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An-Naml (#27)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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طسٓ ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ ṭā sīn ۚ tilka āyātul qur-āni wakitābin mubīn TA SIN. THESE are the verses of the Qur'an, and collection of explicit laws,
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هُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ hudan wabushrā lil-mu-minīn A guidance and good tidings for the believers,
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ alladhīna yuqīmūnaṣ ṣalāta wayu-tūnaz zakāta wahum bil-ākhirati hum yūqinūn Who fulfil their devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and believe with certainty in the life to come.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ innal ladhīna lā yu-minūna bil-ākhirati zayyannā lahum a`mālahum fahum ya`mahūn We make their deeds attractive to those who do not believe in the Hereafter, so that they may wander in perplexity.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ ulā-ikal ladhīna lahum sū-ul `adhābi wahum fil-ākhirati humul-akhsarūn They are those who will suffer the worst chastisement in this life, and will be the greatest losers in the life to come.
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وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ wa innaka latulaqqal qur-āna min ladun ḥakīmin `alīm You have been conveyed the Qur'an from One all-wise and all-knowing.
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إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ idh qāla mūsā li-ahlihi innī ānastu nāran sa-ātīkum minhā bikhabarin aw ātīkum bishihābin qabasin la`allakum taṣṭalūn (Remember) when Moses said to his family: "I see a fire. I shall bring you news from it, or bring an ember that you may warm yourselves."
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِىَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ falammā jā-ahā nūdiya an būrika man fin nāri wa man ḥawlahā wasubḥānallāhi rabbil `ālamīn But when he reached it, a voice called out: "Blessed is He who is in the fire and all around it. Praised be God, the Lord of all the worlds.
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يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ yāmūsā innahu anallāhul `azīzul ḥakīm O Moses, I am that God, the mighty and all-wise.
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وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ wa-alqi `aṣāk ۚ falammā ra-āhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mudbiran walam yu`aqqib ۚ yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayyal mursalūn Throw down your staff." When he saw it wriggling like a serpent he turned his back and fled without turning (to look). "O Moses," (said the voice), "be not fearful. Surely those sent as messengers do not fear in My presence,
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إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ illā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥusnan ba`da sū-in fa-innī ghafūrun raḥīm Except those who do some wrong but afterwards do good to make up for the wrong. And I am forgiving and merciful.
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وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ۖ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَـٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ wa-adkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍā-a min ghayri sū-ī ۖ fī tis`i āyātin ilā fir`awna waqawmih ۚ innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn Put your hand in the bosom of your shirt; it will come out white without any blemish. This will be one of nine tokens for the Pharaoh and his people, who are a wicked lot indeed."
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ falammā jā-at hum āyātunā mubṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥrun mubīn And when Our signs came as distinct proofs, they said: "This is only magic."
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وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا ۚ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ wajaḥadū bihā wastayqanat-hā anfusuhum ẓul-man wa`uluwwā ۚ fanẓur kayfa kāna `āqibatul mufsidīn And they denied them out of malice and pride, though in their hearts they believed that they were true. So see how was the end of evil-doers!
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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ عِلْمًا ۖ وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ walaqad ātaynā dāwūda wasulaymāna `il-mā ۖ waqālal ḥamdu lillāhil ladhī faḍḍalanā `alā kathīrin min `ibādihil mu-minīn We gave David and Solomon knowledge; and they said: "All praise be to God who has favoured us over many of His creatures who believe."
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وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ wawaritha sulaymānu dāwūd ۖ waqāla yā-ayyuhan nāsu `ullimnā manṭiqaṭ ṭayri wa-ūtīnā min kulli shay-ī ۖ inna hādhā lahuwal faḍlul mubīn Solomon was heir to David, and he said: "O people, we have been taught the language of Tair, and have been given of everything. This is a clear favour indeed."
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وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ waḥushira lisulaymāna junūduhu minal jinni wal-insi waṭ ṭayri fahum yūza`ūn His armies of jinns and men and Tair assembled, formed into ranks, (and marched)
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ḥattā idhā ataw `alā wādin namli qālat namlatun yā-ayyuhan namlud-khulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wajunūduhu wahum lā yash`urūn Till they reached the Valley of Naml. Said the lady of Naml: "O Naml, go into your dwellings lest Solomon and his hordes should crush you unawares."
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فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِّن قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِى بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِى عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ fatabassama ḍāḥikan min qawlihā waqāla rabbi awzi`nī an ashkura ni`matakal latī an`amta `alayya wa`alā wālidayya wa-an a`mala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa-adkhilnī biraḥmatika fī `ibādikaṣ ṣāliḥīn (Solomon) smiled, amused at her speech, and said: "O Lord grant me that I should be grateful for the favours You have bestowed on me and my parents, and do good things of Your pleasing; and admit me among Your righteous devotees by Your grace."
