Mealler

The judgment of people has come near, while they are turning away unaware.

When a reminder comes to them from their Lord that is new, they listen to it while playing.

Their hearts are preoccupied, and those who are wicked confer privately: "Is he not a human being like you? Would you accept this magic while you know?"

Say, "My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and in the earth, and He is the Hearer, the Knower."

They said, "No, these are just bad dreams; no, he made it up; no, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign like those who were sent before."

None of the towns which We destroyed before them had acknowledged. Will they acknowledge?

We did not send before you except people whom We inspired. So ask the people of the remembrance if you do not know.

We did not make for them bodies that do not need to eat, nor were they immortal.

Then We fulfilled the promise to them, so We saved them and whom We pleased, and We destroyed those who transgressed.

We have sent down to you a book in which is your remembrance. Do you not reason?

How many a town have We destroyed because of its wrongdoing, and We established after them a different people?

So it was that when they perceived Our power, they were running from it.

"Do not run; come back to your lavish lifestyle and your homes, so that you will be questioned!"

They said, "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"

So that remained as their cry until We took them all, and they became still.

We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them for entertainment.

If We wanted to be amused, We could have done so from what is already with Us, if that is what We wished to do.

No, We cast the truth upon the falsehood, so it disrupts it, and then it retreats. Woe to you for what you have described.

To Him is whoever is in the heavens and in the earth. Those who are near Him are not too proud to serve Him, nor do they complain.

They glorify in the night and the day, they do not cease.

Or have they taken gods from the earth who can resurrect?

If there were gods in them except for God, then they would have been ruined. Glory be to God, the Lord of the dominion from what they describe.

He is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, "Bring your proof. This is a reminder for those with me and a reminder for those before me." But, most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

We did not send any messenger before you except that We inspired him: "There is no god but Me, so serve Me."