وَجاءَ مِن أَقصَى المَدينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسعىٰ قالَ يا قَومِ اتَّبِعُوا المُرسَلينَ

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

اتَّبِعوا مَن لا يَسأَلُكُم أَجرًا وَهُم مُهتَدونَ

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

وَما لِيَ لا أَعبُدُ الَّذي فَطَرَني وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدنِ الرَّحمـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لا تُغنِ عَنّي شَفاعَتُهُم شَيئًا وَلا يُنقِذونِ

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

إِنّي إِذًا لَفي ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

قيلَ ادخُلِ الجَنَّةَ ۖ قالَ يا لَيتَ قَومي يَعلَمونَ

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

بِما غَفَرَ لي رَبّي وَجَعَلَني مِنَ المُكرَمينَ

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

وَما أَنزَلنا عَلىٰ قَومِهِ مِن بَعدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَما كُنّا مُنزِلينَ

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

إِن كانَت إِلّا صَيحَةً واحِدَةً فَإِذا هُم خامِدونَ

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

يا حَسرَةً عَلَى العِبادِ ۚ ما يَأتيهِم مِن رَسولٍ إِلّا كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.