مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧
would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?
26:207
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
We have never destroyed a society without warners
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ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩
to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.
26:209
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠
It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:
26:210
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١
it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they,
26:211
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢
for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺.1
26:212
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣
So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished.
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وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤
And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives,
26:214
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥
and be gracious to the believers who follow you.
26:215
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦
But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”
26:216
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧
Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,
26:217
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨
Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,
26:218
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.
26:219
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠
He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
26:220
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١
Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?
26:221
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢
They descend upon every sinful liar,
26:222
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.1
26:223
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤
As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.
26:224
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥
Do you not see how they rant in every field,1
26:225
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦
only saying what they never do?
26:226
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
But this is not the case with those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.
26:227