Verses 25–44

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌۭ﴿٢٥﴾

54:25‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? No, he is a self-conceited liar.’

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًۭا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ﴿٢٦﴾

54:26‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar.

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ﴿٢٧﴾

54:27We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍۢ مُّحْتَضَرٌۭ﴿٢٨﴾

54:28Inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each of them showing up at his turn.’¹

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ﴿٢٩﴾

54:29But they called their companion, and he took [a knife] and hamstrung [her].^*2

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ﴿٣٠﴾

54:30So how were My punishment and My warnings?!

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ﴿٣١﴾

54:31We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder.³

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ﴿٣٢﴾

54:32Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ﴿٣٣﴾

54:33And the people of Lot denied the warnings.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍۢ﴿٣٤﴾

54:34We unleashed upon them a rain of stones, excepting the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn⁴

نِّعْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ﴿٣٥﴾

54:35as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ﴿٣٦﴾

54:36He had already warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed the warnings.

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ﴿٣٧﴾

54:37They even solicited of him his guests, whereat We blotted out their eyes, [saying,] ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’⁵

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌۭ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ﴿٣٨﴾

54:38Early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment:⁶

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ﴿٣٩﴾

54:39‘Taste My punishment and warnings!’

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ﴿٤٠﴾

54:40Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ﴿٤١﴾

54:41Certainly the warnings did come to Pharaoh’s clan

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍ﴿٤٢﴾

54:42who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent.

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌۭ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ﴿٤٣﴾

54:43Are your faithless better than those? Have you [been granted] [some sort of] immunity in the scriptures?⁷

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ﴿٤٤﴾

54:44Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’?