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Sa'ala saaa'ilun bi 'azaabinw waaqi'

Translation

A challenger asked for a punishment bound to come[1]

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Lil kaafireena laisa lahoo daafi'

Translation

upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,

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Minal laahi zil ma'aarij

Translation

from Allah, Lord of the pathways of ascent,

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Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah

Translation

by which the angels and the Spirit[2] will ascend to Him on a Day[3] the length of which is fifty thousand years.

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Fasbir sabran jameelaa

Translation

So be patient [O Prophet] with beautiful patience.

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Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa

Translation

Indeed, they see this [punishment] far off,

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Wa naraahu qareebaa

Translation

but We see it to be close at hand.

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Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl

Translation

On the Day when the sky will be like molten brass[4]

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Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn

Translation

and the mountains will be like dyed wool[5],

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Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa

Translation

and no close friend will ask about another,

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Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh

Translation

even though they will see one another. The wicked will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by offering his children,

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Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh

Translation

and his wife and his brother,

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Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh

Translation

and his kindred who stood by him,

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Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh

Translation

and everyone on earth, just to save himself.

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Kallaa innahaa lazaa

Translation

By no means![6] It is a raging Flame,

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Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa

Translation

that will strip off the scalps[7].

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Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa

Translation

It will call everyone who turned their backs and disobeyed,

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Wa jama'a fa aw'aa

Translation

and amassed and hoarded wealth.

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Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa

Translation

Indeed, man was created impatient:

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Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa

Translation

when evil befalls him, he bewails,

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Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa

Translation

but when good fortune comes his way, he becomes tight-fisted –

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Illal musalleen

Translation

except those who pray,

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Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon

Translation

who are steadfast in their prayers;

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Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqun ma'loom

Translation

and who give a due share[8] of their wealth

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Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom

Translation

to the beggar and the dispossessed;

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Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen

Translation

and who firmly believe in the Day of Judgment;

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Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon

Translation

and those who fear the punishment of their Lord –

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Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu ma' moon

Translation

for none can feel secure from their Lord’s punishment –

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Wallazeena hum li furoojihim haafizoon

Translation

and those who guard their private parts[9],

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Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fa innahum ghairu maloomeen

Translation

except from their wives or bondwomen[10] whom they own, for then they are not to be blamed.

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Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon

Translation

But whoever seeks beyond that, it is they who are the transgressors.

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Wallazeena hum li amaanaatihim wa 'ahdihim raa'oon

Translation

and those who fulfill their trusts and pledges;

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Wallazeena hum bi shahaadaatihim qaaa'imoon

Translation

and who are upright in their testimonies;

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Wallazeena hum 'alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon

Translation

and who take due care of their prayers;

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Ulaaa'ika fee jannaatim mukramoon

Translation

they will be honored in gardens[11].

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Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti'een

Translation

What is the matter with the disbelievers that they are rushing towards you [O Prophet][12],

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'Anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali 'izeen

Translation

from the right and from the left, in crowds[13]?

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Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem

Translation

Does everyone of them aspire to enter a garden of bliss?

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Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon

Translation

By no means! We have created them from what they know[14].

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Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon

Translation

I swear by the Lord of the sunrises and sunsets[15] that We are surely Capable

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'Alaaa an nubaddila khairan minhum wa maa nahnu bi masbooqeen

Translation

to replace them with others better than them, and none can escape Our decree.

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Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yawma humul lazee yoo'adoon

Translation

So leave them to engage in their falsehood and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised;

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Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa'an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon

Translation

the Day when they will rush out of their graves as if they are racing towards an idol[16],

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Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon

Translation

with their eyes downcast and overwhelmed with disgrace. That is the Day that they were promised.