Sura 21: Al-Anbyã’ (The Prophets) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[21:1] Fast approaching is the reckoning for the people, but they are oblivious, averse.

ٱقْتَرَبَiq'tarabaلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsiحِسَابُهُمْḥisābuhumوَهُمْwahumفِىfīغَفْلَةٍghaflatinمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿١﴾

[21:2] When a proof comes to them from their Lord, that is new, they listen to it heedlessly.

مَاmāيَأْتِيهِمyatīhimمِّنminذِكْرٍdhik'rinمِّنminرَّبِّهِمrabbihimمُّحْدَثٍmuḥ'dathinإِلَّاillāٱسْتَمَعُوهُis'tamaʿūhuوَهُمْwahumيَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna ﴿٢﴾

[21:3] Their minds are heedless. And the transgressors confer secretly: "Is he not just a human being like you? Would you accept the magic that is presented to you?"*

لَاهِيَةًlāhiyatanقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumوَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūٱلنَّجْوَىl-najwāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūهَلْhalهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāبَشَرٌbasharunمِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumأَفَتَأْتُونَafatatūnaٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'raوَأَنتُمْwa-antumتُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūna ﴿٣﴾

*21:3 Although the Bible (Malachi 3:1) and the Quran (3:81) prophesy the advent of God's Messenger of the Covenant, when he did appear, supported by 'one of the greatest miracles' (74:30-35), he was met with heedlessness and opposition. The divine assertion that every 'new' proof is opposed has been proven by the Arabs' opposition to the Quran's miracle. (App. 1 & 2).

[21:4] He said, "My Lord knows every thought in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient."

قَالَqālaرَبِّىrabbīيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlaفِىfīٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَهُوَwahuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٤﴾

[21:5] They even said, "Hallucinations," "He made it up," and, "He is a poet. Let him show us a miracle like those of the previous messengers."

بَلْbalقَالُوٓا۟qālūأَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuأَحْلَـٰمٍۭaḥlāminبَلِbaliٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuبَلْbalهُوَhuwaشَاعِرٌshāʿirunفَلْيَأْتِنَاfalyatināبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinكَمَآkamāأُرْسِلَur'silaٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna ﴿٥﴾

[21:6] We never annihilated a believing community in the past. Are these people believers?

مَآmāءَامَنَتْāmanatقَبْلَهُمqablahumمِّنminقَرْيَةٍqaryatinأَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآahlaknāhāأَفَهُمْafahumيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٦﴾

[21:7] We did not send before you except men whom we inspired. Ask those who know the scripture, if you do not know.

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāقَبْلَكَqablakaإِلَّاillāرِجَالًاrijālanنُّوحِىٓnūḥīإِلَيْهِمْilayhimفَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūأَهْلَahlaٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'riإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٧﴾

[21:8] We did not give them bodies that did not eat, nor were they immortal.

وَمَاwamāجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumجَسَدًاjasadanلَّاlāيَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmaوَمَاwamāكَانُوا۟kānūخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna ﴿٨﴾

[21:9] We fulfilled our promise to them; we saved them together with whomever we willed, and annihilated the transgressors.

ثُمَّthummaصَدَقْنَـٰهُمُṣadaqnāhumuٱلْوَعْدَl-waʿdaفَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْfa-anjaynāhumوَمَنwamanنَّشَآءُnashāuوَأَهْلَكْنَاwa-ahlaknāٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīna ﴿٩﴾

[21:10] We have sent down to you a scripture containing your message. Do you not understand?

أَفَلَاafalāلَقَدْlaqadأَنزَلْنَآanzalnāإِلَيْكُمْilaykumكِتَـٰبًاkitābanفِيهِfīhiذِكْرُكُمْdhik'rukumتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿١٠﴾

[21:11] Many a community we terminated because of their transgression, and we substituted other people in their place.

وَكَمْwakamقَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāمِنminقَرْيَةٍqaryatinكَانَتْkānatظَالِمَةًẓālimatanوَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāبَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāقَوْمًاqawmanءَاخَرِينَākharīna ﴿١١﴾

[21:12] When our requital came to pass, they started to run.

فَلَمَّآfalammāأَحَسُّوا۟aḥassūبَأْسَنَآbasanāإِذَاidhāهُمhumمِّنْهَاmin'hāيَرْكُضُونَyarkuḍūna ﴿١٢﴾

[21:13] Do not run, and come back to your luxuries and your mansions, for you must be held accountable.

لَاlāتَرْكُضُوا۟tarkuḍūوَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟wa-ir'jiʿūإِلَىٰilāمَآmāأُتْرِفْتُمْut'rif'tumفِيهِfīhiوَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْwamasākinikumلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūna ﴿١٣﴾

[21:14] They said, "Woe to us. We were really wicked."

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīna ﴿١٤﴾

[21:15] This continued to be their proclamation, until we completely wiped them out.

فَمَاfamāزَالَتzālatتِّلْكَtil'kaدَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumحَتَّىٰḥattāجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumحَصِيدًاḥaṣīdanخَـٰمِدِينَkhāmidīna ﴿١٥﴾

[21:16] We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them just for amusement.

وَمَاwamāخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāaوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāلَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna ﴿١٦﴾

[21:17] If we needed amusement, we could have initiated it without any of this, if that is what we wanted to do.

