بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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حمٓ ḥā mīm HA MIM.
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وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ wal kitābil mubīn The perspicuous Book is witness
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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ innā anzalnāhu fī laylatim mubārakah ۚ innā kunnā mundhirīn (That) We sent it down one night of blessing -- so that We could warn --
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فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin ḥakīm On which all affairs are sorted out and decided
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أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ amran min `indinā ۚ innā kunnā mursilīn As commands from Us. It is indeed We who send (messengers),
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رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ raḥmatan min rabbik ۚ innahu huwas samī`ul `alīm A mercy from your Lord. Verily He is all-hearing and all-knowing,
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رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ rabbis samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā ۖ in kuntum mūqinīn The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you really do believe.
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لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wayumīt ۖ rabbukum warabbu ābā-ikumul-awwalīn There is no god other than He, who gives you life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.
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بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ bal hum fī shakkiy yal`abūn Yet they are lost in doubt and play.
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ fartaqib yawma ta-tis samā-u bidukhānin mubīn So watch for the day when the sky begins to emit clear smoke,
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يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ yaghshan nās ۖ hādhā `adhābun alīm Which would envelope mankind. That would be a grievous affliction.
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رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ rabbanak-shif `annal `adhāba innā mu-minūn "O Lord, take away this torment from us," (they will pray); "we have come to believe."
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أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ annā lahumudh dhikrā waqad jā-ahum rasūlun mubīn How can a warning benefit them? The Apostle who explained all things clearly had come to them,
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ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ thumma tawallaw `anhu waqālū mu`allamun majnūn But they turned away from him, and said: "He is well-instructed, (but) possessed."
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إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ innā kāshiful `adhābi qalīlā ۚ innakum `ā-idūn If We remove the torment a little, you revert back (to misdeeds).
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يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ yawma nabṭishul baṭshatal kubrā innā muntaqimūn The day that We shall seize them with a grievous hold, We will indeed castigate them.
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وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir`awna wajā-ahum rasūlun karīm We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):
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أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ an addū ilayya `ibādallāh ۖ innī lakum rasūlun amīn "Deliver the creatures of God to me. I am the trusted messenger sent to you.
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وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ wa-an lā ta`lū `alallāh ۖ innī ātīkum bisulṭānin mubīn Do not think yourselves to be above God: I have come to you with clear authority.
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وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ wa innī `udhtu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn I have taken refuge in my Lord and your Lord against your stoning me to death.
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وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ wa in lam tu-minū lī fa`tazilūn If you do not believe in me, leave me alone."
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ fada`ā rabbahu anna hā-ulā-i qawmun mujrimūn Then he called to his Lord: "These are a sinful people."
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فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ fa-asri bi`ibādī laylan innakum muttaba`ūn "Journey by night with My devotees," (it was said); "you will certainly be pursued.
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وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ wātrukil baḥra rahwā ۖ innahum jundun mughraqūn (Cross and) leave the sea undisturbed. The (pursuing) hosts will surely be drowned,"
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كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ kam tarakū min jannātin wa`uyūn How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind,
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وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ wazurū`in wa maqāmin karīm And fields and stately mansions,
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وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ wana`matin kānū fīhā fākihīn And the comfort they enjoyed.
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كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ kadhālik ۖ wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn Thus it was; and We passed them on to another people.
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فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ famā bakat `alayhimus samā-u wal-arḍu wa mā kānū munẓarīn Neither did the heavens weep for them, nor the earth, nor were they granted respite.
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وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ walaqad najjaynā banī isrā-iyla minal `adhābil muhīn So We saved the children of Israel from degrading suffering
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مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ min fir`awn ۚ innahu kāna `āliyan minal musrifīn They (had experienced) under the Pharaoh. He was certainly a tyrant, guilty of excess.
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وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ walaqadikh-tarnāhum `alā `il-min `alal-`ālamīn And We exalted them over the other people knowingly,
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وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ wa-ātaynāhum minal-āyāti mā fīhi balā-un mubīn And sent them tokens to bring out the best in them.
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ inna hā-ulā-i layaqūlūn Even then they say:
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ in hiya illā mawtatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimunsharīn "There is no dying for us but once; and we shall not be raised again.
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فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ fa-tū bi-ābā-inā in kuntum ṣādiqīn So bring our ancestors back, if you are truthful."
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أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ahum khayrun am qawmu tubba`in wal ladhīna min qablihim ۚ ahlaknāhum ۖ innahum kānū mujrimīn Are they better than the people of Tubba, and those who had lived before them, whom We destroyed as they were sinners?
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ wa mā khalaqnas samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā lā`ibīn We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, out of play.
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مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil ḥaqqi walākinna aktharahum lā ya`lamūn We created them with definite purpose; but most of them do not understand.
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إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ inna yawmal faṣli mīqātuhum ajma`īn The Day of Judgement is your promised day of meeting,
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ yawma lā yughnī mawlan `an mawlan shay-an walā hum yunṣarūn The day when friend will help no friend in the least, nor will they be helped,
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إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ illā man raḥimallāh ۚ innahu huwal `azīzur raḥīm Apart from those to whom God is kind. He is all-mighty and all-merciful.
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إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ inna shajarataz zaqqūm The tree of Zaqqum will indeed be
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طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ṭa`āmul-athīm The food of sinners.
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كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ kal muhli yaghlī fil buṭūn It is like pitch. It will fume in the belly
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كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ kaghalyil ḥamīm As does boiling water.
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خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ khudhūhu fa`tilūhu ilā sawā-il jaḥīm "Seize him and drag him into the depths of Hell," (it will be said),
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ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ thumma ṣubbū fawqa ra-sihi min `adhābil ḥamīm "Then pour over his head the torment of scalding water."
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ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ dhuq innaka antal `azīzul karīm "Taste it," (they will be told). "You were indeed the mighty and noble!
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn This is certainly what you had denied."
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ innal muttaqīna fī maqāmin amīn Surely those who fear and follow the straight path will be in a place of peace and security
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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ fī jannātin wa`uyūn In the midst of gardens and of springs,
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يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ yalbasūna min sundusin wa istabraqin mutaqābilīn Dressed in brocade and shot silk, facing one another.
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin `īn Just like that. We shall pair them with companions with large black eyes.
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يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ yad`ūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn They will call for every kind of fruit with satisfaction.
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لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ lā yadhūqūna fīhal mawta illal-mawtatal-ūlā ۖ wawaqāhum `adhābal jaḥīm There they will not know any death apart from the first death they had died, and will be kept safe from the torment of Hell
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فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ faḍlan min rabbik ۚ dhālika huwal fawzul `aẓīm By the beneficence of your Lord. This will be the great success.
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فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika la`allahum yatadhakkarūn Therefore We have made this (Qur'an) easy in your tongue. They may haply take a warning.
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ fartaqib innahum murtaqibūn So you wait. They are also waiting.
