Verses 32–48

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ﴿٣٢﴾

68:32Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we earnestly beseech our Lord.’

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٣﴾

68:33Such was their punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿٣٤﴾

68:34Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord.

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿٣٥﴾

68:35Shall We treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ﴿٣٦﴾

68:36What is the matter with you? How do you judge!

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ﴿٣٧﴾

68:37Do you possess a scripture in which you read

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ﴿٣٨﴾

68:38that you shall have in it whatever you choose?

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

68:39Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide?¹

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ﴿٤٠﴾

68:40Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that!²

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٤١﴾

68:41Do they have any ‘partners’ [that they claim for Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful.

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ﴿٤٢﴾

68:42The day when the catastrophe occurs and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it].³

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ﴿٤٣﴾

68:43With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly, they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound.⁴⁵

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٤٤﴾

68:44So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.⁶

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ﴿٤٥﴾

68:45I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.⁷

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ﴿٤٦﴾

68:46Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt?⁸

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ﴿٤٧﴾

68:47Do they possess [access to] the Unseen, so that they write it down?

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ﴿٤٨﴾

68:48So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief.