أَوۡ
يُصۡبِحَ
مَآؤُهَا
غَوۡرٗا
فَلَن
تَسۡتَطِيعَ
لَهُۥ
طَلَبٗا
٤١

Or its water may sink ˹into the earth˺, and then you will never be able to seek it out.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:42

وَأُحِيطَ

بِثَمَرِهِۦ

فَأَصۡبَحَ

يُقَلِّبُ

كَفَّيۡهِ

عَلَىٰ

مَآ

أَنفَقَ

فِيهَا

وَهِيَ

خَاوِيَةٌ

عَلَىٰ

عُرُوشِهَا

وَيَقُولُ

يَٰلَيۡتَنِي

لَمۡ

أُشۡرِكۡ

بِرَبِّيٓ

أَحَدٗا

٤٢

And so all his produce was ˹totally˺ ruined, so he started to wring his hands for all he had spent on it, while it had collapsed on its trellises. He cried, “Alas! I wish I had never associated anyone with my Lord ˹in worship˺!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:43

وَلَمۡ

تَكُن

لَّهُۥ

فِئَةٞ

يَنصُرُونَهُۥ

مِن

دُونِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَمَا

كَانَ

مُنتَصِرًا

٤٣

And he had no manpower to help him against Allah, nor could he ˹even˺ help himself.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:44

هُنَالِكَ

ٱلۡوَلَٰيَةُ

لِلَّهِ

ٱلۡحَقِّۚ

هُوَ

خَيۡرٞ

ثَوَابٗا

وَخَيۡرٌ

عُقۡبٗا

٤٤

At this time, support comes ˹only˺ from Allah—the True ˹Lord˺. He is best in reward and best in outcome.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:45

وَٱضۡرِبۡ

لَهُم

مَّثَلَ

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

كَمَآءٍ

أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ

مِنَ

ٱلسَّمَآءِ

فَٱخۡتَلَطَ

بِهِۦ

نَبَاتُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

فَأَصۡبَحَ

هَشِيمٗا

تَذۡرُوهُ

ٱلرِّيَٰحُۗ

وَكَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

عَلَىٰ

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

مُّقۡتَدِرًا

٤٥

And give them a parable of this worldly life. ˹It is˺ like the plants of the earth, thriving when sustained by the rain We send down from the sky. Then they ˹soon˺ turn into chaff scattered by the wind. And Allah is fully capable of ˹doing˺ all things.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:46

ٱلۡمَالُ

وَٱلۡبَنُونَ

زِينَةُ

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ

وَٱلۡبَٰقِيَٰتُ

ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ

خَيۡرٌ

عِندَ

رَبِّكَ

ثَوَابٗا

وَخَيۡرٌ

أَمَلٗا

٤٦

Wealth and children are the adornment of this worldly life, but the everlasting good deeds are far better with your Lord in reward and in hope.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:47

وَيَوۡمَ

نُسَيِّرُ

ٱلۡجِبَالَ

وَتَرَى

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

بَارِزَةٗ

وَحَشَرۡنَٰهُمۡ

فَلَمۡ

نُغَادِرۡ

مِنۡهُمۡ

أَحَدٗا

٤٧

˹Beware of˺ the Day We will blow the mountains away, and you will see the earth laid bare. And We will gather all ˹humankind˺, leaving none behind.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:48

وَعُرِضُواْ

عَلَىٰ

رَبِّكَ

صَفّٗا

لَّقَدۡ

جِئۡتُمُونَا

كَمَا

خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ

أَوَّلَ

مَرَّةِۭۚ

بَلۡ

زَعَمۡتُمۡ

أَلَّن

نَّجۡعَلَ

لَكُم

مَّوۡعِدٗا

٤٨

They will be presented before your Lord in rows, ˹and the deniers will be told,˺ “You have surely returned to Us ˹all alone˺ as We created you the first time, although you ˹always˺ claimed that We would never appoint a time for your return.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:49

وَوُضِعَ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ

فَتَرَى

ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

مُشۡفِقِينَ

مِمَّا

فِيهِ

وَيَقُولُونَ

يَٰوَيۡلَتَنَا

مَالِ

هَٰذَا

ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

لَا

يُغَادِرُ

صَغِيرَةٗ

وَلَا

كَبِيرَةً

إِلَّآ

أَحۡصَىٰهَاۚ

وَوَجَدُواْ

مَا

عَمِلُواْ

حَاضِرٗاۗ

وَلَا

يَظۡلِمُ

رَبُّكَ

أَحَدٗا

٤٩

And the record ˹of deeds˺ will be laid ˹open˺, and you will see the wicked in fear of what is ˹written˺ in it. They will cry, “Woe to us! What kind of record is this that does not leave any sin, small or large, unlisted?” They will find whatever they did present ˹before them˺. And your Lord will never wrong anyone.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:50

وَإِذۡ

قُلۡنَا

لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ

ٱسۡجُدُواْ

لِأٓدَمَ

فَسَجَدُوٓاْ

إِلَّآ

إِبۡلِيسَ

كَانَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡجِنِّ

فَفَسَقَ

عَنۡ

أَمۡرِ

رَبِّهِۦٓۗ

أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ

وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ

أَوۡلِيَآءَ

مِن

دُونِي

وَهُمۡ

لَكُمۡ

عَدُوُّۢۚ

بِئۡسَ

لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ

بَدَلٗا

٥٠

And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs,¹ who was one of the jinn, but he rebelled against the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his descendants as patrons instead of Me, although they are your enemy? What an evil alternative for the wrongdoers ˹to choose˺!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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