Translation of the meanings Surah Al-‘Ankabūt - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 400 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 31

وَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُهۡلِكُوٓاْ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِۖ إِنَّ أَهۡلَهَا كَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ

31. And when Our (angelic) messengers came to Abraham with the good news (of the birth of Isaac), they said: "We are certainly going to destroy the people of this town. Indeed, its people are evildoers."

Ayah: 32

قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطٗاۚ قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَاۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

32. He said: "Indeed, Lot is in it (that town)." They said: "We know well who is in it. We shall deliver him and his family, except his wife; she will be of those who will remain behind (to perish)."

Ayah: 33

وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَا لُوطٗا سِيٓءَ بِهِمۡ وَضَاقَ بِهِمۡ ذَرۡعٗاۖ وَقَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

33. And when Our (angelic) messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt straitened (by their arrival). But they said: "Fear not¹⁴, nor grieve; we shall certainly deliver you and your family, except your wife; she will be of those who remain behind (to perish)."

14. Allah’s precious people are commanded not to be afraid: “Fear not, for I will save you. Do not be afraid, for I am with you”. The pattern of “fear not . . . for” followed by a Divine action is consistently repeated in the Qur’an when Allāh instructs His people not to be afraid. Allah’s presence restrains fear. How reassuring to know that regardless of where life leads us, we need not fear. Even though you walk through the darkest valley, fear no evil, for Allāh is with you.

Ayah: 34

إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ رِجۡزٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ

34. Indeed, We will bring down upon the people of this town a scourge from the sky for they have been defiantly disobedient

Ayah: 35

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَا مِنۡهَآ ءَايَةَۢ بَيِّنَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ

35. And indeed We have left thereof a clear Sign (the remains of its ruins) - for a people who understand.

Ayah: 36

وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرۡجُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ

36. And to (the people of) Midian (We sent) their brother Shu’aib, so he said: "My people, worship Allāh alone and hope 'for the reward of' the Last Day, and do not go about in the land, spreading corruption."

Ayah: 37

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ

37. But they denied him (Shuaib), so seized them the earthquake, and they became within their home (corpses) fallen prone.

Ayah: 38

وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُواْ مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَ

38. And ‘Aad and Thamud (We destroyed them also), and (their fate) is already evident to you from their (ruined) dwellings. And Satan made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so he kept them back from the (right) Path (of Islam), and they were endowed with perception.