26. Shuara · verses 182–189

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ

Wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi

"And weigh with scales true and upright.

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ

Wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee alardi mufsideena

"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Waittaqoo allathee khalaqakum waaljibillata alawwaleena

"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you)"

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ

Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena

They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wain nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena

"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar!

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Faasqit AAalayna kisafan mina alssamai in kunta mina alssadiqeena

"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ

Qala rabbee aAAlamu bima taAAmaloona

He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum AAathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin

But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.