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About Surah Ash-Shuara
This surah retells several familiar prophetic stories — Moses, Abraham, Noah, Hud, Salih, Lot, and Shu'ayb — each following a similar structure of warning and rejection, reinforcing that Muhammad's experience with the Meccans mirrored a long, consistent pattern. Its title comes from its closing verses, which distinguish the Quran from poetry, criticizing poets of the time who said things they didn't mean and wandered aimlessly in their words, unlike the purposeful, truthful nature of revelation.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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طسٓمٓ
Taa-Seeen-Meeem
Ta. Sin. Mim.
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تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
Tilka Aayaatul Kitaabil Mubeen
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
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لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
La'allaka baakhi'un nafsaka allaa yakoonoo mu'mineen
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.
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إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
In nashaa nunazzil 'alaihim minas samaaa'i Aayatan fazallat a'naaquhum lahaa khaadi'een
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
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وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Wa maa yaateehim min zikrim minar Rahmaani muhdasin illaa kaanoo 'anhu mu'rideen
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
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فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
Faqad kazzaboo fasa yaateehim ambaaa'u maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
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أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ
Awa lam yaraw ilal ardi kam ambatnaa feehaa min kulli zawjin kareem
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?
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إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inn fee zaalika la Aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la Huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Wa iz naadaa Rabbuka Moosaaa ani'-til qawmaz zaalimeen
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
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قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
Qawma Fir'awn; alaa yattaqoon
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
Qaala Rabbi inneee akhaafu ai yukazziboon
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
Wa yadeequ sadree wa laa yantaliqu lisaanee fa arsil ilaa Haaroon
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
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وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ
Wa lahum 'alaiya zambun fa akhaafu ai yaqtuloon
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
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قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ
Qaala kallaa fazhabaa bi Aayaatinaaa innaa ma'akum mustami'oon
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
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فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Faatiyaa Fir'awna faqoolaaa innaa Rasoolu Rabbil 'aalameen
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
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أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
An arsil ma'anaa Baneee Israaa'eel
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
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قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
Qaala alam nurabbika feenaa waleedanw wa labista feenaa min 'umurika sineen
(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
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وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
Wa fa'alta fa'latakal latee fa'alta wa anta minal kaafireen
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.
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قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Qaala fa'altuhaaa izanw wa ana minad daaaleen
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
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فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Fafarartu minkum lam maa khiftukum fawahaba lee Rabbee hukmanw wa ja'alanee minal mursaleen
Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
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وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Wa tilka ni'matun tamun nuhaa 'alaiya an 'abbatta Baneee Israaa'eel
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
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قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Qaala Fir'awnu wa maa Rabbul 'aalameen
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Qaala Rabbus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa in kuntum mooqineen
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
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قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ
Qaala liman hawlahooo alaa tastami'oon
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Qaala Rabbukum wa Rabbu aabaaa'ikumul awwaleen
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
Qaala inna Rasoolakumul lazee ursila ilaikum lamajnoon
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
Qaala Rabbul mashriqi wal maghribi wa maa baina humaa in kuntum ta'qiloon
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
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قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ
Qaala la'init takhazta ilaahan ghairee la aj'alannaka minal masjooneen
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
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قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ
Qaala awalw ji'tuka bishai'im mubeen
He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
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قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Qaala faati biheee in kunta minas saadiqeen
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
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فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ
Fa alqaa 'asaahu fa izaaa hiya su'baanum mubeen
Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
Wa naza'a yadahoo faizaa hiya baidaaa'u linnaa zireen
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
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قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ
Qaala lilmala-i hawlahooo inna haazaa lasaahirun 'aleem
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ
Yureedu ai yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihee famaazaa taamuroon
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
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قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Qaalooo arjih wa akhaahu wab'as filmadaaa'ini haashireen
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners
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يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ
Yaatooka bikulli sah haarin 'aleem
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
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فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
Fa jumi'as saharatu limeeqaati Yawmim ma'loom
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ
Wa qeela linnaasi hal antum mujtami'oon
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
La'allanaa nattabi'us saharata in kaanoo humul ghaalibeen
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
Falammaa jaaa'as saharatu qaaloo li Fir'awna a'inna lanaa la ajjran in kunnaa nahnul ghaalibeen
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
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قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ
Qaala na'am wa innakum izal laminal muqarrabeen
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ
Qaala lahum Moosaaa alqoo maaa antum mulqoon
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
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فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
Fa alqaw hibaalahum wa 'isiyyahum wa qaaloo bi'izzati Fir'awna innaa lanahnul ghaaliboon
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.
