21:1
ٱقْتَرَبَ
لِلنَّاسِ
حِسَابُهُمْ
وَهُمْ
فِى
غَفْلَةٍۢ
مُّعْرِضُونَ
ﱈ
Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:2
مَا
يَأْتِيهِم
مِّن
ذِكْرٍۢ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِم
مُّحْدَثٍ
إِلَّا
ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ
وَهُمْ
يَلْعَبُونَ
ﱔ
Whenever any fresh revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it playfully
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:3
لَاهِيَةًۭ
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ
وَأَسَرُّوا۟
ٱلنَّجْوَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوا۟
هَلْ
هَـٰذَآ
إِلَّا
بَشَرٌۭ
مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ
أَفَتَأْتُونَ
ٱلسِّحْرَ
وَأَنتُمْ
تُبْصِرُونَ
ﱦ
with frivolous hearts. The evildoers conferred in secret: ‘Is this man anything but a mortal like yourselves? Are you going to fall under his spell with your eyes wide open?’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:4
قَالَ
رَبِّى
يَعْلَمُ
ٱلْقَوْلَ
فِى
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلْعَلِيمُ
ﱲ
He said, ‘My Lord knows everything that is said in the heavens and the earth: He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:5
بَلْ
قَالُوٓا۟
أَضْغَـٰثُ
أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ
بَلِ
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ
بَلْ
هُوَ
شَاعِرٌۭ
فَلْيَأْتِنَا
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
كَمَآ
أُرْسِلَ
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
ﲁ
Some say, ‘Muddled dreams’; others, ‘He made it up’; yet others, ‘He is just a poet, let him show us a sign as previous messengers did.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:6
مَآ
ءَامَنَتْ
قَبْلَهُم
مِّن
قَرْيَةٍ
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ
أَفَهُمْ
يُؤْمِنُونَ
ﲋ
But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:7
وَمَآ
أَرْسَلْنَا
قَبْلَكَ
إِلَّا
رِجَالًۭا
نُّوحِىٓ
إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ
فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟
أَهْلَ
ٱلذِّكْرِ
إِن
كُنتُمْ
لَا
تَعْلَمُونَ
ﲛ
And even before your time [Prophet], all the messengers We sent were only men We inspired–– if you [disbelievers] do not know, ask people who know the Scripture––
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:8
وَمَا
جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ
جَسَدًۭا
لَّا
يَأْكُلُونَ
ٱلطَّعَامَ
وَمَا
كَانُوا۟
خَـٰلِدِينَ
ﲥ
We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:9
ثُمَّ
صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ
ٱلْوَعْدَ
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ
وَمَن
نَّشَآءُ
وَأَهْلَكْنَا
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
ﲮ
We fulfilled Our promise to them in the end: We saved them and those We wished to save, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:10
لَقَدْ
أَنزَلْنَآ
إِلَيْكُمْ
كِتَـٰبًۭا
فِيهِ
ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ
أَفَلَا
تَعْقِلُونَ
ﲸ
And now We have sent down to you [people] a Scripture to remind you. Will you not use your reason?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:11
وَكَمْ
قَصَمْنَا
مِن
قَرْيَةٍۢ
كَانَتْ
ظَالِمَةًۭ
وَأَنشَأْنَا
بَعْدَهَا
قَوْمًا
ءَاخَرِينَ
ﱋ
How many communities of evildoers We have destroyed! How many others We have raised up in their places!
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:12
فَلَمَّآ
أَحَسُّوا۟
بَأْسَنَآ
إِذَا
هُم
مِّنْهَا
يَرْكُضُونَ
ﱓ
When they felt Our might coming upon them, see how they tried to escape it!
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:13
لَا
تَرْكُضُوا۟
وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟
إِلَىٰ
مَآ
أُتْرِفْتُمْ
فِيهِ
وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ
لَعَلَّكُمْ
تُسْـَٔلُونَ
ﱞ
‘Do not try to escape. Go back to your homes and the pleasure you revelled in: you may be questioned.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:14
قَالُوا۟
يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ
إِنَّا
كُنَّا
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ﱤ
They said, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:15
فَمَا
زَالَت
تِّلْكَ
دَعْوَىٰهُمْ
حَتَّىٰ
جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ
حَصِيدًا
خَـٰمِدِينَ
ﱭ
and that cry of theirs did not cease until We made them burnt-offstubble.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:16
وَمَا
خَلَقْنَا
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
وَمَا
بَيْنَهُمَا
لَـٰعِبِينَ
ﱵ
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:17
لَوْ
أَرَدْنَآ
أَن
نَّتَّخِذَ
لَهْوًۭا
لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ
مِن
لَّدُنَّآ
إِن
كُنَّا
فَـٰعِلِينَ
ﲁ
If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:18
بَلْ
نَقْذِفُ
بِٱلْحَقِّ
عَلَى
ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ
فَإِذَا
هُوَ
زَاهِقٌۭ ۚ
وَلَكُمُ
ٱلْوَيْلُ
مِمَّا
تَصِفُونَ
ﲐ
No! We hurl the truth against falsehood, and truth obliterates it- see how falsehood vanishes away! Woe to you [people] for the way you describe God!
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:19
وَلَهُۥ
مَن
فِى
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
وَمَنْ
عِندَهُۥ
لَا
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
عَنْ
عِبَادَتِهِۦ
وَلَا
يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ
ﲟ
Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him, and those that are with Him are never too proud to worship Him, nor do they grow weary;
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
21:20
يُسَبِّحُونَ
ٱلَّيْلَ
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
لَا
يَفْتُرُونَ
ﲥ
they glorify Him tirelessly night and day.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem