بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ ﴿۱﴾
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.Surah 21 · Meccan
Al-Anbiya’
The Prophets
الأنبياء
113 verses · Maulawi Sher Ali translation
اِقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُہُمۡ وَہُمۡ فِیۡ غَفۡلَۃٍ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ ۚ﴿۲﴾
Nigh has drawn for men their reckoning, yet they turn away in heedlessness.مَا یَاۡتِیۡہِمۡ مِّنۡ ذِکۡرٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّہِمۡ مُّحۡدَثٍ اِلَّا اسۡتَمَعُوۡہُ وَہُمۡ یَلۡعَبُوۡنَ ۙ﴿۳﴾
There comes not to them any new admonition from their Lord, but they listen to it while they make sport of it.21:4
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لَاہِیَۃً قُلُوۡبُہُمۡ ؕ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجۡوَی ٭ۖ الَّذِیۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡا ٭ۖ ہَلۡ ہٰذَاۤ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثۡلُکُمۡ ۚ اَفَتَاۡتُوۡنَ السِّحۡرَ وَاَنۡتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُوۡنَ ﴿۴﴾
[✲]And their hearts are forgetful. And they keep their counsels secret — those who act wrongfully, then say, ‘Is this man aught but a human being like ourselves? Will you then accede to magic while you see it?’قٰلَ رَبِّیۡ یَعۡلَمُ الۡقَوۡلَ فِی السَّمَآءِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ ۫ وَہُوَ السَّمِیۡعُ الۡعَلِیۡمُ ﴿۵﴾
God said to the Prophet, “Say, ‘My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,’”بَلۡ قَالُوۡۤا اَضۡغَاثُ اَحۡلَامٍۭ بَلِ افۡتَرٰٮہُ بَلۡ ہُوَ شَاعِرٌ ۚۖ فَلۡیَاۡتِنَا بِاٰیَۃٍ کَمَاۤ اُرۡسِلَ الۡاَوَّلُوۡنَ ﴿۶﴾
Nay, they say, ‘These are but confused dreams; nay, he has forged it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him then bring us a Sign just as the former Prophets were sent with Sign.’مَاۤ اٰمَنَتۡ قَبۡلَہُمۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡیَۃٍ اَہۡلَکۡنٰہَا ۚ اَفَہُمۡ یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ ﴿۷﴾
No township, before them, which We destroyed, ever believed. Would they then believe?21:8
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وَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَکَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوۡحِیۡۤ اِلَیۡہِمۡ فَسۡـَٔلُوۡۤا اَہۡلَ الذِّکۡرِ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ﴿۸﴾
[✲]And We sent none as Messengers before thee but men to whom We sent revelations. So ask the people of the Reminder, if you know not.وَمَا جَعَلۡنٰہُمۡ جَسَدًا لَّا یَاۡکُلُوۡنَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا کَانُوۡا خٰلِدِیۡنَ ﴿۹﴾
And We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they to live for ever.ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنٰہُمُ الۡوَعۡدَ فَاَنۡجَیۡنٰہُمۡ وَمَنۡ نَّشَآءُ وَاَہۡلَکۡنَا الۡمُسۡرِفِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰﴾
Then We fulfilled to them Our promise; and We saved them and those whom We pleased; and We destroyed the transgressors.21:11
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لَقَدۡ اَنۡزَلۡنَاۤ اِلَیۡکُمۡ کِتٰبًا فِیۡہِ ذِکۡرُکُمۡ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ﴿٪۱۱﴾
[✲]We have now sent down to you a Book wherein lies your glory and eminence; will you not then understand?وَکَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِنۡ قَرۡیَۃٍ کَانَتۡ ظَالِمَۃً وَّاَنۡشَاۡنَا بَعۡدَہَا قَوۡمًا اٰخَرِیۡنَ ﴿۱۲﴾
And how many a township that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people!فَلَمَّاۤ اَحَسُّوۡا بَاۡسَنَاۤ اِذَا ہُمۡ مِّنۡہَا یَرۡکُضُوۡنَ ﴿ؕ۱۳﴾
And when they felt Our punishment, lo, they began to flee from it.21:14
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لَا تَرۡکُضُوۡا وَارۡجِعُوۡۤا اِلٰی مَاۤ اُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِیۡہِ وَمَسٰکِنِکُمۡ لَعَلَّکُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُوۡنَ ﴿۱۴﴾
