Tell them the story of Abraham,

when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’

They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’

He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?

Do they help or harm you?’

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

Abraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,

you and your forefathers,

are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,

who created me. It is He who guides me;

He who gives me food and drink;

He who cures me when I am ill;

He who will make me die and then give me life again;

and He who will, I hope, forgive my faults on the Day of Judgement.

My Lord, grant me wisdom; join me with the righteous;

give me a good name among later generations;

make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss-

forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray-

and do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected:

the Day when neither wealth nor children can help,

when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’

When the Garden is brought near to the righteous

and the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided,

it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped

beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’

and then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them,

and all Iblis’s supporters.

There they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves,

‘We were clearly misguided

when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

It was the evildoers who led us astray,

and now we have no intercessor

and no true friend.

If only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوࣱّ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمࣰا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

وَٱجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقࣲ فِي ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبࣲ سَلِيمࣲ

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينٍ

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمࣲ

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

The people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars.

Their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

be mindful of God and obey me.

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds:

be mindful of God and obey me.’

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do?

It is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see-

I will not drive believers away.

I am here only to give people a clear warning.’

So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’

He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,

so make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحࣰا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

So We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship,

and drowned the rest.

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

The people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.

Their brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

be mindful of God and obey me.

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?

Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?

be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-

He has given you livestock, sons,

gardens, springs-

for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

for we only do what our forefathers used to do:

we shall not be punished.’

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةࣰ تَعْبَثُونَ

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمࣲ وَبَنِينَ

وَجَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونٍ

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمࣲ

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