بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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سَاَلَ سَٓائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍۙ
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA
A questioner may question the inevitable retribution.
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لِلْـكَافِر۪ينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌۙ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA
For the disbelievers, none can stop it.
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مِنَ اللّٰهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِۜ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij
From GOD; Possessor of the highest Height.
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تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْس۪ينَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ
TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana
The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years.
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فَاصْبِرْ صَبْراً جَم۪يلاً
Fasbir sabran jameela
Therefore, you shall resort to a gracious patience.
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اِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَع۪يداًۙ
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda
For they see it far away.
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وَنَرٰيهُ قَر۪يباًۜ
Wanarahu qareeba
While we see it very close.
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَٓاءُ كَالْمُهْلِۙ
Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl
The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks.
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وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِۙ
Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn
The mountains will be like fluffy wool.
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَم۪يمٌ حَم۪يماًۚ
Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema
No friend will care about his close friend.
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْۜ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَد۪ي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَن۪يهِۙ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh
When they see them, the guilty will wish he could give his own children as ransom, to spare him the retribution of that day.
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وَصَاحِبَتِه۪ وَاَخ۪يهِۙ
Wasahibatihi waakheeh
Also his spouse, and his brother.
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وَفَص۪يلَتِهِ الَّت۪ي تُـْٔو۪يهِۙ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh
Even his whole tribe that raised him.
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وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاًۙ ثُمَّ يُنْج۪يهِۙ
Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh
Even all the people on earth, if it would save him.
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كَلَّاۜ اِنَّهَا لَظٰىۙ
Kalla innaha latha
No; it is aflame.
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نَزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوٰىۚ
NazzaAAatan lishshawa
Eager to burn.
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تَدْعُوا مَنْ اَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It calls on those who turned away.
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وَجَمَعَ فَاَوْعٰى
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Those who hoarded and counted.
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اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاًۙ
Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa
Indeed, the human being is anxious.
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اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاًۙ
Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa
If touched by adversity, despondent.
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وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاًۙ
Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa
If blessed by wealth, stingy.
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اِلَّا الْمُصَلّ۪ينَۙ
Illa almusalleen
Except for the worshipers.
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اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَٓائِمُونَۖ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon
Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat).
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ٓي اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌۙ
Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom
Part of their money is set aside.
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لِلسَّٓائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِۖ
Lissa-ili walmahroom
For the poor and the needy.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِۖ
Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen
They believe in the Day of Judgment.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَۚ
Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon
They reverence their Lord's requital.
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اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۚ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon
Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَۙ
Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon
They keep their chastity.
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اِلَّا عَلٰٓى اَزْوَاجِهِمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُوم۪ينَۚ
Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen
(They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs -
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فَمَنِ ابْتَغٰى وَرَٓاءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَۚ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon
anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۖ
Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon
And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَٓائِمُونَۖ
Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon
Their testimony is truthful.
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وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَۜ
Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon
They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat) on time.
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اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ ف۪ي جَنَّاتٍ مُكْرَمُونَۜ ۟
Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon
They have deserved a position of honor in Paradise.
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فَمَالِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِع۪ينَۙ
Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen
What is keeping those who disbelieved from joining you?
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عَنِ الْيَم۪ينِۙ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِز۪ينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen
To the right, and to the left, they flee.
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اَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَع۪يمٍۙ
AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem
How can any of them expect to enter the blissful Paradise?
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كَلَّاۜ اِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon
Never; we created them, and they know from what.
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فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ اِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَۙ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon
I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able -
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عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْراً مِنْهُمْۙ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوق۪ينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen
to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated.
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتّٰى يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذ۪ي يُوعَدُونَۙ
Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon
Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that is awaiting them.
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً كَاَنَّهُمْ اِلٰى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَۙ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon
That is the day they come out of the graves in a hurry, as if herded to the (sacrificial) altars.
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خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۜ ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذ۪ي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon
With their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. That is the day that is awaiting them.