Translation of the meanings Surah Al-Qasas - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 392 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 51

۞ وَلَقَدۡ وَصَّلۡنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

51. And indeed, We have caused the Word (this Qur’an) to reach them in succession, so that they may take heed.

Ayah: 52

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ

52. Those whom We gave the Scripture before it, they believe in it.

Ayah: 53

وَإِذَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مُسۡلِمِينَ

53. And when it is recited to them, they say, "We believe in it, surely it is the Truth from (Allāh) our Lord. Surely even before it, we were Muslims20."

20. I e., submitters to the Will of God.

Ayah: 54

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُؤۡتَوۡنَ أَجۡرَهُم مَّرَّتَيۡنِ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَيَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ

54. These will be given reward twice for their patience, and they repel evil with good and out of what We have provided them they spend (for the Cause of Allāh).

Ayah: 55

وَإِذَا سَمِعُواْ ٱللَّغۡوَ أَعۡرَضُواْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَا نَبۡتَغِي ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ

55. And when they hear vain talk they turn away from it, and say: "We shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds; peace be with you, we do not seek (the way of) the ignorants."

Ayah: 56

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهۡدِي مَنۡ أَحۡبَبۡتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ

56. You cannot guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills, and He knows best those who are 'rightly' guided.

Ayah: 57

وَقَالُوٓاْ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفۡ مِنۡ أَرۡضِنَآۚ أَوَلَمۡ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمۡ حَرَمًا ءَامِنٗا يُجۡبَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ رِّزۡقٗا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

57. They say: "If we follow the guidance with you, we would be snatched away from our land. Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary (in Makkah)21 to which are brought the fruits of all things? A provision from Us - but most of them do not know.

21. Muhammad, God's Messenger, said: "Allâh has made this town, Makkah, a sanctuary. Its thorny bushes should not be cut, its game should not be chased, and its fallen things should not be picked up except by one who would announce them publicly."

Ayah: 58

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِيشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ

58. And how many We have destroyed of a (sinful) town, who were recklessly (ungrateful) in their means of livelihood, so these are their homes, they have not been dwelt from after them except a little, and We were the Inheritors,

Ayah: 59

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡعَثَ فِيٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولٗا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهۡلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ

59. Your Lord 'Allāh' never destroy the towns until He sends to their metropolis a messenger, reciting to them Our verses. We never destroy the towns except when their people are unjust.