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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ﴿١٥٤﴾

What aileth you? How judge ye?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿١٥٥﴾

Will ye not then reflect?

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ﴿١٥٦﴾

Or have ye a clear warrant?

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ﴿١٥٧﴾

Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ﴿١٥٨﴾

And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him).

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿١٥٩﴾

Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿١٦٠﴾

Save single-minded slaves of Allah.

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ﴿١٦١﴾

Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ﴿١٦٢﴾

Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿١٦٣﴾

Save him who is to burn in hell.

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ﴿١٦٤﴾

There is not one of us but hath his known position.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ﴿١٦٥﴾

Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ﴿١٦٦﴾

Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ﴿١٦٧﴾

And indeed they used to say:

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٦٨﴾

If we had but a reminder from the men of old

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿١٦٩﴾

We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٧٠﴾

Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٧١﴾

And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ﴿١٧٢﴾

That they verily would be helped,

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ﴿١٧٣﴾

And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ﴿١٧٤﴾

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ﴿١٧٥﴾

And watch, for they will (soon) see.

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ﴿١٧٦﴾

Would they hasten on Our doom?

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ﴿١٧٧﴾

But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ﴿١٧٨﴾

Withdraw from them awhile

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ﴿١٧٩﴾

And watch, for they will (soon) see.

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿١٨٠﴾

Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٨١﴾

And peace be unto those sent (to warn).

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴿١٨٢﴾

And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!