Rowwad Translation Center — 375

26:184 And fear the One Who created you and the former peoples[1].”

26:185 They said, “You are truly bewitched!

26:186 You are only a human being like us, and we think you are nothing but a liar.

26:187 So cause pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if you are of the truthful.”

26:188 Shu‘ayb said, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”

26:189 Thus they rejected him, so they were seized by the punishment of the cloudy day; it was the punishment of a horrible day.

26:190 Indeed, there is a sign in this, yet most of them would not believe.

26:191 Your Lord is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

26:192 This is indeed a revelation from the Lord of the worlds,

26:193 which the Trustworthy Spirit [Gabriel] has brought down

26:194 to your heart [O Prophet] so that you may be one of the warners,

26:195 in a clear Arabic language.

26:196 And it was indeed [mentioned] in the scriptures of the former peoples.

26:197 Was it not a proof for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel recognized it [to be true][1]?

26:198 If We had sent it down to any of the non-Arabs,

26:199 and he had recited it to them[1]; still, they would not have believed in it.

26:200 This is how We made it [i.e., disbelief] enter the hearts of the wicked.

26:201 They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,

26:202 which will come upon them suddenly when they least expect it.

26:203 They will then say, “Can we be granted some respite?”

26:204 Do they really seek to hasten Our punishment?

26:205 Tell me [O Prophet] if We give them a life of ease for years,

26:206 then there came to them what they were warned of,