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وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ watafaqqadaṭ ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā aral hud-huda am kāna minal ghā-ibīn When he reviewed the Tair, he said: "How is it I do not see Hud-hud? Is he absent?
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لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ la-u`adhhibannahu `adhāban shadīdan aw la-adhbaḥannahu aw laya-tiyannī bisulṭānin mubīn I will punish him severely, or cut his throat, unless he bring a valid excuse."
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فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ famakatha ghayra ba`īdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihi waji-tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqīn But he was not long in coming, and reported: "I have been around where you have not been. I come from Saba with positive news.
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إِنِّى وَجَدتُّ ٱمْرَأَةً تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَأُوتِيَتْ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِيمٌ innī wajadtum-ra-atan tamlikuhum wa-ūtiyat min kulli shay-in walahā `arshun `aẓīm I found a woman reigning over them, and she has been favoured with everything; and she has a throne that is magnificent.
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وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ wajadtuhā waqawmahā yasjudūna lishhamsi min dūnillāhi wazayyana lahumush shayṭānu a`mālahum faṣaddahum `anis sabīli fahum lā yahtadūn I found that she and her people worship the sun in place of God, for Satan has made their deeds look attractive to them and has turned them away from the Path, so they do not find the way
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أَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى يُخْرِجُ ٱلْخَبْءَ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ allā yasjudū lillāhil ladhī yukhrijul khab a fis samāwāti wal-arḍi waya`lamu mā tukhfūna wa mā tu`linūn To worship God who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and is cognisant of what you hide and what you disclose.
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ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۩ allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul `arshil `aẓīm ۩ God: There is no god but He, the Lord of the glorious throne."
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قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ qāla sananẓuru aṣadaqta am kunta minal kādhibīn (Solomon) said: 'We shall see if you speak the truth or you are a liar.
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ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَـٰبِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ idh-hab bikitābī hādhā fa-alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla `anhum fanẓur mādhā yarji`ūn Take this letter from me, and deliver it to them and withdraw, then see what reply they give in return."
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قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَـٰبٌ كَرِيمٌ qālat yā-ayyuhal mala-u innī ulqiya ilayya kitābun karīm (The Queen said): "O nobles, a venerable letter has been delivered to me.
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إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَإِنَّهُۥ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ innahu min sulaymāna wa innahu bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm It is from Solomon, and (says): 'In the name of Allah, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim.
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أَلَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ allā ta`lū `alayya wa-tūnī muslimīn Do not rise against me, but come to me in submission.'
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قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ qālat yā-ayyuhal mala-u aftūnī fī amrī mā kuntu qāṭi`atan amran ḥattā tash-hadūn ." Advise me, O nobles," she said "in this matter. I do not decide any thing until you concur."
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قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ qālū naḥnu ulū quwwatin wa-ulū ba-sin shadīdin wal-amru ilayki fanẓurī mādhā ta-murīn They said: "We are men of valour, and brave fighters. It is for you to decide. So consider what you should command."
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قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ qālat innal mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā waja`alū a`izzata ahlihā adhillah ۖ wakadhālika yaf`alūn She said: "Surely when kings enter a city they destroy it and despoil the honour of its nobility. So will they do (to us).
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وَإِنِّى مُرْسِلَةٌ إِلَيْهِم بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنَاظِرَةٌۢ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ wa innī mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanāẓiratun bima yarji`ul mursalūn But I will send them a gift and see what the envoys bring back (in return)."
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُم بَلْ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ falammā jā-a sulaymāna qāla atumiddūnani bimālin famā ātāniyallāhu khayrun mimmā ātākum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥūn So, when the envoys came to Solomon he said: "Do you wish to increase my wealth? Yet what God has given me is better than what He has given you. No. Be gratified in your present.
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ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَـٰغِرُونَ irji` ilayhim falana-tiyannahum bijunūdin lā qibala lahum bihā walanukhrijannahum minhā adhillatan wahum ṣāghirūn Go back to them. We shall soon come with our armies which they will not be able to face. We shall drive them out of (the land) with ignominy, and they will be humbled."
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قَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ qāla yā-ayyuhal mala-u ayyukum ya-tīnī bi`arshihā qabla an ya-tūnī muslimīn He (then) said (to his courtiers): "O you nobles, is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
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قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ ۖ وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ qāla `ifrītun minal jinni ana ātīka bihi qabla an taqūma min maqāmik ۖ wa innī `alayhi laqawiyyun amīn A crafty jinn said: "I will bring it before you rise from your seat, for I am strong and trustworthy."
