Surah 44 · verse 23
Ad-Dukhan 44:23
Sign in to listenفَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
fa'sri bi'ibadi laylan innakum muttaba'un
[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.
Verse 21وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."
Verse 22فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."
Verse 25كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
How much they left behind of gardens and springs
Verse 26وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And crops and noble sites
