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27:51

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ Fa o n th ur kayfa k a na AA a qibatu makrihim ann a dammarn a hum waqawmahum ajmaAAeen a

See then what the consequences of their plan were: We 'utterly' destroyed them and their people all together.

- Mustafa Khattab

Then see what was the end of their plot! this, that we destroyed them and their people all (of them).

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:52

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ Fatilka buyootuhum kh a wiyatan bim a th alamoo inna fee tha lika la a yatan liqawmin yaAAlamoon a

So their homes are there, 'but completely' ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

- Mustafa Khattab

Now such were their houses in utter ruin because they practiced wrongdoing Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:53

وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ Waanjayn a alla th eena a manoo wak a noo yattaqoon a

And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful 'of Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

And We saved those who believed and practiced righteousness.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:54

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ Waloo t an i th q a la liqawmihi atatoona alf ah ishata waantum tub s iroon a

And 'remember' Lot, when he rebuked 'the men of' his people, 'Do you commit that shameful deed while you can see 'one another'?

- Mustafa Khattab

We also sent Lut (as an apostle): behold he said to his people "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)? ³²⁸⁹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:55

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ Ainnakum latatoona a l rrij a la shahwatan min dooni a l nnis a i bal antum qawmun tajhaloon a

Do you really lust after men instead of women? In fact, you are 'only' a people acting ignorantly.'

- Mustafa Khattab

"Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!" ³²⁹⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:56

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ Fam a k a na jaw a ba qawmihi ill a an q a loo akhrijoo a la loo t in min qaryatikum innahum on a sun yata t ahharoon a

But his people's only response was to say, 'Expel Lot's followers from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!'

- Mustafa Khattab

But his people gave no other answer but this: they said "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" ³²⁹¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:57

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَـٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ Faanjayn a hu waahlahu ill a imraatahu qaddarn a h a mina algh a bireen a

So We delivered him and his family, except his wife. We had destined her to be one of the doomed.

- Mustafa Khattab

But We saved him and his family except his wife: her We destined to be of those who lagged behind.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:58

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ Waam t arn a AAalayhim ma t aran fas a a ma t aru almun th areen a

And We poured upon them a rain 'of brimstone'. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

- Mustafa Khattab

And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:59

قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ Quli al h amdu lill a hi wasal a mun AAal a AAib a dihi alla th eena i st af a a ll a hu khayrun amm a yushrikoon a

Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Praise be to Allah, and peace be upon the servants He has chosen.' 'Ask the disbelievers,' 'Which is better: Allah or whatever 'gods' they associate 'with Him'?'

- Mustafa Khattab

Say: Praise be to Allah and Peace on His servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better? Allah or the false gods they associate with Him? ³²⁹²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:60

أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ Amman khalaqa a l ssam a w a ti wa a lar d a waanzala lakum mina a l ssam a i m a an faanbatn a bihi h ad a iqa tha ta bahjatin m a k a na lakum an tunbitoo shajarah a ail a hun maAAa All a hi bal hum qawmun yaAAdiloon a

Or 'ask them,' 'Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down rain for you from the sky, by which We cause delightful gardens to grow? You could never cause their trees to grow. Was it another god besides Allah?' Absolutely not! But they are a people who set up equals 'to Allah'!

- Mustafa Khattab

Or who has created the heaven and the earth and who sends you down rain from the sky? Yea with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty and delight: it is not in your power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay they are a people who swerve from justice. ³²⁹³ ³²⁹⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:61

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَـٰلَهَآ أَنْهَـٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Amman jaAAala alar d a qar a ran wajaAAala khil a lah a anh a ran wajaAAala lah a raw a siya wajaAAala bayna alba h rayni ha jizan ail a hun maAAa All a hi bal aktharuhum l a yaAAlamoon a

Or 'ask them,' 'Who made the earth a place of settlement, caused rivers to flow through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and set a barrier between 'fresh and salt' bodies of water?¹ Was it another god besides Allah?' Absolutely not! But most of them do not know.

