كِتابٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيكَ فَلا يَكُن في صَدرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِنهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِ وَذِكرىٰ لِلمُؤمِنينَ
A Scripture was revealed to you, so let there be no anxiety in your heart because of it. Use it to warn, and as a reminder for the believers.
اتَّبِعوا ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكُم مِن رَبِّكُم وَلا تَتَّبِعوا مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءَ ۗ قَليلًا ما تَذَكَّرونَ
Follow what was revealed to you from your Lord, and don’t follow other masters beside Him. Yet, little do you remember.
وَكَم مِن قَريَةٍ أَهلَكناها فَجاءَها بَأسُنا بَياتًا أَو هُم قائِلونَ
How many a town have We destroyed! Our might came upon them by night or while they were taking a midday nap.
فَما كانَ دَعواهُم إِذ جاءَهُم بَأسُنا إِلّا أَن قالوا إِنّا كُنّا ظالِمينَ
When Our wrath befell them, their only plea was, “Indeed, we were wrongdoers.”
فَلَنَسأَلَنَّ الَّذينَ أُرسِلَ إِلَيهِم وَلَنَسأَلَنَّ المُرسَلينَ
We will question those to whom the messengers were sent, and We will question the messengers themselves.
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيهِم بِعِلمٍ ۖ وَما كُنّا غائِبينَ
We will narrate their stories to them with knowledge, for We were not absent.