Surah Ash Shu'ara
Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
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طٰسۤمّۤ
Tā Sīm Mīm.
Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm.
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تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ
Tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn(i).
These are the verses of the clear Book.
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لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ اَلَّا يَكُوْنُوْا مُؤْمِنِيْنَ
La‘allaka bākhi‘un nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīn(a).
Perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief.
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اِنْ نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ اٰيَةً فَظَلَّتْ اَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خٰضِعِيْنَ
In nasya' nunazzil ‘alaihim minas-samā'i āyatan fa ẓallat a‘nāquhum lahā khāḍi‘īn(a).
If We willed, We could send down upon them a ˹compelling˺ sign from the heavens, leaving their necks bent in ˹utter˺ submission to it.
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وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِيْنَ
Wa mā ya'tīhim min żikrim minar-raḥmāni muḥdaṡin illā kānū ‘anhu mu‘riḍīn(a).
Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it.
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوْا فَسَيَأْتِيْهِمْ اَنْۢبـٰۤؤُا مَا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ
Faqad każżabū fa saya'tīhim ambā'u mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn(a).
They have certainly denied ˹the truth˺, so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule.
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اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الْاَرْضِ كَمْ اَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيْمٍ
Awalam yarau ilal-arḍi kam ambatnā fīhā min kulli zaujin karīm(in).
Have they failed to look at the earth, ˹to see˺ how many types of fine plants We have caused to grow in it?
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًۗ وَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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وَاِذْ نَادٰى رَبُّكَ مُوْسٰٓى اَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۙ
Wa iż nādā rabbuka mūsā ani'til-qaumaẓ-ẓālimīn(a).
˹Remember˺ when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people—
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗ اَلَا يَتَّقُوْنَ
Qauma fir‘aun(a), alā yattaqūn(a).
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear ˹Allah˺?”
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قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ اَنْ يُّكَذِّبُوْنِ ۗ
Qāla rabbi innī akhāfu ay yukażżibūn(i).
He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me.
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وَيَضِيْقُ صَدْرِيْ وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِيْ فَاَرْسِلْ اِلٰى هٰرُوْنَ
Wa yaḍīqu ṣadrī wa lā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa arsil ilā hārūn(a).
And ˹so˺ my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along ˹as a messenger˺.
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وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْۢبٌ فَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَّقْتُلُوْنِ ۚ
Wa lahum ‘alayya żambun fa akhāfu ay yaqtulūn(i).
Also, they have a charge against me, so I fear they may kill me.”
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۚفَاذْهَبَا بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّسْتَمِعُوْنَ ۙ
Qāla kallā, fażhabā bi'āyātinā innā ma‘akum mustami‘ūn(a).
Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening.
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُوْلَآ اِنَّا رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ
Fa'tiyā fir‘auna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds,
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اَنْ اَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ
An arsil ma‘anā banī isrā'īl(a).
˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
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قَالَ اَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِيْنَا وَلِيْدًا وَّلَبِثْتَ فِيْنَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِيْنَ ۗ
Qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdaw wa labiṡta fīnā min ‘umurika sinīn(a).
Pharaoh protested, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed several years of your life in our care?
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وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِيْ فَعَلْتَ وَاَنْتَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ
Wa fa‘alta fa‘latakal-latī fa‘alta wa anta minal-kāfirīn(a).
Then you did what you did, being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ اِذًا وَّاَنَا۠ مِنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَ
Qāla fa‘altuhā iżaw wa ana minaḍ-ḍāllīn(a).
Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance.
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِيْ رَبِّيْ حُكْمًا وَّجَعَلَنِيْ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
Fa farartu minkum lammā khiftukum fa wahaba lī rabbī ḥukmaw wa ja‘alanī minal-mursalīn(a).
So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me one of the messengers.
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ اَنْ عَبَّدْتَّ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ
Wa tilka ni‘matun tamunnuhā ‘alayya an ‘abbatta banī isrā'īl(a).
How can that be a ‘favour,’ of which you remind me, when ˹it was only because˺ you ˹have˺ enslaved the Children of Israel?”
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Qāla fir‘aunu wa mā rabbul-‘ālamīn(a).
Pharaoh asked, “And what is ‘the Lord of all worlds’?”
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قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۗ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ
Qāla rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn(a).
