Surah Saba

قَالُوا۟سُبْحَٰنَكَأَنتَوَلِيُّنَامِندُونِهِمبَلْكَانُوا۟يَعْبُدُونَٱلْجِنَّأَكْثَرُهُمبِهِممُّؤْمِنُونَ

They will answer: “Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! Thou [alone] art close unto us, not they! Nay, [when they thought that they were worshipping us,] they were but [blindly] worshipping forces concealed from their senses; most of them believed in them.”

فَٱلْيَوْمَلَايَمْلِكُبَعْضُكُمْلِبَعْضٍۢنَّفْعًۭاوَلَاضَرًّۭاوَنَقُولُلِلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟ذُوقُوا۟عَذَابَٱلنَّارِٱلَّتِىكُنتُمبِهَاتُكَذِّبُونَ

And [on that Day God will say]: “None of you [created beings] has today any power to benefit or to harm another!” And [then] We shall say unto those who had been bent on evildoing: “Taste [now] that suffering through fire which you were wont to call a lie!”

وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُنَابَيِّنَٰتٍۢقَالُوا۟مَاهَٰذَآإِلَّارَجُلٌۭيُرِيدُأَنيَصُدَّكُمْعَمَّاكَانَيَعْبُدُءَابَآؤُكُمْوَقَالُوا۟مَاهَٰذَآإِلَّآإِفْكٌۭمُّفْتَرًۭىوَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لِلْحَقِّلَمَّاجَآءَهُمْإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّاسِحْرٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

For [thus it is:] whenever Our messages are conveyed unto them in all their clarity, they [who are bent on denying the truth] say [to one another], “This [Muhammad] is nothing but a man who wants to turn you away from what your forefathers were wont to worship!” And they say, “This [Qur’an] is nothing but a falsehood invented [by man]!” And [finally,] they who are bent on denying the truth speak thus of the truth when it comes to them: “This is clearly nothing but spellbinding eloquence!”

وَمَآءَاتَيْنَٰهُممِّنكُتُبٍۢيَدْرُسُونَهَاوَمَآأَرْسَلْنَآإِلَيْهِمْقَبْلَكَمِننَّذِيرٍۢ

And yet, [O Muhammad,] never have We vouchsafed them any revelations which they could quote, and neither have We sent unto them any warner before thee.

وَكَذَّبَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْوَمَابَلَغُوا۟مِعْشَارَمَآءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْفَكَذَّبُوا۟رُسُلِىفَكَيْفَكَانَنَكِيرِ

Thus, too, gave the lie to the truth [many of] those who lived before them; and although those [earlier people] had not attained to even a tenth of [the evidence of the truth] which We have vouch­safed unto these [late successors of theirs], yet when they gave the lie to My apostles, how awesome was My rejection!

قُلْإِنَّمَآأَعِظُكُمبِوَٰحِدَةٍأَنتَقُومُوا۟لِلَّهِمَثْنَىٰوَفُرَٰدَىٰثُمَّتَتَفَكَّرُوا۟مَابِصَاحِبِكُممِّنجِنَّةٍإِنْهُوَإِلَّانَذِيرٌۭلَّكُمبَيْنَيَدَىْعَذَابٍۢشَدِيدٍۢ

Say: “I counsel you one thing only: Be [ever­ conscious of] standing before God, whether you are in the company of others or alone; and then bethink yourselves [that] there is no madness in [this pro­phet,] your fellow-man: he is only a warner to you of suffering severe to come.”

قُلْمَاسَأَلْتُكُممِّنْأَجْرٍۢفَهُوَلَكُمْإِنْأَجْرِىَإِلَّاعَلَىٱللَّهِوَهُوَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدٌۭ

Say: “No reward have I ever asked of you [out of anything] that is yours: my reward rests with none but God, and He is witness unto everything!”

قُلْإِنَّرَبِّىيَقْذِفُبِٱلْحَقِّعَلَّٰمُٱلْغُيُوبِ

Say: “Verily, my Sustainer hurls the truth [against all that is false] He who fully knows all the things that are beyond the reach of a created being’s perception!”

قُلْجَآءَٱلْحَقُّوَمَايُبْدِئُٱلْبَٰطِلُوَمَايُعِيدُ

Say: “The truth has now come [to light, and falsehood is bound to wither away]: for, falsehood cannot bring forth anything new, nor can it bring back [what has passed away].”

قُلْإِنضَلَلْتُفَإِنَّمَآأَضِلُّعَلَىٰنَفْسِىوَإِنِٱهْتَدَيْتُفَبِمَايُوحِىٓإِلَىَّرَبِّىٓإِنَّهُۥسَمِيعٌۭقَرِيبٌۭ

Say: “Were I to go astray, I would but go astray [due to my own self, and] to the hurt of myself; but if I am on the right path, it is but by virtue of what my Sustainer reveals unto me: for, verily, He is all-hearing, ever-near!”

وَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذْفَزِعُوا۟فَلَافَوْتَوَأُخِذُوا۟مِنمَّكَانٍۢقَرِيبٍۢ

IF THOU couldst but see [how the deniers of the truth will fare on Resurrection Day,] when they will shrink in terror, with nowhere to escape - since they will have been seized from so close nearby

وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّابِهِۦوَأَنَّىٰلَهُمُٱلتَّنَاوُشُمِنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍۢ

and will cry, “We do [now] believe in it!” But how can they [hope to] attain [to salvation] from so far away,

وَقَدْكَفَرُوا۟بِهِۦمِنقَبْلُوَيَقْذِفُونَبِٱلْغَيْبِمِنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍۢ

seeing that aforetime they had been bent on denying the truth, and had been wont to cast scorn, from far away, on something that was beyond the reach of human perception?

وَحِيلَبَيْنَهُمْوَبَيْنَمَايَشْتَهُونَكَمَافُعِلَبِأَشْيَاعِهِممِّنقَبْلُإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟فِىشَكٍّۢمُّرِيبٍۭ

And so, a barrier will be set between them and all that they had [ever] desired, as will be done to such of their kind as lived before their time: for, behold, they [too] were lost in doubt amounting to suspicion.