إِنَّآ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

صَيۡحَةٗ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

فَكَانُواْ

كَهَشِيمِ

ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ

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Indeed, We sent against them ˹only˺ one ˹mighty˺ blast, leaving them like the twigs of fence-builders.

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

The people of Lot ˹also˺ rejected the warnings.

We unleashed upon them a storm of stones. As for ˹the believers of˺ Lot’s family, We delivered them before dawn

as a blessing from Us. This is how We reward whoever gives thanks.

He had already warned them of Our ˹crushing˺ blow but they disputed the warnings.

And they even demanded his angel-guests from him,¹ so We blinded their eyes. ˹And they were told,˺ “Taste then My punishment and warnings!”

And indeed, by the early morning they were overwhelmed by an unrelenting torment.

˹Again they were told,˺ “Taste now My punishment and warnings!”

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

And indeed, the warnings ˹also˺ came to the people of Pharaoh.

˹But˺ they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the ˹crushing˺ grip of the Almighty, Most Powerful.

Now, are you ˹Meccan˺ disbelievers superior to those ˹destroyed peoples˺? Or have you ˹been granted˺ immunity ˹from punishment˺ in divine Books?

Or do they say, “We are all ˹a˺ united ˹front˺, bound to prevail.”?

˹Soon˺ their united front will be defeated and ˹forced to˺ flee.¹

Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.

Indeed, the wicked are ˹entrenched˺ in misguidance, and ˹are bound for˺ blazes.

On the Day they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, ˹they will be told,˺ “Taste the touch of Hell!”¹

Indeed, We have created everything, perfectly preordained.