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قَالَ ٱلَّذِى عِندَهُۥ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّى غَنِىٌّ كَرِيمٌ qālal ladhī `indahu `il-mun minal kitābi ana ātīka bihi qabla an yartadda ilayka ṭarfuk ۚ falammā ra-āhu mustaqirran `indahu qāla hādhā min faḍli rabbī liyabluwanī a-ashkuru am akfur ۖ wa man shakara fa-innamā yashkuru linafsih ۖ wa man kafara fa-inna rabbī ghaniyyun karīm But one who had knowledge of the letter, said: "I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye." When Solomon saw it before him, (he said): "This is by the grace of my Lord that He may test me whether I am grateful or I am thankless. Yet if one is grateful, he is grateful for himself, and if one is thankless, then surely my Lord is unconcerned and magnanimous."
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قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ qāla nakkirū lahā `arshahā nanẓur atahtadī am takūnu minal ladhīna lā yahtadūn (Turning to his nobles) he said: "Change the appearance of her throne. Let us see if she is rightly guided, or is not guided at all."
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَـٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ falammā jā-at qīla ahākadhā `arshuk ۖ qālat ka-annahu huw ۚ wa-ūtīnal `il-ma min qablihā wakunnā muslimīn When she arrived, they asked her: "Is your throne like this?" She said: "As though this is it. We had come to have knowledge and already submitted."
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وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ waṣaddahā mā kānat ta`budu min dūnillāh ۖ innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīn She was (in fact) turned away by what she worshipped other than God, for she came of an unbelieving people.
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قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ qīla lahad-khuliṣ ṣarḥ ۖ falammā ra-at-hu ḥasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat `an sāqayhā ۚ qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīr ۗ qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu ma`a sulaymāna lillāhi rabbil `ālamīn She was invited to enter the court. When she saw it, she took it for a sheet of water, and (pulling up her skirts) uncovered her legs. (Solomon) told her: "This is paved with tiles of glass." "O Lord," she said, "I have wronged myself, and I submit to the Lord of all the worlds with Solomon."
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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ walaqad arsalnā ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan ani'-budullāha fa-idhā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimūn We sent to Thamud their brother Saleh (who said): "Worship God." But they were divided into two groups disputing with one another.
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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ qāla yāqawmi lima tasta`jilūna bis sayyi-ati qablal-ḥasanah ۖ lawlā tastaghfirūnallāha la`allakum turḥamūn (Saleh) said: "O people, why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good? Why not ask for God's forgiveness? You may well be forgiven."
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قَالُوا۟ ٱطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَـٰٓئِرُكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ qāluṭ-ṭayyarnā bika wabiman ma`ak ۚ qāla ṭā-irukum `indallāh ۖ bal antum qawmun tuftanūn They said: "You betoken evil, and those with you." (Saleh) replied: "The evil you presage can only come from God. In reality you are a people under trial (for your own inauspiciousness)."
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وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ wakāna fil madīnati tis`atu rahṭiy yufsidūna fil-arḍi walā yuṣliḥūn There were in that city nine persons who spread disorder in the land, and did not reform.
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قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ qālū taqāsamū billāhi lanubayyitannahu wa-ahlahu thumma lanaqūlanna liwaliyyihi mā shahidnā mahlika ahlihi wa innā laṣādiqūn They said: "Let us swear by God that we will attack Saleh and his family at night, and later tell his heirs: 'We did not see his family destroyed, and we speak the truth.'"
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وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ wa makarū makran wa makarnā makran wahum lā yash`urūn They hatched up the plot; We also planned without their knowledge.
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فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ fanẓur kayfa kāna `āqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum waqawmahum ajma`īn Now see the end of their machinations: We destroyed them and their entire people.
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فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ fatilka buyūtuhum khāwiyatan bimā ẓalamū ۗ inna fī dhālika la-āyatan liqawmiy ya`lamūn So these their habitations lie deserted now because of their iniquities. Verily there is a sign in this for those who understand.
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وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ wa-anjaynal ladhīna āmanū wakānū yattaqūn We deliver those who believe and take heed for themselves.
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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ walūṭan idh qāla liqawmihi ata-tūnal fāḥishata wa-antum tubṣirūn (Remember) Lot, when he said to his people: "Why do you indulge in obscenities when you know (it is evil)?
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أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ a-innakum lata-tūnar rijāla shahwatan min dūnin nisā-i ۚ bal antum qawmun tajhalūn You lust after men in place of women. You are indeed a stolid people."
