Surah 21: Al-Anbya
The Holy Qur’an
Holy Qur’an 21:1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:2
Nigh has drawn for men their reckoning, yet they turn away in heedlessness.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:3
There comes not to them any new admonition from their Lord, but they listen to it while they make sport of it.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:4
And their hearts are forgetful. And they keep their counsels secret—those who act wrongfully, then say, ‘Is this man aught but a human being like ourselves? Will you then accede to magic while you see it?’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:5
God said to the Prophet, “Say, ‘My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,’”
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:6
Nay, they say, ‘These are but confused dreams; nay, he has forged it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him then bring us a Sign just as the former Prophets were sent with Sign.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:7
No township, before them, which We destroyed, ever believed. Would they then believe?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:8
And We sent none as Messengers before thee but men to whom We sent revelations. So ask the people of the Reminder, if you know not.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:9
And We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they to live for ever.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:10
Then We fulfilled to them Our promise; and We saved them and those whom We pleased; and We destroyed the transgressors.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:11
We have now sent down to you a Book wherein lies your glory and eminence; will you not then understand?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:12
And how many a township that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people!
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:13
And when they felt Our punishment, lo, they began to flee from it.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:14
‘Flee not, but return to the comforts in which you exulted, and to your dwellings that you might be approached and consulted as before.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:15
They said, ‘Alas for us, we were indeed wrongdoers!’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:16
And this ceased not to be their cry till We mowed them down, reduced to ashes.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:17
And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between the two in play.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:18
If We had wished to find a pastime, We would surely have found it in what is with Us if at all We were to do such a thing.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:19
Nay, We hurl the truth at falsehood, and it breaks its head, and lo, it perishes. And woe be to you for that which you ascribe God.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 21:20
To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who are in His presence do not disdain to worship Him, nor do they weary;
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)