بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ al-ḥamdu lillāhil ladhī anzala `alā `abdihil kitāba walam yaj`al lahu `iwajā ۜ ALL PRAISE BE to God who has revealed to His votary the Book which is free of all obliquity,
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قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا qayyimal liyundhira ba-san shadīdan min ladunhu wayubashhiral mu-minīnal ladhīna ya`malūnaṣ ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanā Immutable, so that it may warn of a severe punishment from Him; and give happy tidings to those who believe and do the right that there is a better reward (of Paradise) for them,
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مَّـٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا mākithīna fīhi abadā Where they will abide for ever;
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وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا wayundhiral ladhīna qālut-takhadhallāhu waladā And that it may warn those who say: "God has begotten a son."
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مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا mā lahum bihi min `il-min walā li-ābā-ihim ۚ kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim ۚ in yaqūlūna illā kadhibā They have no knowledge of this, as their fathers did not have. How terrible are the words they utter! They speak nothing but lies.
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فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا fala`allaka bākhi`un nafsaka `alā āthārihim in lam yu-minū bihādhal ḥadīthi asafā Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation?
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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا innā ja`alnā mā `alal-arḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu `amalā We have made whatever exists on the earth its adornment to test and try them (and) know who acts better;
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وَإِنَّا لَجَـٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا wa innā lajā`ilūna mā `alayhā ṣa`īdan juruzā For We shall certainly turn it to barren dust.
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أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا am ḥasibta anna aṣ-ḥābal kahfi war raqīmi kānū min āyātinā `ajabā Do you think the men of the cave and Ar-Raqim were so strange among Our signs?
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إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا idh awal fityatu ilal-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi-lanā min amrinā rashadā When those young men took shelter in the cave, and prayed: "O Lord, grant us Your favour and dispose our affair aright,"
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فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا faḍarabnā `alā ādhānihim fil kahfi sinīna `adadā We sealed off their ears in the cave for a number of years,
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ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا thumma ba`athnāhum lina`lama ayyul ḥizbayni aḥṣā limā labithū amadā Then roused them to ascertain which of the two groups could account for the period they had stayed.
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نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى naḥnu naquṣṣu `alayka naba-ahum bil ḥaqq ۚ innahum fityatun āmanū birabbihim wazidnāhum hudā We narrate their story to you in all truth. They were a few young men who believed in their Lord; so We gave them greater guidance.
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وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا warabaṭnā `alā qulūbihim idh qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbus samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nad`uwa min dūnihi ilāhā ۖ laqad qulnā idhan shaṭaṭā And strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We shall invoke no god beside Him, for we shall have uttered a blasphemy then.
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هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا hā-ulā-i qawmunat-takhadhū min dūnihi ālihah ۖ lawlā ya-tūna `alayhim bisulṭānin bayyin ۖ faman aẓlamu mimmanif-tarā `alallāhi kadhibā As for these our people here, they have taken to other gods apart from Him. Then why do they not bring a clear authority for them? Who is more wicked than he who fabricates a lie against God?"
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وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا wa idhi'-tazaltumūhum wa mā ya`budūna illallāha fa-uwū ilal-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyi-lakum min amrikum mirfaqā (And they said to each other:) "Now that you have withdrawn from them and what they worship beside God, it is better to take refuge in the cave. Your Lord may bestow of His mercy on you, and facilitate your affair."
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وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا watarash shamsa idhā ṭala`at tazāwaru `an kahfihim dhātal yamīni wa idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhātash shimāli wahum fī fajwatim minh ۚ dhālika min āyātillāh ۗ man yahdillāhu fahuwal muhtad ۖ wa man yuḍlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan murshidā You may well have seen when the sun came up it moved away to the right of the cave, and when it went down it turned away to the left, and they stayed in its open space. This was among the signs of God. Whoever is guided by God follows the right path; and whosoever goes astray will not find a guide to show him the way.
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وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا wataḥsabuhum ayqāẓan wahum ruqūd ۚ wanuqallibuhum dhātal yamīni wadhātash shimāl ۖ wakalbuhum bāsiṭun dhirā`ayhi bil waṣīd ۚ lawiṭ-ṭala`ta `alayhim lawallayta minhum firāran walamuli-ta minhum ru`bā You may have thought that they were awake, yet they were asleep. We made them turn right and left, while their dog lay with his forelegs stretched across the threshold. If you had looked at them you would have surely turned away and fled with horror at the sight.
