وَإِذَا
تُتۡلَىٰ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ءَايَٰتُنَا
قَالُواْ
قَدۡ
سَمِعۡنَا
لَوۡ
نَشَآءُ
لَقُلۡنَا
مِثۡلَ
هَٰذَآ
إِنۡ
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّآ
أَسَٰطِيرُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
٣١

Whenever Our revelations are recited to them, they challenge ˹you˺, “We have already heard ˹the recitation˺. If we wanted, we could have easily produced something similar. This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but ancient fables!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:32

وَإِذۡ

قَالُواْ

ٱللَّهُمَّ

إِن

كَانَ

هَٰذَا

هُوَ

ٱلۡحَقَّ

مِنۡ

عِندِكَ

فَأَمۡطِرۡ

عَلَيۡنَا

حِجَارَةٗ

مِّنَ

ٱلسَّمَآءِ

أَوِ

ٱئۡتِنَا

بِعَذَابٍ

أَلِيمٖ

٣٢

And ˹remember˺ when they prayed, “O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from the sky or overcome us with a painful punishment.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:33

وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

لِيُعَذِّبَهُمۡ

وَأَنتَ

فِيهِمۡۚ

وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

مُعَذِّبَهُمۡ

وَهُمۡ

يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

٣٣

But Allah would never punish them while you ˹O Prophet˺ were in their midst. Nor would He ever punish them if they prayed for forgiveness.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:34

وَمَا

لَهُمۡ

أَلَّا

يُعَذِّبَهُمُ

ٱللَّهُ

وَهُمۡ

يَصُدُّونَ

عَنِ

ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ

ٱلۡحَرَامِ

وَمَا

كَانُوٓاْ

أَوۡلِيَآءَهُۥٓۚ

إِنۡ

أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ

إِلَّا

ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ

وَلَٰكِنَّ

أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

٣٤

And why should Allah not punish them while they hinder pilgrims from the Sacred Mosque, claiming to be its rightful guardians? None has the right to guardianship except those mindful ˹of Allah˺, but most pagans do not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:35

وَمَا

كَانَ

صَلَاتُهُمۡ

عِندَ

ٱلۡبَيۡتِ

إِلَّا

مُكَآءٗ

وَتَصۡدِيَةٗۚ

فَذُوقُواْ

ٱلۡعَذَابَ

بِمَا

كُنتُمۡ

تَكۡفُرُونَ

٣٥

Their prayer at the Sacred House was nothing but whistling and clapping. So taste the punishment for your disbelief.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:36

إِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

يُنفِقُونَ

أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ

لِيَصُدُّواْ

عَن

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِۚ

فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا

ثُمَّ

تَكُونُ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

حَسۡرَةٗ

ثُمَّ

يُغۡلَبُونَۗ

وَٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُوٓاْ

إِلَىٰ

جَهَنَّمَ

يُحۡشَرُونَ

٣٦

Surely the disbelievers spend their wealth to hinder others from the Path of Allah. They will continue to spend to the point of regret. Then they will be defeated and the disbelievers will be driven into Hell,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:37

لِيَمِيزَ

ٱللَّهُ

ٱلۡخَبِيثَ

مِنَ

ٱلطَّيِّبِ

وَيَجۡعَلَ

ٱلۡخَبِيثَ

بَعۡضَهُۥ

عَلَىٰ

بَعۡضٖ

فَيَرۡكُمَهُۥ

جَمِيعٗا

فَيَجۡعَلَهُۥ

فِي

جَهَنَّمَۚ

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

هُمُ

ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ

٣٧

so Allah may separate the evil from the good. He will pile up the evil ones all together and then cast them into Hell. They are the ˹true˺ losers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:38

قُل

لِّلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُوٓاْ

إِن

يَنتَهُواْ

يُغۡفَرۡ

لَهُم

مَّا

قَدۡ

سَلَفَ

وَإِن

يَعُودُواْ

فَقَدۡ

مَضَتۡ

سُنَّتُ

ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

٣٨

Tell the disbelievers that if they desist, their past will be forgiven. But if they persist, then they have an example in those destroyed before them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:39

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ

حَتَّىٰ

لَا

تَكُونَ

فِتۡنَةٞ

وَيَكُونَ

ٱلدِّينُ

كُلُّهُۥ

لِلَّهِۚ

فَإِنِ

ٱنتَهَوۡاْ

فَإِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

بِمَا

يَعۡمَلُونَ

بَصِيرٞ

٣٩

Fight against them until there is no more persecution—and ˹your˺ devotion will be entirely to Allah. But if they desist, then surely Allah is All-Seeing of what they do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

8:40