Surah 26
Surah Ash-Shuaraa
Surah Ash-Shuaraa (The Poets) is chapter 26 of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 227 verses. Read the full surah below in Arabic with its translation.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ٣
Perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief
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إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ ٤
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 يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ ٥
Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ٦
They have certainly denied ˹the truth˺, so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ ٧
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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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٨
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ١٠
˹Remember˺ when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people—
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear ˹Allah˺?”
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢
He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ ١٣
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 عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ١٤
Also, they have a charge against me, so I fear they may kill me.”
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ١٥
Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٦
Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds
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أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧
˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
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قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨
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 ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ١٩
Then you did what you did, being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠
Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢١
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 نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢
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 ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٣
Pharaoh asked, “And what is ‘the Lord of all worlds’?”
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤
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 حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ ٢٥
Pharaoh said to those around him, “Did you hear ˹what he said˺?”
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦
Moses added, “˹He is˺ your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.”
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ٢٧
Pharaoh said ˹mockingly˺, “Your messenger, who has been sent to you, must be insane.”
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ٢٨
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 لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ ٢٩
Pharaoh threatened, “If you take any other god besides me, I will certainly have you imprisoned.”
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قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ٣٠
Moses responded, “Even if I bring you a clear proof?”
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ٣١
Pharaoh demanded, “Bring it then, if what you say is true.”
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ٣٢
So he threw down his staff and—behold!—it became a real snake
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ٣٣
Then he drew his hand ˹out of his collar˺ and it was ˹shining˺ white for all to see
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ ٣٤
Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him, “He is indeed a skilled magician
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ٣٥
who seeks to drive you from your land by his magic. So what do you propose?”
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ ٣٦
They replied, “Let him and his brother wait and dispatch mobilizers to all cities
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فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ٣٨
So the magicians were assembled at the set time on the appointed day
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ٣٩
And the people were asked, “Will you join the gathering
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ٤٠
so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?”
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ٤١
When the magicians came, they asked Pharaoh, “Shall we have a ˹suitable˺ reward if we prevail?”
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢
He replied, “Yes, and you will then certainly be among those closest to me.”
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ٤٣
Moses said to them, “Cast whatever you wish to cast.”
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فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
So they cast down their ropes and staffs, saying, “By Pharaoh’s might, it is we who will surely prevail.”
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فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ٤٥
Then Moses threw down his staff, and—behold!—it devoured the objects of their illusion
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٤٧
They declared, “We ˹now˺ believe in the Lord of all worlds—
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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٩
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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قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠
They responded, “˹That would be˺ no harm! Surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return
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إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥١
We really hope that our Lord will forgive our sins, as we are the first to believe.”
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۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢
And We inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.”
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فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ ٥٣
Then Pharaoh sent mobilizers to all cities
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤
˹and said,˺ “These ˹outcasts˺ are just a handful of people
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فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ ٥٧
So We lured the tyrants out of ˹their˺ gardens, springs
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩
So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to the Children of Israel
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فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ ٦١
When the two groups came face to face, the companions of Moses cried out, “We are overtaken for sure.”
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قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ٦٢
Moses reassured ˹them˺, “Absolutely not! My Lord is certainly with me—He will guide me.”
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فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٦٣
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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وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ٦٥
and delivered Moses and those with him all together
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٦٧
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩
Relate to them ˹O Prophet˺ the story of Abraham
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٠
when he questioned his father and his people, “What is that you worship ˹besides Allah˺?”
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قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ ٧١
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”
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قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ ٧٢
Abraham asked, “Can they hear you when you call upon them
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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ٧٤
They replied, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same.”
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قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٥
Abraham responded, “Have you ˹really˺ considered what you have been worshipping—
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فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٧٧
They are ˹all˺ enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ ٧٨
˹He is˺ the One Who created me, and He ˹alone˺ guides me
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وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ ٧٩
˹He is˺ the One Who provides me with food and drink
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وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ٨١
And He ˹is the One Who˺ will cause me to die, and then bring me back to life
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢
And He is ˹the One˺ Who, I hope, will forgive my flaws on Judgment Day.”
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ٨٣
“My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous
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وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ٨٤
Bless me with honourable mention among later generations
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وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥
Make me one of those awarded the Garden of Bliss
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وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦
Forgive my father, for he is certainly one of the misguided
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ٨٧
And do not disgrace me on the Day all will be resurrected—
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨
the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ ٨٩
Only those who come before Allah with a pure heart ˹will be saved˺.”
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وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠
˹On that Day˺ Paradise will be brought near to the God-fearing
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ٩١
and the Hellfire will be displayed to the deviant
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وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٩٢
And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship
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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣
besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”
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فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤
Then the idols will be hurled headlong into Hell, along with the deviant
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قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ٩٦
There the deviant will cry while disputing with their idols
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تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧
“By Allah! We were clearly mistaken
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إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٩٨
when we made you equal to the Lord of all worlds
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وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٩٩
And none led us astray other than the wicked
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فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٢
If only we could have a second chance, then we would be believers.”
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٣
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٠٥
The people of Noah rejected the messengers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦
when their brother Noah said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩
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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۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ١١١
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 عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ١١٢
He responded, “And what knowledge do I have of what they do
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إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ١١٣
Their judgment is with my Lord, if you had any sense
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ١١٦
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be stoned ˹to death˺.”
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧
Noah prayed, “My Lord! My people have truly rejected me
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فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٨
So judge between me and them decisively, and save me and the believers with me.”
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ١١٩
So We saved him and those with him in the fully loaded Ark
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٢١
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤
when their brother Hûd said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧
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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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ ١٢٨
˹Why˺ do you build a landmark on every high place in vanity
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وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ١٢٩
and construct castles, as if you are going to live forever
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وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠
and act so viciously when you attack ˹others˺
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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ١٣٢
Fear the One Who has provided you with ˹the good˺ things you know
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إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ١٣٥
I truly fear for you the torment of a tremendous day.”
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قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦
They responded, “It is all the same to us whether you warn ˹us˺ or not
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إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧
This is simply the tradition of our predecessors
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٣٩
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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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢
when their brother Ṣâliḥ said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥
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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أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦
Do you think you will be ˹forever˺ left secure in what you have here
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وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ ١٤٨
and ˹various˺ crops, and palm trees ˹loaded˺ with tender fruit
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وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَـٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩
to carve homes in the mountains with great skill
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وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ١٥١
And do not follow the command of the transgressors
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ١٥٢
who spread corruption throughout the land, never setting things right.”
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣
They replied, “You are simply bewitched
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مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤
You are only a human being like us, so bring forth a sign if what you say is true.”
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قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ١٥٥
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 تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ١٥٦
And do not ever touch her with harm, or you will be overtaken by the torment of a tremendous day.”
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فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٨
So the punishment overtook them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١
when their brother Lot said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤
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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أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥
Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men
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وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦
leaving the wives that your Lord has created for you? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ ١٦٧
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be expelled.”
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قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ ١٦٨
Lot responded, “I am truly one of those who despise your ˹shameful˺ practice
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رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٦٩
My Lord! Save me and my family from ˹the consequences of˺ what they do.”
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إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ١٧١
except an old woman, who was one of the doomed
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣
pouring upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٧٤
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٧٦
The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧
when Shu’aib said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠
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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۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ١٨١
Give full measure, and cause no loss ˹to others˺
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وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ١٨٣
and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land
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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤
And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥
They replied, “You are simply bewitched
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وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar
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فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧
So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”
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قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٨٨
Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
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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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٠
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢
This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds
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نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ١٩٣
which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down
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عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤
into your heart ˹O Prophet˺—so that you may be one of the warners—
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦
And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before
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أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧
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 نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ ١٩٨
Had We revealed it to a non-Arab
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فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٩
who would then recite it to the deniers ˹in fluent Arabic˺, still they would not have believed in it
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كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ٢٠٠
This is how We allow denial ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked
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لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ٢٠١
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment
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فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ٢٠٢
which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺
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فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣
Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥
Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years
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ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦
then there came to them what they had been threatened with
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧
would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺
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وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
We have never destroyed a society without warners
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ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩
to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺
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وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ٢١٠
It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down
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وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١
it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they
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إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ٢١٢
for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺
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فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣
So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished
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وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ٢١٤
And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives
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وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٢١٥
and be gracious to the believers who follow you
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فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ٢١٦
But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”
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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧
Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠
He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing
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هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ٢٢١
Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon
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يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies
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وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤
As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥
Do you not see how they rant in every field
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
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
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