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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
and when the stars lose their light,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
and when the mountains are made to vanish,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
and when all beasts are gathered together,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
and when the seas boil over,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds],
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
for what crime she had been slain,
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded,
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
and when heaven is laid bare,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
and when paradise is brought into view:
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
[on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself].
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars,
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
the planets that run their course and set,
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
and the night as it darkly falls,
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
and the morn as it softly breathes:
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle,
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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
with strength endowed, secure with Him who in almightiness is enthroned
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مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
[the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust!
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman:
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon;
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed.
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Whither, then, will you go?
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind –
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way.
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way].
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