بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا
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By the winds that scatter the dust, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا
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and those that bear the burden [of the rain], - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا
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and those speeding along with ease, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
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and distributing the command of God at His behest! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
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What you are promised is certainly true: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
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the Judgement will surely come to pass -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
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by the heaven full of tracks, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
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surely you are deeply at variance [as to what to believe] -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
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he is turned away from [the truth] who is destined to be so turned away. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
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May the conjecturers perish, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
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who flounder in the depths of ignorance. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
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They ask, "When will the Day of Judgement come?" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
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It will be the Day when they are tormented at the Fire. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
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"Taste your trial. This is what you sought to hasten." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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Surely the God-fearing will find themselves in the midst of gardens and springs. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
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They shall receive what their Lord will bestow on them. They have done good works in the past, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
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sleeping little in the night-time, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
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praying at dawn for God's pardon, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
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and sharing their possessions with the beggars and the deprived. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
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On the earth, and in yourselves, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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there are signs for firm believers. Do you not see then? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
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In heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
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By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is certainly the truth. It is as true as your ability to speak. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
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Have you heard the story of Abraham's honoured guests? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
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When they came to him they said, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" [saying to himself]. "They are strangers." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
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Then he turned quickly to his household, and brought a fatted calf, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
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and placed it before them. "Will you not eat?" he said, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
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beginning to be afraid of them. But they said, "Don't be afraid"; and they gave him the good news of a son who would be endowed with knowledge. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
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Then his wife came forward, crying and beating her brow. She said, "I am surely a barren, old woman." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
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"Such is the will of your Lord," they replied. "He is the Wise, the All Knowing." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
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Abraham asked, "What is your errand, O messengers?" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
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They replied, "We have been sent to a sinful people, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
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so that we may bring down upon them a shower of stones of clay, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
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which are marked by your Lord for the punishment of those guilty of excesses." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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We saved all the faithful in the town. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
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We found in it only one household of true believers -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
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and We left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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There is another sign in Moses: We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
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But he turned his back, he and his courtiers, and said, "This is a sorcerer or a madman." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
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Then We seized him and his army and cast them all into the sea: he himself [Pharaoh] was to blame. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
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There is another sign in the [tribe of] 'Ad, when We sent against them a life-destroying wind - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
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and it destroyed everything over which it passed and reduced it to dust. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
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In the Thamud [there was another sign], when they were told, "Make the most of your lives for a while." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
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But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the thunderbolt overtook them while they looked on: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
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they could not stand up again, nor could they defend themselves. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
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[We destroyed] the people of Noah before them. They were certainly a sinful people. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
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We built the universe with Our might, giving it its vast expanse. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
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We have spread out the earth, how well We have spread it out, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
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and We created pairs of all things so that you might reflect. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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Therefore hasten to God; truly, I am sent by Him to give you clear warning. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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Do not set up another god, along with God. I come from Him to warn you plainly. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
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Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, "He is a sorcerer or a madman." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
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Have they handed this down to one another? They are certainly a people who exceed all bounds, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
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so ignore them, you are not to blame, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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but keep on exhorting them, for exhortation benefits the believers. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
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I created the jinn and mankind only so that they might worship Me: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
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I seek no sustenance from them, nor do I want them to feed Me -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
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it is God who is the great Sustainer, the Mighty One, the Invincible. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
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The wrongdoers will meet the same fate as their predecessors, let them not ask Me to hasten on [the punishment], - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
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woe, then, to those who are bent on denying the truth, when the Day arrives which they have been promised. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)