بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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الٓمٓصٓ alif lām mīm ṣād Alif Lam Mim Sad.
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كِتَـٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ kitābun unzila ilayka falā yakun fī ṣadrika ḥarajun minhu litundhira bihi wadhikrā lil-mu-minīn This Book has been sent down to you; so do not hesitate to warn (the unbelievers) through it, and remind the faithful.
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ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ittabi`ū mā unzila ilaykum min rabbikum walā tattabi`ū min dūnihi awliyā-a ۗ qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn Follow what has been revealed to you by your Lord, and do not follow any other lord apart from Him. Yet little do you care to remember.
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وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ wakam min qaryatin ahlaknāhā fajā-ahā ba-sunā bayātan aw hum qā-ilūn Many a habitation have We laid low before: Our retribution came upon them in the night or in the midst of siesta at noon.
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فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ famā kāna da`wāhum idh jā-ahum ba-sunā illā an qālū innā kunnā ẓālimīn And when Our punishment overtook them they had nothing to say except crying out: "We have indeed been sinners."
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فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ falanas-alannal ladhīna ursila ilayhim walanas-alannal mursalīn (On the Day of Reckoning) We shall question the people to whom We had sent Our apostles, (if they followed their teachings), and will question the apostles.
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فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ falanaquṣṣanna `alayhim bi`il-m ۖ wa mā kunnā ghā-ibīn We shall recount (their deeds) to them with knowledge, for We were never absent (and saw all they did).
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وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ wal waznu yawma-idhinil-ḥaqq ۚ faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulā-ika humul mufliḥūn And the weighing will be just on that Day. Then those whose (deeds) are heavier in the balance will find fulfilment,
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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ wa man khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulā-ikal ladhīna khasirū anfusahum bimā kānū bi-āyātinā yaẓlimūn And those whose (deeds) are lighter in the scale shall perish for violating Our signs.
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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ walaqad makkannākum fil-arḍi waja`alnā lakum fīhā ma`āyish ۗ qalīlan mā tashkurūn We settled you on the earth, and provided means of livelihood for you in it; but little are the thanks you give.
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ walaqad khalaqnākum thumma ṣawwarnākum thumma qulnā lil-malā-ikatis-judū li-ādama fasajadū illā iblīsa lam yakun minas sājidīn Verily We created you and gave you form and shape, and ordered the angels to bow before Adam in homage; and they all bowed but Iblis who was not among those who bowed.
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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ qāla mā mana`aka allā tasjuda idh amartuk ۖ qāla ana khayrun minhu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīn "What prevented you" (said God), "from bowing (before Adam) at My bidding?" "I am better than him," said he. "You created me from fire, and him from clay."
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قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ qāla fahbiṭ minhā famā yakūnu laka an tatakabbara fīhā fakhruj innaka minaṣ ṣāghirīn So God said: "Descend. You have no right to be insolent here. Go, and away; you are one of the damned."
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قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ qāla anẓirnī ilā yawmi yub`athūn "Grant me respite," said he, "till the raising of the dead."
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ qāla innaka minal munẓarīn And God said: "You have the respite."
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قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ qāla fabimā aghwaytanī la-aq`udanna lahum ṣirāṭakal mustaqīm "Since You led me into error," said Iblis, "I shall lie in wait for them along Your straight path.
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ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ thumma la-ātiyannahum min bayni aydīhim wa min khalfihim wa`an aymānihim wa`an shamā-ilihim ۖ walā tajidu aktharahum shākirīn And I shall come upon them from the front and behind, right and left; and You will not find among them many who would give thanks."
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قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ qālakh-ruj minhā madh-ūman mad-ḥūrā ۖ laman tabi`aka minhum la-amla-anna jahannama minkum ajma`īn "Begone," said (God), "contemptible and rejected! As for those who follow you, I shall fill up Hell with all of you.
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وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ wayā-ādamus skun anta wazawjukal jannata fakulā min ḥaythu shi-tumā walā taqrabā hādhihish shajarata fatakūnā minaẓ ẓālimīn And you, O Adam, and your spouse, live in the Garden and eat your fill wheresoever you like, but do not approach this tree, or you will become iniquitous."
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فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَ fawaswasa lahumash shayṭānu liyubdiya lahumā mā wūriya `anhumā min saw-ātihimā waqāla mā nahākumā rabbukumā `an hādhihish shajarati illā an takūnā malakayni aw takūnā minal khālidīn But Satan suggested (evil) to them, in order to reveal their hidden parts of which they were not aware (till then), and said: "Your Lord has forbidden you (to go near) this tree that you may not become angels or immortal."
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وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ waqāsamahumā innī lakumā laminan nāṣiḥīn Then he said to them on oath: "I am your sincere friend;"
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فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ fadallāhumā bighurūr ۚ falammā dhāqash shajarata badat lahumā saw-ātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni `alayhimā min waraqil jannah ۖ wanādāhumā rabbuhumā alam anhakumā `an tilkumash shajarati wa-aqul lakumā innash shayṭāna lakumā `aduwwun mubīn And led them (to the tree) by deceit. When they tasted (the fruit) of the tree their disgrace became exposed to them; and they patched the leaves of the Garden to hide it. And the Lord said to them: "Did I not forbid you this tree? And I told you that Satan was your open enemy.
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قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ qālā rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa in lam taghfir lanā watarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal khāsirīn They said: "O our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we shall certainly be lost."
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قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ qālah-biṭū ba`ḍukum liba`ḍin `aduww ۖ walakum fil-arḍi mustaqarrun wa matā`un ilā ḥīn "Go," said God, "one the antagonist of the other, and live on the earth for a time ordained, and fend for yourselves.
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قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ qāla fīhā taḥyawna wafīhā tamūtūna wa minhā tukhrajūn You will live there, and there will you die," He said, "and be raised from there (On the Day of Doom)."
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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ yābanī ādama qad anzalnā `alaykum libāsan yuwārī saw-ātikum warīshā ۖ walibāsut taqwā dhālika khayr ۚ dhālika min āyātillāhi la`allahum yadhhakkarūn O sons of Adam, We have revealed to you a dress that would both hide your nakedness and be an adornment, but the raiment of piety is best. This is one of the tokens of God: You may haply reflect.
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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ كَمَآ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ yābanī ādama lā yaftinannakumush shayṭānu kamā akhraja abawaykum minal jannati yanzi`u `anhumā libāsahumā liyuriyahumā saw-ātihimā ۗ innahu yarākum huwa waqabīluhu min ḥaythu lā tarawnahum ۗ innā ja`alnash shayāṭīna awliyā-a lilladhīna lā yu-minūn O sons of Adam, let not Satan beguile you as he did your parents out of Eden, and made them disrobe to expose their disgrace to them. For he and his host can see you from where you cannot see them. We have made the devils the friends of those who do not believe,
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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ wa idhā fa`alū fāḥishatan qālū wajadnā `alayhā ābā-anā wallāhu amaranā bihā ۗ qul innallāha lā ya-muru bil faḥshā-i ۖ ataqūlūna `alallāhi mā lā ta`lamūn Who say when they commit shameful acts: "Our ancestors used to do so, and God has enjoined us to do the same." Say to them: "God never enjoins a conduct that is shameful. You impute such lies to God as you do not know."
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قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ qul amara rabbī bil qisṭ ۖ wa-aqīmū wujūhakum `inda kulli masjidin wad`ūhu mukhliṣīna lahud dīn ۚ kamā bada-akum ta`ūdūn Tell them: "My Lord has enjoined piety, devotion in all acts of worship, and calling upon Him with exclusive obedience. For you will be reverted back to what you were (when) created first."
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فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ farīqan hadā wafarīqan ḥaqqa `alayhimuḍ ḍalālah ۗ innahumut-takhadhush shayāṭīna awliyā-a min dūnillāhi wayaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn A Section (among them) were guided, a section were bound to go astray, (for) instead of God they took the devils as their friends; yet they think they are on the right path.
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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ yābanī ādama khudhū zīnatakum `inda kulli masjidin wakulū washrabū walā tusrifū ۚ innahu lā yuḥibbul musrifīn O sons of Adam, attire yourselves at every time of worship; eat and drink, but do not be wasteful, for God does not like the prodigals.
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قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِىَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ qul man ḥarrama zīnatallāhil latī akhraja li`ibādihi waṭ ṭayyibāti minar rizq ۚ qul hiya lilladhīna āmanū fil ḥayātid dunyā khāliṣatan yawmal qiyāmah ۗ kadhālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqawmiy ya`lamūn Ask them: "Who forbids you attire that God has given to His creatures, and the good things that He has provided?" Tell them: "They are (meant) for believers in the world, and will be theirs on the Day of Judgement." That is how We explain Our signs to those who know.
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ qul innamā ḥarrama rabbiyal fawāḥisha mā ẓahara minhā wa mā baṭana wal-ithma wal baghya bighayril ḥaqqi wa-an tushrikū billāhi mā lam yunazzil bihi sulṭānan wa-an taqūlū `alallāhi mā lā ta`lamūn Tell them: "My Lord has forbidden repugnant acts, whether open or disguised, sin and unjust oppression, associating others with God, of which He has sent down no authority, and saying things of God of which you have no knowledge."
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وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ walikulli ummatin ajal ۖ fa-idhā jā-a ajaluhum lā yasta-khirūna sā`ah ۖ walā yastaqdimūn A term is fixed for every people; and when their appointed time is come there will neither be a moment's delay nor haste.
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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ yābanī ādama immā ya-tiyannakum rusulun minkum yaquṣṣūna `alaykum āyātī famanit-taqā wa-aṣlaḥa falā khawfun `alayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn O sons of Adam, when apostles come to you from among you, who convey My messages, then those who take heed and amend will have neither fear nor regret.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ wal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā wastakbarū `anhā ulā-ika aṣ-ḥābun nār ۖ hum fīhā khālidūn But those who deny Our signs and disdain them, shall belong to Hell, where they will abide for ever.
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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ faman aẓlamu mimmanif-tarā `alallāhi kadhiban aw kadhhaba bi-āyātih ۚ ulā-ika yanāluhum naṣībuhum minal kitāb ۖ ḥattā idhā jā-at hum rusulunā yatawaffawnahum qālū ayna mā kuntum tad`ūna min dūnillāh ۖ qālū ḍallū `annā washahidū `alā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīn Who could be more wicked than he who imputes lies to God or denies His revelations? Such as these will receive what is declared in the Book, and when Our angels come to draw out their souls and ask: "Where are they you worshipped other than God?" They will answer: "They have left us and fled;" and bear witness against themselves for being infidels.
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قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ qālad-khulū fī umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal jinni wal-insi fin nār ۖ kullamā dakhalat ummatun la`anat ukhtahā ۖ ḥattā idhad-dārakū fīhā jamī`an qālat ukhrāhum li-ūlāhum rabbanā hā-ulā-i aḍallūnā fa-ātihim `adhāban ḍi`fan minan nār ۖ qāla likullin ḍi`fun walākin lā ta`lamūn "Enter then the Fire," will God say, "with the past generations of jinns and men." On entering each batch will condemn the other; and when all of them shall have entered one after the other, the last to come will say of those who had come before them: "O our Lord, they are the ones who led us astray; so give them double chastisement in the Fire." He will answer: "For all it will be double; but this you do not know."
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وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ waqālat ūlāhum li-ukhrāhum famā kāna lakum `alaynā min faḍlin fadhūqul `adhāba bimā kuntum taksibūn Then the former will say to the latter: "You have no privilege over us. So taste the punishment for what you had done."
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ innal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā wastakbarū `anhā lā tufattaḥu lahum abwābus samā-i walā yadkhulūnal jannata ḥattā yalijal jamalu fī sammil khiyāṭ ۚ wakadhālika najzil mujrimīn Verily for those who deny Our signs and turn away in haughtiness from them, the gates of heaven shall not be opened, nor will they enter Paradise, not till the camel passes through the needle's eye. That is how We requite the transgressors:
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لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ lahum min jahannama mihādun wa min fawqihim ghawāsh ۚ wakadhālika najziẓ ẓālimīn For them is a flooring of Hell and a covering (of fire). That is how We requite the iniquitous.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ wal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti lā nukallifu nafsan illā wus`ahā ulā-ika aṣ-ḥābul jannah ۖ hum fīhā khālidūn As for those who believe and do good, We never burden a soul beyond capacity. They are men of Paradise where they will abide for ever.
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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ wanaza`nā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin tajrī min taḥtihimul-anhār ۖ waqālul ḥamdu lillāhil ladhī hadānā lihādhā wa mā kunnā linahtadiya lawlā an hadānallāh ۖ laqad jā-at rusulu rabbinā bil ḥaqq ۖ wanūdū an tilkumul jannatu ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum ta`malūn Whatever the rancour they may have in their hearts We shall (cleanse and) remove. Streams of running water shall ripple at their feet, and they will say: "We are grateful to God for guiding us here. Never would we have been guided if God had not shown us the way. The apostles of our Lord had indeed brought the truth." And the cry shall resound: "This is Paradise you have inherited as meed for your deeds."
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا ۖ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ wanādā aṣ-ḥābul jannati aṣ-ḥāban nāri an qad wajadnā mā wa`adanā rabbunā ḥaqqan fahal wajadtum mā wa`ada rabbukum ḥaqqā ۖ qālū na`am ۚ fa-adhhana mu-adhhinun baynahum an la`natullāhi `alaẓ ẓālimīn And the inmates of Paradise will call to the residents of Hell: "We have found that the promise made to us by our Lord was true. Have you also found the promise of your Lord to be true?" They will answer: "Yes (it is so)." Then a crier will call from among them: "The curse of God be on the vile,
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَـٰفِرُونَ alladhīna yaṣuddūna `an sabīlillāhi wayabghūnahā `iwajan wahum bil-ākhirati kāfirūn "Who obstruct those who follow the path of God and try to make it oblique, who do not believe in the life to come."
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وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ wabaynahumā ḥijāb ۚ wa`alal-a`rāfi rijālun ya`rifūna kullan bisīmāhum ۚ wanādaw aṣ-ḥābal jannati an salāmun `alaykum ۚ lam yadkhulūhā wahum yaṭma`ūn There will be a veil between them, and on the wall will be the men (of al-A'raf) who will recognise everyone by their distinguishing marks, and will call to the inmates of Paradise: "Peace on you," without having entered it themselves though hoping to do so.
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وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ wa idhā ṣurifat abṣāruhum tilqā-a aṣ-ḥābin nāri qālū rabbanā lā taj`alnā ma`al qawmiẓ ẓālimīn When their eyes fall on the inmates of Hell they will say: "O Lord, do not place us in the crowd of the vile."
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ wanādā aṣ-ḥābul-a`rāfi rijālan ya`rifūnahum bisīmāhum qālū mā aghnā `ankum jam`ukum wa mā kuntum tastakbirūn Recognising them by their marks the men of al-A'raf will call (to the inmates of Hell): "Of what use was your amassing (of wealth) of which you were proud?"
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أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ۚ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ ahā-ulā-il ladhīna aqsamtum lā yanāluhumullāhu biraḥmah ۚ ud-khulul jannata lā khawfun `alaykum walā antum taḥzanūn (Then pointing to the inmates of Paradise, they will say): "Are they not those of whom you had sworn and said: 'God will not have mercy on them?' (And yet they have been told,) 'Enter Paradise where you will have no fear or regret.'"
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ wanādā aṣ-ḥābun nāri aṣ-ḥābal jannati an afīḍū `alaynā minal mā-i aw mimmā razaqakumullāh ۚ qālū innallāha ḥarramahumā `alal-kāfirīn Those in Hell will call to the inmates of Paradise: "Pour a little water over us, or give us a little of what God has given you." They will answer: "God has verily forbidden these to those who denied the truth.
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ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ alladhīnat-takhadhū dīnahum lahwan wala`iban wagharrat-humul ḥayātud dunyā ۚ fal yawma nansāhum kamā nasū liqā-a yawmihim hādhā wa mā kānū bi-āyātinā yajḥadūn "Who made a sport and frolic of their faith and were lured by the life of the world." As they had forgotten the meeting of this Day so shall We neglect them today for having rejected Our signs.
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وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰهُم بِكِتَـٰبٍ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ walaqad ji-nāhum bikitābin faṣṣalnāhu `alā `il-min hudan waraḥmatan liqawmiy yu-minūn Indeed We had brought to them a Book distinct, replete with knowledge, and guidance and grace for men who believe.
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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ hal yanẓurūna illā ta-wīlah ۚ yawma ya-tī ta-wīluhu yaqūlul ladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jā-at rusulu rabbinā bil ḥaqqi fahal lanā min shufa`ā-a fayashfa`ū lanā aw nuraddu fana`mala ghayral ladhī kunnā na`mal ۚ qad khasirū anfusahum waḍalla `anhum mā kānū yaftarūn Are they waiting for the exposition of what it speaks of? The day that (Reality) is unravelled, the people who had lost sight of it will say: "The apostles of our Lord had indeed brought the truth. Do we have any one to intercede for us? If only we could go back to the world, we would act otherwise." Indeed they have caused themselves harm, and the lies they concocted did not help.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ inna rabbakumullāhul ladhī khalaqas samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin thummas-tawā `alal-`arshi yughshil laylan nahāra yaṭlubuhu ḥathīthan wash shamsa wal qamara wan nujūma musakhharātin bi-amrih ۗ alā lahul khalqu wal-amr ۗ tabārakallāhu rabbul `ālamīn Surely your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six spans of time, then assumed all power. He covers up the day with night which comes chasing it fast; and the sun and moon and the stars are subject to His command. It is His to create and enjoin. Blessed be God, the Lord of all the worlds.
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ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ ud-`ū rabbakum taḍarru`an wakhufyah ۚ innahu lā yuḥibbul mu`tadīn Pray to your Lord in humility and unseen. He does not love the iniquitous.
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وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ walā tufsidū fil-arḍi ba`da iṣlāḥihā wad`ūhu khawfan waṭama`ā ۚ inna raḥmatallāhi qarībun minal muḥsinīn And do not corrupt the land after it has been reformed; and pray to Him in awe and expectation. The blessing of God is at hand for those who do good.
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَـٰهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ wahuwal ladhī yursilur riyāḥa bushran bayna yaday raḥmatih ۖ ḥattā idhā aqallat saḥāban thiqālan suqnāhu libaladin mayyitin fa-anzalnā bihil mā-a fa-akhrajnā bihi min kullith thamarāt ۚ kadhālika nukhrijul mawtā la`allakum tadhakkarūn Indeed it is He who sends the winds as harbingers of auspicious news announcing His beneficence, bringing heavy clouds which We drive towards a region lying dead, and send down rain, and raise all kinds of fruits. So shall We raise the dead that you may think and reflect.
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وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ wal baladuṭ ṭayyibu yakhruju nabātuhu bi-idhni rabbih ۖ wal ladhī khabutha lā yakhruju illā nakidā ۚ kadhālika nuṣarriful-āyāti liqawmiy yashkurūn The soil that is good produces (rich) crops by the will of its Lord, and that which is had yields only what is poor. So do We explain Our signs in different ways to people who give thanks.
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لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi'-budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu innī akhāfu `alaykum `adhāba yawmin `aẓīm We sent Noah to his people, and he said: "O people worship God; you have no other god but He; for I fear the retribution of the great Day may fall on you."
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ qālal-mala-u min qawmihi innā lanarāka fī ḍalālin mubīn The elders of his people replied: "We see clearly that you have gone astray."
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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla yāqawmi laysa bī ḍalālatun walākinnī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn "I have not gone astray, O my people," he said, "but have been sent by my Lord, the creator of all the worlds.
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ uballighukum risālāti rabbī wa-anṣaḥu lakum wa-a`lamu minallāhi mā lā ta`lamūn I bring to you the messages of my Lord, and give you sincere advice, for I know from God what you do not know.
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ awa`ajibtum an jā-akum dhikrun min rabbikum `alā rajulin minkum liyundhirakum walitattaqū wala`allakum turḥamūn Do you wonder that a warning has come to you from your Lord through a man who is one of you, and warns you to take heed for yourselves and fear God? You might be treated with mercy."
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ fakadhhabūhu fa-anjaynāhu wal ladhīna ma`ahu fil fulki wa-aghraqnal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā ۚ innahum kānū qawman `amīn But they called him a liar, and We saved him and those with him in the Ark, and drowned the others who rejected Our signs, for they were a people purblind.
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وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ wa ilā `ādin akhāhum hūdā ۗ qāla yāqawmi'-budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh ۚ afalā tattaqūn And We sent Hud, their brother, to the people of 'Ad. He said: "O you people, worship God, for you have no other god but He. Will you not take heed for yourselves?"
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٍ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ qālal-mala-ul ladhīna kafarū min qawmihi innā lanarāka fī safāhatin wa innā lanaẓunnuka minal kādhibīn The chiefs of his people who were infidels replied: "We find you full of folly, and a liar to boot."
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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla yāqawmi laysa bī safāhatun walākinnī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn "I am not a fool, O people," he answered, "but have been sent by the Lord of all the worlds.
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ uballighukum risālāti rabbī wa-ana lakum nāṣiḥun amīn I bring to you the messages of my Lord. I am your sincere friend.
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَزَادَكُمْ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ بَصْۜطَةً ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ awa`ajibtum an jā-akum dhikrun min rabbikum `alā rajulin minkum liyundhirakum ۚ wadhkurū idh ja`alakum khulafā-a min ba`di qawmi nūḥin wazādakum fil khalqi basṭah ۖ fadhkurū ālā-allāhi la`allakum tufliḥūn Do you wonder that a warning has come to you from your Lord through a man who is one of you and warns you? Remember, He made you leaders after the people of Noah, and gave you a greater increase in your stature. So think of the favours of God; you may haply be blessed."
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ qālū aji-tanā lina`budallāha waḥdahu wanadhara mā kāna ya`budu ābā-unā ۖ fa-tinā bimā ta`idunā in kunta minaṣ ṣādiqīn They answered: "Have you come to say to us that we should worship only one God, abandoning those our ancestors had worshipped? If so, bring on us what you threaten us with, if what you say is true."
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قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ ۖ أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ qāla qad waqa`a `alaykum min rabbikum rijsun waghaḍab ۖ atujādilūnanī fī asmā-in sammaytumūhā antum wa-ābā-ukum mā nazzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān ۚ fantaẓirū innī ma`akum minal muntaẓirīn He replied: "You have already been beset with punishment and the wrath of God. Why dispute with me about names invented by you and your ancestors for which no sanction was sent down? So wait (for what is to come), I am waiting with you."
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۖ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ fa-anjaynāhu wal ladhīna ma`ahu biraḥmatim minnā waqaṭa`nā dābiral ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā ۖ wa mā kānū mu-minīn Then We saved him and those on his side by Our grace, and destroyed to the very last those who rejected Our signs and denied the truth.
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وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ wa ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥā ۗ qāla yāqawmi'-budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh ۖ qad jā-at kum bayyinatun min rabbikum ۖ hādhihi nāqatullāhi lakum āyah ۖ fadharūhā ta-kul fī arḍillāh ۖ walā tamassūhā bisū-in faya-khudhakum `adhābun alīm We sent to Thamud their brother Saleh. "O you people," said he, "worship God, for you have no other god but He. Clear proof has come to you already from your Lord, and this she-camel of God is the token for you. Leave her free to graze upon God's earth, and do not molest her lest a grievous punishment should befall you.
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وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ wadhkurū idh ja`alakum khulafā-a min ba`di `ādin wabawwa-akum fil-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūran watanḥitūnal jibāla buyūtā ۖ fadhkurū ālā-allāhi walā ta`thaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn Remember, how you were made leaders after the people of 'Ad, and were settled on the land so that you could construct on the plains palaces, and carve dwellings out of mountains. So think of the favours of God, and do not act with corruption in the land."
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَـٰلِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ qālal-mala-ul ladhīnas-takbarū min qawmihi lilladhīnas-tuḍ`ifū liman āmana minhum ata`lamūna anna ṣāliḥan mursalun min rabbih ۚ qālū innā bimā ursila bihi mu-minūn The chiefs among the people who were arrogant towards the weaker ones among them who believed, asked: "Do you really know that Saleh has been sent by his Lord?" They said: "Indeed we believe in the message he has brought."
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قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ qālal ladhīnas-takbarū innā bil ladhī āmantum bihi kāfirūn Those who were arrogant answered: "We do not believe in what you believe."
