26. Shuara · verses 188–196

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.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena

Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Wainnahu latanzeelu rabbi alAAalameena

Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ

Nazala bihi alrroohu alameenu

With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ

AAala qalbika litakoona mina almunthireena

To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ

Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeenin

In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Wainnahu lafee zuburi alawwaleena

Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former peoples.