سورة الجاثية

Surah Al-Jathiyah

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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حٰمٓۜ
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تَنْز۪يلُ الْـكِتَابِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَك۪يمِ
Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alhakeem
The revelation of this scripture is from GOD, the Almighty, Most Wise.
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اِنَّ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۜ
Inna fee assamawati wal-ardilaayatin lilmu/mineen
The heavens and the earth are full of proofs for the believers.
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وَف۪ي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَۙ
Wafee khalqikum wama yabuththu min dabbatinayatun liqawmin yooqinoon
Also in your creation, and the creation of all the animals, there are proofs for people who are certain.
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وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
Wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwama anzala Allahu mina assama-i minrizqin faahya bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihawatasreefi arriyahi ayatunliqawmin yaAAqiloon
Also, the alternation of the night and the day, and the provisions that GOD sends down from the sky to revive dead lands, and the manipulation of the winds; all these are proofs for people who understand.
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تِلْكَ اٰيَاتُ اللّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّۚ فَبِاَيِّ حَد۪يثٍ بَعْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاٰيَاتِه۪ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Tilka ayatu Allahinatlooha AAalayka bilhaqqi fabi-ayyi hadeethinbaAAda Allahi waayatihi yu/minoon
These are GOD's revelations that we recite to you truthfully. In which Hadith other than GOD and His revelations do they believe?
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وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَث۪يمٍۙ
Waylun likulli affakin atheem
Woe to every fabricator, guilty.
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يَسْمَعُ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِراً كَاَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَاۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ
YasmaAAu ayati Allahitutla AAalayhi thumma yusirru mustakbiran kaan lamyasmaAAha fabashshirhu biAAathabin aleem
The one who hears GOD's revelations recited to him, then insists arrogantly on his way, as if he never heard them. Promise him a painful retribution.
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وَاِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا شَيْـٔاًۨ اتَّخَذَهَا هُزُواًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌۜ
Wa-itha AAalima min ayatinashay-an ittakhathaha huzuwan ola-ika lahumAAathabun muheen
When he learns anything about our revelations, he mocks them. These have incurred a shameful retribution.
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مِنْ وَرَٓائِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ وَلَا يُغْن۪ي عَنْهُمْ مَا كَسَبُوا شَيْـٔاً وَلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَٓاءَۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۜ
Min wara-ihim jahannamu walayughnee AAanhum ma kasaboo shay-an wala maittakhathoo min dooni Allahi awliyaa walahumAAathabun AAatheem
Awaiting them is Gehenna. Their earnings will not help them, nor the idols they had set up beside GOD. They have incurred a terrible retribution.
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هٰذَا هُدًىۚ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنْ رِجْزٍ اَل۪يمٌ۟
Hatha hudan wallatheenakafaroo bi-ayati rabbihim lahum AAathabunmin rijzin aleem
This is a beacon, and those who disbelieve in these revelations of their Lord have incurred condemnation and a painful retribution.
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اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ ف۪يهِ بِاَمْرِه۪ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَۚ
Allahu allathee sakhkharalakumu albahra litajriya alfulku feehi bi-amrihiwalitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroon
GOD is the One who committed the sea in your service, so that the ships can roam it in accordance with His laws. You thus seek His provisions, that you may be appreciative.
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وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً مِنْهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Wasakhkhara lakum ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi jameeAAan minhu inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon
He committed in your service everything in the heavens and the earth; all from Him. These are proofs for people who reflect.
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قُلْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ اَيَّامَ اللّٰهِ لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْماً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Qul lillatheena amanooyaghfiroo lillatheena la yarjoona ayyama Allahiliyajziya qawman bima kanoo yaksiboon
Tell those who believed to forgive those who do not expect the days of GOD. He will fully pay everyone for whatever they have earned.
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مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ اَسَٓاءَ فَعَلَيْهَاۘ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ
Man AAamila salihanfalinafsihi waman asaa faAAalayha thumma ilarabbikum turjaAAoon
Whoever works righteousness does so for his own good, and whoever works evil does so to his own detriment. To your Lord you will be returned.
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وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪ـلَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَۚ
Walaqad atayna banee isra-eelaalkitaba walhukma wannubuwwatawarazaqnahum mina attayyibati wafaddalnahumAAala alAAalameen
We have given the Children of Israel the scripture, wisdom, and prophethood, and provided them with good provisions; we bestowed upon them more blessings than any other people.
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وَاٰتَيْنَاهُمْ بَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْاَمْرِۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُٓوا اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُۙ بَغْياً بَيْنَهُمْۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْض۪ي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
Waataynahum bayyinatinmina al-amri fama ikhtalafoo illa min baAAdi majaahumu alAAilmu baghyan baynahum inna rabbaka yaqdeebaynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon
We have given them herein clear commandments. Ironically, they did not dispute this until the knowledge had come to them. This is due to jealousy on their part. Surely, your Lord will judge them on the Day of Resurrection regarding everything they have disputed.
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ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلٰى شَر۪يعَةٍ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِـعْ اَهْوَٓاءَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma jaAAalnaka AAalashareeAAatin mina al-amri fattabiAAha walatattabiAA ahwaa allatheena la yaAAlamoon
We then appointed you to establish the correct laws; you shall follow this, and do not follow the wishes of those who do not know.
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اِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَاِنَّ الظَّالِم۪ينَ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ بَعْضٍۚ وَاللّٰهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ
Innahum lan yughnoo AAanka mina Allahishay-an wa-inna aththalimeena baAAduhumawliyao baAAdin wallahu waliyyualmuttaqeen
They cannot help you at all against GOD. It is the transgressors who ally themselves with one another, while GOD is the Lord of the righteous.
