021surah
Translation by
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran (Change)
Surah Info

ٱقۡتَرَبَ
لِلنَّاسِ
حِسَابُهُمۡ
وَهُمۡ
فِي
غَفۡلَةٖ
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
١

˹The time of˺ people’s judgment has drawn near, yet they are heedlessly turning away.
مَا
يَأۡتِيهِم
مِّن
ذِكۡرٖ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِم
مُّحۡدَثٍ
إِلَّا
ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ
وَهُمۡ
يَلۡعَبُونَ
٢
Whatever new reminder comes to them from their Lord, they only listen to it jokingly,
لَاهِيَةٗ
قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ
وَأَسَرُّواْ
ٱلنَّجۡوَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُواْ
هَلۡ
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّا
بَشَرٞ
مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ
أَفَتَأۡتُونَ
ٱلسِّحۡرَ
وَأَنتُمۡ
تُبۡصِرُونَ
٣
with their hearts ˹totally˺ distracted. The evildoers would converse secretly, ˹saying,˺ “Is this ˹one˺ not human like yourselves? Would you fall for ˹this˺ witchcraft, even though you can ˹clearly˺ see?”
قَالَ
رَبِّي
يَعۡلَمُ
ٱلۡقَوۡلَ
فِي
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
٤
The Prophet responded, “My Lord ˹fully˺ knows every word spoken in the heavens and the earth. For He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”
بَلۡ
قَالُوٓاْ
أَضۡغَٰثُ
أَحۡلَٰمِۭ
بَلِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ
بَلۡ
هُوَ
شَاعِرٞ
فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا
بِـَٔايَةٖ
كَمَآ
أُرۡسِلَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
٥
Yet they say, “This ˹Quran˺ is a set of confused dreams! No, he has fabricated it! No, he must be a poet! So let him bring us a ˹tangible˺ sign like those ˹prophets˺ sent before.”
مَآ
ءَامَنَتۡ
قَبۡلَهُم
مِّن
قَرۡيَةٍ
أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ
أَفَهُمۡ
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
٦
Not a ˹single˺ society We destroyed before them ever believed ˹after receiving the signs˺. Will these ˹pagans˺ then believe?
وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
قَبۡلَكَ
إِلَّا
رِجَالٗا
نُّوحِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ
فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ
أَهۡلَ
ٱلذِّكۡرِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
لَا
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٧
We did not send ˹messengers˺ before you ˹O Prophet˺ except mere men inspired by Us. If you ˹polytheists˺ do not know ˹this already˺, then ask those who have knowledge ˹of the Scriptures˺.
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
جَسَدٗا
لَّا
يَأۡكُلُونَ
ٱلطَّعَامَ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
خَٰلِدِينَ
٨
We did not give those messengers ˹supernatural˺ bodies that did not need food, nor were they immortal.
ثُمَّ
صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ
ٱلۡوَعۡدَ
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ
وَمَن
نَّشَآءُ
وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا
ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
٩
Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, saving them along with whoever We willed and destroying the transgressors.
لَقَدۡ
أَنزَلۡنَآ
إِلَيۡكُمۡ
كِتَٰبٗا
فِيهِ
ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ
أَفَلَا
تَعۡقِلُونَ
١٠
We have surely revealed to you a Book, in which there is glory for you. Will you not then understand?
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