لَوْlawأَرَدْنَآaradnāأَنanنَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhaلَهْوًاlahwanلَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُla-ittakhadhnāhuمِنminلَّدُنَّآladunnāإِنinكُنَّاkunnāفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna ﴿١٧﴾

[21:18] Instead, it is our plan to support the truth against falsehood, in order to defeat it. Woe to you for the utterances you utter.

بَلْbalنَقْذِفُnaqdhifuبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiعَلَىʿalāٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭiliفَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuفَإِذَاfa-idhāهُوَhuwaزَاهِقٌzāhiqunوَلَكُمُwalakumuٱلْوَيْلُl-wayluمِمَّاmimmāتَصِفُونَtaṣifūna ﴿١٨﴾

[21:19] To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth, and those at Him are never too arrogant to worship Him, nor do they ever waver.

وَلَهُۥwalahuمَنmanفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَنْwamanعِندَهُۥʿindahuلَاlāيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnaعَنْʿanعِبَادَتِهِۦʿibādatihiوَلَاwalāيَسْتَحْسِرُونَyastaḥsirūna ﴿١٩﴾

[21:20] They glorify night and day, without ever tiring.

يُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaٱلَّيْلَal-laylaوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraلَاlāيَفْتُرُونَyafturūna ﴿٢٠﴾

[21:21] Have they found gods on earth who can create?

أَمِamiٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhūءَالِهَةًālihatanمِّنَminaٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiهُمْhumيُنشِرُونَyunshirūna ﴿٢١﴾

[21:22] If there were in them (the heavens and the earth) other gods beside GOD, there would have been chaos. Glory be to GOD; the Lord with absolute authority. He is high above their claims.

لَوْlawكَانَkānaفِيهِمَآfīhimāءَالِهَةٌālihatunإِلَّاillāٱللَّهُl-lahuلَفَسَدَتَاlafasadatāفَسُبْحَـٰنَfasub'ḥānaٱللَّهِl-lahiرَبِّrabbiٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiعَمَّاʿammāيَصِفُونَyaṣifūna ﴿٢٢﴾

[21:23] He is never to be asked about anything He does, while all others are questioned.

لَاlāيُسْـَٔلُyus'aluعَمَّاʿammāيَفْعَلُyafʿaluوَهُمْwahumيُسْـَٔلُونَyus'alūna ﴿٢٣﴾

[21:24] Have they found other gods beside Him? Say, "Show me your proof. This is the message to my generation, consummating all previous messages." Indeed, most of them do not recognize the truth; this is why they are so hostile.

أَمِamiٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūمِنminدُونِهِۦٓdūnihiءَالِهَةًālihatanقُلْqulهَاتُوا۟hātūبُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumهَـٰذَاhādhāذِكْرُdhik'ruمَنmanمَّعِىَmaʿiyaوَذِكْرُwadhik'ruمَنmanقَبْلِىqablīبَلْbalأَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhumلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqaفَهُمfahumمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٢٤﴾

[21:25] We did not send any messenger before you except with the inspiration: "There is no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone."

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaمِنminرَّسُولٍrasūlinإِلَّاillāنُوحِىٓnūḥīإِلَيْهِilayhiأَنَّهُۥannahuلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّآillāأَنَا۠anāفَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūni ﴿٢٥﴾

[21:26] Yet, they said, "The Most Gracious has begotten a son!" Glory be to Him. All (messengers) are (His) honored servants.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuوَلَدًاwaladanسُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuبَلْbalعِبَادٌʿibādunمُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūna ﴿٢٦﴾

[21:27] They never speak on their own, and they strictly follow His commands.

لَاlāيَسْبِقُونَهُۥyasbiqūnahuبِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliوَهُمwahumبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿٢٧﴾

[21:28] He knows their future and their past. They do not intercede, except for those already accepted by Him, and they are worried about their own necks.*

يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāبَيْنَbayna أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimوَمَاwamāخَلْفَهُمْkhalfahumوَلَاwalāيَشْفَعُونَyashfaʿūnaإِلَّاillāلِمَنِlimaniٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāوَهُمwahumمِّنْminخَشْيَتِهِۦkhashyatihiمُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna ﴿٢٨﴾

*21:28 The myth of intercession is Satan's most effective bait (see Appendix 8).

[21:29] If any of them claims to be a god beside Him, we requite him with Hell; we thus requite the wicked.

وَمَنwamanيَقُلْyaqulمِنْهُمْmin'humإِنِّىٓinnīإِلَـٰهٌilāhunمِّنminدُونِهِۦdūnihiفَذَٰلِكَfadhālikaنَجْزِيهِnajzīhiجَهَنَّمَjahannamaكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaنَجْزِىnajzīٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٢٩﴾

[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?

أَوَلَمْawalamيَرَyaraٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūأَنَّannaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaكَانَتَاkānatāرَتْقًاratqanفَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَاfafataqnāhumāوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāمِنَminaٱلْمَآءِl-māiكُلَّkullaشَىْءٍshayinحَىٍّḥayyinأَفَلَاafalāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٣٠﴾

*21:30 The Big Bang Theory is now supported by the Creator's infallible mathematical code (Appendix 1). Thus, it is no longer a theory; it is a law, a proven fact.

[21:31] And we placed on earth stabilizers, lest it tumbles with them, and we placed straight roads therein, that they may be guided.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyaأَنanتَمِيدَtamīdaبِهِمْbihimوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāفِيهَاfīhāفِجَاجًاfijājanسُبُلًاsubulanلَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna ﴿٣١﴾

[21:32] And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāaسَقْفًاsaqfanمَّحْفُوظًاmaḥfūẓanوَهُمْwahumعَنْʿanءَايَـٰتِهَاāyātihāمُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٣٢﴾

[21:33] And He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in its own orbit.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīخَلَقَkhalaqaٱلَّيْلَal-laylaوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraكُلٌّkullunفِىfīفَلَكٍfalakinيَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūna ﴿٣٣﴾

[21:34] We never decreed immortality for anyone before you; should you die, are they immortal?

وَمَاwamāجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāلِبَشَرٍlibasharinمِّنminقَبْلِكَqablikaٱلْخُلْدَl-khul'daأَفَإِي۟نafa-inمِّتَّmittaفَهُمُfahumuٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَl-khālidūna ﴿٣٤﴾

[21:35] Every soul will taste death, after we put you to the test through adversity and prosperity, then to us you ultimately return.

كُلُّkulluنَفْسٍnafsinذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatuٱلْمَوْتِl-mawtiوَنَبْلُوكُمwanablūkumبِٱلشَّرِّbil-shariوَٱلْخَيْرِwal-khayriفِتْنَةًfit'natanوَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna ﴿٣٥﴾

[21:36] When those who disbelieve see you, they ridicule you: "Is this the one who challenges your gods?" Meanwhile, they remain totally heedless of the message from the Most Gracious.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāرَءَاكَraākaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūإِنinيَتَّخِذُونَكَyattakhidhūnakaإِلَّاillāهُزُوًاhuzuwanأَهَـٰذَاahādhāٱلَّذِىalladhīيَذْكُرُyadhkuruءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumوَهُمwahumبِذِكْرِbidhik'riٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniهُمْhumكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna ﴿٣٦﴾

[21:37] The human being is impatient by nature. I will inevitably show you My signs; do not be in such a hurry.

خُلِقَkhuliqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuمِنْminعَجَلٍʿajalinسَأُو۟رِيكُمْsa-urīkumءَايَـٰتِىāyātīفَلَاfalāتَسْتَعْجِلُونِtastaʿjilūni ﴿٣٧﴾

[21:38] They challenge: "Where is that (retribution), if you are truthful?"

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaمَتَىٰmatāهَـٰذَاhādhāٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna ﴿٣٨﴾

[21:39] If only those who disbelieve could envision themselves when they try to ward off the fire; off their faces and their backs! No one will help them then.

لَوْlawيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūحِينَḥīnaلَاlāيَكُفُّونَyakuffūnaعَنʿanوُجُوهِهِمُwujūhihimuٱلنَّارَl-nāraوَلَاwalāعَنʿanظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimوَلَاwalāهُمْhumيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna ﴿٣٩﴾

[21:40] Indeed, it will come to them suddenly, and they will be utterly stunned. They can neither avoid it, nor can they receive any respite.

بَلْbalيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnaتَأْتِيهِمtatīhimبَغْتَةًbaghtatanفَتَبْهَتُهُمْfatabhatuhumفَلَاfalāيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaرَدَّهَاraddahāوَلَاwalāهُمْhum ﴿٤٠﴾

[21:41] Messengers before you have been ridiculed, and, consequently, those who ridiculed them incurred the retribution for their ridiculing.

وَلَقَدِwalaqadiٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-aبِرُسُلٍbirusulinمِّنminقَبْلِكَqablikaفَحَاقَfaḥāqaبِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnaسَخِرُوا۟sakhirūمِنْهُمmin'humمَّاmāكَانُوا۟kānūبِهِۦbihiيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna ﴿٤١﴾

[21:42] Say, "Who can protect you from the Most Gracious during the night or during the day?" Indeed, they are totally oblivious to the message of their Lord.

قُلْqulمَنmanيَكْلَؤُكُمyakla-ukumبِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriمِنَminaٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniبَلْbalهُمْhumعَنʿanذِكْرِdhik'riرَبِّهِمrabbihimمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٤٢﴾

[21:43] Do they have gods who can protect them from us? They cannot even help themselves. Nor can they accompany one another when they are summoned to face us.

أَمْamلَهُمْlahumءَالِهَةٌālihatunتَمْنَعُهُمtamnaʿuhumمِّنminدُونِنَاdūnināلَاlāيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaنَصْرَnaṣraأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimوَلَاwalāهُمhumمِّنَّاminnāيُصْحَبُونَyuṣ'ḥabūna ﴿٤٣﴾

[21:44] We have provided for these people and their ancestors, up until an old age. Do they not see that every day on earth brings them closer to the end? Can they reverse this process?

بَلْbalمَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiوَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumحَتَّىٰḥattāطَالَṭālaعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuٱلْعُمُرُl-ʿumuruأَفَلَاafalāيَرَوْنَyarawnaأَنَّاannāنَأْتِىnatīٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaنَنقُصُهَاnanquṣuhāمِنْminأَطْرَافِهَآaṭrāfihāأَفَهُمُafahumuٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna ﴿٤٤﴾

[21:45] Say, "I am warning you in accordance with divine inspiration." However, the deaf cannot hear the call, when they are warned.

قُلْqulإِنَّمَآinnamāأُنذِرُكُمundhirukumبِٱلْوَحْىِbil-waḥyiوَلَاwalāيَسْمَعُyasmaʿuٱلصُّمُّl-ṣumuٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāaإِذَاidhāمَاmāيُنذَرُونَyundharūna ﴿٤٥﴾

[21:46] When a sample of your Lord's retribution afflicts them, they readily say, "We were indeed wicked."

كُنَّاkunnāوَلَئِنwala-inمَّسَّتْهُمْmassathumنَفْحَةٌnafḥatunمِّنْminعَذَابِʿadhābiرَبِّكَrabbikaلَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaيَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāإِنَّاinnāظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīna ﴿٤٦﴾

[21:47] We will establish the scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection. No soul will suffer the least injustice. Even the equivalent of a mustard seed will be accounted for. We are the most efficient reckoners.

وَنَضَعُwanaḍaʿuٱلْمَوَٰزِينَl-mawāzīnaٱلْقِسْطَl-qis'ṭaلِيَوْمِliyawmiٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiفَلَاfalāتُظْلَمُtuẓ'lamuنَفْسٌnafsunشَيْـًٔاshayanوَإِنwa-inكَانَkānaمِثْقَالَmith'qālaحَبَّةٍḥabbatinمِّنْminخَرْدَلٍkhardalinأَتَيْنَاataynāبِهَاbihāوَكَفَىٰwakafāبِنَاbināحَـٰسِبِينَḥāsibīna ﴿٤٧﴾

[21:48] We gave Moses and Aaron the Statute Book, a beacon, and a reminder for the righteous.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadءَاتَيْنَاātaynāمُوسَىٰmūsāوَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaٱلْفُرْقَانَl-fur'qānaوَضِيَآءًwaḍiyāanوَذِكْرًاwadhik'ranلِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna ﴿٤٨﴾

[21:49] The ones who reverence their Lord, even when alone in their privacy, and they worry about the Hour.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَخْشَوْنَyakhshawnaرَبَّهُمrabbahumبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiوَهُمwahumمِّنَminaٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatiمُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna ﴿٤٩﴾

[21:50] This too is a blessed reminder that we sent down. Are you denying it?

وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāذِكْرٌdhik'runمُّبَارَكٌmubārakunأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuأَفَأَنتُمْafa-antumلَهُۥlahuمُنكِرُونَmunkirūna ﴿٥٠﴾

[21:51] Before that, we granted Abraham his guidance and understanding, for we were fully aware of him.*

وَلَقَدْwalaqadءَاتَيْنَآātaynāإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaرُشْدَهُۥrush'dahuمِنminقَبْلُqabluوَكُنَّاwakunnāبِهِۦbihiعَـٰلِمِينَʿālimīna ﴿٥١﴾

*21:51 Was Abraham so smart as to discover God, or, did God grant him the intelligence because He knew that he deserved to be saved? As it turns out, this whole world was created to redeem those among us who deserve redemption. When the angels suggested that all the rebels, humans and jinns, must be banished out of God's kingdom, 'I know what you do not know' (2:30). At the same time, this world proves Satan's incompetence as a god (App. 7).

[21:52] He said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoting yourselves?"

إِذْidhقَالَqālaلِأَبِيهِli-abīhiوَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiمَاmāهَـٰذِهِhādhihiٱلتَّمَاثِيلُl-tamāthīluٱلَّتِىٓallatīأَنتُمْantumلَهَاlahāعَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna ﴿٥٢﴾

[21:53] They said, "We found our parents worshiping them."

قَالُوا۟qālūوَجَدْنَآwajadnāءَابَآءَنَاābāanāلَهَاlahāعَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīna ﴿٥٣﴾

[21:54] He said, "Indeed, you and your parents have gone totally astray."

قَالَqālaلَقَدْlaqadكُنتُمْkuntumأَنتُمْantumوَءَابَآؤُكُمْwaābāukumفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٥٤﴾

[21:55] They said, "Are you telling us the truth, or are you playing?"

قَالُوٓا۟qālūأَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiأَمْamأَنتَantaمِنَminaٱللَّـٰعِبِينَl-lāʿibīna ﴿٥٥﴾

[21:56] He said, "Your only Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who created them. This is the testimony to which I bear witness.

قَالَqālaبَلbalرَّبُّكُمْrabbukumرَبُّrabbuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiٱلَّذِىalladhīفَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunnaوَأَنَا۠wa-anāعَلَىٰʿalāذَٰلِكُمdhālikumمِّنَminaٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīna ﴿٥٦﴾

[21:57] "I swear by GOD, I have a plan to deal with your statues, as soon as you leave."

وَتَٱللَّهِwatal-lahiلَأَكِيدَنَّla-akīdannaأَصْنَـٰمَكُمaṣnāmakumبَعْدَbaʿdaأَنanتُوَلُّوا۟tuwallūمُدْبِرِينَmud'birīna ﴿٥٧﴾

[21:58] He broke them into pieces, except for a big one, that they may refer to it.

فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumجُذَٰذًاjudhādhanإِلَّاillāكَبِيرًاkabīranلَّهُمْlahumلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumإِلَيْهِilayhiيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[21:59] They said, "Whoever did this to our gods is really a transgressor."

قَالُوا۟qālūمَنmanفَعَلَfaʿalaهَـٰذَاhādhāبِـَٔالِهَتِنَآbiālihatināإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَمِنَlaminaٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٥٩﴾

[21:60] They said, "We heard a youth threaten them; he is called Abraham."

قَالُوا۟qālūسَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāفَتًىfatanيَذْكُرُهُمْyadhkuruhumيُقَالُyuqāluلَهُۥٓlahuإِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmu ﴿٦٠﴾

[21:61] They said, "Bring him before the eyes of all the people, that they may bear witness."

قَالُوا۟qālūفَأْتُوا۟fatūبِهِۦbihiعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَعْيُنِaʿyuniٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَشْهَدُونَyashhadūna ﴿٦١﴾

[21:62] They said, "Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?"

قَالُوٓا۟qālūءَأَنتَa-antaفَعَلْتَfaʿaltaهَـٰذَاhādhāبِـَٔالِهَتِنَاbiālihatināيَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmu ﴿٦٢﴾

[21:63] He said, "It is that big one who did it. Go ask them, if they can speak."

قَالَqālaبَلْbalفَعَلَهُۥfaʿalahuكَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumهَـٰذَاhādhāفَسْـَٔلُوهُمْfasalūhumإِنinكَانُوا۟kānūيَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna ﴿٦٣﴾

[21:64] They were taken aback, and said to themselves, "Indeed, you are the ones who have been transgressing."

فَرَجَعُوٓا۟farajaʿūإِلَىٰٓilāأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimفَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūإِنَّكُمْinnakumأَنتُمُantumuٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna ﴿٦٤﴾

[21:65] Yet, they reverted to their old ideas: "You know full well that these cannot speak."

ثُمَّthummaنُكِسُوا۟nukisūعَلَىٰʿalāرُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimلَقَدْlaqadعَلِمْتَʿalim'taمَاmāهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiيَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna ﴿٦٥﴾

[21:66] He said, "Do you then worship besides GOD what possesses no power to benefit you or harm you?

قَالَqālaأَفَتَعْبُدُونَafataʿbudūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiمَاmāلَاlāيَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumشَيْـًٔاshayanوَلَاwalāيَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukum ﴿٦٦﴾

[21:67] "You have incurred shame by worshiping idols beside GOD. Do you not understand?"

أُفٍّuffinلَّكُمْlakumوَلِمَاwalimāتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiأَفَلَاafalāتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿٦٧﴾

[21:68] They said, "Burn him and support your gods, if this is what you decide to do."

قَالُوا۟qālūحَرِّقُوهُḥarriqūhuوَٱنصُرُوٓا۟wa-unṣurūءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna ﴿٦٨﴾

[21:69] We said, "O fire, be cool and safe for Abraham."*

قُلْنَاqul'nāيَـٰنَارُyānāruكُونِىkūnīبَرْدًاbardanوَسَلَـٰمًاwasalāmanعَلَىٰٓʿalāإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma ﴿٦٩﴾

*21:69 "Cool," without "and safe" would have caused Abraham to freeze.

[21:70] Thus, they schemed against him, but we made them the losers.

وَأَرَادُوا۟wa-arādūبِهِۦbihiكَيْدًاkaydanفَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumuٱلْأَخْسَرِينَl-akhsarīna ﴿٧٠﴾

[21:71] We saved him, and we saved Lot, to the land that we blessed for all the people.

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuوَلُوطًاwalūṭanإِلَىilāٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiٱلَّتِىallatīبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāفِيهَاfīhāلِلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna ﴿٧١﴾

[21:72] And we granted him Isaac and Jacob as a gift, and we made them both righteous.

وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāلَهُۥٓlahuإِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaنَافِلَةًnāfilatanوَكُلًّاwakullanجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāصَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīna ﴿٧٢﴾

[21:73] We made them imams who guided in accordance with our commandments, and we taught them how to work righteousness, and how to observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and the obligatory charity (Zakat).* To us, they were devoted worshipers.

وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumأَئِمَّةًa-immatanيَهْدُونَyahdūnaبِأَمْرِنَاbi-amrināوَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāإِلَيْهِمْilayhimفِعْلَfiʿ'laٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātiوَإِقَامَwa-iqāmaٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatiوَإِيتَآءَwaītāaٱلزَّكَوٰةِl-zakatiوَكَانُوا۟wakānūلَنَاlanāعَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīna ﴿٧٣﴾

*21:73 When the Quran was revealed, all religious duties were already established through Abraham (2:128, 16:123, 22:78).

[21:74] As for Lot, we granted him wisdom and knowledge, and we saved him from the community that practiced abominations; they were wicked and evil people.

وَلُوطًاwalūṭanءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuحُكْمًاḥuk'manوَعِلْمًاwaʿil'manوَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuمِنَminaٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatiٱلَّتِىallatīكَانَتkānatتَّعْمَلُtaʿmaluٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَl-khabāithaإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūقَوْمَqawmaسَوْءٍsawinفَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīna ﴿٧٤﴾

[21:75] We admitted him into our mercy, for he was righteous.

وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُwa-adkhalnāhuفِىfīرَحْمَتِنَآraḥmatināإِنَّهُۥinnahuمِنَminaٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna ﴿٧٥﴾

[21:76] And, before that, Noah called and we responded to him. We saved him and his family from the great disaster.

وَنُوحًاwanūḥanإِذْidhنَادَىٰnādāمِنminقَبْلُqabluفَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāلَهُۥlahuفَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُfanajjaynāhuوَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuمِنَminaٱلْكَرْبِl-karbiٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi ﴿٧٦﴾

[21:77] We supported him against the people who rejected our revelations. They were evil people, so we drowned them all.

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُwanaṣarnāhuمِنَminaٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūقَوْمَqawmaسَوْءٍsawinفَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٧٧﴾

[21:78] And David and Solomon, when they once ruled with regard to someone's crop that was destroyed by another's sheep. We witnessed their judgment.

وَدَاوُۥدَwadāwūdaوَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaإِذْidhيَحْكُمَانِyaḥkumāniفِىfīٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthiإِذْidhنَفَشَتْnafashatفِيهِfīhiغَنَمُghanamuٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiوَكُنَّاwakunnāلِحُكْمِهِمْliḥuk'mihimشَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīna ﴿٧٨﴾

[21:79] We granted Solomon the correct understanding, though we endowed both of them with wisdom and knowledge. We committed the mountains to serve David in glorifying (GOD), as well as the birds. This is what we did.

فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَاfafahhamnāhāسُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaوَكُلًّاwakullanءَاتَيْنَاātaynāحُكْمًاḥuk'manوَعِلْمًاwaʿil'manوَسَخَّرْنَاwasakharnāمَعَmaʿaدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālaيُسَبِّحْنَyusabbiḥ'naوَٱلطَّيْرَwal-ṭayraوَكُنَّاwakunnāفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna ﴿٧٩﴾

[21:80] And we taught him the skill of making shields to protect you in war. Are you then thankful?

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُwaʿallamnāhuصَنْعَةَṣanʿataلَبُوسٍlabūsinلَّكُمْlakumلِتُحْصِنَكُمlituḥ'ṣinakumمِّنۢminبَأْسِكُمْbasikumفَهَلْfahalأَنتُمْantumشَـٰكِرُونَshākirūna ﴿٨٠﴾

[21:81] For Solomon, we committed the wind gusting and blowing at his disposal. He could direct it as he wished, to whatever land he chose, and we blessed such land for him. We are fully aware of all things.

وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَwalisulaymānaٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥaعَاصِفَةًʿāṣifatanتَجْرِىtajrīبِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiإِلَىilāٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiٱلَّتِىallatīبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāفِيهَاfīhāوَكُنَّاwakunnāبِكُلِّbikulliشَىْءٍshayinعَـٰلِمِينَʿālimīna ﴿٨١﴾

[21:82] And of the devils there were those who would dive for him (to harvest the sea), or do whatever else he commanded them to do. We committed them in his service.

وَمِنَwaminaٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīniمَنmanيَغُوصُونَyaghūṣūnaلَهُۥlahuوَيَعْمَلُونَwayaʿmalūnaعَمَلًاʿamalanدُونَdūnaذَٰلِكَdhālikaوَكُنَّاwakunnāلَهُمْlahumحَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna ﴿٨٢﴾

[21:83] And Job implored his Lord: "Adversity has befallen me, and, of all the merciful ones, You are the Most Merciful."

وَأَيُّوبَwa-ayyūbaإِذْidhنَادَىٰnādāرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuأَنِّىannīمَسَّنِىَmassaniyaٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruوَأَنتَwa-antaأَرْحَمُarḥamuٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna ﴿٨٣﴾

[21:84] We responded to him, relieved his adversity, and restored his family for him, even twice as much. That was a mercy from us, and a reminder for the worshipers.

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāلَهُۥlahuفَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnāمَاmāبِهِۦbihiمِنminضُرٍّḍurrinوَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuأَهْلَهُۥahlahuوَمِثْلَهُمwamith'lahumمَّعَهُمْmaʿahumرَحْمَةًraḥmatanمِّنْminعِندِنَاʿindināوَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāلِلْعَـٰبِدِينَlil'ʿābidīna ﴿٨٤﴾

[21:85] Also, Ismail, Idrîs, Zal-Kifl; all were steadfast, patient.

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaوَإِدْرِيسَwa-id'rīsaوَذَاwadhāٱلْكِفْلِl-kif'liكُلٌّkullunمِّنَminaٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīna ﴿٨٥﴾

[21:86] We admitted them into our mercy, for they were righteous.

وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْwa-adkhalnāhumفِىfīرَحْمَتِنَآraḥmatināإِنَّهُمinnahumمِّنَminaٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna ﴿٨٦﴾

[21:87] And Zan-Noon (Jonah, "the one with an 'N' in his name"), abandoned his mission in protest, thinking that we could not control him. He ended up imploring from the darkness (of the big fish's belly): "There is no god other than You. Be You glorified. I have committed a gross sin."

وَذَاwadhāٱلنُّونِl-nūniإِذidhذَّهَبَdhahabaمُغَـٰضِبًاmughāḍibanفَظَنَّfaẓannaأَنanلَّنlanنَّقْدِرَnaqdiraعَلَيْهِʿalayhiفَنَادَىٰfanādāفِىfīٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātiأَنanلَّآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّآillāأَنتَantaسُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaإِنِّىinnīكُنتُkuntuمِنَminaٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٨٧﴾

[21:88] We responded to him, and saved him from the crisis; we thus save the believers.

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāلَهُۥlahuوَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuمِنَminaٱلْغَمِّl-ghamiوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaنُـۨجِىnunjīٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna ﴿٨٨﴾

[21:89] And Zachariah implored his Lord: "My Lord, do not keep me without an heir, though You are the best inheritor."

وَزَكَرِيَّآwazakariyyāإِذْidhنَادَىٰnādāرَبَّهُۥrabbahuرَبِّrabbiلَاlāتَذَرْنِىtadharnīفَرْدًاfardanوَأَنتَwa-antaخَيْرُkhayruٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna ﴿٨٩﴾

[21:90] We* responded to him and granted him John; we fixed his wife for him. That is because they used to hasten to work righteousness, and implored us in situations of joy, as well as fear. To us, they were reverent.

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāلَهُۥlahuوَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāلَهُۥlahuيَحْيَىٰyaḥyāوَأَصْلَحْنَاwa-aṣlaḥnāلَهُۥlahuزَوْجَهُۥٓzawjahuإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūيُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnaفِىfīٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātiوَيَدْعُونَنَاwayadʿūnanāرَغَبًاraghabanوَرَهَبًاwarahabanوَكَانُوا۟wakānūلَنَاlanāخَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīna ﴿٩٠﴾

*21:90 The use of the plural tense throughout the Quran indicates participation of the angels. It is clear from 3:39 and from the Bible that the angels dealt with Zachariah extensively, as they gave him the good news about John. See Appendix 10.

[21:91] As for the one who maintained her virginity, we blew into her from our spirit, and thus, we made her and her son a portent for the whole world.

وَٱلَّتِىٓwa-allatīأَحْصَنَتْaḥṣanatفَرْجَهَاfarjahāفَنَفَخْنَاfanafakhnāفِيهَاfīhāمِنminرُّوحِنَاrūḥināوَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاwajaʿalnāhāوَٱبْنَهَآwa-ib'nahāءَايَةًāyatanلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna ﴿٩١﴾

[21:92] Your congregation is but one congregation, and I alone am your Lord; you shall worship Me alone.

إِنَّinnaهَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiأُمَّتُكُمْummatukumأُمَّةًummatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanوَأَنَا۠wa-anāرَبُّكُمْrabbukumفَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūni ﴿٩٢﴾

[21:93] However, they divided themselves into disputing religions. All of them will come back to us (for judgment).

وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟wataqaṭṭaʿūأَمْرَهُمamrahumبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumكُلٌّkullunإِلَيْنَاilaynāرَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūna ﴿٩٣﴾

[21:94] As for those who work righteousness, while believing, their work will not go to waste; we are recording it.

فَمَنfamanيَعْمَلْyaʿmalمِنَminaٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiوَهُوَwahuwaمُؤْمِنٌmu'minunفَلَاfalāكُفْرَانَkuf'rānaلِسَعْيِهِۦlisaʿyihiوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَهُۥlahuكَـٰتِبُونَkātibūna ﴿٩٤﴾

[21:95] It is forbidden for any community we had annihilated to return.

وَحَرَٰمٌwaḥarāmunعَلَىٰʿalāقَرْيَةٍqaryatinأَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآahlaknāhāأَنَّهُمْannahumلَاlāيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna ﴿٩٥﴾

[21:96] Not until Gog and Magog reappear,* will they then return - they will come from every direction.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāفُتِحَتْfutiḥatيَأْجُوجُyajūjuوَمَأْجُوجُwamajūjuوَهُمwahumمِّنminكُلِّkulliحَدَبٍḥadabinيَنسِلُونَyansilūna ﴿٩٦﴾

*21:96 By the year 2270 AD, thanks to God's mathematical miracle in the Quran (Appendix 1), America will be the heart of Submission, and billions around the globe will have believed in the Quran (9:33, 41:53, 48:28, 61:9). Gog and Magog (allegorical names of villainous communities), will be the only bastions of heathenism, and they will attack the submitters. That is when the world will end (15:87, 18:94, Appendix 25). Gog and Magog are mentioned in 18:94 & 21:96, 17 verses before the end of each sura; this may indicate the time of their appearance.

[21:97] That is when the inevitable prophecy will come to pass, and the disbelievers will stare in horror: "Woe to us; we have been oblivious. Indeed, we have been wicked."

وَٱقْتَرَبَwa-iq'tarabaٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquفَإِذَاfa-idhāهِىَhiyaشَـٰخِصَةٌshākhiṣatunأَبْصَـٰرُabṣāruٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūيَـٰوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāقَدْqadكُنَّاkunnāفِىfīغَفْلَةٍghaflatinمِّنْminهَـٰذَاhādhāبَلْbalكُنَّاkunnāظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīna ﴿٩٧﴾

[21:98] You and the idols you worship besides GOD will be fuel for Hell; this is your inevitable destiny.

