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Surah Al-Mu’minun transliteration

سورة المؤمنون

Surah 23118 versesMeccan

Here is Surah Al-Mu’minun (“The Believers”) in transliteration: each of its 118 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١

qad aflaḥa l-mu'minūna

1. Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى صَلَاتِهِمْ خَٰشِعُونَ ۝٢

alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūna

2. They who are during their prayer humbly intent

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ ۝٣

wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūna

3. And they who turn away from ill speech

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ ۝٤

wa-alladhīna hum lilzzakati fāʿilūna

4. And they who are observant of zakāh

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ۝٥

wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna

5. And they who guard their private parts

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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ۝٦

illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

6. Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,947 for indeed, they will not be blamed -

Notes

[947] Female slaves or captives under their ownership.

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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ۝٧

famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

7. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ۝٨

wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūna

8. And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ۝٩

wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūna

9. And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ۝١٠

ulāika humu l-wārithūna

10. Those are the inheritors

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝١١

alladhīna yarithūna l-fir'dawsa hum fīhā khālidūna

11. Who will inherit al-Firdaus.948 They will abide therein eternally.

Notes

[948] The highest part of Paradise.

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ ۝١٢

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min sulālatin min ṭīnin

12. And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

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ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُطْفَةً فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ۝١٣

thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīnin

13. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop949 in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].

Notes

[949] Or "as a zygote."

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ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَٰمًا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَٰمَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ ۝١٤

thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna

14. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.950

Notes

[950] i.e., the most skillful and only true Creator.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ۝١٥

thumma innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūna

15. Then indeed, after that you are to die.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ ۝١٦

thumma innakum yawma l-qiyāmati tub'ʿathūna

16. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلْخَلْقِ غَٰفِلِينَ ۝١٧

walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna

17. And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

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وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّٰهُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ۝١٨

wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-askannāhu fī l-arḍi wa-innā ʿalā dhahābin bihi laqādirūna

18. And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

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فَأَنشَأْنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَٰبٍ لَّكُمْ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝١٩

fa-anshanā lakum bihi jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

19. And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.

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وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيْنَآءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِّلْـَٔاكِلِينَ ۝٢٠

washajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāa tanbutu bil-duh'ni waṣib'ghin lil'ākilīna

20. And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food [i.e., olives] for those who eat.

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وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٢١

wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

21. And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

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وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ ۝٢٢

waʿalayhā waʿalā l-ful'ki tuḥ'malūna

22. And upon them and on ships you are carried.

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٢٣

walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

23. And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

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فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةً مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٢٤

faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yurīdu an yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum walaw shāa l-lahu la-anzala malāikatan mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna

24. But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.

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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ۝٢٥

in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīnin

25. He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ۝٢٦

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

26. [Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

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فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ ٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ ۝٢٧

fa-awḥaynā ilayhi ani iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā fa-idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru fa-us'luk fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu min'hum walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna

27. So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows,951 put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.

Notes

[951] See footnote to 11:40.

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فَإِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٢٨

fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

28. And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

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وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ ۝٢٩

waqul rabbi anzil'nī munzalan mubārakan wa-anta khayru l-munzilīna

29. And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].'"

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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبْتَلِينَ ۝٣٠

inna fī dhālika laāyātin wa-in kunnā lamub'talīna

30. Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

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ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ ۝٣١

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīna

31. Then We produced after them a generation of others.

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فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٣٢

fa-arsalnā fīhim rasūlan min'hum ani uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

32. And We sent among them a messenger952 from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

Notes

[952] Prophet Hūd, who was sent to the tribe of ʿAad.

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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ ۝٣٣

waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

33. And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.

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وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ۝٣٤

wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna

34. And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

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أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخْرَجُونَ ۝٣٥

ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban waʿiẓāman annakum mukh'rajūna

35. Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

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هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٣٦

hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūna

36. How far, how far, is that which you are promised.953

Notes

[953] i.e., how distant and improbable it is.

