بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا wan nāzi`āti gharqā I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag,
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وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا wan nāshiṭāti nashṭā And those who undo the bonds gently,
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وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا was sābiḥāti sabḥā And those who glide swimmingly,
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فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا fas sābiqāti sabqā Then outpace the others swiftly
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فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا fal mudabbirāti amrā And direct affairs by command,
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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ yawma tarjufur rājifah The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ tatba`uhar rādifah Followed by the second blast,
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قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifah Hearts will pound loudly on that day,
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أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ abṣāruhā khāshi`ah Eyes be lowered in submission.
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fil ḥāfirah They say: "Shall we go back to our original state
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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً a-idhā kunnā `iẓāman nakhirah After having turned to carious bones?"
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قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss."
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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidah It will only be a single blast,
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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ fa-idhā hum bis sāhirah And they will wake up suddenly.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā Has the story of Moses come to you
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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil wādil muqaddasi ṭuwā When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale?
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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ idh-hab ilā fir`awna innahu ṭaghā "Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory,
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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)?
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him.'"
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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ fa-arāhul-āyatal kubrā So he showed him the greater sign;
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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ fakadhhaba wa`aṣā But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed.
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ thumma adbara yas`ā Then he turned away, deliberating,
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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ faḥashara fanādā And assembled (his council) and proclaimed,
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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ faqāla ana rabbukumul-a`lā Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all."
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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ fa-akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ inna fī dhālika la`ibratan liman yakhshā Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences).
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا a-antum ashaddu khalqan amis samā-u ۚ banāhā Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it,
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day;
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ wal-arḍa ba`da dhālika daḥāhā And afterwards spread out the earth.
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا akhraja minhā mā-ahā wa mar`āhā He brought out its water and its pastures from it,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا wal jibāla arsāhā And stabilized the mountains
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مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ matā`al lakum wali-an`āmikum As convenience for you and your cattle.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ fa-idhā jā-atiṭ ṭāmmatul kubrā When the great calamity comes,
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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā sa`ā The day when man remembers all that he had done,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ waburrizatil jaḥīmu liman yarā And Hell made visible to him who can see,
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ fa-ammā man ṭaghā Then he who had been rebellious
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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا wa-ātharal ḥayātad dunyā And who preferred the life of the world,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ fa-innal jaḥīma hiyal ma-wā Will surely have Hell for his abode.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahan nafsa `anil hawā But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ fa-innal jannata hiyal ma-wā Will surely have Paradise for abode.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا yas-alūnaka `anis sā`ati ayyāna mursāhā They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed?"
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فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ fīma anta min dhikrāhā What do you have to do with explaining it?
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ilā rabbika muntahāhā The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord.
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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā Your duty is only to warn him who fears it.
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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā `ashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn.
