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27:56
۞ فَمَا
كَانَ
جَوَابَ
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
إِلَّآ
أَن
قَالُوٓا۟
أَخْرِجُوٓا۟
ءَالَ
لُوطٍۢ
مِّن
قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ
إِنَّهُمْ
أُنَاسٌۭ
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
ﱒ
The only answer his people gave was to say, ‘Expel Lot’s followers from your town! These men mean to stay chaste!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:57
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ
وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ
إِلَّا
ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ
قَدَّرْنَـٰهَا
مِنَ
ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
ﱚ
We saved him and his family- except for his wife: We made her stay behind-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:58
وَأَمْطَرْنَا
عَلَيْهِم
مَّطَرًۭا ۖ
فَسَآءَ
مَطَرُ
ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
ﱢ
and We brought rain down on them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been warned!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:59
قُلِ
ٱلْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ
وَسَلَـٰمٌ
عَلَىٰ
عِبَادِهِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗ
ءَآللَّهُ
خَيْرٌ
أَمَّا
يُشْرِكُونَ
ﱰ
Say [Prophet], ‘Praise be to God and peace on the servants He has chosen. Who is better: God, or those they set up as partners with Him?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:60
أَمَّنْ
خَلَقَ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
وَأَنزَلَ
لَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
مَآءًۭ
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا
بِهِۦ
حَدَآئِقَ
ذَاتَ
بَهْجَةٍۢ
مَّا
كَانَ
لَكُمْ
أَن
تُنۢبِتُوا۟
شَجَرَهَآ ۗ
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
مَّعَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
بَلْ
هُمْ
قَوْمٌۭ
يَعْدِلُونَ
ﲎ
Who created the heavens and earth? Who sends down water from the sky for you- with which We cause gardens of delight to grow: you have no power to make the trees grow in them- is it another god beside God? No! But they are people who take others to be equal with God.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:61
أَمَّن
جَعَلَ
ٱلْأَرْضَ
قَرَارًۭا
وَجَعَلَ
خِلَـٰلَهَآ
أَنْهَـٰرًۭا
وَجَعَلَ
لَهَا
رَوَٰسِىَ
وَجَعَلَ
بَيْنَ
ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ
حَاجِزًا ۗ
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
مَّعَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
بَلْ
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
ﲦ
Who is it that made the earth a stable place to live? Who made rivers flow through it? Who set immovable mountains on it and created a barrier between the fresh and salt water? Is it another god beside God? No! But most of them do not know.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:62
أَمَّن
يُجِيبُ
ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ
إِذَا
دَعَاهُ
وَيَكْشِفُ
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ
خُلَفَآءَ
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
مَّعَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
قَلِيلًۭا
مَّا
تَذَكَّرُونَ
ﲹ
Who is it that answers the distressed when they call upon Him? Who removes their suffering? Who makes you successors in the earth? Is it another god beside God? Little notice you take!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:63
أَمَّن
يَهْدِيكُمْ
فِى
ظُلُمَـٰتِ
ٱلْبَرِّ
وَٱلْبَحْرِ
وَمَن
يُرْسِلُ
ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ
بُشْرًۢا
بَيْنَ
يَدَىْ
رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
مَّعَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
تَعَـٰلَى
ٱللَّهُ
عَمَّا
يُشْرِكُونَ
ﳐ
Who is it that guides you through the darkness on land and sea? Who sends the winds as heralds of good news before His mercy? Is it another god beside God? God is far above the partners they put beside him!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:64
أَمَّن
يَبْدَؤُا۟
ٱلْخَلْقَ
ثُمَّ
يُعِيدُهُۥ
وَمَن
يَرْزُقُكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
مَّعَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
قُلْ
هَاتُوا۟
بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ
إِن
كُنتُمْ
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ﱖ
Who is it that creates life and reproduces it? Who is it that gives you provision from the heavens and earth? Is it another god beside God?’ Say, ‘Show me your evidence then, if what you say is true.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:65
قُل
لَّا
يَعْلَمُ
مَن
فِى
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
ٱلْغَيْبَ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
وَمَا
يَشْعُرُونَ
أَيَّانَ
يُبْعَثُونَ
ﱦ
Say, ‘No one in the heavens or on earth knows the unseen except God.’ They do not know when they will be raised from the dead:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:66
بَلِ
ٱدَّٰرَكَ
عِلْمُهُمْ
فِى
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ
بَلْ
هُمْ
فِى
شَكٍّۢ
مِّنْهَا ۖ
بَلْ
هُم
مِّنْهَا
عَمُونَ
ﱷ
their knowledge cannot comprehend the Hereafter; they are in doubt about it; they are blind to it.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:67
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓا۟
أَءِذَا
كُنَّا
تُرَٰبًۭا
وَءَابَآؤُنَآ
أَئِنَّا
لَمُخْرَجُونَ
ﲁ
So the disbelievers say, ‘What! When we and our forefathers have become dust, shall we be brought back to life again?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:68
لَقَدْ
وُعِدْنَا
هَـٰذَا
نَحْنُ
وَءَابَآؤُنَا
مِن
قَبْلُ
إِنْ
هَـٰذَآ
إِلَّآ
أَسَـٰطِيرُ
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
ﲎ
We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:69
قُلْ
سِيرُوا۟
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
فَٱنظُرُوا۟
كَيْفَ
كَانَ
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
ﲘ
[Prophet], say, ‘Travel through the earth and see how the evildoers ended up.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:70
وَلَا
تَحْزَنْ
عَلَيْهِمْ
وَلَا
تَكُن
فِى
ضَيْقٍۢ
مِّمَّا
يَمْكُرُونَ
ﲢ
[Prophet], do not grieve over them; do not be distressed by their schemes.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:71
وَيَقُولُونَ
مَتَىٰ
هَـٰذَا
ٱلْوَعْدُ
إِن
كُنتُمْ
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ﲪ
They also say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled if what you say is true?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:72
قُلْ
عَسَىٰٓ
أَن
يَكُونَ
رَدِفَ
لَكُم
بَعْضُ
ٱلَّذِى
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
ﲴ
Say, ‘Maybe some of what you seek to hasten is near at hand.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:73
وَإِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
لَذُو
فَضْلٍ
عَلَى
ٱلنَّاسِ
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
لَا
يَشْكُرُونَ
ﲿ
Your Lord is bountiful to people, though most of them are ungrateful.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:74
وَإِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
لَيَعْلَمُ
مَا
تُكِنُّ
صُدُورُهُمْ
وَمَا
يُعْلِنُونَ
ﳈ
He knows everything their hearts conceal and everything they reveal:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

27:75
وَمَا
مِنْ
غَآئِبَةٍۢ
فِى
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
إِلَّا
فِى
كِتَـٰبٍۢ
مُّبِينٍ
ﳓ
there is nothing hidden in the heavens or on earth that is not in a clear Record.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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