بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ iqtarabatis sā`atu wanshaqqal qamar THE HOUR HAS come and split is the moon.
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وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ wa in yaraw āyatan yu`riḍū wayaqūlū siḥrun mustamirr But if they see a sign they turn away, and say: "This is the same old lie continuing,"
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وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ wakadhhabū wattaba`ū ahwā-ahum ۚ wakullu amrin mustaqirr And deny, and follow their own vain desires; but every matter is determined at its time.
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ walaqad jā-ahum minal-anbā-i mā fīhi muzdajar Messages deterring them from evil had come to them,
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حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ḥikmatun bālighah ۖ famā tughnin nudhur Containing consummate wisdom; yet warnings were of no avail.
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ fatawalla `anhum ۘ yawma yad`ud dā`i ilā shay-in nukur So turn away from them. When on the Day the crier calls to the painful business,
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خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ khushha`an abṣāruhum yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashir They will come out of the graves with downcast eyes like an expanding swarm of locusts.
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مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ muhṭi`īna ilad dā` ۖ yaqūlul kāfirūna hādhā yawmun `asir They will hasten forward to the caller, gazes fixed. And the unbelievers will say: "This is the day of untold woe."
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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ kadhhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhhabū `abdanā waqālū majnūnun wazdujir The people of Noah had denied before them, and had called Our votary a liar, and said: "He is possessed," and repulsed him.
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ fada`ā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fantaṣir So he prayed to his Lord: "I am helpless, deliver me."
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فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ fafataḥnā abwābas samā-i bimā-in munhamir And We opened up the flood gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,
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وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ wafajjarnal-arḍa `uyūnan fal taqal mā-u `alā amrin qad qudir And We opened up the springs of the earth; and the waters met for a decreed end.
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وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ waḥamalnāhu `alā dhāti alwāḥin wadusur But We bore him on a (vessel made) of planks and oakum,
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تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ tajrī bi-a`yuninā jazā-an liman kāna kufir Which sailed right under Our eyes: A recompense for him who had been denied.
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وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakir And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who will be warned?
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur How was then My punishment and My commination!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ kadhhabat `ādun fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur The 'Ad had also disavowed. How was then My punishment and My commination!
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ innā arsalnā `alayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mustamirr We let loose against them a violent roaring wind on a day of ill omen, continuous,
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تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ tanzi`un nāsa ka-annahum a`jāzu nakhlin munqa`ir Which snatched away men as though they were palm trees pulled out by the roots.
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur How was then My punishment and My commination!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will pay heed?
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ kadhhabat thamūdu bin nudhur The Thamud rejected the warnings,
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فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabi`uhu innā idhal lafī ḍalālin wasu`ur And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.
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أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ a-ulqiyadh dhikru `alayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhhābun ashir Was he the one of all of us to have been given the exposition? He is surely an impudent liar."
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سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ saya`lamūna ghadan manil kadhhābul-ashir "Tomorrow they will know who is the impudent liar!
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إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ innā mursilun nāqati fitnatan lahum fartaqibhum waṣṭabir We shall send the she-camel to try them. So watch them, and be constant.
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وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ wanabbi-hum annal mā-a qismatun baynahum ۖ kullu shirbin muḥtaḍar Tell them that the water is to be apportioned between them (and her); and every turn of drinking will be fixed (for each)."
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فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fata`āṭā fa`aqar But they called their commander, who seized and hamstrung her.
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur How was then My punishment of which they had been warned?
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ innā arsalnā `alayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmil muḥtaẓir We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ kadhhabat qawmu lūṭin bin nudhur The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ innā arsalnā `alayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭ ۖ najjaynāhum bisaḥar We sent a stone-hurtling storm against them, except the family of Lot whom We saved in the early hours of the morning
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نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ ni`matan min `indinā ۚ kadhālika najzī man shakar As a favour from Us. That is how We reward the grateful.
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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bin nudhur He had warned them of Our might, but they passed over the warnings.
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وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ walaqad rāwadūhu `an ḍayfihi faṭamasnā a`yunahum fadhūqū `adhābī wanudhur They lusted after his guests, so We put out their eyes (and said): "Taste My punishment and My commination."
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وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ walaqad ṣabbaḥahum bukratan `adhābun mustaqirr And early in the morning the decreed punishment came upon them.
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فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fadhūqū `adhābī wanudhur So now taste My punishment and My commination!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ walaqad jā-a āla fir`awnan nudhur The warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.
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كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ kadhhabū bi-āyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha `azīzin muqtadir They rejected each one of Our signs. So We seized them with the grip of one mighty and powerful.
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أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ akuffārukum khayrun min ulā-ikum am lakum barā-atun fiz zubur Are the unbelievers among you any better than they? Or is there immunity for you in the Scriptures?
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamī`un muntaṣir Or do they say: "We are a well-accoutred army?"
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سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ sayuhzamul jam`u wayuwallūnad dubur The army will be routed and put to flight.
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بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ balis sā`atu maw`iduhum was sā`atu ad-hā wa-amarr Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ innal mujrimīna fī ḍalālin wasu`ur Surely the sinners are misguided and insane.
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يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ yawma yus-ḥabūna fin nāri `alā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar On that Day they will be dragged into the fire faces foremost, (and told:) "Taste the feel of Hell."
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إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ innā kulla shay-in khalaqnāhu biqadar We have indeed created all things by measure;
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وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ wa mā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil baṣar And Our command is but one (word) swift as the winking of an eye.
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وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad ahlaknā ashyā`akum fahal min muddakir We have destroyed the likes of you in the past: So is there any one who will be warned?
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وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ wakullu shay-in fa`alūhu fiz zubur All things they do are (recorded) in the books;
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وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mustaṭar All things small or great have been written down.
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ innal muttaqīna fī jannātin wanahar Surely those who fear God and follow the straight path will be amidst gardens and light,
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فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ fī maq`adi ṣidqin `inda malīkin muqtadir At the still centre in the proximity of the King all-powerful.
