وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

вəкəз̃əəликə мəə əрсəльнəə миŋŋ-ќōбликə фии ќōрйəтимм-мин-нəз̃иирин ильлəə ќōōлə мутрōфууhəə иннəə вəджəднəə əəбəə`əнəə 'əлəə уммəтиу-вə`иннəə 'əлəə əəc̃əəриhим-муќтəдуун

So it has been that We did not send any warner to a town before you, without its affluent ones saying, ‘We found our fathers following a creed and we are indeed following in their footsteps.’

 ۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ  ۖ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

ќōōлə əвəлəу джи`тукумм-би`əhдəə миммəə вəджəттум 'əлэйhи əəбəə`əкум, ќōōлюю иннəə бимəə урсильтумм-биhи кəəфируун

He would say, ‘What! Even if I bring you a better guidance than what you found your fathers following?!’ They would say, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you are sent with.’

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ  ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

фəəŋŋтəќōмнəə минhум, фəəŋŋз̃ур кəйфə кəəнə 'əəќибəтуль-мукəз̃з̃ибиин

Thereupon We took vengeance on them; so observe how was the fate of the deniers.

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

вə`из̃ ќōōлə ибрōōhииму ли`əбииhи вəќōумиhи иннəнии бəрōō`умм-миммəə тə'будуун

When Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘I repudiate what you worship,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ

ильлəəль-лəз̃ии фəтōрōнии фə`иннəhу сəйəhдиин

excepting Him who originated me; indeed He will guide me.’

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

вəджə'əлəhəə кəлимəтəмм-бəəќийəтəн фии 'əќибиhи лə'əльлəhум йəрджи'уун

He made it a lasting word among his posterity so that they may come back [to the right path].

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

бəль мəттə'ту həə`улəə`и вə`əəбəə`əhум həттəə джəə`əhумуль-həќќу вəрōсуулюмм-мубиин

Indeed, I provided for these and their fathers until the truth and a manifest apostle came to them.

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

вəлəммəə джəə`əhумуль-həќќу ќōōлюю həəз̃əə сиhруу-вə`иннəə биhи кəəфируун

But when the truth came to them, they said, ‘This is magic, and we indeed disbelieve in it.’

وَقَالُواْ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

вəќōōлюю лəулəə нуззилə həəз̃əəль-ќур`əəну 'əлəə рōджулимм-минəль-ќōрйəтəйни 'əз̃ыым

And they said, ‘Why was not this Quran sent down to some great man from the two cities?’

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ  ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا  ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا  ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

əhум йəќсимуунə рōhмəтə рōббик, нəhну ќōсəмнəə бэйнəhум-мə'иишəтəhум фииль-həйəəтид-дунйəə, вəрōфə'нəə бə'дōhум фəуќō бə'дын дəрōджəəтил-лийəттəхыз̃ə бə'дуhумм-бə'дōн сухриййə, вəрōhмəту рōббикə хōйрумм-миммəə йəджмə'уун

Is it they who dispense the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have dispensed among them their livelihood in the present life, and raised some of them above others in rank, so that some may take others into service, and your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

вəлəулəə əй-йəкуунəн-нəəсу уммəтəу-вəəhидəтəль-лəджə'əльнəə лимəй-йəкфуру бир-рōhмəəни либуйуутиhим суќуфəмм-миŋŋ-фиддōтиу-вəмə'əəриджə 'əлэйhəə йəз̃həруун

Were it not [for the danger] that mankind would be one community, We would have made for those who defy the All-beneficent, silver roofs for their houses and [silver] stairways by which they ascend,