[✲]‘Flee not, but return to the comforts in which you exulted, and to your dwellings that you might be approached and consulted as before.’قَالُوۡا یٰوَیۡلَنَاۤ اِنَّا کُنَّا ظٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿۱۵﴾
They said, ‘Alas for us, we were indeed wrongdoers!’فَمَا زَالَتۡ تِّلۡکَ دَعۡوٰٮہُمۡ حَتّٰی جَعَلۡنٰہُمۡ حَصِیۡدًا خٰمِدِیۡنَ ﴿۱۶﴾
And this ceased not to be their cry till We mowed them down, reduced to ashes.وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا السَّمَآءَ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَہُمَا لٰعِبِیۡنَ ﴿۱۷﴾
And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between the two in play.لَوۡ اَرَدۡنَاۤ اَنۡ نَّتَّخِذَ لَہۡوًا لَّاتَّخَذۡنٰہُ مِنۡ لَّدُنَّاۤ ٭ۖ اِنۡ کُنَّا فٰعِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۸﴾
If We had wished to find a pastime, We would surely have found it in what is with Us if at all We were to do such a thing.بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِالۡحَقِّ عَلَی الۡبَاطِلِ فَیَدۡمَغُہٗ فَاِذَا ہُوَ زَاہِقٌ ؕ وَلَکُمُ الۡوَیۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُوۡنَ ﴿۱۹﴾
Nay, We hurl the truth at falsehood, and it breaks its head, and lo, it perishes. And woe be to you for that which you ascribe to God.وَلَہٗ مَنۡ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ ؕ وَمَنۡ عِنۡدَہٗ لَا یَسۡتَکۡبِرُوۡنَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِہٖ وَلَا یَسۡتَحۡسِرُوۡنَ ﴿ۚ۲۰﴾
To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who are in His presence do not disdain to worship Him, nor do they weary;یُسَبِّحُوۡنَ الَّیۡلَ وَالنَّہَارَ لَا یَفۡتُرُوۡنَ ﴿۲۱﴾
They glorify Him night and day; and they flag not.اَمِ اتَّخَذُوۡۤا اٰلِہَۃً مِّنَ الۡاَرۡضِ ہُمۡ یُنۡشِرُوۡنَ ﴿۲۲﴾
Have they taken gods from the earth who raise the dead?21:23
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لَوۡ کَانَ فِیۡہِمَاۤ اٰلِہَۃٌ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبۡحٰنَ اللّٰہِ رَبِّ الۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا یَصِفُوۡنَ ﴿۲۳﴾
[✲]If there had been in them (the heavens and the earth) other gods beside Allah, then surely both would have gone to ruin. Glorified then be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, above what they attribute.لَا یُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا یَفۡعَلُ وَہُمۡ یُسۡـَٔلُوۡنَ ﴿۲۴﴾
He cannot be questioned as to what He does, but they will be questioned.اَمِ اتَّخَذُوۡا مِنۡ دُوۡنِہٖۤ اٰلِہَۃً ؕ قُلۡ ہَاتُوۡا بُرۡہَانَکُمۡ ۚ ہٰذَا ذِکۡرُ مَنۡ مَّعِیَ وَذِکۡرُ مَنۡ قَبۡلِیۡ ؕ بَلۡ اَکۡثَرُہُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ۙ الۡحَقَّ فَہُمۡ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ ﴿۲۵﴾
Have they taken gods beside Him? Say, ‘Bring forth your proof. Here is the Book of those with me, and the Book of those before me.’ Nay, most of them know not the truth, and so they turn away.وَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا مِنۡ قَبۡلِکَ مِنۡ رَّسُوۡلٍ اِلَّا نُوۡحِیۡۤ اِلَیۡہِ اَنَّہٗ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّاۤ اَنَا فَاعۡبُدُوۡنِ ﴿۲۶﴾
And We sent no Messenger before thee but We revealed to him, saying, ‘There is no God but I; so worship Me alone.’وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحۡمٰنُ وَلَدًا سُبۡحٰنَہٗ ؕ بَلۡ عِبَادٌ مُّکۡرَمُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۲۷﴾
And they say, ‘The Gracious God has taken to Himself a son.’ Holy is He. Nay, they are only honoured servants.لَا یَسۡبِقُوۡنَہٗ بِالۡقَوۡلِ وَہُمۡ بِاَمۡرِہٖ یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ ﴿۲۸﴾
They speak not before He speaks, and they act only by His command.یَعۡلَمُ مَا بَیۡنَ اَیۡدِیۡہِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَہُمۡ وَلَا یَشۡفَعُوۡنَ ۙ اِلَّا لِمَنِ ارۡتَضٰی وَہُمۡ مِّنۡ خَشۡیَتِہٖ مُشۡفِقُوۡنَ ﴿۲۹﴾
