فَكُلًّا

أَخَذۡنَا

بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ

فَمِنۡهُم

مَّنۡ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِ

حَاصِبٗا

وَمِنۡهُم

مَّنۡ

أَخَذَتۡهُ

ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ

وَمِنۡهُم

مَّنۡ

خَسَفۡنَا

بِهِ

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

وَمِنۡهُم

مَّنۡ

أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ

وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ

وَلَٰكِن

كَانُوٓاْ

أَنفُسَهُمۡ

يَظۡلِمُونَ

٤٠

So We seized each ˹people˺ for their sin: against some of them We sent a storm of stones, some were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast, some We caused the earth to swallow, and some We drowned. Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of a spider spinning a shelter. And the flimsiest of all shelters is certainly that of a spider, if only they knew.¹

Allah surely knows that whatever ˹gods˺ they invoke besides Him are ˹simply˺ nothing. For He is the Almighty, All-Wise.

These are the parables We set forth for humanity, but none will understand them except the people of knowledge.

Allah created the heavens and the earth for a purpose. Surely in this is a sign for the people of faith.

Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, ˹genuine˺ prayer should deter ˹one˺ from indecency and wickedness. The remembrance of Allah is ˹an˺ even greater ˹deterrent˺. And Allah ˹fully˺ knows what you ˹all˺ do.