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Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

Translation

By those who pull out [evil souls][1] harshly,

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Wan naa shi taati nashta

Translation

and by those who draw out [good souls][2] gently,

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Wass saabi-haati sabha

Translation

and by those who glide swiftly[3],

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Fass saabi qaati sabqa

Translation

and those who overtake one another as in a race[4],

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Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

Translation

and those who carry out the command [of Allah],

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Yawma tarjufur raajifa

Translation

on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast],

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Tatba'u har raadifa

Translation

followed by the second Blast,

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Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

Translation

hearts[5] will be pounding on that Day,

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Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

Translation

and their eyes[6] will be downcast.

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Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

Translation

They say, “Will we be brought back to life,

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Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

Translation

after we have turned into decayed bones[7]?”

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Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.

Translation

They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return[8]!”

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Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

Translation

It will only be a single Blast,

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Faizaa hum biss saahirah

Translation

then they will immediately be above the ground.

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Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

Translation

Has there come to you the story of Moses,

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Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

Translation

when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?

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Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

Translation

[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.

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Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

Translation

And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,

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Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

Translation

and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”

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Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

Translation

Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].

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Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

Translation

But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.

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Thumma adbara yas'aa.

Translation

Then he turned back striving to plot.

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Fa hashara fanada.

Translation

He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,

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Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

Translation

saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”

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Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

Translation

So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[10].

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Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

Translation

Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.

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A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

Translation

Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?

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Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

Translation

He raised its vault high and proportioned it,

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Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

Translation

and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.

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Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

Translation

And thereafter He spread out the earth,

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Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

Translation

brought forth from it its water and its pasture,

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Wal jibala arsaaha.

Translation

and set the mountains firmly,

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Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

Translation

as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.

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Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

Translation

But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],

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Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

Translation

on that Day man will remember all what he did,

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Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

Translation

and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.

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Fa ammaa man taghaa.

Translation

As for those who transgressed,

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Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

Translation

and preferred the life of this world,

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Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

Translation

the Blazing Fire will be their abode.

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Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

Translation

But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,

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Fa innal jannata hiyal ma'waa

Translation

Paradise will surely be their abode.

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Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

Translation

They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”

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Feema anta min zikraahaa

Translation

How could you possibly mention that?

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Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

Translation

Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].

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Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakhshaahaa

Translation

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

Translation

On the Day when they see it[14], it will be as if they had remained [in this world] no more than an evening or a morning.