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا wakadhālika ba`athnāhum liyatasā-alū baynahum ۚ qāla qā-ilun minhum kam labithtum ۖ qālū labithnā yawman aw ba`ḍa yawm ۚ qālū rabbukum a`lamu bimā labithtum fab`athū aḥadakum biwariqikum hādhihi ilal-madīnati falyanẓur ayyuhā azkā ṭa`āman falya-tikum birizqin minhu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yush`iranna bikum aḥadā Even so We roused them that they may question one another. One of them asked: "How long have you stayed here?" They said: "A day or less than a day." "Your Lord knows best," they said, "how long you have stayed. So send one of you to the town with this money of yours to look for wholesome food and bring it for you; but he should be careful not to let your presence known.
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إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا innahum in yaẓharū `alaykum yarjumūkum aw yu`īdūkum fī millatihim walan tufliḥū idhan abadā If they come to know of you they will stone you to death, or force you to go back to their creed; then you will never succeed."
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا wakadhālika a`tharnā `alayhim liya`lamū anna wa`dallāhi ḥaqqun wa-annas sā`ata lā rayba fīhā idh yatanāza`ūna baynahum amrahum ۖ faqālub-nū `alayhim bunyānā ۖ rabbuhum a`lamu bihim ۚ qālal ladhīna ghalabū `alā amrihim lanattakhidhanna `alayhim masjidā Thus did We inform the people about them that they may know the promise of God is true, and there is no doubt that the Hour will come. As they were arguing among themselves as to what should be done with them, (some) said: "Erect a monument over them. Their Lord is best cognisant of them." Those who prevailed, said: "We shall build a place of worship over their (sepulchre)."
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سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًۢا بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَـٰهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا sayaqūlūna thalāthatun rābi`uhum kalbuhum wayaqūlūna khamsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rajman bil ghayb ۖ wayaqūlūna sab`atun wathāminuhum kalbuhum ۚ qul rabbī a`lamu bi`iddatihim mā ya`lamuhum illā qalīl ۗ falā tumāri fīhim illā mirā-an ẓāhiran walā tastafti fīhim minhum aḥadā Some will say: "They were three, and their dog was the fourth;" and some will also say: "They were five and their dog was the sixth," -- guessing in the dark. And some will even say: "They were seven, and their dog the eighth." Say: "My Lord alone knows best their number; none but only a few know of them." So do not argue about it with them but lightly, and do not enquire about them from any one of them.
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وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَا۟ىْءٍ إِنِّى فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا walā taqūlanna lishay-in innī fā`ilun dhālika ghadā Do not say of any thing: "I will do it tomorrow,"
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إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا illā an yashā-allāh ۚ wadhkur rabbaka idhā nasīta waqul `asā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadā Without (adding), "if God may please;" and think of your Lord in ease you forget, and say: "Perhaps my Lord will show me a nearer way to rectitude."
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وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mī-atin sinīna wazdādū tis`ā (It is said) they stayed in the cave three hundred years and nine.
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قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ ۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا qulillāhu a`lamu bimā labithū ۖ lahu ghaybus samāwāti wal-arḍ ۖ abṣir bihi wa-asmi` ۚ mā lahum min dūnihi min waliyyin walā yushriku fī ḥukmihi aḥadā You say: "God only knows how long they stayed. He alone knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth. How distinctly He sees and hears! They have no other guardian but Him, and He does not share His authority with any one."
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وَٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا watlu mā ūḥiya ilayka min kitābi rabbik ۖ lā mubaddila likalimātihi walan tajida min dūnihi multaḥadā Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no one who can change the word of God; and you will not find refuge except in Him.
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وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا waṣbir nafsaka ma`al ladhīna yad`ūna rabbahum bil ghadāti wal `ashiyyi yurīdūna wajhah ۖ walā ta`du `aynāka `anhum turīdu zīnatal ḥayātid dunyā ۖ walā tuṭi` man aghfalnā qalbahu `an dhikrinā wattaba`a hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭā Persevere with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His magnificence. Do not turn your eyes away from them, seeking the splendours of this world, and do not follow him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance, who follows his own lust and exceeds the bound.
