بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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طسٓمٓ ṭā sīn mīm TA SIN MIM.
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تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ tilka āyātul kitābil mubīn These are the verses of the perspicuous Book.
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لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ la`allaka bākhi`un nafsaka allā yakūnū mu-minīn You may perhaps wear out your heart because they do not come to belief.
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إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ in nasha-nunazzil `alayhim minas samā-i āyatan faẓallat a`nāquhum lahā khāḍi`īn We could send down from the heavens a sign to them if We pleased, before which their heads would remain bowed.
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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ wa mā ya-tīhim min dhikrin minar raḥmāni muḥdathin illā kānū `anhu mu`riḍīn Never does a new reminder come to them from Ar-Rahman but they turn away from it.
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ faqad kadhhabū fasaya-tīhim anbā-u mā kānū bihi yastahzi-ūn Surely they have done with denying; soon will come to them the news of what they were laughing at.
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ awalam yaraw ilal-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm Do they not see the earth, how We grow all kinds of noble things upon it?
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily there are signs in this; yet many of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Your Lord is surely mighty and merciful.
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وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ wa idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani-til qawmaẓ ẓālimīn When your Lord called upon Moses: "Go to the wicked people,
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ qawma fir`awn ۚ alā yattaqūn The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear and take heed?"
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhhibūn : He said: "O Lord, I fear that they will deny me.
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūn My heart is constrained, my tongue falters, so delegate Aaron;
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وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ walahum `alayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūn And they have a charge (of murder) against me. So I fear that they will kill me."
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ qāla kallā ۖ fadh-habā bi-āyātinā ۖ innā ma`akum mustami`ūn (It was) said: "By no means. Go with My signs, both of you. I am verily with you and I hear.
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ fa-tiyā fir`awna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbil `ālamīn Go to the Pharaoh and tell him: 'We bring a message from the Lord of all the worlds
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أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ an arsil ma`anā banī isrā-iyl That you should send the children of Israel with us.'
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قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabithta fīnā min `umurika sinīn (The Pharaoh) said: "Did we not bring you up as a child? And you lived a number of years of your life with us.
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وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ wafa`alta fa`latakal latī fa`alta wa-anta minal kāfirīn And you commited what you did, and you are ungrateful!"
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ qāla fa`altuhā idhan wa-ana minaḍ ḍāllīn (Moses) replied: "I did do that and I was in the wrong,
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ fafarartu minkum lammā khiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥukman waja`alanī minal mursalīn So I ran away from you out of fear. But my Lord has given me wisdom, and made me an apostle.
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ watilka ni`matun tamunnuhā `alayya an `abbadta banī isrā-iyl But the favour you oblige me with is that you have enslaved the children of Israel."
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla fir`awnu wa mā rabbul `ālamīn The Pharaoh asked: "And what is the Lord of all the worlds?"
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ qāla rabbus samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā ۖ in kuntum mūqinīn (Moses) said: "The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you can believe."
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قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastami`ūn (The Pharaoh) said to those around him: "Do you hear?"
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ qāla rabbukum warabbu ābā-ikumul-awwalīn (Moses continued): "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers before you."
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ qāla inna rasūlakumul ladhī ursila ilaykum lamajnūn (The Pharaoh) said (to his nobles): "Your apostle who has been sent to you, is certainly mad."
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ qāla rabbul mashriqi wal maghribi wa mā baynahumā ۖ in kuntum ta`qilūn (Moses) said: "The Lord of the East and the Lord of the West and all that lies between them, if you have sense."
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قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ qāla la-init-takhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-aj`alannaka minal masjūnīn (The Pharaoh) said: "If you took another god apart from me I will have you incarcerated."
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قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ qāla awalaw ji-tuka bishay-in mubīn (Moses) said: "Even though I have brought to you something convincing?"
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ qāla fa-ti bihi in kunta minaṣ ṣādiqīn (The Pharaoh) said: "Then bring it, if you speak the truth."
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ fa-alqā `aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thu`bānun mubīn So (Moses) cast his staff, and lo, it turned into a living serpent.
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ wanaza`a yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍā-u linnāẓirīn And he drew forth his hand, and lo, it looked white to the beholders.
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ qāla lil-mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun `alīm The Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him: "He is certainly a clever magician.
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ yurīdu an yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrihi famādhā ta-murūn He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic. So, what do you bid?"
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wab`ath fil madā-ini ḥāshirīn They said: "Put him and his brother off awhile, and send summoners to the cities to gather
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ ya-tūka bikulli saḥḥārin `alīm And bring the ablest magicians to you."