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هٰذَا بَصَٓائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
Hatha basa-iru linnasiwahudan warahmatun liqawmin yooqinoon
This provides enlightenments for the people, and guidance, and mercy for those who are certain.
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اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ نَجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِۙ سَوَٓاءً مَحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ۟
Am hasiba allatheena ijtarahooassayyi-ati an najAAalahum kallatheenaamanoo waAAamiloo assalihati sawaanmahyahum wamamatuhum saa ma yahkumoon
Do those who work evil expect that we will treat them in the same manner as those who believe and lead a righteous life? Can their life and their death be the same? Wrong indeed is their judgment.,
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وَخَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
Wakhalaqa Allahu assamawatiwal-arda bilhaqqi walitujzakullu nafsin bima kasabat wahum la yuthlamoon
GOD created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose, in order to pay each soul for whatever it earned, without the least injustice.,
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اَفَرَاَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهُ هَوٰيهُ وَاَضَلَّهُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلٰى سَمْعِه۪ وَقَلْبِه۪ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰى بَصَرِه۪ غِشَاوَةًۜ فَمَنْ يَهْد۪يهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللّٰهِۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Afaraayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu waadallahu Allahu AAalaAAilmin wakhatama AAala samAAihi waqalbihi wajaAAala AAalabasarihi ghishawatan faman yahdeehi min baAAdi Allahiafala tathakkaroon
Have you noted the one whose god is his ego? Consequently, GOD sends him astray, despite his knowledge, seals his hearing and his mind, and places a veil on his eyes. Who then can guide him, after such a decision by GOD? Would you not take heed?
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وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْ يَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَٓا اِلَّا الدَّهْرُۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۚ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
Waqaloo ma hiya illa hayatunaaddunya namootu wanahya wamayuhlikuna illa addahru wama lahum bithalikamin AAilmin in hum illa yathunnoon
They said, "We only live this life; we live and die and only time causes our death!" They have no sure knowledge about this; they only conjecture.
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وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ مَا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتُوا بِاٰبَٓائِنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ
Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin ma kana hujjatahum illaan qaloo i/too bi-aba-ina in kuntum sadiqeen
When our revelations are recited to them, clearly, their only argument is to say, "Bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful."
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قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُحْي۪يكُمْ ثُمَّ يُم۪يتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ۟
Quli Allahu yuhyeekum thummayumeetukum thumma yajmaAAukum ila yawmi alqiyamatila rayba feehi walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon
Say, "GOD has granted you life, then He puts you to death, then He will summon you to the Day of Resurrection, which is inevitable. But most people do not know."
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وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
Walillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyawma-ithin yakhsaru almubtiloon
To GOD belongs all sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. The day the Hour (Judgment) comes to pass, that is when the falsifiers lose.
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وَتَرٰى كُلَّ اُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً۠ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ تُدْعٰٓى اِلٰى كِتَابِهَاۜ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Watara kulla ommatin jathiyatankullu ommatin tudAAa ila kitabihaalyawma tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloon
You will see every community kneeling. Every community will be called to view their record. Today, you get paid for everything you have done.
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هٰذَا كِتَابُنَا يَنْطِقُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّۜ اِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنْسِخُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Hatha kitabuna yantiquAAalaykum bilhaqqi inna kunnanastansikhu ma kuntum taAAmaloon
This is our record; it utters the truth about you. We have been recording everything you did.
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فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُب۪ينُ
Faamma allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati fayudkhiluhumrabbuhum fee rahmatihi thalika huwa alfawzualmubeen
As for those who believe and work righteousness, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. This is the great triumph.
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وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا۠ اَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰيَات۪ي تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاسْتَكْـبَرْتُمْ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً مُجْرِم۪ينَ
Waamma allatheena kafarooafalam takun ayatee tutla AAalaykum fastakbartumwakuntum qawman mujrimeen
As for those who disbelieve: "Were not My revelations recited to you, but you turned arrogant and were wicked people?"
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وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْر۪ي مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَناًّ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِن۪ينَ
Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen
When it is proclaimed that GOD's promise is the truth and that the Hour (of Judgment) is inevitable, you said, "We do not know what the Hour is! We are full of conjecture about it; we are not certain."
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وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ
Wabada lahum sayyi-atu maAAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon
The evils of their works will become evident to them, and the very things they mocked will come back and haunt them.
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وَق۪يلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰيكُمْ كَمَا نَس۪يتُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا وَمَأْوٰيكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ
Waqeela alyawma nansakum kamanaseetum liqaa yawmikum hatha wama/wakumu annaruwama lakum min nasireen
It will be proclaimed: "Today we forget you, just as you forgot the meeting of this day. Your abode is the hellfire, and you will have no helpers.
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ذٰلِكُمْ بِاَنَّكُمُ اتَّخَذْتُمْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُواً وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْ يَاۚ فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
Thalikum bi-annakumu ittakhathtumayati Allahi huzuwan wagharratkumu alhayatuaddunya falyawma la yukhrajoonaminha wala hum yustaAAtaboon
"This is because you took GOD's revelations in vain, and were preoccupied with the first life." Consequently, they will never exit therefrom, nor will they be excused.
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فَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَرَبِّ الْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ
Falillahi alhamdu rabbi assamawatiwarabbi al-ardi rabbi alAAalameen
To GOD belongs all praise; Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of the universe.
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
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وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَٓاءُ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۖ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ
Walahu alkibriyao fee assamawatiwal-ardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem
To Him belongs all supremacy in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
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