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وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا waqulil ḥaqqu min rabbikum ۖ faman shā-a falyu-min wa man shā-a falyakfur ۚ innā a`tadnā liẓẓālimīna nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā ۚ wa in yastaghīthū yughāthū bimā-in kal muhli yashwil wujūh ۚ bi-sash sharābu wasā-at murtafaqā Say: "The truth is from your Lord: So believe if you like, or do not believe if you will." We have prepared for the sinners a fire which will envelope them in its tent. If they ask for water they will be helped to liquid like molten brass that would scald their mouths. How evil the drink, and evil the resting-place!
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا innal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍī`u ajra man aḥsana `amalā But surely We do not let the reward of those who believe and do the right to go waste.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ulā-ika lahum jannātu `adnin tajrī min taḥtihimul-anhāru yuḥallawna fīhā min asāwira min dhahabin wayalbasūna thiyāban khuḍran min sundusin wa istabraqin muttaki-īna fīhā `alal-arā-ik ۚ ni`math thawābu waḥasunat murtafaqā There will be gardens of Eden for them, with rivers flowing by, where they will be decked in bracelets of gold, with silken robes of green and of brocades to wear, reclining on couches. How excellent the guerdon, and excellent the resting-place!
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وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا waḍrib lahum mathalan rajulayni ja`alnā li-aḥadihimā jannatayni min a`nābin waḥafafnāhumā binakhlin waja`alnā baynahumā zar`ā Tell them the parable of two men. We gave one two gardens of grapes surrounded by date-palm trees, with corn fields in between.
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كِلْتَا ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ ءَاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم مِّنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَـٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًا kiltal jannatayni ātat ukulahā walam taẓlim minhu shay-ā ۚ wafajjarnā khilālahumā naharā Each of the gardens yielded its fruit and did not withhold the least; and We made a stream flow in between them.
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وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu ana aktharu minka mālan wa-a`azzu nafarā So he became rich. Arguing one day with his friend he said: "I have more wealth than you and more powerful kinsmen."
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وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa ẓālimul linafsihi qāla mā aẓunnu an tabīda hādhihi abadā And he walked into his garden, and, (forgetting) his limit, said: "I cannot imagine that this will ever be ruined,
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وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا wa mā aẓunnus sā`ata qā-imatan wala-in rudidtu ilā rabbī la-ajidanna khayran minhā munqalabā Nor can I think that the Hour (of Doom) will come, And even if I am brought back to my Lord, I will surely find a better place there than this."
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قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا qāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu akafarta bil ladhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma sawwāka rajulā Disputing with him, his companion said: "Do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then a drop of semen, then formed you into a man?
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لَّـٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا lākinna huwallāhu rabbī walā ushriku birabbī aḥadā And He is God, my Lord, and I do not associate any one with my Lord.
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وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا walawlā idh dakhalta jannataka qulta mā shā-allāhu lā quwwata illā billāh ۚ in tarani ana aqalla minka mālan wawaladā When you entered your garden, why did you not say: 'As God may please;' for no one has power except given by God? Though you see me poorer in wealth and children than you,
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فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا fa`asā rabbī an yu-tiyani khayran min jannatika wayursila `alayhā ḥusbānan minas samā-i fatuṣbiḥa ṣa`īdan zalaqā Yet, my Lord may haply give me a garden better than yours, and He may send a thunder-bolt, from the skies and in the morning it will be a barren plain;
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أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا aw yuṣbiḥa mā-uhā ghawran falan tastaṭī`a lahu ṭalabā Or else of a morning its water may sink underground, and you will not find a trace of it."
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وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا wa-uḥīṭa bithamarihi fa-aṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi `alā mā anfaqa fīhā wahiya khāwiyatun `alā `urūshihā wayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ushrik birabbī aḥadā And his vines were overtaken (with disaster), and he began to wring his hands (at the loss) of what he had spent on them, for the vines had fallen upon their trellises; and he said: "Would to God that I had not associated any one with my Lord."
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وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا walam takun lahu fi-atun yanṣurūnahu min dūnillāhi wa mā kāna muntaṣirā He had no body to help him other than God, nor was he able to save himself.
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هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا hunālikal walāyatu lillāhil ḥaqq ۚ huwa khayrun thawāban wakhayrun `uqbā The jurisdiction in this province belongs to God. His is the best reward, and His the best requital.
