وَنَادَوۡاْ

يَٰمَٰلِكُ

لِيَقۡضِ

عَلَيۡنَا

رَبُّكَۖ

قَالَ

إِنَّكُم

مَّٰكِثُونَ

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They will cry, “O Mâlik!¹ Let your Lord finish us off.” He will answer, “You are definitely here to stay.”

We certainly brought the truth to you, but most of you were resentful of the truth.

Or have they mastered some ˹evil˺ plan? Then We ˹too˺ are surely planning.

Or do they think that We do not hear their ˹evil˺ thoughts and secret talks? Yes ˹We do˺! And Our messenger-angels are in their presence, recording ˹it all˺.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If the Most Compassionate ˹really˺ had offspring, I would be the first worshipper.”

Glorified is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.

So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been warned of.

It is He Who is ˹the only˺ God in the heavens and ˹the only˺ God on the earth. For He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing.

And Blessed is the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between! With Him ˹alone˺ is the knowledge of the Hour. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.

˹But˺ those ˹objects of worship˺ they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly.¹

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created them, they will certainly say, “Allah!” How can they then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

˹Allah is Aware of˺ the Prophet’s cry: “O my Lord! Indeed, these are a people who persist in disbelief.”

So bear with them and respond with peace. They will soon come to know.