وَٱذْكُرْ
And mention
أَخَا
(the) brother
عَادٍ
(of) Aad,
إِذْ
when
أَنذَرَ
he warned
قَوْمَهُۥ
his people
بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ
in the Al-Ahqaf -
وَقَدْ
and had already passed away *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
خَلَتِ
and had already passed away *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
ٱلنُّذُرُ
[the] warners
مِنۢ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَيْنِ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] يَدَيْهِ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] وَمِنْ and after him, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] خَلْفِهِۦٓ and after him, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] أَلَّا "That not تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ you worship إِلَّا except ٱللَّهَ Allah. إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَخَافُ [I] fear عَلَيْكُمْ for you
عَذَابَ a punishment يَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِيمٍ Great." قَالُوٓا۟ They said, أَجِئْتَنَا "Have you come to us لِتَأْفِكَنَا to turn us away عَنْ from ءَالِهَتِنَا our gods? فَأْتِنَا Then bring us
بِمَا what تَعِدُنَآ you threaten us, إِن if كُنتَ you are مِنَ of ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ the truthful." قَالَ He said, إِنَّمَا "Only ٱلْعِلْمُ the knowledge عِندَ (is) with Allah *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ (is) with Allah *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
وَأُبَلِّغُكُم and I convey to you مَّآ what أُرْسِلْتُ I am sent بِهِۦ with it, وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ but أَرَىٰكُمْ I see you قَوْمًا a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant." فَلَمَّا Then when
رَأَوْهُ they saw it عَارِضًا (as) a cloud مُّسْتَقْبِلَ approaching أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ their valleys, قَالُوا۟ they said, هَٰذَا "This عَارِضٌ (is) a cloud مُّمْطِرُنَا bringing us rain."
بَلْ Nay, هُوَ it مَا (is) what ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم you were asking it to be hastened, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بِهِۦ you were asking it to be hastened, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] رِيحٌ a wind فِيهَا in it عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment أَلِيمٌ painful, تُدَمِّرُ Destroying كُلَّ every
شَىْءٍۭ thing بِأَمْرِ by (the) command رَبِّهَا (of) its Lord. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ Then they became (such), لَا not يُرَىٰٓ is seen إِلَّا except مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ their dwellings. كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَجْزِى We recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَ the people ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ [the] criminals. وَلَقَدْ And certainly, مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ We had established them فِيمَآ in what إِن not مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ We have established you فِيهِ in it,
وَجَعَلْنَا and We made لَهُمْ for them سَمْعًا hearing وَأَبْصَٰرًا and vision وَأَفْـِٔدَةً and hearts. فَمَآ But not أَغْنَىٰ availed عَنْهُمْ them سَمْعُهُمْ their hearing
وَلَآ and not أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ their vision وَلَآ and not أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم their hearts مِّن any شَىْءٍ thing, إِذْ when كَانُوا۟ they were يَجْحَدُونَ rejecting بِـَٔايَٰتِ (the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَحَاقَ and enveloped بِهِم them مَّا what كَانُوا۟ they used to بِهِۦ [at it] يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ridicule. وَلَقَدْ And certainly أَهْلَكْنَا We destroyed
مَا what حَوْلَكُم surrounds you مِّنَ of ٱلْقُرَىٰ the towns, وَصَرَّفْنَا and We have diversified ٱلْءَايَٰتِ the Signs, لَعَلَّهُمْ that they may يَرْجِعُونَ return.
فَلَوْلَا Then why (did) not نَصَرَهُمُ help them ٱلَّذِينَ those whom ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ they had taken مِن besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] دُونِ besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ Allah قُرْبَانًا gods as a way of approach? *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ءَالِهَةًۢ gods as a way of approach? *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
بَلْ Nay, ضَلُّوا۟ they were lost عَنْهُمْ from them. وَذَٰلِكَ And that إِفْكُهُمْ (was) their falsehood وَمَا and what كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْتَرُونَ inventing.
مِنۢ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَيْنِ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] يَدَيْهِ before him *[meaning includes next or prev. word] وَمِنْ and after him, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] خَلْفِهِۦٓ and after him, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] أَلَّا "That not تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ you worship إِلَّا except ٱللَّهَ Allah. إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَخَافُ [I] fear عَلَيْكُمْ for you
عَذَابَ a punishment يَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِيمٍ Great." قَالُوٓا۟ They said, أَجِئْتَنَا "Have you come to us لِتَأْفِكَنَا to turn us away عَنْ from ءَالِهَتِنَا our gods? فَأْتِنَا Then bring us
بِمَا what تَعِدُنَآ you threaten us, إِن if كُنتَ you are مِنَ of ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ the truthful." قَالَ He said, إِنَّمَا "Only ٱلْعِلْمُ the knowledge عِندَ (is) with Allah *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ (is) with Allah *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
وَأُبَلِّغُكُم and I convey to you مَّآ what أُرْسِلْتُ I am sent بِهِۦ with it, وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ but أَرَىٰكُمْ I see you قَوْمًا a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant." فَلَمَّا Then when
رَأَوْهُ they saw it عَارِضًا (as) a cloud مُّسْتَقْبِلَ approaching أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ their valleys, قَالُوا۟ they said, هَٰذَا "This عَارِضٌ (is) a cloud مُّمْطِرُنَا bringing us rain."
بَلْ Nay, هُوَ it مَا (is) what ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم you were asking it to be hastened, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بِهِۦ you were asking it to be hastened, *[meaning includes next or prev. word] رِيحٌ a wind فِيهَا in it عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment أَلِيمٌ painful, تُدَمِّرُ Destroying كُلَّ every
شَىْءٍۭ thing بِأَمْرِ by (the) command رَبِّهَا (of) its Lord. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ Then they became (such), لَا not يُرَىٰٓ is seen إِلَّا except مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ their dwellings. كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَجْزِى We recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَ the people ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ [the] criminals. وَلَقَدْ And certainly, مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ We had established them فِيمَآ in what إِن not مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ We have established you فِيهِ in it,
وَجَعَلْنَا and We made لَهُمْ for them سَمْعًا hearing وَأَبْصَٰرًا and vision وَأَفْـِٔدَةً and hearts. فَمَآ But not أَغْنَىٰ availed عَنْهُمْ them سَمْعُهُمْ their hearing
وَلَآ and not أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ their vision وَلَآ and not أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم their hearts مِّن any شَىْءٍ thing, إِذْ when كَانُوا۟ they were يَجْحَدُونَ rejecting بِـَٔايَٰتِ (the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَحَاقَ and enveloped بِهِم them مَّا what كَانُوا۟ they used to بِهِۦ [at it] يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ridicule. وَلَقَدْ And certainly أَهْلَكْنَا We destroyed
مَا what حَوْلَكُم surrounds you مِّنَ of ٱلْقُرَىٰ the towns, وَصَرَّفْنَا and We have diversified ٱلْءَايَٰتِ the Signs, لَعَلَّهُمْ that they may يَرْجِعُونَ return.
فَلَوْلَا Then why (did) not نَصَرَهُمُ help them ٱلَّذِينَ those whom ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ they had taken مِن besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] دُونِ besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ Allah قُرْبَانًا gods as a way of approach? *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ءَالِهَةًۢ gods as a way of approach? *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
بَلْ Nay, ضَلُّوا۟ they were lost عَنْهُمْ from them. وَذَٰلِكَ And that إِفْكُهُمْ (was) their falsehood وَمَا and what كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْتَرُونَ inventing.