[
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 0,
    "arabic": "بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ",
    "english": "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.",
    "kiswahili": "Kwa jina la Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwingi wa Rehema, Mwenye Kurehemu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 1,
    "arabic": "ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ",
    "english": "The time of their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.",
    "kiswahili": "Hesabu ya watu imekaribia, huku wao wakiwa kutojali na wakigeuka."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 2,
    "arabic": "مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ",
    "english": "No mention comes to them from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika maandiko kutoka kwa Mola wao hayatufikii isipokuwa wanayasikia wakiwa wakicheza."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 3,
    "arabic": "لَاهِيَةًۭ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ",
    "english": "Their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private counsel, saying, 'Is this anything but a man like yourselves? Will you follow magic while you can see?'",
    "kiswahili": "Mioyo yao imepotea. Na wale wanaofanya dhuluma wanapanga siri zao, wakisema, 'Huyu si mtu kama ninyi? Mtafuata uchawi wakati mnaona?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 4,
    "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ",
    "english": "He said, 'My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Mola wangu anajua kila kilicho semwa mbinguni na duniani, na Yeye ni Mwenye Kusikia na Mwenye Kujua Kila Kitu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 5,
    "arabic": "بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۭ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍۢ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ",
    "english": "But they said, 'These are confused dreams; rather, he has forged it; rather, he is a poet. Let him bring us a sign as was sent to those before.'",
    "kiswahili": "Lakini walisema, 'Hizi ni ndoto zisizoeleweka; badala yake, amedanganya; badala yake, yeye ni mshairi. Aletie ishara kama ilivyotumwa kwa waliotangulia.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 6,
    "arabic": "مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ",
    "english": "No community believed before them from the towns We destroyed. Will they then believe?",
    "kiswahili": "Hakuna mji uliokubali imani kabla yao tulioangamiza. Je, basi watakubali imani?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 7,
    "arabic": "وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ",
    "english": "And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed. So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hatumtumi kabla yako ila wanaume ambao tumewaweka wahubiri. Kwa hivyo waulize watu wa Kumbukumbu ikiwa hamjui."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 8,
    "arabic": "وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًۭا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ",
    "english": "And We did not make them bodies that do not eat food, nor were they immortal.",
    "kiswahili": "Hatuwakutengenezi miili isiyokula chakula, wala hawakuwa wa milele."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 9,
    "arabic": "ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ",
    "english": "Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, and We saved them and whoever We willed, and We destroyed the transgressors.",
    "kiswahili": "Kisha tukatimiza ahadi yetu kwao, tukawaokoa wao na yeyote tuliyetamani, na tukawaangamiza waliozidi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 10,
    "arabic": "لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًۭا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ",
    "english": "Indeed, We have sent down to you a Book containing your mention. Will you not then understand?",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika tumeutuma Kitabu kwenu chenye kumbukumbu yenu. Je, hamtaelewa?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 11,
    "arabic": "وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةًۭ وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ",
    "english": "And how many a town that was unjust did We break and raised after it another people.",
    "kiswahili": "Na ni miji mingapi iliyo dhulumu tuliyivunja na kuanzisha kisha watu wengine."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 12,
    "arabic": "فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ",
    "english": "Then when they felt Our punishment, behold, they ran from it.",
    "kiswahili": "Kisha walipohisi adhabu yetu, tazama, wakakimbia kutoka kwake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 13,
    "arabic": "لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ",
    "english": "Do not run away, but return to what you were given luxury in and to your dwellings so you may be questioned.",
    "kiswahili": "Msikimbie, bali rudi kwenye wema mliopewa na makazi yenu, labda mtahojiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 14,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "They said, 'Alas for us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Walisema, 'Hoh! Hakika tulikuwa wa dhuluma.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 15,
    "arabic": "فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَـٰمِدِينَ",
    "english": "And their claim remained not until We made them harvest, lifeless and still.",
    "kiswahili": "Na dai lao hali kuendelea hadi tukawaacha mavuno, wakiwa wameshakamuka na wakiwa wamesitawi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 16,
    "arabic": "وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ",
    "english": "And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in play.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hatukuumba mbingu na ardhi na yaliyo kati yao kwa kucheza."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 17,
    "arabic": "لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ",
    "english": "Had We intended to take amusement, We could have taken it from Us if We willed.",
    "kiswahili": "Laki tulikuwa tunataka kuchukua burudani, tungeweza kuchukua kutoka kwetu ikiwa tungehitaji."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 18,
    "arabic": "بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۭ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ",
    "english": "Rather, We cast the truth upon falsehood, and it crushes it, and behold, it vanishes. And woe to you for what you describe.",
    "kiswahili": "Bali, tunapandisha ukweli juu ya uongo, na unakusanya uongo huo; tazama, unapotea. Na loo kwenu kwa mliyosema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 19,
    "arabic": "وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ",
    "english": "To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth; and those near Him do not disdain His worship nor tire of it.",
    "kiswahili": "Yeye ndiye anayemiliki yule aliye mbinguni na duniani; na waliokaribu naye hawachukii ibada Yake wala hawachoki."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 20,
    "arabic": "يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ",
    "english": "They exalt Him night and day without ceasing.",
    "kiswahili": "Wanamwabudu usiku na mchana bila kukoma."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 21,
    "arabic": "أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ",
    "english": "Or have they taken gods from the earth, spreading (idols) there?",
    "kiswahili": "Au wamechukua miungu kutoka ardhini, wakisambaza?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 22,
    "arabic": "لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ",
    "english": "If there were within them other gods besides Allah, then both would have been ruined. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Throne, far above what they describe.",
    "kiswahili": "Iwapo kungekuwa na miungu ndani yao isipokuwa Allah, basi zote zingekuwa zimeharibika. Utukufu uwe kwa Allah, Mola wa Arshi, mbali na kile wanachosema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 23,
    "arabic": "لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ",
    "english": "He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.",
    "kiswahili": "Haiswaliwi kuhusu yale anayofanya, lakini wao watahojiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 24,
    "arabic": "أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ",
    "english": "Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, 'Bring your proof. This is the Reminder for those with me and the Reminder for those before me.' But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.",
    "kiswahili": "Au wamechukua miungu zaidi yake? Sema, 'Lete ushahidi wenu. Hii ni Kumbukumbu kwa wale walio nami na kumbukumbu kwa wale waliotangulia.' Lakini wengi hawajui ukweli, hivyo wanageuka."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 25,
    "arabic": "وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ",
    "english": "And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him: 'There is no deity except Me, so worship Me.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na hatumtumi kabla yako Mtume yeyote isipokuwa tulimuonyesha: 'Hakuna mungu ila Mimi, basi Nibadudie.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 26,
    "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ اتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًۭا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚ بَلْ عِبَادٌۭ مُّكْرَمُونَ",
    "english": "And they say, 'The Most Merciful has taken a son.' Exalted is He! Rather, they are honored servants.",
    "kiswahili": "Na wanasema, 'Mweni Rehema amechukua mwana.' Utukufu uwe kweye! Badala yake, wao ni watumishi wa heshima."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 27,
    "arabic": "لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ",
    "english": "They do not precede Him in speech, and they act by His command.",
    "kiswahili": "Hawamzidi kwa kusema, na hufanya kwa amri Yake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 28,
    "arabic": "يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ",
    "english": "He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not intercede except for whom He approves, and they fear Him.",
    "kiswahili": "Anajua kilicho mbele yao na kilicho nyuma yao, na hawapaiingilieni isipokuwa kwa yule aliyeidhinishwa, na wamhofu Yeye."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 29,
    "arabic": "وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌۭ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And whoever among them says, 'I am a god besides Him,' We will recompense him with Hell; thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.",
    "kiswahili": "Na yule kati yao asemaye, 'Mimi ni mungu mbali na Yeye,' tutamlipa kwa Jahannamu; hivyo ndivyo tunawalipa wa dhulumu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 30,
    "arabic": "أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَآوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًۭا فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ",
    "english": "Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?",
    "kiswahili": "Je, hawa wakafiri hawaoni kuwa mbingu na ardhi zilikuwa kitu kimoja, kisha tukazitenga, na tukatengeneza kila kiumbe hai kutoka kwa maji? Basi hawatamani kuamini?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 31,
    "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًۭا سُبُلًۭا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ",
    "english": "And We placed firm mountains on the earth so that it would not shake with them, and We made in it pathways so that they might be guided.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukaweka milima imara duniani ili isitetemeke pamoja nao, na tukatengeneza njia ndani yake ili wapate kuongozwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 32,
    "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًۭا مَّحْفُوظًۭا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ",
    "english": "And We made the sky a protected ceiling, yet they turn away from its signs.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukafanya anga kuwa paa lililolindwa, lakini wao wanageuka mbali na ishara zake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 33,
    "arabic": "وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ",
    "english": "And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each swimming in an orbit.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Yeye ndiye aliyemuumba usiku na mchana, na jua na mwezi; kila kimoja kikiwa katika anga lake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 34,
    "arabic": "وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ",
    "english": "And We did not grant any human before you immortality; so if you die, will they be immortal?",
    "kiswahili": "Na hatukamruhusu mtu yeyote kabla yako kuwa wa milele; basi ikiwa utakufa, je, wao watakuwa wa milele?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 35,
    "arabic": "كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ",
    "english": "Every soul shall taste death; and We test you with evil and good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.",
    "kiswahili": "Kila nafsi itakoma kufa; na tunajaribu ninyi kwa uovu na wema kama mtihani; na kwetu mtarudi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 36,
    "arabic": "وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ",
    "english": "And when those who disbelieve see you, they take you only in mockery, saying, 'Is this the one who mentions your gods?' Yet they disbelieve in the Most Merciful's remembrance.",
    "kiswahili": "Na wakati wakafiri wanakuona, wanakuchukulia kwa utani tu, wakisema, 'Je, huyu ndiye anayetaja miungu yenu?' Lakini wanakufuru Kumbukumbu ya Mwenye Rehema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 37,
    "arabic": "خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍۢ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ",
    "english": "Man was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not be impatient.",
    "kiswahili": "Binadamu aliumbwa kwa haraka. Nitawaonyesha ishara Zangu, basi msijaribu kuwa wasiwasi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 38,
    "arabic": "وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ",
    "english": "And they say, 'When will this promise be fulfilled if you are truthful?'",
    "kiswahili": "Na wanasema, 'Lini ahadi hii itatimizwa ikiwa ninyi ni wa kweli?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 39,
    "arabic": "لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ",
    "english": "If only those who disbelieve knew, when they cannot avert the fire from their faces nor from their backs, and they will not be helped.",
    "kiswahili": "Iwapo wakafiri wangejua, wakati hawawezi kuzuia moto kutoka uso wao wala kutoka mabega yao, wala hawatasaidiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 40,
    "arabic": "بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةًۭ فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ",
    "english": "But it will come to them suddenly, and it will confound them, so they cannot repel it, nor will they be reprieved.",
    "kiswahili": "Bali itawaingilia ghafla, na itawachanganya, hivyo hawawezi kuikataa, wala hawataruhusiwa muda."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 41,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ",
    "english": "And indeed messengers before you were mocked, and it encompassed those who mocked them what they used to ridicule.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika mitume kabla yako ilichekewa, na ikazunguka wale waliokuwa wanacheka nao yale waliyokuwa wanacheka."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 42,
    "arabic": "قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ",
    "english": "Say, 'Who protects you by night and by day from the Most Merciful?' But they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Nani anakulinda usiku na mchana kutoka kwa Mwenye Rehema?' Lakini wanageuka mbali na kumbukumbu ya Mola wao."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 43,
    "arabic": "أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌۭ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ",
    "english": "Or do they have gods who can protect them besides Us? They cannot even help themselves, nor will they be helped from Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Au je, wana miungu inayoweza kuwalinda isipokuwa sisi? Hawana hata uwezo wa kuisaidia wenyewe, wala hawawezi kusaidiwa kutoka kwetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 44,
    "arabic": "بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ",
    "english": "But We have given enjoyment to these and their forefathers until their life prolonged; will they not then see that We gradually reduce the land from its outskirts? Then will they be victorious?",
    "kiswahili": "Bali tumewaonyesha raha hawa na mababu zao hadi maisha yao yawe marefu; je, hawataona kuwa tunapunguza ardhi taratibu kutoka pembe zake? Basi je, watashinda?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 45,
    "arabic": "قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ",
    "english": "Say, 'I am only a warner by revelation.' But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Mimi ni mwonya tu kwa ufunuo.' Lakini wapenzi wa kupuuza hawasikii wito wakati wanavyonyoshwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 46,
    "arabic": "وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌۭ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And if a touch of the punishment of your Lord afflicts them, they will say, 'O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na ikiwa kuguswa na adhabu ya Mola wako kunawafikia, wanasema, 'Ee loo kwetu! Hakika tulikuwa wa dhuluma.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 47,
    "arabic": "وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌۭ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍۢ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنا حَـٰسِبِينَ",
    "english": "And We will set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will be treated unjustly; even if it be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And sufficient are We as Reckoners.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tutapanga mizani ya haki siku ya kiama, ili nafsi yoyote isidhulumiwe; hata ikiwa ni uzito wa punje ya haradali, tutaleta. Na Wacha tuwe Waohesabika."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 48,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءًۭ وَذِكْرًۭا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ",
    "english": "And We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (Furqan) and a light and a reminder for the righteous.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukampa Musa na Haruni Kitambulisho (Furqan) na nuru na kumbusho kwa waumini."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 49,
    "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ",
    "english": "Those who fear their Lord in the unseen and are apprehensive of the Hour.",
    "kiswahili": "Wale wanaomcha Mola wao kwa siri na wanaotashushwa na hofu ya Saa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 50,
    "arabic": "وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ",
    "english": "And this is a blessed Reminder which We have sent down; so are you deniers of it?",
    "kiswahili": "Na huu ni kumbusho lenye baraka tulilotushia; je, ninyi mnakikataa?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 51,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And We certainly gave Abraham guidance before, and We were of him well aware.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika tulimpa Ibrahimu mwongozo kabla, na tulikuwa tunamjua vyema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 52,
    "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ",
    "english": "When he said to his father and his people, 'What are these statues to which you are devoted?'",
    "kiswahili": "Alipoambia baba yake na watu wake, 'Hizi ni sanamu zipi mnazozijali?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 53,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ",
    "english": "They said, 'We found our fathers worshipping them.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Tulipata mababu zetu wakiziabudu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 54,
    "arabic": "قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ",
    "english": "He said, 'Indeed, you and your fathers have been in manifest error.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Hakika ninyi na mababu zenu mmekuwa katika upotevu wazi.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 55,
    "arabic": "قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ",
    "english": "They said, 'Have you come to us with truth, or are you one of the jesters?'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Umetuleta kweli, au wewe ni mchekeshaji?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 56,
    "arabic": "قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ",
    "english": "He said, 'No, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am a witness over this.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'La, bali Mola wenu ndiye Mola wa mbingu na ardhi, Aliyowazalisha; nami mimi ni shahidi wa hili.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 57,
    "arabic": "وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ",
    "english": "And by Allah, I will surely plot against your idols after you turn your backs.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kwa Allah, hakika nitapanga kashfa dhidi ya sanamu zenu baada ya mabadiliko yako."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 58,
    "arabic": "فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًۭا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ",
    "english": "So he smashed them all except the largest, so that they might return to it.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi akavunja zote isipokuwa kubwa zaidi, ili waweze kuirudia."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 59,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "They said, 'Who has done this to our gods? Truly, he is one of the wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Ni nani amefanya hivi kwa miungu yetu? Hakika yeye ni miongoni mwa wadhulumu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 60,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًۭى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ",
    "english": "They said, 'We heard a youth mentioning them. They said, It is Abraham.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Tulimsikia kijana akiwataja. Walisema, Huyo ni Ibrahimu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 61,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ",
    "english": "They said, 'Bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Mleta mbele ya macho ya watu, labda watashuhudia.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 62,
    "arabic": "قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ",
    "english": "They said, 'Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Je, wewe umefanya hivi kwa miungu yetu, Ee Ibrahimu?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 63,
    "arabic": "قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ",
    "english": "He said, 'No, but the largest of them did it; ask them if they can speak.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'La, bali mkubwa wao ndiye aliyefanya; wawazie kama wanaweza kuongea.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 64,
    "arabic": "فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ",
    "english": "So they returned to themselves and said, 'Indeed, you are the wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Basi walirudi kwa nafsi zao na kusema, 'Hakika ninyi ndio wadhulumu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 65,
    "arabic": "ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ",
    "english": "Then they were overthrown upon their heads; indeed, you see that they cannot speak.",
