11. Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanat thalimatan waansha/na baAAdaha qawman akhareena
11. How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
12. Falamma ahassoo ba/sana itha hum minha yarkudoona
12. Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
13. La tarkudoo wairjiAAoo ila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikum laAAallakum tus-aloona
13. Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.
14. Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena
14. They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!"
15. Fama zalat tilka daAAwahum hatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideena
15. And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched.
16. Wama khalaqna alssamaa waal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
16. Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!
17. Law aradna an nattakhitha lahwan laittakhathnahu min ladunna in kunna faAAileena
17. If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!
18. Bal naqthifu bialhaqqi AAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqun walakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoona
18. Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to Us).
19. Walahu man fee alssamawati waal-ardi waman AAindahu la yastakbiroona AAan AAibadatihi wala yastahsiroona
19. To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service):
20. Yusabbihoona allayla waalnnahara la yafturoona
20. They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.
21. Ami ittakhathoo alihatan mina al-ardi hum yunshiroona
21. Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)?
22. Law kana feehima alihatun illa Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona
22. If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!
23. La yus-alu AAamma yafAAalu wahum yus-aloona
23. He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for theirs).
24. Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan qul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru man maAAiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona alhaqqa fahum muAAridoona
24. Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away.
25. Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudooni
25. Not an apostle did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve Me.
26. Waqaloo ittakhatha alrrahmanu waladan subhanahu bal AAibadun mukramoona
26. And they say: "((Allah)) Most Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour.
27. La yasbiqoonahu bialqawli wahum bi-amrihi yaAAmaloona
27. They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His Command.
28. YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yashfaAAoona illa limani irtada wahum min khashyatihi mushfiqoona
28. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).
29. Waman yaqul minhum innee ilahun min doonihi fathalika najzeehi jahannama kathalika najzee alththalimeena
29. If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him", such a one We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.