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فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ fa`aqarun nāqata wa`ataw `an amri rabbihim waqālū yāṣāliḥu-tinā bimā ta`idunā in kunta minal mursalīn Then they hamstrung the she-camel and rebelled against the command of their Lord, and said: "Bring, O Saleh, on us the affliction you promise, if you are one of the sent ones."
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ fa-akhadhat-humur rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning.
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ fatawallā `anhum waqāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālata rabbī wanaṣaḥtu lakum walākin lā tuḥibbūnan nāṣiḥīn Saleh turned away from them and said: "O my people, I conveyed to you the message of my Lord and warned you; but you do not like those who wish you well."
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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ walūṭan idh qāla liqawmihi ata-tūnal fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min aḥadin minal `ālamīn And We sent Lot, who said to his people: "Why do you commit this lecherous act which none in the world has committed before?
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إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ innakum lata-tūnar rijāla shahwatan min dūnin nisā-i ۚ bal antum qawmun musrifūn In preference to women you satisfy your lust with men. Indeed you are a people who are guilty of excess."
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وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ wa mā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum ۖ innahum unāsun yataṭahharūn His people made no answer, and only said: "Drive them out of the city. They profess to be pure."
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illam-ra-atahu kānat minal ghābirīn But We saved him and his family, except for his wife who was one of those who stayed behind.
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ wa-amṭarnā `alayhim maṭarā ۖ fanẓur kayfa kāna `āqibatul mujrimīn And We rained down on them a shower (of Stones). So witness the end of sinners!
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وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ wa ilā madyana akhāhum shu`aybā ۗ qāla yāqawmi'-budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh ۖ qad jā-at kum bayyinatun min rabbikum ۖ fa-awful kayla wal mīzāna walā tabkhasun nāsa ashyā-ahum walā tufsidū fil-arḍi ba`da iṣlāḥihā ۚ dhālikum khayrul lakum in kuntum mu-minīn Remember, We sent to Midian their brother Shu'aib. "O you people," he said, "worship God, for you have no other god but He. Clear proof has come to you from your Lord; so give in full measure and full weight; do not keep back from people what is theirs, and do not corrupt the land after it has been reformed. This is best for you if you believe.
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وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ walā taq`udū bikulli ṣirāṭin tū`idūna wataṣuddūna `an sabīlillāhi man āmana bihi watabghūnahā `iwajā ۚ wadhkurū idh kuntum qalīlan fakathharakum ۖ wanẓurū kayfa kāna `āqibatul mufsidīn Do not lie in ambush to intimidate and divert from the path of God those who believe in Him, nor seek obliquity in it. Remember the day when you were few and He increased your numbers. So consider the fate of those who were evil.
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وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ wa in kāna ṭā-ifatun minkum āmanū bil ladhī ursiltu bihi waṭā-ifatun lam yu-minū faṣbirū ḥattā yaḥkumallāhu baynanā ۚ wahuwa khayrul ḥākimīn If some of you believe what has been sent through me, and some of you do not, have patience until God decide between us, for He is the best of all judges."
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَـٰرِهِينَ qālal-mala-ul ladhīnas-takbarū min qawmihi lanukhrijannaka yāshu`aybu wal ladhīna āmanū ma`aka min qaryatinā aw lata`ūdunna fī millatinā ۚ qāla awalaw kunnā kārihīn The arrogant leaders of the people replied: "We shall drive you away from our land, O Shu'aib, and those who are with you, unless you come back to your faith." But he remarked: "Even if we are disgusted with it?
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قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ qadif-taraynā `alallāhi kadhiban in `udnā fī millatikum ba`da idh najjānallāhu minhā ۚ wa mā yakūnu lanā an na`ūda fīhā illā an yashā-allāhu rabbunā ۚ wasi`a rabbunā kulla shay-in `il-mā ۚ `alallāhi tawakkalnā ۚ rabbanaf-taḥ baynanā wabayna qawminā bil ḥaqqi wa-anta khayrul fātiḥīn We shall only be guilty of blaspheming God if we accept your way after the people of Noah, and gave you a greater increase in your stature. So think of the favours of God; you may haply be blessed."
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ waqālal-mala-ul ladhīna kafarū min qawmihi la-init-taba`tum shu`ayban innakum idhal lakhāsirūn The chiefs among his people who did not believe said (to them): "If you follow Shu'aib and his way you will surely be ruined."
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ fa-akhadhat-humur rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning.
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ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ alladhīna kadhhabū shu`ayban ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā ۚ alladhīna kadhhabū shu`ayban kānū humul khāsirīn They who called Shu'aib a liar (disappeared) as though they had never existed; and those who called Shu'aib a liar were the ones who were ruined!
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ fatawallā `anhum waqāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālāti rabbī wanaṣaḥtu lakum ۖ fakayfa āsā `alā qawmin kāfirīn So Shu'aib turned away from them and said: "O people, I conveyed to you the message of my Lord, and warned you. (But you paid no heed). How can I grieve for a people who do not believe?"
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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ wa mā arsalnā fī qaryatim min nabiyyin illā akhadhnā ahlahā bil ba-sā-i waḍ ḍarrā-i la`allahum yaḍḍarra`ūn There is not a region to which We sent a prophet and did not inflict upon its people adversity and hardship so that they may submit.
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ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ thumma baddalnā makānas sayyi-atil ḥasanata ḥattā `afaw waqālū qad massa ābā-anaḍ ḍarrā-u was sarrā-u fa-akhadhnāhum baghtatan wahum lā yash`urūn But when We changed hardship to ease, and they rose and prospered, (they forgot Our favours) and said: "Our ancestors had also known suffering and joy." So We caught them unawares.
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وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ walaw anna ahlal-qurā āmanū wattaqaw lafataḥnā `alayhim barakātin minas samā-i wal-arḍi walākin kadhhabū fa-akhadhnāhum bimā kānū yaksibūn But if the people of these regions had believed and feared God, We would surely have showered on them blessings of the heavens and the earth; but they only denied, and We punished them for their deeds.
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أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ afa-amina ahlul qurā an ya-tiyahum ba-sunā bayātan wahum nā-imūn Are the people of the region so secure that they lie asleep unaware as Our punishment overtakes them?
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أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ awa-amina ahlul qurā an ya-tiyahum ba-sunā ḍuḥan wahum yal`abūn Or, are the people of the towns so unafraid that (even when) Our retribution comes upon them in the hours of the morning they remain engrossed in sport and play?
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أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ afa-aminū makrallāh ۚ falā ya-manu makrallāhi illal-qawmul khāsirūn Can they remain secure against the plan of God? Only they feel secure against the plan of God who are certain of being ruined.
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أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ awalam yahdi lilladhīna yarithūnal-arḍa min ba`di ahlihā an law nashā-u aṣabnāhum bidhunūbihim ۚ wanaṭba`u `alā qulūbihim fahum lā yasma`ūn Do not the people who inherited the earth from the (earlier) inhabitants perceive that We could afflict them too for their sins if We pleased, and put seals on their hearts that they may not hear (the voice of truth)?
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تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ tilkal qurā naquṣṣu `alayka min anbā-ihā ۚ walaqad jā-at hum rusuluhum bil bayyināti famā kānū liyu-minū bimā kadhhabū min qabl ۚ kadhālika yaṭba`ullāhu `alā qulūbil kāfirīn These were the (earlier) habitations whose accounts We have given to you. Their apostles came with clear proofs, but they did not believe what they once denied. That is how God seals the hearts of those who do not believe.
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وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَـٰسِقِينَ wa mā wajadnā li-aktharihim min `ahd ۖ wa in wajadnā aktharahum lafāsiqīn We did not find many of them faithful to their promises, and found many of them disobedient.
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ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ thumma ba`athnā min ba`dihim mūsā bi-āyātinā ilā fir`awna wa mala-ihi faẓalamū bihā ۖ fanẓur kayfa kāna `āqibatul mufsidīn So We sent Moses with miracles after (these apostles) to the Pharaoh and his nobles, but they behaved with them high-handedly. See then the end of the authors of evil.
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وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ waqāla mūsā yāfir`awnu innī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn Moses said: "O Pharaoh, I have been sent by the Lord of all the worlds;
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حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِىَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ḥaqīqun `alā an lā aqūla `alallāhi illal-ḥaqq ۚ qad ji-tukum bibayyinatim min rabbikum fa-arsil ma`iya banī isrā-iyl "I am duty bound to speak nothing of God but the truth I have brought from your Lord a clear sign; so let the people of Israel depart with me."
