Para 23 Translation

36.22

وَ مَا لِیَ لَاۤ اَعْبُدُ الَّذِیْ فَطَرَنِیْ وَ اِلَیْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ(22)

'And what (hindrance) do I have for not worshipping Him Who has created me? And towards only Him you are to return?'

36.23

ءَاَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اٰلِهَةً اِنْ یُّرِدْنِ الرَّحْمٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّیْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَیْــٴًـا وَّ لَا یُنْقِذُوْنِۚ (23)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

'Shall I appoint other gods except Allah? That if the Most Gracious intends any harm to me, so their intercession would be of no use to me, nor would they be able to save me.'

36.24

اِنِّیْۤ اِذًا لَّفِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ(24)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

'Undoubtedly, I am then clearly in error.'

36.25

اِنِّیْۤ اٰمَنْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُوْنِﭤ(25)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

'I have certainly believed in your Lord, so listen to me.'

36.26

قِیْلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَؕ-قَالَ یٰلَیْتَ قَوْمِیْ یَعْلَمُوْنَۙ (26)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

It was said to him, 'Enter Paradise.' He said, 'Somehow, had my people known.'

36.27

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِیْ رَبِّیْ وَ جَعَلَنِیْ مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِیْنَ(27)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

'How my Lord has forgiven me and made me amongst the honoured ones.'

36.28

وَ مَاۤ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلٰى قَوْمِهٖ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ مِنْ جُنْدٍ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَ مَا كُنَّا مُنْزِلِیْنَ(28)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

And thereafter, We did not send down an army from the heaven against his people, nor were We to send down any army there.

36.29

اِنْ كَانَتْ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ خٰمِدُوْنَ(29)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

It was just one shriek; they immediately became extinct.

36.30

یٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِۣۚ-مَا یَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ(30)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

And it was said that 'Woe to those bondsmen! When a Messenger comes to them, so they ridicule him.'

36.31

اَلَمْ یَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُوْنِ اَنَّهُمْ اِلَیْهِمْ لَا یَرْجِعُوْنَﭤ(31)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

Have they not seen how many generations We have destroyed before them, that they are now not to return to them?