Surah As-Saaffaat

إِنَّاكَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward the doers of good –

إِنَّهُمَامِنْعِبَادِنَاٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

for those two were truly among Our believing ser­vants.

وَإِنَّإِلْيَاسَلَمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

AND, BEHOLD, Elijah [too] was indeed one of Our message-bearers

إِذْقَالَلِقَوْمِهِۦٓأَلَاتَتَّقُونَ

when he spoke [thus] to his people: “Will you not remain conscious of God?

أَتَدْعُونَبَعْلًۭاوَتَذَرُونَأَحْسَنَٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

Will you invoke Baal and forsake [God,] the best of artisans -

ٱللَّهَرَبَّكُمْوَرَبَّءَابَآئِكُمُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

God, your Sustainer and the Sustainer of your forebears of old?”

فَكَذَّبُوهُفَإِنَّهُمْلَمُحْضَرُونَ

But they gave him the lie: and therefore they will most surely be arraigned [on Judgment Day],

إِلَّاعِبَادَٱللَّهِٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

excepting only [those who were] God’s true servants;

وَتَرَكْنَاعَلَيْهِفِىٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

and him We left thus to be remem­bered among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌعَلَىٰٓإِلْيَاسِينَ

“Peace be upon Elijah and his followers!”

إِنَّاكَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good –

إِنَّهُۥمِنْعِبَادِنَاٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

for he was truly one of Our believing servants!

وَإِنَّلُوطًۭالَّمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

AND, BEHOLD, Lot was indeed one of Our mes­sage-bearers;

إِذْنَجَّيْنَٰهُوَأَهْلَهُۥٓأَجْمَعِينَ

[and so,] when [We decreed the doom of his sinful town,] We saved him and his household,

إِلَّاعَجُوزًۭافِىٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind;

ثُمَّدَمَّرْنَاٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

and then We utterly destroyed the others:

وَإِنَّكُمْلَتَمُرُّونَعَلَيْهِممُّصْبِحِينَ

and, verily, [to this day] you pass by the remnants of their dwellings at morning-time

وَبِٱلَّيْلِأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

and by night. Will you not, then, use your reason?

وَإِنَّيُونُسَلَمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

AND, BEHOLD, Jonah was indeed one of Our mes­sage-bearers

إِذْأَبَقَإِلَىٱلْفُلْكِٱلْمَشْحُونِ

when he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.