يَٰقَوۡمِ
لَآ
أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
أَجۡرًاۖ
إِنۡ
أَجۡرِيَ
إِلَّا
عَلَى
ٱلَّذِي
فَطَرَنِيٓۚ
أَفَلَا
تَعۡقِلُونَ
٥١

O my people! I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the One Who created me. Will you not then understand?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:52

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ

ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ

رَبَّكُمۡ

ثُمَّ

تُوبُوٓاْ

إِلَيۡهِ

يُرۡسِلِ

ٱلسَّمَآءَ

عَلَيۡكُم

مِّدۡرَارٗا

وَيَزِدۡكُمۡ

قُوَّةً

إِلَىٰ

قُوَّتِكُمۡ

وَلَا

تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ

مُجۡرِمِينَ

٥٢

And O my people! Seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. He will shower you with rain in abundance, and add strength to your strength. So do not turn away, persisting in wickedness.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:53

قَالُواْ

يَٰهُودُ

مَا

جِئۡتَنَا

بِبَيِّنَةٖ

وَمَا

نَحۡنُ

بِتَارِكِيٓ

ءَالِهَتِنَا

عَن

قَوۡلِكَ

وَمَا

نَحۡنُ

لَكَ

بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ

٥٣

They argued, “O Hûd! You have not given us any clear proof, and we will never abandon our gods upon your word, nor will we believe in you.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:54

إِن

نَّقُولُ

إِلَّا

ٱعۡتَرَىٰكَ

بَعۡضُ

ءَالِهَتِنَا

بِسُوٓءٖۗ

قَالَ

إِنِّيٓ

أُشۡهِدُ

ٱللَّهَ

وَٱشۡهَدُوٓاْ

أَنِّي

بَرِيٓءٞ

مِّمَّا

تُشۡرِكُونَ

٥٤

All we can say is that some of our gods have possessed you with evil.” He said, “I call Allah to witness, and you too bear witness, that I ˹totally˺ reject whatever you associate

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:55

مِن

دُونِهِۦۖ

فَكِيدُونِي

جَمِيعٗا

ثُمَّ

لَا

تُنظِرُونِ

٥٥

with Him ˹in worship˺. So let all of you plot against me without delay!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:56

إِنِّي

تَوَكَّلۡتُ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

رَبِّي

وَرَبِّكُمۚ

مَّا

مِن

دَآبَّةٍ

إِلَّا

هُوَ

ءَاخِذُۢ

بِنَاصِيَتِهَآۚ

إِنَّ

رَبِّي

عَلَىٰ

صِرَٰطٖ

مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

٥٦

I have put my trust in Allah—my Lord and your Lord. There is no living creature that is not completely under His control.¹ Surely my Lord’s Way is perfect justice.²

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:57

فَإِن

تَوَلَّوۡاْ

فَقَدۡ

أَبۡلَغۡتُكُم

مَّآ

أُرۡسِلۡتُ

بِهِۦٓ

إِلَيۡكُمۡۚ

وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفُ

رَبِّي

قَوۡمًا

غَيۡرَكُمۡ

وَلَا

تَضُرُّونَهُۥ

شَيۡـًٔاۚ

إِنَّ

رَبِّي

عَلَىٰ

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٍ

حَفِيظٞ

٥٧

But if you turn away, I have already delivered to you what I have been sent with. My Lord will replace you with others. You are not harming Him in the least. Indeed, my Lord is a ˹vigilant˺ Keeper over all things.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:58

وَلَمَّا

جَآءَ

أَمۡرُنَا

نَجَّيۡنَا

هُودٗا

وَٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

مَعَهُۥ

بِرَحۡمَةٖ

مِّنَّا

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُم

مِّنۡ

عَذَابٍ

غَلِيظٖ

٥٨

When Our command came, We rescued Hûd and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, saving them from a harsh torment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:59

وَتِلۡكَ

عَادٞۖ

جَحَدُواْ

بِـَٔايَٰتِ

رَبِّهِمۡ

وَعَصَوۡاْ

رُسُلَهُۥ

وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ

أَمۡرَ

كُلِّ

جَبَّارٍ

عَنِيدٖ

٥٩

That was ’Âd. They denied the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of every stubborn tyrant.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:60

وَأُتۡبِعُواْ

فِي

هَٰذِهِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

لَعۡنَةٗ

وَيَوۡمَ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ

أَلَآ

إِنَّ

عَادٗا

كَفَرُواْ

رَبَّهُمۡۗ

أَلَا

بُعۡدٗا

لِّعَادٖ

قَوۡمِ

هُودٖ

٦٠

They were followed by a curse in this world, as they will be on the Day of Judgment. Surely ’Âd denied their Lord. So away with ’Âd, the people of Hûd.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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