Verses 118–142

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١١٨﴾

26:118So judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ﴿١١٩﴾

26:119Thereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark.¹

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ﴿١٢٠﴾

26:120Then We drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٢١﴾

26:121There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٢٢﴾

26:122Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٢٣﴾

26:123[The people of] ‘Ad impugned the apostles,

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٢٤﴾

26:124when Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ﴿١٢٥﴾

26:125Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٢٦﴾

26:126So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٢٧﴾

26:127I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ﴿١٢٨﴾

26:128Do you build futile a sign on every prominence?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ﴿١٢٩﴾

26:129You set up structures as if you will be immortal,

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ﴿١٣٠﴾

26:130and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants.²

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٣١﴾

26:131So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٣٢﴾

26:132Be wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ﴿١٣٣﴾

26:133and aided you with sons and with cattle,

وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ﴿١٣٤﴾

26:134gardens and springs.

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ﴿١٣٥﴾

26:135Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ﴿١٣٦﴾

26:136They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not.

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٣٧﴾

26:137These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿١٣٨﴾

26:138and we will not be punished.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٣٩﴾

26:139So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٤٠﴾

26:140Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.³

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٤١﴾

26:141[The people of] Thamud impugned the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٤٢﴾

26:142when Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?