وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ
(54:38) Indeed an abiding chastisement came upon them in the morning.
فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
(54:39) So have a taste of My chastisement and My warnings.
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
(54:40) Surely We have made this Qur'an easy as a reminder. Is there, then,
any who will take heed?
any who will take heed?
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
(54:41) Warnings also came to the Pharaonites,
كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ
(54:42) but they gave the lie to Our Signs, to all of them. Thereupon We
seized them with the seizing of the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful.
seized them with the seizing of the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful.
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ
(54:43) Are your unbelievers (of Makkah) any better than they?3
Or have you been granted any immunity in the Scriptures?
Or have you been granted any immunity in the Scriptures?
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ
(54:44) Or do they say: “We are a strong legion, strong enough for victory?”