Az-Zukhruf

They will cry, “O Mâlik!¹ Let your Lord finish us off.” He will answer, “You are definitely here to stay.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they will call, "O Mālik,¹ let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

— Saheeh International

We certainly brought the truth to you, but most of you were resentful of the truth.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

— Saheeh International

Or have they mastered some ˹evil˺ plan? Then We ˹too˺ are surely planning.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or have they devised [some] affair?¹ But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

— Saheeh International

Or do they think that We do not hear their ˹evil˺ thoughts and secret talks? Yes ˹We do˺! And Our messenger-angels are in their presence, recording ˹it all˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

— Saheeh International

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If the Most Compassionate ˹really˺ had offspring, I would be the first worshipper.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."¹

— Saheeh International

Glorified is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

— Saheeh International

So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been warned of.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

— Saheeh International

It is He Who is ˹the only˺ God in the heavens and ˹the only˺ God on the earth. For He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And it is He [i.e., Allah] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

— Saheeh International

And Blessed is the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between! With Him ˹alone˺ is the knowledge of the Hour. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

— Saheeh International

˹But˺ those ˹objects of worship˺ they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And those they invoke¹ besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.²

— Saheeh International

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created them, they will certainly say, “Allah!” How can they then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And if you asked them¹ who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

— Saheeh International