Para 17 Translation

21.0

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

Allah's Name to commence with, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

21.1

اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَ هُمْ فِیْ غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُوْنَۚ (1)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

The reckoning of the people is near, and they have turned their faces in negligence.

21.2

مَا یَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ مُّحْدَثٍ اِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوْهُ وَ هُمْ یَلْعَبُوْنَۙ (2)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

When new advice comes to them from their Lord; consequently, they do not listen to it except in a playful manner.

21.3

لَاهِیَةً قُلُوْبُهُمْؕ-وَ اَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى ﳓ الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ﳓ هَلْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْۚ-اَفَتَاْتُوْنَ السِّحْرَ وَ اَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُوْنَ(3)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

Their hearts are involved in play, and the unjust consulted with each other secretly; that 'Who is this, is he merely another a human like you? So, do you go to (him because of his) magic whilst you are seeing (it)?'

21.4

قٰلَ رَبِّیْ یَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِی السَّمَآءِ وَ الْاَرْضِ٘-وَ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْعَلِیْمُ(4)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

The Beloved Prophet (Muhammad) said, 'My Lord knows every word (spoken) in the heavens and in the earth, and only He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.'

21.5

بَلْ قَالُـوْۤا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍۭ بَلِ افْتَرٰىهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ ۚۖ-فَلْیَاْتِنَا بِاٰیَةٍ كَمَاۤ اُرْسِلَ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ(5)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

Rather, they said, 'These (revelations) are confusing dreams; rather, it is his fabrication. Rather, he is a poet; (if he is a Prophet) he must therefore bring us some sign, just like the former had been sent (with miracles).'

21.6

مَاۤ اٰمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْیَةٍ اَهْلَكْنٰهَاۚ-اَفَهُمْ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ(6)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

No (people of any) town which We destroyed before them believed; so, will they believe?

21.7

وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِیْۤ اِلَیْهِمْ فَسْــٴَـلُوْۤا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ(7)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

And We did not send (Prophets) before you except men, to whom We sent revelations. Therefore, O people! Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.

21.8

وَ مَا جَعَلْنٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا یَاْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَ مَا كَانُوْا خٰلِدِیْنَ(8)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

And We did not create them as mere bodies that ate no food, and (nor did we make them) to live in the world forever.

21.9

ثُمَّ صَدَقْنٰهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَاَنْجَیْنٰهُمْ وَ مَنْ نَّشَآءُ وَ اَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِیْنَ(9)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

We then fulfilled Our promise to them; We henceforth rescued them and whoever (else) We willed, and destroyed the transgressors.