Quran Verses about Punishment (azab)

ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٩٨

Iʿlamū annallāha shadīdul-ʿiqābi wa annallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

Know that Allāh is severe in penalty and that Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

وَٱتَّقُواْ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنكُمۡ خَآصَّةٗۖ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢٥

Wattaqū fitnatal lā tuṣībannal-ladhīna ẓalamū minkum khāṣṣah, waʿlamū annallāha shadīdul-ʿiqāb.

And fear a trial¹ which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.

وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡمَثُلَٰتُۗ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغۡفِرَةٖ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ ظُلۡمِهِمۡۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٦

Wa yastaʿjilūnaka bis-sayyiʾati qablal-ḥasanati wa qad khalat min qablihimul-mathulāt, wa inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratil lin-nāsi ʿalā ẓulmihim, wa inna rabbaka lashadīdul-ʿiqāb.

They impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good,¹ while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.

وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَئِن شَكَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٞ ٧

Wa idh taʾadhdhana rabbukum laʾin shakartum laʾazīdannakum, wa laʾin kafartum inna ʿadhābī lashadīd.

And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.'"

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِيٓ أَنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩

Nabbiʾ ʿibādī annī anal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ ٥٠

Wa anna ʿadhābī huwal-ʿadhābul-alīm.

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوۡبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ذِي ٱلطَّوۡلِۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٣

Ghāfiridh-dhanbi wa qābilit-tawbi shadīdil-ʿiqābi dhiṭ-ṭawl, lā ilāha illā huw, ilayhil-maṣīr.

The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢

Inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīd.

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمۡ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ ١٣١

Dhālika al lam yakur rabbuka muhlikal-qurā biẓulmiw wa ahluhā ghāfilūn.

That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing¹ while their people were unaware.

وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمۡ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمۡۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمۡ وَهُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٣٣

Wa mā kānallāhu liyuʿadhdhibahum wa anta fīhim, wa mā kānallāhu muʿadhdhibahum wa hum yastaghfirūn.

But Allāh would not punish them while you, [O Muḥammad], are among them, and Allāh would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا مُصۡلِحُونَ ١١٧

Wa mā kāna rabbuka liyuhlikal-qurā biẓulmiw wa ahluhā muṣliḥūn.

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

مَّنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهۡتَدِي لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيۡهَاۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبۡعَثَ رَسُولٗا ١٥

Manihtadā fa innamā yahtadī linafsih, wa man ḍalla fa innamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā, wa lā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā, wa mā kunnā muʿadhdhibīna ḥattā nabʿatha rasūlā.

Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡعَثَ فِيٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولٗا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهۡلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ ٥٩

Wa mā kāna rabbuka muhlikal-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī ummihā rasūlay yatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā, wa mā kunnā muhlikil-qurā illā wa ahluhā ẓālimūn.

And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.

كَدَأۡبِ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ١١

Kadaʾbi āli firʿawna wal-ladhīna min qablihim, kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā fa akhadhahumullāhu bidhunūbihim, wallāhu shadīdul-ʿiqāb.

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allāh seized them for their sins. And Allāh is severe in penalty.

أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَمۡ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمۡ وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّدۡرَارٗا وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهِمۡ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَأَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٦

Alam yaraw kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnim makkannāhum fil-arḍi mā lam numakkil lakum wa arsalnas-samāʾa ʿalayhim midrāraw wa jaʿalnal-anhāra tajrī min taḥtihim fa ahlaknāhum bidhunūbihim wa anshaʾnā mim baʿdihim qarnan ākharīn.

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.

فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَبۡوَٰبَ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَرِحُواْ بِمَآ أُوتُوٓاْ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بَغۡتَةٗ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبۡلِسُونَ ٤٤

Falammā nasū mā dhukkirū bihī fataḥnā ʿalayhim abwāba kulli shayʾin ḥattā idhā fariḥū bimā ūtū akhadhnāhum baghtatan fa idhā hum mublisūn.

So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded,¹ We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.

فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْۚ وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٥

Faquṭiʿa dābirul-qawmil-ladhīna ẓalamū, wal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

وَكَم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأۡسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوۡ هُمۡ قَآئِلُونَ ٤

Wa kam min qaryatin ahlaknāhā fajāʾahā baʾsunā bayātan aw hum qāʾilūn.

