Verses 216–227

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٢١٦﴾

26:216But if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ﴿٢١٧﴾

26:217And put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful,

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ﴿٢١٨﴾

26:218who sees you when you stand [for prayer],

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ﴿٢١٩﴾

26:219and your going about among those who prostrate.¹

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿٢٢٠﴾

26:220Indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ﴿٢٢١﴾

26:221Should I inform you on whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ﴿٢٢٢﴾

26:222They descend on every sinful liar.

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ﴿٢٢٣﴾

26:223They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ﴿٢٢٤﴾

26:224As for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ﴿٢٢٥﴾

26:225Have you not regarded that they rove in every valley,

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ﴿٢٢٦﴾

26:226and that they say what they do not do?

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ﴿٢٢٧﴾

26:227Barring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up.