Sūrah 21 · Makkah · 112 āyāt

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Al-Anbiyāʾ

The Prophets

الأنبياء

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[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness, turning away.

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With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation.

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And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed, so ask the people of the message if you do not know.

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And We did not make them, [the prophets], bodies not eating food, nor were they immortal.

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Had there been within them, [the heavens and earth], gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

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And We did not send any messenger before you except that We revealed to him that there is no deity except Me, so worship Me.

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Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them, and We made from water every living thing?

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Every soul will taste death, and We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

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And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all.

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And We had certainly given Ibrāhīm his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing.

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And [Ibrāhīm said], 'By Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you turn and leave.'

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So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

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They said, 'Burn him and support your gods, if you are to act.'

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Allah said, 'O fire, be coolness and safety upon Ibrāhīm.'

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And they intended for him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.

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And We made them leaders guiding by Our command, and We inspired to them the doing of good deeds.

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And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with Dāwūd, and the birds; and We were doers [of that].

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And [mention] Ayyūb, when he called to his Lord, 'Indeed adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.'

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And [mention] Dhū al-Nūn, when he left in anger and thought that We would not restrain him, so he called out in the darknesses.

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So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

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And [mention] Zakariyyā, when he called to his Lord, 'My Lord, do not leave me alone [without offspring], while You are the best of inheritors.'

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And We have already written in the Zabūr, after the reminder, that the earth is inherited by My righteous servants.

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And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

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[The Prophet ﷺ] said, 'My Lord, judge in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, whose help is sought against that which you describe.'

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