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فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ fajumi`as saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin ma`lūm So the magicians were assembled at a stated time and place on an appointed day.
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ waqīla linnāsi hal antum mujtami`ūn And the people were also asked to assemble.
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ la`allanā nattabi`us saḥarata in kānū humul ghālibīn (They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious."
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ falammā jā-as saḥaratu qālū lifir`awna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnul ghālibīn When the magicians arrived, they said to the Pharaoh: "Is there a reward for us if we are victorious?" --
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ qāla na`am wa innakum idhal laminal muqarrabīn "Yes," he replied. "You 'will be among the honoured."
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn Moses said to them: "Cast what you have to cast."
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فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ fa-alqaw ḥibālahum wa`iṣiyyahum waqālū bi`izzati fir`awna innā lanaḥnul ghālibūn So they cast their ropes and rods, and said: "By the glory of Pharaoh, we shall be victorious."
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فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ fa-alqā mūsā `aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā ya-fikūn Then Moses threw down his staff, and lo, it swallowed up their conjurations.
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فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ fa-ulqiyas saḥaratu sājidīn Then the magicians fell prostrating in adoration,
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qālū āmannā birabbil `ālamīn And said: "We (affirm and) believe in the Lord of all the worlds,
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رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ rabbi mūsā wahārūn The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum ۖ innahu lakabīrukumul ladhī `allamakumus siḥra falasawfa ta`lamūn ۚ la-uqaṭṭi`anna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajma`īn Said (the Pharaoh): "You have come to believe in him before I gave you leave. He is surely your chief, who taught you magic. You will soon come to know: I will have your hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, and have every one of you crucified."
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قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ qālū lā ḍayr ۖ innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn They said: "There will be no harm. We shall return to our Lord.
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إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ innā naṭma`u an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwalal-mu-minīn We certainly hope our Lord will forgive our sins as we are the first to believe."
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وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri bi`ibādī innakum muttaba`ūn We said to Moses: "Travel by night with My creatures. You will surely be pursued."
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فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ fa-arsala fir`awnu fil madā-ini ḥāshirīn Then the Pharaoh sent announcers to the cities,
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ inna hā-ulā-i lashirdhimatun qalīlūn (Proclaiming): "Surely they are a small band (of fugitives).
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وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ wa innahum lanā laghā-iẓūn They are always harassing us.
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وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ wa innā lajamī`un ḥādhirūn But we are a fully accounted army."
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فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin wa`uyūn So We made them leave the gardens and springs of water,
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وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ wakunūzin wa maqāmin karīm And treasures and agreeable mansions.
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī isrā-iyl Thus it was; and We made the children of Israel possess them.
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فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ fa-atba`ūhum mushriqīn But they pursued them at sunrise.
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فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ falammā tarā al jam`āni qāla aṣ-ḥābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn When the two forces drew within seeing distance of each other, the people of Moses said: "We shall certainly be overtaken."
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قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ qāla kallā ۖ inna ma`iya rabbī sayahdīn Moses replied: "By no means. My Lord is with me. He will show me the way."
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فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā aniḍ-rib bi`aṣākal baḥr ۖ fanfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kaṭ ṭawdil `aẓīm We commanded Moses: "Smite the sea with your staff." And it parted, and every parting was like a lofty mountain.
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وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ wa-azlafnā thammal-ākharīn Then We brought the others to that place.
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وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ wa-anjaynā mūsā wa man ma`ahu ajma`īn We delivered Moses and every one with him,
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn And We drowned the others.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Indeed your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ watlu `alayhim naba-a ibrāhīm Relate the news of Abraham to them.
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā ta`budūn When he asked his father and his people: "What do you worship?"
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قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ qālū na`budu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā `ākifīn They replied: "We worship idols and are devoted to them."
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قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ qāla hal yasma`ūnakum idh tad`ūn (Abraham) asked: "Do they hear when you call them?
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أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ aw yanfa`ūnakum aw yaḍurrūn Or do they benefit you, or do you harm?"
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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ qālū bal wajadnā ābā-anā kadhālika yaf`alūn They said: "No. But we found our fathers doing so."
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قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ qāla afara aytum mā kuntum ta`budūn He said: "Have you considered what you have been worshipping,
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أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ antum wa-ābā-ukumul-aqdamūn You and your fathers?
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فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ fa-innahum `aduwwul lī illā rabbal `ālamīn Yet they are my enemies except the Lord of all the worlds
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn Who created me and showed me the way,
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وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ wal ladhī huwa yuṭ`imunī wayasqīn Who gives me food and drink,
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وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ wa idhā mariḍtu fahuwa yashfīn And heals me when I am sick,
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وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ wal ladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥyīn Who will make me die, then give me life again,
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ wal ladhī aṭma`u an yaghfira lī khaṭī-atī yawmad dīn And who, I hope, will condone my faults on the Day of Judgement.
