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إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
And when the stars fall, dispersing
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
And when the mountains are removed
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
And when the wild beasts are gathered
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
And when the seas are filled with flame
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
And when the souls are paired
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
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بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what sin she was killed
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
And when the pages are made public
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
Waitha alssamao kushitat
And when the sky is stripped away
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when Paradise is brought near
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عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]
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فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So I swear by the retreating stars
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ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And by the night as it closes in
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وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And by the dawn when it breathes
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
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ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position]
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مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And your companion is not [at all] mad
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وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]
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فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
Faayna tathhaboona
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إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
For whoever wills among you to take a right course
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds