Abraham
14. Ibrāhīm
إبراهيم
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وَأَنذِرِ
النَّاسَ
يَوْمَ
يَأْتِيهِمُ
الْعَذَابُ
فَيَقُولُ
الَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوا
رَبَّنَا
أَخِّرْنَا
إِلَى
أَجَلٍ
قَرِيبٍ
نُّجِبْ
دَعْوَتَكَ
وَنَتَّبِعِ
الرُّسُلَ
أَوَلَمْ
تَكُونُوا
أَقْسَمْتُم
مِّن
قَبْلُ
مَا
لَكُم
مِّن
زَوَالٍ
wa-ʾandhiri n-nāsa yawma yaʾtīhimu l-ʿadhābu fa-yaqūlu lladhīna ẓalamū rabbanā ʾakhkhirnā ʾilā ʾajalin qarībin nujib daʿwataka wa-nattabiʿi r-rusula ʾa-wa-lam takūnū ʾaqsamtum min qablu mā lakum min zawālin
So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them: then will the wrong-doers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short term: we will answer Thy call, and follow the messengers!" "What! were ye not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline?
— Abdullah Yusufali
Warn the people of the day when the punishment will overtake them, whereat the wrongdoers will say, ‘Our Lord! Respite us for a short time so that we may respond to Your call and follow the apostles.’ [They will be told,] ‘Did you not use to swear earlier that there would be no reverse for you,