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وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا waḍrib lahum mathalal-ḥayātid dunyā kamā-in anzalnāhu minas samā-i fakhtalaṭa bihi nabātul-arḍi fa-aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhur riyāḥ ۗ wakānallāhu `alā kulli shay-in muqtadirā Present to them the example of the life of this world so like the water We send down from the skies that mingles with the earth to nourish its vegetation, which then on the morrow turns to stubble and is blown away by the wind. God has power over everything.
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ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا al-mālu wal banūna zīnatul ḥayātid dunyā ۖ wal bāqiyātuṣ ṣāliḥātu khayrun `inda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun amalā Wealth and children are only the gloss of this world, but good deeds that abide are better with your Lord for recompense, and better for expectation.
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وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا wayawma nusayyirul jibāla wataral-arḍa bārizatan waḥasharnāhum falam nughādir minhum aḥadā The day We shall move the mountains, and you see the earth an open plain, We shall gather them together, leaving none behind.
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وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا wa`uriḍū `alā rabbika ṣaffal laqad ji-tumūnā kamā khalaqnākum awwala marrah ۚ bal za`amtum allan naj`ala lakum maw`idā They will be arraigned before their Lord row on row, (and He will say): "Well, you have come to Us as We had first created you, even though you imagined We had fixed no time for this meeting."
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وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰهَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرًا ۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا wawuḍi`al kitābu fataral mujrimīna mushfiqīna mimmā fīhi wayaqūlūna yāwaylatanā māli hādhal kitābi lā yughādiru ṣaghīratan walā kabīratan illā aḥṣāhā ۚ wawajadū mā `amilū ḥāḍirā ۗ walā yaẓlimu rabbuka aḥadā The ledger (of their deeds) would be placed before them. Then you will see the sinners terrified at its contents, and say: "Alas, what a written revelation this, which has not left unaccounted the smallest or the greatest thing!" They will find in it whatsoever they had done. Your Lord does not wrong any one.
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وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا wa idh qulnā lil-malā-ikatis-judū li-ādama fasajadū illā iblīsa kāna minal jinni fafasaqa `an amri rabbih ۗ afatattakhidhūnahu wadhurriyyatahu awliyā-a min dūnī wahum lakum `aduww ۚ bi-sa liẓẓālimīna badalā When We said to the angels: "Bow before Adam in adoration," they all bowed but Iblis. He was one of the jinni and rebelled against his Lord's command. And yet you take him and his offspring as your friends instead of Me, even though they are your enemies. How sad a substitute for the evil-doers!
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مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا mā ash-hadtuhum khalqas samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa anfusihim wa mā kuntu muttakhidhal muḍillīna `aḍudā I did not call them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation. I would not take as helpers those who lead (men) astray.
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وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا۟ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقًا wayawma yaqūlu nādū shurakā-iyal ladhīna za`amtum fada`awhum falam yastajībū lahum waja`alnā baynahum mawbiqā The day He will say: "Call those you had called My compeers," they will call them, but will get no response, and We shall place a gulf between them.
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وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا wara al mujrimūnan nāra faẓannū annahum muwāqi`ūhā walam yajidū `anhā maṣrifā The sinners will see the Fire and know that they will be thrown into it and will not find a way of escape from it.
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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhal qur-āni linnāsi min kulli mathal ۚ wakānal-insānu akthara shay-in jadalā We have explained in various ways all things to men in this Qur'an; but of all things man is most contentious.
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وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا wa mā mana`an nāsa an yu-minū idh jā-ahumul hudā wayastaghfirū rabbahum illā an ta-tiyahum sunnatul-awwalīna aw ya-tiyahumul `adhābu qubulā There is nothing to prevent men from believing when the guidance has come to them, and asking for their Lord's forgiveness, unless they want the example of earlier people visited upon them, or the punishment to appear right before their eyes.
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وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا wa mā nursilul mursalīna illā mubashhirīna wa mundhirīn ۚ wayujādilul ladhīna kafarū bil bāṭili liyud-ḥiḍū bihil ḥaqq ۖ wattakhadhū āyātī wa mā undhirū huzuwā We never send apostles but to convey happy tidings, and to warn. But those who disbelieve contend with false arguments to nullify the truth. They make a mockery of My revelations and of what they had been warned.
