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سَأَلَ سَاۤئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
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تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَیۡهِ فِی یَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِینَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years
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فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِیلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see
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إِنَّهُمۡ یَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِیدࣰا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Lo! they behold it afar off
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِیبࣰا
Wanarahu qareeban
While we behold it nigh
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یَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The day when the sky will become as molten copper
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the hills become as flakes of wool
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وَلَا یَسۡءَلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیمࣰا
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
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یُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ یَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ یَفۡتَدِی مِنۡ عَذَابِ یَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِیهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِیهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his spouse and his brother
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وَفَصِیلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِی تُءۡوِیهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his kin that harboured him
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وَمَن فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا ثُمَّ یُنجِیهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him
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كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
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نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Eager to roast
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تَدۡعُوا۟ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth)
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰۤ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Lo! man was created anxious
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَیۡرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging
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إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ
Illa almusalleena
Save worshippers
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ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَاۤئِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Who are constant at their worship
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وَٱلَّذِینَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
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لِّلسَّاۤئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the beggar and the destitute
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وَٱلَّذِینَ یُصَدِّقُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment
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وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَیۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure
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وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who preserve their chastity
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy
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فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors
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وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant
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وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَ ٰتِهِمۡ قَاۤئِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand by their testimony
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وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who are attentive at their worship
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أُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِینَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed
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عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِینَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right and on the left, in groups
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أَیَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیمࣲ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight
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كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا یَعۡلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know
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فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able
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عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun
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فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised
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یَوۡمَ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ یُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِی كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised