21. Al-Anbya

وَلَقَدِAnd verilyٱسْتُهْزِئَwere mockedبِرُسُلٍMessengersمِّنbefore youقَبْلِكَbefore youفَحَاقَthen surroundedبِٱلَّذِينَthose whoسَخِرُوا۟mockedمِنْهُمfrom themمَّاwhatكَانُوا۟they usedبِهِۦat itيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ(to) mock﴿٤١﴾

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule

قُلْSayمَنWhoيَكْلَؤُكُم(can) protect youبِٱلَّيْلِin the nightوَٱلنَّهَارِand the dayمِنَfromٱلرَّحْمَٰنِthe Most GraciousبَلْYetهُمْtheyعَنfromذِكْرِ(the) remembranceرَبِّهِم(of) their Lordمُّعْرِضُونَturn away﴿٤٢﴾

Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away

أَمْOrلَهُمْhave theyءَالِهَةٌgodsتَمْنَعُهُم(to) defend themمِّنfromدُونِنَاUsلَاNotيَسْتَطِيعُونَthey are ableنَصْرَ(to) helpأَنفُسِهِمْthemselvesوَلَاand notهُمtheyمِّنَّاfrom Usيُصْحَبُونَcan be protected﴿٤٣﴾

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us

بَلْNayمَتَّعْنَاWe gave provisionهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ(to) theseوَءَابَآءَهُمْand their fathersحَتَّىٰuntilطَالَgrew longعَلَيْهِمُfor themٱلْعُمُرُthe lifeأَفَلَاThen do notيَرَوْنَthey seeأَنَّاthat WeنَأْتِىWe comeٱلْأَرْضَ(to) the landنَنقُصُهَاWe reduce itمِنْfromأَطْرَافِهَآits bordersأَفَهُمُSo is (it) theyٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ(who will be) overcoming﴿٤٤﴾

But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome

قُلْSayإِنَّمَآOnlyأُنذِرُكُمI warn youبِٱلْوَحْىِby the revelationوَلَاBut notيَسْمَعُhearٱلصُّمُّthe deafٱلدُّعَآءَthe callإِذَاwhenمَاwhenيُنذَرُونَthey are warned﴿٤٥﴾

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned

وَلَئِنAnd ifمَّسَّتْهُمْtouches themنَفْحَةٌa whiffمِّنْofعَذَابِ(the) punishmentرَبِّكَ(of) your Lordلَيَقُولُنَّsurely they will sayيَٰوَيْلَنَآO woe to usإِنَّاIndeed, weكُنَّا[we] wereظَٰلِمِينَwrongdoers﴿٤٦﴾

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers

وَنَضَعُAnd We setٱلْمَوَٰزِينَthe scalesٱلْقِسْطَ(of) the justiceلِيَوْمِfor (the) Dayٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionفَلَاso notتُظْلَمُwill be wrongedنَفْسٌany soulشَيْـًٔا(in) anythingوَإِنAnd ifكَانَ(there) beمِثْقَالَweightحَبَّةٍ(of) a seedمِّنْofخَرْدَلٍa mustardأَتَيْنَاWe will bringبِهَا[with] itوَكَفَىٰAnd sufficientبِنَا(are) Weحَٰسِبِينَ(as) Reckoners﴿٤٧﴾

And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant

وَلَقَدْAnd verilyءَاتَيْنَاWe gaveمُوسَىٰMusaوَهَٰرُونَand Harunٱلْفُرْقَانَthe Criterionوَضِيَآءًand a lightوَذِكْرًاand a Reminderلِّلْمُتَّقِينَfor the righteous﴿٤٨﴾

And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

ٱلَّذِينَThose whoيَخْشَوْنَfearرَبَّهُمtheir Lordبِٱلْغَيْبِin the unseenوَهُمand theyمِّنَofٱلسَّاعَةِthe Hourمُشْفِقُونَ(are) afraid﴿٤٩﴾

Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive

وَهَٰذَاAnd thisذِكْرٌ(is) a Reminderمُّبَارَكٌblessedأَنزَلْنَٰهُwhich We (have) revealedأَفَأَنتُمْThen are youلَهُۥof itمُنكِرُونَrejecters﴿٥٠﴾

And this [Qur'an] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted

وَلَقَدْAnd verilyءَاتَيْنَآWe gaveإِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahimرُشْدَهُۥhis guidanceمِنbeforeقَبْلُbeforeوَكُنَّاand We wereبِهِۦabout himعَٰلِمِينَWell-Knowing﴿٥١﴾

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

إِذْWhenقَالَhe saidلِأَبِيهِto his fatherوَقَوْمِهِۦand his peopleمَاWhatهَٰذِهِ(are) theseٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ[the] statuesٱلَّتِىٓwhichأَنتُمْyouلَهَاto itعَٰكِفُونَ(are) devoted﴿٥٢﴾

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted

قَالُوا۟They saidوَجَدْنَآWe foundءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersلَهَاof themعَٰبِدِينَworshippers﴿٥٣﴾

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them

قَالَHe saidلَقَدْVerilyكُنتُمْyou areأَنتُمْ[you]وَءَابَآؤُكُمْand your forefathersفِى(were) inضَلَٰلٍan errorمُّبِينٍmanifest﴿٥٤﴾

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error

قَالُوٓا۟They saidأَجِئْتَنَاHave you come to usبِٱلْحَقِّwith the truthأَمْorأَنتَyouمِنَ(are) ofٱللَّٰعِبِينَthose who play﴿٥٥﴾

They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest

قَالَHe saidبَلNayرَّبُّكُمْyour Lordرَبُّ(is the) Lordٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthٱلَّذِىthe One Whoفَطَرَهُنَّcreated themوَأَنَا۠and I amعَلَىٰtoذَٰلِكُمthatمِّنَofٱلشَّٰهِدِينَthe witnesses﴿٥٦﴾

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify

وَتَٱللَّهِAnd by Allahلَأَكِيدَنَّsurely, I will planأَصْنَٰمَكُم(against) your idolsبَعْدَafterأَن[that]تُوَلُّوا۟you go awayمُدْبِرِينَturning (your) backs﴿٥٧﴾

And [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away

فَجَعَلَهُمْSo he made themجُذَٰذًا(into) piecesإِلَّاexceptكَبِيرًاa large (one)لَّهُمْof themلَعَلَّهُمْso that they mayإِلَيْهِto itيَرْجِعُونَreturn﴿٥٨﴾

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question]

قَالُوا۟They saidمَنWhoفَعَلَ(has) doneهَٰذَاthisبِـَٔالِهَتِنَآto our godsإِنَّهُۥIndeed, heلَمِنَ(is) ofٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers﴿٥٩﴾

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers

قَالُوا۟They saidسَمِعْنَاWe heardفَتًىa youthيَذْكُرُهُمْmention themيُقَالُhe is calledلَهُۥٓhe is calledإِبْرَٰهِيمُIbrahim﴿٦٠﴾

They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham