Surah As Saffat
Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
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وَالصّٰۤفّٰتِ صَفًّاۙ
Waṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffā(n).
By those ˹angels˺ lined up in ranks,
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فَالزّٰجِرٰتِ زَجْرًاۙ
Faz-zājirāti zajrā(n).
and those who diligently drive ˹the clouds˺,
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فَالتّٰلِيٰتِ ذِكْرًاۙ
Fat-tāliyāti żikrā(n).
and those who recite the Reminder!
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اِنَّ اِلٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌۗ
Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid(un).
Surely your God is One!
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رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِۗ
Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā wa rabbul-masyāriq(i).
˹He is˺ the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, and the Lord of all points of sunrise.
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اِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاۤءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِيْنَةِ ِۨالْكَوَاكِبِۙ
Innā zayyannas-samā'ad-dun-yā bizīnatinil-kawākib(i).
Indeed, We have adorned the lowest heaven with the stars for decoration
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وَحِفْظًا مِّنْ كُلِّ شَيْطٰنٍ مَّارِدٍۚ
Wa ḥifẓam min kulli syaiṭānim mārid(in).
and ˹for˺ protection from every rebellious devil.
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لَا يَسَّمَّعُوْنَ اِلَى الْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰى وَيُقْذَفُوْنَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍۖ
Lā yassammā‘ūna ilal-mala'il-a‘lā wa yuqżafūna min kulli jānib(in).
They cannot listen to the highest assembly ˹of angels˺ for they are pelted from every side,
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دُحُوْرًا وَّلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَّاصِبٌ
Duḥūraw wa lahum ‘ażābuw wāṣib(un).
˹fiercely˺ driven away. And they will suffer an everlasting torment.
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اِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Illā man khaṭifal-khaṭfata fa'atba‘ahū syihābun ṡāqib(un).
But whoever manages to stealthily eavesdrop is ˹instantly˺ pursued by a piercing flare.
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فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَهُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمْ مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ۗاِنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ طِيْنٍ لَّازِبٍ
Fastaftihim ahum asyaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā, innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnil lāzib(in).
So ask them ˹O Prophet˺, which is harder to create: them or other marvels of Our creation? Indeed, We created them from a sticky clay.
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بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُوْنَ ۖ
Bal ‘ajibta wa yaskharūn(a).
In fact, you are astonished ˹by their denial˺, while they ridicule ˹you˺.
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وَاِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا لَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ ۖ
Wa iżā żukkirū lā yażkurūn(a).
When they are reminded, they are never mindful.
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وَاِذَا رَاَوْا اٰيَةً يَّسْتَسْخِرُوْنَۖ
Wa iżā ra'au āyatay yastaskhirūn(a).
And whenever they see a sign, they make fun of it,
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وَقَالُوْٓا اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۚ
Wa qālū in hāżā illā siḥrum mubīn(un).
saying, “This is nothing but pure magic.
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ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ
A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ‘iẓāman a'innā lamab‘ūṡūn(a).
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
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اَوَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَۗ
Awa ābā'unal-awwalūn(a).
And our forefathers as well?”
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قُلْ نَعَمْ وَاَنْتُمْ دٰخِرُوْنَۚ
Qul na‘am wa antum dākhirūn(a).
Say, “Yes! And you will be fully humbled.”
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فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ فَاِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ
Fa'innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidatun fa'iżā hum yanẓurūn(a).
It will only take one Blast, then at once they will see ˹it all˺.
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وَقَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَا هٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّيْنِ
Wa qālū yā wailanā hāżā yaumud-dīn(i).
They will cry, “Oh, woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!”
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هٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ࣖ
Hāżā yaumul-faṣlil-lażī kuntum bihī tukażżibūn(a).
˹They will be told,˺ “This is the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision which you used to deny.”
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اُحْشُرُوا الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا وَاَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوْا يَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ
Uḥsyurul-lażīna ẓalamū wa azwājahum wa mā kānū ya‘budūn(a).
˹Allah will say to the angels,˺ “Gather ˹all˺ the wrongdoers along with their peers, and whatever they used to worship
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مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ فَاهْدُوْهُمْ اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيْمِ
Min dūnillāhi fahdūhum ilā ṣirāṭil-jaḥīm(i).
instead of Allah, then lead them ˹all˺ to the path of Hell.
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وَقِفُوْهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ مَّسْـُٔوْلُوْنَ ۙ
Waqifūhum innahum mas'ūlūn(a).
