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| Ayah key | Footnotes | Resource | Text | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:20 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | But those ˹idols˺ they invoke besides Allah cannot create anything—they themselves are created. | |
| 16:21 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | They are dead, not alive—not even knowing when their followers will be resurrected. | |
| 16:22 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Your God is ˹only˺ One God. As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial, and they are too proud. | |
| 16:23 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Without a doubt, Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He certainly does not like those who are too proud. | |
| 16:24 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord revealed?” They say, “Ancient fables!” | |
| 16:25 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Let them bear their burdens in full on the Day of Judgment as well as some of the burdens of those they mislead without knowledge. Evil indeed is what they will bear! | |
| 16:26 | 1 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Indeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect.1 | |
| 16:27 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Then on the Day of Judgment He will humiliate them and say, “Where are My ˹so-called˺ associate-gods for whose sake you used to oppose ˹the believers˺?” Those gifted with knowledge will say, “Surely disgrace and misery today are upon the disbelievers.” | |
| 16:28 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Those whose souls the angels seize while they wrong themselves will then offer ˹full˺ submission ˹and say falsely,˺ “We did not do any evil.” ˹The angels will say,˺ “No! Surely Allah fully knows what you used to do. | |
| 16:29 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | So enter the gates of Hell, to stay there forever. Indeed, what an evil home for the arrogant!” | |
| 16:30 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | And ˹when˺ it is said to those mindful ˹of Allah˺, “What has your Lord revealed?” They say, “All the best!” For those who do good in this world, there is goodness. But far better is the ˹eternal˺ Home of the Hereafter. How excellent indeed is the home of the righteous: | |
| 16:31 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | the Gardens of Eternity which they will enter, under which rivers flow. In it they will have whatever they desire. This is how Allah rewards the righteous— | |
| 16:32 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | those whose souls the angels take while they are virtuous, saying ˹to them˺, “Peace be upon you! Enter Paradise for what you used to do.” | |
| 16:33 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Are they only awaiting the coming of the angels or the command of your Lord ˹O Prophet˺? So were those before them. And Allah never wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves. | |
| 16:34 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Then the evil ˹consequences˺ of their deeds overtook them, and they were overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule. | |
| 16:35 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | The polytheists argue, “Had Allah willed, neither we nor our forefathers would have worshipped anything other than Him, nor prohibited anything without His command.” So did those before them. Is not the messengers’ duty only to deliver ˹the message˺ clearly? | |
| 16:36 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | We surely sent a messenger to every community, saying, “Worship Allah and shun false gods.” But some of them were guided by Allah, while others were destined to stray. So travel throughout the land and see the fate of the deniers! | |
| 16:37 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | Even though you ˹O Prophet˺ are keen on their guidance, Allah certainly does not guide those He leaves to stray, and they will have no helpers. | |
| 16:38 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | They swear by Allah their most solemn oaths that Allah will never raise the dead to life. Yes ˹He will˺! It is a true promise binding on Him, but most people do not know. | |
| 16:39 | 0 | Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran | ˹He will do that˺ to make clear to them what they disagreed on, and for the disbelievers to know that they were liars. | |