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa-alḥiqnī biṣ ṣāliḥīn O Lord, give me wisdom and admit me among the righteous,
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وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ waj`al lī lisāna ṣidqin fil-ākhirīn And uphold my name with posterity,
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وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ waj`alnī min warathati jannatin na`īm And put me among the inheritors of Paradise.
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وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ waghfir li-abī innahu kāna minaḍ ḍāllīn Forgive me and my father: He was surely among those who went astray.
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ walā tukhzinī yawma yub`athūn And do not disgrace me on the day when they are raised from the graves,
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ yawma lā yanfa`u mālun walā banūn The day when neither wealth nor children will be of any avail
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm But to him who comes to God with a tranquil heart."
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وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ wa-uzlifatil jannatu lil-muttaqīn Paradise will be brought near those who take heed for themselves and follow the straight path;
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ waburrizatil jaḥīmu lilghāwyn And Hell made visible to those who had gone astray.
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وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum ta`budūn They will be asked: "Where are those you worshipped
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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ min dūnillāhi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn Other than God? Can they save you or even save themselves?"
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فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ fakubkibū fīhā hum wal ghāwūn They will then be thrown into Hell with those who had gone astray
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وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ wajunūdu iblīsa ajma`ūn Together with the hordes of Iblis.
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قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn Disputing among themselves they will say:
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تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīn "By God, we were plainly in error
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إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ idh nusawwīkum birabbil `ālamīn In equating you with the Lord of all the worlds;
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وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ wa mā aḍallanā illal-mujrimūn No one but the sinners led us astray.
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فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ famā lanā min shāfi`īn Now we have none to intercede for us,
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وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ walā ṣadīqin ḥamīm Nor any sincere friend.
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فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna minal mu-minīn If only we could return and be among the believers!"
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily there is a sign in this, but many of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Verily your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ kadhhabat qawmu nūḥinil-mursalīn The people of Noah accused the apostles of lies.
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn When their brother Noah said to them: "Will you not take heed?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ innī lakum rasūlun amīn I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So be fearful of God and listen to me.
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā as-alukum `alayhi min ajr ۖ in ajriya illā `alā rabbil `ālamīn I ask no recompense of you for it. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So fear God and follow me."
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ qālū anu-minu laka wattaba`akal-ardhalūn They said: "Should we place our trust in you when only the condemned follow you?"
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قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ qāla wa mā `il-mī bimā kānū ya`malūn He said: "It is not for me to know what they were doing.
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إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ in ḥisābuhum illā `alā rabbī ۖ law tash`urūn It is for my Lord to bring them to book, if you can understand.
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وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ wa mā ana biṭāridil mu-minīn I am certainly not one to drive away the believers.
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إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ in ana illā nadhīrun mubīn I am only a plain admonisher."
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna minal marjūmīn They said: "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will be stoned to death."
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhhabūn He prayed: "O Lord, verily my people accuse me of lies.
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فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ faftaḥ baynī wabaynahum fat-ḥan wanajjinī wa man ma`iya minal mu-minīn So adjudge between me and them conclusively, and save me and the believers who are with me."
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ fa-anjaynāhu wa man ma`ahu fil fulkil mashḥūn So We delivered him and those with him in the loaded ark,
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ thumma aghraqnā ba`dul bāqīn And drowned the rest of them.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily there is a sign in this, yet many of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm But surely your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ kadhhabat `ādunil-mursalīn The people of 'Ad accused the messengers of lies.
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn When their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not take heed?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ innī lakum rasūlun amīn I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So fear God and listen to me.
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā as-alukum `alayhi min ajr ۖ in ajriya illā `alā rabbil `ālamīn I ask no recompense of you for it. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ atabnūna bikulli rī`in āyatan ta`bathūn You construct monuments on every hill in vain,
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وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ watattakhidhūna maṣāni`a la`allakum takhludūn Erect palaces (thinking) that you will live for ever,
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وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ wa idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn And whenever you apply force become tyrannical.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So be fearful of God and follow me.
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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ wattaqul ladhī amaddakum bimā ta`lamūn Fear Him who has bestowed on you what you know,
133
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ amaddakum bi-an`āmin wabanīn Gave you increase of cattle and sons,
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وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ wajannātin wa`uyūn And orchards and springs.
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إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ innī akhāfu `alaykum `adhāba yawmin `aẓīm I fear the punishment of a terrible day for you.
