Surah 23:35
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ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then, after them, We produced another generation,
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِمۡ رَسُولٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
and We sent among them a messenger from among them: ‘Serve God! You have no god other than Him. Will you not guard (yourselves)?’
وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَتۡرَفۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يَأۡكُلُ مِمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ مِنۡهُ وَيَشۡرَبُ مِمَّا تَشۡرَبُونَ
But the assembly of his people, those who disbelieved and called the meeting of the Hereafter a lie, even though We had given them luxury in this present life, said, ‘This is nothing but a human being like you. He eats from what you eat from, and drinks from what you drink.
وَلَئِنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرٗا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ
If indeed you obey a human being like you, surely then you will be the losers indeed.
أَيَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ
Does he promise you that when you are dead, and become dust and bones, that you will be brought forth?
۞هَيۡهَاتَ هَيۡهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Away! Away with what you are promised!
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِينَ
There is nothing but our present life. We die, and we live, and we are not going to be raised up.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ
He is nothing but a man who has forged a lie against God. We are not believers in him.’
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
He said, ‘My Lord, help me, because they are calling me a liar.’
قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٖ لَّيُصۡبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ
He said, ‘In a little (while) they will indeed be full of regret.’
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءٗۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Then the cry seized them in truth, and We turned them into ruins. Away with the people who are evildoers!
meaning, very unlikely.
He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allah,
meaning, ‘in the Message he has brought to you, and his warnings and promise of resurrection.’
and we are not going to believe in him. He said: "O my Lord! Help me because they deny me."
meaning, the Messenger prayed against his people and asked his Lord to help him against them. His Lord answered his prayer:
(Allah) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."
meaning, ‘for their opposition towards you and their stubborn rejection of the Message you brought to them.’
So, The Sayhah overtook them in truth,
meaning, they deserved that from Allah because of their disbelief and wrongdoing. The apparent meaning is that the Sayhah was combined with the furious cold wind,
Destroying everything by the command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! 46:25
and We made them as rubbish of dead plants.
means, they are dead and destroyed, like the scum and rubbish left by a flood, i.e., something insignificant and useless that is of no benefit to anyone.
So, away with the people who are wrongdoers.
As Allah’s statement:
We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers 43:76
means, who are wrongdoers because of their disbelief and stubborn opposition to the Messenger of Allah, so let those who hear this beware of disbelieving in their Messengers.