And detain them, for they must be questioned.”
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُوْنَ
Mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn(a).
˹Then they will be asked,˺ “What is the matter with you that you can no longer help each other?”
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بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُوْنَ
Bal humul-yauma mustaslimūn(a).
In fact, on that Day they will be ˹fully˺ submissive.
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وَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَ
Wa aqbala ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍiy yatasā'alūn(a).
They will turn on each other, throwing blame.
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قَالُوْٓا اِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُوْنَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ
Qālū innakum kuntum ta'tūnanā ‘anil-yamīn(i).
The misled will say, “It was you who deluded us away from what is right.”
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قَالُوْا بَلْ لَّمْ تَكُوْنُوْا مُؤْمِنِيْنَۚ
Qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīn(a).
The misleaders will reply, “No! You disbelieved on your own.
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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍۚ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طٰغِيْنَ
Wa mā kāna lanā ‘alaikum min sulṭān(in), bal kuntum qauman ṭāgīn(a).
We had no authority over you. In fact, you yourselves were a transgressing people.
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فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖاِنَّا لَذَاۤىِٕقُوْنَ
Fa ḥaqqa ‘alainā qaulu rabbinā, innā lażā'iqūn(a).
The decree of our Lord has come to pass against us ˹all˺: we will certainly taste ˹the punishment˺.
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فَاَغْوَيْنٰكُمْ اِنَّا كُنَّا غٰوِيْنَ
Fa agwainākum innā kunnā gāwīn(a).
We caused you to deviate, for we ourselves were deviant.”
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فَاِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ
Fa innahum yauma'iżin fil-‘ażābi musytarikūn(a).
Surely on that Day they will ˹all˺ share in the punishment.
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اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِيْنَ
Innā każālika naf‘alu bil-mujrimīn(a).
That is certainly how We deal with the wicked.
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اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْٓا اِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ ۙ
Innahum kānū iżā qīla lahum lā ilāha illallāhu yastakbirūn(a).
For whenever it was said to them ˹in the world˺, “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah,” they acted arrogantly
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وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ اَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوْٓا اٰلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُوْنٍ ۗ
Wa yaqūlūna a'innā latārikū ālihatinā lisyā‘irim majnūn(in).
and argued, “Should we really abandon our gods for a mad poet?”
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بَلْ جَاۤءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
Bal jā'a bil-ḥaqqi wa ṣaddaqal-mursalīn(a).
In fact, he came with the truth, confirming ˹earlier˺ messengers.
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اِنَّكُمْ لَذَاۤىِٕقُوا الْعَذَابِ الْاَلِيْمِ ۚ
Innakum lażā'iqul-‘ażābil-alīm(i).
You will certainly taste the painful torment,
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وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَۙ
Wa mā tujzauna illā mā kuntum ta‘malūn(a).
and will only be rewarded for what you used to do.
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اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ
Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn(a).
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
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اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌۙ
Ulā'ika lahum rizqum ma‘lūm(un).
They will have a known provision:
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فَوَاكِهُ ۚوَهُمْ مُّكْرَمُوْنَۙ
Fawākihu wa hum mukramūn(a).
fruits ˹of every type˺. And they will be honoured
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فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِۙ
Fī jannātin na‘īm(i).
in the Gardens of Bliss,
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عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ
‘Alā sururim mutaqābilīn(a).
facing each other on thrones.
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يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِكَأْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍۢ ۙ
Yuṭāfu ‘alaihim bika'sim mim ma‘īn(in).
A drink ˹of pure wine˺ will be passed around to them from a flowing stream:
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بَيْضَاۤءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِيْنَۚ
Baiḍā'a lażżatil lisy-syāribīn(a).
crystal-white, delicious to drink.
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لَا فِيْهَا غَوْلٌ وَّلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنْزَفُوْنَ
Lā fīhā gauluw wa lā hum ‘anhā yunzafūn(a).
It will neither harm ˹them˺, nor will they be intoxicated by it.
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وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ عِيْنٌ ۙ
Wa ‘indahum qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi ‘īn(un).
And with them will be maidens of modest gaze and gorgeous eyes,
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كَاَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ
Ka'annahum baiḍum maknūn(un).
as if they were pristine pearls.
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فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَ
Fa'aqbala ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍiy yatasā'alūn(a).
Then they will turn to one another inquisitively.
