وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُمُ
ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ
لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
قَالُواْ
وَمَا
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
أَنَسۡجُدُ
لِمَا
تَأۡمُرُنَا
وَزَادَهُمۡ
نُفُورٗا ۩
٦٠

When it is said to them, “Prostrate to the Most Compassionate,” they ask ˹in disgust˺, “What is ‘the Most Compassionate’? Will we prostrate to whatever you order us to?” And it only drives them farther away.
تَبَارَكَ
ٱلَّذِي
جَعَلَ
فِي
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
بُرُوجٗا
وَجَعَلَ
فِيهَا
سِرَٰجٗا
وَقَمَرٗا
مُّنِيرٗا
٦١
Blessed is the One Who has placed constellations in the sky, as well as a ˹radiant˺ lamp1 and a luminous moon.
وَهُوَ
ٱلَّذِي
جَعَلَ
ٱلَّيۡلَ
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
خِلۡفَةٗ
لِّمَنۡ
أَرَادَ
أَن
يَذَّكَّرَ
أَوۡ
أَرَادَ
شُكُورٗا
٦٢
And He is the One Who causes the day and the night to alternate, ˹as a sign˺ for whoever desires to be mindful or to be grateful.
وَعِبَادُ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَمۡشُونَ
عَلَى
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
هَوۡنٗا
وَإِذَا
خَاطَبَهُمُ
ٱلۡجَٰهِلُونَ
قَالُواْ
سَلَٰمٗا
٦٣
The ˹true˺ servants of the Most Compassionate are those who walk on the earth humbly, and when the foolish address them ˹improperly˺, they only respond with peace.
وَٱلَّذِينَ
يَبِيتُونَ
لِرَبِّهِمۡ
سُجَّدٗا
وَقِيَٰمٗا
٦٤
˹They are˺ those who spend ˹a good portion of˺ the night, prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord.
وَٱلَّذِينَ
يَقُولُونَ
رَبَّنَا
ٱصۡرِفۡ
عَنَّا
عَذَابَ
جَهَنَّمَۖ
إِنَّ
عَذَابَهَا
كَانَ
غَرَامًا
٦٥
˹They are˺ those who pray, “Our Lord! Keep the punishment of Hell away from us, for its punishment is indeed unrelenting.
إِنَّهَا
سَآءَتۡ
مُسۡتَقَرّٗا
وَمُقَامٗا
٦٦
It is certainly an evil place to settle and reside.”
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