The Poets (Al-Shu‘ara’) الشعراء 204–212

Surah 26 · 9 verses

204
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Do they want to hasten Our punishment?
205
أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ
Think! If We let them enjoy life for some years,
206
ثُمَّ جَاءهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
and then the promised punishment fell upon them,
207
مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ
of what avail would their past enjoyment be to them?
208
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,
209
ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
as a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.
210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ
It was not the devils who brought down the Quran:
211
وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
neither are they worthy of it, nor are they capable of it,
212
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
indeed they are debarred from overhearing it.

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