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سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent
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تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years
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فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
So be patient with gracious patience
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إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Indeed, they see it [as] distant
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
Wanarahu qareeban
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يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains will be like wool
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وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
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وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him
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كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]
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نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
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تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And collected [wealth] and hoarded
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۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Indeed, mankind was created anxious
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
When evil touches him, impatient
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And when good touches him, withholding [of it]
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إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleena
Except the observers of prayer
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who are constant in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those within whose wealth is a known right
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the petitioner and the deprived
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed
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فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer
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أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
They will be in gardens, honored
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]
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عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups
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أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure
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كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know
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فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone
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فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised
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يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised