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Al-A'raf (#7)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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الٓمٓصٓ alif lām mīm ṣād Alif, Lam, Mim, Suad.
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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 is] a Book that has been sent down to you—so let there be no disquiet in your heart on its account that you may warn thereby—and as an admonition for 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 sent down to you from your Lord, and do not follow any masters besides Him. Little is the admonition that you take!
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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 How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came to it at night, or while they were taking a midday nap.
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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 Then their cry, when Our punishment overtook them, was only that they said, ‘We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
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فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ falanas-alannal ladhīna ursila ilayhim walanas-alannal mursalīn We will surely question those to whom the apostles were sent, and We will surely question the apostles.
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فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ falanaquṣṣanna `alayhim bi`il-m ۖ wa mā kunnā ghā-ibīn Then We will surely recount to them with knowledge, for We had not been absent.
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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 The weighing [of deeds] on that Day is a truth. As for those whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales—it is they who are the felicitous.
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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 As for those whose deeds weigh light in the scales—it is they who have ruined their souls, because they used to wrong 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 Certainly We have established you on the earth, and made in it [various] means of livelihood for you. Little do you thank.
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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 Certainly We created you, then We formed you, then We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam.’ So they [all] prostrated, but not Iblis: he was not among those who prostrated.
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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 Said He, ‘What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you? ’‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created 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 ‘Get down from it!’ He said. ‘It is not for you to be arrogant therein. Begone! You are indeed among the degraded ones.’
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قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ qāla anẓirnī ilā yawmi yub`athūn He said, ‘Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ qāla innaka minal munẓarīn Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved.’
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قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ qāla fabimā aghwaytanī la-aq`udanna lahum ṣirāṭakal mustaqīm ‘As You have consigned me to perversity,’ he said, ‘I will surely lie in wait for them on 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 Then I will come at them from their front and from their rear, and from their right and their left, and You will not find most of them to be grateful.’
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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 Said He, ‘Begone hence, blameful and banished! Whoever of them follows you, I will surely fill hell with you all.’
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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 [Then He said to Adam,] ‘O Adam, dwell with your mate in paradise, and eat thereof whence you wish; but do not approach this tree, lest you should be among the wrongdoers.’
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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 Then Satan tempted them, to expose to them what was hidden from them of their nakedness, and he said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you from this tree lest you should become angels, or lest you become immortal.’
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وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ waqāsamahumā innī lakumā laminan nāṣiḥīn And he swore to them, ‘I am indeed your well-wisher.’
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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 Thus he brought about their fall by deception. So when they tasted of the tree, their nakedness became exposed to them, and they began to stitch over themselves with the leaves of paradise. Their Lord called out to them, ‘Did I not forbid you from that tree, and tell you, ‘‘Satan is indeed your manifest 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, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves! If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.’
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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 He said, ‘Get down, being enemies of one another! On the earth shall be your abode and sustenance for a time.’
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قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ qāla fīhā taḥyawna wafīhā tamūtūna wa minhā tukhrajūn He said, ‘In it you will live, and in it you will die; and from it you will be raised [from the dead].’
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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 Children of Adam! We have certainly sent down to you garments to cover your nakedness, and for adornment. Yet the garment of Godwariness—that is the best.’ That is [one] of Allah’s signs, so that they may take admonition.
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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 Children of Adam! Do not let Satan tempt you, like he expelled your parents from paradise, stripping them of their garments to expose to them their nakedness. Indeed he sees you—he and his hosts—whence you do not see them. We have indeed made the devils friends of those who have no faith.’
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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 When they commit an indecency, they say, ‘We found our fathers practising it, and Allah has enjoined it upon us.’ Say, ‘Indeed Allah does not enjoin indecencies. Do you attribute to Allah what 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 Say, ‘My Lord has enjoined justice,’ and [He has enjoined,] ‘Set your heart [on Him] at every occasion of prayer, and invoke Him, putting your exclusive faith in Him. Even as He brought you forth in the beginning, so will you return.’
