وَلَقَدِ
ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ
بِرُسُلٖ
مِّن
قَبۡلِكَ
فَحَاقَ
بِٱلَّذِينَ
سَخِرُواْ
مِنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
بِهِۦ
يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
٤١

˹Other˺ messengers had already been ridiculed before you ˹O Prophet˺, but those who mocked them were overtaken by what they used to ridicule.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:42

قُلۡ

مَن

يَكۡلَؤُكُم

بِٱلَّيۡلِ

وَٱلنَّهَارِ

مِنَ

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ

بَلۡ

هُمۡ

عَن

ذِكۡرِ

رَبِّهِم

مُّعۡرِضُونَ

٤٢

Ask ˹them, O Prophet,˺ “Who can defend you by day or by night against the Most Compassionate?” Still they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:43

أَمۡ

لَهُمۡ

ءَالِهَةٞ

تَمۡنَعُهُم

مِّن

دُونِنَاۚ

لَا

يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ

نَصۡرَ

أَنفُسِهِمۡ

وَلَا

هُم

مِّنَّا

يُصۡحَبُونَ

٤٣

Or do they have gods—other than Us—that can protect them? They cannot ˹even˺ protect themselves, nor will they be aided against Us.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:44

بَلۡ

مَتَّعۡنَا

هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ

وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ

حَتَّىٰ

طَالَ

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ

أَفَلَا

يَرَوۡنَ

أَنَّا

نَأۡتِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

نَنقُصُهَا

مِنۡ

أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ

أَفَهُمُ

ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ

٤٤

In fact, We have allowed enjoyment for these ˹Meccans˺ and their forefathers for such a long time ˹that they took it for granted˺. Do they not see that We gradually reduce ˹their˺ land from its borders? Is it they who will then prevail?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:45

قُلۡ

إِنَّمَآ

أُنذِرُكُم

بِٱلۡوَحۡيِۚ

وَلَا

يَسۡمَعُ

ٱلصُّمُّ

ٱلدُّعَآءَ

إِذَا

مَا

يُنذَرُونَ

٤٥

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I warn you only by revelation.” But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are warned!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:46

وَلَئِن

مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ

نَفۡحَةٞ

مِّنۡ

عَذَابِ

رَبِّكَ

لَيَقُولُنَّ

يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ

إِنَّا

كُنَّا

ظَٰلِمِينَ

٤٦

If they were touched by even a breath of your Lord’s torment, they would certainly cry, “Woe to us! We have really been wrongdoers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:47

وَنَضَعُ

ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ

ٱلۡقِسۡطَ

لِيَوۡمِ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

فَلَا

تُظۡلَمُ

نَفۡسٞ

شَيۡـٔٗاۖ

وَإِن

كَانَ

مِثۡقَالَ

حَبَّةٖ

مِّنۡ

خَرۡدَلٍ

أَتَيۡنَا

بِهَاۗ

وَكَفَىٰ

بِنَا

حَٰسِبِينَ

٤٧

We set up the scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so no soul will be wronged in the least. And ˹even˺ if a deed is the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as a ˹vigilant˺ Reckoner.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:48