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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ ۝٣٧

in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna

37. It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٣٨

in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna

38. He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ۝٣٩

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

39. He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

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قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ ۝٤٠

qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīna

40. [Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٤١

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna

41. So the shriek954 seized them in truth,955 and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

Notes

[954] See footnote to 11:67.
[955] i.e., by right or in justice.

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ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ ۝٤٢

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qurūnan ākharīna

42. Then We produced after them other generations.

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مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ ۝٤٣

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

43. No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

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ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٤٤

thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūna

44. Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations.956 So away with a people who do not believe.

Notes

[956] i.e., history or lessons for mankind.

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ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٤٥

thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin

45. Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority957

Notes

[957] i.e., evidences from Allāh.

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إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَالِينَ ۝٤٦

ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīna

46. To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

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فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ ۝٤٧

faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna

47. They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

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فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ ۝٤٨

fakadhabūhumā fakānū mina l-muh'lakīna

48. So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ۝٤٩

walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūna

49. And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they958 would be guided.

Notes

[958] The Children of Israel.

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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةً وَءَاوَيْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ ۝٥٠

wajaʿalnā ib'na maryama wa-ummahu āyatan waāwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wamaʿīnin

50. And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَٱعْمَلُوا۟ صَٰلِحًا إِنِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ ۝٥١

yāayyuhā l-rusulu kulū mina l-ṭayibāti wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

51. [Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.

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وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱتَّقُونِ ۝٥٢

wa-inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-ittaqūni

52. And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,959 and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

Notes

[959] See footnote to 21:92.

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فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ ۝٥٣

fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna

53. But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has,960 rejoicing.

Notes

[960] Of beliefs, opinions, customs, etc.

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فَذَرْهُمْ فِى غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ۝٥٤

fadharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīnin

54. So leave them in their confusion for a time.

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أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ ۝٥٥

ayaḥsabūna annamā numidduhum bihi min mālin wabanīna

55. Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children

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نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بَل لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝٥٦

nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna

56. Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.961

Notes

[961] That the good things given to them in this world are but a trial for them.

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ۝٥٧

inna alladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mush'fiqūna

57. Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٥٨

wa-alladhīna hum biāyāti rabbihim yu'minūna

58. And they who believe in the signs of their Lord

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٥٩

wa-alladhīna hum birabbihim lā yush'rikūna

59. And they who do not associate anything with their Lord

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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَوا۟ وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ رَٰجِعُونَ ۝٦٠

wa-alladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw waqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūna

60. And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful962 because they will be returning to their Lord -

Notes

[962] Lest their deeds not be acceptable.

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَٰبِقُونَ ۝٦١

ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūna

61. It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.

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وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَٰبٌ يَنطِقُ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ۝٦٢

walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā waladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

62. And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.

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بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلٌ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ ۝٦٣

bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā walahum aʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna

63. But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides that [i.e., disbelief] which they are doing,

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ ۝٦٤

ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mut'rafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajarūna

64. Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment,963 at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.

Notes

[963] In worldly life, before the punishment of the Hereafter. Although general, the description includes specifically the punishment of the Quraysh by famine.

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لَا تَجْـَٔرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ ۝٦٥

lā tajarū l-yawma innakum minnā lā tunṣarūna

65. Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.

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قَدْ كَانَتْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ تَنكِصُونَ ۝٦٦

qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūna

66. My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels

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مُسْتَكْبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَٰمِرًا تَهْجُرُونَ ۝٦٧

mus'takbirīna bihi sāmiran tahjurūna

67. In arrogance regarding it,964 conversing by night, speaking evil.

Notes

[964] The revelation. Or "him," i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ).

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أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا۟ ٱلْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمْ يَأْتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٦٨

afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna

68. Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

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أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ۝٦٩

am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna

69. Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?

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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ۝٧٠

am yaqūlūna bihi jinnatun bal jāahum bil-ḥaqi wa-aktharuhum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna

70. Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

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وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ ۝٧١

walawi ittabaʿa l-ḥaqu ahwāahum lafasadati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhik'rihim fahum ʿan dhik'rihim muʿ'riḍūna

71. But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message,965 but they, from their message, are turning away.

Notes

[965] Or "reminder."

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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ۝٧٢

am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna

72. Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.

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وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ۝٧٣

wa-innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

73. And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

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وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ ۝٧٤

wa-inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ʿani l-ṣirāṭi lanākibūna

74. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

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وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَٰهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرٍّ لَّلَجُّوا۟ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ۝٧٥

walaw raḥim'nāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin lalajjū fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūna

75. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ ۝٧٦

walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūna

76. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ ۝٧٧

ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūna

77. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٧٨

wahuwa alladhī ansha-a lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

78. And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ۝٧٩

wahuwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna

79. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخْتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٨٠

wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna

80. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

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بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۝٨١

bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna

81. Rather,966 they say like what the former peoples said.

Notes

[966] Instead of understanding or reasoning.

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ۝٨٢

qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

82. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

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لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٨٣

laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

83. We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

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قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٨٤

qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūna

84. Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"

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سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٨٥

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tadhakkarūna

85. They will say, "To Allāh." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

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قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٨٦

qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi

86. Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

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سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٨٧

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tattaqūna

87. They will say, "[They belong] to Allāh." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

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قُلْ مَنۢ بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٨٨

qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūna

88. Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"

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سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسْحَرُونَ ۝٨٩

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul fa-annā tus'ḥarūna

89. They will say, "[All belongs] to Allāh." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"

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بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ۝٩٠

bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqi wa-innahum lakādhibūna

90. Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

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مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِذًا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهٍۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝٩١

mā ittakhadha l-lahu min waladin wamā kāna maʿahu min ilāhin idhan ladhahaba kullu ilāhin bimā khalaqa walaʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna

91. Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].

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عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٩٢

ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

92. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].

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قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّى مَا يُوعَدُونَ ۝٩٣

qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūna

93. Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,

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رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى فِى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٩٤

rabbi falā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

94. My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

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وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمْ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ۝٩٥

wa-innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūna

95. And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.

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ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ ۝٩٦

id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūna

96. Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

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وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۝٩٧

waqul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti l-shayāṭīni

97. And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,

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وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ ۝٩٨

wa-aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūni

98. And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ ۝٩٩

ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi ir'jiʿūni

99. [For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

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لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝١٠٠

laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

100. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."967 No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.

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[967] Or "in that which I neglected."

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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝١٠١

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma-idhin walā yatasāalūna

101. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.

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فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ۝١٠٢

faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

102. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.

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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ۝١٠٣

waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna

103. But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

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تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ ۝١٠٤

talfaḥu wujūhahumu l-nāru wahum fīhā kāliḥūna

104. The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.968

Notes

[968] Their lips having been contracted by scorching until the teeth are exposed.

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أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٠٥

alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūna

105. [It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

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قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَآلِّينَ ۝١٠٦

qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīna

106. They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

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رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ ۝١٠٧

rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūna

107. Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

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قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ ۝١٠٨

qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūni

108. He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ۝١٠٩

innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

109. Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

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فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوْكُمْ ذِكْرِى وَكُنتُم مِّنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ ۝١١٠

fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūna

110. But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

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إِنِّى جَزَيْتُهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ ۝١١١

innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūna

111. Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."

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قَٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ ۝١١٢

qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīna

112. [Allāh] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"

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قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْعَآدِّينَ ۝١١٣

qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīna

113. They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

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قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝١١٤

qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūna

114. He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

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أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ ۝١١٥

afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna

115. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

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فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْكَرِيمِ ۝١١٦

fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi

116. So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign,969 the Truth;970 there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

Notes

[969] And owner of everything in existence.
[970] Or "the True Reality."

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وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرْهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ ۝١١٧

waman yadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā bur'hāna lahu bihi fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

117. And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.

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وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ۝١١٨

waqul rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

118. And, [O Muḥammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."

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