Moses replied, “˹He is˺ the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, if only you had sure faith.”
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قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهٗٓ اَلَا تَسْتَمِعُوْنَ
Qāla liman ḥaulahū alā tastami‘ūn(a).
Pharaoh said to those around him, “Did you hear ˹what he said˺?”
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Qāla rabbukum wa rabbu ābā'ikumul-awwalīn(a).
Moses added, “˹He is˺ your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.”
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قَالَ اِنَّ رَسُوْلَكُمُ الَّذِيْٓ اُرْسِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ
Qāla inna rasūlakumul-lażī ursila ilaikum lamajnūn(un).
Pharaoh said ˹mockingly˺, “Your messenger, who has been sent to you, must be insane.”
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قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۗ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ
Qāla rabbul-masyriqi wal-magribi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum ta‘qilūn(a).
Moses responded: “˹He is˺ the Lord of the east and west, and everything in between, if only you had any sense.”
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قَالَ لَىِٕنِ اتَّخَذْتَ اِلٰهًا غَيْرِيْ لَاَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُوْنِيْنَ
Qāla la'inittakhażta ilāhan gairī la'aj‘alannaka minal-masjūnīn(a).
Pharaoh threatened, “If you take any other god besides me, I will certainly have you imprisoned.”
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قَالَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِيْنٍ
Qāla awalau ji'tuka bisyai'im mubīn(in).
Moses responded, “Even if I bring you a clear proof?”
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهٖٓ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ
Qāla fa'ti bihī in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn(a).
Pharaoh demanded, “Bring it then, if what you say is true.”
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فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۚ
Fa alqā ‘aṣāhu fa iżā hiya ṡu‘bānum mubīn(un).
So he threw down his staff and—behold!—it became a real snake.
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهٗ فَاِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاۤءُ لِلنّٰظِرِيْنَ ࣖ
Wa naza‘a yadahū fa iżā hiya baiḍā'u lin-nāẓirīn(a).
Then he drew his hand ˹out of his collar˺ and it was ˹shining˺ white for all to see.
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَاِ حَوْلَهٗٓ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَسٰحِرٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۙ
Qāla lil-mala'i ḥaulahū inna hāżā lasāḥirun ‘alīm(un).
Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him, “He is indeed a skilled magician,
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يُّرِيْدُ اَنْ يُّخْرِجَكُمْ مِّنْ اَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهٖۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُوْنَ
Yurīdu ay yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrih(ī), fa māżā ta'murūn(a).
who seeks to drive you from your land by his magic. So what do you propose?”
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قَالُوْٓا اَرْجِهْ وَاَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِى الْمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حٰشِرِيْنَ ۙ
Qālū arjih wa akhāhu wab‘aṡ fil-madā'ini ḥāsyirīn(a).
They replied, “Let him and his brother wait and dispatch mobilizers to all cities
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يَأْتُوْكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيْمٍ
Ya'tūka bikulli saḥḥārin ‘alīm(in).
to bring you every skilled magician.”
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فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۙ
Fa jumi‘as-saḥaratu limīqāti yaumim ma‘lūm(in).
So the magicians were assembled at the set time on the appointed day.
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وَّقِيْلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّجْتَمِعُوْنَ ۙ
Wa qīla lin-nāsi hal antum mujtami‘ūn(a).
And the people were asked, “Will you join the gathering,
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ اِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَ
La‘allanā nattabi‘us-saḥarata in kānū humul-gālibīn(a).
so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?”
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فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوْا لِفِرْعَوْنَ اَىِٕنَّ لَنَا لَاَجْرًا اِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَ
Falammā jā'as-saḥaratu qālū lifir‘auna a'inna lanā la'ajran in kunnā naḥnul-gālibīn(a).
When the magicians came, they asked Pharaoh, “Shall we have a ˹suitable˺ reward if we prevail?”
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَاِنَّكُمْ اِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ
Qāla na‘am wa innakum iżal laminal-muqarrabīn(a).
He replied, “Yes, and you will then certainly be among those closest to me.”
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قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوْسٰٓى اَلْقُوْا مَآ اَنْتُمْ مُّلْقُوْنَ
Qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn(a).
Moses said to them, “Cast whatever you wish to cast.”
