أَلَمۡ
يَرَوۡاْ
كَمۡ
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
قَبۡلَهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
أَنَّهُمۡ
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
لَا
يَرۡجِعُونَ
٣١

Have the deniers not considered how many peoples We destroyed before them who never came back to life again?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:32

وَإِن

كُلّٞ

لَّمَّا

جَمِيعٞ

لَّدَيۡنَا

مُحۡضَرُونَ

٣٢

Yet they will all be brought before Us.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:33

وَءَايَةٞ

لَّهُمُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضُ

ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ

أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا

وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا

مِنۡهَا

حَبّٗا

فَمِنۡهُ

يَأۡكُلُونَ

٣٣

There is a sign for them in the dead earth: We give it life, producing grain from it for them to eat.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:34

وَجَعَلۡنَا

فِيهَا

جَنَّٰتٖ

مِّن

نَّخِيلٖ

وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ

وَفَجَّرۡنَا

فِيهَا

مِنَ

ٱلۡعُيُونِ

٣٤

And We have placed in it gardens of palm trees and grapevines, and caused springs to gush forth in it,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:35

لِيَأۡكُلُواْ

مِن

ثَمَرِهِۦ

وَمَا

عَمِلَتۡهُ

أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ

أَفَلَا

يَشۡكُرُونَ

٣٥

so that they may eat from its fruit, which they had no hand in making. Will they not then give thanks?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:36

سُبۡحَٰنَ

ٱلَّذِي

خَلَقَ

ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ

كُلَّهَا

مِمَّا

تُنۢبِتُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضُ

وَمِنۡ

أَنفُسِهِمۡ

وَمِمَّا

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

٣٦

Glory be to the One Who created all ˹things in˺ pairs—˹be it˺ what the earth produces, their genders, or what they do not know!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:37

وَءَايَةٞ

لَّهُمُ

ٱلَّيۡلُ

نَسۡلَخُ

مِنۡهُ

ٱلنَّهَارَ

فَإِذَا

هُم

مُّظۡلِمُونَ

٣٧

There is also a sign for them in the night: We strip from it daylight, then—behold!—they are in darkness.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:38

وَٱلشَّمۡسُ

تَجۡرِي

لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ

لَّهَاۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

تَقۡدِيرُ

ٱلۡعَزِيزِ

ٱلۡعَلِيمِ

٣٨

The sun travels for its fixed term. That is the design of the Almighty, All-Knowing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:39

وَٱلۡقَمَرَ

قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ

مَنَازِلَ

حَتَّىٰ

عَادَ

كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ

ٱلۡقَدِيمِ

٣٩

As for the moon, We have ordained ˹precise˺ phases for it, until it ends up ˹looking˺ like an old, curved palm stalk.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:40

لَا

ٱلشَّمۡسُ

يَنۢبَغِي

لَهَآ

أَن

تُدۡرِكَ

ٱلۡقَمَرَ

وَلَا

ٱلَّيۡلُ

سَابِقُ

ٱلنَّهَارِۚ

وَكُلّٞ

فِي

فَلَكٖ

يَسۡبَحُونَ

٤٠

It is not for the sun to catch up with the moon,¹ nor does the night outrun the day. Each is travelling in an orbit of their own.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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أَلَمۡ
يَرَوۡاْ
كَمۡ
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
قَبۡلَهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
أَنَّهُمۡ
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
لَا
يَرۡجِعُونَ
٣١