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34:23

And notbenefitsthe intercessionwith Himexceptfor (one) whomHe permitsﱈﱉfor himUntilwhenfear is removedontheir heartsthey will sayWhat is that your Lord has saidﱒﱓyour Lord has saidThey will sayﱕﱖThe truthAnd He(is) the Most Highthe Most Great(23)

No intercession will be of any benefit with Him, except by those granted permission by Him. ˹At last,˺ when the dread ˹of Judgment Day˺ is relieved from their hearts ˹because they are permitted to intercede˺, they will ˹excitedly˺ ask ˹the angels˺, “What has your Lord ˹just˺ said?” The angels will reply, “The truth! And He is the Most High, All-Great.”

34:24

ﱛ ﱜSayWhoprovides (for) youfromthe heavensﱡﱢand the earthSayﱤﱥAllahAnd indeed, weoryou(are) surely uponguidanceorinerrorclear(24)

Ask ˹them, O  Prophet˺, “Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?” Say, “Allah! Now, certainly one of our two groups1 is ˹rightly˺ guided; the other is clearly astray.”

34:25

SayNotyou will be askedabout whatsins we committedand notwe will be askedabout whatyou do(25)

Say, “You will not be accountable for our misdeeds, nor will we be accountable for your deeds.”

34:26

SayWill gatherus togetherour LordthenﱿHe will judgebetween usin truthAnd He(is) the Judgethe All-Knowing(26)

Say, “Our Lord will gather us together, then He will judge between us with the truth. For He is the All-Knowing Judge.”

34:27

SayShow methose whomyou have joinedwith Himﲋﲌ(as) partnersﲍﲎBy no meansNayHe(is) Allahthe All-Mightythe All-Wise(27)

Say, “Show me those ˹idols˺ you have joined with Him as partners. No! In fact, He ˹alone˺ is Allah—the Almighty, All-Wise.”

34:28

And notWe have sent youexceptcomprehensivelyto mankind(as) a giver of glad tidingsand (as) a warnerButmost[the] people(do) notknow(28)

We have sent you ˹O Prophet˺ only as a deliverer of good news and a warner to all of humanity, but most people do not know.

34:29

And they sayWhen(is) thispromiseifyou aretruthful(29)

And they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”

34:30

SayFor you(is the) appointment(of) a Daynotyou can postpone[of] it(for) an hourand not(can) you precede (it)(30)

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “A Day has ˹already˺ been appointed for you, which you can neither delay nor advance by a ˹single˺ moment.”

34:31

And saythose whodisbelieveNever willwe believein thisQuranand notin (that) which(was) before itﲿﳀ(was) before itBut ifyou (could) seewhenthe wrongdoerswill be made to standbeforetheir Lordwill throw backsome of themtoothersthe wordWill saythose whowere oppressedto those whowere arrogantIf not(for) youcertainly we (would) have beenbelievers(31)

The disbelievers vow, “We will never believe in this Quran, nor in those ˹Scriptures˺ before it.” If only you could see when the wrongdoers will be detained before their Lord, throwing blame at each other! The lowly ˹followers˺ will say to the arrogant ˹leaders˺, “Had it not been for you, we would certainly have been believers.”