بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
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One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
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The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it-- - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
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From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
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To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
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Therefore endure with a goodly patience. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
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Surely they think it to be far off, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
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And We see it nigh. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
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On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
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And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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And friend shall not ask of friend - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
70:11
(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
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And his wife and his brother - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
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And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
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And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
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By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
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Dragging by the head, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
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It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth), - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
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And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
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Surely man is created of a hasty temperament - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
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Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
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And niggardly when good befalls him - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
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Except those who pray, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
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Those who are constant at their prayer - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
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And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
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For him who begs and for him who is denied (good) - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
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And those who accept the truth of the judgment day - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
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And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord-- - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
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Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of-- - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
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And those who guard their private parts, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
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Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
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But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits-- - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
70:32
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
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And those who are upright in their testimonies, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
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And those who keep a guard on their prayer, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
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Those shall be in gardens, honored. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
70:36
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
70:37
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
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Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
70:39
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
70:40
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
70:42
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened; - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
70:43
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
70:44
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
70:44
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)