بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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حمٓ
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Ha Mim. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
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By the Book that makes things clear, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
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surely We sent it down on a blessed night, We have always sent warnings, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
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on that night every wise decree is specified - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
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by Our own command -- We have been sending messages, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
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as a mercy from your Lord, He hears all and knows all, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
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He is the Lord of heaven and earth and all that is between them, if only you would really believe, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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there is no deity save Him: It is He who gives both life and death -- He is your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
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yet, they toy with their doubts. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
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Wait, then, for the Day when the sky brings forth plainly visible clouds of smoke. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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That will envelop the people. This will be a painful punishment. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
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Then they will say, "Lord, relieve us from this torment, for truly we are now believers in You." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
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How can they benefit from admonition, seeing that a messenger had already come to them explaining things clearly? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
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Then they turned away from him and said, "He is a madman, taught by others!" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
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Were We to ease the torment for a while, you would still revert to denial of the truth. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
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On the Day We inflict the direst scourge upon all sinners, We will certainly exact retribution. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
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We tried the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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saying, "Hand over God's servants to me. I am a trustworthy messenger for you. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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Do not set yourselves above God: I bring you clear authority. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
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I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me [to death]. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
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If you do not believe in me, at least keep away from me." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
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Then he cried out to his Lord, "These are sinful people." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
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God said, "Set out with My servants by night, for you will certainly be pursued. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
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Leave the sea behind you parted; they are a host destined to be drowned." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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How many gardens and fountains they left behind them, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
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and cornfields and splendid buildings, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ
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and pleasant things in which they delighted! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
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Such was their end, and what had been theirs We gave to other people to inherit. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
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Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they allowed any respite. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
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We saved the Children of Israel from their humiliating torment - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
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at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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We knowingly chose them above all other people - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
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and showed them signs in which there was a clear test. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
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Yet those who deny the truth say, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
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there is nothing beyond our first death; we shall not be raised again. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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So bring our fathers [back], if what you say is true. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
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Are they better than the people of Tubba' and those who came before them? We destroyed them, because they were guilty of sin. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
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We did not idly create the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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We did not create them save with a purpose, yet most people have no knowledge of this. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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Truly, the Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
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the Day when no friend shall be of the least avail to another, nor shall any be helped, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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save those to whom God shows mercy. Surely, He is the Mighty, the Merciful One. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
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Surely the fruit of the Zaqqum tree - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
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shall be food for the sinners: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
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like the dregs of oil, it shall boil in their bellies, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
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like the boiling of hot water. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
44:47
[A voice will cry], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of Hell. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:48
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
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Then pour boiling water over his head as punishment. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:49
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
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Taste this; you who considered yourself the mighty, the honourable! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
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This is what you doubted?" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
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But those mindful of God will be in a safe place, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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among gardens and springs, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ
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dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, and they will face each other: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
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so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:55
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
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They will call therein for every kind of fruit, in peace and security. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:56
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
44:56
They will not taste death therein, save the first death. God will save them from the torment of Hell - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:57
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
44:57
as an act of grace. That will be the supreme triumph. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:58
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
44:58
We have made this Quran easy to understand, in your own language, so that they may take heed. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
44:59
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
44:59
Wait then; they too are waiting. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)