Each ˹of the two groups˺ will be ranked according to what they have done so He may fully reward all. And none will be wronged.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Watch for˺ the Day ˹when˺ the disbelievers will be exposed to the Fire. ˹They will be told,˺ “You ˹already˺ exhausted your ˹share of˺ pleasures during your worldly life, and ˹fully˺ enjoyed them. So Today you will be rewarded with the torment of disgrace for your arrogance throughout the land with no right, and for your rebelliousness.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And remember the brother of ’Ȃd, when he warned his people, who inhabited the sand-hills1—there were certainly warners before and after him—˹saying,˺ “Worship none but Allah. I truly fear for you the torment of a tremendous day.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They argued, “Have you come to turn us away from our gods? Bring us then whatever you threaten us with, if what you say is true.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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
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
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
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
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
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
˹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