Verses 59–74

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ﴿٥٩﴾

23:59and do not ascribe partners to their Lord;

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَوا۟ وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ رَٰجِعُونَ﴿٦٠﴾

23:60who give whatever they give while their hearts tremble with awe that they are going to return to their Lord¹

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَٰبِقُونَ﴿٦١﴾

23:61—it is they who are zealous in [performing] good works and take the lead in them.

وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۖ وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَٰبٌۭ يَنطِقُ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ﴿٦٢﴾

23:62We task no soul except according to its capacity, and with Us is a book that speaks the truth, and they will not be wronged.²

بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلٌۭ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ﴿٦٣﴾

23:63Indeed, their hearts are in a stupor in regard to this, and there are other deeds besides which they perpetrate.

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ﴿٦٤﴾

23:64When We seize their affluent ones with punishment, behold, they make entreaties [to Us].

لَا تَجْـَٔرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ﴿٦٥﴾

23:65‘Do not make entreaties today! Indeed, you will not receive any help from Us.

قَدْ كَانَتْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ تَنكِصُونَ﴿٦٦﴾

23:66Certainly My signs used to be recited to you, but you used to take to your heels,

مُسْتَكْبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَٰمِرًۭا تَهْجُرُونَ﴿٦٧﴾

23:67being disdainful of it, talking nonsense in your nightly sessions.’

أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا۟ ٱلْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمْ يَأْتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٦٨﴾

23:68Have they not contemplated the Discourse, or has anything come to them [in it] that did not come to their forefathers?

أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ﴿٦٩﴾

23:69Is it that they do not recognize their apostle, and so they deny him?

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ ۚ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ﴿٧٠﴾

23:70Do they say, ‘There is madness in him’? No, he has brought them the truth, and most of them are averse to the truth.

وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ﴿٧١﴾

23:71Had the truth followed their desires, the heavens and the earth would have surely fallen apart [along] with those who are in them. Indeed, We have brought them their Reminder, but they are disregardful of their Reminder.

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًۭا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌۭ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿٧٢﴾

23:72Do you ask a recompense from them? Your Lord’s recompense is better, and He is the best of providers.³

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ﴿٧٣﴾

23:73Indeed you invite them to a straight path,

وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ﴿٧٤﴾

23:74and those who do not believe in the Hereafter surely deviate from the path.