فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ
(51:23) So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true,
as true as the fact of your speaking.
as true as the fact of your speaking.
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ
(51:24) (O Prophet), did1 the story of Abraham’s honoured guests
reach you?2
reach you?2
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ
(51:25) When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be
to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.”3
to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.”3
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ
(51:26) Then he went back to his family4 and brought a fat roasted
calf5
calf5
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
(51:27) and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?”
فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ
(51:28) Then he became afraid of them.6 They said: “Fear not,”
and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge.7
and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge.7