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قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ اِنِّيْ كَانَ لِيْ قَرِيْنٌۙ
Qāla qā'ilum minhum innī kāna lī qarīn(un).
One of them will say, “I once had a companion ˹in the world˺
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يَّقُوْلُ اَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِيْنَ
Yaqūlu a'innaka laminal-muṣaddiqīn(a).
who used to ask ˹me˺, ‘Do you actually believe ˹in resurrection˺?
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ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَدِيْنُوْنَ
A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turāban a'innā lamadīnūn(a).
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be brought to judgment?’”
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قَالَ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّطَّلِعُوْنَ
Qāla hal antum muṭṭali‘ūn(a).
He will ˹then˺ ask, “Would you care to see ˹his fate˺?”
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فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَاٰهُ فِيْ سَوَاۤءِ الْجَحِيْمِ
Faṭṭala‘a fa ra'āhu fī sawā'il-jaḥīm(i).
Then he ˹and the others˺ will look and spot him in the midst of the Hellfire.
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قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَّ لَتُرْدِيْنِ ۙ
Qāla tallāhi in kitta laturdīn(i).
He will ˹then˺ say, “By Allah! You nearly ruined me.
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وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّيْ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِيْنَ
Wa lau lā ni‘matu rabbī lakuntu minal-muḥḍarīn(a).
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I ˹too˺ would have certainly been among those brought ˹to Hell˺.”
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اَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِيْنَۙ
Afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn(a).
˹Then he will ask his fellow believers,˺ “Can you imagine that we will never die,
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اِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ
Illā mautatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimu‘ażżabīn(a).
except our first death, nor be punished ˹like the others˺?”
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اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ
Inna hāżā lahuwal-fauzul-‘aẓīm(u).
This is truly the ultimate triumph.
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لِمِثْلِ هٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعٰمِلُوْنَ
Limiṡli hāżā falya‘malil-‘āmilūn(a).
For such ˹honour˺ all should strive.
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اَذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا اَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّوْمِ
Ażālika khairun nuzulan am syajaratuz-zaqqūm(i).
Is this ˹bliss˺ a better accommodation or the tree of Zaqqûm?
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اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظّٰلِمِيْنَ
Innā ja‘alnāhā fitnatal liẓ-ẓālimīn(a).
We have surely made it a test for the wrongdoers.
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اِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِيْٓ اَصْلِ الْجَحِيْمِۙ
Innahā syajaratun takhruju fī aṣlil-jaḥīm(i).
Indeed, it is a tree that grows in the depths of Hell,
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طَلْعُهَا كَاَنَّهٗ رُءُوْسُ الشَّيٰطِيْنِ
Tal‘uhā ka'annahū ru'ūsusy-syayāṭīn(i).
bearing fruit like devils’ heads.
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فَاِنَّهُمْ لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَۗ
Fa innahum la'ākilūna minhā fa māli'ūna minhal-buṭūn(a).
The evildoers will certainly ˹be left to˺ eat from it, filling up their bellies with it.
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ثُمَّ اِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍۚ
Ṡumma inna lahum ‘alaihā lasyaubam min ḥamīm(in).
Then on top of that they will be given a blend of boiling drink.
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ثُمَّ اِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَاِلَى الْجَحِيْمِ
Ṡumma inna marji‘ahum la'ilal-jaḥīm(i).
Then they will ultimately return to ˹their place in˺ Hell.
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اِنَّهُمْ اَلْفَوْا اٰبَاۤءَهُمْ ضَاۤلِّيْنَۙ
Innahum alfau ābā'ahum ḍāllīn(a).
Indeed, they found their forefathers astray,
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فَهُمْ عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُوْنَ
Fahum ‘alā āṡārihim yuhra‘ūn(a).
so they rushed in their footsteps!
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وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ اَكْثَرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ
Wa laqad ḍalla qablahum akṡarul-awwalīn(a).
And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,
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وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا فِيْهِمْ مُّنْذِرِيْنَ
Wa laqad arsalnā fīhim munżirīn(a).
although We had certainly sent warners among them.
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فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَۙ
Fanẓur kaifa kāna ‘āqibatul-munżarīn(a).
See then what was the end of those who had been warned.
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اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ࣖ
Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn(a).
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
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وَلَقَدْ نَادٰىنَا نُوْحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيْبُوْنَۖ
Wa laqad nādānā nūḥun falani‘mal-mujībūn(a).
Indeed, Noah cried out to Us, and how excellent are We in responding!
