Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Info 1 38:1
Ṣãd. By the Quran, full of reminders!
2 38:2
˹This is the truth,˺ yet the disbelievers are ˹entrenched˺ in arrogance and opposition.
3 38:3
˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was too late to escape.
4 38:4
Now, the pagans are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves.1 And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician, a total liar!
5 38:5
Has he reduced ˹all˺ the gods to One God? Indeed, this is something totally astonishing.”
6 38:6
The chiefs among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods. Certainly this is just a scheme ˹for power˺.1
7 38:7
We have never heard of this in the previous faith.1 This is nothing but a fabrication.
8 38:8
Has the Reminder been revealed ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us?” In fact, they are ˹only˺ in doubt of My ˹revealed˺ Reminder.1 In fact, ˹they do so because˺ they have not yet tasted My punishment.
9 38:9
Or ˹is it because˺ they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Almighty, the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.
10 38:10
Or ˹is it because˺ the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between belongs to them? Let them then climb their way ˹to heaven, if their claim is true˺.