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26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara – Verses 121–160

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26:121
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ١٢١

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

— Saheeh International

26:122
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ١٢٢

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

— Saheeh International

26:123
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ١٢٣

ʿAad denied the messengers

— Saheeh International

26:124
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ١٢٤

When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

— Saheeh International

26:125
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ١٢٥

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

— Saheeh International

26:126
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ١٢٦

So fear Allāh and obey me.

— Saheeh International

26:127
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ١٢٧

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

26:128
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ١٢٨

Do you construct on every elevation a sign,1 amusing yourselves,

— Saheeh International

26:129
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ١٢٩

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

— Saheeh International

26:130
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ١٣٠

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

— Saheeh International

26:131
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ١٣١

So fear Allāh and obey me.

— Saheeh International

26:132
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ١٣٢

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

— Saheeh International

26:133
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ١٣٣

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

— Saheeh International

26:134
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ١٣٤

And gardens and springs.

— Saheeh International

26:135
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ١٣٥

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

— Saheeh International

26:136
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ١٣٦

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

— Saheeh International

26:137
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٣٧

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

— Saheeh International

26:138
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ١٣٨

And we are not to be punished."

— Saheeh International

26:139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ١٣٩

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

— Saheeh International

26:140
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ١٤٠

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

— Saheeh International

26:141
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ١٤١

Thamūd denied the messengers

— Saheeh International

26:142
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ١٤٢

When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

— Saheeh International

26:143
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ١٤٣

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

— Saheeh International

26:144
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ١٤٤

So fear Allāh and obey me.

— Saheeh International

26:145
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ١٤٥

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

26:146
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ١٤٦

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

— Saheeh International

26:147
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ١٤٧

Within gardens and springs

— Saheeh International

26:148
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ١٤٨

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

— Saheeh International

26:149
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ١٤٩

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

— Saheeh International

26:150
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ١٥٠

So fear Allāh and obey me.

— Saheeh International

26:151
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ١٥١

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

— Saheeh International

26:152
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ١٥٢

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

— Saheeh International

26:153
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ١٥٣

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

— Saheeh International

26:154
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ١٥٤

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

— Saheeh International

26:155
قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ١٥٥

He said, "This is a she-camel.1 For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

— Saheeh International

26:156
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ١٥٦

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

— Saheeh International

26:157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ١٥٧

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

— Saheeh International

26:158
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ١٥٨

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

— Saheeh International

26:159
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ١٥٩

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

— Saheeh International

26:160
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ١٦٠

The people of Lot denied the messengers

— Saheeh International