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Al-Qamar (#54)
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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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ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ iqtarabatis sā`atu wanshaqqal qamar The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split.
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وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ wa in yaraw āyatan yu`riḍū wayaqūlū siḥrun mustamirr If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’
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وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ wakadhhabū wattaba`ū ahwā-ahum ۚ wakullu amrin mustaqirr They denied and followed their own desires, and every matter has a setting [appropriate to it].
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ walaqad jā-ahum minal-anbā-i mā fīhi muzdajar There have already come to them reports containing admonishment,
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حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ḥikmatun bālighah ۖ famā tughnin nudhur [and representing] far-reaching wisdom; but warnings are 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! The day when the Caller calls to a dire thing,
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خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ khushha`an abṣāruhum yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashir they will emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts with a humbled look [in their eyes],
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مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ muhṭi`īna ilad dā` ۖ yaqūlul kāfirūna hādhā yawmun `asir scrambling toward the summoner. The faithless will say, ‘This is a hard day!’
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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 impugned before them. So they impugned Our servant and said, ‘A crazy man,’ and he was reviled.
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ fada`ā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fantaṣir Thereat he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘I have been overcome, so help [me].’
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فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ fafataḥnā abwābas samā-i bimā-in munhamir Then We opened the gates of the sky with pouring waters,
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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 made the earth burst forth with springs, and the waters met for a preordained purpose.
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وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ waḥamalnāhu `alā dhāti alwāḥin wadusur We bore him on a vessel made of planks and nails,
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تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ tajrī bi-a`yuninā jazā-an liman kāna kufir which sailed [over the flood waters] in Our sight, as a retribution for him who was met with disbelief.
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وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakir Certainly We have left it as a sign; so is there anyone who will be admonished?
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur So how were My punishment and warnings?
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ kadhhabat `ādun fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur [The people of] ‘Ad impugned [their apostle]. So how were My punishment and warnings?
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ innā arsalnā `alayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mustamirr Indeed We unleashed upon them an icy gale on an incessantly ill-fated day,
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تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ tanzi`un nāsa ka-annahum a`jāzu nakhlin munqa`ir knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur So how were My punishment and warnings?!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ kadhhabat thamūdu bin nudhur [The people of] Thamud denied 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 they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’
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أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ a-ulqiyadh dhikru `alayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhhābun ashir ‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? No, he is a self-conceited liar.’
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سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ saya`lamūna ghadan manil kadhhābul-ashir ‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar.
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إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ innā mursilun nāqati fitnatan lahum fartaqibhum waṣṭabir We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast.
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وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ wanabbi-hum annal mā-a qismatun baynahum ۖ kullu shirbin muḥtaḍar Inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each of them showing up at his turn.’
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فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fata`āṭā fa`aqar But they called their companion, and he took [a knife] and hamstrung [her].
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fakayfa kāna `adhābī wanudhur So how were My punishment and My warnings?!
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ innā arsalnā `alayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmil muḥtaẓir We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder.
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ kadhhabat qawmu lūṭin bin nudhur And the people of Lot denied 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 unleashed upon them a rain of stones, excepting the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn
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نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ ni`matan min `indinā ۚ kadhālika najzī man shakar as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.
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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bin nudhur He had already warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed 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 even solicited of him his guests, whereat We blotted out their eyes, [saying,] ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’
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وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ walaqad ṣabbaḥahum bukratan `adhābun mustaqirr Early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment:
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فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ fadhūqū `adhābī wanudhur ‘Taste My punishment and warnings!’
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad yassarnal qur-āna lidhhikri fahal min muddakir Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ walaqad jā-a āla fir`awnan nudhur Certainly the warnings did come to Pharaoh’s clan
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كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ kadhhabū bi-āyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha `azīzin muqtadir who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent.
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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 your faithless better than those? Have you [been granted] [some sort of] immunity in the scriptures?
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamī`un muntaṣir Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’?
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سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ sayuhzamul jam`u wayuwallūnad dubur The league will be routed and turn its back [to flee].
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بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ balis sā`atu maw`iduhum was sā`atu ad-hā wa-amarr Indeed, the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ innal mujrimīna fī ḍalālin wasu`ur Indeed the guilty are steeped in error and madness.
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يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ yawma yus-ḥabūna fin nāri `alā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar The day when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire, [it will be said to them,] ‘Taste the touch of hell!’
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إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ innā kulla shay-in khalaqnāhu biqadar Indeed We have created everything in a measure,
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وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ wa mā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil baṣar and Our command is but a single [word], like the twinkling of an eye.
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وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ walaqad ahlaknā ashyā`akum fahal min muddakir Certainly We have destroyed your likes. So is there anyone who will be admonished?
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وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ wakullu shay-in fa`alūhu fiz zubur Everything they have done is in the books,
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وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mustaṭar and everything big and small is committed to writing.
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ innal muttaqīna fī jannātin wanahar Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and streams,
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فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ fī maq`adi ṣidqin `inda malīkin muqtadir in the abode of truthfulness with an omnipotent King.
