وَٱضۡرِبۡ
لَهُم
مَّثَلًا
أَصۡحَٰبَ
ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ
إِذۡ
جَآءَهَا
ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
١٣

Give them an example ˹O Prophet˺ of the residents of a town, when the messengers came to them.
إِذۡ
أَرۡسَلۡنَآ
إِلَيۡهِمُ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِ
فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا
فَعَزَّزۡنَا
بِثَالِثٖ
فَقَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّآ
إِلَيۡكُم
مُّرۡسَلُونَ
١٤
We sent them two messengers, but they rejected both. So We reinforced ˹the two˺ with a third, and they declared, “We have indeed been sent to you ˹as messengers˺.”
قَالُواْ
مَآ
أَنتُمۡ
إِلَّا
بَشَرٞ
مِّثۡلُنَا
وَمَآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
مِن
شَيۡءٍ
إِنۡ
أَنتُمۡ
إِلَّا
تَكۡذِبُونَ
١٥
The people replied, “You are only humans like us, and the Most Compassionate has not revealed anything. You are simply lying!”
قَالُواْ
رَبُّنَا
يَعۡلَمُ
إِنَّآ
إِلَيۡكُمۡ
لَمُرۡسَلُونَ
١٦
The messengers responded, “Our Lord knows that we have truly been sent to you.
وَمَا
عَلَيۡنَآ
إِلَّا
ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ
ٱلۡمُبِينُ
١٧
And our duty is only to deliver ˹the message˺ clearly.”
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