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Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index

Translation of the meanings Surah: Ash-Shu‘arā’   Ayah:
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Ayah: 207

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ
207. Of what benefit to them will be all their past enjoyment?
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Ayah: 208

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
208. Never did We destroy any town but it had (its) warners.
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Ayah: 209

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
209. As a reminder, and We are never unjust.
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Ayah: 210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
210. 'This Qur’an' was not brought down by the devils.
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Ayah: 211

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
211. Neither would it suit them, nor are they able (to produce its like).
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Ayah: 212

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ
212. They are certainly barred from overhearing to anything 'from the heaven.' 15
15. As mentioned in Q: 72:9.
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Ayah: 213

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ
213. So do not invoke anything besides Allāh - lest you be Chastised.
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Ayah: 214

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ
214. Warn your closest relatives "of the impending punishment of God".
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Ayah: 215

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
215. Lower your wing 'in kindness' to those who follow you of the believers.
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Ayah: 216

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
216. But if they disobey you, then say: "I am disassociated of what you are doing."
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Ayah: 217

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
217. Put your trust in 'Allāh alone' the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful,
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Ayah: 218

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
218. Who sees you when you stand up 'for prayer',
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Ayah: 219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
219. As well as your movements among those who prostrate themselves.
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Ayah: 220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
220. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
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Ayah: 221

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
221. Shall I inform you 'of him' upon whom the devils descend?
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Ayah: 222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ
222. They descend upon every sinful liar,
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Ayah: 223

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ
223. eavesdropping16, and most of them are liars17.
16. I.e., overhear to what the angels on high may say of the revealed unseen and whisper it to their sinful human agents. This was before they were prevented, as described in Q 72:8-9.
17. I.e., the soothsayers and fortune tellers.
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Ayah: 224

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
224. As for the poets18, they are followed by the deviators.
18. Islam encourages good wholesome poetry, which inspires one towards the fear of God, towards His awe and obedience, and towards anything that is good and made permissible by God and His messenger. What is forbidden is poetry and songs that does nothing but instigates and encourages indecency, illegal lusts and desires, and inspires one towards the transgression of the boundaries of Islam.
Muhammad, God's Messenger said, "It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."
The Messenger of God did not like poets and poetry, which sensationalized and encouraged the pursuit of the world and its alluring lusts. But he encouraged those poets whose poetry praised God, contained words of wisdom which related to the Guidance to God.
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Ayah: 225

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ
225. Do you not see that they wander aimlessly in every valley19?
19. Telling lies indiscriminately, praising some, and defaming others.
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Ayah: 226

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
226. And say what they do not do,
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Ayah: 227

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ
227. Except those who believe, do righteous deeds, remember Allāh often, and defend themselves after being wronged. The unjust‏20 will soon know as to what place of return they shall return21.
20. By associating others with Allāh, or committing other deadly sins.
21. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the orphans; plead the case of the widow. We must work for righteousness and justice if we are to be true to our Islamic faith.
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