بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
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Woe to the stinters who, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
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when they measure against the people, take full measure - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
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but, when they measure for them or weigh for them, do skimp. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
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Do those not think that they shall be raised up - A. J. Arberry (English)
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لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
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unto a mighty day - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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a day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of all Being? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
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No indeed; the Book of the libertines is in Sijjin; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
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and what shall teach thee what is Sijjin? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
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A book inscribed. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
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who cry lies to the Day of Doom; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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and none cries lies to it but every guilty aggressor. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
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No indeed; but that they were earning has rusted upon their hearts. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
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No indeed; but upon that day they shall be veiled from their Lord, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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then they shall roast in Hell. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
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Then it shall be said to them, 'This is that you cried lies to.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
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No indeed; the book of the pious is in Illiyun; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
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and what shall teach thee what is Illiyun? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
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A book inscribed, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
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witnessed by those brought nigh. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
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Surely the pious shall be in bliss, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
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upon couches gazing; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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thou knowest in their faces the radiancy of bliss - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
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as they are given to drink of a wine sealed - A. J. Arberry (English)
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خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
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whose seal is musk -- so after that let the strivers strive -- - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
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and whose mixture is Tasnim, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
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a fountain at which do drink those brought nigh. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
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Behold, the sinners were laughing at the believers, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
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when them passed them by winking at one another, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
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and when they returned to their people they returned blithely, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
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and when they saw them they said, 'Lo, these men are astray!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ
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Yet they were not sent as watchers over them. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
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So today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
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upon couches gazing. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
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Have the unbelievers been rewarded what they were doing? - A. J. Arberry (English)