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وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ ۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۖ وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا wa man aẓlamu mimman dhukkira bi-āyāti rabbihi fa-a`raḍa `anhā wanasiya mā qaddamat yadāh ۚ innā ja`alnā `alā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqrā ۖ wa in tad`uhum ilal-hudā falan yahtadū idhan abadā Who is more unjust than he who, on being reminded of his Lord's revelations, turns away from them, and forgets the evil deeds he had committed in the past. Verily We have placed a covering on their hearts so that they do not understand, and a deafness in their ears so that however you may call them to guidance they will never be guided aright.
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وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا warabbukal ghafūru dhur raḥmah ۖ law yu-ākhidhuhum bimā kasabū la`ajjala lahumul `adhāb ۚ bal lahum maw`idul lan yajidū min dūnihi maw-ilā But your Lord is forgiving, full of benevolence. If He had pleased to punish them for their doings He would have punished them immediately. But a term is fixed for them from which they will find no escape.
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وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا watilkal qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū waja`alnā limahlikihim maw`idā As for these habitations, We destroyed them only when they transgressed; even so We had fixed a time for their annihilation.
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وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا wa idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majma`al baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuqubā When Moses said to his servant (Joshua): "I will not give up till I reach the confluence of two oceans, or I will journey on and on."
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فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا falammā balaghā majma`a baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fattakhadha sabīlahu fil baḥri sarabā When they reached the confluence they forgot the fish (they had brought as food) which swiftly made its way into the sea.
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فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًا falammā jāwazā qāla lifatāhu ātinā ghadā-anā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hādhā naṣabā When they had gone past (the confluence), Moses said to his servant: "Give me my breakfast. I am exhausted from this journey."
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قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا qāla ara ayta idh awaynā ilaṣ ṣakhrati fa-innī nasītul ḥūta wa mā ansānīhu illash shayṭānu an adhkurah ۚ wattakhadha sabīlahu fil baḥri `ajabā He said: "You see, I forgot the fish on the rock where we had stopped. Only Satan made me forget to mention this; but the wonder is the fish escaped to the sea."
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قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabgh ۚ fartaddā `alā āthārihimā qaṣaṣā Moses said: "But that is exactly what we were seeking." So they retraced their steps.
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فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا fawajadā `abdan min `ibādinā ātaynāhu raḥmatan min `indinā wa`allamnāhu min ladunnā `il-mā Then they found one of Our votaries, whom We had blessed and given knowledge from Us.
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قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا qāla lahu mūsā hal attabi`uka `alā an tu`allimani mimmā `ullimta rushdā Moses said to him: "May I attend upon you that you may instruct me in the knowledge you have been taught of the right way?"
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا qāla innaka lan tastaṭī`a ma`iya ṣabrā He said: "You will not be able to bear with me.
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وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا wakayfa taṣbiru `alā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihi khubrā "How can you bear that which is beyond your comprehension?"
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قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا qāla satajidunī in shā-allāhu ṣābiran walā a`ṣī laka amrā "You will find me patient if God wills," said Moses; "and I will not disobey you in any thing."
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قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا qāla fa-init-taba`tanī falā tas-alnī `an shay-in ḥattā uḥditha laka minhu dhikrā "If you must follow me," he said, "do not ask me any thing until I speak of it to you myself."
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فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا fanṭalaqā ḥattā idhā rakibā fis safīnati kharaqahā ۖ qāla akharaqtahā litughriqa ahlahā laqad ji-ta shay-an imrā So they set out till they (came to the quay) and went on board a ship in which he made a hole, (and Moses said:) "You have made a hole in the boat to drown its passengers? You have done a strange thing!"
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قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭī`a ma`iya ṣabrā "Did I not tell you," he replied, "that you will not be able to bear with me?"
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قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا qāla lā tu-ākhidhnī bimā nasītu walā turhiqnī min amrī `usrā (Moses) said: "Do not hold me for having forgotten, and do not reprove me and make my task difficult."
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فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا fanṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji-ta shay-an nukrā The two went on till they came to a boy, whom he killed. Moses exclaimed: "You have killed an innocent soul who had taken no life. You have done a most abominable thing!"
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قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا qāla alam aqul laka innaka lan tastaṭī`a ma`iya ṣabrā He said: "Did I not tell you you will not be able to bear with me?"
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قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا qāla in sa-altuka `an shay-in ba`dahā falā tuṣāḥibnī ۖ qad balaghta min ladunnī `udhrā Moses said: "If I ask you any thing again then do not keep me with you. You have my apology."
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فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا fanṭalaqā ḥattā idhā atayā ahla qaryatinis-taṭ`amā ahlahā fa-abaw an yuḍayyifūhumā fawajadā fīhā jidāran yurīdu an yanqaḍḍa fa-aqāmah ۖ qāla law shi-ta lattakhadhta `alayhi ajrā The two went on till they came upon some villagers, and asked the people for food, but they refused to entertain them. There they found a wall that was crumbling, which he repaired. Moses remarked: "You could have demanded wages for it if you liked."
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قَالَ هَـٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا qāla hādhā firāqu baynī wabaynik ۚ sa-unabbi-uka bita-wīli mā lam tastaṭi` `alayhi ṣabrā "This is the parting of our "ways," he said. "But I will now explain the things you could not bear:
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أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَـٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا ammas safīnatu fakānat limasākīna ya`malūna fil baḥri fa-aradtu an a`ībahā wakāna warā-ahum malikun ya-khudhu kulla safīnatin ghaṣbā That boat belonged to poor people who used to toil on the sea. I damaged it because there was a king after them who used to seize every ship by force.
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وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا wa-ammal ghulāmu fakāna abawāhu mu-minayni fakhashīnā an yurhiqahumā ṭughyānan wakufrā As for the boy, his parents were believers, but we feared that he would harass them with defiance and disbelief.
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فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا fa-aradnā an yubdilahumā rabbuhumā khayran minhu zakātan wa-aqraba ruḥmā We hoped their Lord would give them a substitute better than him in virtue and goodness.
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وَأَمَّا ٱلْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِى ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا wa-ammal jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fil madīnati wakāna taḥtahu kanzul lahumā wakāna abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa-arāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbik ۚ wa mā fa`altuhu `an amrī ۚ dhālika ta-wīlu mā lam tasṭi` `alayhi ṣabrā As for that wall, it belonged to two orphan boys of the city, and their treasure was buried under it. Their father was an upright man. So your Lord willed that on reaching the age of maturity they should dig out their treasure as a favour from their Lord. So, I did not do that of my own accord. This is the explanation of things you could not bear with patience."
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وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا wayas-alūnaka `an dhil qarnayn ۖ qul sa-atlū `alaykum minhu dhikrā They ask you about Dhu'l-Qarnain.
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إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ سَبَبًا innā makkannā lahu fil-arḍi wa-ātaynāhu min kulli shay-in sababā Say: "I will cite before you his commemoration." We gave him authority in the land and means of accomplishing every end.
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فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا fa-atba`a sababā So he followed a certain road
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا ḥattā idhā balagha maghribash shamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī `aynin ḥami-atin wawajada `indahā qawmā ۗ qulnā yādhal qarnayni immā an tu`adhhiba wa immā an tattakhidha fīhim ḥusnā Till he reached the point of the setting sun, and saw it set behind a muddy lake, and near it found a people. We said: "O Dhu'l-Qarnain, you may either punish them or treat them with kindness."
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قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا qāla ammā man ẓalama fasawfa nu`adhhibuhu thumma yuraddu ilā rabbihi fayu`adhhibuhu `adhāban nukrā He said: "I shall punish whosoever is wicked. He will then be sent back to his Lord who will inflict on him a terrible punishment.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَهُۥ جَزَآءً ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا wa-ammā man āmana wa`amila ṣāliḥan falahu jazā-anil-ḥusnā ۖ wasanaqūlu lahu min amrinā yusrā But he who believes and does the right will have an excellent reward, and we shall make things easy for him."
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ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا thumma atba`a sababā He then followed (another) road
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا ḥattā idhā balagha maṭli`ash shamsi wajadahā taṭlu`u `alā qawmin lam naj`al lahum min dūnihā sitrā Till he reached the point of the rising sun, and saw it rise over a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it.
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا kadhālika waqad aḥaṭnā bimā ladayhi khubrā It was so, for We were fully informed about him.
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ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا thumma atba`a sababā He then followed (another) road
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا ḥattā idhā balagha baynas saddayni wajada min dūnihimā qawmal lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlā Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken.
