وَما أَرسَلنا في قَريَةٍ مِن نَذيرٍ إِلّا قالَ مُترَفوها إِنّا بِما أُرسِلتُم بِهِ كافِرونَ

Every time We sent a warner to a city, its affluent inhabitants responded by saying, “We reject the message you’ve been sent with.”

وَقالوا نَحنُ أَكثَرُ أَموالًا وَأَولادًا وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

They say, “We have more wealth and children, and we won’t be punished.”

قُل إِنَّ رَبّي يَبسُطُ الرِّزقَ لِمَن يَشاءُ وَيَقدِرُ وَلـٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَ النّاسِ لا يَعلَمونَ

Say, “My Lord expands and restricts provision for whom He wills, yet most people don’t know.”

وَما أَموالُكُم وَلا أَولادُكُم بِالَّتي تُقَرِّبُكُم عِندَنا زُلفىٰ إِلّا مَن آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا فَأُولـٰئِكَ لَهُم جَزاءُ الضِّعفِ بِما عَمِلوا وَهُم فِي الغُرُفاتِ آمِنونَ

It is not your wealth or your children that will bring you closer to Us. But those who believe and perform righteous deeds—their rewards will be multiplied, and they will reside in secure homes.

وَالَّذينَ يَسعَونَ في آياتِنا مُعاجِزينَ أُولـٰئِكَ فِي العَذابِ مُحضَرونَ

Those who strive to invalidate Our verses will be subject to punishment.

وَيَومَ يَحشُرُهُم جَميعًا ثُمَّ يَقولُ لِلمَلائِكَةِ أَهـٰؤُلاءِ إِيّاكُم كانوا يَعبُدونَ

On the Day He will gather them all together, then say to the angels, “Was it you these people used to worship?”

قالوا سُبحانَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنا مِن دونِهِم ۖ بَل كانوا يَعبُدونَ الجِنَّ ۖ أَكثَرُهُم بِهِم مُؤمِنونَ

They will respond, “Glory to You! Our loyalty is to You, not to them. Rather, they were worshiping the jinn; most of them were believers in them.”

فَاليَومَ لا يَملِكُ بَعضُكُم لِبَعضٍ نَفعًا وَلا ضَرًّا وَنَقولُ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَموا ذوقوا عَذابَ النّارِ الَّتي كُنتُم بِها تُكَذِّبونَ

“Today, you have no power to benefit or harm one another.” And We will say to those who acted unjustly, “Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny.”

وَإِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِم آياتُنا بَيِّناتٍ قالوا ما هـٰذا إِلّا رَجُلٌ يُريدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُم عَمّا كانَ يَعبُدُ آباؤُكُم وَقالوا ما هـٰذا إِلّا إِفكٌ مُفتَرًى ۚ وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لِلحَقِّ لَمّا جاءَهُم إِن هـٰذا إِلّا سِحرٌ مُبينٌ

When Our clear verses are recited to them, they say, “This is nothing but a man who wants to deviate you from what your fathers worshiped.” And they say, “This is nothing but fabricated fiction.” When truth reaches those who disbelieve, they dismiss it as nothing but an obvious sorcery.

وَما آتَيناهُم مِن كُتُبٍ يَدرُسونَها ۖ وَما أَرسَلنا إِلَيهِم قَبلَكَ مِن نَذيرٍ

We didn’t give them any scriptures to study, nor did We send any warner to them before you.