37. Safat · verses 35–40

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ

Innahum kanoo itha qeela lahum la ilaha illa Allahu yastakbiroona

For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, would puff themselves up with Pride,

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ

Wayaqooloona ainna latarikoo alihatina lishaAAirin majnoonin

And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?"

بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Bal jaa bialhaqqi wasaddaqa almursaleena

Nay! he has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message of) the messengers (before him).

إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ

Innakum lathaiqoo alAAathabi alaleemi

Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty;-

وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Wama tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona

But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye have wrought;-

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

Illa AAibada Allahi almukhlaseena

But the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah,-