إِنَّكُمْinnakumوَمَاwamāتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiحَصَبُḥaṣabuجَهَنَّمَjahannamaأَنتُمْantumلَهَاlahāوَٰرِدُونَwāridūna ﴿٩٨﴾

[21:99] If those were gods, they would not have ended up in Hell. All its inhabitants abide in it forever.

لَوْlawكَانَkānaهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiءَالِهَةًālihatanمَّاmāوَرَدُوهَاwaradūhāوَكُلٌّwakullunفِيهَاfīhāخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿٩٩﴾

[21:100] They will sigh and groan therein, and they will have no access to any news.

لَهُمْlahumفِيهَاfīhāزَفِيرٌzafīrunوَهُمْwahumفِيهَاfīhāلَاlāيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna ﴿١٠٠﴾

[21:101] As for those who deserved our magnificent rewards, they will be protected from it.

إِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaسَبَقَتْsabaqatلَهُمlahumمِّنَّاminnāٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓl-ḥus'nāأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaعَنْهَاʿanhāمُبْعَدُونَmub'ʿadūna ﴿١٠١﴾

[21:102] They will not hear its hissing. They will enjoy an abode where they can get everything they desire, forever.

لَاlāيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnaحَسِيسَهَاḥasīsahāوَهُمْwahumفِىfīمَاmāٱشْتَهَتْish'tahatأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿١٠٢﴾

[21:103] The great horror will not worry them, and the angels will receive them joyfully: "This is your day, that has been promised to you."

لَاlāيَحْزُنُهُمُyaḥzunuhumuٱلْفَزَعُl-fazaʿuٱلْأَكْبَرُl-akbaruوَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُwatatalaqqāhumuٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuهَـٰذَاhādhāيَوْمُكُمُyawmukumuٱلَّذِىalladhīكُنتُمْkuntumتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūna ﴿١٠٣﴾

[21:104] On that day, we will fold the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as we initiated the first creation, we will repeat it. This is our promise; we will certainly carry it out.

يَوْمَyawmaنَطْوِىnaṭwīٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāaكَطَىِّkaṭayyiٱلسِّجِلِّl-sijiliلِلْكُتُبِlil'kutubiكَمَاkamāبَدَأْنَآbadanāأَوَّلَawwalaخَلْقٍkhalqinنُّعِيدُهُۥnuʿīduhuوَعْدًاwaʿdanعَلَيْنَآʿalaynāإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna ﴿١٠٤﴾

[21:105] We have decreed in the Psalms, as well as in other scriptures, that the earth shall be inherited by My righteous worshipers.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadكَتَبْنَاkatabnāفِىfīٱلزَّبُورِl-zabūriمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'riأَنَّannaٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaيَرِثُهَاyarithuhāعِبَادِىَʿibādiyaٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna ﴿١٠٥﴾

[21:106] This is a proclamation for people who are worshipers.

إِنَّinnaفِىfīهَـٰذَاhādhāلَبَلَـٰغًاlabalāghanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminعَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīna ﴿١٠٦﴾

[21:107] We have sent you out of mercy from us towards the whole world.

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaإِلَّاillāرَحْمَةًraḥmatanلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna ﴿١٠٧﴾

[21:108] Proclaim, "I have been given divine inspiration that your god is one god. Will you then submit?"

قُلْqulإِنَّمَاinnamāيُوحَىٰٓyūḥāإِلَىَّilayyaأَنَّمَآannamāإِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumإِلَـٰهٌilāhunوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunفَهَلْfahalأَنتُمantumمُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna ﴿١٠٨﴾

[21:109] If they turn away, then say, "I have warned you sufficiently, and I have no idea how soon or late (the retribution) will come to you.

فَإِنfa-inتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawفَقُلْfaqulءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukumعَلَىٰʿalāسَوَآءٍsawāinوَإِنْwa-inأَدْرِىٓadrīأَقَرِيبٌaqarībunأَمamبَعِيدٌbaʿīdunمَّاmāتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūna ﴿١٠٩﴾

[21:110] "He is fully aware of your public utterances, and He is fully aware of everything you conceal.

إِنَّهُۥinnahuيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuٱلْجَهْرَl-jahraمِنَminaٱلْقَوْلِl-qawliوَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuمَاmāتَكْتُمُونَtaktumūna ﴿١١٠﴾

[21:111] "For all that I know, this world is a test for you, and a temporary enjoyment."

وَإِنْwa-inأَدْرِىadrīلَعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuفِتْنَةٌfit'natunلَّكُمْlakumوَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿunإِلَىٰilāحِينٍḥīnin ﴿١١١﴾

[21:112] Say, "My Lord, Your judgment is the absolute justice. Our Lord is the Most Gracious; only His help is sought in the face of your claims."

قَـٰلَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱحْكُمuḥ'kumبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَرَبُّنَاwarabbunāٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānuعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāتَصِفُونَtaṣifūna ﴿١١٢﴾

Sura 21: Al-Anbyã’ (The Prophets) الأنبياء

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