أَمۡوَٰتٌ
غَيۡرُ
أَحۡيَآءٖۖ
وَمَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
أَيَّانَ
يُبۡعَثُونَ
٢١

They are dead, not alive—not even knowing when their followers will be resurrected.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:22

إِلَٰهُكُمۡ

إِلَٰهٞ

وَٰحِدٞۚ

فَٱلَّذِينَ

لَا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

قُلُوبُهُم

مُّنكِرَةٞ

وَهُم

مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ

٢٢

Your God is ˹only˺ One God. As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial, and they are too proud.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:23

لَا

جَرَمَ

أَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

يَعۡلَمُ

مَا

يُسِرُّونَ

وَمَا

يُعۡلِنُونَۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

لَا

يُحِبُّ

ٱلۡمُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ

٢٣

Without a doubt, Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He certainly does not like those who are too proud.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:24

وَإِذَا

قِيلَ

لَهُم

مَّاذَآ

أَنزَلَ

رَبُّكُمۡ

قَالُوٓاْ

أَسَٰطِيرُ

ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

٢٤

And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord revealed?” They say, “Ancient fables!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:25

لِيَحۡمِلُوٓاْ

أَوۡزَارَهُمۡ

كَامِلَةٗ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

وَمِنۡ

أَوۡزَارِ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يُضِلُّونَهُم

بِغَيۡرِ

عِلۡمٍۗ

أَلَا

سَآءَ

مَا

يَزِرُونَ

٢٥

Let them bear their burdens in full on the Day of Judgment as well as some of the burdens of those they mislead without knowledge. Evil indeed is what they will bear!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:26

قَدۡ

مَكَرَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

مِن

قَبۡلِهِمۡ

فَأَتَى

ٱللَّهُ

بُنۡيَٰنَهُم

مِّنَ

ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ

فَخَرَّ

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلسَّقۡفُ

مِن

فَوۡقِهِمۡ

وَأَتَىٰهُمُ

ٱلۡعَذَابُ

مِنۡ

حَيۡثُ

لَا

يَشۡعُرُونَ

٢٦

Indeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:27

ثُمَّ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

يُخۡزِيهِمۡ

وَيَقُولُ

أَيۡنَ

شُرَكَآءِيَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كُنتُمۡ

تُشَٰٓقُّونَ

فِيهِمۡۚ

قَالَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

أُوتُواْ

ٱلۡعِلۡمَ

إِنَّ

ٱلۡخِزۡيَ

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ

وَٱلسُّوٓءَ

عَلَى

ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

٢٧

Then on the Day of Judgment He will humiliate them and say, “Where are My ˹so-called˺ associate-gods for whose sake you used to oppose ˹the believers˺?” Those gifted with knowledge will say, “Surely disgrace and misery today are upon the disbelievers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:28

ٱلَّذِينَ

تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ

ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ

ظَالِمِيٓ

أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ

فَأَلۡقَوُاْ

ٱلسَّلَمَ

مَا

كُنَّا

نَعۡمَلُ

مِن

سُوٓءِۭۚ

بَلَىٰٓۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

عَلِيمُۢ

بِمَا

كُنتُمۡ

تَعۡمَلُونَ

٢٨

Those whose souls the angels seize while they wrong themselves will then offer ˹full˺ submission ˹and say falsely,˺ “We did not do any evil.” ˹The angels will say,˺ “No! Surely Allah fully knows what you used to do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:29

فَٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ

أَبۡوَٰبَ

جَهَنَّمَ

خَٰلِدِينَ

فِيهَاۖ

فَلَبِئۡسَ

مَثۡوَى

ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

٢٩

So enter the gates of Hell, to stay there forever. Indeed, what an evil home for the arrogant!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:30

۞ وَقِيلَ

لِلَّذِينَ

ٱتَّقَوۡاْ

مَاذَآ

أَنزَلَ

رَبُّكُمۡۚ

قَالُواْ

خَيۡرٗاۗ

لِّلَّذِينَ

أَحۡسَنُواْ

فِي

هَٰذِهِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

حَسَنَةٞۚ

وَلَدَارُ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

خَيۡرٞۚ

وَلَنِعۡمَ

دَارُ

ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

٣٠

And ˹when˺ it is said to those mindful ˹of Allah˺, “What has your Lord revealed?” They say, “All the best!” For those who do good in this world, there is goodness. But far better is the ˹eternal˺ Home of the Hereafter. How excellent indeed is the home of the righteous:

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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