يَوۡمَ

لَا

يَنفَعُ

مَالٞ

وَلَا

بَنُونَ

٨٨

the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit.

Only those who come before Allah with a pure heart ˹will be saved˺.”¹ 

˹On that Day˺ Paradise will be brought near to the God-fearing,

and the Hellfire will be displayed to the deviant.

And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship

besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”

Then the idols will be hurled headlong into Hell, along with the deviant

and the soldiers of Iblîs,¹ all together.

There the deviant will cry while disputing with their idols,

“By Allah! We were clearly mistaken,

when we made you equal to the Lord of all worlds.

And none led us astray other than the wicked.

Now we have none to intercede for us,

nor a close friend.

If only we could have a second chance, then we would be believers.”

Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

The people of Noah rejected the messengers¹

when their brother Noah said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

So fear Allah, and obey me.

I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

So fear Allah, and obey me.”

They argued, “How can we believe in you, when you are followed ˹only˺ by the lowest of the low?”¹