۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ
أَخَا
عَادٍ
إِذۡ
أَنذَرَ
قَوۡمَهُۥ
بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ
وَقَدۡ
خَلَتِ
ٱلنُّذُرُ
مِنۢ
بَيۡنِ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَمِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِۦٓ
أَلَّا
تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَ
إِنِّيٓ
أَخَافُ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
عَذَابَ
يَوۡمٍ
عَظِيمٖ
٢١

And remember the brother of ’Ȃd, when he warned his people, who inhabited the sand-hills¹—there were certainly warners before and after him—˹saying,˺ “Worship none but Allah. I truly fear for you the torment of a tremendous day.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:22

قَالُوٓاْ

أَجِئۡتَنَا

لِتَأۡفِكَنَا

عَنۡ

ءَالِهَتِنَا

فَأۡتِنَا

بِمَا

تَعِدُنَآ

إِن

كُنتَ

مِنَ

ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

٢٢

They argued, “Have you come to turn us away from our gods? Bring us then whatever you threaten us with, if what you say is true.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:23

قَالَ

إِنَّمَا

ٱلۡعِلۡمُ

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَأُبَلِّغُكُم

مَّآ

أُرۡسِلۡتُ

بِهِۦ

وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ

أَرَىٰكُمۡ

قَوۡمٗا

تَجۡهَلُونَ

٢٣

He responded, “The knowledge ˹of its time˺ is only with Allah. I only convey to you what I have been sent with. But I can see that you are a people acting ignorantly.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:24

فَلَمَّا

رَأَوۡهُ

عَارِضٗا

مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ

أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ

قَالُواْ

هَٰذَا

عَارِضٞ

مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ

بَلۡ

هُوَ

مَا

ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم

بِهِۦۖ

رِيحٞ

فِيهَا

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

٢٤

Then when they saw the torment as a ˹dense˺ cloud approaching their valleys, they said ˹happily˺, “This is a cloud bringing us rain.” ˹But Hûd replied,˺ “No, it is what you sought to hasten: a ˹fierce˺ wind carrying a painful punishment!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:25

تُدَمِّرُ

كُلَّ

شَيۡءِۭ

بِأَمۡرِ

رَبِّهَا

فَأَصۡبَحُواْ

لَا

يُرَىٰٓ

إِلَّا

مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ

كَذَٰلِكَ

نَجۡزِي

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

٢٥

It destroyed everything by the command of its Lord, leaving nothing visible except their ruins. This is how We reward the wicked people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:26

وَلَقَدۡ

مَكَّنَّٰهُمۡ

فِيمَآ

إِن

مَّكَّنَّٰكُمۡ

فِيهِ

وَجَعَلۡنَا

لَهُمۡ

سَمۡعٗا

وَأَبۡصَٰرٗا

وَأَفۡـِٔدَةٗ

فَمَآ

أَغۡنَىٰ

عَنۡهُمۡ

سَمۡعُهُمۡ

وَلَآ

أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ

وَلَآ

أَفۡـِٔدَتُهُم

مِّن

شَيۡءٍ

إِذۡ

كَانُواْ

يَجۡحَدُونَ

بِـَٔايَٰتِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَحَاقَ

بِهِم

مَّا

كَانُواْ

بِهِۦ

يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

٢٦

Indeed, We had established them¹ in a way We have not established you ˹Meccans˺. And We gave them hearing, sight, and intellect. But neither their hearing, sight, nor intellect were of any benefit to them whatsoever, since they persisted in denying Allah’s signs. And ˹so˺ they were overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:27

وَلَقَدۡ

أَهۡلَكۡنَا

مَا

حَوۡلَكُم

مِّنَ

ٱلۡقُرَىٰ

وَصَرَّفۡنَا

ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

لَعَلَّهُمۡ

يَرۡجِعُونَ

٢٧

We certainly destroyed the societies around you after having varied the signs so perhaps they would return ˹to the Right Path˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:28

فَلَوۡلَا

نَصَرَهُمُ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱتَّخَذُواْ

مِن

دُونِ

ٱللَّهِ

قُرۡبَانًا

ءَالِهَةَۢۖ

بَلۡ

ضَلُّواْ

عَنۡهُمۡۚ

وَذَٰلِكَ

إِفۡكُهُمۡ

وَمَا

كَانُواْ

يَفۡتَرُونَ

٢٨

Why then were they not helped by those ˹idols˺ they took as gods besides Allah, hoping to get closer ˹to Him˺? Instead, they failed them. That is ˹the result of˺ their lies and their fabrications.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:29

وَإِذۡ

صَرَفۡنَآ

إِلَيۡكَ

نَفَرٗا

مِّنَ

ٱلۡجِنِّ

يَسۡتَمِعُونَ

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ

فَلَمَّا

حَضَرُوهُ

قَالُوٓاْ

أَنصِتُواْۖ

فَلَمَّا

قُضِيَ

وَلَّوۡاْ

إِلَىٰ

قَوۡمِهِم

مُّنذِرِينَ

٢٩

˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when We sent a group of jinn your way to listen to the Quran. Then, upon hearing it, they said ˹to one another˺, “Listen quietly!” Then when it was over, they returned to their fellow jinn as warners.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

46:30

قَالُواْ

يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ

إِنَّا

سَمِعۡنَا

كِتَٰبًا

أُنزِلَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

مُوسَىٰ

مُصَدِّقٗا

لِّمَا

بَيۡنَ

يَدَيۡهِ

يَهۡدِيٓ

إِلَى

ٱلۡحَقِّ

وَإِلَىٰ

طَرِيقٖ

مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

٣٠

They declared, “O our fellow jinn! We have truly heard a scripture revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and the Straight Way.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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