46. Surah Al-Ahqaf The Dunes

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

حٰمٓ

Ha-meem

Ha Mim.

تَنْز۪يلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَك۪يمِ

Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alhakeem

The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

مَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَٓا اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّٓا اُنْذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ

Ma khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma illabilhaqqi waajalin musamman wallatheenakafaroo AAamma onthiroo muAAridoon

We have not created the heavens and earth and everything between them except with truth and for a set term. But those who are kafir turn away from what they have been warned about.

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ مَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَرُون۪ي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ اَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِۜ ا۪يتُون۪ي بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ هٰذَٓا اَوْ اَثَارَةٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Qul araaytum ma tadAAoona min dooniAllahi aroonee matha khalaqoo mina al-ardiam lahum shirkun fee assamawati eetooneebikitabin min qabli hatha aw atharatin minAAilmin in kuntum sadiqeen

Say: ‘Have you thought about those you call upon apart from Allah? Show me what they have created on the earth. Or do they have a partnership in the heavens? Produce a Book for me before this one or a shred of knowledge if you are telling the truth.’

وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَدْعُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَج۪يبُ لَـهُٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَٓائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ

Waman adallu mimman yadAAoo min dooniAllahi man la yastajeebu lahu ila yawmialqiyamati wahum AAan duAAa-ihim ghafiloon

Who could be further astray than those who call on other things besides Allah, which will not respond to them until the Day of Rising and which are unaware of their prayers?

وَاِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُوا لَهُمْ اَعْدَٓاءً وَكَانُوا بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَافِر۪ينَ

Wa-itha hushira annasukanoo lahum aAAdaan wakanoo biAAibadatihimkafireen

When mankind is gathered together, they will be their enemies and will reject their worship.

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۙ هٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌۜ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qala allatheena kafaroo lilhaqqilamma jaahum hatha sihrun mubeen

When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, those who reject say to the truth when it comes to them, ‘This is downright magic. ’

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ قُلْ اِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ ل۪ي مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُف۪يضُونَ ف۪يهِۜ كَفٰى بِه۪ شَه۪يداً بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْۜ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu fala tamlikoona lee mina Allahi shay-anhuwa aAAlamu bima tufeedoona feehi kafa bihishaheedan baynee wabaynakum wahuwa alghafooru arraheem

Or do they say, ‘He has invented it’? Say: ‘If I have invented it, then you possess no power to help me against Allah in any way. He knows best what you hold forth about. He is witness enough between me and you. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’

قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعاً مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَٓا اَدْر۪ي مَا يُفْعَلُ ب۪ي وَلَا بِكُمْۜ اِنْ اَتَّبِعُ اِلَّا مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Qul ma kuntu bidAAan mina arrusuliwama adree ma yufAAalu bee wala bikum inattabiAAu illa ma yooha ilayya wamaana illa natheerun mubeen

Say: ‘I am nothing new among the Messengers. I have no idea what will be done with me or you. I only follow what has been revealed to me. I am only a clear warner.’

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِه۪ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ عَلٰى مِثْلِه۪ فَاٰمَنَ وَاسْتَكْـبَرْتُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Qul araaytum in kana min AAindi Allahiwakafartum bihi washahida shahidun min banee isra-eelaAAala mithlihi faamana wastakbartum innaAllaha la yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

Say: ‘What do you think? If it is from Allah and you reject it, when a witness from the tribe of Israel testifies to its similarity and has iman while you are arrogant. . . ! Allah certainly does not guide wrongdoing people.’

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَوْ كَانَ خَيْراً مَا سَبَقُونَٓا اِلَيْهِۜ وَاِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا بِه۪ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هٰذَٓا اِفْكٌ قَد۪يمٌ

Waqala allatheena kafaroolillatheena amanoo law kana khayran masabaqoona ilayhi wa-ith lam yahtadoo bihifasayaqooloona hatha ifkun qadeem

Those who are kafir say of those who have iman, ‘If there was any good in it, they would not have beaten us to it. ’ And since they have not been guided by it, they are bound to say, ‘This is an antiquated falsehood.’

وَمِنْ قَبْلِه۪ كِتَابُ مُوسٰٓى اِمَاماً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَهٰذَا كِتَابٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِسَاناً عَرَبِياًّ لِيُنْذِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۗ وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wamin qablihi kitabu moosa imamanwarahmatan wahatha kitabun musaddiqunlisanan AAarabiyyan liyunthira allatheena thalamoowabushra lilmuhsineen

But before it there was the Book of Musa as a model and a mercy. And this is a corroborating Book in the Arabic tongue so that you may warn those who do wrong, and as good news for the good-doers.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللّٰهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَۚ

Inna allatheena qaloo rabbunaAllahu thumma istaqamoo fala khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then go straight will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ola-ika as-habualjannati khalideena feeha jazaan bimakanoo yaAAmaloon

