بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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وَٱلطُّورِ
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By the Mount - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ
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and a Book inscribed - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ
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in a parchment unrolled, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
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by the House inhabited - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
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and the roof uplifted - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
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and the sea swarming, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
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surely thy Lord's chastisement is about to fall; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ
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there is none to avert it. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا
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Upon the day when heaven spins dizzily - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا
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and the mountains are in motion, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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woe that day unto those that cry lies, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
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such as play at plunging, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
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the day when they shall be pitched into the fire of Gehenna: - A. J. Arberry (English)
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هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
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'This is the fire that you cried lies to! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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What, is this magic, or is it you that do not see? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
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Roast in it! And bear you patiently, or bear not patiently, equal it is to you; you are only being recompensed for that you were working.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ
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Surely the godfearing shall be in gardens and bliss, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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rejoicing in that their Lord has given them; and their Lord shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
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'Eat and drink, with wholesome appetite, for that you were working. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
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Reclining upon couches ranged in rows; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
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And those who believed, and their seed followed them in belief, We shall join their seed with them, and We shall not defraud them of aught of their work; every man shall be pledged for what he earned. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
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And We shall succour them with fruits and flesh such as they desire - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ
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while they pass therein a cup one to another wherein is no idle talk, no cause of sin, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
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and there go round them youths, their own, as if they were hidden pearls. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
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They advance one upon another, asking each other questions. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
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They say, 'We were before among our people, ever going in fear, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
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and God was gracious to us, and guarded us against the chastisement of the burning wind; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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we were before ever calling upon Him; surely He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
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Therefore remind! by thy Lord's blessing thou art not a soothsayer neither possessed. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
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Or do they say, 'He is a poet for whom we await Fate's uncertainty'? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
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Say: 'Await! I shall be awaiting with you.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
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Or do their intellects bid them do this? Or are they an insolent people? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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Or do they say, 'He has invented it?' Nay, but they do not believe. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Then let them bring a discourse like it, if they speak truly. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ
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Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
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Or did they create the heavens and earth? Nay, but they have not sure faith. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
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Or are thy Lord's treasuries in their keeping? Or are they the registrars? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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Or have they a ladder whereon they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
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Or has He daughters, and they sons? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
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Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
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Or have they a god, other than God? Glory be to God, above that which they associate! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
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Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
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Then leave them, till they encounter their day wherein they shall be thunderstruck, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
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the day when their guile shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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And there surely awaits the evildoers a chastisement beyond even that, but most of them know it not. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
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And be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord; surely thou art before Our eyes. And proclaim the praise of thy Lord when thou arisest, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ
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and proclaim the praise of thy Lord in the night, and at the declining of the stars. - A. J. Arberry (English)