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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A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
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to those who deny the truth. No power can hinder God - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
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from punishing them. He is the Lord of the Ascending Stairways, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
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by which the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him in one Day which will last for fifty thousand years. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
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Therefore, [O believers] behave with seemly patience. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
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They see it [the Day of Judgement] to be far off, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
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but We see it near at hand. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
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On that Day the heavens shall become like molten brass, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
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and the mountains will become like tufts of wool, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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and no friend will ask about his friend, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
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though they shall be within sight of each other. The guilty one will gladly ransom himself from the torment of that Day by sacrificing his own children, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
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his wife, his brother, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
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and his kinsfolk who gave him shelter, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
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and all the people of the earth, if that could deliver him. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
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But no! There is a raging blaze - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
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stripping away his skin, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
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and it will claim all those who turned their backs [on the true faith] and turned away [from the truth], - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
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and amassed wealth and hoarded it. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
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Indeed, man is born impatient: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
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when misfortune touches him he starts lamenting, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
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and whenever good fortune comes to him, he grows niggardly. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
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But not so the worshippers - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
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who are steadfast in prayer; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
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those who give a due share of their wealth - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
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to those who ask [for help] and to the destitute; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
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and those who believe in the Day of Judgement - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
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and are fearful of the punishment of their Lord; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
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for none may ever feel secure from the punishment of their Lord; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
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those who preserve their chastity - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
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except from their spouses and those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock], for which they incur no blame -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
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but those who go beyond that limit are transgressors; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
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and those who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
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and those who stand by their testimony - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
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and are steadfast in their prayers. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
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They will be honoured in the Gardens of Bliss. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
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But what is the matter with those who deny the truth, that they come hastening towards you - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
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from the right and from the left, in crowds? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
70:38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
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Does every one of them aspire to be admitted into a Garden of Delight? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Certainly not! They know quite well out of what We created them. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
70:40
But nay! I call to witness the Lord of the Easts and the Wests, that We have the power - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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to replace them with others better than them: nothing can prevent Us from doing this, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
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so leave them to indulge in vain idle talk and amuse themselves, until they face the Day which they have been promised, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
70:43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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the Day when they shall come out of their graves in haste, as if they were racing to a goal, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
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with downcast eyes and faces distorted in shame; such is the Day which they are promised. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)