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فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ
Fa alqaa Moosaa 'asaahu fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
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فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
Fa ulqiyas saharatu saajideen
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
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قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Qaalooo aamannaa bi Rabbil 'aalameen
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
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رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
Rabbi Moosaa wa Haaroon
The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
Qaala aamantum lahoo qabla an aazana lakum innahoo lakabeerukumul lazee 'alla makumus sihra falasawfa ta'lamoon; la uqatti'anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilaafinw wa la usallibanna kum ajma'een
(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.
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قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
Qaaloo la daira innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa munqalliboon
They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.
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إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Innaa natma'u ai yaghfira lanaa Rabbunna khataa yaanaaa an kunnaaa awwalal mu'mineen
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
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۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an asri bi'ibaadeee innakum muttaba'oon
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
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فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Fa arsala Fir'awnu filmadaaa'ini haashireen
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ
Inna haaa'ulaaa'i lashir zimatun qaleeloon
(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
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وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
Wa innahum lanaa laghaaa'izoon
And lo! they are offenders against us.
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وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
Wa innaa lajamee'un haaziroon
And lo! we are a ready host.
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فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Fa akhrajnaahum min Jannaatinw wa 'uyoon
Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,
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وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
Wa kunoozinw wa ma qaamin kareem
And treasures and a fair estate.
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كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Kazaalika wa awrasnaahaa Baneee Israaa'eel
Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.
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فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ
Fa atba'oohum mushriqeen
And they overtook them at sunrise.
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فَلَمَّا تَرَـٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ
Falammaa taraaa'al jam'aani qaala as haabu Moosaaa innaa lamudrakoon
And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
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قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
Qaala kallaaa inna ma'iya Rabbee sa yahdeen
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.
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فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
Fa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa anidrib bi'asaakal bahra fanfalaqa fakaana kullu firqin kattawdil 'azeem
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
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وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Wa azlafnaa sammal aakhareen
Then brought We near the others to that place.
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وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
Wa anjainaa Moosaa wa mam ma'ahooo ajma'een
And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
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66
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Summa aghraqnal aakhareen
And We drowned the others.
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67
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inna fee zaalika la Aayaah; wa maa kaana aksaru hu mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la Huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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69
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
Watlu 'alaihim naba-a Ibraaheem
Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
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70
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
Iz qaala li abeehi wa qawmihee maa ta'budoon
When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?
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71
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
Qaaloo na'budu asnaaman fanazallu lahaa 'aakifeen
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
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72
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ
Qaala hal yasma'oona kum iz tad'oon
He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?
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73
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ
Aw yanfa'oonakum aw yadurroon
Or do they benefit or harm you?
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74
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
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75
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
Qaala afara 'aitum maa kuntum ta'budoon
He said: See now that which ye worship,
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أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ
Antum wa aabaaa'ukumul aqdamoon
Ye and your forefathers!
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77
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Fa innahum 'aduwwwul leee illaa Rabbal 'aalameen
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,
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78
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
Allazee khalaqanee fa Huwa yahdeen
Who created me, and He doth guide me,
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79
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
Wallazee Huwa yut'imunee wa yasqeen
And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
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وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
Wa izaa mardtu fahuwa yashfeen
And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
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81
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ
Wallazee yumeetunee summa yuhyeen
And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),
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82
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Wallazeee atma'u ai yaghfira lee khateee' atee Yawmad Deen
And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.
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83
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Rabbi hab lee hukmanw wa alhiqnee bis saaliheen
My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
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84
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Waj'al lee lisaana sidqin fil aakhireen
And give unto me a good report in later generations.