    "kiswahili": "Kisha walipinduliwa juu ya vichwa vyao; hakika unaona hawana uwezo wa kuongea."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 66,
    "arabic": "قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ",
    "english": "He said, 'Do you worship besides Allah that which does not benefit you at all nor harm you?'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Je, mnaziiabudu miungu bila Allahi ambayo haiwasaidii wala kuwaumiza?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 67,
    "arabic": "أُفٍّۢ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ",
    "english": "How wretched you and what you worship besides Allah! Will you not reason?",
    "kiswahili": "Je, mmeharibika na miongo yenu isiyo ya Allahi! Je, hamtatumia akili?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 68,
    "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ",
    "english": "They said, 'Burn him and help your gods if you are to act.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Mwache moto na msaidie miungu yenu ikiwa mnataka kufanya.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 69,
    "arabic": "قُلْنَا يَـٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًۭا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ",
    "english": "We said, 'O fire, be coolness and safety for Abraham.'",
    "kiswahili": "Tukasema, 'Ee moto, uwe baridi na salama kwa Ibrahimu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 70,
    "arabic": "وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ",
    "english": "And they intended for him a plot, but We made them the greatest losers.",
    "kiswahili": "Na walitaka kumtendea Ibrahimu njama, lakini tukawafanya washindwa zaidi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 71,
    "arabic": "وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ",
    "english": "And We saved him and Lot to the land which We have blessed for the worlds.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukamuokoa yeye na Lutu kwenda katika ardhi tuliyoibariki kwa ulimwengu wote."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 72,
    "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةًۭ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ",
    "english": "And We granted him Isaac and Jacob as a gift, and each of them We made righteous.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukampa Ishaaku na Yakubu kama neema, na kila mmoja kati yao tukamfanya kuwa mwema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 73,
    "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةًۭ يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَـٰبِدِينَ",
    "english": "And We made them leaders guiding by Our command, and We inspired them to do good deeds, establish prayer, and give zakah, and they were devoted to Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukawafanya viongozi wanaoongoza kwa amri Yetu, na tukawa wahimiza kufanya mema, kusali, na kutoa zaka; wakawa wa Ibada kwetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 74,
    "arabic": "وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍۢ فَـٰسِقِينَ",
    "english": "And Lot, We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing abominations; indeed they were an evil and sinful people.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Lutu, tukampa hukumu na maarifa, na tukamuokoa kutoka mji uliofanya maovu; hakika walikuwa watu wabaya wakiwahi dhuluma."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 75,
    "arabic": "وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ",
    "english": "And We admitted him into Our mercy; indeed he was among the righteous.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukamuingiza katika rehema Yetu; hakika alikuwa miongoni mwa wema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 76,
    "arabic": "وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ",
    "english": "And Noah, when he called before, We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great distress.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Nuhu, alipoita awali, tukamjibu na tukamuokoa yeye na familia yake kutoka dharura kuu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 77,
    "arabic": "وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍۢ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ",
    "english": "And We helped him against the people who denied Our signs; indeed they were an evil people, so We drowned them all.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukamsaidia dhidi ya watu waliokataa Ishara Zetu; hakika walikuwa watu wabaya, basi tukawaangamiza wote."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 78,
    "arabic": "وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ",
    "english": "And David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field, when the sheep of the people had strayed, and We were witnesses to their judgment.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Dawudi na Suleiman, walipohukumu kuhusu shamba, ilipokuwa kondoo za watu zimepotea, na tulikuwa mashahidi wa hukumu yao."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 79,
    "arabic": "فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ",
    "english": "And We taught Solomon the understanding of it; and each of them We gave judgment and knowledge, and We subjected the mountains to David to glorify Us along with the birds, and We were doers of it.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukamfundisha Suleiman kuelewa; na kila mmoja tukampa hukumu na maarifa, na tukamtesa Dawudi milima kuibuka kwa utukufu pamoja na ndege, na tulifanya hivyo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 80,
    "arabic": "وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍۢ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ",
    "english": "And We taught him the making of coats of armor to protect you from your violence. Will you then be grateful?",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukamfundisha utengenezaji wa silaha za ngozi ili mkulinde kutokana na maovu yenu. Je, mtashukuru?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 81,
