Verses 31–50

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ﴿٣١﴾

51:31He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’¹

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ﴿٣٢﴾

51:32They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ﴿٣٣﴾

51:33that We may rain upon them stones of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿٣٤﴾

51:34sent for the transgressors from your Lord.²

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٣٥﴾

51:35So We picked out those who were in it of the faithful,

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ﴿٣٦﴾

51:36but We did not find there other than one house of Muslims,

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ﴿٣٧﴾

51:37and We have left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment.’

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿٣٨﴾

51:38And in Moses [too there is a sign] when We sent him to Pharaoh with a manifest authority.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ﴿٣٩﴾

51:39But he turned away assured of his might, and said, ‘A magician or a crazy man!’

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ﴿٤٠﴾

51:40So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea, while he was blameworthy.³⁴

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ﴿٤١﴾

51:41And in ‘Ad when We unleashed upon them a barren wind.⁵

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ﴿٤٢﴾

51:42It left nothing that it came upon without making it like decayed bones.⁶

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ﴿٤٣﴾

51:43And in Thamud, when they were told, ‘Enjoy for a while.’

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ﴿٤٤﴾

51:44Then they defied the command of their Lord; so the thunderbolt seized them as they looked on.

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ﴿٤٥﴾

51:45So they were neither able to rise up, nor to come to one another’s aid.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ﴿٤٦﴾

51:46And the people of Noah aforetime. Indeed, they were a transgressing lot.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ﴿٤٧﴾

51:47We have built the heaven with might, and indeed it is We who are its expanders.⁷

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ﴿٤٨﴾

51:48And We have spread out the earth, so how excellent spreaders We have been!⁸

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٤٩﴾

51:49In all things We have created pairs so that you may take admonition.

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٥٠﴾

51:50‘So flee toward Allah. Indeed, I am from Him a manifest warner to you.⁹