Fussilat

So We sent against them a furious wind,¹ for ˹several˺ miserable days, to make them taste a humiliating punishment in this worldly life. But far more humiliating will be the punishment of the Hereafter. And they will not be helped.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

— Saheeh International

As for Thamûd, We showed them guidance, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the blast of a disgracing punishment overtook them for what they used to commit.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

— Saheeh International

And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful ˹of Allah˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

— Saheeh International

˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ the enemies of Allah will be gathered for the Fire, all driven in ranks.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,

— Saheeh International

When they reach it, their ears, eyes, and skin will testify against what they used to do.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

— Saheeh International

They will ask their skin ˹furiously˺, “Why have you testified against us?” It will say, “We have been made to speak by Allah, Who causes all things to speak. He ˹is the One Who˺ created you the first time, and to Him you were bound to return.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

— Saheeh International

You did not ˹bother to˺ hide yourselves from your ears, eyes, and skin to prevent them from testifying against you. Rather, you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you used to do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves,¹ lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you do.

— Saheeh International

It was that ˹false˺ assumption you entertained about your Lord that has brought about your doom, so you have become losers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

— Saheeh International

Even if they endure patiently, the Fire will ˹always˺ be their home. And if they ˹beg to˺ appease ˹their Lord˺, they will never be allowed to.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them; and if they ask to appease [Allah], they will not be of those who are allowed to appease.

— Saheeh International

We placed at their disposal ˹evil˺ associates who made their past and future ˹misdeeds˺ appealing to them.¹ ˹So˺ the fate of earlier communities of jinn and humans has been justified against them ˹as well˺, ˹for˺ they were truly losers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We appointed for them companions¹ who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers advised ˹one another˺, “Do not listen to this Quran but drown it out so that you may prevail.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily¹ during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

— Saheeh International