إِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

وَمَاتُواْ

وَهُمۡ

كُفَّارٌ

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

لَعۡنَةُ

ٱللَّهِ

وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ

وَٱلنَّاسِ

أَجۡمَعِينَ

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Surely those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers are condemned by Allah, the angels, and all of humanity.

They will be in Hell forever. Their punishment will not be lightened, nor will they be delayed ˹from it˺.

Your God is ˹only˺ One God. There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth; the alternation of the day and the night; the ships that sail the sea for the benefit of humanity; the rain sent down by Allah from the skies, reviving the earth after its death; the scattering of all kinds of creatures throughout; the shifting of the winds; and the clouds drifting between the heavens and the earth—˹in all of this˺ are surely signs for people of understanding.

Still there are some who take others as Allah’s equal—they love them as they should love Allah—but the ˹true˺ believers love Allah even more. If only the wrongdoers could see the ˹horrible˺ punishment ˹awaiting them˺, they would certainly realize that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is indeed severe in punishment.

˹Consider the Day˺ when those who misled others will disown their followers—when they face the torment—and the bonds that united them will be cut off.

The ˹misled˺ followers will cry, “If only we could have a second chance, we would disown them as they disowned us.” And so Allah will make them remorseful of their misdeeds. And they will never ˹be able to˺ leave the Fire.

O humanity! Eat from what is lawful and good on the earth and do not follow Satan’s footsteps. He is truly your sworn enemy.

He only incites you to commit evil and indecency, and to claim against Allah what you do not know.

When it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they reply, “No! We ˹only˺ follow what we found our forefathers practicing.” ˹Would they still do so,˺ even if their forefathers had ˹absolutely˺ no understanding or guidance?