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فَاَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوْا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ
Fa alqau ḥibālahum wa ‘iṣiyyahum wa qālū bi‘izzati fir‘auna innā lanaḥnul-gālibūn(a).
So they cast down their ropes and staffs, saying, “By Pharaoh’s might, it is we who will surely prevail.”
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فَاَلْقٰى مُوْسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُوْنَ ۚ
Fa alqā mūsā ‘aṣāhu fa iżā hiya talqafu mā ya'fikūn(a).
Then Moses threw down his staff, and—behold!—it devoured the objects of their illusion!
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فَاُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سٰجِدِيْنَ ۙ
Fa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sājidīn(a).
So the magicians fell down, prostrating.
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قَالُوْٓا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ
Qālū āmannā birabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
They declared, “We ˹now˺ believe in the Lord of all worlds—
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رَبِّ مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ
Rabbi mūsā wa hārūn(a).
the Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
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قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهٗ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكَبِيْرُكُمُ الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ەۗ لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَّلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۚ
Qāla āmantum lahū qabla an āżana lakum, innahū lakabīrukumul-lażī ‘allamakumus-siḥr(a), fa lasaufa ta‘lamūn(a), la'uqaṭṭi‘anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa la'uṣallibannakum ajma'īn(a).
Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic, but soon you will see. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, then crucify you all.”
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قَالُوْا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖاِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُوْنَ ۚ
Qālū lā ḍair(a), innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn(a).
They responded, “˹That would be˺ no harm! Surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return.
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اِنَّا نَطْمَعُ اَنْ يَّغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطٰيٰنَآ اَنْ كُنَّآ اَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۗ ࣖ
Innā naṭma‘u ay yagfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwalal-mu'minīn(a).
We really hope that our Lord will forgive our sins, as we are the first to believe.”
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۞ وَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰى مُوْسٰىٓ اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْٓ اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَ
Wa auḥainā ilā mūsā an asri bi‘ibādī innakum muttaba‘ūn(a).
And We inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.”
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فَاَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى الْمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حٰشِرِيْنَ ۚ
Fa arsala fir‘aunu fil-madā'ini ḥāsyirīn(a).
Then Pharaoh sent mobilizers to all cities,
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اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيْلُوْنَۙ
Inna hā'ulā'i lasyirzimatun qalīlūn(a).
˹and said,˺ “These ˹outcasts˺ are just a handful of people,
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وَاِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُوْنَ ۙ
Wa innahum lanā lagā'iẓūn(a).
who have really enraged us,
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وَاِنَّا لَجَمِيْعٌ حٰذِرُوْنَ ۗ
Wa innā lajamī‘un ḥāżirūn(a).
but we are all on the alert.”
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فَاَخْرَجْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ
Fa akhrajnāhum min jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).
So We lured the tyrants out of ˹their˺ gardens, springs,
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وَّكُنُوْزٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍ ۙ
Wa kunūziw wa maqāmin karīm(in).
treasures, and splendid residences.
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كَذٰلِكَۚ وَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ
Każālik(a), wa auraṡnāhā banī isrā'īl(a).
So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to the Children of Israel.
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فَاَتْبَعُوْهُمْ مُّشْرِقِيْنَ
Fa atba‘ūhum musyriqīn(a).
And so they pursued them at sunrise.
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فَلَمَّا تَرٰۤءَا الْجَمْعٰنِ قَالَ اَصْحٰبُ مُوْسٰٓى اِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُوْنَ ۚ
Falammā tarā'al-jam‘āni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn(a).
When the two groups came face to face, the companions of Moses cried out, “We are overtaken for sure.”
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۗاِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّيْ سَيَهْدِيْنِ
Qāla kallā, inna ma‘iya rabbī sayahdīn(i).
Moses reassured ˹them˺, “Absolutely not! My Lord is certainly with me—He will guide me.”
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فَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰى مُوْسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۗ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۚ
Fa auḥainā ilā mūsā aniḍrib bi‘aṣākal-baḥr(a), fanfalaqa fa kāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭaudil ‘aẓīm(i).
So We inspired Moses: “Strike the sea with your staff,” and the sea was split, each part was like a huge mountain.
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وَاَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۚ
Wa azlafnā ṡammal-ākharīn(a).
We drew the pursuers to that place,
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وَاَنْجَيْنَا مُوْسٰى وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۚ
Wa anjainā mūsā wa mam ma‘ahū ajma‘īn(a).
and delivered Moses and those with him all together.
