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Maryam (#19)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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كٓهيعٓصٓ kāf hā yā 'in ṣād Kaf, Ha, Ya, ‘Ayn, Suad.
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ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ dhikru raḥmati rabbika `abdahu zakariyyā [This is] an account of your Lord’s mercy on His servant, Zechariah,
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إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا idh nādā rabbahu nidā-an khafiyyā when he called out to his Lord with a secret cry.
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا qāla rabbi innī wahanal `aẓmu minnī washta`alar ra-su shayban walam akun bidu`ā-ika rabbi shaqiyyā He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my bones have become feeble, and my head has turned white with age, yet never have I, my Lord, been disappointed in supplicating You!
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وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا wa innī khiftul mawāliya min warā-ī wakānatim-ra-atī `āqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyā Indeed I fear my kinsmen, after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir
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يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا yarithunī wayarithu min āli ya`qūb ۖ waj`alhu rabbi raḍiyyā who may inherit from me and inherit from the House of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]!’
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يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا yāzakariyyā innā nubashhiruka bighulāminis-muhu yaḥyā lam naj`al lahu min qablu samiyyā ‘O Zechariah! Indeed We give you the good news of a son, whose name is ‘‘John.’’ Never before have We made anyone his namesake.’
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قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānatim-ra-atī `āqiran waqad balaghtu minal kibari `itiyyā He said, ‘My Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I am already advanced in age?’
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قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa `alayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shay-ā He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord has said, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ Certainly I created you before when you were nothing.’
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا qāla rabbij-`al lī āyah ۚ qāla āyatuka allā tukalliman nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyā He said, ‘My Lord! Appoint a sign for me.’ He said, ‘Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three complete nights.’
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فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا fakharaja `alā qawmihi minal miḥrābi fa-awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū bukratan wa`ashiyyā So he emerged before his people from the Temple, and signalled to them that they should glorify [Allah] morning and evening.
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يَـٰيَحْيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا yāyaḥyā khudhil kitāba biquwwah ۖ wa-ātaynāhul ḥukma ṣabiyyā ‘O John!’ [We said,] ‘Hold on with power to the Book!’ And We gave him judgement while still a child,
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وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا waḥanānan min ladunnā wazakah ۖ wakāna taqiyyā and a compassion and purity from Us. He was Godwary
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وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا wabarran biwālidayhi walam yakun jabbāran `aṣiyyā and good to his parents, and was not self-willed or disobedient.
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وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا wasalāmun `alayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamūtu wayawma yub`athu ḥayyā Peace be to him, the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive!
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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا wadhkur fil kitābi maryama idhin-tabadhat min ahlihā makānan sharqiyyā And mention in the Book Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an easterly place.
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فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا fattakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathhala lahā basharan sawiyyā Thus did she seclude herself from them, whereupon We sent to her Our Spirit and he became incarnate for her as a well-proportioned human.
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قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا qālat innī a`ūdhu bir raḥmāni minka in kunta taqiyyā She said, ‘I seek the protection of the All-beneficent from you, should you be Godwary!’
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قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًا زَكِيًّا qāla innamā ana rasūlu rabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyā He said, ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord that I may give you a pure son.’
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قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun walam yamsasnī basharun walam aku baghiyyā She said, ‘How shall I have a child seeing that no human being has ever touched me, nor have I been unchaste?’
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قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa `alayya hayyin ۖ walinaj`alahu āyatan linnāsi waraḥmatan minnā ۚ wakāna amran maqḍiyyā He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord says, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ And so that We may make him a sign for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter [already] decided.’
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فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا faḥamalat-hu fantabadhat bihi makānan qaṣiyyā Thus she conceived him, then withdrew with him to a distant place.
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فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا fa-ajā-ahal makhāḍu ilā jidh`in nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyā The birth pangs brought her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, ‘I wish I had died before this and become a forgotten thing, beyond recall.’
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فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا fanādāhā min taḥtihā allā taḥzanī qad ja`ala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyā Thereupon he called her from below her [saying,] ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has made a spring to flow at your feet.
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وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَـٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا wahuzzī ilayki bijidh`in nakhlati tusāqiṭ `alayki ruṭaban janiyyā Shake the trunk of the palm tree, freshly picked dates will drop upon you.
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فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا fakulī washrabī waqarrī `aynā ۖ fa-immā tarayinna minal bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lirraḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallimal yawma insiyyā Eat, drink, and be comforted. Then if you see any human, say, ‘‘Indeed I have vowed a fast to the All-beneficent, so I will not speak to any human today.’’ ’
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فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا fa-atat bihi qawmahā taḥmiluh ۖ qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji-ti shay-an fariyyā Then carrying him she brought him to her people. They said, ‘O Mary, you have certainly come up with an odd thing!
