring it (to account):


And enough are We

To take account.

48.
Walaqad atayna moosa waharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikran lilmuttaqeenA

48.
In the past We granted

To Moses and Aaron

The Criterion (for judgment),

And a Light and a Message

For those who would do right,--

49.
Allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum biAlghaybi wahum mina aLssaAAati mushfiqoonA

49.
Those who fear their Lord

In their most secret thoughts,

And who hold the Hour

(Of Judgment) in awe.

50.
Wahatha thikrun mubarakun anzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroonA

50.
And this is a blessed

Message which We have

Sent down: will ye then

Reject it?

51.
Walaqad atayna ibraheema rushdahu min qablu wakunna bihi AAalimeenA

51.
We bestowed aforetime

On Abraham his rectitude

Of conduct, and well were we

Acquainted with him.

52.
Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi ma hathihi aLttamatheelu allatee antum laha AAakifoonA

52.
Behold! he said

To his father and his people

"What are these images,

To which ye are

(So assiduously) devoted?
"

53. Qaloo wajadna abaana laha AAabideenA

53.
They said, "We found

Our fathers worshipping them.
"

54. Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokum fee dalalin mubeenIn

54.
He said, "Indeed ye

Have been made in manifest

Error--ye and your fathers.
"

55. Qaloo aji/tana biAlhaqqi am anta mina allaAAibeenA

55.
They said, "Have you

Brought us the Truth,

Or are you one

Of those who jest?
"

56. Qala bal rabbukum rabbu aLssamawati waAl-ardi allathee fatarahunna waana AAala thalikum mina aLshshahideenA

56.
He said, "Nay, your Lord

Is the Lord of the heavens

And the earth, He Who

Created them (from nothing):


And I am a witness

To this (truth).

57.
WataAllahi laakeedanna asnamakum baAAda an tuwalloo mudbireenA

57.
\"And by god, I have

A plan for your idols--

After ye go away

And turn your backs"

58. FajaAAalahum juthathan illa kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoonA

58.
So he broke them to pieces,

(All) but the biggest of them,

That they might turn

(And address themselves) to it.

59.
Qaloo man faAAala hatha bi-alihatina innahu lamina aL"thth"alimeenA

59.
They said, "Who has

Done this to our gods?

He must indeed be

Some man of impiety!
"

60. Qaloo samiAAna fatan yathkuruhum yuqalu lahu ibraheemU

60. They said, "We heard

A youth talk of them:


He is called Abraham.
"

61. Qaloo fa/too bihi AAala aAAyuni aLnnasi laAAallahum yashhadoonA

61.
They said, "Then bring him

Before the eyes of the people,

That they may bear witness:
"

62. Qaloo aanta faAAalta hatha bi-alihatina ya ibraheemU

62.
They said, "Art thou

The one that did this

With our gods, O Abraham?
"

63. Qala bal faAAalahu kabeeruhum hatha faIs-aloohum in kanoo yantiqoonA

63.
He said: "Nay, this

Was done by --

This is their biggest one!

Ask them, if they

Can speak intelligently!
"

64. FarajaAAoo ila anfusihim faqaloo innakum antumu aL"thth"alimoonA

64.
So they turned to themselves

And said, "Surely ye

Are the ones in the wrong!

65.
Thumma nukisoo AAala ruoosihim laqad AAalimta ma haola-i yantiqoonA

65.
Then were they confounded

With shame: (they said),

"Thou knowest full well that

These (idols) do not speak!
"

66. Qala afataAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaAAukum shay-an wala yadurrukum

66.
(Abraham) said, "Do ye then

Worship, besides God,

Things that can neither

Be of any good to you

Nor do you harm?

67.
Offin lakum walima taAAbudoona min dooni Allahi afala taAAqiloonA

67.
\"Fie upon you, and upon

The things that ye worship

Besides God! Have ye

No sense?"

68. Qaloo harriqoohu waOnsuroo alihatakum in kuntum faAAileenA

68.
They said, "Burn him

And protect your gods,

If ye do (anything at all)!
"

69. Qulna ya naru koonee bardan wasalaman AAala ibraheemA

69.
We said, "O Fire!

Be thou cool,

And (a means of) safety

For Abraham!
"

70. Waaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumu al-akhsareenA

70.
Then they sought a stratagem

Against him: but We

Made them the ones

That lost most!

71.
Wanajjaynahu walootan ila al-ardi allatee barakna feeha lilAAalameenA

71.
But We delivered him

And (his nephew) Lt

(And directed them) to the land

Which We have blessed

For the nations.

72.
Wawahabna lahu ishaqa wayaAAqooba nafilatan wakullan jaAAalna saliheenA

72.
And We bestowed on him Isaac

And, as an additional gift,

(A grandson), Jacob, and We

Made righteous men of every one

(Of them).

73.
WajaAAalnahum a-immatan yahdoona bi-amrina waawhayna ilayhim fiAAla alkhayrati wa-iqama aLssalati wa-eetaa aLzzakati wakanoo lana AAabideenA

73.
And We made them

Leaders, guiding (men) by

Our Command, and We

Sent them inspiration

To do good deeds,

To establish regular prayers,

And to practise regular charity;

And they constantly served

Us (and Us only).

74.
Walootan ataynahu hukman waAAilman wanajjaynahu mina alqaryati allatee kanat taAAmalu alkhaba-itha innahum kanoo qawma saw-in fasiqeenA

74.
And to Lt, too,

We gave Judgment and Knowledge,

And We saved him

From the town which practised

Abominations: truly they were

A people given to Evil,

A rebellious people.

75.
Waadkhalnahu fee rahmatina innahu mina aLssaliheenA

75.
And We admitted him

To Our Mercy: for he

Was one of the Righteous.

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