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فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijū āla lūṭin min qaryatikum ۖ innahum unāsun yataṭahharūn His people had no answer except saying: "Expel the family of Lot from your city. They are a people who would (rather) be pure!"
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَـٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illam-ra-atahu qaddarnāhā minal ghābirīn So We saved him and his family except his wife who was destined to stay behind.
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ wa-amṭarnā `alayhim maṭarā ۖ fasā-a maṭarul mundharīn And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!
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قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ qulil ḥamdu lillāhi wasalāmun `alā `ibādihil ladhīnaṣ-ṭafā ۗ ālllāhu khayrun ammā yushrikūn Say: "All praise be to God, and peace on those of His creatures whom He has chosen." Is God better or those they associate with Him --
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أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ amman khalaqas samāwāti wal-arḍa wa-anzala lakum minas samā-i mā-an fa-anbatnā bihi ḥadā-iqa dhāta bahjatim mā kāna lakum an tunbitū shajarahā ۗ a-ilāhun ma`allāh ۚ bal hum qawmun ya`dilūn Who created the heavens and the earth, who sends down water from the sky for you, with which He causes graceful gardens to grow? It was not in your power to make trees germinate. Is there any other god along with God. In fact they are a people who turn away (from the truth).
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أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَـٰلَهَآ أَنْهَـٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ amman ja`alal-arḍa qarāran waja`ala khilālahā anhāran waja`ala lahā rawāsiya waja`ala baynal baḥrayni ḥājizā ۗ a-ilāhun ma`allāh ۚ bal aktharuhum lā ya`lamūn Who then made the earth a habitable place, and made the rivers (flow) in its valleys and dales, and placed upon it firm stabilisers, and kept a barrier between two bodies of water? Is there any other god along with God? In reality most of them do not know.
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أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ amman yujībul muḍṭarra idhā da`āhu wayakshifus sū a wayaj`alukum khulafā-al-arḍ ۗ a-ilāhun ma`allāh ۚ qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn Who hears the cry of the anguished (soul) when it calls to Him, and relieves its suffering? And who made you trustees on the earth? Is there any other god along with God? How little it is that you reflect!
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أَمَّن يَهْدِيكُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَن يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ تَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ amman yahdīkum fī ẓulumātil barri wal baḥri wa man yursilur riyāḥa bushran bayna yaday raḥmatih ۗ a-ilāhun ma`allāh ۚ ta`ālallāhu `ammā yushrikūn Who then really shows you the way in the darkness of the desert and the sea? And who sends breezes bringing news of His benevolence? Is there any other god along with God? He is far too exalted for what they associate with Him!
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أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ amman yabda-ul khalqa thumma yu`īduhu wa man yarzuqukum minas samā-i wal-arḍ ۗ a-ilāhun ma`allāh ۚ qul hātū burhānakum in kuntum ṣādiqīn Who creates first then reverts it? And who gives you provision from the heavens and the earth? Is there any other god along with God? Tell them: "Bring your proof, if you are truthful."
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قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ qul lā ya`lamu man fis samāwāti wal-arḍil ghayba illallāh ۚ wa mā yash`urūna ayyāna yub`athūn Say: "No one in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unknown except God, nor can they know when they will be raised again.
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بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ balid-dāraka `il-muhum fil-ākhirah ۚ bal hum fī shakkin minhā ۖ bal hum minhā `amūn Still less do they comprehend the life to come. In fact they are in doubt about it. Still more, they are blind to it."
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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ waqālal ladhīna kafarū a-idhā kunnā turāban wa-ābā-unā a-innā lamukhrajūn Those who do not believe, say: "When we and our fathers have turned to dust, how shall we be raised again?
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لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ laqad wu`idnā hādhā naḥnu wa-ābā-unā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn Indeed we and our fathers had been promised this before. It is nothing but the earlier people's lore."
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قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ qul sīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna `āqibatul mujrimīn Say: "Travel in the land and see how (bad) was the end of sinners."
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وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ walā taḥzan `alayhim walā takun fī ḍayqin mimmā yamkurūn Do not grieve over them, and do not be distressed by what they contrive.
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ wayaqūlūna matā hādhal wa`du in kuntum ṣādiqīn Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth."
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قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ qul `asā an yakūna radifa lakum ba`ḍul ladhī tasta`jilūn Say: "Perhaps some of what you wish to hasten is right behind you."
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ wa inna rabbaka ladhū faḍlin `alan nāsi walākinna aktharahum lā yashkurūn Verily your Lord is gracious to men, though most men are ungrateful.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ wa inna rabbaka laya`lamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa mā yu`linūn Verily your Lord knows what lies hidden in their breasts and what they disclose.