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا qālū yādhal qarnayni inna ya-jūja wa ma-jūja mufsidūna fil-arḍi fahal naj`alu laka kharjan `alā an taj`ala baynanā wabaynahum saddā They said: 'O Dhu'l-Qarnain, Gog and Magog are oppressing the land. May we pay you some tribute so that you could build a rampart between us and them?"
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قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا qāla mā makkannī fīhi rabbī khayrun fa-a`īnūnī biquwwatin aj`al baynakum wabaynahum radmā He said: "The ability my Lord has given me is better. So help me with your manual labour; I will build a wall between you and them.
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ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا ātūnī zubaral ḥadīd ۖ ḥattā idhā sāwā baynaṣ ṣadafayni qālan-fukhū ۖ ḥattā idhā ja`alahu nāran qāla ātūnī ufrigh `alayhi qiṭrā Bring me ingots of iron," (which they did) until the space between two mountain sides was filled up. "Blow your bellows," he said; (and they blew) until it was red hot. "Bring me molten brass," he said, "that I may pour over it."
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فَمَا ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا famas-ṭā`ū an yaẓharūhu wa mas-taṭā`ū lahu naqbā Thus (Gog and Magog) could neither climb over it nor dig a hole through (the rampart).
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قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī ۖ fa-idhā jā-a wa`du rabbī ja`alahu dakkā-a ۖ wakāna wa`du rabbī ḥaqqā "This is the benevolence of my Lord," he said; "but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will reduce it to a mound of dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."
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وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ جَمْعًا wataraknā ba`ḍahum yawma-idhiy yamūju fī ba`ḍ ۖ wanufikha fiṣ ṣūri fajama`nāhum jam`ā We shall leave them on that day surging like waves pressing one against the other, and the trumpet blast will be sounded, when We shall gather them all together.
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وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَرْضًا wa`araḍnā jahannama yawma-idhin lilkāfirīna `arḍā Then We shall bring Hell right before the infidels
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ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا alladhīna kānat a`yunuhum fī ghiṭā-in `an dhikrī wakānū lā yastaṭī`ūna sam`ā Whose eyes were veiled against My warning, and they could not hear.
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أَفَحَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِىٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ نُزُلًا afaḥasibal ladhīna kafarū an yattakhidhū `ibādī min dūnī awliyā-a ۚ innā a`tadnā jahannama lilkāfirīna nuzulā Do the unbelievers think they can make My own creatures their protectors against Me? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of infidels.
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قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـٰلًا qul hal nunabbi-ukum bil-akhsarīna a`mālā Say: "Shall I tell you whose labour will be wasted?
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ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا alladhīna ḍalla sa`yuhum fil ḥayātid dunyā wahum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥsinūna ṣun`ā Theirs whose effort is misspent in pursuit of the pleasures of the world, even though they think they are doing good things."
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَآئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَزْنًا ulā-ikal ladhīna kafarū bi-āyāti rabbihim waliqā-ihi faḥabiṭat a`māluhum falā nuqīmu lahum yawmal qiyāmati waznā They are those who reject the signs of their Lord, and the meeting with Him. So their good deeds will be fruitless, and on the Day of Judgement We shall not appoint any weighing for them.
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ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا dhālika jazā-uhum jahannamu bimā kafarū wattakhadhū āyātī warusulī huzuwā Their requital will be Hell, because they disbelieved and mocked My signs and messengers.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا innal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātul firdawsi nuzulā But surely those who believe and do the right will have gardens of Paradise as gift,
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خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا khālidīna fīhā lā yabghūna `anhā ḥiwalā Where they will abide for ever, never wanting a change.
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قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا qul law kānal baḥru midādal likalimāti rabbī lanafidal baḥru qabla an tanfada kalimātu rabbī walaw ji-nā bimithlihi madadā Say: "If the ocean turned to ink for writing down the colloquy of my Lord, the ocean itself would be exhausted ere the words (and wonders) of my Lord come to end, even if we brought another like it for replenishment."
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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا qul innamā ana basharun mithlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥid ۖ faman kāna yarjū liqā-a rabbihi falya`mal `amalan ṣāliḥan walā yushrik bi`ibādati rabbihi aḥadā Say: "I am only a man like you, but it has been communicated to me that your Lord is one and single God, and that whosoever hopes to meet his Lord should do what is right, and not associate any one in the worship of his Lord."
