Saheeh International

And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

          

Saheeh International

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1

     

Saheeh International

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

        

Saheeh International

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

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Saheeh International

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

           

Saheeh International

Had We intended to take a diversion,1 We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

             

Saheeh International

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2

             

Saheeh International

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

     

Saheeh International

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

       

Saheeh International

Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?