Surah Al-Anbiyaa

وَلَقَدِٱسْتُهْزِئَبِرُسُلٍۢمِّنقَبْلِكَفَحَاقَبِٱلَّذِينَسَخِرُوا۟مِنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God’s] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.

قُلْمَنيَكْلَؤُكُمبِٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِمِنَٱلرَّحْمَٰنِبَلْهُمْعَنذِكْرِرَبِّهِممُّعْرِضُونَ

Say: “Who could protect you, by night or by day, from the Most Gracious?” And yet, from a remembrance of their Sustainer do they stubbornly turn away!

أَمْلَهُمْءَالِهَةٌۭتَمْنَعُهُممِّندُونِنَالَايَسْتَطِيعُونَنَصْرَأَنفُسِهِمْوَلَاهُممِّنَّايُصْحَبُونَ

Do they [really think that they] have deities that could shield them from Us? Those [alleged dei­ties] are not [even] able to succour themselves: hence, neither can they [who worship them hope to] be aided [by them] against Us.

بَلْمَتَّعْنَاهَٰٓؤُلَآءِوَءَابَآءَهُمْحَتَّىٰطَالَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْعُمُرُأَفَلَايَرَوْنَأَنَّانَأْتِىٱلْأَرْضَنَنقُصُهَامِنْأَطْرَافِهَآأَفَهُمُٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

Nay, We have allowed these [sinners] – as [We allowed] their forebears – to enjoy the good things of life for a great length of time: but then – have they never yet seen how We visit the earth [with Our punishment], gradually depriving it of all that is best thereon? Can they, then, [hope to] be the winners?

قُلْإِنَّمَآأُنذِرُكُمبِٱلْوَحْىِوَلَايَسْمَعُٱلصُّمُّٱلدُّعَآءَإِذَامَايُنذَرُونَ

SAY [unto all men]: “I but warn you on the strength of divine revelation!” But the deaf [of heart] will not hearken to this call, however often they are warned.

وَلَئِنمَّسَّتْهُمْنَفْحَةٌۭمِّنْعَذَابِرَبِّكَلَيَقُولُنَّيَٰوَيْلَنَآإِنَّاكُنَّاظَٰلِمِينَ

And yet, if but a breath of thy Sustainer’s chastisement touches them, they are sure to cry, “Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we were evildoers!”

وَنَضَعُٱلْمَوَٰزِينَٱلْقِسْطَلِيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِفَلَاتُظْلَمُنَفْسٌۭشَيْـًۭٔاوَإِنكَانَمِثْقَالَحَبَّةٍۢمِّنْخَرْدَلٍأَتَيْنَابِهَاوَكَفَىٰبِنَاحَٰسِبِينَ

But We shall set up just balance-scales on Resurrection Day, and no human being shall be wrong­ed in the least: for though there be [in him but] the weight of a mustard-seed [of good or evil], We shall bring it forth; and none can take count as We do!

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٰوَهَٰرُونَٱلْفُرْقَانَوَضِيَآءًۭوَذِكْرًۭالِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

AND, INDEED, We vouchsafed unto Moses and Aaron [Our revelation as] the standard by which to discern the true from the false, and as a [guiding] light and a reminder for the God-conscious

ٱلَّذِينَيَخْشَوْنَرَبَّهُمبِٱلْغَيْبِوَهُممِّنَٱلسَّاعَةِمُشْفِقُونَ

who stand in awe of their Sustainer although He is beyond the reach of human perception, and who tremble at the thought of the Last Hour.

وَهَٰذَاذِكْرٌۭمُّبَارَكٌأَنزَلْنَٰهُأَفَأَنتُمْلَهُۥمُنكِرُونَ

And [like those earlier revelations,] this one, too, is a blessed reminder which We have bestowed from on high: will you, then, disavow it?

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَآإِبْرَٰهِيمَرُشْدَهُۥمِنقَبْلُوَكُنَّابِهِۦعَٰلِمِينَ

AND, INDEED, long before [the time of Moses] We vouchsafed unto Abraham his consciousness of what is right; and We were aware of [what moved] him

إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِوَقَوْمِهِۦمَاهَٰذِهِٱلتَّمَاثِيلُٱلَّتِىٓأَنتُمْلَهَاعَٰكِفُونَ

when he said unto his father and his people, “What are these images to which you are so intensely devoted?”

قَالُوا۟وَجَدْنَآءَابَآءَنَالَهَاعَٰبِدِينَ

They answered: “We found our forefathers worshipping them.”

قَالَلَقَدْكُنتُمْأَنتُمْوَءَابَآؤُكُمْفِىضَلَٰلٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

Said he: “Indeed, you and your forefathers have obviously gone astray!”

قَالُوٓا۟أَجِئْتَنَابِٱلْحَقِّأَمْأَنتَمِنَٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

They asked: “Hast thou come unto us [with this claim] in all earnest - or art thou one of those jesters?”

قَالَبَلرَّبُّكُمْرَبُّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِٱلَّذِىفَطَرَهُنَّوَأَنَا۠عَلَىٰذَٰلِكُممِّنَٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

He answered: “Nay, but your [true] Sustainer is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth - He who has brought them into being: and I am one of those who bear witness to this [truth]!”

وَتَٱللَّهِلَأَكِيدَنَّأَصْنَٰمَكُمبَعْدَأَنتُوَلُّوا۟مُدْبِرِينَ

And [he added to himself.] “By God, I shall most certainly bring about the downfall of your idols as soon as you have turned your backs and gone away!”

فَجَعَلَهُمْجُذَٰذًاإِلَّاكَبِيرًۭالَّهُمْلَعَلَّهُمْإِلَيْهِيَرْجِعُونَ

And then he broke those [idols] to pieces, [all] save the biggest of them, so that they might [be able to] turn to it.

قَالُوا۟مَنفَعَلَهَٰذَابِـَٔالِهَتِنَآإِنَّهُۥلَمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

[When they saw what had happened,] they said: “Who has done this to our gods? Verily, one of the worst wrongdoers is he!”

قَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَافَتًۭىيَذْكُرُهُمْيُقَالُلَهُۥٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Said some [of them]: “We heard a youth speak of these [gods with scorn]: he is called Abraham.”