136
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ qālū sawā-un `alaynā awa`aẓta am lam takun minal wā`iẓīn They said: "It is the same to us if you warn us or do not warn.
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إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ in hādhā illā khuluqul-awwalīn This is just a habit of antiquated people.
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وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ wa mā naḥnu bimu`adhhabīn We are not going to be damned."
139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ fakadhhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum ۗ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Then they accused him of lies; so We annihilated them. Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Yet surely your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ kadhhabat thamūdul mursalīn The Thamud accused the messengers of lies.
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn When their brother Saleh said to them: "Will you not take heed?"
143
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ innī lakum rasūlun amīn I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So fear God and follow me.
145
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā as-alukum `alayhi min ajr ۖ in ajriya illā `alā rabbil `ālamīn I do not ask any recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.
146
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn (Do you think) you will be left secure here
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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ fī jannātin wa`uyūn In these gardens and these springs,
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وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ wazurū`in wanakhlin ṭal`uhā haḍīm The fields of corn and date-palm trees with soft and tender spathes,
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وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ watanḥitūna minal jibāli buyūtan fārihīn And dwellings hewed out of mountains ingeniously?
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So be mindful of God and listen to me.
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وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ walā tuṭī`ū amral musrifīn Do not follow those who are extravagant,
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ alladhīna yufsidūna fil-arḍi walā yuṣliḥūn Who corrupt the land and do not reform it."
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ qālū innamā anta minal musaḥḥarīn They said: "Surely you are deluded.
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مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ mā anta illā basharun mithlunā fa-ti bi-āyatin in kunta minaṣ ṣādiqīn You are nothing but a man like us. Bring us a token if you speak the truth."
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قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin ma`lūm (Saleh) said: "Here is a she-camel. She has a right of drinking water, and you have a right of drinking it on appointed turns.
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وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ walā tamassūhā bisū-in faya-khudhakum `adhābu yawmin `aẓīm Do not treat her unkindly or the punishment of a grievous day will fall on you."
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فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ fa`aqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīn But they hamstrung her; and on the morrow were repentant,
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فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ fa-akhadhahumul `adhāb ۗ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn For they were seized by the torment. Verily there was a sign in this, but most of them did not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Yet verily your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ kadhhabat qawmu lūṭinil-mursalīn The people of Lot accused the messengers of lies.
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn When their brother Lot said to them: "Will you not take heed?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ innī lakum rasūlun amīn I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So fear God and listen to me.
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā as-alukum `alayhi min ajr ۖ in ajriya illā `alā rabbil `ālamīn I ask no recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.
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أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ata-tūnadh dhukrāna minal `ālamīn Why do you go for males unlike all other creatures
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وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum ۚ bal antum qawmun `ādūn Leaving the consorts your Lord has made for you? But you are a people who exceed the bounds."
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna minal mukhrajīn They said: "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will be expelled (from the city)."
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قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ qāla innī li`amalikum minal qālīn (Lot) said: "I am disgusted with your actions,"
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رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā ya`malūn (And prayed:) "O Lord, save me and my family from what they do."
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فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajma`īn So We saved him and his whole family
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إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ illā `ajūzan fil ghābirīn Except one old woman who remained behind.
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ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ thumma dammarnal-ākharīn Then We destroyed the rest of them,
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ wa-amṭarnā `alayhim maṭarā ۖ fasā-a maṭarul mundharīn And rained on them a shower (of Stones). How terrible was the rain (that fell) on those who had been warned!
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily in this was a sign, but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Yet surely your Lord is mighty and powerful.
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كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ kadhhaba aṣ-ḥābul-aykatil mursalīn The people of the Wood too called the messengers liars.
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ idh qāla lahum shu`aybun alā tattaqūn When Shu'aib said to them: "Will you not take heed?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ innī lakum rasūlun amīn I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ fattaqullāha wa-aṭī`ūn So fear God and follow me.
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā as-alukum `alayhi min ajr ۖ in ajriya illā `alā rabbil `ālamīn I ask no recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.
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أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ awful kayla walā takūnū minal mukhsirīn Give full measure and do not cheat;
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وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ wazinū bil qisṭāsil mustaqīm Weigh on an even balance.
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وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ walā tabkhasun nāsa ashyā-ahum walā ta`thaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn And do not withhold from people what belongs to them, and do not corrupt the land;
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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ wattaqul ladhī khalaqakum wal jibillatal-awwalīn And fear Him who created you and all the earlier people."
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ qālū innamā anta minal musaḥḥarīn They said: "Surely you are deluded.
