upon the Straight Path.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
On a straight path.
— Saheeh International
˹This is˺ a revelation from the Almighty, Most Merciful,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
— Saheeh International
so that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, and so are heedless.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
— Saheeh International
The decree ˹of torment˺ has already been justified against most of them, for they will never believe.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.
— Saheeh International
˹It is as if˺ We have put shackles around their necks up to their chins, so their heads are forced up,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
— Saheeh International
and have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them and covered them ˹all˺ up, so they fail to see ˹the truth˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.
— Saheeh International
It is the same whether you warn them or not—they will never believe.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.
— Saheeh International
You can only warn those who follow the Reminder1 and are in awe of the Most Compassionate without seeing Him.2 So give them good news of forgiveness and an honourable reward.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.
— Saheeh International
It is certainly We Who resurrect the dead, and write what they send forth and what they leave behind. Everything is listed by Us in a perfect Record.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.
— Saheeh International
Give them an example ˹O Prophet˺ of the residents of a town, when the messengers came to them.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
— Saheeh International
We sent them two messengers, but they rejected both. So We reinforced ˹the two˺ with a third, and they declared, “We have indeed been sent to you ˹as messengers˺.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened [them] with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."
— Saheeh International