قالَ فَما خَطبُكَ يا سامِرِيُّ

He then asked, “What’s your explanation, O Samarian?”

قالَ بَصُرتُ بِما لَم يَبصُروا بِهِ فَقَبَضتُ قَبضَةً مِن أَثَرِ الرَّسولِ فَنَبَذتُها وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَت لي نَفسي

He answered, “I saw what they didn’t see, so I grabbed a handful of the messenger’s trace, and I threw it. That’s what my inner self prompted me to do.”

قالَ فَاذهَب فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الحَياةِ أَن تَقولَ لا مِساسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوعِدًا لَن تُخلَفَهُ ۖ وَانظُر إِلىٰ إِلـٰهِكَ الَّذي ظَلتَ عَلَيهِ عاكِفًا ۖ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِي اليَمِّ نَسفًا

Moses declared, “Go away! In this life, you must say, ‘No contact!’ And you have an appointment you can’t evade. Now, look at your god to which you remained devoted. We will burn it and then scatter it into the sea as dust.”

إِنَّما إِلـٰهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذي لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ عِلمًا

Your God is the only God, besides whom there is no other god. He encompasses everything in knowledge.

كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيكَ مِن أَنباءِ ما قَد سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَد آتَيناكَ مِن لَدُنّا ذِكرًا

Thus, We narrate to you some of the stories of what happened before, and We’ve given you from us a Reminder.

خالِدينَ فيهِ ۖ وَساءَ لَهُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ حِملًا

They will remain under it forever, an evil for them to bear on Resurrection Day.

يَومَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصّورِ ۚ وَنَحشُرُ المُجرِمينَ يَومَئِذٍ زُرقًا

On that Day, the Trumpet is blown, and We will gather the criminals on that Day, blue.

يَتَخافَتونَ بَينَهُم إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا عَشرًا

Whispering among themselves, “You didn’t remain except for ten.”

نَحنُ أَعلَمُ بِما يَقولونَ إِذ يَقولُ أَمثَلُهُم طَريقَةً إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا يَومًا

We know well what they will say, when the most exemplary among them will say, “You stayed no more than a day.”

وَيَسأَلونَكَ عَنِ الجِبالِ فَقُل يَنسِفُها رَبّي نَسفًا

They ask you about the mountains, so say, “My Lord will crumble them into dust.