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Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir

Translation

O you covered [in your cloak][1],

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Qum fa anzir

Translation

arise and warn,

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Wa rabbaka fakabbir

Translation

and proclaim the greatness of your Lord,

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Wa siyaabaka fatahhir

Translation

and purify your garments,

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Warrujza fahjur

Translation

and shun idol worshiping[2],

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Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

Translation

and do not do a favor for a greater return[3],

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Wa li Rabbika fasbir

Translation

and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

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Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

Translation

When the Trumpet is sounded[4],

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Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer

Translation

that Day will be a difficult day,

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'Alal kaafireena ghairu yaseer

Translation

not easy for the disbelievers.

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Zarnee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa

Translation

Leave me to deal with the one whom I created lonely[5],

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Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa

Translation

and gave him abundant wealth,

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Wa baneena shuhoodaa

Translation

and sons by his side,

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Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda

Translation

and gave him a life of comfort and power,

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Summa yat ma'u an azeed

Translation

yet he aspires that I should give him more.

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Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

Translation

By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our verses.

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Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa

Translation

I will subject him to an unbearable punishment.

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Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

Translation

For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an][6].

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Faqutila kayfa qaddar

Translation

May he perish, how he plotted!

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Summa qutila kaifa qaddar

Translation

Again, may he perish, how he plotted!

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Summa nazar

Translation

Then he looked around,

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Summa 'abasa wa basar

Translation

then he frowned and scowled,

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Summaa adbara wastakbar

Translation

then turned away with arrogance,

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Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

Translation

then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past.

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In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar

Translation

This is nothing but the words of a man.”

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Sa usleehi saqar

Translation

Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire[7].

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Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

Translation

How do you know what Scorching Fire is?

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Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

Translation

It leaves nothing and spares no one,

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Lawwaahatul lilbashar

Translation

scorching the skin.

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'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

Translation

It is overseen by nineteen [angels].

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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 only appointed angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have only made their number as a test for the disbelievers[8], so that those who were given the Scripture may have certainty and the believers may increase in faith; and neither those who were given the Scripture nor the believers may have any doubts; and so that those [hypocrites] in whose hearts is sickness and the disbelievers may say, “What does Allah mean by this number?” Thus Allah causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, and none knows the soldiers of your Lord but He. This is but a reminder to mankind.

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Kallaa walqamar

Translation

No indeed! By the moon,

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Wallaili id adbar

Translation

and by the night when it departs,

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Wassub hi izaaa asfar

Translation

and by the dawn when it brightens,

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Innahaa la ihdal kubar

Translation

Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters,

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Nazeeral lilbashar

Translation

a warning to mankind,

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Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar

Translation

to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress.

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Kullu nafsim bima kasabat raheenah

Translation

Every soul is held in pledge[9] for its deeds,

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Illaaa as haabal yameen

Translation

except the People of the Right[10],

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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:

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Maa salakakum fee saqar

Translation

“What brought you to Hell?”

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Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen

Translation

They will say, “We were not among 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

and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it,

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Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen

Translation

and we denied the Day of Judgment,

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Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen

Translation

until the certainty [of death] came to us.”

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Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een

Translation

So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.

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Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

Translation

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the Reminder,

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Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah

Translation

as if they were terrified wild asses,

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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 desires that open [divine] letters be sent to each of them[11].

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Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

Translation

By no means! They rather do not fear the Hereafter.

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Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah

Translation

No indeed! This [Qur’an] is a reminder.

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Fa man shaaa'a zakarah

Translation

So whoever wills may take heed.

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

Translation

But they will not take heed unless Allah so wills. He is most worthy to be feared and most worthy to forgive.