وَقَالُواْ
لَوۡلَا
نُزِّلَ
هَٰذَا
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ
عَلَىٰ
رَجُلٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ
عَظِيمٍ
٣١

And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:32

أَهُمۡ

يَقۡسِمُونَ

رَحۡمَتَ

رَبِّكَۚ

نَحۡنُ

قَسَمۡنَا

بَيۡنَهُم

مَّعِيشَتَهُمۡ

فِي

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ

وَرَفَعۡنَا

بَعۡضَهُمۡ

فَوۡقَ

بَعۡضٖ

دَرَجَٰتٖ

لِّيَتَّخِذَ

بَعۡضُهُم

بَعۡضٗا

سُخۡرِيّٗاۗ

وَرَحۡمَتُ

رَبِّكَ

خَيۡرٞ

مِّمَّا

يَجۡمَعُونَ

٣٢

Is it they who distribute your Lord’s mercy? We ˹alone˺ have distributed their ˹very˺ livelihood among them in this worldly life and raised some of them in rank above others so that some may employ others in service. ˹But˺ your Lord’s mercy is far better than whatever ˹wealth˺ they amass.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:33

وَلَوۡلَآ

أَن

يَكُونَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

أُمَّةٗ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

لَّجَعَلۡنَا

لِمَن

يَكۡفُرُ

بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ

لِبُيُوتِهِمۡ

سُقُفٗا

مِّن

فِضَّةٖ

وَمَعَارِجَ

عَلَيۡهَا

يَظۡهَرُونَ

٣٣

Were it not that people might ˹be tempted to˺ become one community ˹of disbelievers˺, We would have supplied the homes of ˹only˺ those who disbelieve in the Most Compassionate with silver roofs and ˹silver˺ stairways to ascend,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:34

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمۡ

أَبۡوَٰبٗا

وَسُرُرًا

عَلَيۡهَا

يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

٣٤

as well as ˹silver˺ gates and thrones to recline on,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:35

وَزُخۡرُفٗاۚ

وَإِن

كُلُّ

ذَٰلِكَ

لَمَّا

مَتَٰعُ

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ

عِندَ

رَبِّكَ

لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ

٣٥

and ornaments ˹of gold˺. Yet all this is no more than a ˹fleeting˺ enjoyment in this worldly life. ˹But˺ the Hereafter with your Lord is ˹only˺ for those mindful ˹of Him˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:36

وَمَن

يَعۡشُ

عَن

ذِكۡرِ

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ

نُقَيِّضۡ

لَهُۥ

شَيۡطَٰنٗا

فَهُوَ

لَهُۥ

قَرِينٞ

٣٦

And whoever turns a blind eye to the Reminder of the Most Compassionate, We place at the disposal of each a devilish one as their close associate,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:37

وَإِنَّهُمۡ

لَيَصُدُّونَهُمۡ

عَنِ

ٱلسَّبِيلِ

وَيَحۡسَبُونَ

أَنَّهُم

مُّهۡتَدُونَ

٣٧

who will certainly hinder them from the ˹Right˺ Way while they think they are ˹rightly˺ guided.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:38

حَتَّىٰٓ

إِذَا

جَآءَنَا

قَالَ

يَٰلَيۡتَ

بَيۡنِي

وَبَيۡنَكَ

بُعۡدَ

ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ

فَبِئۡسَ

ٱلۡقَرِينُ

٣٨

But when such a person comes to Us, one will say ˹to their associate˺, “I wish you were as distant from me as the east is from the west! What an evil associate ˹you were˺!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

43:39