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وَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيْمِۖ
Wa najjaināhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-‘aẓīm(i).
We delivered him and his family from the great distress,
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وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهٗ هُمُ الْبَاقِيْنَ
Wa ja‘alnā żurriyyatahū humul-bāqīn(a).
and made his descendants the sole survivors.
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ
Wa taraknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn(a).
And We blessed him ˹with honourable mention˺ among later generations:
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سَلٰمٌ عَلٰى نُوْحٍ فِى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ
Salāmun ‘alā nūḥin fil-‘ālamīn(a).
“Peace be upon Noah among all peoples.”
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اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn(a).
Indeed, this is how We reward the good-doers.
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اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn(a).
˹For˺ he was truly one of Our faithful servants.
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ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ
Ṡumma agraqnal-ākharīn(a).
Then We drowned the others.
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۞ وَاِنَّ مِنْ شِيْعَتِهٖ لَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۘ
Wa inna min syī‘atihī la'ibrāhīm(a).
And indeed, one of those who followed his way was Abraham.
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اِذْ جَاۤءَ رَبَّهٗ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيْمٍۙ
Iż jā'a rabbahū biqalbin salīm(in).
˹Remember˺ when he came to his Lord with a pure heart,
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اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla li'abīhi wa qaumihī māżā ta‘budūn(a).
and said to his father and his people, “What are you worshipping?
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اَىِٕفْكًا اٰلِهَةً دُوْنَ اللّٰهِ تُرِيْدُوْنَۗ
A'ifkan ālihatan dūnallāhi turīdūn(a).
Is it false gods that you desire instead of Allah?
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فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ
Famā ẓannukum birabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
What then do you expect from the Lord of all worlds?”
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فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى النُّجُوْمِۙ
Fa naẓara naẓratan fin-nujūm(i).
He later looked up to the stars ˹in contemplation˺,
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فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ سَقِيْمٌ
Fa qāla innī saqīm(un).
then said, “I am really sick.”
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فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِيْنَ
Fa tawallau ‘anhu mudbirīn(a).
So they turned their backs on him and went away.
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فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ اَلَا تَأْكُلُوْنَۚ
Farāga ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā ta'kulūn(a).
Then he ˹stealthily˺ advanced towards their gods, and said ˹mockingly˺, “Will you not eat ˹your offerings˺?
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُوْنَ
Mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn(a).
What is wrong with you that you cannot speak?”
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فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا ۢبِالْيَمِيْنِ
Farāga ‘alaihim ḍarbam bil-yamīn(i).
Then he swiftly turned on them, striking ˹them˺ with his right hand.
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فَاَقْبَلُوْٓا اِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّوْنَ
Fa aqbalū ilaihi yaziffūn(a).
Later, his people came rushing towards him ˹furiously˺.
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قَالَ اَتَعْبُدُوْنَ مَا تَنْحِتُوْنَۙ
Qāla ata‘budūna mā tanḥitūn(a).
He argued, “How can you worship what you carve ˹with your own hands˺,
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وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ
Wallāhu khalaqakum wa mā ta‘malūn(a).
when it is Allah Who created you and whatever you do?”
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قَالُوا ابْنُوْا لَهٗ بُنْيَانًا فَاَلْقُوْهُ فِى الْجَحِيْمِ
Qālubnū lahū bun-yānan fa'alqūhu fil-jaḥīm(i).
They said ˹to one another˺, “Build him a furnace and cast him into the blazing fire.”
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فَاَرَادُوْا بِهٖ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنٰهُمُ الْاَسْفَلِيْنَ
Fa arādū bihī kaidan faja‘alnāhumul-asfalīn(a).
And so they sought to harm him, but We made them inferior.
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وَقَالَ اِنِّيْ ذَاهِبٌ اِلٰى رَبِّيْ سَيَهْدِيْنِ
Wa qāla innī żāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn(i).
He later said, “I am leaving ˹in obedience˺ to my Lord. He will guide me.
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِيْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ
Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn(a).
My Lord! Bless me with righteous offspring.”
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فَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِغُلٰمٍ حَلِيْمٍ
Fa basysyarnāhu bigulāmin ḥalīm(in).
So We gave him good news of a forbearing son.