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ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۗ
Ṡumma agraqnal-ākharīn(a).
Then We drowned the others.
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۘ
Watlu ‘alaihim naba'a ibrāhīm(a).
Relate to them ˹O Prophet˺ the story of Abraham,
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اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ
Iż qāla li'abīhi wa qaumihī mā ta‘budūn(a).
when he questioned his father and his people, “What is that you worship ˹besides Allah˺?”
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قَالُوْا نَعْبُدُ اَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عٰكِفِيْنَ
Qālū na‘budu aṣnāman fa naẓallu lahā ‘ākifīn(a).
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”
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قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُوْنَكُمْ اِذْ تَدْعُوْنَ ۙ
Qāla hal yasma‘ūnakum iż tad‘ūn(a).
Abraham asked, “Can they hear you when you call upon them?
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اَوْ يَنْفَعُوْنَكُمْ اَوْ يَضُرُّوْنَ
Au yanfa‘ūnakum au yaḍurrūn(a).
Or can they benefit or harm you?”
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قَالُوْا بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا كَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُوْنَ
Qālū bal wajadnā ābā'anā każālika yaf‘alūn(a).
They replied, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same.”
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قَالَ اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ
Qāla afa ra'aitum mā kuntum ta‘budūn(a).
Abraham responded, “Have you ˹really˺ considered what you have been worshipping—
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اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمُ الْاَقْدَمُوْنَ ۙ
Antum wa ābā'ukumul-aqdamūn(a).
you and your ancestors?
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فَاِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّيْٓ اِلَّا رَبَّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ
Fa innahum ‘aduwwul lī illā rabbal-‘ālamīn(a).
They are ˹all˺ enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds.
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الَّذِيْ خَلَقَنِيْ فَهُوَ يَهْدِيْنِ ۙ
Allażī khalaqanī fa huwa yahdīn(i).
˹He is˺ the One Who created me, and He ˹alone˺ guides me.
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وَالَّذِيْ هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِيْ وَيَسْقِيْنِ ۙ
Wal-lażī huwa yuṭ‘imunī wa yasqīn(i).
˹He is˺ the One Who provides me with food and drink.
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وَاِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِيْنِ ۙ
Wa iżā mariḍtu fa huwa yasyfīn(i).
And He ˹alone˺ heals me when I am sick.
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وَالَّذِيْ يُمِيْتُنِيْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيْنِ ۙ
Wal-lażī yumītunī ṡumma yuḥyīn(i).
And He ˹is the One Who˺ will cause me to die, and then bring me back to life.
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وَالَّذِيْٓ اَطْمَعُ اَنْ يَّغْفِرَ لِيْ خَطِيْۤـَٔتِيْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِ ۗ
Wal-lażī aṭma‘u ay yagfira lī khaṭī'atī yaumad-dīn(i).
And He is ˹the One˺ Who, I hope, will forgive my flaws on Judgment Day.”
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِيْ حُكْمًا وَّاَلْحِقْنِيْ بِالصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۙ
Rabbi hab lī ḥukmaw wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn(a).
“My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous.
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وَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۙ
Waj‘al lī lisāna ṣidqin fil-ākhirīn(a).
Bless me with honourable mention among later generations.
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وَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِنْ وَّرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيْمِ ۙ
Waj‘alnī miw waraṡati janatin na‘īm(i).
Make me one of those awarded the Garden of Bliss.
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وَاغْفِرْ لِاَبِيْٓ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَ ۙ
Wagfir li'abī innahū kāna minaḍ-ḍāllīn(a).
Forgive my father, for he is certainly one of the misguided.
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِيْ يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُوْنَۙ
Wa lā tukhzinī yauma yub‘aṡūn(a).
And do not disgrace me on the Day all will be resurrected—
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَّلَا بَنُوْنَ ۙ
Yauma lā yanfa‘u māluw wa lā banūn(a).
the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit.
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اِلَّا مَنْ اَتَى اللّٰهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيْمٍ ۗ
Illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm(in).
Only those who come before Allah with a pure heart ˹will be saved˺.”
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وَاُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۙ
Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīn(a).
˹On that Day˺ Paradise will be brought near to the God-fearing,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِلْغَاوِيْنَ ۙ
Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu lil-gāwīn(a).
and the Hellfire will be displayed to the deviant.
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وَقِيْلَ لَهُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ
Wa qīla lahum ainamā kuntum ta‘budūn(a).
And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship
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مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۗهَلْ يَنْصُرُوْنَكُمْ اَوْ يَنْتَصِرُوْنَ ۗ
Min dūnillāh(i), hal yanṣurūnakum au yantaṣirūn(a).
besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”
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فَكُبْكِبُوْا فِيْهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوٗنَ ۙ
Fa kubkibū fīhā hum wal-gāwūn(a).
Then the idols will be hurled headlong into Hell, along with the deviant
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وَجُنُوْدُ اِبْلِيْسَ اَجْمَعُوْنَ ۗ
Wa junūdu iblīsa ajma‘ūn(a).
and the soldiers of Iblîs, all together.
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قَالُوْا وَهُمْ فِيْهَا يَخْتَصِمُوْنَ
Qālū wa hum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn(a).
There the deviant will cry while disputing with their idols,
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تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنَّا لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۙ
Tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍalālim mubīn(in).
“By Allah! We were clearly mistaken,
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اِذْ نُسَوِّيْكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ
Iż nusawwīkum birabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
when we made you equal to the Lord of all worlds.
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وَمَآ اَضَلَّنَآ اِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ
Wa mā aḍallanā illal-mujrimūn(a).
And none led us astray other than the wicked.
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فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شٰفِعِيْنَ ۙ
Famā lanā min syāfi‘īn(a).
Now we have none to intercede for us,
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وَلَا صَدِيْقٍ حَمِيْمٍ
Wa lā ṣadīqin ḥamīm(in).
nor a close friend.
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فَلَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Falau anna lanā karratan fa nakūna minal-mu'minīn(a).
If only we could have a second chance, then we would be believers.”
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوْحِ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۚ
Każżabat qaumu nūḥinil-mursalīn(a).
The people of Noah rejected the messengers
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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ نُوْحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn(a).
when their brother Noah said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ
Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr(in), in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.”
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۞ قَالُوْٓا اَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْاَرْذَلُوْنَ ۗ
Qālū anu'minu laka wattaba‘akal-arżalūn(a).
They argued, “How can we believe in you, when you are followed ˹only˺ by the lowest of the low?”
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قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِيْ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۚ
Qāla wa mā ‘ilmī bimā kānū ya‘malūn(a).
He responded, “And what knowledge do I have of what they do?
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اِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّيْ لَوْ تَشْعُرُوْنَ ۚ
In ḥisābuhum illā ‘alā rabbī lau tasy‘urūn(a).
Their judgment is with my Lord, if you had any sense!
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وَمَآ اَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۚ
Wa mā ana biṭāridil-mu'minīn(a).
I am not going to expel the believers.
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اِنْ اَنَا۠ اِلَّا نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۗ
In ana illā nażīrum mubīn(un).
I am only sent with a clear warning.”
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قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يٰنُوْحُ لَتَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُوْمِيْنَۗ
Qālū la'illam tantahi yā nūḥu latakūnanna minal-marjūmīn(a).
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be stoned ˹to death˺.”
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قَالَ رَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِيْ كَذَّبُوْنِۖ
Qāla rabbi inna qaumī każżabūn(i).
Noah prayed, “My Lord! My people have truly rejected me.
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فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَّنَجِّنِيْ وَمَنْ مَّعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Faftaḥ bainī wa bainahum fatḥaw wa najjinī wa mam ma‘iya minal-mu'minīn(a).
So judge between me and them decisively, and save me and the believers with me.”
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فَاَنْجَيْنٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗ فِى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِ
Fa anjaināhu wa mam ma‘ahū fil-fulkil-masyḥūn(i).
So We saved him and those with him in the fully loaded Ark.
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ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِيْنَ
Ṡumma agraqnā ba‘dul-bāqīn(a).
Then afterwards We drowned the rest.
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادُ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ
Każżabat ‘ādunil-mursalīn(a).
The people of ’Âd rejected the messengers
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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ هُوْدٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn(a).
when their brother Hûd said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr(in), in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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اَتَبْنُوْنَ بِكُلِّ رِيْعٍ اٰيَةً تَعْبَثُوْنَ ۙ
Atabnūna bikulli rī‘in āyatan ta‘baṡūn(a).
˹Why˺ do you build a landmark on every high place in vanity,
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وَتَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَۚ
Wa tattakhiżūna maṣāni‘a la‘allakum takhludūn(a).
and construct castles, as if you are going to live forever,
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وَاِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِيْنَۚ
Wa iżā baṭasytum baṭasytum jabbārīn(a).
and act so viciously when you attack ˹others˺?
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيْٓ اَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۚ
Wattaqul-lażī amaddakum bimā ta‘lamūn(a).
Fear the One Who has provided you with ˹the good˺ things you know:
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اَمَدَّكُمْ بِاَنْعَامٍ وَّبَنِيْنَۙ
Amaddakum bi'an‘āmiw wa banīn(a).
He provided you with cattle, and children,
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وَجَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۚ
Wa jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).
and gardens, and springs.
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اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۗ
Innī akhāfu ‘alaikum ‘ażāba yaumin ‘aẓīm(in).
I truly fear for you the torment of a tremendous day.”
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قَالُوْا سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَيْنَآ اَوَعَظْتَ اَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوٰعِظِيْنَ ۙ
Qālū sawā'un ‘alainā awa‘aẓta am lam takum minal-wā‘iẓīn(a).
They responded, “It is all the same to us whether you warn ˹us˺ or not.
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اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا خُلُقُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۙ
In hāżā illā khuluqul-awwalīn(a).
This is simply the tradition of our predecessors.
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وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ ۚ
Wa mā naḥnu bimu‘ażżabīn(a).
And we will never be punished.”
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فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَهْلَكْنٰهُمْۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Fa każżabūhu fa ahlaknāhum, inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ We destroyed them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ
Każżabat ṡamūdul-mursalīn(a).
The people of Thamûd rejected the messengers
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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ صٰلِحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn(a).
when their brother Ṣâliḥ said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr(in), in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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اَتُتْرَكُوْنَ فِيْ مَا هٰهُنَآ اٰمِنِيْنَ ۙ
Atutrakūna fīmā hāhunā āminīn(a).
Do you think you will be ˹forever˺ left secure in what you have here:
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فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ
Fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).
amid gardens and springs,
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وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيْمٌ ۚ
Wa zurū‘iw wa nakhlin ṭal‘uhā haḍīm(un).
and ˹various˺ crops, and palm trees ˹loaded˺ with tender fruit;
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وَتَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوْتًا فٰرِهِيْنَ
Wa tanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn(a).
to carve homes in the mountains with great skill?
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَلَا تُطِيْعُوْٓا اَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ ۙ
Wa lā tuṭī‘ū amral-musrifīn(a).
And do not follow the command of the transgressors,
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الَّذِيْنَ يُفْسِدُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُوْنَ
Allażīna yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yaṣliḥūn(a).
who spread corruption throughout the land, never setting things right.”
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قَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِيْنَ ۙ
Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn(a).
They replied, “You are simply bewitched!
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مَآ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَاۙ فَأْتِ بِاٰيَةٍ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ
Mā anta illā basyarum miṡlunā, fa'ti bi'āyatin in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn(a).
You are only a human being like us, so bring forth a sign if what you say is true.”
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قَالَ هٰذِهٖ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَّلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۚ
Qāla hāżihī nāqatul lahā syirbuw wa lakum syirbu yaumim ma‘lūm(in).
Ṣâliḥ said, “Here is a camel. She will have her turn to drink as you have yours, each on an appointed day.
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وَلَا تَمَسُّوْهَا بِسُوْۤءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ
Wa lā tamassūhā bisū'in fa ya'khużakum ‘ażābu yaumin ‘aẓīm(in).
And do not ever touch her with harm, or you will be overtaken by the torment of a tremendous day.”
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فَعَقَرُوْهَا فَاَصْبَحُوْا نٰدِمِيْنَ ۙ
Fa ‘aqarūhā fa aṣbaḥū nādimīn(a).
But they killed her, becoming regretful.
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فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Fa akhażahumul-‘ażāb(u), inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
So the punishment overtook them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطِ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ
Każżabat qaumu lūṭinil-mursalīn(a).
