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 questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall - A. J. Arberry (English)
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
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for the unbelievers, which none may avert, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
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from God, the Lord of the Stairways. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
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To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
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So be thou patient with a sweet patience; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
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behold, they see it as if far off; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
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but We see it is nigh. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
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Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
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and the mountains shall be as plucked wool-tufts, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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no loyal friend shall question loyal friend, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
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as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
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his companion wife, his brother, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
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his kin who sheltered him, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
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and whosoever is in the earth, all together, so that then it might deliver him. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
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Nay, verily it is a furnace - A. J. Arberry (English)
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
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snatching away the scalp, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
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calling him who drew back and turned away, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
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who amassed and hoarded. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
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Surely man was created fretful, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
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when evil visits him, impatient, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
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when good visits him, grudging, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
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save those that pray - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
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and continue at their prayers, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
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those in whose wealth is a right known - A. J. Arberry (English)
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
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for the beggar and the outcast, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
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who confirm the Day of Doom - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
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and go in fear of the chastisement of their Lord - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
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(from their Lord's chastisement none feels secure) - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
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and guard their private parts - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
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save from their wives and what their right hands own, then not being blameworthy - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
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(but whoso seeks after more than that, they are the transgressors), - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
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and who preserve their trusts and their covenant, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
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and perform their witnessings, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
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and who observe their prayers. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
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Those shall be in Gardens, high-honoured. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
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What ails the unbelievers, running with outstretched necks - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
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towards thee on the right hand and on the left hand in knots? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
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What, is every man of them eager to be admitted to a Garden of Bliss? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Not so; for We have created them of what they know. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
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No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests, surely We are able - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
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Then leave them alone to plunge and play until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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the day they shall come forth from the tombs hastily, as if they were hurrying unto a waymark, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
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humbled their eyes, overspreading them abasement. That is the day which they were promised. - A. J. Arberry (English)