وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ
(37:36) and said: “Shall we forsake our deities for the sake of a distracted
poet?”
poet?”
بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
(37:37) (They say so although) he brought the Truth and confirmed the veracity
of the Messengers.1
of the Messengers.1
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ
(37:38) (They will be told): “You shall taste the grievous chastisement.
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
(37:39) You will only be recompensed according to your deeds.”
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
(37:40) But Allah's chosen servants (shall be spared this woeful end).
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
(37:41) For them awaits a known provision,2
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ
(37:42) a variety of delicious fruits; and they shall be honoured3