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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 part [of mankind] He has guided and a part has deserved [to be consigned to] error, for they took devils for guardians instead of Allah, and supposed they were guided.
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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 Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer, and eat and drink, but do not waste; indeed, He does not like the wasteful.
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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 Say, ‘Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has brought forth for His servants, and the good things of [His] provision?’ Say, ‘These are for the faithful in the life of this world, and exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection.’ Thus do We elaborate the signs for a people who have knowledge.
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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 Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and sin and undue aggression, and that you should ascribe to Allah partners for which He has not sent down any authority, and that you should attribute to Allah what you do not know.’
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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 There is a [preordained] time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.
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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 Children of Adam! If there come to you apostles from among yourselves, recounting to you My signs, then those who are Godwary and righteous will have no fear, nor will they grieve.
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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 are disdainful of them, they shall be the inmates of the Fire and they shall remain in it [forever].
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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 So who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah, or denies His signs? Their share, as decreed in the Book, shall reach them. When Our messengers come to take them away, they will say, ‘Where is that which you used to invoke besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘They have forsaken us,’ and they will testify against themselves that they were faithless.
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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 He will say, ‘Enter the Fire, along with the nations of jinn and humans who passed before you!’ Every time that a nation enters [hell], it will curse its sister [nation]. When they all rejoin in it, the last of them will say about the first of them, ‘Our Lord, it was they who led us astray; so give them a double punishment of the Fire.’ He will say, ‘It is double for each [of you], but 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 And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no merit over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn.’
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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 Indeed, those who deny Our signs and are disdainful of them—the gates of the heaven will not be opened for them, nor shall they enter paradise until the camel passes through the needle’s eye, and thus do We requite the guilty.
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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 They shall have hell for their resting place, and over them shall be sheets [of fire], and thus do We requite the wrongdoers.
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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 have faith and do righteous deeds—We task no soul except according to its capacity—they shall be the inhabitants of paradise, and they shall remain in it [forever].
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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 We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts, and streams will run for them. They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who guided us to this. We would have never been guided had not Allah guided us. Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth.’ And the call would be made to them: ‘This is paradise, which you have been given to inherit because of what you used to do!’
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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 The inhabitants of paradise will call out to the inmates of the Fire, ‘We found what our Lord promised us to be true; did you find what your Lord promised you to be true?’ ‘Yes,’ they will say. Then a caller will announce in their midst, ‘May Allah’s curse be on the wrongdoers!’
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَـٰفِرُونَ alladhīna yaṣuddūna `an sabīlillāhi wayabghūnahā `iwajan wahum bil-ākhirati kāfirūn —Those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.
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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 Elevations will be certain men who recognize each of them by their mark. They will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Peace be to you!’ (They will not have entered it, though they would be eager 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 And when their look is turned toward the inmates of the Fire, they will say, ‘Our Lord, do not put us among the wrongdoing lot!’)
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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 The occupants of the Elevations will call out to certain men whom they recognize by their marks, ‘Your rallying did not avail you, nor what you used to disdain.
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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 Are these the ones concerning whom you swore that Allah will not extend them any mercy?’ ‘Enter paradise! You shall have no fear, nor shall you grieve.’
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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 The inmates of the Fire will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Pour on us some water, or something of what Allah has provided you.’ They will say, ‘Allah has indeed forbidden these two to the faithless!’
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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 Those who took their religion for diversion and play and whom the life of the world had deceived. So today, We will forget them as they forgot the encounter of this day of theirs, and as they used to impugn 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 Certainly We have brought them a Book, which We have elaborated with knowledge, as a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.
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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 Do they not consider [the consequences of] its fulfillment? The day when its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, ‘Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth. If only we had some intercessors to intercede for us, or we would be returned, so that we may do differently from what we did!’ They have certainly ruined their souls, and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them.
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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 Indeed your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne. He draws the night’s cover over the day, which pursues it swiftly, and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, [all of them] disposed by His command. Look! All creation and command belong to Him. Blessed is Allah, 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 Supplicate your Lord, beseechingly and secretly. Indeed, He does not like the transgressors.