He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they intercede not except for him whom He approves, and they act cautiously for fear of Him.وَمَنۡ یَّقُلۡ مِنۡہُمۡ اِنِّیۡۤ اِلٰہٌ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِہٖ فَذٰلِکَ نَجۡزِیۡہِ جَہَنَّمَ ؕ کَذٰلِکَ نَجۡزِی الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿٪۳۰﴾
And whosoever of them should say, ‘I am a God beside Him,’ him shall We requite with Hell. Thus do We requite the wrongdoers.اَوَلَمۡ یَرَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡۤا اَنَّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ کَانَتَا رَتۡقًا فَفَتَقۡنٰہُمَا ؕ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ الۡمَآءِ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ حَیٍّ ؕ اَفَلَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ ﴿۳۱﴾
Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?21:32
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وَجَعَلۡنَا فِی الۡاَرۡضِ رَوَاسِیَ اَنۡ تَمِیۡدَ بِہِمۡ ۪ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیۡہَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّہُمۡ یَہۡتَدُوۡنَ ﴿۳۲﴾
[✲]And We have made in the earth firm mountains lest it should quake with them; and We have made therein wide pathways, that they may be rightly guided.وَجَعَلۡنَا السَّمَآءَ سَقۡفًا مَّحۡفُوۡظًا ۚۖ وَّہُمۡ عَنۡ اٰیٰتِہَا مُعۡرِضُوۡنَ ﴿۳۳﴾
And We have made the heaven a roof, well protected; yet they turn away from its Signs.وَہُوَ الَّذِیۡ خَلَقَ الَّیۡلَ وَالنَّہَارَ وَالشَّمۡسَ وَالۡقَمَرَ ؕ کُلٌّ فِیۡ فَلَکٍ یَّسۡبَحُوۡنَ ﴿۳۴﴾
And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each gliding along in its orbit.وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِکَ الۡخُلۡدَ ؕ اَفَا۠ئِنۡ مِّتَّ فَہُمُ الۡخٰلِدُوۡنَ ﴿۳۵﴾
We granted not everlasting life to any human being before thee. If then thou shouldst die, shall they live here for ever?کُلُّ نَفۡسٍ ذَآئِقَۃُ الۡمَوۡتِ ؕ وَنَبۡلُوۡکُمۡ بِالشَّرِّ وَالۡخَیۡرِ فِتۡنَۃً ؕ وَاِلَیۡنَا تُرۡجَعُوۡنَ ﴿۳۶﴾
Every soul shall taste of death; and We prove you with evil and good by way of trial. And to Us shall you be returned.وَاِذَا رَاٰکَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡۤا اِنۡ یَّتَّخِذُوۡنَکَ اِلَّا ہُزُوًا ؕ اَہٰذَا الَّذِیۡ یَذۡکُرُ اٰلِہَتَکُمۡ ۚ وَہُمۡ بِذِکۡرِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ ہُمۡ کٰفِرُوۡنَ ﴿۳۷﴾
And when the disbelievers see thee, they only make a jest of thee. They say: ‘Is this the one who makes an evil mention of your gods?’ While it is they themselves who reject with disdain the mention of the Gracious God.خُلِقَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِنۡ عَجَلٍ ؕ سَاُورِیۡکُمۡ اٰیٰتِیۡ فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنِ ﴿۳۸﴾
Man is made of haste. I will certainly show you My Signs but ask Me not to hasten.وَیَقُوۡلُوۡنَ مَتٰی ہٰذَا الۡوَعۡدُ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِیۡنَ ﴿۳۹﴾
And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’لَوۡ یَعۡلَمُ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا حِیۡنَ لَا یَکُفُّوۡنَ عَنۡ وُّجُوۡہِہِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَنۡ ظُہُوۡرِہِمۡ وَلَا ہُمۡ یُنۡصَرُوۡنَ ﴿۴۰﴾
If only the disbelievers knew the time when they will not be able to keep off the fire from their faces nor from their backs, and they will not be helped!بَلۡ تَاۡتِیۡہِمۡ بَغۡتَۃً فَتَبۡہَتُہُمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیۡعُوۡنَ رَدَّہَا وَلَا ہُمۡ یُنۡظَرُوۡنَ ﴿۴۱﴾
Nay, it will come upon them unawares so that it will utterly confound them; and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be given respite.وَلَقَدِ اسۡتُہۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِکَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِیۡنَ سَخِرُوۡا مِنۡہُمۡ مَّا کَانُوۡا بِہٖ یَسۡتَہۡزِءُوۡنَ ﴿٪۴۲﴾