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قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ qāla in kunta ji-ta bi-āyatin fa-ti bihā in kunta minaṣ ṣādiqīn He said: "If you have brought a sign then display it, if what you say is true."
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ fa-alqā `aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thu`bānun mubīn At this Moses threw down his staff, and lo, it became a live 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 behold, it looked white to those who beheld it.
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ qālal-mala-u min qawmi fir`awna inna hādhā lasāḥirun `alīm The nobles of Pharaoh said: "He surely is a clever magician.
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ yurīdu an yukhrijakum min arḍikum ۖ famādhā ta-murūn "He wishes to drive you away from the land. So what do you advise?"
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-arsil fil madā-ini ḥāshirīn They said: "Put him and his brother off (awhile) and send out heralds to the cities
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَـٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ ya-tūka bikulli sāḥirin `alīm "To bring all the wise magicians to you."
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وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ wajā-as saḥaratu fir`awna qālū inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnul ghālibīn The magicians came to the Pharaoh and said: "Is there reward for us if we succeed?"
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ qāla na`am wa innakum laminal muqarrabīn "Yes," said he, "you will be among the honoured."
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ qālū yāmūsā immā an tulqiya wa immā an nakūna naḥnul mulqīn So they said: "O Moses, you may cast your spell first, or we shall cast ours."
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قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ qāla alqū ۖ falammā alqaw saḥarū a`yunan nāsi wastarhabūhum wajā-ū bisiḥrin `aẓīm "You cast it first," answered Moses. When they cast their spell, they bewitched the eyes of the people and petrified them by conjuring up a great charm.
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وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an alqi `aṣāk ۖ fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā ya-fikūn We said to Moses: "Throw down your staff;" and it swallowed up their conjurations in no time.
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فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ fawaqa`al ḥaqqu wabaṭala mā kānū ya`malūn Thus the truth was upheld, and the falsehood that they practised was exposed.
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فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ faghulibū hunālika wanqalabū ṣāghirīn Thus there and then they were vanquished and overthrown, humiliated.
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وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ wa-ulqiyas saḥaratu sājidīn The sorcerers fell to the ground in homage,
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qālū āmannā birabbil `ālamīn And said: "We have come to 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 فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ qāla fir`awnu āmantum bihi qabla an ādhana lakum ۖ inna hādhā lamakrun makartumūhu fil madīnati litukhrijū minhā ahlahā ۖ fasawfa ta`lamūn But Pharaoh said: "You have come to accept belief in Him without my permission! This surely is a plot you have hatched to expel the people from the land. You will soon come to know.
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لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ la-uqaṭṭi`anna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin thumma la-uṣallibannakum ajma`īn "I will have your hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, and have you all crucified."
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ qālū innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn They answered: "We have (in any case) to go back to our Lord.
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وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ wa mā tanqimu minnā illā an āmannā bi-āyāti rabbinā lammā jā-at nā ۚ rabbanā afrigh `alaynā ṣabran watawaffanā muslimīn "The only reason you have to hate us is that we believed in the signs of our Lord as they came to us. O our Lord, give us sufficient endurance that we may die submitting (to You)."
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـٰهِرُونَ waqālal-mala-u min qawmi fir`awna atadharu mūsā waqawmahu liyufsidū fil-arḍi wayadharaka wa-ālihatak ۚ qāla sanuqattilu abnā-ahum wanastaḥyī nisā-ahum wa innā fawqahum qāhirūn And the leaders of Pharaoh's people said to him: "Would you allow Moses and his people to create disorder in the land and discard you and your gods?" He replied: "We shall now slay their sons and spare their women, and subdue them."
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قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ qāla mūsā liqawmihis-ta`īnū billāhi waṣbirū ۖ innal-arḍa lillāhi yūrithuhā man yashā-u min `ibādih ۖ wal `āqibatu lil-muttaqīn Said Moses to his people: "Invoke the help of God and be firm. The earth belongs to God: He can make whom He wills among His creatures inherit it. The future is theirs who take heed for themselves."
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قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ qālū ūdhīnā min qabli an ta-tiyanā wa min ba`di mā ji-tanā ۚ qāla `asā rabbukum an yuhlika `aduwwakum wayastakhlifakum fil-arḍi fayanẓura kayfa ta`malūn They said: "We were oppressed before you came, and have been since you have come to us." He answered: "It may well be that soon God may destroy your enemy and make you inherit the land, and then see how you behave."
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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ walaqad akhadhnā āla fir`awna bis sinīna wanaqṣin minath thamarāti la`allahum yadhhakkarūn We afflicted the people of Pharaoh with famine and dearth of everything that they might take heed.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ fa-idhā jā-at humul ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhih ۖ wa in tuṣibhum sayyi-atun yaṭṭayyarū bimūsā wa man ma`ah ۗ alā innamā ṭā-iruhum `indallāhi walākinna aktharahum lā ya`lamūn Yet when good came their way they said: "It is our due;" but when misfortune befell them they put the omen down to Moses and those who were with him. But surely the omen was with God, yet most of them did not understand.
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وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ waqālū mahmā ta-tinā bihi min āyatin litas-ḥaranā bihā famā naḥnu laka bimu-minīn They said: "Whatsoever the sign you have brought to deceive us, we shall not believe in you."
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فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ fa-arsalnā `alayhimuṭ ṭūfāna wal jarāda wal qummala waḍ ḍafādi`a wad dama āyātin mufaṣṣalātin fastakbarū wakānū qawman mujrimīn So We let loose on them floods and locusts, and vermin, frogs and blood -- how many different signs. But they still remained arrogant, for they were a people full of sin.
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وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ ۖ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ walammā waqa`a `alayhimur rijzu qālū yāmūsad-`u lanā rabbaka bimā `ahida `indak ۖ la-in kashafta `annar rijza lanu-minanna laka walanursilanna ma`aka banī isrā-iyl Yet when punishment overtook them, they said: "O Moses, invoke your Lord for us as you have been enjoined. If the torment is removed, we shall certainly believe in you and let the people of Israel go with you."
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فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ falammā kashafnā `anhumur rijza ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūn But no sooner was the punishment withdrawn for a time to enable them to make good their promise than they broke it.
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فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ fantaqamnā minhum fa-aghraqnāhum fil yammi bi-annahum kadhhabū bi-āyātinā wakānū `anhā ghāfilīn So We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea for rejecting Our signs and not heeding them.
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وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَـٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ wa-awrathnal qawmal ladhīna kānū yustaḍ`afūna mashāriqal-arḍi wa maghāribahal latī bāraknā fīhā ۖ watammat kalimatu rabbikal ḥusnā `alā banī isrā-iyla bimā ṣabarū ۖ wadammarnā mā kāna yaṣna`u fir`awnu waqawmuhu wa mā kānū ya`rishūn We then made the people who were weak (and oppressed) successors of the land to the East and the West which We had blessed. Thus the fair promise of your Lord to the children of Israel was fulfilled, for they were patient in adversity; and whatsoever the Pharaoh and his people had fashioned, and the structures they had raised, were destroyed.
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وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ wajāwaznā bibanī isrā-iylal-baḥra fa-ataw `alā qawmiy ya`kufūna `alā aṣnāmin lahum ۚ qālū yāmūsaj-`al lanā ilāhan kamā lahum ālihah ۚ qāla innakum qawmun tajhalūn When We brought the children of Israel across the sea, and they came to a people who were devoted to their idols, they said: "O Moses, make us also a god like theirs." "You are ignorant," he replied.
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ inna hā-ulā-i mutabbarun mā hum fīhi wabāṭilun mā kānū ya`malūn "These people and their ways will surely be destroyed, for false is what they practise.
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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla aghayrallāhi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum `alal-`ālamīn "Do you want me to seek for you," he said, "a god other than God, when He has exalted you over all the nations of the world?
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وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ wa idh anjaynākum min āli fir`awna yasūmūnakum sū al `adhāb ۖ yuqattilūna abnā-akum wayastaḥyūna nisā-akum ۚ wafī dhālikum balā-un min rabbikum `aẓīm "Remember (the day) when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh who oppressed and afflicted you, and slew your sons and spared your women. In this was a great trial from your Lord."
