Ash-Shuara
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ184
Be mindful of God who created you and former generations,’
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ185
but they replied, ‘You are bewitched
وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ186
You are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ187
Make bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’
قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ188
He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ189
They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ190
There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ191
your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ192
Truly, this Quran has been sent down by the Lord of the Worlds
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ193
the Trustworthy Spirit brought it down
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ194
to your heart [Prophet], so that you could bring warning
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ195
in a clear Arabic tongue
وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ196
This was foretold in the scriptures of earlier religions
أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ197
Is it not proof enough for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel have recognized it
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ198
If We had sent it down to someone who was not an Arab
فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ199
and he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ200
So We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ201
they will not believe in it until they see the grievous torment
فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ202
which will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it
فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ203
and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ204
How can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner
أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ205
Think, if we let them enjoy this life for some years
ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ206
and then the promised torment came upon them