Ad-Dukhan
وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ19
Do not consider yourselves to be above God! I come to you with clear authority
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ20
I seek refuge in my Lord and yours against your insults
وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ21
If you do not believe me, just let me be.’
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ22
[Moses] cried to his Lord, ‘These people are evildoers!’
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ23
[God replied], ‘Escape in the night with My servants, for you are sure to be pursued
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ24
Leave the sea behind you parted and their army will be drowned.’
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ25
Many a garden and spring they left behind
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ26
many a cornfield and noble building
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ27
many a thing in which they had delighted
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ28
We gave these to another people to inherit
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ29
Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ30
We saved the Children of Israel from their degrading suffering
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ31
at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ32
We chose them knowingly above others
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ33
We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test
إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ34
These people here assert
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ35
‘There is nothing beyond our one death: we will not be resurrected
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ36
Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ37
Are they better than the people of Tubbaand those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ38
We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ39
We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend