وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا الْمَدِینَةِ رَجُلٌ یَسْعَى قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِینَ(( 20 ))

20- AND THERE CAME A MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PART OF THE TOWN RUNNING. HE SAID:- ``O, PEOPLE; FOLLOW THE APOSTLES.''

اتَّبِعُوا مَنْ لاَ یَسْأَ  لُکُمْ أَجْراً وَهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ(( 21 ))

21- FOLLOW THOSE WHO DO NOT ASK YOU ANY REWARD, AND WHO ARE GUIDED.

وَمَا لِىَ لاَ أَعْبُدُ الَّذِی فَطَرَنِی وَإِلَیْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ(( 22 ))

22- AND WHY SHOULD I NOT WORSHIP HIM WHO CREATED ME AND TO HIM YOU SHALL BE RETURNED.

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِنْ یُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَنُ بِضُرّ لاَ تُغْنِ عَنِّی شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَیْئاً وَلاَ یُنقِذُونِ(( 23 ))

23- SHOULD I TAKE (FALSE) GODS APART FROM HIM, THAT IF THE MERCIFUL GOD INTENDED A LOSS, THEIR INTERCESSION WILL NOT AVAIL ME ANYTHING, NOR CAN THEY DELIVER ME?

إِ  نِّی إِذاً لَفِی ضَلاَل مُبِین(( 24 ))

24- IN THAT CASE, I AM IN A MANIFEST ERROR.

إِ  نِّی آمَنْتُ بِرَبِّکُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ(( 25 ))

25- I HAVE BELIEVED IN YOUR LORD! HEAR ME YOU THEN!

قِیلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ یَا لَیْتَ قَوْمِی یَعْلَمُونَ(( 26 ))

26- (SOME OF THE HEATHENS MARTYRED HIM) IT WAS SAID TO HIM:- ``ENTER THE GARDEN (OF BLISS).''

      HE SAID:- ``O, WOULD THAT MY PEOPLE COULD KNOW,

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِی رَبِّی وَجَعَلَنِی مِنَ الْمُکْرَمِینَ(( 27 ))

27- ``THAT MY LORD FORGAVE ME, AND MADE ME OF THE HONOURD ONES.''

وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى قَوْمِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ جُند مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا کُنَّا مُنزِلِینَ(( 28 ))

28- AND AFTER HIM, WE DID NOT SEND AGAINST HIS PEOPLE (THOSE WHO KILLED HIM) ANY HOST FROM THE SKY, NOR WE WERE TO SEND.

إِنْ کَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَیْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ(( 29 ))

29- IT WAS NOT EXCEPT A SINGLE CRY, THEN THEY WERE SILENT.

یَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا یَأْتِیهِمْ مِنْ رَسُول إِلاَّ کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُونَ(( 30 ))

30- OH, ALAS FOR THE SERVANTS! NO MESSENGER CAME TO THEM EXCEPT THAT THEY WERE MOCKING AT HIM.