Such people are the Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever, as repayment for what they did.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ اِحْسَاناًۜ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهُ كُرْهاً وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهاًۜ وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلٰثُونَ شَهْراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ اَرْبَع۪ينَ سَنَةًۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْن۪ٓي اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحاً تَرْضٰيهُ وَاَصْلِحْ ل۪ي ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّت۪يۚ اِنّ۪ي تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاِنّ۪ي مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Wawassayna al-insanabiwalidayhi ihsanan hamalat-hu ommuhukurhan wawadaAAat-hu kurhan wahamluhu wafisaluhuthalathoona shahran hatta ithabalagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaAAeena sanatan qala rabbiawziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allatee anAAamta AAalayya waAAalawalidayya waan aAAmala salihan tardahuwaaslih lee fee thurriyyatee innee tubtuilayka wa-innee mina almuslimeen

We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have made tawba to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ اَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ ف۪ٓي اَصْحَابِ الْجَنَّةِۜ وَعْدَ الصِّدْقِ الَّذ۪ي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena nataqabbaluAAanhum ahsana ma AAamiloo wanatajawazu AAansayyi-atihim fee as-habi aljannati waAAda assidqiallathee kanoo yooAAadoon

Those are people whose best deeds will be accepted and whose wrong deeds will be overlooked. They are among the Companions of the Garden, in fulfilment of the true promise made to them.

وَالَّذ۪ي قَالَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ اُفٍّ لَكُمَٓا اَتَعِدَانِن۪ٓي اَنْ اُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ الْقُرُونُ مِنْ قَبْل۪ي وَهُمَا يَسْتَغ۪يثَانِ اللّٰهَ وَيْلَكَ اٰمِنْۗ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۚ فَيَقُولُ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Wallathee qala liwalidayhioffin lakuma ataAAidaninee an okhraja waqad khalatialquroonu min qablee wahuma yastagheethani Allahawaylaka amin inna waAAda Allahi haqqunfayaqoolu ma hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

But what of him who says to his parents, ‘Fie on you! Do you promise me that I will be resurrected when generations before me have passed away?’ They both call on Allah for help: ‘Woe to you! Have iman! Allah’s promise is true. ’ But he says, ‘This is nothing but the myths of previous peoples.’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ

Ola-ika allatheena haqqaAAalayhimu alqawlu fee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minaaljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen

Those are people of whom the statement about the nations, both of jinn and men, who passed away before them, has also proved true; truly they were the lost.

وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ مِمَّا عَمِلُواۚ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ اَعْمَالَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Walikullin darajatun mimmaAAamiloo waliyuwaffiyahum aAAmalahum wahum la yuthlamoon

Everyone will be ranked according to what they did. We will pay them in full for their actions and they will not be wronged.

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى النَّارِۜ اَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَاتِكُمْ ف۪ي حَيَاتِكُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَاۚ فَالْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ الْهُونِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ۟

Wayawma yuAAradu allatheenakafaroo AAala annari athhabtum tayyibatikumfee hayatikumu addunya wastamtaAAtumbiha falyawma tujzawna AAathaba alhooni bimakuntum tastakbiroona fee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqiwabima kuntum tafsuqoon

On the Day when those who were kafir are exposed to the Fire: ‘You dissipated the good things you had in your worldly life and enjoyed yourself in it. So today you are being repaid with the punishment of humiliation for being arrogant in the earth without any right and for being deviators.’

وَاذْكُرْ اَخَا عَادٍۜ اِذْ اَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ بِالْاَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه۪ٓ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّا اللّٰهَۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Wathkur akha AAadinith anthara qawmahu bil-ahqafiwaqad khalati annuthuru min bayni yadayhi waminkhalfihi alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha inneeakhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawmin AAatheem

Remember the brother of ‘Ad when he warned his people by the sand-dunes – and warners passed away before and after him – ‘Worship no one but Allah. I fear for you the punishment of a terrible Day.’

قَالُٓوا اَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَاۚ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Qaloo aji/tana lita/fikanaAAan alihatina fa/tina bima taAAidunain kunta mina assadiqeen

They said, ‘Have you come to us to divert us from our gods? Bring us what you have promised us if you are telling the truth. ’

قَالَ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۘ وَاُبَلِّغُكُمْ مَٓا اُرْسِلْتُ بِه۪ وَلٰكِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰيكُمْ قَوْماً تَجْـهَلُونَ

Qala innama alAAilmu AAindaAllahi waoballighukum ma orsiltu bihi walakinneearakum qawman tajhaloon

He said, ‘All knowledge is with Allah. I only transmit to you what I have been sent with. But I see that you are a people who are ignorant.’

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ عَارِضاً مُسْتَقْبِلَ اَوْدِيَتِهِمْۙ قَالُوا هٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَاۜ بَلْ هُوَ مَا اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِه۪ۜ ر۪يحٌ ف۪يهَا عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌۙ

Falamma raawhu AAaridanmustaqbila awdiyatihim qaloo hatha AAaridunmumtiruna bal huwa ma istaAAjaltum bihi reehunfeeha AAathabun aleem

When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on their valleys they said, ‘This is a storm cloud which will give us rain. ’ No, rather it is what you desired to hasten – a wind containing painful punishment,

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِاَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَاَصْبَحُوا لَا يُرٰٓى اِلَّا مَسَاكِنُهُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Tudammiru kulla shay-in bi-amri rabbihafaasbahoo la yura illa masakinuhumkathalika najzee alqawma almujrimeen

destroying everything at its Lord’s command! When morning came you could see nothing but their dwellings. That is how We repay the people of the evildoers.