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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 cause corruption on the earth after its restoration, and supplicate Him with fear and hope: indeed Allah’s mercy is close to the virtuous.
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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 It is He who sends forth the winds as harbingers of His mercy. When they bear [rain-] laden clouds, We drive them toward a dead land and send down water on it, and with it We bring forth all kinds of crops. Thus shall We raise the dead; maybe you will take admonition.
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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 good land—its vegetation comes out by the permission of its Lord, and as for that which is bad, it does not come out except sparsely. Thus do We paraphrase the signs variously for a 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 Certainly We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ qālal-mala-u min qawmihi innā lanarāka fī ḍalālin mubīn The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’
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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla yāqawmi laysa bī ḍalālatun walākinnī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn He said, ‘O my people, I am not in error. Rather, I am an apostle from the Lord 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 communicate to you the messages of my Lord, and I am your well-wisher, and I know from Allah 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 consider it odd that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among yourselves, to warn you so that you may be Godwary and so that you may receive His 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 denied him. So We delivered him and those who were with him in the ark, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind lot.
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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 to [the people of] ‘Ad [We sent] Hud, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’
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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 elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘Indeed we see you to be in folly, and indeed we consider you to be a liar.’
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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla yāqawmi laysa bī safāhatun walākinnī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn He said, ‘O my people, I am not in folly. Rather, I am an apostle from 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 communicate to you the messages of my Lord and I am a trustworthy well-wisher for you.
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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 consider it odd that there should come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among yourselves, so that he may warn you? Remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah, and increased you vastly in creation. So remember Allah’s bounties so that you may be felicitous.’
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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 said, ‘Have you come to [tell] us that we should worship Allah alone and abandon what our fathers have been worshiping? Then bring us what you threaten us with, should you be truthful.’
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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 said, ‘Punishment and wrath from your Lord has become due against you. Do you dispute with me regarding names, which you have named—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority? So wait! I too am waiting along 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 delivered him and those who were with him by a mercy from Us, and We rooted out those who denied Our signs and were not faithful.
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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 And to [the people of] Thamud [We sent] Salih, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you. Let her alone to graze [freely] in Allah’s land, and do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by a painful punishment.
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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 when He made you successors after [the people of] ‘Ad, and settled you in the land: you build palaces in its plains, and hew houses out of the mountains. So remember Allah’s bounties, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’
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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 elite of his people who were arrogant said to those who were oppressed—to those among them who had faith—‘Do you know that Salih has been sent by his Lord?’ They said, ‘We indeed believe in what he has been sent with.’
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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 said, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have believed.’
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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 So they hamstrung the She-camel and defied the command of their Lord, and they said, ‘O Salih, bring us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the apostles.’
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ fa-akhadhat-humur rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn Thereupon the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.
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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 So he abandoned them [to their fate], and said, ‘O my people! Certainly I communicated to you the message of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher, but you did not like well-wishers.’
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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 Lot, when he said to his people, ‘What! Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you?!
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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 Indeed you come to men with desire instead of women! Indeed, you are a profligate lot.’
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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 But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illam-ra-atahu kānat minal ghābirīn Thereupon We delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was one of those who remained behind.
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ wa-amṭarnā `alayhim maṭarā ۖ fanẓur kayfa kāna `āqibatul mujrimīn Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. So observe how was the fate of the guilty!
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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 And to [the people of] Midian [We sent] Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. Observe fully the measure and the balance, and do not cheat the people of their goods, and do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration. That is better for you, if you are faithful.
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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 And do not lie in wait on every road to threaten and bar those who have faith in Him from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked. Remember when you were few, and He multiplied you, and observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption.
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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 a group of you have believed in what I have been sent with, and a group have not believed, be patient until Allah judges between us, and He is the best of 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 elite of his people who were arrogant said, ‘O Shu'ayb, we will surely expel you and the faithful who are with you from our town, or else you shall revert to our creed.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we should be unwilling?!
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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 would be fabricating a lie against Allah should we revert to your creed after Allah had delivered us from it. It does not behoove us to return to it, unless Allah, our Lord, should wish so. Our Lord embraces all things in [His] knowledge. In Allah we have put our trust.’ ‘Our Lord! Judge justly between us and our people, and You are the best of judges!’