The people of Lot rejected the messengers
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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ لُوْطٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn(a).
when their brother Lot said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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اَتَأْتُوْنَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ
Ata'tūnaż-żukrāna minal-‘ālamīn(a).
Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men,
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وَتَذَرُوْنَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْۗ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُوْنَ
Wa tażarūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum, bal antum qamun ‘ādūn(a).
leaving the wives that your Lord has created for you? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”
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قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يٰلُوْطُ لَتَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِيْنَ
Qālū la'illam tantahi yā lūṭu latakūnanna minal-mukhrajīn(a).
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be expelled.”
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قَالَ اِنِّيْ لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِّنَ الْقَالِيْنَ ۗ
Qāla innī li‘amalikum minal-qālīn(a).
Lot responded, “I am truly one of those who despise your ˹shameful˺ practice.
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رَبِّ نَجِّنِيْ وَاَهْلِيْ مِمَّا يَعْمَلُوْنَ
Rabbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā ya‘malūn(a).
My Lord! Save me and my family from ˹the consequences of˺ what they do.”
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فَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۙ
Fa najjaināhu wa ahlahū ajma‘īn(a).
So We saved 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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وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّطَرًاۚ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَ
Wa amṭarnā ‘alaihim maṭarā(n), fa sā'a maṭarul-munżarīn(a).
pouring upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ
Każżaba aṣḥābul-aikatil-mursalīn(a).
The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers
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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ
Iż qāla lahum syu‘aibun alā tattaqūn(a).
when Shu’aib said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ
Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).
So fear Allah, and obey me.
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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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۞ اَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُوْنُوْا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِيْنَ ۚ
Auful-kaila wa lā takūnū minal-mukhsirīn(a).
Give full measure, and cause no loss ˹to others˺.
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وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيْمِ ۚ
Wazinū bil-qisṭāsil-mustaqīm(i).
Weigh with an even balance,
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وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَاۤءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِيْنَ ۚ
Wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa asy-yā'ahum wa lā ta‘ṡau fil-arḍi mufsidīn(a).
and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land.
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وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۗ
Wattaqul-lażī khalaqakum wal-jibillatal-awwalīn(a).
And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”
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قَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِيْنَ ۙ
Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn(a).
They replied, “You are simply bewitched!
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وَمَآ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَاِنْ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ ۚ
Wa mā anta illā basyarum miṡlunā wa in naẓunnuka laminal-kāżibīn(a).
Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar.
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فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۗ
Fa asqiṭ ‘alainā kisafam minas-samā'i in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn(a).
So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”
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قَالَ رَبِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ
Qāla rabbī a‘lamu bimā ta‘malūn(a).
Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”
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فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ
Fa każżabūhu fa akhażahum ‘ażābu yaumiẓ-ẓullah(ti), innahū kāna ‘ażāba yaumin ‘aẓīm(in).
So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud. That was really a torment of a tremendous day.
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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ
Inna fī żālika la'āyah(tan), wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn(a).
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَنْزِيْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ
Wa innahū latanzīlu rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds,
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نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوْحُ الْاَمِيْنُ ۙ
Nazala bihir rūḥul-amīn(u).
which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down
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عَلٰى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِيْنَ ۙ
‘Alā qalbika litakūna minal-munżirīn(a).
into your heart ˹O Prophet˺—so that you may be one of the warners—
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بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِيْنٍ ۗ
Bilisānin ‘arabiyyim mubīn(in).
in a clear Arabic tongue.
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وَاِنَّهٗ لَفِيْ زُبُرِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Wa innahū lafī zuburil-awwalīn(a).
And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before.
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اَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهُمْ اٰيَةً اَنْ يَّعْلَمَهٗ عُلَمٰۤؤُا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ
Awalam yakul lahum āyatan ay ya‘lamahū ‘ulamā'u banī isrā'īl(a).
Was it not sufficient proof for the deniers that it has been recognized by the knowledgeable among the Children of Israel?
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وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنٰهُ عَلٰى بَعْضِ الْاَعْجَمِيْنَ ۙ
Wa lau nazzalnāhū ‘alā ba‘ḍil-a‘jamīn(a).
Had We revealed it to a non-Arab,
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فَقَرَاَهٗ عَلَيْهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ مُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۗ
Fa qara'ahū ‘alaihim mā kānū bihī mu'minīn(a).
who would then recite it to the deniers ˹in fluent Arabic˺, still they would not have believed in it!
