وَما كانَ رَبُّكَ مُهلِكَ القُرىٰ حَتّىٰ يَبعَثَ في أُمِّها رَسولًا يَتلو عَلَيهِم آياتِنا ۚ وَما كُنّا مُهلِكِي القُرىٰ إِلّا وَأَهلُها ظالِمونَ
Your Lord never destroyed the towns until He has raised a messenger within them to relay to them Our revelations. We would never destroy a community unless its people were wrongdoers.
وَما أوتيتُم مِن شَيءٍ فَمَتاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا وَزينَتُها ۚ وَما عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ وَأَبقىٰ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ
What you’ve been given is merely for the enjoyment and decoration of this worldly life. What God possesses, however, is superior and more lasting. Don’t you understand?
أَفَمَن وَعَدناهُ وَعدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لاقيهِ كَمَن مَتَّعناهُ مَتاعَ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ مِنَ المُحضَرينَ
Is the one to whom We’ve promised a good promise—which he will attain—comparable to the one to whom We granted worldly pleasures, but who, on Resurrection Day, will be among the arraigned?
وَيَومَ يُناديهِم فَيَقولُ أَينَ شُرَكائِيَ الَّذينَ كُنتُم تَزعُمونَ
On that Day, He will call out to them, “Where are those ‘partners’ of Mine you claimed?”
قالَ الَّذينَ حَقَّ عَلَيهِمُ القَولُ رَبَّنا هـٰؤُلاءِ الَّذينَ أَغوَينا أَغوَيناهُم كَما غَوَينا ۖ تَبَرَّأنا إِلَيكَ ۖ ما كانوا إِيّانا يَعبُدونَ
Those against whom the word will come into effect, will say, “Our Lord, these are the ones we misled. We misled them as we ourselves were misled. We disassociate ourselves from them before You. It was not us whom they worshiped.”
وَقيلَ ادعوا شُرَكاءَكُم فَدَعَوهُم فَلَم يَستَجيبوا لَهُم وَرَأَوُا العَذابَ ۚ لَو أَنَّهُم كانوا يَهتَدونَ
Then it will be said, “Call upon your associates.” They will call upon them, but they won’t answer them. They will witness the suffering and wish they had followed guidance.
وَيَومَ يُناديهِم فَيَقولُ ماذا أَجَبتُمُ المُرسَلينَ
On that Day, He will question them, “What was your reply to the messengers?”
فَعَمِيَت عَلَيهِمُ الأَنباءُ يَومَئِذٍ فَهُم لا يَتَساءَلونَ
On that day, they will be blind to the news, and they won’t ask one another.
فَأَمّا مَن تابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا فَعَسىٰ أَن يَكونَ مِنَ المُفلِحينَ
However, those who repent, believe, and perform righteous deeds may indeed be among the successful.
وَرَبُّكَ يَخلُقُ ما يَشاءُ وَيَختارُ ۗ ما كانَ لَهُمُ الخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبحانَ اللَّهِ وَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ
Your Lord creates what He wills, and He chooses. The choice isn’t theirs. Glory be to God, and High above what they associate with Him.
وَرَبُّكَ يَعلَمُ ما تُكِنُّ صُدورُهُم وَما يُعلِنونَ
Your Lord knows what their hearts conceal and what they disclose.