Al-Anbya Verse 13

˹They were told,˺ “Do not run away! Return to your luxuries and your homes, so you may be questioned ˹about your fate˺.”

“Do not run away, but return to your luxuries and dwellings, perhaps you will be questioned.”

'Run not! Return you unto the luxury that you exulted in, and your dwelling-places; haply you shall be questioned.'

‘Do not try to escape. Go back to your homes and the pleasure you revelled in: you may be questioned.’

Flee not, and return unto that wherein ye luxuriated and your habitations, haply ye will be questioned.

Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.

(They were told): "Flee not, but return to your comforts and to your dwellings. You are likely to be questioned."

"Do not flee; go back to your halls of pleasure and your habitations, so that you may be interrogated."

The angels said to them, “Do not flee and return to the comforts that were given to you and to your homes, perhaps you will be questioned.”

‘Do not run away! Return to the opulence you were given to enjoy and to your dwellings so that you may be questioned!’

"Do not attempt to flee, but return to all that (ease and comfort) in which you had been lost without scruples, and to your homes, that you may be appealed to by the poor and needy, or to take your valuable counsels!

(Thereupon We called out to them,) `Flee not but return to that (state of luxury) in which you were provided comforts and to your dwellings so that you might be called to account for (your conduct).´

Do not run, and return to what you were luxuriated/ungrateful and arrogant in it and your residences, maybe/perhaps you be asked/questioned.

The angels said to them, "Do not flee and return to the comforts that were given to you and to your homes, perhaps you will be questioned."

And when they perceived Our Might, behold, they tried to flee from it.

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.

So when they felt Our might, lo! they began to flee from it.

Do not fly (now) and come back to what you were made to lead easy lives in and to your dwellings, haply you will be questioned.

(But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.

We told them, "Do not run away. Come back to your luxuries and your houses so that you can be questioned".

'Do not run away. Return to your luxury that you rejoiced in, and your homes in order that you be questioned'

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.

They were told, "Do not try to flee, but return to the comfort and luxuries in which you exulted and to the places where you lived, so that you may be questioned."

Do not run, but come back to your luxuries, and to your homes, that you may be questioned.

But the angels said to them scornfully; `Do not run [away]! Return to the opulence, the comforts, which you were given to enjoy and your dwelling-places, that perhaps you might be asked', for something of your worldly possessions as usual.

لَاا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes,

This is a way of ridiculing them.

It will be said to them by way of ridicule;"Do not run away from the coming torment; go back to the delights and luxuries and fine homes in which you were living."

Qatadah said,

"Mocking them."

لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ



in order that you may be questioned.

about whether you gave thanks for what you had.

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