And Messengers have indeed been mocked at before thee, but that whereat they mocked encompassed those of them who scoffed.قُلۡ مَنۡ یَّکۡلَؤُکُمۡ بِالَّیۡلِ وَالنَّہَارِ مِنَ الرَّحۡمٰنِ ؕ بَلۡ ہُمۡ عَنۡ ذِکۡرِ رَبِّہِمۡ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ ﴿۴۳﴾
Say, ‘Who can protect you by night and by day from the Gracious God?’ Yet they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.اَمۡ لَہُمۡ اٰلِہَۃٌ تَمۡنَعُہُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِنَا ؕ لَا یَسۡتَطِیۡعُوۡنَ نَصۡرَ اَنۡفُسِہِمۡ وَلَا ہُمۡ مِّنَّا یُصۡحَبُوۡنَ ﴿۴۴﴾
Have they any gods that can protect them beside Us? They cannot help themselves, nor can they be befriended by any one against Us.بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ وَاٰبَآءَہُمۡ حَتّٰی طَالَ عَلَیۡہِمُ الۡعُمُرُ ؕ اَفَلَا یَرَوۡنَ اَنَّا نَاۡتِی الۡاَرۡضَ نَنۡقُصُہَا مِنۡ اَطۡرَافِہَا ؕ اَفَہُمُ الۡغٰلِبُوۡنَ ﴿۴۵﴾
Nay, We provided those and their fathers with the good things of this world till life grew long for them. Do they not see that We are visiting the land, reducing it from its outlying borders? Can they even then be victors?قُلۡ اِنَّمَاۤ اُنۡذِرُکُمۡ بِالۡوَحۡیِ ۫ۖ وَلَا یَسۡمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَآءَ اِذَا مَا یُنۡذَرُوۡنَ ﴿۴۶﴾
Say, ‘I warn you not but according to divine revelation.’ But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are warned.وَلَئِنۡ مَّسَّتۡہُمۡ نَفۡحَۃٌ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّکَ لَیَقُوۡلُنَّ یٰوَیۡلَنَاۤ اِنَّا کُنَّا ظٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿۴۷﴾
And if even a breath of thy Lord’s punishment touch them, they will surely cry out, ‘Woe to us! we were indeed wrongdoers.’وَنَضَعُ الۡمَوَازِیۡنَ الۡقِسۡطَ لِیَوۡمِ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسٌ شَیۡئًا ؕ وَاِنۡ کَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّۃٍ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ اَتَیۡنَا بِہَا ؕ وَکَفٰی بِنَا حٰسِبِیۡنَ ﴿۴۸﴾
And We shall set up accurate scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul will be wronged in aught. And even if it were the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We would bring it forth. And sufficient are We as reckoners.وَلَقَدۡ اٰتَیۡنَا مُوۡسٰی وَہٰرُوۡنَ الۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِیَآءً وَّذِکۡرًا لِّلۡمُتَّقِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۴۹﴾
And We gave Moses and Aaron the Discrimination and a Light and a Reminder for the righteous,الَّذِیۡنَ یَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّہُمۡ بِالۡغَیۡبِ وَہُمۡ مِّنَ السَّاعَۃِ مُشۡفِقُوۡنَ ﴿۵۰﴾
Those who fear their Lord in secret, and who dread the Hour of Judgment.وَہٰذَا ذِکۡرٌ مُّبٰرَکٌ اَنۡزَلۡنٰہُ ؕ اَفَاَنۡتُمۡ لَہٗ مُنۡکِرُوۡنَ ﴿٪۵۱﴾
And this is a blessed Reminder that We have sent down; will you then reject it?وَلَقَدۡ اٰتَیۡنَاۤ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ رُشۡدَہٗ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ وَکُنَّا بِہٖ عٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۚ۵۲﴾
And before this We gave Abraham his guidance and We knew him well.اِذۡ قَالَ لِاَبِیۡہِ وَقَوۡمِہٖ مَا ہٰذِہِ التَّمَاثِیۡلُ الَّتِیۡۤ اَنۡتُمۡ لَہَا عٰکِفُوۡنَ ﴿۵۳﴾
When he said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’قَالُوۡا وَجَدۡنَاۤ اٰبَآءَنَا لَہَا عٰبِدِیۡنَ ﴿۵۴﴾
They replied, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them.’قَالَ لَقَدۡ کُنۡتُمۡ اَنۡتُمۡ وَاٰبَآؤُکُمۡ فِیۡ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیۡنٍ ﴿۵۵﴾
He said, ‘Indeed, you yourselves as well as your fathers have been in manifest error.’قَالُوۡۤا اَجِئۡتَنَا بِالۡحَقِّ اَمۡ اَنۡتَ مِنَ اللّٰعِبِیۡنَ ﴿۵۶﴾
They said, ‘Is it really the truth that thou hast brought us, or art thou one of those who jest?’قَالَ بَلۡ رَّبُّکُمۡ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ الَّذِیۡ فَطَرَہُنَّ ۫ۖ وَاَنَا عَلٰی ذٰلِکُمۡ مِّنَ الشّٰہِدِیۡنَ ﴿۵۷﴾