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فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يٰبُنَيَّ اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰى فِى الْمَنَامِ اَنِّيْٓ اَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرٰىۗ قَالَ يٰٓاَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيْٓ اِنْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصّٰبِرِيْنَ
Falammā balaga ma‘ahus-sa‘ya qāla yā bunayya innī arā fil-manāmi annī ażbaḥuka fanẓur māżā tarā, qāla yā abatif‘al mā tu'mar(u), satajidunī in syā'allāhu minaṣ-ṣābirīn(a).
Then when the boy reached the age to work with him, Abraham said, “O my dear son! I have seen in a dream that I ˹must˺ sacrifice you. So tell me what you think.” He replied, “O my dear father! Do as you are commanded. Allah willing, you will find me steadfast.”
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فَلَمَّآ اَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهٗ لِلْجَبِيْنِۚ
Falammā aslamā wa tallahū lil-jabīn(i).
Then when they submitted ˹to Allah’s Will˺, and Abraham laid him on his forehead ˹for sacrifice˺,
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وَنَادَيْنٰهُ اَنْ يّٰٓاِبْرٰهِيْمُ ۙ
Wa nādaināhu ay yā ibrāhīm(u).
We called out to him, “O Abraham!
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قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّءْيَا ۚاِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
Qad ṣaddaqtar-ru'yā, innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn(a).
You have already fulfilled the vision.” Indeed, this is how We reward the good-doers.
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اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلٰۤؤُا الْمُبِيْنُ
Inna hāżā lahuwal-balā'ul-mubīn(u).
That was truly a revealing test.
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وَفَدَيْنٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيْمٍ
Wa fadaināhu biżibḥin ‘aẓīm(in).
And We ransomed his son with a great sacrifice,
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ
Wa taraknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn(a).
and blessed Abraham ˹with honourable mention˺ among later generations:
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سَلٰمٌ عَلٰٓى اِبْرٰهِيْمَ
Salāmun ‘alā ibrāhīm(a).
“Peace be upon Abraham.”
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كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
Każālika najzil-muḥsinīn(a).
This is how We reward the good-doers.
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اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn(a).
He was truly one of Our faithful servants.
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وَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِاِسْحٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ
Wa basysyarnāhu bi'isḥāqa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn(a).
We ˹later˺ gave him good news of Isaac—a prophet, and one of the righteous.
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وَبٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰٓى اِسْحٰقَۗ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَّظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖ مُبِيْنٌ ࣖ
Wa bāraknā ‘alaihi wa ‘alā isḥāq(a), wa min żurriyyatihimā muḥsinuw wa ẓālimul linafsihī mubīn(un).
We blessed him and Isaac as well. Some of their descendants did good, while others clearly wronged themselves.
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وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلٰى مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ ۚ
Wa laqad manannā ‘alā mūsā wa hārūn(a).
And We certainly showed favour to Moses and Aaron,
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وَنَجَّيْنٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيْمِۚ
Wa najjaināhumā wa qaumahumā minal-karbil-‘aẓīm(i).
and delivered them and their people from the great distress.
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وَنَصَرْنٰهُمْ فَكَانُوْا هُمُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَۚ
Wa naṣarnāhum fakānū humul-gālibīn(a).
We helped them so it was they who prevailed.
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وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمَا الْكِتٰبَ الْمُسْتَبِيْنَ ۚ
Wa ātaināhumal-kitābal-mustabīn(a).
We gave them the clear Scripture,
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وَهَدَيْنٰهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَۚ
Wa hadaināhumaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm(a).
and guided them to the Straight Path.
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ
Wa taraknā ‘alaihimā fil-ākhirīn(a).
And We blessed them ˹with honourable mention˺ among later generations:
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سَلٰمٌ عَلٰى مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ
Salāmun ‘alā mūsā wa hārūn(a).
“Peace be upon Moses and Aaron.”
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اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn(a).
Indeed, this is how We reward the good-doers.
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اِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Innahumā min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn(a).
They were truly ˹two˺ of Our faithful servants.
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وَاِنَّ اِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ
Wa inna ilyāsa laminal-mursalīn(a).
And Elias was indeed one of the messengers.
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اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهٖٓ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ
Iż qāla liqaumihī alā tattaqūn(a).
˹Remember˺ when he said to his people, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اَتَدْعُوْنَ بَعْلًا وَّتَذَرُوْنَ اَحْسَنَ الْخٰلِقِيْنَۙ
Atad‘ūna ba‘law wa tażarūna aḥsanal-khāliqīn(a).
Do you call upon ˹the idol of˺ Ba’l and abandon the Best of Creators—
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اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Allāha rabbakum wa rabba ābā'ikumul-awwalīn(a).
Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?”
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فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَۙ
Fakażżabūhu fa'innahum lamuḥḍarūn(a).
But they rejected him, so they will certainly be brought ˹for punishment˺.
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اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ
Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn(a).
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۙ
Wa taraknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn(a).
We blessed him ˹with honourable mention˺ among later generations:
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سَلٰمٌ عَلٰٓى اِلْ يَاسِيْنَ
Salāmun ‘alā ilyāsīn(a).
“Peace be upon Elias.”
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اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn(a).
Indeed, this is how We reward the good-doers.
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اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn(a).
He was truly one of Our faithful servants.
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وَاِنَّ لُوْطًا لَّمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ
Wa inna lūṭal laminal-mursalīn(a).
And Lot was indeed one of the messengers.
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اِذْ نَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ
Iż najjaināhu wa ahlahū ajma‘īn(a).
˹Remember˺ when We delivered him and all of his family,
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اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِى الْغٰبِرِيْنَ
Illā ‘ajūzan fil-gābirīn(a).
except an old woman, who was one of the doomed.
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ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ
Ṡumma dammarnal-ākharīn(a).
Then We ˹utterly˺ destroyed the rest.
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وَاِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّوْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِيْنَۙ
Wa innakum latamurrūna ‘alaihim muṣbiḥīn(a).
You ˹Meccans˺ certainly pass by their ruins day
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وَبِالَّيْلِۗ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ ࣖ
Wa bil-lail(i), afalā ta‘qilūn(a).
and night. Will you not then understand?
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وَاِنَّ يُوْنُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ
Wa inna yūnusa laminal-mursalīn(a).
And Jonah was indeed one of the messengers.
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اِذْ اَبَقَ اِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِۙ
Iż abaqa ilal-fulkil-masyḥūn(i).
˹Remember˺ when he fled to the overloaded ship.
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فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِيْنَۚ
Fa sāhama fakāna minal-mudḥaḍīn(a).
Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.
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فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوْتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيْمٌ
Faltaqamahul-ḥūtu wa huwa mulīm(un).
Then the whale swallowed him up while he was blameworthy.
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فَلَوْلَآ اَنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِيْنَ ۙ
Falau lā annahū kāna minal-musabbiḥīn(a).
Had he not ˹constantly˺ glorified ˹Allah˺,
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لَلَبِثَ فِيْ بَطْنِهٖٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَۚ
Lalabiṡa fī baṭnihī ilā yaumi yub‘aṡūn(a).
he would have certainly remained in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.
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۞ فَنَبَذْنٰهُ بِالْعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيْمٌ ۚ
Fa nabażnāhu bil-‘arā'i wa huwa saqīm(un).
But We cast him onto the open ˹shore˺, ˹totally˺ worn out,
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وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّنْ يَّقْطِيْنٍۚ
Wa ambatnā ‘alaihi syajaratam miy yaqṭīn(in).
and caused a squash plant to grow over him.
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وَاَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰى مِائَةِ اَلْفٍ اَوْ يَزِيْدُوْنَۚ
Wa arsalnāhu ilā mi'ati alfin au yazīdūn(a).
We ˹later˺ sent him ˹back˺ to ˹his city of˺ one hundred thousand people or more,
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فَاٰمَنُوْا فَمَتَّعْنٰهُمْ اِلٰى حِيْنٍ
Fa'āmanū famatta‘nāhum ilā ḥīn(in).
who then believed ˹in him˺, so We allowed them enjoyment for a while.
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فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُوْنَۚ
Fastaftihim alirabbikal-banātu wa lahumul-banūn(a).
Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ if your Lord has daughters, while the pagans ˹prefer to˺ have sons.
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اَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ اِنَاثًا وَّهُمْ شٰهِدُوْنَ
Am khalaqnal-malā'ikata ināṡaw wa hum syāhidūn(a).
Or ˹ask them˺ if We created the angels as females right before their eyes.
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اَلَآ اِنَّهُمْ مِّنْ اِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ
Alā innahum min ifkihim layaqūlūn(a).
Indeed, it is one of their ˹outrageous˺ fabrications to say,
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وَلَدَ اللّٰهُ ۙوَاِنَّهُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَۙ
Waladallāh(u), wa innahum lakāżibūn(a).
“Allah has children.” They are simply liars.
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اَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِيْنَۗ
Aṣṭafal-banāti ‘alal-banīn(a).
