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M.Pickthall
27. And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them)
Our revelation, that haply they might return.
Yusuf Ali
27. We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs
in various ways that they may turn (to Us).
M.Pickthall
28. Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah)
not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and
what they used to invent
Yusuf Ali
28. Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they worshipped as gods
besides Allah as a means of access (to Allah)? Nay they left them in the lurch: but
that was their Falsehood and their invention.
M.Pickthall
29. And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the Jinn, who wished to hear
the Quran and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished,
turned back to their people, warning
Yusuf Ali
29. Behold We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietly) listening to the Qur'an:
when they stood in the presence thereof they said "Listen in silence!" When the (reading)
was finished they returned to their people to warn (them of their sins).
M.Pickthall
30. They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a Scripture which hath been revealed after
Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.
Yusuf Ali
30. They said "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses confirming what
came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path.
M.Pickthall
31. O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you
some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.
Yusuf Ali
31. "O our people hearken to the one who invites (you) to Allah and believe in him: He
will forgive you your faults and deliver you from a Penalty Grievous.
M.Pickthall
32. And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and
ye (can find) no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.
Yusuf Ali
32. "If any does not hearken to the one who invites (Us) to Allah he cannot frustrate
(Allah's Plan) on earth and no protectors can he have besides Allah such men (wander)
in manifest error."
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