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وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ wa mā anta illā basharun mithlunā wa in naẓunnuka laminal kādhibīn You are nothing but a man like us, and we think you are a liar.
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فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ fa-asqiṭ `alaynā kisafan minas samā-i in kunta minaṣ ṣādiqīn But in case you are speaking the truth, then make a segment of the sky to fall upon us."
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قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ qāla rabbī a`lamu bimā ta`malūn (Shu'aib) said: "My Lord knows well what you are doing."
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ fakadhhabūhu fa-akhadhahum `adhābu yawmiẓ ẓullah ۚ innahu kāna `adhāba yawmin `aẓīm But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day!
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ inna fī dhālika la-āyah ۖ wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu-minīn Verily in this was a sign, but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ wa inna rabbaka lahuwal `azīzur raḥīm Yet verily your Lord is mighty and merciful.
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa innahu latanzīlu rabbil `ālamīn And this (Qur'an) is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds,
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نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ nazala bihir rūḥul-amīn Which the trusted spirit descended with
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عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ `alā qalbika litakūna minal mundhirīn To (communicate) to your heart that you may be a warner
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بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ bilisānin `arabiyyin mubīn In eloquent Arabic.
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ wa innahu lafī zuburil-awwalīn This is (indicated) in the Books of earlier people.
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أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ awalam yakun lahum āyatan an ya`lamahu `ulamā-u banī isrā-iyl Was it not a proof for them that the learned men of Israel knew about this?
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وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ walaw nazzalnāhu `alā ba`ḍil-a`jamīn Had We revealed it to a man of obscure tongue
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فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ faqara-ahu `alayhim mā kānū bihi mu-minīn And he had recited it to them, and they had not believed (it would have been different).
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كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbil mujrimīn Thus do We cause (unbelief) to enter the hearts of sinners.
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لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ lā yu-minūna bihi ḥattā yarawul `adhābal-alīm They will not believe it until they behold the painful punishment.
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فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ faya-tiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yash`urūn It will come upon them unawares, and they will not comprehend it.
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فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn Then will they say: "Can we be given respite?"
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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ afabi`adhābinā yasta`jilūn Do they wish Us then to hasten the punishment?
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ afara ayta in matta`nāhum sinīn Just think: If We let them enjoy (the good things of life) for a few years more,
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ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ thumma jā-ahum mā kānū yū`adūn And then what they were promised comes upon them,
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ mā aghnā `anhum mā kānū yumatta`ūn Of what avail shall their enjoyment be to them?
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وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn Never have We destroyed a habitation till We had sent admonishers to them
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ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ dhikrā wa mā kunnā ẓālimīn To warn. For We are never unjust.
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وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ wa mā tanazzalat bihish shayāṭīn The devils did not bring it down:
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وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ wa mā yanbaghī lahum wa mā yastaṭī`ūn They are not worthy of it, nor have they power.
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إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ innahum `anis sam`i lama`zūlūn They have been precluded from hearing it.
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فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ falā tad`u ma`allāhi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna minal mu`adhhabīn So call on no other god but God, lest you are condemned to torment;
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وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ wa-andhir `ashīratakal-aqrabīn And warn your near relations,
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وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ wakhfiḍ janāḥaka limanit-taba`aka minal mu-minīn And take those believers under your wing who follow you.
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فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ fa-in `aṣawka faqul innī barī-un mimmā ta`malūn If they do not obey you, tell them: "I am not responsible for what you do."
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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ watawakkal `alal-`azīzir raḥīm Have trust in the Mighty, the Merciful,
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ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm Who watches you when you get up,
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ wataqallubaka fis sājidīn And your movements among those who bow in homage to God.
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ innahu huwas samī`ul `alīm He is all-hearing and all-knowing.
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هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ hal unabbi-ukum `alā man tanazzalush shayāṭīn Should I tell you on whom the devils descend?
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تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ tanazzalu `alā kulli affākin athīm They come down to every mendacious sinner,
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يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ yulqūnas sam`a wa-aktharuhum kādhibūn Who listens to you (for spreading rumours); but most of them are liars.
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وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ wash shu`arā-u yattabi`uhumul ghāwūn As for the poets, only those who go astray follow them.
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ alam tara annahum fī kulli wādiy yahīmūn Have you not seen that they wander distract in every valley,
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وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yaf`alūn And they say what they do not do,
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ illal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti wadhakarullāha kathīran wantaṣarū min ba`di mā ẓulimū ۗ wasaya`lamul ladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabiy yanqalibūn Except those who believe and do the right, and remember God a great deal, who retaliate only when they have been wronged. Yet the oppressors will now come to know through what reversals they will be overthrown!
