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Wannajmi izaa hawaa

Translation

By the star when it sets,

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Maa dalla saahibukum wa maa ghawaa

Translation

Your companion [i.e., the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded.

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Wa maa yyantiqu 'anilhawaaa

Translation

Nor does he speak out of his own desire.

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In huwa illaa Wahyuny yoohaa

Translation

It is but a revelation sent down [to him].

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'Allamahoo shadeedul quwaa

Translation

He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power[1],

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Zoo mirratin fastawaa

Translation

and of great perfection[2], who manifested himself [in his true form][3]

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Wa huwa bil ufuqil a'laa

Translation

when he was on the higher horizon[4].

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Summa danaa fatadalla

Translation

Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,

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Fakaana qaaba qawsaini aw adnaa

Translation

until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.

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Fa awhaaa ilaa 'abdihee maaa awhaa

Translation

Then he revealed to His slave[5] what he had to reveal.

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Maa kazabal fu'aadu maa ra aa

Translation

The [Prophet’s] heart[6] did not deny what he saw.

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Afatumaaroonahoo 'alaa maayaraa

Translation

Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw?

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Wa laqad ra aahu nazlatan ukhraa

Translation

He certainly saw him a second time[7]

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'Inda sidratil muntaha

Translation

at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven]

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'Indahaa jannatul maawaa

Translation

near which is the Garden of Abode,

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Iz yaghshas sidrata maa yaghshaa

Translation

when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.

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Maa zaaghal basaru wa maa taghaa

Translation

His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.

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Laqad ra aa min aayaati Rabbihil kubraaa

Translation

He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.

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Afara'aytumul laata wal 'uzzaa

Translation

Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] Lāt and ‘Uzzā,

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Wa manaatas saalisatal ukhraa

Translation

and Manāt, the third one as well[8]?

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A-lakumuz zakaru wa lahul unsaa

Translation

Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females?

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Tilka izan qismatun deezaa

Translation

That is then an unfair division!

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In hiya illaaa asmaaa'un sammaitumoohaaa antum wa aabaaa'ukum maaa anzalal laahu bihaa min sultaan; inyyattabi'oona illaz zanna wa maa tahwal anfusu wa laqad jaaa'ahum mir Rabbihimul hudaa

Translation

These [idols] are no more than names you and your forefathers have made up[9], for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their souls desire, although there has come to them guidance from their Lord.

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Am lil insaani maa taman naa

Translation

Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for[10]?

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Falillaahil aakhiratu wal oolaa

Translation

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.

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Wa kam mim malakin fissamaawaati laa tughnee shafaa'atuhum shai'an illaa mim ba'di anyyaazanal laahu limany yashaaa'u wa yardaa

Translation

How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will be of no avail except after Allah’s permission to whom He wills and pleases.

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Innal lazeena laa yu'minoona bil aakhirati la yusammoonal malaaa'ikata tasmiyatal unsaa

Translation

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names.

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Wa maa lahum bihee min 'ilmin iny yattabi'oona illaz zanna wa innaz zanna laa yughnee minal haqqi shai'aa

Translation

They have no knowledge about it. They only follow conjecture, but conjecture is of no avail against the truth.

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Fa a'rid 'am man tawallaa 'an zikrinaa wa lam yurid illal hayaatad dunyaa

Translation

So pay no heed to those who turn away from Our message[11] and who only seek the life of this world.

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Zalika mablaghuhum minal 'ilm; inna rabbaka huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabee lihee wa huwa a'lamu bimanih tadaa

Translation

That is the limit of their knowledge. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Way, and He knows best who is guided.

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Wa lillaahi maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ardi liyajziyal lazeena asaaa'oo bimaa 'amiloo wa yajziyal lazeena ahsanoo bilhusnaa

Translation

To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, so that He may recompense the evildoers for what they did, and reward those who do good with the best reward[12],

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Allazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi walfawaa hisha illal lamam; inna rabbaka waasi'ul maghfirah; huwa a'lamu bikum iz ansha akum minal ardi wa iz antum ajinnatun fee butooni umma haatikum falaa tuzakkooo anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit taqaa

Translation

those who avoid major sins and shameful acts, except for minor lapses. Indeed, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you best, as He created you from the earth[13] and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers[14]. So do not claim purity for yourselves, for He knows best who is truly righteous.

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Afara'ayatal lazee tawallaa

Translation

Have you seen the one who turned away [from Islam],

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Wa a'taa qaleelanw wa akdaa

Translation

who gave a little, and then stopped?

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A'indahoo 'ilmul ghaibi fahuwa yaraa

Translation

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he has insight[15]?

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Am lam yunabbaa bimaa fee suhuhfi Moosa

Translation

Or has he not been informed of what is in the Scriptures of Moses,

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Wa Ibraaheemal lazee waffaaa

Translation

and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty?

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Allaa taziru waaziratunw wizra ukhraa

Translation

That no bearer of burden will bear the burden of another,

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Wa al laisa lil insaani illaa maa sa'aa

Translation

and that man will not receive except what he strives for,

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Wa anna sa'yahoo sawfa yuraa

Translation

and that his efforts will be examined,

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Summa yujzaahul jazaaa 'al awfaa

Translation

then he will be recompensed in full,

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Wa anna ilaa rabbikal muntahaa

Translation

and that to your Lord is the final return,

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Wa annahoo huwa adhaka wa abkaa

Translation

and that He is the One Who makes people laugh and weep[16],

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Wa annahoo huwa amaata wa ahyaa

Translation

and that He is the One Who causes death and gives life,

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Wa annahoo khalaqaz zawjainiz zakara wal unsaa

Translation

and that He created the pairs, male and female,

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Min nutfatin izaa tumnaa

Translation

from a drop of sperm when it is emitted,

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Wa anna 'alaihin nash atal ukhraa

Translation

and it is upon Him to bring about the second creation.

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Wa annahoo huwa aghnaa wa aqnaa

Translation

And He is the One Who enriches and bestows wealth,

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Wa annahoo huwa rabbush shi'raa

Translation

and that He is the Lord of Sirius[17].

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Wa annahooo ahlak a 'Aadanil oolaa

Translation

And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād[18],

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Wa samooda famaaa abqaa

Translation

and Thamūd[19], sparing none,

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Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaanoo hum azlama wa atghaa

Translation

and [He destroyed] the people of Noah before them; they were indeed more wicked and more rebellious.

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Wal mu'tafikata ahwaa

Translation

And He toppled the cities[20] upside down,

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Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa

Translation

and they were utterly covered [by stones][21].

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Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbika tatamaaraa

Translation

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

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Haazaa nazeerum minan nuzuril oolaa

Translation

This [Prophet] is a warner like the earlier warners.

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Azifatil aazifah

Translation

The imminent Hour has drawn near,

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Laisa lahaa min doonil laahi kaashifah

Translation

none but Allah can disclose it.

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Afamin hazal hadeesi ta'jaboon

Translation

Do you find this discourse astonishing,

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Wa tadhakoona wa laa tabkoon

Translation

and you laugh [at it] and not weep,

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Wa antum saamidoon

Translation

while heedlessly lost in amusement?

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Fasjudoo lillaahi wa'budoo

Translation

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].