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Surah 51

The Winnowing Winds

الذاريات

Adh-Dhariyat

Meccan60 Verses
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Verse 1

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا

Transliteration

Waz-zaariyaati zarwaa

Translation

By the winds scattering ˹dust˺,

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Verse 2

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًۭا

Transliteration

Falhaamilaati wiqraa

Translation

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,

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Verse 3

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًۭا

Transliteration

Faljaariyaati yusraa

Translation

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,

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Verse 4

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا

Transliteration

Falmuqassimaati amraa

Translation

and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command!

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Verse 5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌۭ

Transliteration

Innamaa too'adoona la-saadiq

Translation

Indeed, what you are promised is true.

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Verse 6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

Transliteration

Wa innad deena la waaqi'

Translation

And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.

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Verse 7

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

Transliteration

Wassamaaa'i zaatil hubuk

Translation

˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design!

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Verse 8

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ

Transliteration

Innakum lafee qawlim mukhtalif

Translation

Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺.

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Verse 9

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

Transliteration

Yu'faku 'anhu man ufik

Translation

Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it.

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Verse 10

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

Transliteration

Qutilal kharraasoon

Translation

Condemned are the liars—

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Verse 11

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ

Transliteration

Allazeena hum fee ghamratin saahoon

Translation

those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.

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Verse 12

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration

Yas'aloona ayyaana yawmud Deen

Translation

They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

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Verse 13

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ

Transliteration

Yawma hum 'alan naari yuftanoon

Translation

˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.

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Verse 14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Transliteration

Zooqoo fitnatakum haa zal lazee kuntum bihee tas ta'jiloon

Translation

˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”

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Verse 15

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

Transliteration

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa 'uyoon

Translation

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,

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Verse 16

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration

Aakhizeena maaa aataahum Rabbuhum; innahum kaanoo qabla zaalika muhsineen

Translation

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:

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Verse 17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Transliteration

kaanoo qaleelam minal laili maa yahja'oon

Translation

they used to sleep only little in the night,

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Verse 18

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

Transliteration

Wa bil as haari hum yastaghfiroon

Translation

and pray for forgiveness before dawn.

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Verse 19

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Transliteration

Wa feee amwaalihim haqqul lissaaa'ili walmahroom

Translation

And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor.

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Verse 20

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

Transliteration

Wa fil ardi aayaatul lilmooqineen

Translation

There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith,

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Verse 21

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration

Wa feee anfusikum; afalaa tubsiroon

Translation

as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?

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Verse 22

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration

Wa fissamaaa'i rizqukum wa maa too'adoon

Translation

In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.

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Verse 23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration

Fawa Rabbis samaaa'i wal ardi innahoo lahaqqum misla maa annakum tantiqoon

Translation

Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!

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Verse 24

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Transliteration

Hal ataaka hadeesu daifi Ibraaheemal mukrameen

Translation

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

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Verse 25

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ

Transliteration

Iz dakhaloo 'alaihi faqaaloo salaaman qaala salaamun qawmum munkaroon

Translation

˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “˹These are˺ an unfamiliar people.”

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Verse 26

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Faraagha ilaaa ahlihee fajaaa'a bi'ijlin sameen

Translation

Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,

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Verse 27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Transliteration

Faqarrabahooo ilaihim qaala alaa taakuloon

Translation

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

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Verse 28

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ

Transliteration

Fa awjasa minhum khee fatan qaaloo laa takhaf wa bashsharoohu bighulaamin 'aleem

Translation

˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them.

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Verse 29

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ

Transliteration

Fa aqbalatim ra-atuhoo fee sarratin fasakkat wajhahaa wa qaalat 'ajoozun 'aqeem

Translation

Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”

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Verse 30

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration

Qaaloo kazaaliki qaala Rabbuki innahoo huwal hakeemul 'aleem (End Juz 26)

Translation

They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

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Verse 31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Transliteration

Qaala famaa khatbukum ayyuhal mursaloon

Translation

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?”

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Verse 32

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration

Qaalooo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen

Translation

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,

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Verse 33

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Linursila 'alaihim hijaa ratam min teen

Translation

to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,

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Verse 34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration

Musawwamatan 'inda rabbika lilmusrifeen

Translation

marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”

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Verse 35

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration

Fa akhrajnaa man kaana feehaa minal mu'mineen

Translation

Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.

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Verse 36

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration

Famaa wajadnaa feehaa ghaira baitim minal muslimeen

Translation

But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.

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Verse 37

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

Transliteration

Wa taraknaa feehaaa aayatal lillazeena yakhaafoonal 'azaabal aleem

Translation

And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.

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Verse 38

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa fee Moosaaa iz arsalnaahu ilaa Fir'awna bisultaa nim mubeen

Translation

And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,

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Verse 39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ

Transliteration

Fatawalla biruknihee wa qaala saahirun aw majnoon

Translation

but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”

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Verse 40

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ

Transliteration

Fa akhaznaahu wa junoo dahoo fanabaznaahum fil yammi wa huwa muleem

Translation

So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.

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Verse 41

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

Transliteration

Wa fee 'Aadin iz arsalnaa 'alaihimur reehal'aqeem

Translation

And in ˹the story of˺ ’ad ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.

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Verse 42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Transliteration

Maa tazaru min shai'in atat 'alaihi illaa ja'alat hu karrameem

Translation

There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.

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Verse 43

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa fee Samooda iz qeela lahum tamatta''oo hattaa heen

Translation

And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”

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Verse 44

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration

Fa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim fa akhazat humus saa'iqatu wa hum yanzuroon

Translation

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.

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Verse 45

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

Transliteration

Famas tataa'oo min qiyaaminw wa maa kaanoo muntasireen

Translation

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.

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Verse 46

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration

Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaano qawman faasiqeen

Translation

And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people.

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Verse 47

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Transliteration

Wassamaaa'a banainaa haa bi aydinw wa innaa lamoosi'oon

Translation

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺.

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Verse 48

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ

Transliteration

Wal arda farashnaahaa fani'mal maahidoon

Translation

As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out!

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Verse 49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration

Wa min kulli shai'in khalaqnaa zawjaini la'allakum tazakkaroon

Translation

And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful.

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Verse 50

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Transliteration

Fafirrooo ilal laahi innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen

Translation

So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.

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Verse 51

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Transliteration

Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen

Translation

And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”

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Verse 52

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Transliteration

Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon

Translation

Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”

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Verse 53

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ

Transliteration

Atawaasaw bih; bal hum qawmun taaghoon

Translation

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people.

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Verse 54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍۢ

Transliteration

Fatawalla 'anhum famaaa anta bimaloom

Translation

So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed.

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Verse 55

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration

Wa zakkir fa innaz zikraa tanfa'ul mu'mineen

Translation

But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers.

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Verse 56

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

Transliteration

Wa maa khalaqtul jinna wal insa illaa liya'budoon

Translation

I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me.

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Verse 57

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ

Transliteration

Maaa ureedu minhum mir rizqinw wa maaa ureedu anyyut'imoon

Translation

I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.

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Verse 58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ

Transliteration

Innal laaha Huwar Razzaaqu Zul Quwwatil Mateen

Translation

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty.

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Verse 59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًۭا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

Transliteration

Fa inna lillazeena zalamoo zanoobam misla zanoobi ashaabihim falaa yasta'jiloon

Translation

The wrongdoers will certainly have a share ˹of the torment˺ like that of their predecessors. So do not let them ask Me to hasten ˹it˺.

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Verse 60

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration

Fawailul lillazeena kafaroo miny yawmihimul lazee yoo'adoon

Translation

Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of!