He replied, ‘Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who made them; and I am one of those who bear witness to that.وَتَاللّٰہِ لَاَکِیۡدَنَّ اَصۡنَامَکُمۡ بَعۡدَ اَنۡ تُوَلُّوۡا مُدۡبِرِیۡنَ ﴿۵۸﴾
‘And, by Allah, I will certainly plan against your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs.’فَجَعَلَہُمۡ جُذٰذًا اِلَّا کَبِیۡرًا لَّہُمۡ لَعَلَّہُمۡ اِلَیۡہِ یَرۡجِعُوۡنَ ﴿۵۹﴾
So he broke them to pieces, all except the chief of them, that they might return to it for enquiry.قَالُوۡا مَنۡ فَعَلَ ہٰذَا بِاٰلِہَتِنَاۤ اِنَّہٗ لَمِنَ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿۶۰﴾
They said, ‘Who has done this to our gods? Surely, he must be a wrongdoer.’قَالُوۡا سَمِعۡنَا فَتًی یَّذۡکُرُہُمۡ یُقَالُ لَہٗۤ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمُ ﴿ؕ۶۱﴾
They said, ‘We heard a young man speak ill of them; he is called Abraham.’قَالُوۡا فَاۡتُوۡا بِہٖ عَلٰۤی اَعۡیُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّہُمۡ یَشۡہَدُوۡنَ ﴿۶۲﴾
They said, ‘Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness.’قَالُوۡۤا ءَاَنۡتَ فَعَلۡتَ ہٰذَا بِاٰلِہَتِنَا یٰۤـاِبۡرٰہِیۡمُ ﴿ؕ۶۳﴾
Then they said to Abraham, ‘Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham?’21:64
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قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَہٗ ٭ۖ کَبِیۡرُہُمۡ ہٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوۡہُمۡ اِنۡ کَانُوۡا یَنۡطِقُوۡنَ ﴿۶۴﴾
[✲]He replied, ‘Aye, somebody has surely done this. Here is their chief. But ask them if they can speak.’فَرَجَعُوۡۤا اِلٰۤی اَنۡفُسِہِمۡ فَقَالُوۡۤا اِنَّکُمۡ اَنۡتُمُ الظّٰلِمُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۶۵﴾
Then they turned towards one another and said, ‘You yourselves are surely in the wrong.’ثُمَّ نُکِسُوۡا عَلٰی رُءُوۡسِہِمۡ ۚ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ یَنۡطِقُوۡنَ ﴿۶۶﴾
And their heads were made to hang low for shame and they said, ‘Certainly thou knowest well that these do not speak.’قَالَ اَفَتَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ مَا لَا یَنۡفَعُکُمۡ شَیۡئًا وَّلَا یَضُرُّکُمۡ ﴿ؕ۶۷﴾
He said, ‘Do you then worship instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?اُفٍّ لَّکُمۡ وَلِمَا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ﴿۶۸﴾
‘Fie on you and on that which you worship instead of Allah! Will you not then understand?’قَالُوۡا حَرِّقُوۡہُ وَانۡصُرُوۡۤا اٰلِہَتَکُمۡ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ فٰعِلِیۡنَ ﴿۶۹﴾
They said, ‘Burn him and help your gods, if at all you mean to do anything.’21:70
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قُلۡنَا یٰنَارُ کُوۡنِیۡ بَرۡدًا وَّسَلٰمًا عَلٰۤی اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ ﴿ۙ۷۰﴾
[✲]We said, ‘O fire, be thou cold and a means of safety for Abraham!’وَاَرَادُوۡا بِہٖ کَیۡدًا فَجَعَلۡنٰہُمُ الۡاَخۡسَرِیۡنَ ﴿ۚ۷۱﴾
And they had sought to do evil to him, but We made them the worst losers.وَنَجَّیۡنٰہُ وَلُوۡطًا اِلَی الۡاَرۡضِ الَّتِیۡ بٰرَکۡنَا فِیۡہَا لِلۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ﴿۷۲﴾
And We saved him and Lot and brought them to the land which We blessed for the peoples.وَوَہَبۡنَا لَہٗۤ اِسۡحٰقَ ؕ وَیَعۡقُوۡبَ نَافِلَۃً ؕ وَکُلًّا جَعَلۡنَا صٰلِحِیۡنَ ﴿۷۳﴾
And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and as a grandson, Jacob, and We made all of them righteous.وَجَعَلۡنٰہُمۡ اَئِمَّۃً یَّہۡدُوۡنَ بِاَمۡرِنَا وَاَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ اِلَیۡہِمۡ فِعۡلَ الۡخَیۡرٰتِ وَاِقَامَ الصَّلٰوۃِ وَاِیۡتَآءَ الزَّکٰوۃِ ۚ وَکَانُوۡا لَنَا عٰبِدِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۙ۷۴﴾
