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Haa-Meeem

Translation

Hā Mīm[1].

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Wal Kitaabil Mubeen

Translation

By the clear Book,

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Innaa ja'alnaahu Quraanan 'Arabiyyal la'allakum ta'qiloon

Translation

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’an so that you may understand,

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Wa innahoo feee Ummil Kitaabi Ladainaa la'aliyyun hakeem

Translation

and it is in the Master Book[2] with us, highly esteemed, full of wisdom.

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Afa nadribu 'ankumuz Zikra safhan an kuntum qawman musrifeen

Translation

Should We then turn the Reminder[3] away from you simply because you are a transgressing people?

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Wa kam arsalnaa min Nabiyyin fil awwaleen

Translation

How many a prophet did We send to the earlier peoples!

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Wa maa yaateehim min Nabiyyin illaa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

Translation

No prophet ever came to them except that they ridiculed him.

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Fa ahlaknaaa ashadda minhum batshanw wa madaa masalul awwaleen

Translation

So We destroyed them, although they were greater in might than these [Pagans][4], and the stories of the earlier nations have already been related[5].

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Wa la'in sa altahum man khalaqas samaawaati wal arda la yaqoolunna khalaqa hunnal 'Azeezul 'Aleem

Translation

If you ask them, “Who created the heavens and earth?”, they will surely say, “The All-Mighty, the All-Knowing created them.”

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Allazee ja'ala lakumul arda mahdanw wa ja'ala lakum feehaa subulan la'allakum tahtadoon

Translation

It is He Who spread out the earth for you, and made therein pathways for you, so that you may find your way.

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Wallazee nazzala minas samaaa'i maaa'am biqadarin fa ansharnaa bihee baldatam maitaa' kazaalika tukhrajoon

Translation

And it is He Who sends down rain from the sky in due measure, by which We revive dead land. This is how you will be brought forth [from the grave].

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Wallazee khalaqal azwaaja kullahaa wa ja'ala lakum minal fulki wal-an'aami maa tarkaboon

Translation

And it is He Who created all pair of things[6], and made for you ships and animals on which you ride,

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Litastawoo 'alaa zuhoorihee summa tazkuroo ni'mata Rabbikum izastawaitum 'alaihi wa taqooloo Subhaanal lazee sakhkhara lana haaza wa maa kunnaa lahoo muqrineen

Translation

so that you may settle yourselves on their backs, then remember the blessings of your Lord when you have settled thereupon and say, “Glory be to Him Who has subjected this for us, for we could not have done it by ourselves[7].

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Wa innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon

Translation

It is to our Lord that we will surely return.”

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Wa ja'aloo lahoo min 'ibaadihee juz'aa; innal insaana la kafoorun mubeen (section 1)

Translation

Yet they ascribe to Him some of His slaves as offspring[8]. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

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Amit takhaza mimmaa yakhluqu banaatinw wa asfaakum bilbaneen

Translation

Has He taken for Himself daughters from what He has created, and favored you with sons?

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Wa izaa bushshira ahaduhum bimaa daraba lir Rahmaani masalan zalla wajhuhoo muswaddanw wa huwa kazeem

Translation

When one of them is given tidings of [a baby girl] the like of which he ascribes to the Most Compassionate, his face darkens as he suppresses his rage.

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Awa mai yunashsha'u fil hilyati wa huwa fil khisaami ghairu mubeen

Translation

Or [do they ascribe to Allah] one who is brought up in adornments and is not able to present a clear argument in disputation?

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Wa ja'alul malaaa'ikatal lazeena hum 'ibaadur Rahmaani inaasaa; 'a shahidoo khalqahum; satuktabu shahaadatuhum wa yus'aloon

Translation

They regard the angels, who are slaves of the Most Compassionate, as female. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be written, and they will be questioned!

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Wa qaaloo law shaaa'ar Rahmaanu maa 'abadnaahum; maa lahum bizaalika min 'ilmin in hum illaa yakhrusoon

Translation

They say, “If the Most Compassionate had willed, we would not have worshiped them.” They have no knowledge of that; they do nothing but conjecture.

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Am aatainaahum Kitaaban min qablihee fahum bihee mustamsikoon

Translation

Or have We given them a Book before this [Qur’an], to which they are holding fast?

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Bal qaalooo innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muhtadoon

Translation

They rather say, “We found our forefathers on a path, and we are seeking guidance in their footsteps.”

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Wa kazaalika maaa arsalnaa min qablika fee qaryatim min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafoohaaa innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muqtadoon

Translation

Likewise, We never sent any warner to a town before you except that its affluent ones said, “We found our forefathers on a path, and we are following their footsteps.”

