The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف
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46:17
وَالَّذِي
قَالَ
لِوَالِدَيْهِ
أُفٍّ
لَّكُمَا
أَتَعِدَانِنِي
أَنْ
أُخْرَجَ
وَقَدْ
خَلَتِ
الْقُرُونُ
مِن
قَبْلِي
وَهُمَا
يَسْتَغِيثَانِ
اللَّهَ
وَيْلَكَ
آمِنْ
إِنَّ
وَعْدَ
اللَّهِ
حَقٌّ
فَيَقُولُ
مَا
هَذَا
إِلَّا
أَسَاطِيرُ
الْأَوَّلِينَ
wa-lladhī qāla li-wālidayhi ʾuffin lakumā ʾa-taʿidāninī ʾan ʾukhraja wa-qad khalati l-qurūnu min qablī wa-humā yastaghīthāni llāha waylaka ʾāmin ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun fa-yaqūlu mā hādhā ʾillā ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna
As for him who says to his parents, ‘Fie on you! Do you promise me that I shall be raised [from the dead] when generations have passed away before me?’ And they invoke Allah’s help [and say]: ‘Woe to you! Believe! Indeed Allah’s promise is true.’ But he says, ‘These are nothing but myths of the ancients.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two seek Allah's aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the promise of Allah is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"
