Verses 161–182

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ﴿١٦١﴾

37:161Indeed you and what you worship¹

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ﴿١٦٢﴾

37:162cannot mislead [anyone] about Him,

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿١٦٣﴾

37:163except someone who is bound for hell.

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ﴿١٦٤﴾

37:164‘There is none among us but has a known place.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ﴿١٦٥﴾

37:165It is we who are the ranged ones.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ﴿١٦٦﴾

37:166It is we who celebrate Allah’s glory.’

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ﴿١٦٧﴾

37:167They indeed, used to say,

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٦٨﴾

37:168‘Had we possessed a Reminder from our predecessors,

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿١٦٩﴾

37:169we would have surely been Allah’s exclusive servants.’

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٧٠﴾

37:170But they disbelieved it [when it came to them]. Soon they will know!

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٧١﴾

37:171Certainly Our decree has gone beforehand in favour of Our servants, the apostles,

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ﴿١٧٢﴾

37:172that they will indeed receive [Allah’s] help,^*

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ﴿١٧٣﴾

37:173and indeed Our hosts will be the victors.^*

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ﴿١٧٤﴾

37:174So leave them alone for a while,

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ﴿١٧٥﴾

37:175and watch them; soon they will see [the truth of the matter]!

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ﴿١٧٦﴾

37:176Do they seek to hasten Our punishment?

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ﴿١٧٧﴾

37:177But when it descends in their courtyard it will be a dismal dawn for those who had been warned.²

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ﴿١٧٨﴾

37:178So leave them alone for a while,

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ﴿١٧٩﴾

37:179and watch; soon they will see!

سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿١٨٠﴾

37:180Clear is your Lord, the Lord of Might, of whatever they allege [concerning Him].

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٨١﴾

37:181Peace be to the apostles!

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٨٢﴾

37:182All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.