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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا
CONSIDER these [messages] ranged in serried ranks,
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فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا
and restraining [from evil] by a call to restraint,
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فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا
and conveying [to all the world] a reminder:
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إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ
Verily, most surely, your God is One –
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رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ
the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and of all that is between them, and the Sustainer of all the points of sunrise!
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إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
Behold, We have adorned the skies nearest to the earth with the beauty of stars,
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وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ
and have made them secure against every rebellious, satanic force,
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لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ
[so that] they [who seek to learn the unknowable] should not be able to overhear the host on high, but shall be repelled from all sides,
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دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ
cast out [from all grace], with lasting suffering in store for them [in the life to come];
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إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ
but if anyone does succeed in snatching a glimpse [of such knowledge], he is [henceforth] pursued by a piercing flame.
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فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ
AND NOW ask those [who deny the truth] to enlighten thee: Were they more difficult to create than all those [untold marvels] that We have created? - for, behold, them have We created out of [mere] clay commingled with water!
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بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
Nay, but whereas thou dost marvel, they [only] scoff;
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وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
and when they are reminded [of the truth], they refuse to take it to heart;
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
and when they become aware of a [divine] message, they turn it to ridicule
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وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
and say: “This is clearly nothing but [a mortal’s] spellbinding eloquence!
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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Why - after we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? –
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أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
and perhaps also our forebears of old?”
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قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ
Say: “Yea, indeed - and most abject will you then be!” –
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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
for that [resurrection which they deride] will be [upon them of a sudden, as if it were] but a single accusing cry - and then, lo! they will begin to see [the truth]
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وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
and will say: “Oh, woe unto us! This is the Day of Judgment!”
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هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[And they will be told:] “This is the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false - the Day] which you were wont to call a lie!”
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۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
[And God will thus command:] “Assemble all those who were bent on evildoing, together with others of their ilk and [with] all that they were wont to worship
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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
instead of God, and lead them all onto the way to the blazing fire,
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وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ
and halt them [there]!” [And then,] behold, they shall be asked,
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
“How is it that [now] you cannot succour one another?”
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بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ
Nay, but on that Day they would willingly surrender [to God];
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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
but [since it will be too late,] they will turn upon one another, demanding of each other [to relieve them of the burden of their past sins].
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Some [of them] will say: “Behold, you were wont to approach us [deceptively] from the right!”
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قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
[To which] the others will reply: “Nay, you yourselves were bereft of all faith!
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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ
Moreover, we had no power at all over you: nay, you were people filled with overweening arrogance!
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فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
But now our Sustainer’s word has come true against us [as well]: verily, we are bound to taste [the fruit of our sins].
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فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
So then, [if it be true that] we have caused you to err grievously - behold, we ourselves had been lost in grievous error!”
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فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
And, verily, on that Day they all will share in their common suffering.
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Verily, thus shall We deal with all who were lost in sin:
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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
for, behold, whenever they were told, “There is no deity save God,” they would glory in their arrogance
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وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
and would say, “Shall we, then, give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet?”
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بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Nay, but he [whom you call a mad poet] has brought the truth; and he confirms the truth of [what the earlier of God’s] message-bearers [have taught].
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إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ
Behold, you will indeed taste grievous suffering [in the life to come],
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وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
although you shall not be requited for aught but what you were wont to do.
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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Not so, however, God’s true servants:
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
[in the hereafter,] theirs shall be a sustenance which they will recognize
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فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ
as the fruits [of their life on earth]; and honoured shall they be
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فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
in gardens of bliss,
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عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
facing one another [in love] upon thrones of happiness.
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يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ
A cup will be passed round among them [with a drink] from unsullied springs,
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بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ
clear, delightful to those who drink it:
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لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ
no headiness will be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon.
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وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ
And with them will be mates of modest gaze, most beautiful of eye,
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ
[as free of faults] as if they were hidden [ostrich] eggs.
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
And they will all turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives].
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قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ
One of them speaks thus: “Behold, I had [on earth] a close companion
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يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ
who was wont to ask [me], ‘Why - art thou really one of those who believe it to be true
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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
[that] after we have died and become mere dust and bones we shall, forsooth, be brought to judgment?”’
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قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
[And] he adds: “Would you like to look [and see him]?” –
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فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
and then he looks and sees that [companion of his] in the midst of the blazing fire,
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قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ
and says: “By God! Verily, thou hast almost destroyed me [too, O my erstwhile companion]
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وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
for had it not been for my Sustainer’s favour, I would surely be [now] among those who are given over [to suffering]!
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أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
But then, [O my friends in paradise,] is it [really] so that we are not to die
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إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
[again,] beyond our previous death, and that we shall never [again] be made to suffer?
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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Verily, this - this indeed - is the triumph supreme!”
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لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ
For the like of this, then, let them labour, those who labour [in God’s way]!
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أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Is such [a paradise] the better welcome - or the [hellish] tree of deadly fruit?
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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Verily, We have caused it to be a trial for evildoers:
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إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌۭ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
for, behold, it is a tree that grows in the very heart of the blazing fire [of hell],
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طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
its fruit [as repulsive] as satans’ heads;
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فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
and they [who are lost in evil] are indeed bound to eat thereof, and to fill their bellies therewith.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًۭا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ
And, behold, above all this they will be confounded with burning despair!
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
And once again: Verily, the blazing fire is their ultimate goal –
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إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ
for, behold, they found their forebears on a wrong way,
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فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ
and [now] they make haste to follow in their footsteps!
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وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them,
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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
although, verily, We had sent warners unto them:
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فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
and behold what happened in the end to those that had been warned [to no avail]!
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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
EXCEPT for God’s true servants, [most people are apt to go astray.]
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وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌۭ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ
And, indeed, [it was for this reason that] Noah cried unto Us - and how excellent was Our response:
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وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
for We saved him and his household from that awesome calamity,
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وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ
and caused his offspring to endure [on earth];
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
and We left him thus to be remembered among later generations:
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سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“Peace be upon Noah throughout all the worlds!”
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good –
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إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
for he was truly one of our believing servants:
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
[and so We saved him and those who followed him] and then We caused the others to drown.
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۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
AND, BEHOLD, of his persuasion was Abraham, too,
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إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍ
when he turned to his Sustainer with a heart free of evil,
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
and [thus] spoke to his father and his people: “What is it that you worship?
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أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةًۭ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Do you want [to bow down before] a lie - [before] deities other than God?
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فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
What, then, do you think of the Sustainer of all the worlds?”
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فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةًۭ فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ
Then he cast a glance at the stars,
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فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌۭ
and said, “Verily, I am sick [at heart]!”
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فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
and at that they turned their backs on him and went away.
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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Thereupon he approached their gods stealthily and said, “What! You do not eat [of the offerings placed before you]?
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
What is amiss with you that you do not speak?”
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فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ
And then he fell upon them, smiting them with his right hand.
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فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ
[But] then the others came towards him hurriedly [and accused him of his deed].
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قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
He answered: “Do you worship something that you [yourselves] have carved,
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وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
the while it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?”
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قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًۭا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
They exclaimed: “Build a pyre for him, and cast him into the blazing fire!”
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فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
But whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We [frustrated their designs, and thus] brought them low?
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وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
And [Abraham] said: “Verily, I shall [leave this land and] go wherever my Sustainer will guide me!”
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
[And he prayed:] “O my Sustainer! Bestow upon me the gift of [a son who shall be] one of the righteous!” –
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فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍۢ
whereupon We gave him the glad tiding of a boy-child gentle [like himself]?
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فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
And [one day,] when [the child] had become old enough to share in his [father’s] endeavours, the latter said: “O my dear son! I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: consider, then, what would be thy view!” [Ishmael] answered: “O my father! Do as thou art bidden: thou wilt find me, if God so wills, among those who are patient in adversity!”
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103
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ
But as soon as the two had surrendered themselves to [what they thought to be] the will of God, and [Abraham] had laid him down on his face,
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وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ
We called out to him: “O Abraham,
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قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
thou hast already fulfilled [the purpose of] that dream- vision!” Thus, verily, do We reward the doers of good:
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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ
for, behold, all this was indeed a trial, clear in itself.
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107
وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
And We ransomed him with a tremendous sacrifice,
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108
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
and left him thus to be remembered among later generations:
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109
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
“Peace be upon Abraham!”
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110
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus do We reward the doers of good –
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إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
for he was truly one of our believing servants.
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112
وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And [in time] We gave him the glad tiding of Isaac, [who, too, would be] a prophet, one of the righteous;
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وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌۭ وَظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌۭ
and We blessed him and Isaac: but among the offspring of these two there were [destined] to be both doers of good and such as would glaringly sin against themselves.
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114
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
THUS, INDEED, did We bestow Our favour upon Moses and Aaron;
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115
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
and We saved them and their people from the awesome calamity [of bondage],
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وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
and succoured them, so that [in the end] it was they who achieved victory.
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وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ
And We gave them the divine writ that made [right and wrong] distinct,
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وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
and guided them the straight way,
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
and left them thus to be remembered among later generations:
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120
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
“Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!”
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus do We reward the doers of good –
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إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
for those two were truly among Our believing servants.
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وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
AND, BEHOLD, Elijah [too] was indeed one of Our message-bearers
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إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when he spoke [thus] to his people: “Will you not remain conscious of God?
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125
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ
Will you invoke Baal and forsake [God,] the best of artisans -
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ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
God, your Sustainer and the Sustainer of your forebears of old?”
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
But they gave him the lie: and therefore they will most surely be arraigned [on Judgment Day],
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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
excepting only [those who were] God’s true servants;
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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
and him We left thus to be remembered among later generations:
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130
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ
“Peace be upon Elijah and his followers!”
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good –
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إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
for he was truly one of Our believing servants!
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133
وَإِنَّ لُوطًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
AND, BEHOLD, Lot was indeed one of Our message-bearers;
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134
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
[and so,] when [We decreed the doom of his sinful town,] We saved him and his household,
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135
إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind;
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136
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
and then We utterly destroyed the others:
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وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ
and, verily, [to this day] you pass by the remnants of their dwellings at morning-time
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138
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
and by night. Will you not, then, use your reason?
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139
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
AND, BEHOLD, Jonah was indeed one of Our message-bearers
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إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
when he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.
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141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ
And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;
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فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ
[and they cast him into the sea,] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.
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فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ
And had he not been of those who [even in the deep darkness of their distress are able to] extol God’s limitless glory,
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لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
he would indeed have remained in its belly till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:
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۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌۭ
but We caused him to be cast forth on a desert shore, sick [at heart] as he was,
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وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةًۭ مِّن يَقْطِينٍۢ
and caused a creeping plant to grow over him [out of the barren soil].
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وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
And [then] We sent him [once again] to [his people,] a hundred thousand [souls] or more:
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فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ
and [this time] they believed [in him] and so We allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them?
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149
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
AND NOW ask them to enlighten thee: Has thy Sustainer daughters, whereas they would have [only] sons?
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أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ
- or is it that We have created the angels female, and they [who believe them to be divine] have witnessed [that act of creation]?
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أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ
Oh, verily, it is out of their own [inclination to] falsehood that some people assert,
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وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ
“God has begotten [a son]”; and, verily, they are lying [too, when they say],
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أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ
“He has chosen daughters in preference to sons”!
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154
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
What is amiss with you and your judgment?
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155
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?
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أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Or have you, perchance, a clear evidence [for your assertions]?
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157
فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Produce, then, that divine writ of yours, if you are speaking the truth!
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158
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
And some people have invented a kinship between Him and all manner of invisible forces although [even] these invisible forces know well that, verily, they [who thus blaspheme against God] shall indeed be arraigned [before Him on Judgment Day: for]
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سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
limitless is God in His glory, above anything that men may devise by way of definition!
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160
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Not thus, however, [behave] God’s true servants:
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فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ
for, verily, neither you [blasphemers] nor the objects of your worship
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162
مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ
can cause anyone to fall prey to your temptation
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163
إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
unless it be such as rushes towards the blazing fire [of his own accord]!
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وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
[All forces of nature praise God and say:] “Among us, too, there is none but has a place assigned to it [by Him];
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وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ
and, verily, we too are ranged [before Him in worship];
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وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ
and, verily, we too extol His limitless glory!”
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167
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ
AND, INDEED, they [who deny the truth] have always been wont to say,
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لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
“If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears,
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لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
we would certainly be true servants of God.”
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فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
And yet, [now that this divine writ has been placed before them,] they refuse to acknowledge it as true! In time, however, they will come to know [what it was that they had rejected]:
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وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
for, long ago has Our word gone forth unto Our servants, the message- bearers,
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172
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ
that, verily, they - they indeed - would be succoured,
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وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
and that, verily, Our hosts - they indeed - would [in the end] be victorious!
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174
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
Hence, turn thou aside for a while from those [who deny the truth],
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وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
and see them [for what they are]; and in time they [too] will come to see [what they do not see now].
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176
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Do they, then, [really] wish that Our chastisement be hastened on?
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فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
But then, once it alights upon them, hapless will be the awakening of those who were warned [to no avail]!
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178
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
Hence, turn thou aside for a while from them,
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وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
and see [them for what they are]; and n time they [too] will come to see [what they do not see now].
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180
سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
LIMITLESS in His glory is thy Sustainer, the Lord of almightiness, [exalted] above anything that men may devise by way of definition!
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181
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And peace be upon all His message-bearers!
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وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And all praise is due to God alone, the Sustainer of all the worlds!
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