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وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ wa mā min ghā-ibatin fis samā-i wal-arḍi illā fī kitābin mubīn There is nothing of the hidden in the heavens and the earth that is not recorded in the luminous Book.
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكْثَرَ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ inna hādhal qur-āna yaquṣṣu `alā banī isrā-iyla aktharal ladhī hum fīhi yakhtalifūn Indeed this Qur'an explains to the children of Israel much of what they are at variance.
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ wa innahu lahudan waraḥmatun lil-mu-minīn It is a guidance and grace for those who believe.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ inna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum biḥukmih ۚ wahuwal `azīzul `alīm Surely your Lord in His wisdom will decide between them. He is all-mighty and all-knowing.
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فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلْمُبِينِ fatawakkal `alallāh ۖ innaka `alal-ḥaqqil mubīn So you place your trust in God. Certainly you stand on positive truth.
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إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ innaka lā tusmi`ul mawtā walā tusmi`uṣ ṣummad du`ā-a idhā wallaw mudbirīn You cannot make the dead to listen, or the deaf to hear the call, when they have turned their backs,
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وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَـٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ wa mā anta bihādil `umyi `an ḍalālatihim ۖ in tusmi`u illā man yu-minu bi-āyātinā fahum muslimūn Nor can you lead the blind when they have gone astray. You can make none hear except those who believe in Our signs and have come to peace and submission.
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وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ wa idhā waqa`al qawlu `alayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatan minal-arḍi tukallimuhum annan nāsa kānū bi-āyātinā lā yūqinūn When the sentence will have been passed against them, We shall bring forth beastly brutes from the earth who will torment them, for men certainly do not believe Our signs.
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وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ wayawma naḥshuru min kulli ummatin fawjan mimman yukadhhibu bi-āyātinā fahum yūza`ūn The day We shall gather from every community a section of those who denied Our signs, and they will be brought (in separate groups),
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ḥattā idhā jā-ū qāla akadhhabtum bi-āyātī walam tuḥīṭū bihā `il-man ammādhā kuntum ta`malūn So that when they come (before the Lord) He will say: "Did you deny My signs without having understood them? Or what was it that you were doing?"
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وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ wawaqa`al qawlu `alayhim bimā ẓalamū fahum lā yanṭiqūn When the sentence will have been passed upon them for their wickedness, they will not be able to say a word.
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أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ alam yaraw annā ja`alnal layla liyaskunū fīhi wan nahāra mubṣirā ۚ inna fī dhālika la-āyātin liqawmiy yu-minūn Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest, the day to make things clear? Indeed there are signs in this for people who believe.
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وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ wayawma yunfakhu fiṣ ṣūri fafazi`a man fis samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi illā man shā-allāh ۚ wakullun atawhu dākhirīn The day the trumpet blast is sounded whoever is in the heavens and the earth will be terrified, save those whom God please, and all will appear before Him in abjectness.
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وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ wataral jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wahiya tamurru marras saḥāb ۚ ṣun`allāhil ladhī atqana kulla shay-ī ۚ innahu khabīrun bimā taf`alūn You will see the mountains and think they are firmly planted, but they will pass away like flying clouds: Artistry of God who perfected everything. He is indeed fully aware of what you do.
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مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ man jā-a bil ḥasanati falahu khayrun minhā wahum min faza`iy yawma-idhin āminūn Whoever comes with good (deeds) will receive better than (what he had done), and be safe that day from terror.
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وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ wa man jā-a bis sayyi-ati fakubbat wujūhuhum fin nāri hal tujzawna illā mā kuntum ta`malūn But whosoever comes with evil will be flung face forward into the Fire. Can you expect reward for any thing but what you do?
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إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْبَلْدَةِ ٱلَّذِى حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُۥ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ innamā umirtu an a`buda rabba hādhihil baldatil ladhī ḥarramahā walahu kullu shay-ī ۖ wa-umirtu an akūna minal muslimīn (Say): "I am commanded to worship the Lord of this land He has blessed, to whom all things belong; and I am commanded to be one of those who submit,
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وَأَنْ أَتْلُوَا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ wa-an atluwal qur-ān ۖ famanih-tadā fa-innamā yahtadī linafsih ۖ wa man ḍalla faqul innamā ana minal mundhirīn And to recite the Qur'an." Whoever comes to guidance does so for himself; as for him who stays astray, tell him: "I am only a warner."
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وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ waqulil ḥamdu lillāhi sayurīkum āyātihi fata`rifūnahā ۚ wa mā rabbuka bighāfilin `ammā ta`malūn Say: "All praise be to God. He will show you His signs, and you will recognise them. Your Lord is not heedless of what you do."