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85
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Waj'alnee minw warasati Jannnatin Na'eem
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
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وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Waghfir li abeee innahoo kaana mind daalleen
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
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87
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ
Wa laa tukhzinee Yawma yub'asoon
And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
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88
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ
Yawma laa yanfa'u maalunw wa laa banoon
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
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89
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ
Illaa man atal laaha biqalbin saleem
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
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90
وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
Wa uzlifatil Jannatu lilmuttaqeen
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).
Tafseer
91
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ
Wa burrizatil Jaheemu lilghaaween
And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
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92
وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
Wa qeela lahum aina maa kuntum ta'budoon
And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship
Tafseer
93
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ
Min doonil laahi hal yansuroonakum aw yantasiroon
Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?
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94
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
Fakubkiboo feehaa hum walghaawoon
Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
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95
وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ
Wa junoodu Ibleesa ajma'oon
And the hosts of Iblis, together.
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96
قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
Qaaloo wa hum feehaa yakkhtasimoon
And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
Tafseer
97
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ
Tallaahi in kunnaa lafee dalaalim mubeen
By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
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98
إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Iz nusawweekum bi Rabbil 'aalameen
When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
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99
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
Wa maaa adallanaaa illal mujrimoon
It was but the guilty who misled us.
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100
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
Famaa lanaa min shaa fi'een
Now we have no intercessors
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101
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ
Wa laa sadeeqin hameem
Nor any loving friend.
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102
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Falaw anna lanaa karratan fanakoona minal mu'mineen
Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!
Tafseer
103
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inna fee zaalika la Aayatanw wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!
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104
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la Huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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105
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Kazzabat qawmu Noohinil Mursaleen
Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
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106
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Noohun alaa tattaqoon
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Tafseer
107
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Innee lakum Rasoolun ameen
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Tafseer
108
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqullaaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
Tafseer
109
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maaa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illaa 'alaa Rabbil 'aalameen
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Tafseer
110
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
Tafseer
111
۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ
Qaalooo anu'minu laka wattaba 'akal arzaloon
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
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112
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
Qaala wa maa 'ilmee bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
Tafseer
113
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ
In hisaabuhum illaa 'alaa Rabbee law tash'uroon
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;
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114
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Wa maaa ana bitaaridil mu'mineen
And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
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115
إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
In ana illaa nazeerum mubeen
I am only a plain warner.
Tafseer
116
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ
Qaaloo la'il lam tantahi yaa Noohu latakoonanna minal marjoomeen
They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).
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117
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ
Qaala Rabbi inna qawmee kazzaboon
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
Tafseer
118
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Faftab bainee wa bai nahum fat hanw wa najjinee wa mam ma'iya minal mu'mineen
Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
Tafseer
119
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ
Fa anjainaahu wa mamma'ahoo fil fulkil mashhoon
And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
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120
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ
Summa aghraqnaa ba'dul baaqeen
Then afterward We drowned the others.
Tafseer
121
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inna fee zaalika la Aayaah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Tafseer
122
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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123
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Kazzabat 'Aadunil mursaleen
(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
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124
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Hoodun alaa tattaqoon
When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Tafseer
125
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Innee lakum Rasoolun ameen
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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126
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqullaaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Tafseer
127
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illaa 'alaa Rabbil 'aalameen
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Tafseer
128
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ
Atabnoona bikulli ree'in aayatan ta'basoon
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?
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129
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ
Wa tattakhizoona masaani'a la'allakum takhludoon
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
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130
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ
Wa izaa batashtum batashtum jabbaareen
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?
Tafseer
131
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
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132
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
Wattaqul lazeee amad dakum bimaa ta'lamoon
Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
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133
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ
Amaddakum bi an'aa minw wa baneen
Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
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134
وَجَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
Wa jannaatinw wa 'uyoon
And gardens and watersprings.
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135
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
Innee akhaafu 'alaikum 'azaaba Yawmin 'azeem
Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
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136
قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ
Qaaloo sawaaa'un 'alainaaa awa 'azta am lam takum minal waa'izeen
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
Tafseer
137
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
In haazaaa illaa khuluqul awwaleen
This is but a fable of the men of old,
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138
وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Wa maa nahnu bimu 'azzabeen
And we shall not be doomed.