    "arabic": "وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةًۭ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And to Solomon, the winds were made subservient, running by his command to the land We had blessed. And We are all-knowing of everything.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Suleiman akapewa upepo kuwa mtii, ukikimbia kwa amri yake kwenda ardhi tuliyoibariki. Na tunajua kila kitu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 82,
    "arabic": "وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ",
    "english": "And among the devils were those who dived for him and did other work besides that, and We were keeping guard over them.",
    "kiswahili": "Na miongoni mwa shetani walikuwa wakirukia kwake na kufanya kazi nyingine mbali na hiyo, na tulikuwa wakilinda."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 83,
    "arabic": "وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ",
    "english": "And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, 'Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na Ayubu, alipoita kwa Mola wake, 'Hakika maumivu yamenigusa, na Wewe ndiye Mwenye Rehema Kuu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 84,
    "arabic": "فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّۢ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَ",
    "english": "So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of distress, and We gave him his family and the like with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi tukamjibu na tukatoa maumivu aliyokuwa nayo, tukampa familia yake na wengine kama rehema kutoka kwetu na kumbusho kwa waabudu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 85,
    "arabic": "وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ",
    "english": "And [We made] Ishmael, Idris, and Dhul-Kifl, all of them were patient.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Ismaili, Idhri, na Dhul-Kifl, wote walikuwa wavumilivu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 86,
    "arabic": "وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ",
    "english": "And We admitted them into Our mercy; indeed they were of the righteous.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukawaingiza katika rehema Yetu; hakika walikuwa wema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 87,
    "arabic": "وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And [mention] Dhul-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger and thought We would not decree anything upon him, and he called out in the darkness, 'There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na Dhul-Nun (Yona), alipoenda kwa ghadhabu na akadhani hatutampa nguvu, akaita gizani, 'Hakika hakuna mungu isipokuwa Wewe, Utukufu Uwe Kwako; hakika mimi ni miongoni mwa wadhulumu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 88,
    "arabic": "فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ",
    "english": "So We responded to him and saved him from distress. And thus do We save the believers.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi tukamjibu na tukamuokoa kutoka huzuni. Vivyo hivyo tunaokoa waumini."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 89,
    "arabic": "وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ",
    "english": "And Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, 'My Lord, do not leave me alone and You are the best of inheritors.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na Zakaria, alipoita kwa Mola wake, 'Mola wangu, usiniachie peke yangu, Wewe ndiye mrithi bora.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 90,
    "arabic": "فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًۭا وَرَهَبًۭا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ",
    "english": "So We responded to him and granted him John (Yahya), and made his wife righteous. They used to hasten to good deeds and call upon Us with desire and fear, and they were humble before Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi tukamjibu na tukampa Yahya, na tukamrehemu mke wake. Walikuwa wakimbilia mema na wakiita kwa tamaa na hofu, na walikuwa wanyenyekevu mbele Yetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 91,
    "arabic": "وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ",
    "english": "And [the one] who guarded her chastity, We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.",
    "kiswahili": "Na [yule] aliyetunza harem yake, Tuliweka Roho Yetu ndani yake, na tumemfanya yeye na mtoto wake ishara kwa walimwengu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 92,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ",
    "english": "Indeed, this is your nation, a single nation, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika huu ni umma wenu, umma mmoja, na Mimi ndiye Mola wenu, basi Mninie."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 93,
    "arabic": "وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ",
    "english": "And they divided their affair among themselves; but all will return to Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Na waligawa masuala yao miongoni mwao; lakini wote watarudi kwetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 94,
    "arabic": "فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَـٰتِبُونَ",
    "english": "So whoever does righteous deeds while being a believer, no denial of his effort will there be, and We will record it for him.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi atakayefanya mema akiwa muumini, hakuna kupuuzia jitihada yake, na tutaandika kwake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 95,
    "arabic": "وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ",
    "english": "And it is forbidden for a town which We destroyed that they should return.",
    "kiswahili": "Na ni haramu kwa mji tulioangamiza kwamba walirudi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 96,
    "arabic": "حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍۢ يَنسِلُونَ",
    "english": "Until when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they will swiftly surge from every highland.",
