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Sura Xxiii. Mu Minun, Or The Believers. Section 3

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

Sra Xxiii.: Mu-minn, Or The Believers.

Section 3

33.
Waqala almalao min qawmihi allatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biliqa-i al-akhirati waatrafnahum fee alhayati aLddunya ma hatha illa basharun mithlukum ya/kulu mimma ta/kuloona minhu wayashrabu mimma tashraboonA

33.
And the chiefs

Of his people, who disbelieved

And denied the Meeting

In the Hereafter, and on whom

We had bestowed the good things

Of this life, said: "He is

No more than a man

Like yourselves: he eats

Of that of which ye eat,

And drinks of what ye drink.

34.
Wala-in ataAAtum basharan mithlakum innakum ithan lakhasiroonA

34.
\"If ye obey a man

Like yourselves, behold,

It is certain ye will be lost.

35.
AyaAAidukum annakum itha mittum wakuntum turaban waAAi"th"aman annakum mukhrajoonA

35.
\"Does he promise that

When ye die and become dust

And bones, ye shall be

Brought forth (again)?

36.
Hayhata hayhata lima tooAAadoonA

36.
\"Far, very far is that

Which ye are promised!

37.
In hiya illa hayatuna aLddunya namootu wanahya wama nahnu bimabAAootheenA

37.
\"There is nothing but

Our life in this world!

We shall die and we live!

But we shall never

Be raised up again!

38.
In huwa illa rajulun iftara AAala Allahi kathiban wama nahnu lahu bimu/mineenA

38.
\"He is only a man

Who invents a lie

Against God, but we

Are not the ones

To believe in him!"

39. Qala rabbi onsurnee bima kaththaboonI

39. (The prophet) said:

"O my Lord! help me:

For that they accuse me

Of falsehood.
"

40. Qala AAamma qaleelin layusbihunna nadimeenA

40.
(God) said: "In but

A little while, they

Are sure to be sorry!
"

41. Faakhathat-humu aLssayhatu biAlhaqqi fajaAAalnahum ghuthaan fabuAAdan lilqawmi aL"thth"alimeenA

41.
Then the Blast overtook them

With justice, and We made them

As rubbish of dead leaves

(Floating on the stream of Time)!

So away with the people

Who do wrong!

42.
Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihim quroonan akhareenA

42.
Then We raised after them

Other generations.

43.
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yasta/khiroonA

43.
No people can hasten

Their term, nor can they

Delay (it).

44.
Thumma arsalna rusulana tatra kulla ma jaa ommatan rasooluha kaththaboohu faatbaAAna baAAdahum baAAdan wajaAAalnahum ahadeetha fabuAAdan liqawmin la yu/minoonA

44.
Then sent We Our apostles

In succession: every time

There came to a people

Their apostle, they accused him

Of falsehood: so We made

Them follow each other

(In punishment): We made them

As a tale (that is told):

So away with a people

That will not believe!

45.
Thumma arsalna moosa waakhahu haroona bi-ayatina wasultanin mubeenIn

45.
When We sent Moses

And his brother Aaron,

With Our Signs and

Authority manifest,

46.
Ila firAAawna wamala-ihi faIstakbaroo wakanoo qawman AAaleenA

46. To Pharaoh and his Chiefs:


But these behaved insolently:

They were an arrogant people.

47.
Faqaloo anu/minu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana AAabidoonA

47.
They said: "Shall we believe

In two men like ourselves?

And their people are subject

To us!
"

48. Fakaththaboohuma fakanoo mina almuhlakeenA

48.
So they accused them

Of falsehood, and they became

Of those who were destroyed.

49.
Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba laAAallahum yahtadoonA

49.
And We gave Moses

The Book, in order that

They might receive guidance.

50.
WajaAAalna ibna maryama waommahu ayatan waawaynahuma ila rabwatin thati qararin wamaAAeenIn

50.
And We made

The son of Mary

And his mother

As a Sign:


We gave them both

Shelter on high ground,

Affording rest and security

And furnished with springs.

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