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139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Fakazzaboohu fa ahlaknaahum; inna fee zaalika la aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Tafseer
140
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Tafseer
141
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Kazzabat Samoodul mursaleen
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
Tafseer
142
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Saalihun alaa tattaqoon
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Tafseer
143
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Innee lakum Rasoolun ameen
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Tafseer
144
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Tafseer
145
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maaa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illaa 'alaa Rabbil 'aalameen
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Tafseer
146
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
Atutrakoona fee maa haahunnaaa aamineen
Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
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147
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Fee jannaatinw wa 'uyoon
In gardens and watersprings.
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وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ
Wa zuroo inw wa nakhlin tal 'uhaa hadeem
And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
Tafseer
149
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ
Wa tanhitoona minal jibaali buyootan faariheen
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
Tafseer
150
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
Tafseer
151
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
Wa laa tutee'ooo amral musrifeen
And obey not the command of the prodigal,
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152
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
Allazeena yufsidoona fil ardi wa laa yuslihoon
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
Tafseer
153
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
Qaalooo innamaa anta minal musahhareen
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
Tafseer
154
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Maaa anta illaa basharum mislunaa faati bi Aayatin in kunta minas saadiqeen
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
Tafseer
155
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
Qaala haazihee naaqatul lahaa shirbunw w alakum shirbu yawmim ma'loom
He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
Tafseer
156
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
Wa laa tamassoohaa bisooo'in fa yaakhuzakum 'azaabu Yawmin 'Azeem
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
Tafseer
157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
Fa'aqaroohaa fa asbahoo naadimeen
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
Tafseer
158
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Fa akhazahumul 'azaab; inna fee zaalika la Aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum m'mineen
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Tafseer
159
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la Huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Tafseer
160
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
kazzabat qawmu Lootinil mursaleen
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
Tafseer
161
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Lootun alaa tattaqoon
When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Tafseer
162
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Innee lakum rasoolun ameen
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Tafseer
163
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Tafseer
164
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maaa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illaa 'alaa Rabbil 'aalameen
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Tafseer
165
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Ataatoonaz zukraana minal 'aalameen
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
Tafseer
166
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ
Wa tazaroona maa khalaqa lakum Rabbukum min azwaajikum; bal antum qawmun 'aadoon
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
Tafseer
167
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ
Qaloo la'il lam tantahi yaa Lootu latakoonanna minal mukhrajeen
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
Tafseer
168
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ
Qaala innee li'amalikum minal qaaleen
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
Tafseer
169
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ
Rabbi najjjinee wa ahlee mimmmaa ya'maloon
My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
Tafseer
170
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
Fanajjainaahu wa ahlahooo ajma'een
So We saved him and his household, every one,
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171
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
Illaa 'ajoozan filghaabireen
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Tafseer
172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Summa dammarnal aa khareen
Then afterward We destroyed the others.
Tafseer
173
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
Wa amtarnaa 'alaihim mataran fasaaa'a matarul munzareen
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
Tafseer
174
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inna fee zaalika la Aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Tafseer
175
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la Huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Tafseer
176
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Kazzaba As haabul Aykatil mursaleen
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
Tafseer
177
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Iz qaala lahum Shu'aybun alaa tattaqoon
When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Tafseer
178
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Innee lakum Rasoolun ameen
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Tafseer
179
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Tafseer
180
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maaa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illaa 'alaa Rabbil 'aalameen
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Tafseer
181
۞أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ
Awful kaila wa laa takoonoo minal mukhsireen
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
Tafseer
182
وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ
Wa zinoo bilqistaasil mustaqeem
And weigh with the true balance.
