21. Surah Al-Anbya

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

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No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

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With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

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He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

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But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

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Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,1 so will they believe?

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And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

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And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].

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Then1 We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

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We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?

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And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.

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And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

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[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1

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They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

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And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

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And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

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Had We intended to take a diversion,1 We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

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Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2

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To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

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They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

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Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

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Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

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He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

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Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

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And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

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And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.

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They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

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He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,1 and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

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And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

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Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

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And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

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And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,1 are turning away.

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And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

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And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

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Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

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And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

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Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

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And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

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If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1

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Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

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