Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
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Juz 27
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat we may send upon them stones of clay,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMarked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We brought forth such believers as were there.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEven so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd warn, for warning profiteth believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the Mount,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd a Scripture inscribed
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn fine parchment unrolled,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the House frequented,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the roof exalted,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the sea kept filled,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThere is none that can ward it off.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).