بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ sa-ala sā-ilun bi`adhābin wāqi` AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ lilkāfirīna laysa lahu dāfi` Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel --
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ minallāhi dhil ma`ārij From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ta`rujul malā-ikatu war rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhu khamsīna alfa sanah To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا faṣbir ṣabran jamīlā So persevere with becoming patience.
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا innahum yarawnahu ba`īdā They surely take it to be far away,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا wanarāhu qarībā But We see it very near.
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ yawma takūnus samā-u kal muhl The day the sky becomes like molten brass,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ watakūnul jibālu kal `ihn The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا walā yas-alu ḥamīmun ḥamīmā And no friend inquires after friend
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ yubaṣṣarūnahum ۚ yawaddul mujrimu law yaftadī min `adhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīh Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīh His wife and his brother,
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ wafaṣīlatihil latī tu-wyh And his family who had stood by him,
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ wa man fil-arḍi jamī`an thumma yunjīh And all those who are on the earth, to save himself.
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ kallā ۖ innahā laẓā But never. It is pure white flame
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ nazzā`atan lishhawā That would skin the scalp.
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ tad`ū man adbara watawallā It will summon whoever turns his back and flees,
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ wajama`a fa-aw`ā Who amasses and then hoards.
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا innal-insāna khuliqa halū`ā Surely man is greedy by nature.
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا idhā massahush sharru jazū`ā If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا wa idhā massahul khayru manū`ā If good comes to him he holds back his hand,
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ illal-muṣallīn Except those who closely follow (the Book of God),
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ alladhīna hum `alā ṣalātihim dā-imūn Who persevere in devotion,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ wal ladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun ma`lūm In whose wealth a due share is included
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ lissā-ili wal maḥrūm For the needy and those dispossessed,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ wal ladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmid dīn And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ wal ladhīna hum min `adhābi rabbihim mushfiqūn And those who fear the punishment of their Lord, --
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ inna `adhāba rabbihim ghayru ma-mūn Surely no one can be secure from the punishment of his Lord, --
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ wal ladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn And those who guard their sex except from their wives and women slaves of old
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ illā `alā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn Are free of blame,
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ famanib-taghā warā-a dhālika fa-ulā-ika humul `ādūn But those who seek more than this will be transgressors;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ wal ladhīna hum li-amānātihim wa`ahdihim rā`ūn And those who fulfil their trusts and covenants,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ wal ladhīna hum bishahādātihim qā-imūn Who uphold their testimonies,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ wal ladhīna hum `alā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūn And those who are mindful of their moral obligations.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ ulā-ika fī jannātin mukramūn They will live in gardens with honour.
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ famālil ladhīna kafarū qibalaka muhṭi`īn What is the matter with unbelievers that they stare at you with fixed gazes and hasten towards you
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ `anil yamīni wa`anish shimāli `izīn In crowds, right and left?
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ ayaṭma`u kullum-ri-in minhum an yudkhala jannata na`īm Does every one of them wish to enter the garden of tranquility?
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ kallā ۖ innā khalaqnāhum mimmā ya`lamūn Never so. We have created them from what they know.
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ falā uqsimu birabbil mashāriqi wal maghāribi innā laqādirūn So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ `alā an nubaddila khayran minhum wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ fadharhum yakhūḍū wayal`abū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul ladhī yū`adūn So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ yawma yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi sirā`an ka-annahum ilā nuṣubiy yūfiḍūn The day when they will come out of their graves in all haste as though rushing to their altars,
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ khāshi`atan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillah ۚ dhālikal yawmul ladhī kānū yū`adūn Eyes lowered, shame attending. That is the day they have been promised!
