وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
٢٧
And indeed We have destroyed towns
(populations) round about you, and We have
(repeatedly) shown
(them) the Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) in various ways that they might return
(to the truth and believe in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism).
(27)
فَلَوۡلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرۡبَانًا ءَالِهَةَۢۖ بَلۡ ضَلُّواْ عَنۡهُمۡۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفۡكُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢٨
Then why did those whom they had taken for aliha
(gods) besides Allah, as a way of approach
(to Allah) not help them? Nay, but they vanished completely from them
(when there came the torment). And that was their lie, and their inventions which they had been inventing
(before their destruction).
(28)
وَإِذۡ صَرَفۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ نَفَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنصِتُواْۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوۡاْ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
٢٩
And
(remember) when We sent towards you
(Muhammad ﷺ) Nafran
(three to ten persons) of the jinns,
(quietly) listening to the Quran, when they stood in the presence thereof, they said: "Listen in silence!" And when it was finished, they returned to their people, as warners.
(29)
قَالُواْ يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
٣٠
They said: "O our people! Verily! We have heard a Book
(this Quran) sent down after Musa
(Moses), confirming what came before it, it guides to the truth and to a Straight Path
(i.e. Islam).
(30)
يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ أَجِيبُواْ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦ يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُجِرۡكُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ
٣١
O our people! Respond
(with obedience) to Allah's Caller
(i.e. Allah's Messenger Muhammad ﷺ), and believe in him
(i.e. believe in that which Muhammad ﷺ has brought from Allah and follow him). He
(Allah) will forgive you of your sins, and will save you from a painful torment
(i.e. Hell-fire).
(31)
وَمَن لَّا يُجِبۡ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيۡسَ بِمُعۡجِزٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَيۡسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءُۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ
٣٢
And whosoever does not respond to Allah's Caller, he cannot escape on earth, and there will be no Auliya'
(protectors) for him besides Allah
(from Allah's Punishment). Those are in manifest error.
(32)
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَمۡ يَعۡيَ بِخَلۡقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ
٣٣
Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is Able to do all things.
(33)
وَيَوۡمَ يُعۡرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيۡسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَاۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ
٣٤
And on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire
(it will be said to them): "Is this not the truth?" They will say: "Yes, By our Lord!" He will say: "Then taste the torment, because you used to disbelieve!"
(34)
فَٱصۡبِرۡ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعَزۡمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِل لَّهُمۡۚ كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا سَاعَةٗ مِّن نَّهَارِۭۚ بَلَٰغٞۚ فَهَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ
٣٥
Therefore be patient
(O Muhammad ﷺ) as did the Messengers of strong will and be in no haste about them
(disbelievers). On the Day when they will see that
(torment) with which they are promised
(i.e. threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an hour in a single day.
(O mankind! This Quran is sufficient as) a clear Message
(or proclamation to save yourself from destruction). But shall any be destroyed except the people who are Al-Fasiqun
(the rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
(35)
