ثُمَّ
ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ
إِلَى
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَهِيَ
دُخَانٞ
فَقَالَ
لَهَا
وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ
ٱئۡتِيَا
طَوۡعًا
أَوۡ
كَرۡهٗا
قَالَتَآ
أَتَيۡنَا
طَآئِعِينَ
١١

Then He turned towards the heaven when it was ˹still like˺ smoke, saying to it and to the earth, ‘Submit, willingly or unwillingly.’ They both responded, ‘We submit willingly.’

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:12

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ

سَبۡعَ

سَمَٰوَاتٖ

فِي

يَوۡمَيۡنِ

وَأَوۡحَىٰ

فِي

كُلِّ

سَمَآءٍ

أَمۡرَهَاۚ

وَزَيَّنَّا

ٱلسَّمَآءَ

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

بِمَصَٰبِيحَ

وَحِفۡظٗاۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

تَقۡدِيرُ

ٱلۡعَزِيزِ

ٱلۡعَلِيمِ

١٢

So He formed the heaven into seven heavens in two Days, assigning to each its mandate. And We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps ˹for beauty˺ and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, All-Knowing.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:13

فَإِنۡ

أَعۡرَضُواْ

فَقُلۡ

أَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ

صَٰعِقَةٗ

مِّثۡلَ

صَٰعِقَةِ

عَادٖ

وَثَمُودَ

١٣

If they turn away, then say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I warn you of a ˹mighty˺ blast, like the one that befell ’Ȃd and Thamûd.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:14

إِذۡ

جَآءَتۡهُمُ

ٱلرُّسُلُ

مِنۢ

بَيۡنِ

أَيۡدِيهِمۡ

وَمِنۡ

خَلۡفِهِمۡ

أَلَّا

تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ

إِلَّا

ٱللَّهَۖ

قَالُواْ

لَوۡ

شَآءَ

رَبُّنَا

لَأَنزَلَ

مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ

فَإِنَّا

بِمَآ

أُرۡسِلۡتُم

بِهِۦ

كَٰفِرُونَ

١٤

The messengers had come to them from all angles, ˹proclaiming,˺ “Worship none but Allah.” They responded, “Had our Lord willed, He could have easily sent down angels ˹instead˺. So we totally reject what you have been sent with.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:15

فَأَمَّا

عَادٞ

فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

بِغَيۡرِ

ٱلۡحَقِّ

وَقَالُواْ

مَنۡ

أَشَدُّ

مِنَّا

قُوَّةًۖ

أَوَلَمۡ

يَرَوۡاْ

أَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

ٱلَّذِي

خَلَقَهُمۡ

هُوَ

أَشَدُّ

مِنۡهُمۡ

قُوَّةٗۖ

وَكَانُواْ

بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا

يَجۡحَدُونَ

١٥

As for ’Ȃd, they acted arrogantly throughout the land with no right, boasting, “Who is superior to us in might?” Did they not see that Allah ˹Himself˺, Who created them, was far superior to them in might? Still they persisted in denying Our signs.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:16

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

رِيحٗا

صَرۡصَرٗا

فِيٓ

أَيَّامٖ

نَّحِسَاتٖ

لِّنُذِيقَهُمۡ

عَذَابَ

ٱلۡخِزۡيِ

فِي

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ

وَلَعَذَابُ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

أَخۡزَىٰۖ

وَهُمۡ

لَا

يُنصَرُونَ

١٦

So We sent against them a furious wind,¹ for ˹several˺ miserable days, to make them taste a humiliating punishment in this worldly life. But far more humiliating will be the punishment of the Hereafter. And they will not be helped.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:17

وَأَمَّا

ثَمُودُ

فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ

فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ

ٱلۡعَمَىٰ

عَلَى

ٱلۡهُدَىٰ

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ

صَٰعِقَةُ

ٱلۡعَذَابِ

ٱلۡهُونِ

بِمَا

كَانُواْ

يَكۡسِبُونَ

١٧

As for Thamûd, We showed them guidance, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the blast of a disgracing punishment overtook them for what they used to commit.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

41:18