Surah An Nahl Ayat 33
The Bee · English translation · Edition God
Are they but waiting for the angels to come to them, or for the command of your Lord to arrive? Those before them did likewise. God did not wrong them, but they used to wrong their own souls.
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Surah An Nahl Ayat 31
The Gardens of Perpetuity, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow, where they will have whatever they desire. Thus God rewards the pious.
Surah An Nahl Ayat 32
Those who are in a wholesome state when the angels take them—will say, “Peace be upon you; enter Paradise, for what you used to do.”
Surah An Nahl Ayat 34
So the evils of their deeds assailed them, and what they used to ridicule engulfed them.
Surah An Nahl Ayat 35
The idolaters say, “Had God willed, we would not have worshiped anything besides Him, neither us, nor our ancestors, nor would we have prohibited anything besides His prohibitions.” Those before them did likewise. Are the messengers responsible for anything but clear communication?
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This is ayat 33 of Surah An Nahl (The Bee), surah 16 of the Quran. This surah contains 128 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
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