قَالُواْ
يَٰلُوطُ
إِنَّا
رُسُلُ
رَبِّكَ
لَن
يَصِلُوٓاْ
إِلَيۡكَۖ
فَأَسۡرِ
بِأَهۡلِكَ
بِقِطۡعٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلَّيۡلِ
وَلَا
يَلۡتَفِتۡ
مِنكُمۡ
أَحَدٌ
إِلَّا
ٱمۡرَأَتَكَۖ
إِنَّهُۥ
مُصِيبُهَا
مَآ
أَصَابَهُمۡۚ
إِنَّ
مَوۡعِدَهُمُ
ٱلصُّبۡحُۚ
أَلَيۡسَ
ٱلصُّبۡحُ
بِقَرِيبٖ
٨١

The angels said, “O Lot! We are the messengers of your Lord. They will never reach you. So travel with your family in the dark of night, and do not let any of you look back, except your wife. She will certainly suffer the fate of the others.¹ Their appointed time is the morning. Is the morning not near?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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فَلَمَّا

جَآءَ

أَمۡرُنَا

جَعَلۡنَا

عَٰلِيَهَا

سَافِلَهَا

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا

عَلَيۡهَا

حِجَارَةٗ

مِّن

سِجِّيلٖ

مَّنضُودٖ

٨٢

When Our command came, We turned the cities upside down and rained down on them clustered stones of baked clay,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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مُّسَوَّمَةً

عِندَ

رَبِّكَۖ

وَمَا

هِيَ

مِنَ

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

بِبَعِيدٖ

٨٣

marked by your Lord ˹O Prophet˺. And these stones are not far from the ˹pagan˺ wrongdoers!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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۞ وَإِلَىٰ

مَدۡيَنَ

أَخَاهُمۡ

شُعَيۡبٗاۚ

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

ٱعۡبُدُواْ

ٱللَّهَ

مَا

لَكُم

مِّنۡ

إِلَٰهٍ

غَيۡرُهُۥۖ

وَلَا

تَنقُصُواْ

ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ

وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۖ

إِنِّيٓ

أَرَىٰكُم

بِخَيۡرٖ

وَإِنِّيٓ

أَخَافُ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

عَذَابَ

يَوۡمٖ

مُّحِيطٖ

٨٤

And to the people of Midian We sent their brother Shu’aib. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. And do not give short measure and weight. I do see you in prosperity now, but I truly fear for you the torment of an overwhelming Day.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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وَيَٰقَوۡمِ

أَوۡفُواْ

ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ

وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ

بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ

وَلَا

تَبۡخَسُواْ

ٱلنَّاسَ

أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ

وَلَا

تَعۡثَوۡاْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مُفۡسِدِينَ

٨٥

O my people! Give full measure and weigh with justice. Do not defraud people of their property, nor go about spreading corruption in the land.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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بَقِيَّتُ

ٱللَّهِ

خَيۡرٞ

لَّكُمۡ

إِن

كُنتُم

مُّؤۡمِنِينَۚ

وَمَآ

أَنَا۠

عَلَيۡكُم

بِحَفِيظٖ

٨٦

What is left ˹as a lawful gain˺ by Allah is far better for you if you are ˹truly˺ believers. And I am not a keeper over you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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قَالُواْ

يَٰشُعَيۡبُ

أَصَلَوٰتُكَ

تَأۡمُرُكَ

أَن

نَّتۡرُكَ

مَا

يَعۡبُدُ

ءَابَآؤُنَآ

أَوۡ

أَن

نَّفۡعَلَ

فِيٓ

أَمۡوَٰلِنَا

مَا

نَشَٰٓؤُاْۖ

إِنَّكَ

لَأَنتَ

ٱلۡحَلِيمُ

ٱلرَّشِيدُ

٨٧

They asked ˹sarcastically˺, “O Shu’aib! Does your prayer command you that we should abandon what our forefathers worshipped or give up managing our wealth as we please? Indeed, you are such a tolerant, sensible man!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ

إِن

كُنتُ

عَلَىٰ

بَيِّنَةٖ

مِّن

رَّبِّي

وَرَزَقَنِي

مِنۡهُ

رِزۡقًا

حَسَنٗاۚ

وَمَآ

أُرِيدُ

أَنۡ

أُخَالِفَكُمۡ

إِلَىٰ

مَآ

أَنۡهَىٰكُمۡ

عَنۡهُۚ

إِنۡ

أُرِيدُ

إِلَّا

ٱلۡإِصۡلَٰحَ

مَا

ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُۚ

وَمَا

تَوۡفِيقِيٓ

إِلَّا

بِٱللَّهِۚ

عَلَيۡهِ

تَوَكَّلۡتُ

وَإِلَيۡهِ

أُنِيبُ

٨٨

He said, “O my people! Consider if I stand on a clear proof from my Lord and He has blessed me with a good provision from Him. I do not want to do what I am forbidding you from. I only intend reform to the best of my ability. My success comes only through Allah. In Him I trust and to Him I turn.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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وَيَٰقَوۡمِ

لَا

يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ

شِقَاقِيٓ

أَن

يُصِيبَكُم

مِّثۡلُ

مَآ

أَصَابَ

قَوۡمَ

نُوحٍ

أَوۡ

قَوۡمَ

هُودٍ

أَوۡ

قَوۡمَ

صَٰلِحٖۚ

وَمَا

قَوۡمُ

لُوطٖ

مِّنكُم

بِبَعِيدٖ

٨٩

O my people! Do not let your opposition to me lead you to a fate similar to that of the people of Noah, or Hûd, or Ṣâliḥ. And the people of Lot are not far from you.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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