المؤمنون
23 - The Believers (Al-Mu'minun)
Order of Revelation: 74ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ
Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihim quroonan akhareena
Then We produced after them a generation another.
AND AFTER them We gave rise to new generations:
Then We raised after them other generations.
Then after them We brought forth other generations.
Then We raised after them other generations.
Then We produced after them other generations.
مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yasta/khiroona
Not can precede any nation its term, and not they (can) delay (it).
[for,] no community can ever forestall [the end of] its term - and neither can they delay [its coming].
No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).
No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.
No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it).
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَىٰ كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Thumma arsalna rusulana tatra kulla ma jaa ommatan rasooluha kaththaboohu faatbaAAna baAAdahum baAAdan wajaAAalnahum ahadeetha fabuAAdan liqawmin la yu/minoona
Then We sent Our Messengers (in) succession. Every time came (to) a nation its Messenger, they denied him, so We made (them) follow - some of them others, and We made them narrations. So away with a people - not they believe.
And We sent forth Our apostles, one after another: [and] every time their apostle came to a community, they gave him the lie: and so We caused them to follow one another [into the grave], and let them become [mere] tales: and so - away with the folk who would not believe!
Then sent We our apostles in succession: every time there came to a people their apostle, they accused him of falsehood: so We made them follow each other (in punishment): We made them as a tale (that is told): So away with a people that will not believe!
Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not!
Then We sent Our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came to a people, they called him a liar, so We made them follow one another and We made them stories. So away with a people who believe not!
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَارُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Thumma arsalna moosa waakhahu haroona bi-ayatina wasultanin mubeenin
Then We sent Musa and his brother Harun with Our Signs and an authority clear
AND THEN We sent forth Moses and his brother Aaron with Our messages and a manifest authority [from Us]
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our Signs and authority manifest,
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our tokens and a clear warrant
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our messages and a clear authority
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority
إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ
Ila firAAawna wamala-ihi faistakbaroo wakanoo qawman AAaleena
To Firaun and his chiefs, but they behaved arrogantly and they were a people haughty.
unto Pharaoh and his great ones; but these behaved with arrogance, for they were people wont to glorify [only] themselves.
To Pharaoh and his Chiefs: But these behaved insolently: they were an arrogant people.
Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned (them) and they were despotic folk.
To Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they behaved haughtily and they were an insolent people.
To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَ
Faqaloo anu/minu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana AAabidoona
Then they said, "Shall we believe (in) two men like ourselves while their people for us (are) slaves."
And so they said: Shall we believe [them] two mortals like ourselves - although their people are our slaves?"
They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!"
And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us?
So they said: Shall We believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people serve us?
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"