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يَـٰٓأُخْتَ هَـٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا yā-ukhta hārūna mā kāna abūkim-ra-a saw-in wa mā kānat ummuki baghiyyā O sister of Aaron[’s lineage]! Your father was not an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste.’
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فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا fa-ashārat ilayh ۖ qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fil mahdi ṣabiyyā Thereat she pointed to him. They said, ‘How can we speak to one who is yet a baby in the cradle?’
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قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا qāla innī `abdullāhi ātāniyal kitāba waja`alanī nabiyyā He said, ‘Indeed I am a servant of Allah! He has given me the Book and made me a prophet.
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وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَـٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا waja`alanī mubārakan ayna mā kuntu wa-awṣānī biṣ ṣalāti waz zakāti mā dumtu ḥayyā He has made me blessed, wherever I may be, and He has enjoined me to [maintain] the prayer and to [pay] the zakat as long as I live,
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وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا wabarran biwālidatī walam yaj`alnī jabbāran shaqiyyā and to be good to my mother, and He has not made me self-willed and wretched.
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وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا was salāmu `alayya yawma wulidtu wayawma amūtu wayawma ub`athu ḥayyā Peace to me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised alive.’
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ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ dhālika `īsab-nu maryam ۚ qawlal-ḥaqqil ladhī fīhi yamtarūn That is Jesus, son of Mary, a Word of the Real concerning whom they are in doubt.
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مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ mā kāna lillāhi an yattakhidha min walad ۖ subḥānah ۚ idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn It is not for Allah to take a son. Immaculate is He! When He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.
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وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ wa innallāha rabbī warabbukum fa`budūh ۚ hādhā ṣirāṭun mustaqīm [And Jesus said,] ‘Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a straight path.’
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فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ fakhtalafal-aḥzābu min baynihim ۖ fawaylul lilladhīna kafarū min mash-hadi yawmin `aẓīm But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the faithless at the scene of a tremendous day.
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أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَـٰكِنِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ asmi` bihim wa-abṣir yawma ya-tūnanā ۖ lākiniẓ ẓālimūnal yawma fī ḍalālin mubīn How well they will hear and how well they will see on the day when they come to Us! But today the wrongdoers are in manifest error.
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وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ wa-andhirhum yawmal ḥasrati idh quḍiyal-amru wahum fī ghaflatin wahum lā yu-minūn Warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be decided, while they are [yet] heedless and do not have faith.
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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ innā naḥnu narithul-arḍa wa man `alayhā wa ilaynā yurja`ūn Indeed We shall inherit the earth and whoever there is on it, and to Us they shall be brought back.
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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا wadhkur fil kitābi ibrāhīm ۚ innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā And mention in the Book Abraham. Indeed, he was a truthful man and a prophet.
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا idh qāla li-abīhi yā-abati lima ta`budu mā lā yasma`u walā yubṣiru walā yughnī `anka shay-ā When he said to his father, ‘Father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, and is of no avail to you in any way?
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يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى قَدْ جَآءَنِى مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓ أَهْدِكَ صِرَٰطًا سَوِيًّا yā-abati innī qad jā-anī minal `il-mi mā lam ya-tika fattabi`nī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyā Father! Indeed a knowledge has already come to me, which has not come to you. So follow me that I may guide you to a right path.
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يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَصِيًّا yā-abati lā ta`budish shayṭān ۖ innash shayṭāna kāna lirraḥmāni `aṣiyyā Father! Do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan is disobedient to the All-beneficent.
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يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَـٰنِ وَلِيًّا yā-abati innī akhāfu an yamassaka `adhābun minar raḥmāni fatakūna lishhayṭāni waliyyā Father! I am indeed afraid that a punishment from the All-beneficent will befall you, and you will become Satan’s accomplice.’
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قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّا qāla arāghibun anta `an ālihatī yā-ibrāhīm ۖ la-in lam tantahi la-arjumannak ۖ wāhjurnī maliyyā He said, ‘Abraham! Are you renouncing my gods? If you do not desist, I will stone you. Get away from me for a long while.’
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قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ ۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّا qāla salāmun `alayk ۖ sa-astaghfiru laka rabbī ۖ innahu kāna bī ḥafiyyā He said, ‘Peace be to you! I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you. Indeed, He is gracious to me.
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وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّى شَقِيًّا wa-a`tazilukum wa mā tad`ūna min dūnillāhi wa-ad`ū rabbī `asā allā akūna bidu`ā-i rabbī shaqiyyā I dissociate myself from you and whatever you invoke besides Allah. I will supplicate my Lord. Hopefully, I will not be disappointed in supplicating my Lord.’
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فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا falamma'-tazalahum wa mā ya`budūna min dūnillāhi wahabnā lahu is-ḥāqa waya`qūb ۖ wakullan ja`alnā nabiyyā So when he had left them and what they worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each We made a prophet.
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وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّا wawahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā waja`alnā lahum lisāna ṣidqin `aliyyā And We gave them out of Our mercy, and conferred on them a worthy and lofty repute.
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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًا وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا wadhkur fil kitābi mūsā ۚ innahu kāna mukhlaṣan wakāna rasūlan nabiyyā And mention in the Book Moses. Indeed he was exclusively dedicated [to Allah], and an apostle and prophet.
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وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُ نَجِيًّا wanādaynāhu min jānibiṭ ṭūril-aymani waqarrabnāhu najiyyā We called him from the right side of the Mount and We drew him near [to Ourselves] for confidential discourse.
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وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ نَبِيًّا wawahabnā lahu min raḥmatinā akhāhu hārūna nabiyyā And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron, a prophet.
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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا wadhkur fil kitābi ismā`īl ۚ innahu kāna ṣādiqal wa`di wakāna rasūlan nabiyyā And mention in the Book Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and an apostle and prophet.
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وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّا wakāna ya-muru ahlahu biṣ ṣalāti waz zakāti wakāna `inda rabbihi marḍiyyā He used to bid his family to [maintain] the prayer and to [pay] the zakat, and was pleasing to his Lord.
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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا wadhkur fil kitābi idrīs ۚ innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā And mention in the Book Idrees. Indeed, he was a truthful one and a prophet,
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وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا warafa`nāhu makānan `aliyyā and We raised him to an exalted station.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا ۩ ulā-ikal ladhīna an`amallāhu `alayhim minan nabiyyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wa mimman ḥamalnā ma`a nūḥin wa min dhurriyyati ibrāhīma wa isrā-iyla wa mimman hadaynā wajtabaynā ۚ idhā tutlā `alayhim āyātur raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wabukiyyā ۩ They are the ones whom Allah has blessed from among the prophets of Adam’s progeny, and from [the progeny of] those We carried with Noah, and from among the progeny of Abraham and Israel, and from among those that We guided and chose. When the signs of the All-beneficent were recited to them, they would fall down weeping in prostration.
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فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا fakhalafa min ba`dihim khalfun aḍā`uṣ ṣalāta wattaba`ush shahawāt ۖ fasawfa yalqawna ghayyā But they were succeeded by an evil posterity who neglected the prayer, and followed [their base] appetites. So they will soon encounter [the reward of] perversity,
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إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا illā man tāba wa-āmana wa`amila ṣāliḥan fa-ulā-ika yadkhulūnal jannata walā yuẓlamūna shay-ā barring those who repent, believe, and act righteously. Such will enter paradise, and they will not be wronged in the least.
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جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّا jannāti `adninil latī wa`adar raḥmānu `ibādahu bil ghayb ۚ innahu kāna wa`duhu ma-tiyyā Gardens of Eden promised by the All-beneficent to His servants, [while they were still] unseen. Indeed His promise is bound to come to pass.
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لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَـٰمًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا lā yasma`ūna fīhā laghwan illā salāmā ۖ walahum rizquhum fīhā bukratan wa`ashiyyā Therein they will not hear vain talk, but only ‘Peace!’ Therein they will have their provision morning and evening.
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تِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِى نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّا tilkal jannatul latī nūrithu min `ibādinā man kāna taqiyyā This is the paradise We will give as inheritance to those of Our servants who are Godwary.
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وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَهُۥ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا wa mā natanazzalu illā bi-amri rabbik ۖ lahu mā bayna aydīnā wa mā khalfanā wa mā bayna dhālik ۚ wa mā kāna rabbuka nasiyyā [O Gabriel, tell the Prophet,] ‘We do not descend except by the command of your Lord. To Him belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is in between that, and your Lord does not forget
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رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَـٰدَتِهِۦ ۚ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّا rabbus samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā fa`bud-hu waṣṭabir li`ibādatih ۚ hal ta`lamu lahu samiyyā —the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. So worship Him and be steadfast in His worship. Do you know anyone who could be His namesake?’
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وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا wayaqūlul-insānu a-idhā mā mittu lasawfa ukhraju ḥayyā Man says, ‘What? Shall I be brought forth alive [from the grave], when I have been dead?’
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أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا awalā yadhkurul-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min qablu walam yaku shay-ā Does not man remember that We created him before when he was nothing?
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فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّا fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wash shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyā By your Lord, We will surely gather them with the devils; then We will surely bring them up around hell [scrambling] on their knees.
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ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عِتِيًّا thumma lananzi`anna min kulli shī`atin ayyuhum ashaddu `alar raḥmāni `itiyyā Then from every group We shall draw whichever of them was more defiant towards the All-beneficent.