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وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ wawā`adnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-atmamnāhā bi`ashrin fatamma mīqātu rabbihi arba`īna laylah ۚ waqāla mūsā li-akhīhi hārūnakh-lufnī fī qawmī wa-aṣliḥ walā tattabi` sabīlal-mufsidīn We made an appointment of thirty nights with Moses (On Mount Sinai) to which We added ten more; so the term set by the Lord was completed in forty nights. Moses said to Aaron, his brother: "Deputise for me among my people. Dispose rightly, and do not follow the way of the authors of evil."
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وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَـٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَـٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا ۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ walammā jā-a mūsā limīqātinā wakallamahu rabbuhu qāla rabbi arinī anẓur ilayk ۚ qāla lan tarānī walākinin-ẓur ilal-jabali fa-inis-taqarra makānahu fasawfa tarānī ۚ falammā tajallā rabbuhu liljabali ja`alahu dakkan wakharra mūsā ṣa`iqā ۚ falammā afāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ilayka wa-ana awwalul mu-minīn When Moses arrived at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: "O Lord, reveal Yourself to me that I may behold You." "You cannot behold Me," He said. "But look at the mountain: If it remains firm in its place you may then behold Me." But when his Lord appeared on the mountain in His effulgence, it crumbled to a heap of dust, and Moses fell unconscious. When he came to, he said: "All glory to You. I turn to You in repentance, and I am the first to believe."
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قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِى وَبِكَلَـٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ qāla yāmūsā inniṣ-ṭafaytuka `alan nāsi birisālātī wabikalāmī fakhudh mā ātaytuka wakun minash shākirīn Said (the Lord): "O Moses, I raised you above all men by sending My messages and speaking to you; so receive what I give you, and be grateful."
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وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا۟ بِأَحْسَنِهَا ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ دَارَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ wakatabnā lahu fil-alwāḥi min kulli shay-in maw`iẓatan watafṣīlal likulli shay-in fakhudh-hā biquwwatin wa-mur qawmaka ya-khudhū bi-aḥsanihā ۚ sa-urīkum dāral fāsiqīn And We wrote down on tablets admonitions and clear explanations of all things for Moses, and ordered him: "Hold fast to them, and command your people to observe the best in them. I will show you the abode of the wicked.
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سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ sa-aṣrifu `an āyātiyal ladhīna yatakabbarūna fil-arḍi bighayril ḥaqqi wa in yaraw kulla āyatin lā yu-minū bihā wa in yaraw sabīlar rushdi lā yattakhidhūhu sabīlan wa in yaraw sabīlal-ghayyi yattakhidhūhu sabīlā ۚ dhālika bi-annahum kadhhabū bi-āyātinā wakānū `anhā ghāfilīn I will turn those away from My signs who behave unjustly with arrogance in the land so that even though they see all the signs they will not believe in them; and if they see the path of rectitude, will not take it to be a way; and if they see the way of error take it to be the (right) path. This is so for they have called Our messages lies, and have been heedless of them."
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ wal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā waliqā-il-ākhirati ḥabiṭat a`māluhum ۚ hal yujzawna illā mā kānū ya`malūn Vain are the acts of those who deny Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter. Can they ever be rewarded for anything but what they did?
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وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ ۚ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا ۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِينَ wattakhadha qawmu mūsā min ba`dihi min ḥuliyyihim `ijlan jasadal lahu khuwār ۚ alam yaraw annahu lā yukallimuhum walā yahdīhim sabīlā ۘ it-takhadhūhu wakānū ẓālimīn In the absence of Moses his people prepared the image of a calf from their ornaments, which gave out the mooing of a cow. Yet they did not see it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the right path. Even then they took it (for a deity) and did wrong.
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وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ walammā suqiṭa fī aydīhim wara-aw annahum qad ḍallū qālū la-in lam yarḥamnā rabbunā wayaghfir lanā lanakūnanna minal khāsirīn Then they were filled with remorse and saw that they had erred and said: "If our Lord does not forgive us we will surely be lost."
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وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ walammā raja`a mūsā ilā qawmihi ghaḍbāna asifan qāla bi-samā khalaftumūnī min ba`dī ۖ a`ajiltum amra rabbikum ۖ wa-alqal-alwāḥa wa-akhadha bira-si akhīhi yajurruhu ilayh ۚ qālab-na umma innal qawmas-taḍ`afūnī wakādū yaqtulūnanī falā tushmit biyal-a`dā-a walā taj`alnī ma`al qawmiẓ ẓālimīn When Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved, he said: "How wickedly you behaved in my absence. Why must you hasten the decree of your Lord?" And he cast aside the tablets, and pulled his brother by the hair. "O son of my mother," said (Aaron), "these people took advantage of my weakness and almost killed me. Do not let my enemies rejoice at my plight, and do not put me down among transgressors."
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ qāla rabbigh-fir lī wali-akhī wa-adkhilnā fī raḥmatik ۖ wa-anta arḥamur rāḥimīn (Moses) said: "O Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us to Your grace, for You are the most compassionate of all."
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ innal ladhīnat-takhadhul `ijla sayanāluhum ghaḍabun min rabbihim wadhillatun fil ḥayātid dunyā ۚ wakadhālika najzil muftarīn Surely those who have taken the calf (as a god) will suffer the anger of their Lord, and disgrace in the world. That is how We requite those who fabricate lies.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ wal ladhīna `amilus sayyi-āti thumma tābū min ba`dihā wa-āmanū inna rabbaka min ba`dihā laghafūrun raḥīm Yet those who do wrong, then repent and believe, are forgiven, for your Lord is forgiving and kind.
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وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى ٱلْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖ وَفِى نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ walammā sakata `an mūsal ghaḍabu akhadhal-alwāḥ ۖ wafī nuskhatihā hudan waraḥmatun lilladhīna hum lirabbihim yarhabūn When his anger subsided Moses picked up the tablets. Inscribed on them was guidance and grace for those who fear their Lord.
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وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ wakhtāra mūsā qawmahu sab`īna rajulal limīqātinā ۖ falammā akhadhat-humur rajfatu qāla rabbi law shi-ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa iyyāy ۖ atuhlikunā bimā fa`alas sufahā-u minnā ۖ in hiya illā fitnatuka tuḍillu bihā man tashā-u watahdī man tashā-u ۖ anta waliyyunā faghfir lanā warḥamnā ۖ wa-anta khayrul ghāfirīn Moses chose seventy of his people for the appointment (on Mount Sinai). When they arrived they were seized by a tremor. (Moses) said: "O Lord, if You had so pleased You could have annihilated them and me before this. Will You destroy us for something the foolish among us have done? This is but a trial from You whereby You will lead whom You will astray and guide whom You please. You are our saviour, so forgive us and have mercy on us, for You are the best of forgivers.
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وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ waktub lanā fī hādhihid dunyā ḥasanatan wafil-ākhirati innā hudnā ilayk ۚ qāla `adhābī uṣību bihi man ashā-u ۖ waraḥmatī wasi`at kulla shay-ī ۚ fasa-aktubuhā lilladhīna yattaqūna wayu-tūnaz zakāta wal ladhīna hum bi-āyātinā yu-minūn Enjoin for us good in the world, and good in the world to come. We turn to You alone." And the Lord said: "I punish only those whom I will, but My mercy enfolds everything. I shall enjoin it for those who take heed for themselves, who pay the zakat and believe in My signs,
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ ٱلْأُمِّىَّ ٱلَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ alladhīna yattabi`ūnar rasūlan nabiyyal-ummiyyal ladhī yajidūnahu maktūban `indahum fit tawrāti wal-injīli ya-muruhum bil ma`rūfi wayanhāhum `anil munkari wayuḥillu lahumuṭ ṭayyibāti wayuḥarrimu `alayhimul khabā-itha wayaḍa`u `anhum iṣrahum wal-aghlālal latī kānat `alayhim ۚ fal ladhīna āmanū bihi wa`azzarūhu wanaṣarūhu wattaba`un nūral ladhī unzila ma`ahu ulā-ika humul mufliḥūn Who follow the messenger, the gentile Prophet, described in the Torah and the Gospel, who bids things noble and forbids things vile, makes lawful what is clean, and prohibits what is foul, who relieves them of their burdens, and the yoke that lies upon them. Those who believe and honour and help him, and follow the light sent with him, are those who will attain their goal."
