26. Shuara · verses 217–224

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Watawakkal AAala alAAazeezi alrraheemi

And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Allathee yaraka heena taqoomu

Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Wataqallubaka fee alssajideena

And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

Innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Hal onabbiokum AAala man tanazzalu alshshayateenu

Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ

Tanazzalu AAala kulli affakin atheemin

They descend on every lying, wicked person,

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ

Yulqoona alssamAAa waaktharuhum kathiboona

(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ

WaalshshuAAarao yattabiAAuhumu alghawoona

And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them: