إِنَّمَا
تُنذِرُ
مَنِ
ٱتَّبَعَ
ٱلذِّكۡرَ
وَخَشِيَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ
بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ
فَبَشِّرۡهُ
بِمَغۡفِرَةٖ
وَأَجۡرٖ
كَرِيمٍ
١١

You can only warn those who follow the Reminder¹ and are in awe of the Most Compassionate without seeing Him.² So give them good news of forgiveness and an honourable reward.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:12

إِنَّا

نَحۡنُ

نُحۡيِ

ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ

وَنَكۡتُبُ

مَا

قَدَّمُواْ

وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ

وَكُلَّ

شَيۡءٍ

أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ

فِيٓ

إِمَامٖ

مُّبِينٖ

١٢

It is certainly We Who resurrect the dead, and write what they send forth and what they leave behind. Everything is listed by Us in a perfect Record.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:13

وَٱضۡرِبۡ

لَهُم

مَّثَلًا

أَصۡحَٰبَ

ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ

إِذۡ

جَآءَهَا

ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

١٣

Give them an example ˹O Prophet˺ of the residents of a town, when the messengers came to them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:14

إِذۡ

أَرۡسَلۡنَآ

إِلَيۡهِمُ

ٱثۡنَيۡنِ

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا

فَعَزَّزۡنَا

بِثَالِثٖ

فَقَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّآ

إِلَيۡكُم

مُّرۡسَلُونَ

١٤

We sent them two messengers, but they rejected both. So We reinforced ˹the two˺ with a third, and they declared, “We have indeed been sent to you ˹as messengers˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:15

قَالُواْ

مَآ

أَنتُمۡ

إِلَّا

بَشَرٞ

مِّثۡلُنَا

وَمَآ

أَنزَلَ

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ

مِن

شَيۡءٍ

إِنۡ

أَنتُمۡ

إِلَّا

تَكۡذِبُونَ

١٥

The people replied, “You are only humans like us, and the Most Compassionate has not revealed anything. You are simply lying!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:16

قَالُواْ

رَبُّنَا

يَعۡلَمُ

إِنَّآ

إِلَيۡكُمۡ

لَمُرۡسَلُونَ

١٦

The messengers responded, “Our Lord knows that we have truly been sent to you.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:17

وَمَا

عَلَيۡنَآ

إِلَّا

ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ

ٱلۡمُبِينُ

١٧

And our duty is only to deliver ˹the message˺ clearly.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:18

قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّا

تَطَيَّرۡنَا

بِكُمۡۖ

لَئِن

لَّمۡ

تَنتَهُواْ

لَنَرۡجُمَنَّكُمۡ

وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم

مِّنَّا

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

١٨

The people replied, “We definitely see you as a bad omen for us. If you do not desist, we will certainly stone you ˹to death˺ and you will be touched with a painful punishment from us.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:19

قَالُواْ

طَٰٓئِرُكُم

مَّعَكُمۡ

أَئِن

ذُكِّرۡتُمۚ

بَلۡ

أَنتُمۡ

قَوۡمٞ

مُّسۡرِفُونَ

١٩

The messengers said, “Your bad omen lies within yourselves. Are you saying this because you are reminded ˹of the truth˺? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

36:20