As-Saaffat
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ127
but they rejected him. They will be brought to punishment as a consequence
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ128
not so the true servants of God
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ129
We let him be praised by succeeding generations
سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ130
‘Peace be to Elijah!’
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ131
This is how We reward those who do good
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ132
truly he was one of Our faithful servants
وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ133
Lot was also one of the messengers
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ134
We saved him and all his family
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ135
except for an old woman who stayed behind
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ136
and We destroyed the rest
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُصْبِحِينَ137
You [people] pass by their ruins morning
وَبِاللَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ138
and night: will you not take heed
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ139
Jonah too was one of the messengers
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ140
He fled to the overloaded ship
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِينَ141
They cast lots, he suffered defeat
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ142
and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts
فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ143
If he had not been one of those who glorified God
لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ144
he would have stayed in its belly until the Day when all are raised up
فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ145
but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore
وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْطِينٍ146
and made a gourd tree grow above him
وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ147
We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more
فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ148
They believed, so We let them live out their lives
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ149
Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ150
Did We create the angels as females while they were watching
أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ151
No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say
وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ152
‘God has begotten.’ How they lie
أَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِينَ153
Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons