وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤
And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”
26:184
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥
They replied, “You are simply bewitched!
26:185
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar.
26:186
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧
So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”
26:187
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨
Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”
26:188
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud.1 That was really a torment of a tremendous day.
26:189
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
26:190
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
26:191
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢
This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds,
26:192
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣
which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down
26:193
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤
into your heart ˹O Prophet˺—so that you may be one of the warners—
26:194
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥
in a clear Arabic tongue.
26:195
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦
And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before.
26:196
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧
Was it not sufficient proof for the deniers that it has been recognized by the knowledgeable among the Children of Israel?1
26:197
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨
Had We revealed it to a non-Arab,
26:198
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩
who would then recite it to the deniers ˹in fluent Arabic˺, still they would not have believed in it!
26:199
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠
This is how We allow denial ˹to creep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.
26:200
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
26:201
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢
which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.
26:202
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣
Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”
26:203
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤
Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?
26:204
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥
Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,
26:205
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦
then there came to them what they had been threatened with:
26:206