POSTED ON JULY 10, 2012

CHAPTER 12

بل قالوا مثل ما قال الاولون

But they said similar to what the earlier ones had said

VOCABULARY

bewitched	مُسَحرين	Did not benefit them	لَم يَنفَعهُم
Drop!	اَسقِط	We think	نَظُنُك
		eclipse	كِسَف

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

But this did not benefit them. They said like what the earlier ones had said:

"They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;       

Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.   

 Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful."

Sura Ash Shuara 185-187

CHAPTER 13

عاقبة اُمة كَذبَت نَبيَها

The outcome of a nation that belied its Prophet

VOCABULARY

tremor	رجفة	End, outcome	عاقبة
Lying prone	جثِمين	They became	اَصبَحُوا
losers	خسِرين	Did not dwell	لَم يَغنَوا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

And their end was one and the same, the end of every nation that belied its Prophet and did not thank the favors of Allah SWT.

“So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.       

Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. Those who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers.”

Al Aaraf 91-92