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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 elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘If you follow Shu'ayb, you will indeed be losers.’
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ fa-akhadhat-humur rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.
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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 Those who impugned Shu'ayb became as if they had never lived there. Those who impugned Shu‘ayb were themselves the losers.
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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 he abandoned them [to their fate] and said, ‘O my people! Certainly, I communicated to you the messages of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher. So how should I grieve for a faithless lot?’
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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 We did not send a prophet to any town without visiting its people with stress and distress so that they might entreat [for Allah’s forgiveness].
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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 Then We changed the ill [conditions] to good until they multiplied [in numbers] and said, ‘Adversity and ease befell our fathers [too].’ Then We seized them suddenly while they were unaware.
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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 If the people of the towns had been faithful and Godwary, We would have opened to them blessings from the heaven and the earth. But they denied; so We seized them because of what they used to earn.
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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 Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at night while they are asleep?
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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 Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at midday while they are playing around?
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أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ afa-aminū makrallāh ۚ falā ya-manu makrallāhi illal-qawmul khāsirūn Do they feel secure from Allah’s devising? No one feels secure from Allah’s devising except the people who are losers.
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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 Does it not dawn upon those who inherited the earth after its [former] inhabitants that if We wish We will punish them for their sins, and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear?
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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 are the towns some of whose accounts We recount to you. Their apostles certainly brought them manifest proofs, but they were not the ones to believe in what they had denied earlier. Thus does Allah put a seal on the hearts of the faithless.
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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 in most of them any [loyalty to] covenants. Indeed, We found most of them to be transgressors.
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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 Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite, but they wronged them. So observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption!
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وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ waqāla mūsā yāfir`awnu innī rasūlun min rabbil `ālamīn And Moses said, ‘O Pharaoh, I am indeed an apostle from 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 It behooves me to say nothing about Allah except the truth. I certainly bring you a manifest proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go 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, produce it, should you be truthful.’
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ fa-alqā `aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thu`bānun mubīn Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it became a manifest python.
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ wanaza`a yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍā-u linnāẓirīn Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the onlookers.
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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 elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This is indeed an expert magician;
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ yurīdu an yukhrijakum min arḍikum ۖ famādhā ta-murūn he seeks to expel you from your 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 for a while, and send heralds to the cities,
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَـٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ ya-tūka bikulli sāḥirin `alīm to bring you every expert magician.’
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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 And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, ‘We shall indeed have a reward if we were to be the victors?’
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ qāla na`am wa innakum laminal muqarrabīn He said, ‘Of course! And indeed you shall be among those near [to me].’
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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 They said, ‘O Moses, will you throw [first], or shall we throw?’
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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 He said, ‘Throw [yours].’ So when they threw, they bewitched the people’s eyes and overawed them, producing a tremendous magic.
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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 And We signalled to Moses: ‘Throw down your staff.’ And behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.
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فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ fawaqa`al ḥaqqu wabaṭala mā kānū ya`malūn So the truth came out, and what they had wrought was reduced to naught.
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فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ faghulibū hunālika wanqalabū ṣāghirīn Thereat they were vanquished, and they retreated, humiliated.
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وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ wa-ulqiyas saḥaratu sājidīn And the magicians fell down in prostration.
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qālū āmannā birabbil `ālamīn They said, ‘We have believed 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 Pharaoh said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I may permit you? It is indeed a plot you have devised in the city to expel its people from it. Soon you will know [the consequences]!
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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 Surely I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and then I will surely crucify all of you.’
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ qālū innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn They said, ‘Indeed we shall return 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 You are vindictive toward us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord, when they came to us.’ ‘Our Lord! Pour patience upon us, and grant us to die as Muslims.’
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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 The elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land, and to abandon you and your gods?’ He said, ‘We will kill their sons and spare their women, and indeed we are dominant over 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 Moses said to his people, ‘Turn to Allah for help and be patient. The earth indeed belongs to Allah, and He gives its inheritance to whomever He wishes of His servants, and the outcome will be in favour of the Godwary.’
