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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ طسٓمٓ
Ta. Sin, Mim.
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تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
THESE ARE MESSAGES of the divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!
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لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it]?
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إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
Had We so willed, We could have sent down unto them a message from the skies, so that their necks would [be forced to] bow down before it in humility.
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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
[But We have not willed it:] and so, whenever there comes unto them any fresh reminder from the Most Gracious, they [who are blind of heart] always - turn their backs upon it:
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
thus, indeed, have they given the lie (to this message as well). But [in time] they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride!
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ
Have they, then, never considered the earth - how much of every noble kind [of life] We have caused to grow thereon?
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
HENCE, [remember how it was] when thy Sustainer summoned Moses: “Go unto those evil doing people.
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
the people of Pharaoh, who refuse to be conscious of Me!”
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
He answered: “O my Sustainer! Behold, I fear that they will give me the lie,
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
and then my breast will be straitened and my tongue will not be free: send, then, [this Thy command] to Aaron.
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وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
Moreover, they keep a grave charge [pending] against me, and I fear that they will slay me.”
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
Said He: “Not so, indeed! Go forth, then, both of you, with Our messages: verify, We shall be with you, listening [to your call]!
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And go, both of you, unto Pharaoh and say, ‘Behold, we bear a message from the Sustainer of all the worlds:
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أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Let the children of Israel go with us!’”
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قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
[But when Moses had delivered his message, Pharaoh] said: “Did we not bring thee up among us when thou wert a child? And didst thou not spend among us years of thy [later] life?
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وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And yet thou didst commit that [heinous] deed of thine, and [hast thus shown that] thou art one of the ingrate!”
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Replied [Moses]: “I committed it while I was still going astray;
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
and I fled from you because I feared you. But [since] then my Sustainer has endowed me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and has made me one of [His] message-bearers.
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
And [as for] that favour of which thou so tauntingly remindest me - [was it not] due to thy having enslaved the children of Israel?”
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
[Moses] answered: “[He is] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them: if you would but [allow yourselves to] be convinced!”
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قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
Said [Pharaoh] unto those around him: “Did you hear [what he said]?”
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
[And Moses] continued: “[He is] your Sustainer, [too,] as well as the Sustainer of your forefathers of old!”
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
[Pharaoh] exclaimed: “Behold, [this] your ‘apostle’ who [claims that he] has been sent unto you is mad indeed!
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
[But Moses] went on: “[He of whom I speak is] the Sustainer of the east and the west and of all that is between the two”- as you would know] if you would but use your reason!”
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قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
Said [Pharaoh]: “Indeed, if thou choose to worship any deity other than me, I shall most certainly throw thee into prison!
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قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
Said he: “Even if I should bring about before thee something that clearly shows the truth?”
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
[Pharaoh] answered: “Produce it, then, if thou art a man of truth!”
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Thereupon [Moses] threw down his staff - and lo! it was a serpent, plainly visible;
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ
and he drew forth his hand - and lo! it appeared [shining] white to the beholders.
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
Said [pharaoh] unto the great ones around him: “Verily, this is indeed a sorcerer of great knowledge
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
who wants to drive you out of your land by his sorcery. What, then, do you advise?”
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They answered: “Let him and his brother wait a while, and send unto all cities heralds
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍۢ
who shall assemble before thee all sorcerers of great knowledge”
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فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
And so the sorcerers were assembled at a set time on a certain day,
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
and the people were asked: Are you all present,
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?”
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
Now when the sorcerers came, they said unto Pharaoh: “Verily, we ought to have a great reward if it is we who prevail.
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Answered he: “Yea - and, verily, in that case you shall be among those who are near unto me.
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
[And] Moses said unto them: “Throw whatever you are going to throw!”
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فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
Thereupon they threw their [magic ropes and their staffs, and said: “By Pharaoh’s might, behold, it is we indeed who have prevailed!”
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فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
[But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.
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فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves in adoration,
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
[and] exclaimed: “We have come to believe in the Sustainer of all the worlds,
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رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
the Sustainer of Moses and Aaron!”
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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Said [Pharaoh]: “Have you come to believe in him ere I have given you permission? Verily, he must be your master who has taught you magic! But in time you shall come to know [my revenge]: most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers, all together!”
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قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They answered: “No harm [canst thou do to us]: verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn!
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إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Behold, we [but] ardently desire that our Sustainer forgive us our faults in return for our having been foremost among the believers!”
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۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
AND [there came a time when] We inspired Moses thus: “Go forth with My servants by night: for, behold, you will he pursued!”
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فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
And Pharaoh sent heralds unto all cities,
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إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ
[bidding them to call out his troops and to proclaim:] “Behold, these [children of Israel] are but a contemptible band;
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وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
but they are indeed filled with hatred of us
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وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
seeing that we are, verily, a nation united, fully prepared against danger –
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فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
and so we have [rightly] driven them out of [their] gardens and springs,
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وَكُنُوزٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
and [deprived them of their erstwhile] station of honour!”
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Thus it was: but [in the course of time] We were to bestow all these [things] as a heritage on the children of Israel.
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فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
And so [the Egyptians] caught up with them at sunrise;
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فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
and as soon as the two hosts came in sight of one another, the followers of Moses exclaimed: “Behold, we shall certainly be overtaken [and defeated]!”
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قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
He replied: Nay indeed! My Sustainer is with me, [and] He will guide me!”
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فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Thereupon We inspired Moses thus: Strike the sea with thy staff!”- whereupon it parted, and each part appeared like a mountain vast.
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وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
And We caused the pursuers to draw near unto that place:
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وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
and We saved Moses and all who were with him,
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
and then We caused the others to drown.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In this [story] behold, there is a message [unto all men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And yet, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
And convey unto them the story of Abraham –
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
[how it was] when he asked his father and his people, “What is it that you worship?”
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قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
They answered: We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.”
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قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
Said he: “Do [you really think that] they hear you when you invoke them,
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أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
or benefit you or do you harm?”
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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!”
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قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
Said [Abraham]: “Have you, then, ever considered what it is that you have been worshipping
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أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ
you and those ancient forebears of yours?
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فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“Now [as for me, I know that,] verily, these [false deities] are my enemies, [and that none is my helper] save the Sustainer of all the worlds,
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
who has created me and is the One who guides me,
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وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ
and is the One who gives me to eat and to drink,
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وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
and when I fall ill, is the One who restores me to health,
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وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
and who will cause me to die and then will bring me back to life –
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
and who, [hope, will forgive me my faults on Judgment Day!
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
“O my Sustainer! Endow me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and make me one with the righteous,
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وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
and grant me the power to convey the truth unto those who will come after me,
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وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
and place me among those who shall inherit the garden of bliss!
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وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
“And forgive my father - for, verily, he is among those who have gone astray –
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
and do not put me to shame on the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ
the Day on which neither wealth will be of any use, nor children,
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ
[and when] only he [will be happy] who comes before God with a heart free of evil!”
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وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
For, [on that Day,] paradise will be brought within sight of the God-conscious,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
whereas the blazing fire will be laid open before those who had been lost in grievous error;
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وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
and they will be asked: “Where now is all that you were wont to worship
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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ
instead of God? Can these [things and beings] be of any help to you or to themselves?”
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فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
Thereupon they will be hurled into hell – they, as well as all [others] who had been lost in grievous error,
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وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ
and the hosts of Iblis - all together.
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قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
And there and then, blaming one another, they [who had grievously sinned in life] will exclaim:
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تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
“By God, we were most obviously astray
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إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
when we deemed you [false deities] equal to the Sustainer of all the worlds –
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وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
yet they who have seduced us [into believing in you] are the truly guilty ones!
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فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
And now we have none to intercede for us,
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وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ
nor any loving friend.
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فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Would that we had a second chance [in life], so that we could be among the believers!”
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In all this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Noah [too] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when their brother Noah said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Hence, remain conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!”
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۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ
They answered: “Shall we place our faith in thee, even though [only] the most abject [of people] follow thee?”
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قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Said he: “And what knowledge could I have as to what they were doing [before they came to me]?
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إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
Their reckoning rests with none but my Sustainer: if you could but understand [this]!
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وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Hence, I shall not drive away [any of] those [who profess to be] believers;
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إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
I am nothing but a plain warner.”
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ
Said they: “Indeed, if thou desist not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be stoned to death!”
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ
[Whereupon] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Behold, my people have given me the lie:
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فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
hence, lay Thou wide open the truth between me and them, and save me and those of the believers who are with me!”
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فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
And so We saved him and those [who were] with him in the fully-laden ark,
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ
and then We caused those who stayed behind to drown.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
[AND the tribe of] Ad gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when their brother Hud said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ
“Will you, in your wanton folly, build [idolatrous] altars on every height,
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وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
and make for yourselves mighty castles, [hoping] that you might become immortal?
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وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint?
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
“Be, then, conscious of God and pay heed unto me:
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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
and [thus] be conscious of Him who has [so] amply provided you with all [the good] that you might think of
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أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
amply provided you with flocks, and children,
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وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ
and gardens, and springs -:
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إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
for, verily, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”
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قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ
[But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach.
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إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung,
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وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
and we are not going to be chastised [for adhering to it]!”
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
And so they gave him the lie: and thereupon We destroyed them. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
[AND the tribe of] Thamud gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-hearers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when their brother Salih said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
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أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
“Do you think that you will be left secure [forever] in the midst of what you have here and now?
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فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
amidst [these] gardens and springs
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وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ
and fields, and [these] palm-trees with slender spathes? –
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وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ
and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
“Be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me,
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وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
and pay no heed to the counsel of those who are given to excesses –
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
those who spread corruption on earth instead of setting things to rights!”
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
Said they: “Thou art but one of the bewitched!