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ ف۪يمَٓا اِنْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ ف۪يهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَاَبْصَاراً وَاَفْـِٔدَةًۘ فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَفْـِٔدَتُهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِذْ كَانُوا يَجْحَدُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqad makkannahum feema inmakkannakum feehi wajaAAalna lahum samAAan waabsaranwaaf-idatan fama aghna AAanhum samAAuhum walaabsaruhum wala af-idatuhum min shay-in ith kanooyajhadoona bi-ayati Allahi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

We established them far more firmly than We have established you and gave them hearing, sight and hearts. But their hearing, sight and hearts were of no use to them at all when they renounced Allah’s Signs and what they mocked at engulfed them.

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْقُرٰى وَصَرَّفْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Walaqad ahlakna ma hawlakummina alqura wasarrafna al-ayatilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

We destroyed the cities round about you and have variegated the Signs so that hopefully they will turn back.

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ قُرْبَاناً اٰلِهَةًۜ بَلْ ضَلُّوا عَنْهُمْۚ وَذٰلِكَ اِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Falawla nasarahumu allatheenaittakhathoo min dooni Allahi qurbanan alihatanbal dalloo AAanhum wathalika ifkuhum wama kanooyaftaroon

Why have those they took as gods besides Allah, to bring them near to Him, not come to their aid? No, in fact they have forsaken them! That was a fiction, something they invented.

وَاِذْ صَرَفْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْاٰنَۚ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُٓوا اَنْصِتُواۚ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوْا اِلٰى قَوْمِهِمْ مُنْذِر۪ينَ

Wa-ith sarafna ilaykanafaran mina aljinni yastamiAAoona alqur-ana falammahadaroohu qaloo ansitoo falammaqudiya wallaw ila qawmihim munthireen

And We diverted a group of jinn towards you to listen to the Qur’an. When they were in earshot of it they said, ‘Be quiet and listen.’ When it was over they went back to their people, warning them.

قَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَٓا اِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَاباً اُنْزِلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسٰى مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْد۪ٓي اِلَى الْحَقِّ وَاِلٰى طَر۪يقٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Qaloo ya qawmana innasamiAAna kitaban onzila min baAAdi moosa musaddiqanlima bayna yadayhi yahdee ila alhaqqi wa-ilatareeqin mustaqeem

They said, ‘Our people, we have heard a Book which was sent down after Musa, confirming what came before it, guiding to the truth and to a straight path.

يَا قَوْمَنَٓا اَج۪يبُوا دَاعِيَ اللّٰهِ وَاٰمِنُوا بِه۪ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Ya qawmana ajeeboo daAAiyaAllahi waaminoo bihi yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayujirkum min AAathabin aleem

Our people, respond to Allah’s caller and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your wrong actions and save you from a painful punishment.

وَمَنْ لَا يُجِبْ دَاعِيَ اللّٰهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءُۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Waman la yujib daAAiya Allahifalaysa bimuAAjizin fee al-ardi walaysa lahu min doonihiawliyaa ola-ika fee dalalin mubeen

Those who do not respond to Allah’s caller cannot thwart Allah on earth and have no protectors apart from Him. Such people are clearly misguided.’

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْيَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلٰٓى اِنَّهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardawalam yaAAya bikhalqihinna biqadirin AAala an yuhyiyaalmawta bala innahu AAala kulli shay-inqadeer

Do they not see that Allah – He who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by creating them – has the power to bring the dead to life? Yes indeed! He has power over all things.

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى النَّارِۜ اَلَيْسَ هٰذَا بِالْحَقِّۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَرَبِّنَاۜ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Wayawma yuAAradu allatheenakafaroo AAala annari alaysa hatha bilhaqqiqaloo bala warabbina qala fathooqooalAAathaba bima kuntum takfuroon

On the Day when those who were kafir are exposed to the Fire, they will be asked, ‘Is this not the truth?’ They will say, ‘Yes, by our Lord. ’ He will say, ‘Then taste the punishment for having been kafir.’

فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ اُو۬لُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ لَهُمْۜ كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَۙ لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍۜ بَلَاغٌۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Fasbir kama sabaraoloo alAAazmi mina arrusuli wala tastaAAjil lahumkaannahum yawma yarawna ma yooAAadoona lam yalbathoo illasaAAatan min naharin balaghun fahal yuhlakuilla alqawmu alfasiqoon

So be steadfast as the Messengers with firm resolve were also steadfast. And do not seek to hasten it for them. On the Day they see what they were promised, it will be as if they had only tarried for just one hour of a single day. It has been transmitted! Will any be destroyed except for deviant people?