though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children,
12
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
and of his spouse, and of his brother,
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
and of all the kinsfolk who ever sheltered him,
14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
and of whoever [else] lives on earth, all of them - so that he could but save himself.
15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame,
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نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
tearing away his skin!
17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
It will claim all such as turn their backs [on what is right], and turn away [from the truth],
18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
and amass [wealth] and thereupon withhold [it from their fellow-men].
19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition.
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
and whenever good fortune comes to him, he selfishly withholds it [from others].
22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Not so, however, those who consciously turn towards God in prayer.
23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
[and] who incessantly persevere in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
and in whose possessions there is a due share, acknowledged [by them],
25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
for such as ask [for help] and such as are deprived [of what is good in life];
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment;
[not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock] -: for then, behold, they are free of all blame,
