بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
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وَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat
And I swear by the blaming soul.
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اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۜ
Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah
Does the human being think that we will not reconstruct his bones?
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بَلٰى قَادِر۪ينَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah
Yes indeed; we are able to reconstruct his finger tip.
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بَلْ يُر۪يدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهُۚ
Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah
But the human being tends to believe only what he sees in front of him.
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يَسْـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ
Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama
He doubts the Day of Resurrection!
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فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ
Fa-itha bariqa albasar
Once the vision is sharpened.
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وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ
Wakhasafa alqamar
And the moon is eclipsed.
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وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۙ
WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar
And the sun and the moon crash into one another.
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يَقُولُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ
Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar
The human being will say on that day, "Where is the escape?"
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كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَۚ
Kalla la wazar
Absolutely, there is no escape.
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اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمُسْتَقَرُّۜ
Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar
To your Lord, on that day, is the final destiny.
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يُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَۜ
Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar
The human being will be informed, on that day, of everything he did to advance himself, and everything he did to regress himself.
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بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ بَص۪يرَةٌۙ
Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera
The human being will be his own judge.
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وَلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذ۪يرَهُۜ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerah
No excuses will be accepted.
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لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِه۪ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِه۪ۜ
La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih
Do not move your tongue to hasten it.
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اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْاٰنَهُۚ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah
It is we who will collect it into Quran.
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فَاِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهُۚ
Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah
Once we recite it, you shall follow such a Quran.
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ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۜ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah
Then it is we who will explain it.
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كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَۙ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila
Indeed, you love this fleeting life.
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وَتَذَرُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ
Watatharoona al-akhira
While disregarding the Hereafter.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌۙ
Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira
Some faces, on that day, will be happy.
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اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۚ
Ila rabbiha nathira
Looking at their Lord.
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌۙ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira
Other faces will be, on that day, miserable.
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تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۜ
Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira
Expecting the worst.
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كَلَّٓا اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ
Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy
Indeed, when (the soul) reaches the throat.
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وَق۪يلَ مَنْ۔ رَاقٍۙ
Waqeela man raq
And it is ordered: "Let go!"
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وَظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ
Wathanna annahu alfiraq
He knows it is the end.
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وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ
Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq
Each leg will lay motionless next to the other leg.
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اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمَسَاقُۜ۟
Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq
To your Lord, on that day, is the summoning.
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فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he observed neither the charity, nor the contact prayers (Salat).
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وَلٰـكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he disbelieved and turned away.
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ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ يَتَمَطّٰىۜ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta
With his family, he acted arrogantly.
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اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۙ
Awla laka faawla
You have deserved this.
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ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۜ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Indeed, you have deserved this.
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اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًىۜ
Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda
Does the human being think that he will go to nothing?
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اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنٰىۙ
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of ejected semen?
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ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa
Then He created an embryo out of it!
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فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۜ
FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
He made it into male or female!
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اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta
Is He then unable to revive the dead?