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Qaala awa law ji'tukum bi ahdaa mimmaa wajatdtum 'alaihi aabaaa'akum qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

Translation

[The warner] said, “Even if I bring you a better guidance than what you have found your forefathers upon?” They said, “We totally reject what you [prophets] have been sent with.”

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Fantaqamnaa minhum fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mukazzibeen (section 2)

Translation

So We took revenge on them; see what was the end of the deniers!

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Wa iz qaala Ibraaheemu liabeehi wa qawmiheee innane baraaa'um mimmaa ta'budoon

Translation

And [remember] when Abraham said to his father and his people, “I disown all that you worship,

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Illal lazee fataranee fa innahoo sa yahdeen

Translation

except the One Who created me; He will surely guide me.”

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Wa ja'alahaa kalimatan baaqiyatan fee 'aqibihee la 'allahum yarji'oon

Translation

And he made it[9] a lasting word among his descendants, so that they may return [to Allah].

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Bal matta'tu haaa'ulaaa'i wa aabaaa'ahum hattaa jaaa'a humul haqqu wa Rasoolun mubeen

Translation

However, I let these [Makkans] and their forefathers[10] enjoy their lives, until there came to them the truth and a clear messenger[11].

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Wa lammaa jaaa'ahumul haqqu qaaloo haazaa sihrunw wa innaa bihee kaafiroon

Translation

But when the truth came to them, they said, “This is magic, and we definitely reject it.”

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Wa qaaloo law laa nuzzila haazal Quraanu 'alaa rajulin minal qaryataini 'azeem

Translation

And they said, “Why was this Qur’an not sent down to a great man from one of the two towns[12]?”

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'A hum yaqsimoona rahmata Rabbik; Nahnu qasamnaa bainahum ma'eeshatahum fil hayaatid dunyaa wa rafa'naa ba'dahum fawqa ba'din darajaatin li yattakhiza ba'duhum ba'dan sukhriyyaa; wa rahmatu Rabbika khairun mimmaa yajma'oon

Translation

Is it they who distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We Who have distributed their livelihood among them in the life of this world, and have raised some of them above others in ranks, so that they may serve one another. But the mercy of your Lord is better than what they accumulate.

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Wa law laaa any yakoonan naasu ummatanw waahidatan laja'alnaa limany yakfuru bir Rahmaani li buyootihim suqufan min fiddatinw wa ma'aarija 'alaihaa yazharoon

Translation

Were it not that all people might become a single community [of disbelievers][13], We would have given those who disbelieve in the Most Compassionate One houses of sliver roofs and staircases to ascend,

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Wa li buyootihim abwaabanw wa sururan 'alaihaa yattaki'oon

Translation

and their houses having [silver] doors and couches on which they recline,

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Wa zukhrufaa; wa in kullu zaalika lammaa mataa'ul hayaatid dunyaa; wal aakhiratu 'inda Rabbika lilmuttaqeen (section 3)

Translation

and [golden] ornaments. But all of these are mere enjoyments of the life of this world, and the Hereafter with your Lord is [only] for those who fear Allah.

Transliteration

Wa mai ya'shu 'an zikrir Rahmaani nuqaiyid lahoo Shaitaanan fahuwa lahoo qareen

Translation

Whoever turns away from the Reminder of the Most Compassionate [i.e., the Qur’an], We assign to him a devil to be his close associate,

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Wa innahum la yasuddoo nahum 'anis sabeeli wa yahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

Translation

who will surely avert them from the [right] way, while they think that they are rightly guided.

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Hattaaa izaa jaaa'anaa qaala yaa laita bainee wa bainaka bu'dal mashriqaini fabi'sal qareen

Translation

Then when he comes to Us, he will say [to his devil associate], “I wish you were as distant from me as the East and West. What a terrible associate [you were]!”

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Wa lai yanfa'akumul Yawma iz zalamtum annakum fil 'azaabi mushtarikoon

Translation

[They will be told], “As you have done wrong, it will not benefit you Today that you are sharing the punishment[14].”

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Afa anta tusmi'us summa aw tahdil 'umya wa man kaana fee dalaalin mubeen

Translation

Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind or the one who is clearly misguided?

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Fa immaa nazhabanna bika fa innaa minhum muntaqimoon

Translation

Either We take you away [in death], We will surely exact retribution upon them,

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Aw nuriyannakal lazee wa'adnaahum fa innaa 'alaihim muqtadiroon

Translation

or We will show you what We warned them of, for We have full power over them.

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Fastamsik billazeee oohiya ilaika innaka 'alaa Siraatin Mustaqeem

Translation

So hold fast to what is revealed to you. You are indeed on a straight path.

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Wa innahoo la zikrun laka wa liqawmika wa sawfa tus'aloon

Translation

This [Qur’an] is surely a glory[15] for you and your people, and you will [all] be questioned.

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Was'al man arsalnaa min qablika mir Rusulinaaa 'a ja'alnaa min doonir Rahmaani aalihatany yu'badoon (section 4)

Translation

Ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We appoint gods to be worshiped besides the Most Compassionate?

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Wa laqad arsalnaa Moosaa bi aayaatinaaa ilaa Fir'awna wa mala'ihee faqaala innee Rasoolu Rabbil 'aalameen

Translation

Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his courtiers, so he said: “I am a messenger of the Lord of the worlds.”

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Falamma jaaa'ahum bi aayaatinaaa izaa hum minhaa yadhakoon

Translation

But as soon as he came to them with Our signs, they laughed at them.

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Wa maa nureehim min aayatin illaa hiya akbaru min ukhtihaa wa akhaznaahum bil'azaabi la'allahum yarji'oon

Translation

Every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it[16], and We seized them with punishment[17] so that they may turn in repentance.

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Wa qaaloo yaaa ayyuhas saahirud'u lanaa Rabbaka bimaa 'ahida 'indaka innanaa lamuhtadoon

Translation

They said, “O magician, call upon your Lord for us, by virtue of the covenant He has made with you[18]; we will surely accept guidance.”

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Falammaa kashafnaa 'anhumul 'azaaba izaa hum yankusoon

Translation

But as soon We removed the punishment from them, they broke their promise.

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Wa naadaa Fir'awnu fee qawmihee qaala yaa qawmi alaisa lee mulku Misra wa haazihil anhaaru tajree min tahtee afalaa tubsiroon

Translation

Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, saying, “O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these streams[19] flowing at my feet? Do you not see?

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Am ana khairun min haazal lazee huwa maheenunw wa laa yakaadu yubeen

Translation

Or am I not better than this contemptible one who can hardly express himself[20]?

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Falaw laa ulqiya 'alaihi aswiratun min zahabin aw jaaa'a ma'ahul malaaa'ikatu muqtarineen

Translation

Then why are there not sent down upon him bracelets of gold or come with him angels to support him?”

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Fastakhaffa qawmahoo fa ataa'ooh; innahum kaanoo qawman faasiqeen

Translation

Thus he made a fool of his people and they obeyed him. They were indeed a wicked people.

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Falammaaa aasafoonan taqamnaa minhum fa aghraqnaahum ajma'een

Translation

When they angered Us, We exacted Our retribution and drowned them all.

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Faja'alnaahum salafanw wa masalan lil aakhireen (section 5)

Translation

Thus We made them a precedent and a lesson[21] for the later generations.

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Wa lammaa duribab nu Maryama masalan izaa qawmuka minhu yasiddoon

Translation

When the example of the son of Mary was given, your people laughed and jeered[22],

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Wa qaalooo 'a-aalihatunaa khairun am hoo; maa daraboohu laka illaa jadalaa; balhum qawmun khasimoon

Translation

and they said, “Are Our gods better or he[23]?” They only mentioned him to you for the sake of argument. They are indeed a contentious people.

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In huwa illaa 'abdun an'amnaa 'alaihi wa ja'alnaahu masalan li Baneee Israaa'eel

Translation

He was only a slave whom We[24] favored and made him an example for the Children of Israel.

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Wa law nashaaa'u laja'alnaa minkum malaaa'ikatan fil ardi yakhlufoon

Translation

If We willed, We could [destroy you all and] replace you with angels, succeeding you on earth.

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Wa innahoo la 'ilmun lis Saa'ati fa laa tamtarunna bihaa wattabi'oon; haazaa Siraatun Mustaqeem

Translation

And he [i.e., Jesus] will be a sign of the Hour; so do not have doubt about it and follow me[25]. This is a straight path.

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Wa laa yasuddan nakumush Shaitaanu innahoo lakum 'aduwwun mubeen

Translation

Do not let Satan turn you away [from the straight path], for he is your sworn enemy.

Transliteration

Wa lammaa jaaa'a 'Eesaa bilbaiyinaati qaala qad ji'tukum bil Hikmati wa li-ubaiyina lakum ba'dal lazee takhtalifoona feehi fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon

Translation

When Jesus came with clear signs, he said, “I have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify to you some of that concerning which you differ; so fear Allah and obey me.

Transliteration

Innal laaha Huwa Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haaza Siraatum Mustaqeem

Translation

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him. This is a straight path.”

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Fakhtalafal ahzaabu min bainihim fa wailun lil lazeena zalamoo min 'azaabi Yawmin aleem

Translation

But the factions differed among themselves [about Jesus]; so woe to the wrongdoers from the punishment of a painful Day!

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Hal yanzuroona illas Saa'ata an ta'tiyahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

Translation

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them by surprise when they least expect it?

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Al akhillaaa'u Yawma'izin ba'duhum liba'din 'aduwwun illal muttaqeen (section 6)

Translation

On that Day, close friends will become enemies to one another, except the righteous,

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Yaa 'ibaadi laa khawfun 'alaikumul Yawma wa laaa antum tahzanoon

Translation

[It will be said to them], “O My slaves, there is no fear for you Today, nor will you grieve,

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Allazeena aamanoo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo muslimeen

Translation

[those] who believed in Our verses and submitted [to Us as Muslims].

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Udkhulul Jannata antum wa azwaajukum tuhbaroon

Translation

Enter Paradise, you and your companions[26], rejoicing in bliss.”

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Yutaafu 'alaihim bisihaa fim min zahabinw wa akwaab, wa feehaa maatashtaheehil anfusu wa talazzul a'yunu wa antum feehaa khaalidoon

Translation

Golden trays and cups will be passed around among them; there will be all that souls desire and eyes delight in, and you will abide therein forever.

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Wa tilkal jannatul lateee ooristumoohaa bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

That is Paradise which you will inherit for what you used to do.

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Lakum feehaa faakihatun kaseeratun minhaa ta'kuloon

Translation

You will have therein abundant fruit[27] to eat from.

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Innal mujrimeena fee 'azaabi jahannama khaalidoon

Translation

Indeed, the wicked will be in the punishment of Hell forever.

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Laa yufattaru 'anhum wa hum feehi mublisoon

Translation

It will not be lightened for them, and they will remain therein in utter despair.

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Wa maa zalamnaahum wa laakin kaanoo humuz zaalimeen

Translation

We did not wrong them, but they themselves were the wrongdoers.

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Wa naadaw yaa Maaliku liyaqdi 'alainaa Rabbuka qaala innakum maakithoon

Translation

They will cry out, “O Mālik[28], let your Lord put an end to us!” He will say, “You are here to stay.”

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Laqad ji'naakum bilhaqqi wa laakinna aksarakum lil haqqi kaarihoon

Translation

We surely brought you the truth, but most of you were averse to the truth.

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Am abramooo amran fainnaa mubrimoon

Translation

Have they devised a plan[29]? We too have devised a plan.

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Am yahsaboona annaa laa nasma'u sirrahum wa najwaahum; balaa wa Rusulunaa ladaihim yaktuboon

Translation

Do they think that We do not hear their secret talks and private counsels? Yes indeed, and Our angel-messengers are with them recording everything.

Transliteration

Qul in kaana lir Rahmaani walad; fa-ana awwalul 'aabideen

Translation

Say, “If the Most Compassionate truly had a son, I would be the first of [his] worshipers[30].”

Transliteration

Subhaana Rabbis samaawaati wal ardi Rabbil Arshi 'ammaa yasifoon

Translation

Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and earth, Lord of the Throne, far above what they ascribe [to Him].

Transliteration

Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo Yawmahumul lazee yoo'adoon

Translation

So leave them to indulge in falsehood and amuse themselves until they meet their Day that they are promised.

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Wa Huwal lazee fissamaaa'i ilaahunw wa fil ardi ilaah; wa Huwal Hakeemul 'Aleem

Translation

It is He Who is God in the heaven and God on earth, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.

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Wa tabaarakal lazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa wa 'indahoo 'ilmus Saa'ati wa ilaihi turja'oon

Translation

Blessed is He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth and all that is between them. With Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be returned.

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Wa laa yamlikul lazeena yad'oona min doonihish shafaa'ata illaa man shahida bilhaqqi wa hum ya'lamoon

Translation

Those whom they supplicate[31] besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly[32].

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Wa la'in sa altahum man khalaqahum la yaqoolun nallaahu fa annaa yu'fakoon

Translation

If you ask them who created them[33], they will surely say, “Allah.” How are they then deluded?

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Wa qeelihee yaa Rabbi inna haaa'ulaaa'i qawmul laa yu'minoon

Translation

And [Allah acknowledges] his saying[34], “O my Lord, these are a people who do not believe.”

Transliteration

Fasfah 'anhum wa qul salaam; fasawfa ya'lamoon

Translation

So turn away from them and say, “Peace[35].” They will come to know.