Elijah too was one of the messengers.

He said to his people, ‘Have you no fear of God?

How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator,

God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?’

but they rejected him. They will be brought to punishment as a consequence;

not so the true servants of God.

We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

‘Peace be to Elijah!’

This is how We reward those who do good:

truly he was one of Our faithful servants.

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلࣰا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lot was also one of the messengers.

We saved him and all his family-

except for an old woman who stayed behind-

and We destroyed the rest.

You [people] pass by their ruins morning

and night: will you not take heed?

وَإِنَّ لُوطࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِي ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

وَبِٱلَّيْلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Jonah too was one of the messengers.

He fled to the overloaded ship.

They cast lots, he suffered defeat,

and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts.

If he had not been one of those who glorified God,

he would have stayed in its belly until the Day when all are raised up,

but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore,

and made a gourd tree grow above him.

We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more.

They believed, so We let them live out their lives.

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمࣱ

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمࣱ

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةࣰ مِّن يَقْطِينࣲ

وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ

Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves?

Did We create the angels as females while they were watching?

No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say,

‘God has begotten.’ How they lie!

Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?

What is the matter with you? How do you form your judgements?

Do you not reflect?

Do you perhaps have clear authority?

Bring your scriptures, if you are telling the truth.

They claim that He has kinship with the jinn, yet the jinn themselves know that they will be brought before Him.

God is far above what they attribute to Him-

the true servants of God do not do such things-

and neither you nor what you worship

can lure away from God any

except those who will burn in Hell.

[The angels say], ‘Every single one of us has his appointed place:

we are ranged in ranks.

We glorify God.’

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثࣰا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبࣰاۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامࣱ مَّعْلُومࣱ

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

[The disbelievers] used to say,

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

we would be true servants of God,’

yet now they reject [the Quran]. They will soon realize.

Our word has already been given to Our servants the messengers:

it is they who will be helped,

and the ones who support Our cause will be the winners.

So [Prophet] turn away from the disbelievers for a while.

Watch them: they will soon see.

Do they really wish to hasten Our punishment?

When it descends on their courtyards, how ter-rible that morning will be for those who were warned!

[Prophet], turn away from the disbelievers for a while.

Watch them: they will soon see.

Your Lord, the Lord of Glory, is far above what they attribute to Him.

and praise be to God the Lord of all the Worlds.

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