Qur’an — Page 375 of 604

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

And fear He who created you and the former creation."¹

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥

In a clear Arabic language.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners¹

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩

And he had recited it to them [perfectly],¹ they would [still] not have been believers in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠

Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤

So for Our punishment are they impatient?

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦

And then there came to them that which they were promised?