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ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيًّا thumma lanaḥnu a`lamu bil ladhīna hum awlā bihā ṣiliyyā Then surely We will know best those who deserve most to enter it.
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وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا wa in minkum illā wāriduhā ۚ kāna `alā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyā There is none of you but will come to it: a [matter that is a] decided certainty with your Lord.
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ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا thumma nunajjil ladhīnat-taqaw wanadharuẓ ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyā Then We will deliver those who are Godwary, and leave the wrongdoers in it, fallen on their knees.
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وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا wa idhā tutlā `alayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qālal ladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ayyul farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-aḥsanu nadiyyā When Our manifest signs are recited to them, the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Which of the two groups is superior in station and better with respect to company?’
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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari-yā How many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were superior in furnishings and appearance!
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قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَدًّا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًا qul man kāna fiḍ ḍalālati falyamdud lahur raḥmānu maddā ۚ ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yū`adūna immal `adhāba wa immas sā`ata fasaya`lamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-aḍ`afu jundā Say, ‘Whoever abides in error, the All-beneficent shall prolong his respite until they sight what they have been promised: either punishment, or the Hour.’ Then they will know whose position is worse, and whose host is weaker.
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وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًى ۗ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ مَّرَدًّا wayazīdullāhul ladhīnah-tadaw hudā ۗ wal bāqiyātuṣ ṣāliḥātu khayrun `inda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun maraddā Allah enhances in guidance those who are [rightly] guided, and lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward, and better at the return [to Allah].
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا afara aytal ladhī kafara bi-āyātinā waqāla la-ūtayanna mālan wawaladā Have you not regarded him who defies Our signs, and says, ‘I will surely be given wealth and children’?
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أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا aṭṭala`al ghayba amit-takhadha `indar raḥmāni `ahdā Has he come to know the Unseen, or taken a promise from the All-beneficent?
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كَلَّا ۚ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّا kallā ۚ sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahu minal `adhābi maddā No indeed! We will write down what he says, and We will prolong his punishment endlessly.
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وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا wanarithuhu mā yaqūlu waya-tīnā fardā We shall take over from him what he talks about, and he will come to Us alone.
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وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا wattakhadhū min dūnillāhi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum `izzā They have taken gods besides Allah that they may be a [source of] might to them.
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كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا kallā ۚ sayakfurūna bi`ibādatihim wayakūnūna `alayhim ḍiddā No Indeed! Soon they will disown their worship, and they will be their opponents.
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا alam tara annā arsalnash shayāṭīna `alal-kāfirīna ta-uzzuhum azzā Have you not regarded that We unleash the devils upon the faithless to urge them vigorously?
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فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا falā ta`jal `alayhim ۖ innamā na`uddu lahum `addā So do not make haste against them; indeed We are counting for them, a counting [down].
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يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَفْدًا yawma naḥshurul muttaqīna ilar raḥmāni wafdā The day We shall gather the Godwary toward the All-beneficent, on mounts,
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وَنَسُوقُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا wanasūqul mujrimīna ilā jahannama wirdā and drive the guilty as a thirsty herd towards hell,
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لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا lā yamlikūnash shafā`ata illā manit-takhadha `indar raḥmāni `ahdā no one will have the power to intercede [with Allah], except for him who has taken a covenant with the All-beneficent.
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وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا waqālut-takhadhar raḥmānu waladā They say, ‘The All-beneficent has taken a son!’
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لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّا laqad ji-tum shay-an iddā You have certainly advanced something hideous!
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تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا takādus samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna minhu watanshaqqul-arḍu watakhirrul jibālu haddā The heavens are about to be rent apart at it, the earth to split open, and the mountains to collapse into bits,
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أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًا an da`aw lirraḥmāni waladā that they should ascribe a son to the All-beneficent!
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وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا wa mā yanbaghī lirraḥmāni an yattakhidha waladā It does not behoove the All-beneficent to take a son.
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إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَبْدًا in kullu man fis samāwāti wal-arḍi illā ātir raḥmāni `abdā There is none in the heavens and the earth but he comes to the All-beneficent as a servant.
94
لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا laqad aḥṣāhum wa`addahum `addā Certainly He has counted them [all] and numbered them precisely,
95
وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَرْدًا wakulluhum ātīhi yawmal qiyāmati fardā and each of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.
96
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا innal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti sayaj`alu lahumur raḥmānu wuddā Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—the All-beneficent will endear them [to His creation].
97
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashhira bihil muttaqīna watundhira bihi qawmal luddā Indeed We have made it simple in your language so that you may give good news thereby to the Godwary and warn with it a disputatious lot.
98
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu minhum min aḥadin aw tasma`u lahum rikzā How many a generation We have destroyed before them! Can you descry any one of them, or hear from them so much as a murmur?
