23:105
أَلَمۡ
alam
Were not
تَكُنۡ
takun
Were not
ءَايَٰتِي
ayati
My Verses
تُتۡلَىٰ
tut'la
recited
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
to you
فَكُنتُم
fakuntum
and you used (to)
بِهَا
biha
deny them
تُكَذِّبُونَ
tukadhibuna
deny them
١٠٥

‘Were My messages not recited over and over to you and still you rejected them?’

Translation 1260

23:106
قَالُواْ
qalu
They (will) say
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord
غَلَبَتۡ
ghalabat
Overcame
عَلَيۡنَا
alayna
[on] us
شِقۡوَتُنَا
shiq'watuna
our wretchedness
وَكُنَّا
wakunna
and we were
قَوۡمٗا
qawman
a people
ضَآلِّينَ
dallina
astray
١٠٦

They will say, ‘Lord, our waywardness overcame us and we went astray

Translation 1260

23:107
رَبَّنَآ
rabbana
Our Lord
أَخۡرِجۡنَا
akhrij'na
Bring us out
مِنۡهَا
min'ha
from it
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
then if
عُدۡنَا
ud'na
we return
فَإِنَّا
fa-inna
then indeed we
ظَٰلِمُونَ
zalimuna
(would be) wrongdoers
١٠٧

Lord, take us away from this and if we go back to our old ways, then we shall really be evildoers.’

Translation 1260

23:108
قَالَ
qala
He (will) say
ٱخۡسَـُٔواْ
ikh'sau
Remain despised
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تُكَلِّمُونِ
tukallimuni
speak to Me
١٠٨

He will say, ‘Away with you! In you go! Do not speak to Me

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23:109
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed
كَانَ
kana
(there) was
فَرِيقٞ
fariqun
a party
مِّنۡ
min
of
عِبَادِي
ibadi
My slaves
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
(who) said
رَبَّنَآ
rabbana
Our Lord
ءَامَنَّا
amanna
We believe
فَٱغۡفِرۡ
fa-igh'fir
so forgive
لَنَا
lana
us
وَٱرۡحَمۡنَا
wa-ir'hamna
and have mercy on us
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيۡرُ
khayru
(are) best
ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
al-rahimina
(of) those who show mercy
١٠٩

Among My servants there were those who said, “Lord, We believe. Forgive us and have mercy on us: You are the most merciful of all.”

Translation 1260

23:110
فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ
fa-ittakhadhtumuhum
But you took them
سِخۡرِيًّا
sikh'riyyan
(in) mockery
حَتَّىٰٓ
hatta
until
أَنسَوۡكُمۡ
ansawkum
they made you forget
ذِكۡرِي
dhik'ri
My remembrance
وَكُنتُم
wakuntum
and you used (to)
مِّنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
at them
تَضۡحَكُونَ
tadhakuna
laugh
١١٠

But you kept on laughing at them: so intent were you on laughing at them that it made you forget My warning

Translation 1260

23:111
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I
جَزَيۡتُهُمُ
jazaytuhumu
have rewarded them
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
al-yawma
this Day
بِمَا
bima
because
صَبَرُوٓاْ
sabaru
they were patient
أَنَّهُمۡ
annahum
indeed they
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ
al-faizuna
(are) the successful ones
١١١

Today I have rewarded them for their patience: it is they who will succeed.’

Translation 1260

23:112
قَٰلَ
qala
He will say
كَمۡ
kam
How long
لَبِثۡتُمۡ
labith'tum
did you remain
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
the earth
عَدَدَ
adada
(in) number
سِنِينَ
sinina
(of) years
١١٢

He will say, ‘How many years were you on earth?’

Translation 1260

23:113
قَالُواْ
qalu
They will say
لَبِثۡنَا
labith'na
We remained
يَوۡمًا
yawman
a day
أَوۡ
aw
or
بَعۡضَ
ba'da
a part
يَوۡمٖ
yawmin
(of) a day
فَسۡـَٔلِ
fasali
but ask
ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ
al-'adina
those who keep count
١١٣

and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.’

Translation 1260

23:114
قَٰلَ
qala
He will say
إِن
in
Not
لَّبِثۡتُمۡ
labith'tum
you stayed
إِلَّا
illa
but
قَلِيلٗاۖ
qalilan
a little
لَّوۡ
law
if
أَنَّكُمۡ
annakum
only you
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
[you]
تَعۡلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
knew
١١٤

He will say, ‘You stayed but a little, if you had only known

Translation 1260

23:115
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ
afahasib'tum
Then did you think
أَنَّمَا
annama
that
خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ
khalaqnakum
We created you
عَبَثٗا
abathan
uselessly
وَأَنَّكُمۡ
wa-annakum
and that you
إِلَيۡنَا
ilayna
to Us
لَا
la
not
تُرۡجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
will be returned
١١٥

Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’

Translation 1260

23:116
فَتَعَٰلَى
fata'ala
So exalted is
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
ٱلۡمَلِكُ
al-maliku
the King
ٱلۡحَقُّۖ
al-haqu
the Truth
لَآ
la
(There is) no
إِلَٰهَ
ilaha
god
إِلَّا
illa
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
رَبُّ
rabbu
(the) Lord
ٱلۡعَرۡشِ
al-'arshi
(of) the Throne
ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
al-karimi
Honorable
١١٦

Exalted be God, the true King, there is no god but Him, the Lord of the Glorious Throne

Translation 1260

23:117
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَدۡعُ
yad'u
invokes
مَعَ
ma'a
with
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
إِلَٰهًا
ilahan
god
ءَاخَرَ
akhara
other
لَا
la
no
بُرۡهَٰنَ
bur'hana
proof
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innama
Then only
حِسَابُهُۥ
hisabuhu
his account
عِندَ
inda
(is) with
رَبِّهِۦٓۚ
rabbihi
his Lord
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed [he]
لَا
la
not
يُفۡلِحُ
yuf'lihu
will succeed
ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ
al-kafiruna
the disbelievers
١١٧

Whoever prays to another god alongside Him- a god for whose existence he has no evidence- will face his reckoning with his Lord. Those who reject the truth will not prosper

Translation 1260

23:118
وَقُل
waqul
And say
رَّبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
ٱغۡفِرۡ
igh'fir
Forgive
وَٱرۡحَمۡ
wa-ir'ham
and have mercy
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيۡرُ
khayru
(are the) Best
ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
al-rahimina
(of) those who show mercy
١١٨

Say [Prophet], ‘Lord, forgive and have mercy: You are the most merciful of all.’

Translation 1260