قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.
52. Tur · verses 26–35
سورة الـطورفَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"
فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"
قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"
أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!
أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
