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Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir

Translation

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺!

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Qum fa anzir

Translation

Arise and warn ˹all˺.

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Wa rabbaka fakabbir

Translation

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺.

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Wa siyaabaka fatahhir

Translation

Purify your garments.

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Warrujza fahjur

Translation

˹Continue to˺ shun idols.

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Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

Translation

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.

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Wa li Rabbika fasbir

Translation

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord.

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Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

Translation

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded,

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Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer

Translation

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

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'Alal kaafireena ghairu yaseer

Translation

far from easy for the disbelievers.

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Zarnee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa

Translation

And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself,

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Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa

Translation

and granted him abundant wealth,

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Wa baneena shuhoodaa

Translation

and children always by his side,

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Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda

Translation

and made life very easy for him.

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Summa yat ma'u an azeed

Translation

Yet he is hungry for more.

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Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

Translation

But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations.

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Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa

Translation

I will make his fate unbearable,

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Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

Translation

for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺.

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Faqutila kayfa qaddar

Translation

May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined!

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Summa qutila kaifa qaddar

Translation

May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined!

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Summa nazar

Translation

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺,

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Summa 'abasa wa basar

Translation

then frowned and scowled,

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Summaa adbara wastakbar

Translation

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly,

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Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

Translation

saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients.

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In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar

Translation

This is no more than the word of a man.”

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Sa usleehi saqar

Translation

Soon I will burn him in Hell!

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Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

Translation

And what will make you realize what Hell is?

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Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

Translation

It does not let anyone live or die,

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Lawwaahatul lilbashar

Translation

scorching the skin.

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'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

Translation

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺.

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Wa maaja'alnaaa As-haaban naari illaa malaaa 'ikatanw wa maa ja'alnaa 'iddatahum illaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo liyastaiqinal lazeena ootul kitaaba wa yazdaadal lazeena aamanooo eemaananw wa laa yartaabal lazeena ootul kitaaba walmu'minoona wa liyaqoolal lazeena fee quloo bihim maradunw walkaafiroona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; kazaalika yudillul laahu mai yashaaa'u wa yahdee mai yashaaa'; wa maa ya'lamu junooda rabbika illaa hoo; wa maa hiya illaa zikraa lil bashar

Translation

We have appointed only ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity.

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Kallaa walqamar

Translation

But no! By the moon,

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Wallaili id adbar

Translation

and the night as it retreats,

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Wassub hi izaaa asfar

Translation

and the day as it breaks!

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Innahaa la ihdal kubar

Translation

Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

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Nazeeral lilbashar

Translation

a warning to humankind,

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Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar

Translation

to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind.

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Kullu nafsim bima kasabat raheenah

Translation

Every soul will be detained for what it has done,

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Illaaa as haabal yameen

Translation

except the people of the right,

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Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon

Translation

who will be in Gardens, asking one another

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'Anil mujrimeen

Translation

about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺:

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Maa salakakum fee saqar

Translation

“What has landed you in Hell?”

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Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen

Translation

They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed,

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Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen

Translation

nor did we feed the poor.

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Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen

Translation

We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others,

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Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen

Translation

and deny the Day of Judgment,

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Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen

Translation

until the inevitable came to us.”

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Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een

Translation

So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

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Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

Translation

Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder,

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Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah

Translation

as if they were spooked zebras

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Farrat min qaswarah

Translation

fleeing from a lion?

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Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah

Translation

In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺.

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Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

Translation

But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter.

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Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah

Translation

Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder.

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Fa man shaaa'a zakarah

Translation

So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

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Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah

Translation

But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive.