He responded, “The knowledge ˹of its time˺ is only with Allah. I only convey to you what I have been sent with. But I can see that you are a people acting ignorantly.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."
— Saheeh International
Then when they saw the torment as a ˹dense˺ cloud approaching their valleys, they said ˹happily˺, “This is a cloud bringing us rain.” ˹But Hûd replied,˺ “No, it is what you sought to hasten: a ˹fierce˺ wind carrying a painful punishment!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:1 a wind, within it a painful punishment,
— Saheeh International
It destroyed everything by the command of its Lord, leaving nothing visible except their ruins. This is how We reward the wicked people.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
— Saheeh International
Indeed, We had established them1 in a way We have not established you ˹Meccans˺. And We gave them hearing, sight, and intellect. But neither their hearing, sight, nor intellect were of any benefit to them whatsoever, since they persisted in denying Allah’s signs. And ˹so˺ they were overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allah; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
— Saheeh International
We certainly destroyed the societies around you after having varied the signs so perhaps they would return ˹to the Right Path˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].
— Saheeh International
Why then did those ˹idols˺ they took as gods—hoping to get closer ˹to Him˺—not come to their aid? Instead, they failed them. That is ˹the result of˺ their lies and their fabrications.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him]1 not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
— Saheeh International
˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when We sent a group of jinn your way to listen to the Quran. Then, upon hearing it, they said ˹to one another˺, “Listen quietly!” Then when it was over, they returned to their fellow jinn as warners.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.
— Saheeh International
They declared, “O our fellow jinn! We have truly heard a scripture revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and the Straight Way.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.
— Saheeh International
O our fellow jinn! Respond to the caller of Allah and believe in him, He will forgive your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allah1 and believe in him; He [i.e., Allah] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
— Saheeh International
And whoever does not respond to the caller of Allah will have no escape on earth, nor will they have any protectors against Him. It is they who are clearly astray.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."
— Saheeh International
Do they not realize that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and did not tire in creating them,1 is able to give life to the dead? Yes ˹indeed˺! He is certainly Most Capable of everything.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
— Saheeh International