Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets)

227 Verse(s) • Surah number 26 • Meccan

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ


131. So fear Allah and obey me.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ


132. And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ


133. Provided you with grazing livestock and children

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ


134. And gardens and springs.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ


135. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ


136. They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ


137. This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ


138. And we are not to be punished."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ


139. And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ


140. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.