- Mustafa Khattab

Or who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay most of them know not. ³²⁹⁵ ³²⁹⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:62

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ Amman yujeebu almu dt arra i tha daAA a hu wayakshifu a l ssooa wayajAAalukum khulaf a a alar d i ail a hun maAAa All a hi qaleelan m a ta th akkaroon a

Or 'ask them,' 'Who responds to the distressed when they cry to Him, relieving 'their' affliction, and 'Who' makes you successors in the earth? Is it another god besides Allah? Yet you are hardly mindful!'

- Mustafa Khattab

Or who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him and who relieves its suffering and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed! ³²⁹⁷ ³²⁹⁸

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:63

أَمَّن يَهْدِيكُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَن يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ تَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ Amman yahdeekum fee th ulum a ti albarri wa a lba h ri waman yursilu a l rriy ah a bushran bayna yaday ra h matihi ail a hun maAAa All a hi taAA a l a All a hu AAamm a yushrikoon a

Or 'ask them,' 'Who guides you in the darkness of the land and sea,¹ and sends the winds ushering in His mercy?² Is it another god besides Allah? Exalted is Allah above what they associate 'with Him'!

- Mustafa Khattab

Or who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea and who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings going before His mercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? high is Allah above what they associate with Him! ³²⁹⁹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:64

أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ Amman yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu waman yarzuqukum mina a l ssam a i wa a lar d i ail a hun maAAa All a hi qul h a too burh a nakum in kuntum sa diqeen a

Or 'ask them,' 'Who originates the creation then resurrects it, and gives you provisions from the heavens and the earth? Is it another god besides Allah?' Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Show 'me' your proof, if what you say is true.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Or who originates Creation then repeats it and who gives you sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Say "Bring forth your argument if ye are telling the truth!" ³³⁰⁰ ³³⁰¹ ³³⁰²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:65

قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ Qul l a yaAAlamu man fee a l ssam a w a ti wa a lar d i alghayba ill a All a hu wam a yashAAuroona ayy a na yubAAathoon a

Surah 27. An-Naml

Qur'an

Translation

Your search did not yield any results.

Behold, then, what all their scheming came to in the end: We utterly destroyed them and their people, all of them;

- Mohammad Asad

Just see what was the outcome of their plot! We annihilated them completely, together with all their people.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

See then what the consequences of their plan were: We 'utterly' destroyed them and their people all together.

- Mustafa Khattab

Then see the nature of the consequence of their plotting, for lo! We destroyed them and their people, every one.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Then see what was the end of their plot! this, that we destroyed them and their people all (of them).

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

and [now] those dwellings of theirs are empty, [ruined] as an outcome of their evil deeds. In this, behold, there is a message indeed for peo-ple of [innate] knowledge -

- Mohammad Asad

There lies their houses in desolate ruins as a result of their wrongdoings. Verily in this story there is a lesson for those people who use their common sense.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

So their homes are there, 'but completely' ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

- Mustafa Khattab

See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Now such were their houses in utter ruin because they practiced wrongdoing Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

seeing that We saved those who had attained to faith and were conscious of Us.

- Mohammad Asad

Yet We delivered the true believers who were righteous.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful 'of Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

And we saved those who believed and used to ward off (evil).

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And We saved those who believed and practiced righteousness.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

AND [thus, too, did We save] Lot, when he said unto his people:49 "Would you commit this abomination with your eyes open [to its being against all nature50 ]?

- Mohammad Asad

Also mention to them of Lut (Lot), when he said to his people: "Do you commit indecency though you see its iniquity?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And 'remember' Lot, when he rebuked 'the men of' his people, 'Do you commit that shameful deed while you can see 'one another'?

