فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِي وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ
(23:110) you made a laughingstock of them and your hostility to them caused
you to forget Me, and you simply kept laughing.
you to forget Me, and you simply kept laughing.
إِنِّي جَزَيۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ
(23:111) Lo! I have rewarded them this Day for their steadfastness, so that
they, and they alone, are triumphant."9
they, and they alone, are triumphant."9
قَٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ
(23:112) Then Allah will ask them: "For how many years did you stay on earth?"
قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ
(23:113) They will say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day.0
Ask of those who keep count of this."
Ask of those who keep count of this."
قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
(23:114) He will say: "You stayed only for a while, if you only knew that.1
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثٗا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ
(23:115) Did you imagine that We created you without any purpose,2
and that you will not be brought back to Us?"
and that you will not be brought back to Us?"