96:13

ﱁHave you seenﱂifﱃhe deniesﱄand turns awayﱅ(13)

What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?

96:14

ﱆDoes notﱇhe knowﱈthatﱉAllahﱊseesﱋ(14)

Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?

96:15

ﱌNayﱍIfﱎnotﱏhe desistsﱐsurely We will drag himﱑby the forelockﱒ(15)

But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

96:16

ﱓA forelockﱔlyingﱕsinfulﱖ(16)

a lying, sinful forelock.1

96:17

ﱗThen let him callﱘhis associatesﱙ(17)

So let him call his associates.

96:18

ﱚWe will callﱛthe Angels of Hellﱜ(18)

We will call the wardens of Hell.

96:19

ﱝNayﱞ(Do) notﱟobey himﱠﱡBut prostrateﱢﱣand draw near (to Allah)ﱤ(19)

Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.

97:1

ﱥIndeed, Weﱦrevealed itﱧinﱨ(the) Nightﱩ(of) Powerﱪ(1)

Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ sent this ˹Quran˺ down on the Night of Glory.1

97:2

ﱫAnd whatﱬcan make you knowﱭwhatﱮ(the) Nightﱯ(of) Power (is)ﱰ(2)

And what will make you realize what the Night of Glory is?

97:3

ﱱ(The) Nightﱲ(of) Powerﱳ(is) betterﱴthanﱵa thousandﱶmonth(s)ﱷ(3)

The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.

97:4

ﱸDescendﱹthe Angelsﱺand the Spiritﱻthereinﱼby (the) permissionﱽ(of) their Lordﱾforﱿeveryﲀaffairﲁ(4)

That night the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every ˹decreed˺ matter.

97:5

ﲂPeaceﲃit (is)ﲄuntilﲅ(the) emergenceﲆ(of) the dawnﲇ(5)

It is all peace until the break of dawn.

98:1

ﲈNotﲉwereﲊthose whoﲋdisbelievedﲌfromﲍ(the) Peopleﲎof the Bookﲏand the polytheistsﲐto be abandonedﲑuntilﲒ(there) comes to themﲓthe clear evidenceﲔ(1)

The disbelievers from the People of the Book and the polytheists were not going to desist ˹from disbelief˺ until the clear proof came to them:

98:2

ﲕA MessengerﲖfromﲗAllahﲘrecitingﲙpagesﲚpurifiedﲛ(2)

a messenger from Allah, reciting scrolls of ˹utmost˺ purity,

98:3

ﲜWhereinﲝ(are) writingsﲞcorrectﲟ(3)

containing upright commandments.

98:4

ﲠAnd notﲡbecame dividedﲢthose whoﲣwere givenﲤthe Bookﲥuntilﲦfromﲧafterﲨwhatﲩcame (to) themﲪ(of) the clear evidenceﲫ(4)

It was not until this clear proof came to the People of the Book that they became divided ˹about his prophethood˺—

98:5

ﲬAnd notﲭthey were commandedﲮexceptﲯto worshipﲰAllahﲱ(being) sincereﲲto Himﲳ(in) the religionﲴuprightﲵand to establishﲶthe prayerﲷand to giveﲸﲹthe zakahﲺAnd thatﲻ(is the) religionﲼthe correctﲽ(5)

even though they were only commanded to worship Allah ˹alone˺ with sincere devotion to Him in all uprightness, establish prayer, and pay alms-tax. That is the upright Way.