If they accuse you of falsehood, (remember that) the people of Noah, 'Ad and Thamud had accused (their apostles) before,
If they belie you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), then indeed the people of Nooh, and the tribes of A’ad and Thamud have belied before them.
If they cry lies to thee, so too before them the people of Noah cried lies, and Ad and Thamood,
AND IF THEY [who are bent on denying the truth] give thee the lie, [O Muhammad, remember that, long] before their time, the people of Noah and [the tribes of] Ad and Thamud gave the lie [to their prophets],
And if they belie thee, then surely there have belied before them the people of Nuh and the 'Aad and the Thamud.
And if they belie you (O Muhammad SAW), so were belied the Prophets before them, (by) the people of Nuh (Noah), 'Ad and Thamud,
If they deny you—before them the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood also denied.
(O Prophet), if they give the lie to you, then before them the people of 'Ad and Thamud, also gave the lie (to the Prophets),
And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh, `Ad and Thamud.
If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);
If they impugn you, the people of Noah had impugned before them and ‘Ad and Thamud,
If they belie you, so too before them, the nation of Noah belied, and Aad and Thamood
And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],
If they have called you, (Muhammad), a liar, (remember that) the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud,
And if they reject you, then already before you did the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood reject (prophets).
Wain yuka<u>thth</u>ibooka faqad ka<u>thth</u>abat qablahum qawmu noo<u>h</u>in waAA<u>a</u>dun wathamood<b>u</b>
If your opponents deny you, remember that, before them, the people of Noah and the tribes of 'Ad and Thamud denied their messengers likewise.
If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;
وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ
O Messenger, if your people reject you, be patient. You are not the first messenger to be rejected by his people. Before your people, the people of Noah rejected Noah, Aad rejected Hud and Thamud rejected Salih.
O Messenger, if your people reject you, be patient. You are not the first messenger to be rejected by his people. Before your people, the people of Noah rejected Noah, Aad rejected Hud and Thamud rejected Salih.
<h2 class="title">The Consequences for the Disbelievers</h2><p>Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ</div><p>(And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى</div><p>(and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ</div><p>(But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ</div><p>(then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!) means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!' In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»</div><p>(Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.) Then he recited:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ </div><p>(Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe.) 11:102 Then Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا</div><p>(And many a township did We destroy)</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ</div><p>(while they were given wrongdoing,) meaning, they were rejecting their Messengers.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا</div><p>(so that it lie in ruins,) Ad-Dahhak said, "Leveled to their roofs," i.e., their houses and cities were destroyed.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ</div><p>(and (many) a deserted well) means, they draw no water from it, and no one comes to it, after it had been frequented often by crowds of people.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ</div><p>(and a castle Mashid!) `Ikrimah said, "This means whitened with plaster." Something similar was narrated from `Ali bin Abi Talib, Mujahid, `Ata', Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Al-Mulayh and Ad-Dahhak. Others said that it means high and impenetrable fortresses. All of these suggestions are close in meaning and do not contradict one another, for this sturdy construction and great height did not help their occupants or afford them any protection when the punishment of Allah came upon them, as He says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ</div><p>("Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in Buruj Mushayyadah!") 4:78</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ</div><p>(Have they not traveled through the land,) means, have they not traveled in the physical sense and also used their minds to ponder That is sufficient, as Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya said in his book At-Tafakkur wal-I`tibar, "Some of the wise people said, `Give life to your heart with lessons, illuminate it with thought, kill it with asceticism, strengthen it with certain faith, remind it of its mortality, make it aware of the calamities of this world, warn it of the disasters that life may bring, show it how things may suddenly change with the passing of days, tell it the stories of the people of the past, and remind it what happened to those who came before."' Walk through their ruins, see what they did and what became of them, meaning, look at the punishments and divine wrath that struck the nations of the past who belied,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا</div><p>(and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear) meaning, let them learn a lesson from that.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَعْمَى الاٌّبْصَـرُ وَلَـكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِى فِى الصُّدُورِ</div><p>(Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.) means, the blind person is not the one whose eyes cannot see, but rather the one who has no insight. Even if the physical eyes are sound, they still cannot learn the lesson.</p>
The Consequences for the DisbelieversHere Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him.وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ(And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying,وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى(and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought.فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ(But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.'ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ(then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!) means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!' In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said:«إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»(Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.) Then he recited:وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ (Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe.) 11:102 Then Allah says:فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا(And many a township did We destroy)وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ(while they were given wrongdoing,) meaning, they were rejecting their Messengers.فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا(so that it lie in ruins,) Ad-Dahhak said, "Leveled to their roofs," i.e., their houses and cities were destroyed.وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ(and (many) a deserted well) means, they draw no water from it, and no one comes to it, after it had been frequented often by crowds of people.وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ(and a castle Mashid!) `Ikrimah said, "This means whitened with plaster." Something similar was narrated from `Ali bin Abi Talib, Mujahid, `Ata', Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Al-Mulayh and Ad-Dahhak. Others said that it means high and impenetrable fortresses. All of these suggestions are close in meaning and do not contradict one another, for this sturdy construction and great height did not help their occupants or afford them any protection when the punishment of Allah came upon them, as He says:أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ("Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in Buruj Mushayyadah!") 4:78أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ(Have they not traveled through the land,) means, have they not traveled in the physical sense and also used their minds to ponder That is sufficient, as Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya said in his book At-Tafakkur wal-I`tibar, "Some of the wise people said, `Give life to your heart with lessons, illuminate it with thought, kill it with asceticism, strengthen it with certain faith, remind it of its mortality, make it aware of the calamities of this world, warn it of the disasters that life may bring, show it how things may suddenly change with the passing of days, tell it the stories of the people of the past, and remind it what happened to those who came before."' Walk through their ruins, see what they did and what became of them, meaning, look at the punishments and divine wrath that struck the nations of the past who belied,فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا(and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear) meaning, let them learn a lesson from that.فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَعْمَى الاٌّبْصَـرُ وَلَـكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِى فِى الصُّدُورِ(Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.) means, the blind person is not the one whose eyes cannot see, but rather the one who has no insight. Even if the physical eyes are sound, they still cannot learn the lesson.