ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ

He turned away and hastily


فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

gathered his people, proclaiming,


فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ

‘I am your supreme lord,’


فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ

so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life:


إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ

there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God.


ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built,


رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

raising it high and perfecting it,


وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness,


وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

and the earth, too, He spread out,


أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا

bringing waters and pastures out of it,



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