- Mustafa Khattab

And Lot! when he said unto his folk: will ye commit abomination knowingly?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

We also sent Lut (as an apostle): behold he said to his people "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)? 3289

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Must you really approach men with lust instead of women? Nay, but you are people without any awareness [of right and wrong]!"

- Mohammad Asad

Do you approach men for your sexual desires instead women? The fact is that you are a people steeped in ignorance."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Do you really lust after men instead of women? In fact, you are 'only' a people acting ignorantly.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!" 3290

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But his people's only answer was this: "Expel [Lot and] Lot's followers from your township! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!"51

- Mohammad Asad

But his people gave no answer except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lut from your city: they pose to be very pious."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

But his people's only response was to say, 'Expel Lot's followers from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!'

- Mustafa Khattab

But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said: Expel the household of Lot from your township, for they (forsooth) are folk who would keep clean!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But his people gave no other answer but this: they said "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" 3291

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Thereupon We saved him and his household - all but his wife, whom We willed to be among those that stayed behind52 -

- Mohammad Asad

So, We delivered him and his family except his wife - about whom We had decreed that she shall be of those who will remain behind

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

So We delivered him and his family, except his wife. We had destined her to be one of the doomed.

- Mustafa Khattab

Then we saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But We saved him and his family except his wife: her We destined to be of those who lagged behind.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

the while We rained a rain [of destruction] upon the others: and dire is such rain unon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!53

- Mohammad Asad

- and We rained down on them a shower of brimstones, and evil was the rain which fell on those who were forewarned.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And We poured upon them a rain 'of brimstone'. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

- Mustafa Khattab

AND [thus, too, did We save] Lot, when he said unto his people:⁴⁹ "Would you commit this abomination with your eyes open [to its being against all nature⁵⁰ ]?

We also sent Lut (as an apostle): behold he said to his people "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)? ³²⁸⁹

"Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!" ³²⁹⁰

But his people's only answer was this: "Expel [Lot and] Lot's followers from your township! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!"⁵¹

But his people gave no other answer but this: they said "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" ³²⁹¹

Thereupon We saved him and his household - all but his wife, whom We willed to be among those that stayed behind⁵² -

the while We rained a rain [of destruction] upon the others: and dire is such rain unon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!⁵³

SAY: "All praise is due to God, and peace be upon those servants of His whom He chose [to be His message-bearers]!" Is not God far better than anything to which men [falsely] ascribe a share in His divinity?⁵⁴

Say: Praise be to Allah and Peace on His servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better? Allah or the false gods they associate with Him? ³²⁹²

Or 'ask them,' 'Who made the earth a place of settlement, caused rivers to flow through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and set a barrier between 'fresh and salt' bodies of water?¹ Was it another god besides Allah?' Absolutely not! But most of them do not know.

Or who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay most of them know not. ³²⁹⁵ ³²⁹⁶

Nay - who is it that responds to the distressed when he calls out to Him, and who removes the ill [that caused the distress], and has made you inherit the earth?⁵⁷ Could there be any divine power besides God? How seldom do you keep this in mind!

Or who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him and who relieves its suffering and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed! ³²⁹⁷ ³²⁹⁸

Nay - who is it that guides you in the midst of the deep darkness of land and sea,⁵⁸ and sends forth the winds as a glad tiding of His coming grace?⁵⁹ Could there be any divine power besides God? Sublimely exalted is God above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

Or 'ask them,' 'Who guides you in the darkness of the land and sea,¹ and sends the winds ushering in His mercy?² Is it another god besides Allah? Exalted is Allah above what they associate 'with Him'!

Or who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea and who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings going before His mercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? high is Allah above what they associate with Him! ³²⁹⁹

Or who originates Creation then repeats it and who gives you sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Say "Bring forth your argument if ye are telling the truth!" ³³⁰⁰ ³³⁰¹ ³³⁰²

Say: "None in the heavens or on earth knows the hidden reality [of anything that exists: none knows it] save God."⁶³ And neither can they [who are living] perceive when they shall be raised from the dead: