The disbelieving chiefs of his people threatened, “If you follow Shu’aib, you will surely be losers!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."
— Saheeh International
Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them and they fell lifeless in their homes.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
— Saheeh International
Those who rejected Shu’aib were ˹wiped out˺ as if they had never lived there. Those who rejected Shu’aib were the true losers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.
— Saheeh International
He turned away from them, saying, “O my people! Indeed, I have delivered to you the messages of my Lord and gave you ˹sincere˺ advice. How can I then grieve for those who chose to disbelieve?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"
— Saheeh International
Whenever We sent a prophet to a society, We afflicted its ˹disbelieving˺ people with suffering and adversity, so perhaps they would be humbled.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allah].
— Saheeh International
Then We changed their adversity to prosperity until they flourished and argued ˹falsely˺, “Our forefathers ˹too˺ had been visited by adversity and prosperity.”1 So We seized them by surprise, while they were unaware.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease."1 So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.2
— Saheeh International
Had the people of those societies been faithful and mindful ˹of Allah˺, We would have overwhelmed them with blessings from heaven and earth. But they disbelieved, so We seized them for what they used to commit.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.1
— Saheeh International
Did the people of those societies feel secure that Our punishment would not come upon them by night while they were asleep?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
— Saheeh International
Or did they feel secure that Our punishment would not come upon them by day while they were at play?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?1
— Saheeh International
Did they feel secure against Allah’s planning? None would feel secure from Allah’s planning except the losers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.
— Saheeh International
Is it not clear to those who take over the land after ˹the destruction of˺ its former residents that—if We will—We can punish them ˹too˺ for their sins and seal their hearts so they will not hear ˹the truth˺?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.1
— Saheeh International