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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

Say, 'O Prophet,' 'None in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unseen except Allah. Nor do they know when they will be resurrected.

- Mustafa Khattab

Say: None in the heavens or on earth except Allah knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment). ³³⁰³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:66

بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ Bali idd a raka AAilmuhum fee al a khirati bal hum fee shakkin minh a bal hum minh a AAamoon a

No! Their knowledge of the Hereafter amounts to ignorance. In fact, they are in doubt about it. In truth, they are 'totally' blind to it.

- Mustafa Khattab

Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: nay they are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay they are blind thereunto! ³³⁰⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:67

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ Waq a la alla th eena kafaroo ai tha kunn a tur a ban wa a b a on a ainn a lamukhrajoon a

The disbelievers ask, 'When we and our fathers are reduced to dust, will we really be brought forth 'alive'?

- Mustafa Khattab

The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust we and our fathers--shall we really be raised (from the dead)?

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:68

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ Laqad wuAAidn a h atha na h nu wa a b a on a min qablu in h atha ill a as at eeru alawwaleen a

We have already been promised this, as well as our forefathers earlier. This is nothing but ancient fables!'

- Mustafa Khattab

"It is true we were promised this we and our fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:69

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ Qul seeroo fee alar d i fa o n th uroo kayfa k a na AA a qibatu almujrimeen a

Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Travel throughout the land and see the fate of the wicked.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty (of sin)." ³³⁰⁵

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

27:70

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ Wal a ta h zan AAalayhim wal a takun fee d ayqin mimm a yamkuroon a

Surah 27. An-Naml

Qur'an

Translation

Your search did not yield any results.

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 We rained a rain upon them. Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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

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

- Mohammad Asad

Say: "Praise be to Allah and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen to deliver His message. Ask them: " Who is better? Allah or the deities they associate with Him?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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 (O Muhammad): Praise be to Allah, and peace be on His slaves whom He hath chosen! Is Allah best, or (all) that ye ascribe as partners (unto Him)?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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

- Mohammad Asad

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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

Is not He (best) who created the heavens and the earth, and sendeth down for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to spring forth joyous orchards, whose trees it never hath been yours to cause to grow. Is there any God beside Allah? Nay, but they are folk who ascribe equals (unto Him)!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

- Mohammad Asad

Just think who has made the earth a place for your residence, caused in it the rivers to flow, set mountains upon it and placed a barrier between the two seas? Is there another god besides Allah? Nay, most of them have no knowledge.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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

Is not He (best) Who made the earth a fixed abode, and placed rivers in the folds thereof, and placed firm hills therein, and hath set a barrier between the two seas? Is there any God beside Allah? Nay, but most of them know not!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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

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!

- Mohammad Asad

Just think who answers the oppressed person when he cries out to Him and relieves his affliction, and makes you, O mankind, inheritors of the earth? Is there another god besides Allah? How little do you reflect!

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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

Is not He (best) who answereth the wronged one when he crieth unto Him and removeth the evil, and hath made you viceroys of the earth? Is there any God beside Allah? Little do they reflect!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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

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!

- Mohammad Asad

Just think who guides you in darkness on the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as heralds of good news of His mercy? Is there another god besides Allah? Exalted be Allah above what they associate with Him!

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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

Is not He (best) Who guideth you in the darkness of the land and the sea, He Who sendeth the winds as heralds of His mercy? Is there any God beside Allah? High exalted be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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

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:

Say: None in the heavens or on earth except Allah knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment). ³³⁰³

nay, their knowledge of the life to come stops short of the truth:⁶⁴ nay, they are [often] in doubt as to its reality: nay, they are blind to it.⁶⁵

Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: nay they are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay they are blind thereunto! ³³⁰⁴

Say: "Go all over the earth and behold what happened in the end to those [who were thus] lost in sin!"⁶⁶

Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty (of sin)." ³³⁰⁵

But do not grieve over them, and neither be distressed by the false arguments which they devise [against God's messages].⁶⁷