Ṣãd. By the Quran, full of reminders!
38:1
˹This is the truth,˺ yet the disbelievers are ˹entrenched˺ in arrogance and opposition.
38:2
˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was too late to escape.
38:3
Now, the pagans are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves.1 And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician, a total liar!
38:4
Has he reduced ˹all˺ the gods to One God? Indeed, this is something totally astonishing.”
38:5
The chiefs among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods. Certainly this is just a scheme ˹for power˺.1
38:6
We have never heard of this in the previous faith.1 This is nothing but a fabrication.
38:7
Has the Reminder been revealed ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us?” In fact, they are ˹only˺ in doubt of My ˹revealed˺ Reminder.1 In fact, ˹they do so because˺ they have not yet tasted My punishment.
38:8
Or ˹is it because˺ they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Almighty, the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.
38:9
Or ˹is it because˺ the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between belongs to them? Let them then climb their way ˹to heaven, if their claim is true˺.
38:10
This is just another ˹enemy˺ force bound for defeat out there.1
38:11
Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth˺, as did ’Âd, Pharaoh of the mighty structures,1
38:12
Thamûd, the people of Lot, and the residents of the Forest.1 These were ˹all˺ enemy forces.
38:13
Each rejected their messenger, so My punishment was justified.
38:14
These ˹pagans˺ are awaiting nothing but a single Blast that cannot be stopped.
38:15
They say ˹mockingly˺, “Our Lord! Hasten for us our share ˹of the punishment˺ before the Day of Reckoning.”
38:16