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كَذٰلِكَ سَلَكْنٰهُ فِيْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۗ
Każālika salaknāhu fī qulūbil-mujrimīn(a).
This is how We allow denial ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.
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لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ حَتّٰى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيْمَ
Lā yu'minūna bihī ḥattā yarawul-‘ażābal-alīm(a).
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
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فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۙ
Fa ya'tiyahum bagtataw wa hum lā yasy‘urūn(a).
which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.
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فَيَقُوْلُوْا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُوْنَ ۗ
Fa yaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn(a).
Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”
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اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ
Afa bi‘ażābinā yasta‘jilūn(a).
Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?
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اَفَرَءَيْتَ اِنْ مَّتَّعْنٰهُمْ سِنِيْنَ ۙ
Afa ra'aita im matta‘nāhum sinīn(a).
Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,
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ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يُوْعَدُوْنَ ۙ
Ṡumma jā'ahum mā kānū yū‘adūn(a).
then there came to them what they had been threatened with:
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مَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يُمَتَّعُوْنَ ۗ
Mā agnā ‘anhum mā kānū yumatta‘ūn(a).
would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?
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وَمَآ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُوْنَ ۖ
Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā munżirūn(a).
We have never destroyed a society without warners
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ذِكْرٰىۚ وَمَا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ
Żikrā, wa mā kunnā ẓālimīn(a).
to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.
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وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيٰطِيْنُ
Wa mā tanazzalat bihisy-syayāṭīn(u).
It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:
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وَمَا يَنْۢبَغِيْ لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ ۗ
Wa mā yambagī lahum wa mā yastaṭī‘ūn(a).
it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they,
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اِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُوْلُوْنَ ۗ
Innahum ‘anis-sam‘i lama‘zūlūn(a).
for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺.
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فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِيْنَ
Falā tad‘u ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhara fa takūna minal-mu‘ażżabīn(a).
So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished.
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وَاَنْذِرْ عَشِيْرَتَكَ الْاَقْرَبِيْنَ ۙ
Wa anżir ‘asyīratakal-aqrabīn(a).
And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives,
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وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۚ
Wakhfiḍ janāḥaka limanittaba‘aka minal-mu'minīn(a).
and be gracious to the believers who follow you.
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فَاِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ اِنِّيْ بَرِيْۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۚ
Fa in ‘aṣauka faqul innī barī'um mimmā ta‘malūn(a).
But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”
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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيْزِ الرَّحِيْمِ ۙ
Wa tawakkal ‘alal-‘azīzir-raḥīm(i).
Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,
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الَّذِيْ يَرٰىكَ حِيْنَ تَقُوْمُ
Allażī yarāka ḥīna taqūm(u).
Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى السّٰجِدِيْنَ
Wa taqallubaka fis-sājidīn(a).
as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.
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اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ
Innahū huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm(u).
He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
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هَلْ اُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيٰطِيْنُ ۗ
Hal unabbi'ukum ‘alā man tanazzalusy-syayāṭīn(u).
Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?
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تَنَزَّلُ عَلٰى كُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيْمٍ ۙ
Tanazzalu ‘alā kulli affākin aṡīm(in).
They descend upon every sinful liar,
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يُّلْقُوْنَ السَّمْعَ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ كٰذِبُوْنَ ۗ
Yulqūnas-sam‘a wa akṡaruhum kāżibūn(a).
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.
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وَالشُّعَرَاۤءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوٗنَ ۗ
Wasy-syu‘arā'u yattabi‘uhumul-gāwūn(a).
As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.
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اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّهُمْ فِيْ كُلِّ وَادٍ يَّهِيْمُوْنَ ۙ
Alam tara annahum fī kulli wādiy yahīmūn(a).
Do you not see how they rant in every field,
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وَاَنَّهُمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُوْنَ ۙ
Wa annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yaf‘alūn(a).
only saying what they never do?
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اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللّٰهَ كَثِيْرًا وَّانْتَصَرُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوْا ۗوَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْٓا اَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَّنْقَلِبُوْنَ ࣖ
Illal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa żakarullāha kaṡīraw wantaṣarū mim ba‘di mā ẓulimū, wa saya‘lamul-lażīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabiy yanqalibūn(a).
Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.