فَلَمَّا

جَآءَتْهُمْ

رُسُلُهُمْ

بِالْبَیِّنٰتِ

فَرِحُوْا

بِمَا

عِنْدَهُمْ

مِّنَ

الْعِلْمِ

وَحَاقَ

بِهِمْ

مَّا

كَانُوْا

بِهٖ

یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

۟

When their messengers came to them with manifest signs, they exulted because of whatever knowledge they had, and they were encircled by what they used to ridicule.

When they saw Our punishment, they said, “We have (now) come to believe in Allah alone, and We have rejected everything we used to ascribe (to Him) as partners.”

But, their profession of faith was not (competent) to benefit them, once they had seen Our punishment - a customary practice of Allah that has been there all along in the matter of His servants - and hence, the disbelievers became the losers.

Hā Mīm

This is a revelation from the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful-

- a book whose verses are elaborated in the form of an Arabic Qur’ān for a people who understand,

as a bearer of good news and warning. Yet most of them turned away, so they do not listen.

And they say, “Our hearts are (wrapped) in covers against that (faith) to which you invite us, and there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between you and us. So, do (in your way). We too are doing (in our own way)”.

Say, “I am but a human being like you; it is revealed to me that your god is only One God. So, turn straight towards Him, and seek forgiveness from Him, and woe to the Mushriks (those who ascribe partners to Allah)

who do not pay Zakāh ; and of the life of the Hereafter, they are deniers.”

As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for them there is a reward that will never be interrupted.

Say, “Do you really disbelieve in the One who has created the earth in two days, and ascribe to Him partners? That is the Lord of the worlds.

He has placed firm mountains in it (the earth) towering above it, and put blessings in it, and proportioned its foods therein, in four days, equal for those who ask.