Verses 134–160

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿١٣٤﴾

37:134When We delivered him and all his family,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ﴿١٣٥﴾

37:135excepting an old woman among those who remained behind,

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ﴿١٣٦﴾

37:136We destroyed the rest.

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ﴿١٣٧﴾

37:137Indeed you pass by them at dawn¹

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ﴿١٣٨﴾

37:138and at night. Do you not exercise your reason?

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٣٩﴾

37:139Indeed Jonah was one of the apostles.²

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ﴿١٤٠﴾

37:140When he absconded toward the laden ship,

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ﴿١٤١﴾

37:141he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard].

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ﴿١٤٢﴾

37:142Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ﴿١٤٣﴾

37:143Had he not been one of those who celebrate Allah’s glory,

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴿١٤٤﴾

37:144he would have surely remained in its belly till the day they will be resurrected.

۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌۭ﴿١٤٥﴾

37:145Then We cast him on a bare shore, and he was sick.

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةًۭ مِّن يَقْطِينٍۢ﴿١٤٦﴾

37:146So We made a gourd plant grow above him.

وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ﴿١٤٧﴾

37:147We sent him to a [community of] hundred thousand or more,

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ﴿١٤٨﴾

37:148and they believed [in him]. So We provided for them for a while.

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ﴿١٤٩﴾

37:149Ask them, are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them?

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ﴿١٥٠﴾

37:150Did We create the angels females while they were present?

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ﴿١٥١﴾

37:151Be aware that it is out of their mendacity that they say,

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿١٥٢﴾

37:152‘Allah has begotten [offsprings],’ and they indeed speak a falsehood.

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ﴿١٥٣﴾

37:153Has He preferred daughters to sons?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ﴿١٥٤﴾

37:154What is the matter with you? How do you judge?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿١٥٥﴾

37:155Will you not then take admonition?

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿١٥٦﴾

37:156Do you have a manifest authority?

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿١٥٧﴾

37:157Then produce your scripture, should you be truthful.

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ﴿١٥٨﴾

37:158And they have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn, while the jinn certainly know that they will be presented [before Him].³

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿١٥٩﴾

37:159Clear is Allah of whatever they allege [about Him]

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿١٦٠﴾

37:160—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.