    "kiswahili": "Hadi wakati Yakjuj na Makjuj watatolewa, na watazuka haraka kutoka kila mwinuko."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 97,
    "arabic": "وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ",
    "english": "And the true promise approached, so behold! the eyes of those who disbelieved fixed in horror: 'Woe to us! We were heedless of this; nay, we were wrongdoers.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na ahadi ya kweli ilikaribia; basi macho ya wakosefu yalitazamisha kwa hofu: 'Aibu kwetu! Tulikuwa wapenzi wa udhaifu huu; hapana, tulikuwa wadhulumu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 98,
    "arabic": "إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ",
    "english": "Indeed, you and what you worship besides Allah are fuel for Hell; you will enter it.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika nyinyi na mliyoabudu isipokuwa Allah ni kuni za Jahannamu; nanyi mtaiingia."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 99,
    "arabic": "لَوْ كَانَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةًۭ مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّۭ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ",
    "english": "Had these been gods, they would not have entered it; all will abide therein eternally.",
    "kiswahili": "Iwapo hawa wange kuwa miungu, wangekuwa hawaingia humo; wote watabaki humo milele."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 100,
    "arabic": "لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌۭ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ",
    "english": "They will have groaning therein, and they will not hear anything.",
    "kiswahili": "Watakuwa wakiimba kwa maumivu humo, na hawatasikia lolote."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 101,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ",
    "english": "Indeed, those for whom the best has preceded from Us, they will be far removed from it.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika wale waliopewa mema kabla ya sisi, watakuwa mbali nayo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 102,
    "arabic": "لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ",
    "english": "They will not hear its sound, and they will abide in what their souls desire.",
    "kiswahili": "Hawatasikia sauti yake, na watabaki katika yale mioyo yao yatakayoyataka."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 103,
    "arabic": "لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ",
    "english": "No distress will touch them on that day, and the angels will meet them, 'This is your day which you were promised.'",
    "kiswahili": "Hakuna hofu itakayowagusa siku hiyo, na malaika watawakutana nao, 'Huu ni siku yenu mliyoahidiwa.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 104,
    "arabic": "يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍۢ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ",
    "english": "The Day We will fold the heaven like the folding of a scroll for the records. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it—a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.",
    "kiswahili": "Siku tunapozipinda mbingu kama vile kuzipinda maandishi ya vitabu. Kama tulivyounda mwanzo, tutarudia; ahadi yetu, hakika tutafanya."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 105,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ",
    "english": "And We have written in the Psalms after the reminder: 'My righteous servants shall inherit the earth.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na tumeandika katika Zaburi baada ya kumbusho: 'Watumishi wangu wema watapokea urithi wa dunia.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 106,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ فِى هَـٰذَا لَبَلَـٰغًۭا لِّقَوْمٍ عَـٰبِدِينَ",
    "english": "Indeed in this is a message for devout worshippers.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika katika hili kuna ujumbe kwa waabudu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 107,
    "arabic": "وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ",
    "english": "And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hatukutuma wewe isipokuwa kuwa rehema kwa walimwengu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 108,
    "arabic": "قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ",
    "english": "Say, 'It is only revealed to me that your God is one God. Will you then be Muslims?'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Imefunuliwa kwangu kwamba Mungu wenu ni Mungu mmoja. Je, mtakuwa Waislamu?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 109,
    "arabic": "فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍۢ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌۭ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ",
    "english": "But if they turn away, say, 'I have conveyed to you equally; and I do not know whether that which you are promised is near or far.'",
    "kiswahili": "Lakini wakigeuka, sema, 'Nimekupelekea sawasawa; na sijui iwapo mliyoahidiwa ni karibu au mbali.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 110,
    "arabic": "إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ",
    "english": "Indeed, He knows what is spoken openly and knows what you conceal.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika Anajua kilicho semekana wazi na anajua mnavyoficha."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 111,
    "arabic": "وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتْنَةٌۭ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ",
    "english": "And I do not know; it may be a trial for you and enjoyment for a time.",
    "kiswahili": "Na sijui; inaweza kuwa jaribio kwenu na burudisho kwa muda."
  },
  {
    "surah": 21,
    "ayah": 112,
    "arabic": "قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ",
    "english": "He said, 'My Lord, judge with truth.' And our Lord, the Most Merciful, is sought for help against what you describe.",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Mola wangu, hukumu kwa haki.' Na Mola wetu, Mwenye Rehema, ndiye tunayeomba msaada dhidi ya mnayofafanua."
  }
]