And We made them leaders who guided people by Our command, and We sent revelation to them enjoining the doing of good works, and the observing of Prayer, and the giving of alms. And they were worshippers of Us alone.وَلُوۡطًا اٰتَیۡنٰہُ حُکۡمًا وَّعِلۡمًا وَّنَجَّیۡنٰہُ مِنَ الۡقَرۡیَۃِ الَّتِیۡ کَانَتۡ تَّعۡمَلُ الۡخَبٰٓئِثَ ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٍ فٰسِقِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۷۵﴾
And to Lot We gave wisdom and knowledge. And We saved him from the city which practised abominations. They were indeed a wicked and rebellious people.وَاَدۡخَلۡنٰہُ فِیۡ رَحۡمَتِنَا ؕ اِنَّہٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ ﴿٪۷۶﴾
And We admitted him to Our mercy; surely he was one of the righteous.وَنُوۡحًا اِذۡ نَادٰی مِنۡ قَبۡلُ فَاسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَہٗ فَنَجَّیۡنٰہُ وَاَہۡلَہٗ مِنَ الۡکَرۡبِ الۡعَظِیۡمِ ﴿ۚ۷۷﴾
And remember Noah when he cried to Us aforetime, and We heard his prayer and delivered him and his family from the great distress.وَنَصَرۡنٰہُ مِنَ الۡقَوۡمِ الَّذِیۡنَ کَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰیٰتِنَا ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٍ فَاَغۡرَقۡنٰہُمۡ اَجۡمَعِیۡنَ ﴿۷۸﴾
And We helped him against the people who rejected Our Signs. They were surely a wicked people; so We drowned them all.وَدَاوٗدَ وَسُلَیۡمٰنَ اِذۡ یَحۡکُمٰنِ فِی الۡحَرۡثِ اِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِیۡہِ غَنَمُ الۡقَوۡمِ ۚ وَکُنَّا لِحُکۡمِہِمۡ شٰہِدِیۡنَ ﴿٭ۙ۷۹﴾
And remember David and Solomon when they exercised their respective judgements concerning the crop when the sheep of certain people strayed therein by night; and We were witness to their judgment.فَفَہَّمۡنٰہَا سُلَیۡمٰنَ ۚ وَکُلًّا اٰتَیۡنَا حُکۡمًا وَّعِلۡمًا ۫ وَّسَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوٗدَ الۡجِبَالَ یُسَبِّحۡنَ وَالطَّیۡرَ ؕ وَکُنَّا فٰعِلِیۡنَ ﴿۸۰﴾
We gave Solomon the right understanding of the matter and to each of them gave We wisdom and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains and the birds to celebrate God’s praises with David. And it is We Who do all such things.وَعَلَّمۡنٰہُ صَنۡعَۃَ لَبُوۡسٍ لَّکُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَکُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَاۡسِکُمۡ ۚ فَہَلۡ اَنۡتُمۡ شٰکِرُوۡنَ ﴿۸۱﴾
And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, that they might protect you from each other’s violence. Will you then be thankful?وَلِسُلَیۡمٰنَ الرِّیۡحَ عَاصِفَۃً تَجۡرِیۡ بِاَمۡرِہٖۤ اِلَی الۡاَرۡضِ الَّتِیۡ بٰرَکۡنَا فِیۡہَا ؕ وَکُنَّا بِکُلِّ شَیۡءٍ عٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿۸۲﴾
And We subjected to Solomon the violent wind. It blew, at his bidding, toward the land which We had blessed. And We have knowledge of all things.وَمِنَ الشَّیٰطِیۡنِ مَنۡ یَّغُوۡصُوۡنَ لَہٗ وَیَعۡمَلُوۡنَ عَمَلًا دُوۡنَ ذٰلِکَ ۚ وَکُنَّا لَہُمۡ حٰفِظِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۸۳﴾
And We subjected to him deep divers who dived for him, and did other work beside that; and it was We Who guarded them.وَاَیُّوۡبَ اِذۡ نَادٰی رَبَّہٗۤ اَنِّیۡ مَسَّنِیَ الضُّرُّ وَاَنۡتَ اَرۡحَمُ الرّٰحِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۖ۸۴﴾
And remember Job when he cried to his Lord, saying, ‘Affliction has touched me, and Thou art the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.’فَاسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَہٗ فَکَشَفۡنَا مَا بِہٖ مِنۡ ضُرٍّ وَّاٰتَیۡنٰہُ اَہۡلَہٗ وَمِثۡلَہُمۡ مَّعَہُمۡ رَحۡمَۃً مِّنۡ عِنۡدِنَا وَذِکۡرٰی لِلۡعٰبِدِیۡنَ ﴿۸۵﴾
So We heard his prayer and removed the distress from which he suffered, and We gave him his family and the like thereof with them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder for the worshippers.وَاِسۡمٰعِیۡلَ وَاِدۡرِیۡسَ وَذَا الۡکِفۡلِ ؕ کُلٌّ مِّنَ الصّٰبِرِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۖ۸۶﴾
And remember Ishmael, and Idris, and Dha’l-Kifl. All were of the steadfast.وَاَدۡخَلۡنٰہُمۡ فِیۡ رَحۡمَتِنَا ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ ﴿۸۷﴾
