then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
— Saheeh International
saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
— Saheeh International
He will shower you with abundant rain,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
— Saheeh International
supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
— Saheeh International
What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
— Saheeh International
when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
While He has created you in stages?1
— Saheeh International
Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers1
— Saheeh International
placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
— Saheeh International
Allah ˹alone˺ caused you1 to grow from the earth like a plant.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
— Saheeh International
Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
— Saheeh International
And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
— Saheeh International