Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء)

The Prophets · Meccan · 112 ayahs · Juz 17

• 21:1

  ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

  Peoples' reckoning (the Day of Qiyaamah) has drawn near, yet (failing to take heed) they are turning away (from Imaan) in negligence.

• 21:2

  مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

  They listen in jest (playfully) to any new advice that comes to them from their Rabb (they mockingly pretend to be listening intently)...

• 21:3

  لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

  ...while their hearts are heedless (they have no intention of taking heed). The oppressors (the Kuffaar) secretly convene saying, "He (Rasulullaah ﷺ) is but a (an ordinary) human like yourselves. (He is not a Prophet but a man who has learnt magic. Therefore, the effect that the Qur'aan has on people is not because it is from Allaah but because of the magic that he practises) Will you come to (listen to) magic while you see it (with your own eyes? Will you believe in it knowing that it is magic)?"

• 21:4

  قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

  He (Rasulullaah ﷺ) said (to the Mushrikeen), "My Rabb knows the speech in the heavens and the earth, and He is All Hearing, All Knowing". (He therefore knows what you discuss in secret and will punish you for it.)

• 21:5

  بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

  However, (failing to take heed,) they (even) say, "These (verses of the Qur'aan) are (the result of) confused (absurd) dreams. No, (it is worse than this) he (Rasulullaah ﷺ) has forged it (and attributed it to Allaah)! No, (in fact we must conclude that) he is a poet (whose words have appeal but lack truth)! (If he wishes to prove to us that he is a Rasool,) He should bring us an Aayah (a miracle) like the ones sent with the (Ambiyaa of the) previous people."

• 21:6

  مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

  None of the towns that We destroyed before them had Imaan (despite seeing the miracle). Will these people now have Imaan (when they see the same miracles) ? (Just as previous nations were destroyed when they refused to believe in the miracles they requested, all Mushrikeen also stand to suffer the same fate).

• 21:7

  وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

  Before you (O Rasulullaah ﷺ) We have sent (as Ambiyaa عليهم الصلاة والسلام) only men (not angels) to whom We have sent revelation, so ask those who have knowledge (of the previous scriptures) if you do not possess any knowledge (of the subject).

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