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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا
CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves
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فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا
and then storming on with a tempest's force!
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وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا
Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide,
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فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا
thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity,
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فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا
and then giving forth a reminder,
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عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning!
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ
BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass.
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فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced,
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ
and when the sky is rent asunder,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
and when the mountains are scattered like dust,
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وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed...
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لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
For what day has the term [of all this] been set?
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لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ
For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]!
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ
And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be?
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days?
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ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
And We shall let them be followed by those of later times:
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كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin.
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ
Did We not create you out of a humble fluid
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فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ
which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keeping
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إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
for a term pre-ordained?
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فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ
Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]!
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
Have We not caused the earth to hold within itself
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أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا
the living and the dead?
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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا
and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink?
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie!
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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ
Go on towards the threefold shadow
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لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ
that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flame
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إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ
which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs,
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كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ
like giant fiery ropes!
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
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هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word,
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وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
nor be allowed to proffer excuses!
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
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هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
that Day of Distinction [between the true and the false, when they will be told]: "We have brought you together with those [sinners] of olden times;
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فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ
and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!"
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs,
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وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire;
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]!"
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus, behold, do We reward the doers of good;
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
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كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ
EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin!
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth,
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down:
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth!
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فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ
In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe?
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