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مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Thou art nothing but a mortal like ourselves! Come, then, forward with a token [of thy mission] if thou art a man of truth!”
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قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
Replied he: “This she-camel shall have a share of water, and you shall have a share of water, on the days appointed [therefor];
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وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
and do her no harm, lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”
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فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ
But they cruelly slaughtered her - and then they had cause to regret it:
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فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
for the suffering [predicted by Salih,] befell them [then and there]. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone – is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
[AND] the people of Lot gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when their brother Lot said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
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أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“Must you, of all people, [lustfully] approach men,
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وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
keeping yourselves aloof from all the [lawful] spouses whom your Sustainer has created for you? Nay, but you are people who transgress all bounds of what is right!”
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ
Said they: “Indeed, If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt most certainly be expelled [from this township]!”
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قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ
[Lot] exclaimed: “Behold, I am one of those who utterly abhor your doings!”
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رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
[And then he prayed:] “O my Sustainer! Save me and my household from all that they are doing!”
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فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
Thereupon We saved him and all his household –
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171
إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
all but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind;
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172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
and then We utterly destroyed the others,
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173
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
and rained down upon them a rain [of destruction]: and dire is such rain upon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!
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174
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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175
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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176
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
[AND] the dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
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177
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when their brother Shu’ayb said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
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178
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
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179
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
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180
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
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181
۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ
“[Always] give full measure, and be not among those who [unjustly] cause loss [to others];
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182
وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ
and [in all your dealings] weigh with a true balance,
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183
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs; and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption,
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184
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
but be conscious of Him who has created you, just as [He created] those countless generations of old!”
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185
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
Said they: “Thou art but one of the bewitched,
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186
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
for thou art nothing but a mortal like ourselves! And, behold, we think that thou art a consummate liar!
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187
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Cause, then, fragments of the sky to fall down upon us, if thou art a man of truth!”
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188
قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Answered [Shu’ayb]: “My Sustainer knows fully well what you are doing.”
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189
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
But they gave him the lie. And thereupon suffering overtook them on a day dark with shadows: and, verily, it was the suffering of an awesome day!
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190
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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191
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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192
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Now, behold, this [divine writ] has indeed been bestowed from on high by the Sustainer of all the worlds:
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193
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ
trustworthy divine inspiration has alighted with it from on high
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194
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
upon thy heart, [O Muhammad] so that thou mayest be among those who preach
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195
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
in the clear Arabic tongue.
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196
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And, verily, [the essence of] this [revelation] is indeed found in the ancient books of divine wisdom [as well].
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197
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Is it not evidence enough for them that [so many] learned men from among the children of Israel have recognized this [as true]?
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198
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ
But [even] had We bestowed it from on high upon any of the non-Arabs,
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فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ
and had he recited it unto them [in his own tongue], they would not have believed in it.
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200
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus have We caused this [message] to pass [unheeded] through the hearts of those who are lost in sin:
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201
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
they will not believe in it till they behold the grievous suffering
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202
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
that will come upon them [on resurrection,] all of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach];
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203
فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
and then they will exclaim, “Could we have a respite?”
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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Do they, then, [really] wish that Our chastisement be hastened on?
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ
But hast thou ever considered [this]: If We do allow them to enjoy [this life] for some years,
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206
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
and thereupon that [chastisement] which they were promised befalls them –
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207
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ
of what avail to them will be all their past enjoyments?
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208
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
And withal, never have We destroyed any community unless it had been warned
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209
ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
and reminded: for, never do We wrong [anyone].
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210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
And [this divine writ is such a reminder:] no evil spirits have brought it down:
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211
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
for, neither does it suit their ends, nor is it in their power [to impart it to man]:
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212
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
verily, [even] from hearing it are they utterly debarred!
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213
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ
Hence, [O man,] do not invoke any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself among those who are made to suffer [on Judgment Day].
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214
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
And warn [whomever thou canst reach, beginning with] thy kinsfolk,
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215
وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and spread the wings of thy tenderness over all of the believers who may follow thee;
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216
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
but if they disobey thee, say, “I am free of responsibility for aught that you may do!” –
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217
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
and place thy trust in the Almighty, the Dispenser of Grace,
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218
ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
who sees thee when thou standest [alone],
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
and [sees] thy behaviour among those who prostrate themselves [before Him]:
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
for, verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing!
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221
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
[And] shall I tell you upon whom it is that those evil spirits descend?
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222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ
They descend upon all sinful self-deceivers
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223
يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ
who readily lend ear [to every falsehood], and most of whom lie to others as well.
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وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
And as for the poets [they, too, are prone to deceive themselves: and so, only] those who are lost in grievous error would follow them.
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225
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ
Art thou not aware that they roam confusedly through all the valleys [of words and thoughts],
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226
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
and that they [so often] say what they do not do [or feel]?
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227
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ
[Most of them are of this kind] save those who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and remember God unceasingly, and defend themselves [only] after having been wronged, and [trust in God’s promise that] those who are bent on wrongdoing will in time come to know how evil a turn their destinies are bound to take!
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