Ash-Shu'ara 26:135

26:126
فَٱتَّقُواْ
fa-ittaqu
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُونِ
wa-ati'uni
and obey me
١٢٦

be mindful of God and obey me

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26:127
وَمَآ
wama
And not
أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ
asalukum
I ask you
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
for it
مِنۡ
min
any
أَجۡرٍۖ
ajrin
payment
إِنۡ
in
Not
أَجۡرِيَ
ajriya
(is) my payment
إِلَّا
illa
except
عَلَىٰ
ala
from
رَبِّ
rabbi
(the) Lord
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
al-'alamina
(of) the worlds
١٢٧

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds

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26:128
أَتَبۡنُونَ
atabnuna
Do you construct
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
on every
رِيعٍ
ri'in
elevation
ءَايَةٗ
ayatan
a sign
تَعۡبَثُونَ
ta'bathuna
amusing yourselves
١٢٨

How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place

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26:129
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ
watattakhidhuna
And take for yourselves
مَصَانِعَ
masani'a
strongholds
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
la'allakum
that you may
تَخۡلُدُونَ
takhluduna
live forever
١٢٩

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal

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26:130
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
بَطَشۡتُم
batashtum
you seize
بَطَشۡتُمۡ
batashtum
you seize
جَبَّارِينَ
jabbarina
(as) tyrants
١٣٠

Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone

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26:131
فَٱتَّقُواْ
fa-ittaqu
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُونِ
wa-ati'uni
and obey me
١٣١

Be mindful of God and obey me

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26:132
وَٱتَّقُواْ
wa-ittaqu
And fear
ٱلَّذِيٓ
alladhi
the One Who
أَمَدَّكُم
amaddakum
has aided you
بِمَا
bima
with what
تَعۡلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
you know
١٣٢

be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know

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26:133
أَمَدَّكُم
amaddakum
He has aided you
بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ
bi-an'amin
with cattle
وَبَنِينَ
wabanina
and children
١٣٣

He has given you livestock, sons

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26:134
وَجَنَّٰتٖ
wajannatin
And gardens
وَعُيُونٍ
wa'uyunin
and springs
١٣٤

gardens, springs

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26:135
إِنِّيٓ
inni
Indeed I
أَخَافُ
akhafu
[I] fear
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
for you
عَذَابَ
adhaba
(the) punishment
يَوۡمٍ
yawmin
(of) a Day
عَظِيمٖ
azimin
Great
١٣٥

for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’

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26:136
قَالُواْ
qalu
They said
سَوَآءٌ
sawaon
(It is) same
عَلَيۡنَآ
alayna
to us
أَوَعَظۡتَ
awa'azta
whether you advise
أَمۡ
am
or
لَمۡ
lam
not
تَكُن
takun
you are
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ
al-wa'izina
the advisors
١٣٦

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not

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26:137
إِنۡ
in
Not
هَٰذَآ
hadha
(is) this
إِلَّا
illa
but
خُلُقُ
khuluqu
(the) custom
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
١٣٧

for we only do what our forefathers used to do

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26:138
وَمَا
wama
And not
نَحۡنُ
nahnu
we
بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
bimu'adhabina
(are) the ones to be punished
١٣٨

we shall not be punished.’

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26:139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabuhu
So they denied him
فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ
fa-ahlaknahum
then We destroyed them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَأٓيَةٗۖ
laayatan
surely is a sign
وَمَا
wama
but not
كَانَ
kana
are
أَكۡثَرُهُم
aktharuhum
most of them
مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
mu'minina
believers
١٣٩

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe

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26:140
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
لَهُوَ
lahuwa
surely He
ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
al-'azizu
(is) the All-Mighty
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
al-rahimu
the Most Merciful
١٤٠

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful

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26:141
كَذَّبَتۡ
kadhabat
Denied
ثَمُودُ
thamudu
Thamud
ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
al-mur'salina
the Messengers
١٤١

The people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars

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26:142
إِذۡ
idh
When
قَالَ
qala
said
لَهُمۡ
lahum
to them
أَخُوهُمۡ
akhuhum
their brother
صَٰلِحٌ
salihun
Salih
أَلَا
ala
Will not
تَتَّقُونَ
tattaquna
you fear (Allah)
١٤٢

Their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God

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26:143
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I am
لَكُمۡ
lakum
to you
رَسُولٌ
rasulun
a Messenger
أَمِينٞ
aminun
trustworthy
١٤٣

I am a faithful messenger to you

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26:144
فَٱتَّقُواْ
fa-ittaqu
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُونِ
wa-ati'uni
and obey me
١٤٤

be mindful of God and obey me

Translation 1260

26:145
وَمَآ
wama
And not
أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ
asalukum
I ask you
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
for it
مِنۡ
min
any
أَجۡرٍۖ
ajrin
payment
إِنۡ
in
Not
أَجۡرِيَ
ajriya
(is) my payment
إِلَّا
illa
except
عَلَىٰ
ala
from
رَبِّ
rabbi
(the) Lord
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
al-'alamina
(of) the worlds
١٤٥

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds

Translation 1260

26:146
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ
atut'rakuna
Will you be left
فِي
fi
in
مَا
ma
what
هَٰهُنَآ
hahuna
(is) here
ءَامِنِينَ
aminina
secure
١٤٦

[Do you think] you will be left secure for ever in what you have here

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26:147
فِي
fi
In
جَنَّٰتٖ
jannatin
gardens
وَعُيُونٖ
wa'uyunin
and springs
١٤٧

gardens, springs

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26:148
وَزُرُوعٖ
wazuru'in
And cornfields
وَنَخۡلٖ
wanakhlin
and date-palms
طَلۡعُهَا
tal'uha
its spadix
هَضِيمٞ
hadimun
soft
١٤٨

fields, palm trees laden with fruit

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26:149
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ
watanhituna
And you carve
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلۡجِبَالِ
al-jibali
the mountains
بُيُوتٗا
buyutan
houses
فَٰرِهِينَ
farihina
skillfully
١٤٩

carving your fine houses from the mountains

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26:150
فَٱتَّقُواْ
fa-ittaqu
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُونِ
wa-ati'uni
and obey me
١٥٠

Be mindful of God and obey me

Translation 1260