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قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ qul yā-ayyuhan nāsu innī rasūlullāhi ilaykum jamī`anil ladhī lahu mulkus samāwāti wal-arḍ ۖ lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wayumīt ۖ fa-āminū billāhi warasūlihin nabiyyil-ummiyyil ladhī yu-minu billāhi wakalimātihi wattabi`ūhu la`allakum tahtadūn Say: "O men, I am verily the apostle of God to you all. His whose kingdom extends over the heavens and the earth. There is no god but He, the giver of life and death. So believe in God and the messenger, the gentile Prophet, sent by Him, who believes in God and His messages. Obey him; you may haply be guided aright."
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وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ wa min qawmi mūsā ummatun yahdūna bil ḥaqqi wabihi ya`dilūn Among the people of Moses is a section that shows the way to the truth, and deals justly in accordance with it.
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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ waqaṭṭa`nāhumuth-natay `ashrata asbāṭan umamā ۚ wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā idhis-tasqāhu qawmuhu aniḍ-rib bi`aṣākal ḥajar ۖ fanbajasat minhuth-natā `ashrata `aynā ۖ qad `alima kullu unāsin mashrabahum ۚ waẓallalnā `alayhimul ghamāma wa-anzalnā `alayhimul manna was salwā ۖ kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum ۚ wa mā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn We divided them into twelve (different) tribes. When his people asked for water, We said to Moses: "Strike the rock with your staff;" and behold, twelve springs of water gushed forth, so that each of the tribes had a place of its own to drink; and We made the clouds spread shade over them and sent for them manna and quails (and said): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you." But (by disobeying) they did not harm Us, they harmed themselves.
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وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ wa idh qīla lahumus skunū hādhihil qaryata wakulū minhā ḥaythu shi-tum waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun wadkhulul bāba sujjadan naghfir lakum khaṭī-ātikum ۚ sanazīdul muḥsinīn And when it was said to them: "Live in this land and eat of its produce wheresoever you like, and ask for remission of your sins, but pass through the gates with submission (and not pride), We shall forgive your trespasses, and give to those who are righteous abundance,"
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فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ fabaddalal ladhīna ẓalamū minhum qawlan ghayral ladhī qīla lahum fa-arsalnā `alayhim rijzan minas samā-i bimā kānū yaẓlimūn The wicked among them changed and perverted the word We had spoken to a word unpronounced; so We sent from heaven retribution on them for all their wickedness.
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وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ was-alhum `anil qaryatil latī kānat ḥāḍiratal baḥri idh ya`dūna fis sabti idh ta-tīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim shurra`an wayawma lā yasbitūna lā ta-tīhim ۚ kadhālika nablūhum bimā kānū yafsuqūn Enquire of them about the town situated by the sea where, when they did not keep the Sabbath, the fish came up to the surface of the water for them; but on days other than the Sabbath the fish did not come. We tried them in this way, for they were disobedient.
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وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ۙ ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ wa idh qālat ummatun minhum lima ta`iẓūna qawmanillāhu muhlikuhum aw mu`adhhibuhum `adhāban shadīdā ۖ qālū ma`dhiratan ilā rabbikum wala`allahum yattaqūn When a Section of them said: "Why do you admonish a people whom God is about to destroy or to punish severely?" They replied: "To clear ourselves of blame before your Lord, and that they may fear God.
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فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍۭ بَـِٔيسٍۭ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ falammā nasū mā dhukkirū bihi anjaynal ladhīna yanhawna `anis sū-i wa-akhadhnal ladhīna ẓalamū bi`adhābin ba-īsin bimā kānū yafsuqūn But when they forgot to remember the warning, We saved those who prohibited evil, but inflicted on the wicked a dreadful punishment -- requital for their disobedience.
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فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ falammā `ataw `an mā nuhū `anhu qulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsi-īn When they persisted in doing what they had been forbidden, We said to them: "Become (like) apes despised."
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وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ wa idh ta-adhhana rabbuka layab`athanna `alayhim ilā yawmil qiyāmati man yasūmuhum sū al `adhāb ۗ inna rabbaka lasarī`ul `iqāb ۖ wa innahu laghafūrun raḥīm And your Lord declared He would send men against them who would inflict dreadful suffering on them till the Day of Doom, for your Lord is swift in retribution, though He is certainly forgiving and kind.
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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ waqaṭṭa`nāhum fil-arḍi umamā ۖ minhumuṣ ṣāliḥūna wa minhum dūna dhālik ۖ wabalawnāhum bil ḥasanāti was sayyi-āti la`allahum yarji`ūn We dispersed them in groups over the earth, some righteous, some otherwise; and We tried them with good things and bad, that they may haply turn back.
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فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَـٰقُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ fakhalafa min ba`dihim khalfun warithul kitāba ya-khudhūna `araḍa hādhal-adnā wayaqūlūna sayughfaru lanā wa in ya-tihim `araḍun mithluhu ya-khudhūh ۚ alam yu-khadh `alayhim mīthāqul kitābi an lā yaqūlū `alallāhi illal-ḥaqqa wadarasū mā fīh ۗ wad dārul-ākhiratu khayrul lilladhīna yattaqūn ۗ afalā ta`qilūn Then after them a new generation inherited the Book. They took to the things of this base world, and said: "We shall (surely) be forgiven this." Yet they will accept similar things if they came their way again. Had they not been covenanted in the Book to say nothing in the name of God but the truth? And they have read this in it. The abode of the life to come is better for those who fear God. Can they not comprehend?
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ wal ladhīna yumassikūna bil kitābi wa-aqāmuṣ ṣalāta innā lā nuḍī`u ajral muṣliḥīn As for those who adhere to the Book and are firm in devotion, We shall certainly not let the wages of those who are upright to go waste.
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وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ wa idh nataqnal jabala fawqahum ka-annahu ẓullatun waẓannū annahu wāqi`un bihim khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wadhkurū mā fīhi la`allakum tattaqūn The day We shook the mountain above them like an awning, and they feared it would fall over them, (We said): "Hold fast to what We have given you, and bear in mind what is (said) therein so that you may take heed."
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وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَـٰذَا غَـٰفِلِينَ wa idh akhadha rabbuka min banī ādama min ẓuhūrihim dhurriyyatahum wa-ash-hadahum `alā anfusihim alastu birabbikum ۖ qālū balā ۛ shahidnā ۛ an taqūlū yawmal qiyāmati innā kunnā `an hādhā ghāfilīn When your Lord brings forth from their loins the offspring of the children of Adam, He makes them witnesses over themselves, (and asks): "Am I not your Lord?" 'Indeed,' they reply. 'We bear witness,' -- lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: "We were not aware of this;"
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أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ aw taqūlū innamā ashraka ābā-unā min qablu wakunnā dhurriyyatan min ba`dihim ۖ afatuhlikunā bimā fa`alal-mubṭilūn Or, lest they should say: "It were our fathers who had ascribed compeers to God; we are only their offspring. Will You destroy us for the deeds of those who dealt in vanities?"
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ wakadhālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti wala`allahum yarji`ūn That is how We explain Our signs distinctly so that they may come back (to the right path).
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وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ watlu `alayhim naba-al ladhī ātaynāhu āyātinā fansalakha minhā fa-atba`ahush shayṭānu fakāna minal ghāwyn Relate to them the plight of the man whom We gave Our signs, but he passed them by, so that Satan came after him, and he went astray.
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وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ بِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۚ فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ walaw shi-nā larafa`nāhu bihā walākinnahu akhlada ilal-arḍi wattaba`a hawāh ۚ famathaluhu kamathalil kalbi in taḥmil `alayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath ۚ dhālika mathalul qawmil ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā ۚ faqṣuṣil qaṣaṣa la`allahum yatafakkarūn We wished to exalt him, but he loved baseness and followed his lust. His likeness is that of a dog who hangs out his tongue if you drive him away, and still hangs it out if you leave him alone. Such is the case of the people who deny Our signs. Narrate this history to them; they may haply reflect.
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سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ sā-a mathalanil-qawmul ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā wa-anfusahum kānū yaẓlimūn Evil is the case of those who deny Our signs and wrong themselves.
