قالَ المَلَأُ مِن قَومِهِ إِنّا لَنَراكَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ
The chiefs of his people said, “We see you in manifest error.”
قالَ يا قَومِ لَيسَ بي ضَلالَةٌ وَلـٰكِنّي رَسولٌ مِن رَبِّ العالَمينَ
He said, “O my people, there is no error in me. Rather, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
أُبَلِّغُكُم رِسالاتِ رَبّي وَأَنصَحُ لَكُم وَأَعلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ما لا تَعلَمونَ
I convey to you my Lord’s messages, I offer you sincere advice, and I know from God what you don’t know.”
أَوَعَجِبتُم أَن جاءَكُم ذِكرٌ مِن رَبِّكُم عَلىٰ رَجُلٍ مِنكُم لِيُنذِرَكُم وَلِتَتَّقوا وَلَعَلَّكُم تُرحَمونَ
“Are you astonished that a reminder from your Lord has come to you through one of your own, to warn you and that you may guard yourselves, so that you may receive mercy?”
فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَنجَيناهُ وَالَّذينَ مَعَهُ فِي الفُلكِ وَأَغرَقنَا الَّذينَ كَذَّبوا بِآياتِنا ۚ إِنَّهُم كانوا قَومًا عَمينَ
But they rejected him, so We saved him and those with him in the Ark, and We drowned those who denied Our revelations. They were blind people.
وَإِلىٰ عادٍ أَخاهُم هودًا ۗ قالَ يا قَومِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ ما لَكُم مِن إِلـٰهٍ غَيرُهُ ۚ أَفَلا تَتَّقونَ
To Aad, their brother Hud. He said, “O my people, worship God; You have no other god besides Him. Won’t you then be righteous?”
قالَ المَلَأُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا مِن قَومِهِ إِنّا لَنَراكَ في سَفاهَةٍ وَإِنّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الكاذِبينَ
The disbelieving leaders of his people responded, “We see you as foolish, and we think you’re a liar.”
قالَ يا قَومِ لَيسَ بي سَفاهَةٌ وَلـٰكِنّي رَسولٌ مِن رَبِّ العالَمينَ
He replied, “O my people, I am not foolish; I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
أُبَلِّغُكُم رِسالاتِ رَبّي وَأَنا لَكُم ناصِحٌ أَمينٌ
“I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am a reliable counselor for you.”
أَوَعَجِبتُم أَن جاءَكُم ذِكرٌ مِن رَبِّكُم عَلىٰ رَجُلٍ مِنكُم لِيُنذِرَكُم ۚ وَاذكُروا إِذ جَعَلَكُم خُلَفاءَ مِن بَعدِ قَومِ نوحٍ وَزادَكُم فِي الخَلقِ بَسطَةً ۖ فَاذكُروا آلاءَ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُم تُفلِحونَ
“Do you find it strange that a message from your Lord has come to you through a man from amongst you, to warn you? Remember, He made you successors after Noah’s people and increased your stature. Remember God’s blessings, so you may thrive.”
قالوا أَجِئتَنا لِنَعبُدَ اللَّهَ وَحدَهُ وَنَذَرَ ما كانَ يَعبُدُ آباؤُنا ۖ فَأتِنا بِما تَعِدُنا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ
They replied, “Did you come to us to make us worship God alone and give up what our fathers worshiped? If you are truthful, bring us what you threaten us with.”