And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

فَمَا كَانَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَهُم بَأۡسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٥

Famā kāna daʿwāhum idh jāʾahum baʾsunā illā an qālū innā kunnā ẓālimīn.

And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤۡمِنُواْۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٣

Wa laqad ahlaknal-qurūna min qablikum lammā ẓalamū wa jāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti wa mā kānū liyuʾminū, kadhālika najzil-qawmal-mujrimīn.

And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخۡذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَٰلِمَةٌۚ إِنَّ أَخۡذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٠٢

Wa kadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadhal-qurā wa hiya ẓālimah, inna akhdhahū alīmun shadīd.

And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

وَإِذَآ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نُّهۡلِكَ قَرۡيَةً أَمَرۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُواْ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا تَدۡمِيرٗا ١٦

Wa idhā aradnā an nuhlika qaryatan amarnā mutrafīhā fafasaqū fīhā faḥaqqa ʿalayhal-qawlu fadammarnāhā tadmīrā.

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent¹ but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ نُوحٖۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا ١٧

Wa kam ahlaknā minal-qurūni mim baʿdi nūḥ, wa kafā birabbika bidhunūbi ʿibādihī khabīram baṣīrā.

And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٞ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئۡرٖ مُّعَطَّلَةٖ وَقَصۡرٖ مَّشِيدٍ ٤٥

Fakaʾayyim min qaryatin ahlaknāhā wa hiya ẓālimatun fahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wa biʾrim muʿaṭṭalatiw wa qaṣrim mashīd.

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin¹ - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.²

فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٤٠

Fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbih, faminhum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣibaw wa minhum man akhadhathuṣ-ṣayḥatu wa minhum man khasafnā bihil-arḍa wa minhum man aghraqnā, wa mā kānallāhu liyaẓlimahum wa lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn.

So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allāh would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

۞ أَوَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةٗ وَءَاثَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٖ ٢١

Awalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna kānū min qablihim, kānū hum ashadda minhum quwwataw wa āthāran fil-arḍi fa akhadhahumullāhu bidhunūbihim wa mā kāna lahum minallāhi miw wāq.

Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allāh seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allāh any protector.

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانَت تَّأۡتِيهِمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُواْ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِيّٞ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢٢

Dhālika biʾannahum kānat taʾtīhim rusuluhum bil-bayyināti fakafarū fa akhadhahumullāh, innahū qawiyyun shadīdul-ʿiqāb.

That was because their messengers were coming to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so Allāh seized them. Indeed, He is Powerful and severe in punishment.

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ عَتَتۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِۦ فَحَاسَبۡنَٰهَا حِسَابٗا شَدِيدٗا وَعَذَّبۡنَٰهَا عَذَابٗا نُّكۡرٗا ٨

Wa kaʾayyim min qaryatin ʿatat ʿan amri rabbihā wa rusulihī faḥāsabnāhā ḥisāban shadīdaw wa ʿadhdhabnāhā ʿadhāban nukrā.

And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.

فَذَاقَتۡ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهَا وَكَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ أَمۡرِهَا خُسۡرًا ٩

Fadhāqat wabāla amrihā wa kāna ʿāqibatu amrihā khusrā.

And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair [i.e., rebellion], and the outcome of its affair was loss.

أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۚ قَدۡ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرٗا ١٠

Aʿaddallāhu lahum ʿadhāban shadīdā, fattaqullāha yāʾulil-albābil-ladhīna āmanū, qad anzalallāhu ilaykum dhikrā.

Allāh has prepared for them a severe punishment; so fear Allāh, O you of understanding who have believed. Allāh has sent down to you a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].¹

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلۡقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابٗا مِّن فَوۡقِكُمۡ أَوۡ مِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِكُمۡ أَوۡ يَلۡبِسَكُمۡ شِيَعٗا وَيُذِيقَ بَعۡضَكُم بَأۡسَ بَعۡضٍۗ ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَفۡقَهُونَ ٦٥

Qul huwal-qādiru ʿalā ay yabʿatha ʿalaykum ʿadhābam min fawqikum aw min taḥti arjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaʿaw wa yudhīqa baʿḍakum baʾsa baʿḍ, unẓur kayfa nuṣarriful-āyāti laʿallahum yafqahūn.

Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects¹ and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١١٢

Wa ḍaraballāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat āminatam muṭmaʾinnatay yaʾtīhā rizquhā raghadam min kulli makānin fakafarat biʾanʿumillāhi fa adhāqahallāhu libāsal-jūʿi wal-khawfi bimā kānū yaṣnaʿūn.

And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

ظَهَرَ ٱلۡفَسَادُ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ أَيۡدِي ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُواْ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤١

Ẓaharal-fasādu fil-barri wal-baḥri bimā kasabat aydin-nāsi liyudhīqahum baʿḍal-ladhī ʿamilū laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢١

Wa lanudhīqannahum minal-ʿadhābil-adnā dūnal-ʿadhābil-akbari laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment¹ short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيۡنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُواْۖ وَهَلۡ نُجَٰزِيٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡكَفُورَ ١٧

Dhālika jazaynāhum bimā kafarū, wa hal nujāzī illal-kafūr.

[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا سَوۡفَ نُصۡلِيهِمۡ نَارٗا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتۡ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ جُلُودًا غَيۡرَهَا لِيَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمٗا ٥٦

Innal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyātinā sawfa nuṣlīhim nāran kullamā naḍijat julūduhum baddalnāhum julūdan ghayrahā liyadhūqul-ʿadhāb, innallāha kāna ʿazīzan ḥakīmā.

Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a fire. Every time their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allāh is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.

لَّهُمۡ عَذَابٞ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَشَقُّۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٖ ٣٤

Lahum ʿadhābun fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati ashaqq, wa mā lahum minallāhi miw wāq.

For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَنۡ أَسۡرَفَ وَلَمۡ يُؤۡمِنۢ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٢٧

Wa kadhālika najzī man asrafa wa lam yuʾmim biʾāyāti rabbih, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati ashaddu wa abqā.

And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.¹

فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخِزۡيَ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦

Fa adhāqahumullāhul-khizya fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati akbar, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗا وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَسۡوَأَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧

Falanudhīqannal-ladhīna kafarū ʿadhāban shadīdaw wa lanajziyannahum aswaʾal-ladhī kānū yaʿmalūn.

But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٣

Kadhālikal-ʿadhāb, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati akbar, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ جَهۡرَةً هَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٤٧

Qul araʾaytakum in atākum ʿadhābullāhi baghtatan aw jahratan hal yuhlaku illal-qawmuẓ-ẓālimūn.

Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allāh should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly,¹ will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُم بَأۡسُنَا بَيَٰتٗا وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ ٩٧

Afaʾamina ahlul-qurā ay yaʾtiyahum baʾsunā bayātaw wa hum nāʾimūn.

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُم بَأۡسُنَا ضُحٗى وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٩٨

Awaʾamina ahlul-qurā ay yaʾtiyahum baʾsunā ḍuḥaw wa hum yalʿabūn.

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?¹

أَفَأَمِنُواْ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَلَا يَأۡمَنُ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٩٩

Afaʾaminū makrallāh, falā yaʾmanu makrallāhi illal-qawmul-khāsirūn.

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.

أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٤٥

Afaʾaminal-ladhīna makarus-sayyiʾāti ay yakhsifallāhu bihimul-arḍa aw yaʾtiyahumul-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn.

Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمۡ فَمَا هُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ٤٦

Aw yaʾkhudhahum fī taqallubihim famā hum bimuʿjizīn.

Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?

أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٌ ٤٧

Aw yaʾkhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa inna rabbakum laraʾūfur raḥīm.

Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]?¹ But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.²

وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَلَوۡلَآ أَجَلٞ مُّسَمّٗى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ وَلَيَأۡتِيَنَّهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٣

Wa yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa lawlā ajalum musammal lajāʾahumul-ʿadhāb, wa layaʾtiyannahum baghtataw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.

يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةُۢ بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٤

Yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa inna jahannama lamuḥīṭatum bil-kāfirīn.

They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧

Inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿ.

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ ٨

Mā lahū min dāfiʿ.

Of it there is no preventer.