And We admitted them to Our mercy. Surely, they were of the righteous.21:88
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وَذَا النُّوۡنِ اِذۡ ذَّہَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ اَنۡ لَّنۡ نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡہِ فَنَادٰی فِی الظُّلُمٰتِ اَنۡ لَّاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡتَ سُبۡحٰنَکَ ٭ۖ اِنِّیۡ کُنۡتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۖ۸۸﴾
[✲]And remember Dha’l-Nun, when he went away in anger, and he thought that We would never cause him distress and he cried out in depths of darkness, saying, ‘There is no God but Thou, Holy art Thou. I have indeed been of the wrongdoers.’فَاسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَہٗ ۙ وَنَجَّیۡنٰہُ مِنَ الۡغَمِّ ؕ وَکَذٰلِکَ نُــۨۡجِی الۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ ﴿۸۹﴾
So We heard his prayer and delivered him from the distress. And thus do We deliver the believers.وَزَکَرِیَّاۤ اِذۡ نَادٰی رَبَّہٗ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِیۡ فَرۡدًا وَّاَنۡتَ خَیۡرُ الۡوٰرِثِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۖ۹۰﴾
And remember Zachariah when he cried to his Lord, saying, ‘My Lord, leave me not childless, and Thou art the Best of inheritors.’فَاسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَہٗ ۫ وَوَہَبۡنَا لَہٗ یَحۡیٰی وَاَصۡلَحۡنَا لَہٗ زَوۡجَہٗ ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا یُسٰرِعُوۡنَ فِی الۡخَیۡرٰتِ وَیَدۡعُوۡنَنَا رَغَبًا وَّرَہَبًا ؕ وَکَانُوۡا لَنَا خٰشِعِیۡنَ ﴿۹۱﴾
So We heard his prayer and bestowed upon him John and cured his wife for him. They used to vie with one another in good works and they called on Us in hope and in fear, and they humbled themselves before Us.21:92
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وَالَّتِیۡۤ اَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَہَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِیۡہَا مِنۡ رُّوۡحِنَا وَجَعَلۡنٰہَا وَابۡنَہَاۤ اٰیَۃً لِّلۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ﴿۹۲﴾
[✲]And remember her who preserved her chastity; so We breathed into her of Our word and We made her and her son a Sign for peoples.اِنَّ ہٰذِہٖۤ اُمَّتُکُمۡ اُمَّۃً وَّاحِدَۃً ۫ۖ وَّاَنَا رَبُّکُمۡ فَاعۡبُدُوۡنِ ﴿۹۳﴾
Verily, this is your people — one people; and I am your Lord, so worship Me.وَتَقَطَّعُوۡۤا اَمۡرَہُمۡ بَیۡنَہُمۡ ؕ کُلٌّ اِلَیۡنَا رٰجِعُوۡنَ ﴿٪۹۴﴾
But they have become divided among themselves in their affair; and all will return to Us.21:95
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فَمَنۡ یَّعۡمَلۡ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَہُوَ مُؤۡمِنٌ فَلَا کُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡیِہٖ ۚ وَاِنَّا لَہٗ کٰتِبُوۡنَ ﴿۹۵﴾
[✲]So whoever does good works and is a believer, his effort will not be disregarded and We shall surely record it.وَحَرٰمٌ عَلٰی قَرۡیَۃٍ اَہۡلَکۡنٰہَاۤ اَنَّہُمۡ لَا یَرۡجِعُوۡنَ ﴿۹۶﴾
And it is an inviolable law for a township which We have destroyed that they shall not return.حَتّٰۤی اِذَا فُتِحَتۡ یَاۡجُوۡجُ وَمَاۡجُوۡجُ وَہُمۡ مِّنۡ کُلِّ حَدَبٍ یَّنۡسِلُوۡنَ ﴿۹۷﴾
It shall be so even when Gog and Magog are let loose and they shall hasten forth from every height.وَاقۡتَرَبَ الۡوَعۡدُ الۡحَقُّ فَاِذَا ہِیَ شَاخِصَۃٌ اَبۡصَارُ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا ؕ یٰوَیۡلَنَا قَدۡ کُنَّا فِیۡ غَفۡلَۃٍ مِّنۡ ہٰذَا بَلۡ کُنَّا ظٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿۹۸﴾
And the true promise draws nigh; then behold, the eyes of those who disbelieve will fixedly stare and they will say, ‘Alas for us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we were wrongdoers!’اِنَّکُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ حَصَبُ جَہَنَّمَ ؕ اَنۡتُمۡ لَہَا وٰرِدُوۡنَ ﴿۹۹﴾
