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ﭚﭛ ﭠﭡ

So He formed the heaven into seven heavens in two Days, assigning to each its mandate. And We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps ˹for beauty˺ and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, All-Knowing.”1 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection.1 That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

— Saheeh International

If they turn away, then say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I warn you of a ˹mighty˺ blast, like the one that befell ’Ȃd and Thamûd.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.

— Saheeh International

ﭼﭽ ﭿ

The messengers had come to them from all angles, ˹proclaiming,˺ “Worship none but Allah.” They responded, “Had our Lord willed, He could have easily sent down angels ˹instead˺. So we totally reject what you have been sent with.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allah." They said, "If our Lord had willed,1 He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."

— Saheeh International

ﮕﮖ ﮠﮡ

As for ’Ȃd, they acted arrogantly throughout the land with no right, boasting, “Who is superior to us in might?” Did they not see that Allah ˹Himself˺, Who created them, was far superior to them in might? Still they persisted in denying Our signs.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

— Saheeh International

ﯓﯔ ﯗﯘ

So We sent against them a furious wind,1 for ˹several˺ miserable days, to make them taste a humiliating punishment in this worldly life. But far more humiliating will be the punishment of the Hereafter. And they will not be helped.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

— Saheeh International

As for Thamûd, We showed them guidance, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the blast of a disgracing punishment overtook them for what they used to commit.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

— Saheeh International

And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful ˹of Allah˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

— Saheeh International

˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ the enemies of Allah will be gathered for the Fire, all driven in ranks.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,

— Saheeh International

ﯿ

When they reach it, their ears, eyes, and skin will testify against what they used to do.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

— Saheeh International

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