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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 tormented before you came to us and [also] after you came to us.’ He said, ‘Maybe your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land, and then He will see how you act.’
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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 Certainly We afflicted Pharaoh’s clan with droughts and loss of produce, so that they may take admonition.
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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 But whenever any good came to them, they would say, ‘This is our due.’ And if any ill visited them, they took it for ill omens attending Moses and those who were with him. (Look! Indeed the cause of their ill omens is from Allah, but most of them do not know.)
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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 And they said, ‘Whatever sign you may bring us to bewitch us, we are not going to believe 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 sent against them a flood and locusts, lice, frogs and blood, as distinct signs. But they acted arrogantly, and they were a guilty lot.
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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 Whenever a plague fell upon them, they would say, ‘O Moses, invoke your Lord for us by the covenant He has made with you. If you remove the plague from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go along 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 when We had removed the plague from them until a term that they should have completed, behold, they broke their promise.
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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 they denied Our signs and were oblivious to 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 made the people who were abased the heirs to the east and west of the land which We had blessed, and your Lord’s best word [of promise] was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience, and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had built and what they used to erect.
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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 We carried the Children of Israel across the sea, whereat they came upon a people cleaving to certain idols that they had. They said, ‘O Moses, make for us a god like the gods that they have.’ He said, ‘You are indeed an ignorant lot.
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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 What they are engaged in is indeed bound to perish, and what they have been doing shall come to naught.’
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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qāla aghayrallāhi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum `alal-`ālamīn He said, ‘Shall I find you a god other than Allah, while He has graced you over all the nations?’
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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 And when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan who inflicted on you a terrible torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women, and there was a great test in that 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 with Moses for thirty nights, and completed them with ten [more]; thus the tryst of his Lord was completed in forty nights. And Moses said to Aaron, his brother, ‘Be my successor among my people, and set things right and do not follow the way of the agents of corruption.’
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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 Our tryst and his Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘My Lord, show [Yourself] to me, that I may look at You!’ He said, ‘You shall not see Me. But look at the mountain: if it abides in its place, then you will see Me.’ So when his Lord disclosed Himself to the mountain, He levelled it, and Moses fell down swooning. When he recovered, he said, ‘Immaculate are You! I turn to You in penitence, and I am the first of the faithful.’
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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 He said, ‘O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My speech. So take what I give you, and be among the 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 We wrote for him in the tablets advice concerning all things and an elaboration of all things, [and We said], ‘Hold on to them with power, and bid your people to hold on to the best of [what is in] them. Soon I shall show you the abode of the transgressors.
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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 Soon I shall turn away from My signs those who are unduly arrogant in the earth: [even] though they should see every sign, they will not believe in it, and if they see the way of rectitude they will not take it as [their] way, and if they see the way of error they will take it as [their] way. That is because they deny Our signs and are oblivious to 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 Those who deny Our signs and the encounter of the Hereafter, their works have failed. Shall they not be requited for what they used to do?
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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 The people of Moses took up in his absence a calf [cast] from their ornaments—a body that gave out a lowing sound. Did they not regard that it did not speak to them, nor did it guide them to any way? They took it up [for worship] and they were wrongdoers.
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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 But when they became remorseful and realised they had gone astray, they said, ‘Should our Lord have no mercy on us, and forgive us, we will be surely among the losers.’
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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, angry and indignant, he said, ‘Evil has been your conduct in my absence! Would you hasten on the edict of your Lord?’ He threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, pulling him towards himself. He said, ‘Son of my mother, indeed this people thought me to be weak, and they were about to kill me. So do not let the enemies gloat over me, and do not take me with the wrongdoing lot.’
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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 He said, ‘My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful.
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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 Indeed those who took up the calf [for worship] shall be overtaken by their Lord’s wrath and abasement in the life of the world.’ Thus do We requite the fabricators [of 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 [to] those who commit misdeeds but repent after that, and believe—indeed, after that, your Lord shall surely be all-forgiving, all-merciful.
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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 Moses’ indignation abated, he picked up the tablets whose inscriptions contained guidance and mercy for those who are in awe of 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 men from his people for Our tryst, and when the earthquake seized them, he said, ‘My Lord, had You wished, You would have destroyed them and me before. Will You destroy us because of what the fools amongst us have done? It is only Your test, by which You lead astray whomever You wish and guide whomever You wish. You are our master, so forgive us and have mercy on us, for You are the best of those who forgive.
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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 And appoint goodness for us in this world and the Hereafter, for indeed we have come back to You.’ Said He, ‘I visit My punishment on whomever I wish, but My mercy embraces all things. Soon I shall appoint it for those who are Godwary and give the zakat and those who believe in Our 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 —those who follow the Apostle, the untaught prophet, whose mention they find written with them in the Torah and the Evangel, who bids them to do what is right and forbids them from what is wrong, makes lawful to them all the good things and forbids them from all vicious things, and relieves them of their burdens and the shackles that were upon them—those who believe in him, honour him, and help him and follow the light that has been sent down with him, they are the felicitous.’
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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 mankind! I am the Apostle of Allah to you all, [of Him] to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.’ So have faith in Allah and His Apostle, the untaught prophet, who has faith in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided.
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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 nation who guide [the people] by the truth and do justice thereby.
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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 split them up into twelve tribal communities, and We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water, [saying], ‘Strike the rock with your staff,’ whereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it. Every tribe came to know its drinking-place. And We shaded them with clouds, and We sent down to them manna and quails: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided you.’ And they did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong [only] 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 they were told, ‘Settle in this town and eat thereof whence you wish; and say, ‘‘Relieve [us of the burden of our sins],’’ and enter prostrating at the gate, that We may forgive your iniquities, and soon We shall enhance the virtuous.’
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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 But the wrongdoers changed the saying with other than what they had been told. So We sent against them a plague from the sky because of the wrongs they used to commit.
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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 Ask them about the town that was situated on the seaside, when they violated the Sabbath, when their fish would come to them on the Sabbath day, visibly on the shore, but on days when they were not keeping Sabbath they would not come to them. Thus did We test them because of the transgressions they used to commit.
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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 group of them said, ‘Why do you advise a people whom Allah will destroy, or punish with a severe punishment?’ They said, ‘As an excuse before your Lord, and [with the hope] that they may be Godwary.’
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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 So when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We delivered those who forbade evil [conduct] and seized the wrongdoers with a terrible punishment because of the transgressions they used to commit.
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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 defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’
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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 when your Lord proclaimed that He would surely send against them, until the Day of Resurrection, those who would inflict on them a terrible punishment. Indeed your Lord is swift in retribution, and indeed, He is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
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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 into communities around the earth: some of them were righteous, and some of them otherwise, and We tested them with good and bad [times] so that they may come 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 they were succeeded by an evil posterity, which inherited the Book: they grab the transitory gains of this lower world, and say, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ And if similar transitory gains were to come their way, they would grab them too. Was not the covenant of the Book taken with them that they shall not attribute anything to Allah except the truth? They have studied what is in it, and [know that] the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are Godwary. Do you not exercise your reason?
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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 hold fast to the Book and maintain the prayer—indeed, We do not waste the reward of those who bring about reform.
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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 When We plucked the mountain [and held it] above them as if it were a canopy (and they thought it was about to fall on them): ‘Hold on with power to what We have given you and remember that which is in it, so that you may be Godwary.’
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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 took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them bear witness over themselves, [He said to them,] ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes indeed! We bear witness.’ [This,] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed we were unaware 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 you should say, ‘Our fathers ascribed partners [to Allah] before [us] and we were descendants after them. Will You then destroy us because of what the falsifiers have done?’
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ wakadhālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti wala`allahum yarji`ūn Thus do We elaborate the signs, so that they may come back.
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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 an account of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he cast them off. Thereupon Satan pursued him, and he became one of the perverse.
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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 Had We wished, We would have surely raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his [base] desires. So his parable is that of a dog: if you make for it, it lolls out its tongue, and if you let it alone, it lolls out its tongue. Such is the parable of the people who deny Our signs. So recount these narratives, so that they may 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 parable of the people 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 Whomever Allah guides is rightly guided, and whomever He leads astray—it is they who are the losers.
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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 Certainly We have winnowed out for hell many of the jinn and humans: they have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle; indeed, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.
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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 To Allah belong the Best Names, so supplicate Him by them, and abandon those who commit sacrilege in His names. Soon they shall be requited for what they used to do.
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وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ wa mimman khalaqnā ummatun yahdūna bil ḥaqqi wabihi ya`dilūn Among those We have created are a nation who guide by the truth and do justice thereby.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ wal ladhīna kadhhabū bi-āyātinā sanastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā ya`lamūn As for those who deny Our signs, We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ wa-umlī lahum ۚ inna kaydī matīn And I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.
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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 reflected that there is no madness in their companion, [and that] he is just a manifest warner?
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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 dominions of the heavens and the earth, and whatever things Allah has created, and that maybe their time has already drawn near? So what discourse will they believe after this?!
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مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ ۚ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ man yuḍlilillāhu falā hādiya lah ۚ wayadharuhum fī ṭughyānihim ya`mahūn Whomever Allah leads astray has no guide, and He leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.
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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 question you concerning the Hour, when will it set in? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord: none except Him shall manifest it at its time. It will weigh heavy on the heavens and the earth. It will not overtake you but suddenly.’ They ask you as if you were in the know of it. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah, 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 Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself, nor [over] any harm except what Allah may wish. Had I known the Unseen, I would have acquired much good, and no ill would have befallen me. I am only a warner and bearer of good news to a people who have faith.’
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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 soul, and made from it its mate, that he might find comfort with her. So when he had covered her, she bore a light burden and passed [some time] with it. When she had grown heavy, they both invoked Allah, their Lord: ‘If You give us a healthy [child], we will be surely 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 Then when He gave them a healthy [child], they ascribed partners to Him in what He had given them. Exalted is Allah above [having] any partners that 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 ascribe [to Him] partners that create nothing and have been created themselves,
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وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ walā yastaṭī`ūna lahum naṣran walā anfusahum yanṣurūn and 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 the same to you whether you call them or whether you are silent.
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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 Indeed those whom you invoke besides Allah are creatures like you. So invoke them: they should answer you, if you are truthful.
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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 any feet to walk with? Do they have any hands to grasp with? Do they have any eyes to see with? Do they have any ears to hear with? Say, ‘Invoke your partners [that you ascribe to Allah] and try out your stratagems against me without granting me any respite.
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إِنَّ وَلِـِّۧىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ inna waliyyiyallāhul ladhī nazzalal-kitāb ۖ wahuwa yatawallaṣ ṣāliḥīn My guardian is indeed Allah who sent down the Book, and He takes care of the righteous.
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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 Those whom you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor 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 If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them facing you, but they do not see.’
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خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ khudhil `afwa wa-mur bil `urfi wa-a`riḍ `anil jāhilīn Adopt [a policy of] excusing [the faults of people], bid what is right, and turn away from the ignorant.
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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 Should a temptation from Satan disturb you, invoke the protection of Allah; indeed He is all-hearing, all-knowing.
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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 When those who are Godwary are touched by a visitation of Satan, they remember [Allah] and, behold, they perceive.
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وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ wa ikhwānuhum yamuddūnahum fil ghayyi thumma lā yuqṣirūn But their brethren, they draw them into error, and then they do not spare [any harm].
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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 When you do not bring them a sign, they say, ‘Why do you not improvise one?’ Say, ‘I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord; these are insights from your Lord, and a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.’
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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 Quran is recited, listen to it and be silent, maybe you will receive [Allah’s] mercy.
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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 And remember your Lord within your heart beseechingly and reverentially, without being loud, morning, and evening, and do not be among the heedless.
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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 ۩ Indeed those who are [stationed] near your Lord do not disdain to worship Him. They glorify Him and prostrate to Him.
