22 verses Starts at Al-Anbya 29 Ends at Al-Anbya 50

Rub’ al-Hizb 130 of 240

Rub’ al-Hizb 130 ربع ١٣٠

A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.

From: Al-Anbya 29
To: Al-Anbya 50
Verses: 22

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

21:29

If any of them were to claim, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ We would reward them with Hell: this is how We reward evildoers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:30

Are the disbelievers not aware that the heavens and the earth used to be joined together and that We ripped them apart, that We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:31

And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:32

and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:33

It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:34

We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:35

Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:36

When the disbelievers see you, they laugh at you: ‘Is this the one who talks about your gods?’ They reject any talk of the Lord of Mercy.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:37

Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:38

They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:39

If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:40

It will come upon them suddenly and stupefy them; they will be powerless to push it away; they will not be reprieved.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:41

Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:42

Say, ‘Who could protect you night and day from the Lord of Mercy?’ Yet they turn away when their Lord is mentioned.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:43

Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? Their gods have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:44

We have allowed these sinners and their forefathers to enjoy life for a long time. But do they not see how We are shrinking their borders? Is it they who will prevail?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:45

Say, ‘I warn you only through the Revelation.’ The deaf will not hear the warning call,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:46

yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:47

We will set up scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no one can be wronged in the least, and if there should be even the weight of a mustard seed, We shall bring it out- We take excellent account.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:48

We gave Moses and Aaron [the Scripture] that distinguishes right from wrong, a light and a reminder for those who are mindful of God,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:49

those who stand in awe of their Lord, though He is unseen, and who fear the Hour.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

21:50

This [Quran] too is a blessed message We have sent down- are you [people] going to deny it?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Anbya

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