44:19

ﱁAnd thatﱂ(do) notﱃexalt yourselvesﱄagainstﱅﱆAllahﱇIndeed, Iﱈ[I] have come to youﱉwith an authorityﱊclearﱋ(19)

And do not be arrogant with Allah. I have certainly come to you with a compelling proof.

44:20

ﱌAnd indeed, Iﱍ[I] seek refugeﱎwith my Lordﱏand your Lordﱐlestﱑyou stone meﱒ(20)

And indeed, I seek refuge with my Lord and your Lord so you do not stone me ˹to death˺.

44:21

ﱓAnd ifﱔnotﱕyou believeﱖmeﱗthen leave me aloneﱘ(21)

˹But˺ if you do not believe me, then let me be.”

44:22

ﱙSo he calledﱚhis LordﱛThatﱜtheseﱝ(are) a peopleﱞcriminalsﱟ(22)

Ultimately, he cried out to his Lord, “These are a wicked people!”

44:23

ﱠThen "Set outﱡwith My slavesﱢ(by) nightﱣIndeed, youﱤ(will be) followedﱥ(23)

˹Allah responded,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.

44:24

ﱦAnd leaveﱧthe seaﱨﱩat restﱪIndeed, theyﱫ(are) an armyﱬ(to be) drownedﱭ(24)

And leave the sea parted, for they are certainly an army bound to drown.”

44:25

ﱮHow manyﱯ(did) they leaveﱰofﱱgardensﱲand springsﱳ(25)

˹Imagine˺ how many gardens and springs the tyrants1 left behind,

44:26

ﱴAnd cornfieldsﱵand placesﱶnobleﱷ(26)

as well as ˹various˺ crops and splendid residences,

44:27

ﱸAnd pleasant thingsﱹthey used toﱺthereinﱻtake delightﱼ(27)

and luxuries which they fully enjoyed.

44:28

ﱽﱾThusﱿAnd We made it (an) inherit(ance)ﲀ(for) a peopleﲁanotherﲂ(28)

So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to another people.

44:29

ﲃAnd notﲄweptﲅfor themﲆthe heavenﲇand the earthﲈand notﲉthey wereﲊgiven respiteﲋ(29)

Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor was their fate delayed.

44:30

ﲌAnd certainlyﲍWe savedﲎ(the) Children of Israelﲏ(the) Children of Israelﲐfromﲑthe punishmentﲒthe humiliatingﲓ(30)

And We certainly delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

44:31

ﲔFromﲕﲖFiraunﲗIndeed, heﲘwasﲙarrogantﲚamongﲛthe transgressorsﲜ(31)

of Pharaoh. He was truly a tyrant, a transgressor.

44:32

ﲝAnd certainlyﲞWe chose themﲟbyﲠknowledgeﲡoverﲢthe worldsﲣ(32)

And indeed, We chose the Israelites knowingly above the others.

44:33

ﲤAnd We gave themﲥofﲦthe Signsﲧthatﲨin itﲩ(was) a trialﲪclearﲫ(33)

And We showed them signs in which there was a clear test.

44:34

ﲬIndeedﲭtheseﲮsurely, they sayﲯ(34)

Indeed, these ˹Meccans˺ say,

44:35

ﲰNotﲱitﲲ(is) butﲳour deathﲴthe firstﲵand notﲶweﲷ(will be) raised againﲸ(35)

“There is nothing beyond our first death, and we will never be resurrected.

44:36

ﲹThen bringﲺour forefathersﲻifﲼyou areﲽtruthfulﲾ(36)

Bring ˹back˺ our forefathers, if what you say is true.”

44:37

ﲿAre theyﳀbetterﳁorﳂ(the) peopleﳃ(of) Tubbaﳄand thoseﳅbefore themﳆbefore themﳇﳈWe destroyed themﳉindeed, theyﳊwereﳋcriminalsﳌ(37)

Are they superior to the people of Tubba’1 and those before them? We destroyed them ˹all˺, ˹for˺ they were truly wicked.

44:38

ﳍAnd notﳎWe createdﳏthe heavensﳐand the earthﳑand whateverﳒ(is) between themﳓ(in) playﳔ(38)

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything in between for sport.

44:39

ﳕNotﳖWe created both of themﳗbutﳘin [the] truthﳙbutﳚmost of themﳛ(do) notﳜknowﳝ(39)

We only created them for a purpose, but most of these ˹pagans˺ do not know.