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
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مَا لَكُمْۗ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ
Mā lakum, kaifa taḥkumūn(a).
What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
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اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَۚ
Afalā tażakkarūn(a).
Will you not then be mindful?
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اَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطٰنٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ
Am lakum sulṭānum mubīn(un).
Or do you have ˹any˺ compelling proof?
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فَأْتُوْا بِكِتٰبِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ
Fa'tū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).
Then bring ˹us˺ your scripture, if what you say is true!
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وَجَعَلُوْا بَيْنَهٗ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۗوَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ اِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَۙ
Wa ja‘alū bainahū wa bainal-jinnati nasabā(n), wa laqad ‘alimatil-jinnatu innahum lamuḥḍarūn(a).
They have also established a ˹marital˺ relationship between Him and the jinn. Yet the jinn ˹themselves˺ know well that such people will certainly be brought ˹for punishment˺.
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سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَۙ
Subḥānallāhi ‘ammā yaṣifūn(a).
Glorified is Allah far above what they claim!
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اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ
Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn(a).
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
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فَاِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ
Fa'innakum wa mā ta‘budūn(a).
Surely you ˹pagans˺ and whatever ˹idols˺ you worship
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مَآ اَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفٰتِنِيْنَۙ
Mā antum ‘alaihi bifātinīn(a).
can never lure ˹anyone˺ away from Him
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اِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيْمِ
Illā man huwa ṣālil-jaḥīm(i).
except those ˹destined˺ to burn in Hell.
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وَمَا مِنَّآ اِلَّا لَهٗ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌۙ
Wa mā minnā illā lahū maqāmum ma‘lūm(un).
˹The angels respond,˺ “There is not one of us without an assigned station ˹of worship˺.
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وَّاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّۤافُّوْنَۖ
Wa innā lanaḥnuṣ-ṣāffūn(a).
We are indeed the ones lined up in ranks ˹for Allah˺.
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وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُوْنَ
Wa innā lanaḥnul-musabbiḥūn(a).
And we are indeed the ones ˹constantly˺ glorifying ˹His praise˺.”
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وَاِنْ كَانُوْا لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ
Wa in kānū layaqūlūn(a).
They certainly used to say,
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لَوْ اَنَّ عِنْدَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ
Lau anna ‘indanā żikram minal-awwalīn(a).
“If only we had a Reminder like ˹those of˺ earlier peoples,
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لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ
Lakunnā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn(a).
we would have truly been Allah’s devoted servants.”
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فَكَفَرُوْا بِهٖۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ
Fa kafarū bih(ī), fasaufa ya‘lamūn(a).
But ˹now˺ they reject it, so they will soon know.
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وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ
Wa laqad sabaqat kalimatunā li‘ibādinal-mursalīn(a).
Our Word has already gone forth to Our servants, the messengers,
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اِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُوْرُوْنَۖ
Innahum lahumul-manṣūrūn(a).
that they would surely be helped,
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وَاِنَّ جُنْدَنَا لَهُمُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ
Wa inna jundanā lahumul-gālibūn(a).
and that Our forces will certainly prevail.
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰى حِيْنٍۙ
Fatawalla ‘anhum ḥattā ḥīn(in).
So turn away from the deniers for a while ˹O Prophet˺.
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وَّاَبْصِرْهُمْۗ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُوْنَ
Wa abṣirhum, fa saufa yubṣirūn(a).
You will see ˹what will happen to˺ them, and they too will see!
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اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ
Afabi‘ażābinā yasta‘jilūn(a).
Do they ˹really˺ wish to hasten Our punishment?
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فَاِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَاۤءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَ
Fa iżā nazala bisāḥatihim fa sā'a ṣabāḥul-munżarīn(a).
Yet when it descends upon them: how evil will that morning be for those who had been warned!
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وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰى حِيْنٍۙ
Wa tawalla ‘anhum ḥattā ḥīn(in).
And turn away from them for a while.
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وَّاَبْصِرْۗ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُوْنَ
Wa abṣir, fasaufa yubṣirūn(a).
You will see, and they too will see!
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سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَۚ
Subḥāna rabbika rabbil-‘izzati ‘ammā yaṣifūn(a).
Glorified is your Lord—the Lord of Honour and Power—above what they claim!
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وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۚ
Wa salāmun ‘alal-mursalīn(a).
Peace be upon the messengers.
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وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ
Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
And praise be to Allah—Lord of all worlds.