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مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ man yahdillāhu fahuwal muhtadī ۖ wa man yuḍlil fa-ulā-ika humul khāsirūn He alone is guided whom God shows the way; and whom He leads astray is surely lost.
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وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ walaqad dhara-nā lijahannama kathīran minal jinni wal-ins ۖ lahum qulūbul lā yafqahūna bihā walahum a`yunul lā yubṣirūna bihā walahum ādhānul lā yasma`ūna bihā ۚ ulā-ika kal-an`āmi bal hum aḍall ۚ ulā-ika humul ghāfilūn Many of the jinns and human beings have We destined for Hell, who possess hearts but do not feel, have eyes but do not see, have ears but do not hear, like cattle, even worse than them. They are people unconcerned.
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وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ أَسْمَـٰٓئِهِۦ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ walillāhil-asmā-ul ḥusnā fad`ūhu bihā ۖ wadharul ladhīna yulḥidūna fī asmā-ih ۚ sayujzawna mā kānū ya`malūn All the names of God are beautiful, so call Him by them; and leave those alone who act profanely towards His names: They will be retributed for their deeds.
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وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ wa mimman khalaqnā ummatun yahdūna bil ḥaqqi wabihi ya`dilūn Yet there are among those We have created people who lead (others) to the truth, and act justly in its light
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ wal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā sanastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā ya`lamūn We shall punish those who deny Our revelations slowly in a way that they will not know.
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ wa-umlī lahum ۚ inna kaydī matīn I will just give them respite. My plan is certainly invincible.
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أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۗ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ awalam yatafakkarū ۗ mā biṣāḥibihim min jinnah ۚ in huwa illā nadhīrun mubīn Have they not bethought themselves their companion is not mad? He is only a plain admonisher.
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أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ awalam yanẓurū fī malakūtis samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā khalaqallāhu min shay-in wa-an `asā an yakūna qadiq-taraba ajaluhum ۖ fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin ba`dahu yu-minūn Have they not contemplated the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything created by God, (to educe) that perhaps their own term is drawing to a close? In what lore after this would they then believe?
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مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ ۚ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ man yuḍlilillāhu falā hādiya lah ۚ wayadharuhum fī ṭughyānihim ya`mahūn Whosoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way, for He leaves them to wander perplexed in their wickedness.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ yas-alūnaka `anis sā`ati ayyāna mursāhā ۖ qul innamā `il-muhā `inda rabbī ۖ lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huw ۚ thaqulat fis samāwāti wal-arḍ ۚ lā ta-tīkum illā baghtah ۗ yas-alūnaka ka-annaka ḥafiyyun `anhā ۖ qul innamā `il-muhā `indallāhi walākinna aktharan nāsi lā ya`lamūn They ask you about the Hour: "When is its determined time?" Say: "Only my Lord has the knowledge. No one can reveal it except He. Oppressive will it be for the heavens and the earth. When it comes, it will come unawares." They ask you about it as if you were in the know. You tell them: "Only God has the knowledge." But most people do not know.
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قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ qul lā amliku linafsī naf`an walā ḍarran illā mā shā-allāh ۚ walaw kuntu a`lamul ghayba lastakthartu minal khayri wa mā massaniyas sū-u ۚ in ana illā nadhīrun wabashīrul liqawmiy yu-minūn Tell them: "I am not master of my own gain or loss but as God may please. If I had the knowledge of the Unknown I would have enjoyed abundance of the good, and no evil would have touched me. I am only a bearer of warnings and bringer of happy news for those who believe."
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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ huwal ladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin waja`ala minhā zawjahā liyaskuna ilayhā ۖ falammā taghashhāhā ḥamalat ḥamlan khafīfan famarrat bih ۖ falammā athqalat da`awallāha rabbahumā la-in ātaytanā ṣāliḥal lanakūnanna minash shākirīn It is He who created you from a single cell, and from it created its mate, that you may live as companions. When the man covered the woman she conceived a light burden and carried it about. And when she was heavy (with child) they prayed together to their Lord: "If You bestow a healthy son on us we shall truly be grateful."
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فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚ فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ falammā ātāhumā ṣāliḥan ja`alā lahu shurakā-a fīmā ātāhumā ۚ fata`ālallāhu `ammā yushrikūn But when they were given a healthy son, they started ascribing to other powers a share in what God had bestowed on them. But God is above what they ascribe to Him.
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أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ayushrikūna mā lā yakhluqu shay-an wahum yukhlaqūn Do they associate those with Him who cannot create a thing, and are themselves created,
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وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ walā yastaṭī`ūna lahum naṣran walā anfusahum yanṣurūn Who can neither help them, nor help themselves?
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَـٰمِتُونَ wa in tad`ūhum ilal-hudā lā yattabi`ūkum ۚ sawā-un `alaykum ada`awtumūhum am antum ṣāmitūn If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same if you call them or hold your tongue.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ innal ladhīna tad`ūna min dūnillāhi `ibādun amthālukum ۖ fad`ūhum falyastajībū lakum in kuntum ṣādiqīn Those whom you invoke besides God are created beings like you. So call on them and let them answer your call, if what you say is true.
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أَلَهُمْ أَرْجُلٌ يَمْشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٍ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۗ قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ كِيدُونِ فَلَا تُنظِرُونِ alahum arjulun yamshūna bihā ۖ am lahum aydiy yabṭishūna bihā ۖ am lahum a`yunun yubṣirūna bihā ۖ am lahum ādhānun yasma`ūna bihā ۗ qulid-`ū shurakā-akum thumma kīdūni falā tunẓirūn Do they have feet to walk on, or hands to hold with, or eyes to see and ears to hear with? Say to them: "Call your compeers, and work out a plot against me, and do not give me time.
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إِنَّ وَلِـِّۧىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ inna waliyyiyallāhul ladhī nazzalal-kitāb ۖ wahuwa yatawallaṣ ṣāliḥīn My saviour is God who has revealed this Book; and He protects those who are upright;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ wal ladhīna tad`ūna min dūnihi lā yastaṭī`ūna naṣrakum walā anfusahum yanṣurūn While those you beseech apart from Him cannot help you or even help themselves.
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ wa in tad`ūhum ilal-hudā lā yasma`ū ۖ watarāhum yanẓurūna ilayka wahum lā yubṣirūn When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see."
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خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ khudhil `afwa wa-mur bil `urfi wa-a`riḍ `anil jāhilīn Cultivate tolerance, enjoin justice, and avoid the fools.
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وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ نَزْغٌ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ wa immā yanzaghannaka minash shayṭāni nazghun fasta`idh billāh ۚ innahu samī`un `alīm If you are instigated by the Devil to evil seek refuge in God, for God hears all and knows everything.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَـٰٓئِفٌ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ تَذَكَّرُوا۟ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ innal ladhīnat-taqaw idhā massahum ṭā-ifun minash shayṭāni tadhakkarū fa-idhā hum mubṣirūn Verily those who fear God think of Him when assailed by the instigations of Satan, and lo! they begin to understand,
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وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ wa ikhwānuhum yamuddūnahum fil ghayyi thumma lā yuqṣirūn Even though their (devilish) brothers would like them to continue in error, and would not desist.
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وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَـٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ wa idhā lam ta-tihim bi-āyatin qālū lawlaj-tabaytahā ۚ qul innamā attabi`u mā yūḥā ilayya min rabbī ۚ hādhā baṣā-iru min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun liqawmiy yu-minūn And when you do not bring a (Qur'anic) verse to them, they say: "Why don't you make one up?" Say: "I follow only what my Lord reveals to me." These (revelations) are an evident proof from your Lord, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.
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وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ wa idhā quri-al qur-ānu fastami`ū lahu wa-anṣitū la`allakum turḥamūn When the Qur'an is recited listen to it in silence. You may perhaps be blessed.
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وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ wadhkur rabbaka fī nafsika taḍarru`an wakhīfatan wadūnal jahri minal qawli bil ghuduwwi wal-āṣāli walā takun minal ghāfilīn Meditate on your Lord inwardly with humility and trepidation, reciting His Book softly, morning and evening, and be not negligent.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ وَلَهُۥ يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ innal ladhīna `inda rabbika lā yastakbirūna `an `ibādatihi wayusabbiḥūnahu walahu yasjudūn ۩ Verily those who are in the presence of your Lord are never too proud to worship and celebrate His praises, and bow in homage to Him'.