‘Surely, you and that which you worship beside Allah are the fuel of Hell. To it shall you all come.’لَوۡ کَانَ ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ اٰلِہَۃً مَّا وَرَدُوۡہَا ؕ وَکُلٌّ فِیۡہَا خٰلِدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۰﴾
If these had been gods, they would not have come to it; and all will abide therein.لَہُمۡ فِیۡہَا زَفِیۡرٌ وَّہُمۡ فِیۡہَا لَا یَسۡمَعُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۱﴾
Therein, groaning will be their lot and they will not hear therein anything else.اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ سَبَقَتۡ لَہُمۡ مِّنَّا الۡحُسۡنٰۤی ۙ اُولٰٓئِکَ عَنۡہَا مُبۡعَدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۲﴾ۙ
But as for those for whom the promise of a good reward has already gone forth from Us, these will be removed far from it.لَا یَسۡمَعُوۡنَ حَسِیۡسَہَا ۚ وَہُمۡ فِیۡ مَا اشۡتَہَتۡ اَنۡفُسُہُمۡ خٰلِدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۳﴾ۚ
They will not hear the slightest sound thereof; and they shall abide in that which their souls desire.لَا یَحۡزُنُہُمُ الۡفَزَعُ الۡاَکۡبَرُ وَتَتَلَقّٰہُمُ الۡمَلٰٓئِکَۃُ ؕ ہٰذَا یَوۡمُکُمُ الَّذِیۡ کُنۡتُمۡ تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۴﴾
The Great Terror will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them, saying, ‘This is your day which you were promised.’یَوۡمَ نَطۡوِی السَّمَآءَ کَطَیِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلۡکُتُبِ ؕ کَمَا بَدَاۡنَاۤ اَوَّلَ خَلۡقٍ نُّعِیۡدُہٗ ؕ وَعۡدًا عَلَیۡنَا ؕ اِنَّا کُنَّا فٰعِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰۵﴾
Remember the day when We shall roll up the heavens like the rolling up of written scrolls by a scribe. As We began the first creation, so shall We repeat it — a promise binding upon Us; We shall certainly perform it.21:106
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وَلَقَدۡ کَتَبۡنَا فِی الزَّبُوۡرِ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ الذِّکۡرِ اَنَّ الۡاَرۡضَ یَرِثُہَا عِبَادِیَ الصّٰلِحُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۶﴾
[✲]And already have We written in the Book of David, after the exhortation, that My righteous servants shall inherit the land.21:107
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اِنَّ فِیۡ ہٰذَا لَبَلٰغًا لِّقَوۡمٍ عٰبِدِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰۷﴾ؕ
[✲]Herein, surely, is a message for people who worship God.وَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنٰکَ اِلَّا رَحۡمَۃً لِّلۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰۸﴾
And We have sent thee not but as a mercy for all peoples.قُلۡ اِنَّمَا یُوۡحٰۤی اِلَیَّ اَنَّمَاۤ اِلٰـہُکُمۡ اِلٰہٌ وَّاحِدٌ ۚ فَہَلۡ اَنۡتُمۡ مُّسۡلِمُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۹﴾
Say, ‘Surely it has been revealed to me that your God is but One God. Will you then submit?’فَاِنۡ تَوَلَّوۡا فَقُلۡ اٰذَنۡتُکُمۡ عَلٰی سَوَآءٍ ؕ وَاِنۡ اَدۡرِیۡۤ اَقَرِیۡبٌ اَمۡ بَعِیۡدٌ مَّا تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۱۰﴾
But if they turn back, say, ‘I have warned you all alike and I know not whether that which you are promised is near or distant.اِنَّہٗ یَعۡلَمُ الۡجَہۡرَ مِنَ الۡقَوۡلِ وَیَعۡلَمُ مَا تَکۡتُمُوۡنَ ﴿۱۱۱﴾
‘Verily, He knows what is open in speech, and He knows that which you conceal.وَاِنۡ اَدۡرِیۡ لَعَلَّہٗ فِتۡنَۃٌ لَّکُمۡ وَمَتَاعٌ اِلٰی حِیۡنٍ ﴿۱۱۲﴾
‘And I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and only an enjoyment for a while.’قٰلَ رَبِّ احۡکُمۡ بِالۡحَقِّ ؕ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحۡمٰنُ الۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلٰی مَا تَصِفُوۡنَ ﴿۱۱۳﴾٪
He also said, ‘My Lord, judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Gracious God Whose help is to be sought against that which you assert.’Al-Anbiya’ — The Prophets
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