Tafseer
183
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ
Wa laa tabkhasun naasa ashyaaa 'ahum wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen
Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
Tafseer
184
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Wattaqul lazee khalaqakum waljibillatal awwaleen
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
Tafseer
185
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
Qaalooo innamaa anta minal musahhareen
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
Tafseer
186
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
Wa maaa anta illaa basharum mislunaa wa innazunnuka laminal kaazibeen
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
Tafseer
187
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Fa asqit 'alainaa kisafam minas samaaa'i in kunta minas saadiqeen
Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
Tafseer
188
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
Qaala Rabbeee a'lamu bimaa ta'maloon
He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
Tafseer
189
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Fakazzaboohu fa akhazahum 'azaabu Yawmiz zullah; innahoo kaana 'azaaba Yawmin 'Azeem
But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
Tafseer
190
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Inna fee zaalika la Aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum mu'mineen
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
Tafseer
191
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Wa inna Rabbaka la huwal 'Azeezur Raheem
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Tafseer
192
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa innahoo latanzeelu Rabbil 'aalameen
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
Tafseer
193
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ
Nazala bihir Roohul Ameen
Which the True Spirit hath brought down
Tafseer
194
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ
'Alaa qalbika litakoona minal munzireen
Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
Tafseer
195
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ
Bilisaanin 'Arabiyyim mubeen
In plain Arabic speech.
Tafseer
196
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Wa innahoo lafee Zuburil awwaleen
And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
Tafseer
197
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Awalam yakul lahum Aayatan ai ya'lamahoo 'ulamaaa'u Baneee Israaa'eel
Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?
Tafseer
198
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ
Wa law nazzalnaahu 'alaa ba'dil a'jameen
And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
Tafseer
199
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
Faqara ahoo 'alaihim maa kaanoo bihee mu'mineen
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
Tafseer
200
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Kazaalika salaknaahu fee quloobil mujrimeen
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
Tafseer
201
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
Laa yu'minoona bihee hattaa yarawul 'azaabal aleem
They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
Tafseer
202
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
Fayaatiyahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
Tafseer
203
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Fa yaqooloo hal nahnu munzaroon
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?
Tafseer
204
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
Aafabi 'azaabinaa yasta'jiloon
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?
Tafseer
205
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ
Aara'aita im matta'naahum sineen
Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
Tafseer
206
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
Summa jaaa'ahum maa kaanoo yoo'adoon
And then cometh that which they were promised,
Tafseer
207
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ
Maaa aghnaaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yumaatoo'oon
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?
Tafseer
208
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa lahaa munziroon
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
Tafseer
209
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Zikraa wa maa kunnaa zaalimeen
For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
Tafseer
210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
Wa maa tanazzalat bihish Shayaateen
The devils did not bring it down.
Tafseer
211
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
Wa maa yambaghee lahum wa maa yastatee'oon
It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
Tafseer
212
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ
Innahum 'anis sam'i lama'zooloon
Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
Tafseer
213
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ
Falaa tad'u ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara fatakoona minal mu'azzabeen
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
Tafseer
214
وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ
Wa anzir 'asheeratakal aqrabeen
And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
Tafseer
215
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Wakhfid janaahaka limanit taba 'aka minal mu'mineen
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
Tafseer
216
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
Fa in asawka faqul innee bareee'um mimmmaa ta'maloon
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
Tafseer
217
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Wa tawakkal alal 'Azeezir Raheem
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
Tafseer
218
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Allazee yaraaka heena taqoom
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
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219
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
Wa taqallubaka fis saajideen
And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
Tafseer
220
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
Innahoo Huwas Samee'ul 'Aleem
Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
Tafseer
221
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
Hal unabbi'ukum 'alaa man tanazzalush Shayaateen
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
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222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ
Tanazzalu 'alaa kulli affaakin aseem
They descend on every sinful, false one.
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223
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ
Yulqoonas sam'a wa aksaruhum aaziboon
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
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224
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
Washshu 'araaa'u yattabi 'uhumul ghaawoon
As for poets, the erring follow them.
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225
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ
Alam tara annahum fee kulli waadiny yaheemoon
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
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226
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
Wa annahum yaqooloona ma laa yaf'aloon
And how they say that which they do not?
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227
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Illal lazeena aamanoo w a'amilus saalihaati wa zakarul laaha kaseeranw wantasaroo mim ba'di maa zulimoo; wa saya'lamul lazeena zalamooo aiya munqalbiny yanqaliboon
Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!
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