26:207

ﱁNotﱂ(will) availﱃthemﱄwhatﱅenjoyment they were givenﱆenjoyment they were givenﱇ(207)

would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?

26:208

ﱈAnd notﱉWe destroyedﱊanyﱋtownﱌbutﱍit hadﱎwarnersﱏ(208)

We have never destroyed a society without warners

26:209

ﱐ(To) remindﱑand notﱒWe areﱓunjustﱔ(209)

to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.

26:210

ﱕAnd notﱖhave brought it downﱗhave brought it downﱘthe devilsﱙ(210)

It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:

26:211

ﱚAnd notﱛ(it) suitsﱜ[for] themﱝand notﱞthey are ableﱟ(211)

it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they,

26:212

ﱠIndeed, theyﱡfromﱢthe hearingﱣ(are) surely banishedﱤ(212)

for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺.1

26:213

ﱥSo (do) notﱦinvokeﱧwithﱨAllahﱩgodﱪanotherﱫlest you beﱬofﱭthose punishedﱮ(213)

So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished.

26:214

ﱯAnd warnﱰyour kindredﱱ[the] closestﱲ(214)

And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives,

26:215

ﱳAnd lowerﱴyour wingﱵto (those) whoﱶfollow youﱷofﱸthe believersﱹ(215)

and be gracious to the believers who follow you.

26:216

ﱺThen ifﱻthey disobey youﱼthen sayﱽIndeed, I amﱾinnocentﱿof whatﲀyou doﲁ(216)

But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”

26:217

ﲂAnd put (your) trustﲃinﲄthe All-Mightyﲅthe Most Mercifulﲆ(217)

Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,

26:218

ﲇThe One Whoﲈsees youﲉwhenﲊyou stand upﲋ(218)

Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,

26:219

ﲌAnd your movementsﲍamongﲎthose who prostrateﲏ(219)

as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.

26:220

ﲐIndeed, Heﲑ[He]ﲒ(is) the All-Hearerﲓthe All-Knowerﲔ(220)

He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

26:221

ﲕShallﲖI inform youﲗuponﲘwhomﲙdescendﲚthe devilsﲛ(221)

Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?

26:222

ﲜThey descendﲝuponﲞeveryﲟliarﲠsinfulﲡ(222)

They descend upon every sinful liar,

26:223

ﲢThey pass onﲣ(what is) heardﲤand most of themﲥ(are) liarsﲦ(223)

who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.1

26:224

ﲧAnd the poets ﲨfollow themﲩthe deviatorsﲪ(224)

As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.

26:225

ﲫDo notﲬyou seeﲭthat theyﲮinﲯeveryﲰvalleyﲱ[they] roamﲲ(225)

Do you not see how they rant in every field,1

26:226

ﲳAnd that theyﲴsayﲵwhatﲶnotﲷthey doﲸ(226)

only saying what they never do?

26:227

ﲹExceptﲺthose whoﲻbelieveﲼand doﲽrighteous deedsﲾand rememberﲿAllahﳀmuchﳁand defend themselvesﳂafterﳃafterﳄafterﳅﳆthey were wrongedﳇAnd will come to knowﳈthose whoﳉhave wrongedﳊ(to) whatﳋreturnﳌthey will returnﳍ(227)

Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.