بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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حمٓ
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Ha'. Mim. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
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By the Clear Book. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
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We revealed it on a Blessed Night, for We were intent on warning; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
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(We revealed it on the Night) wherein every matter is wisely determined - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
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by Our command. Verily, We were set to send a Messenger - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
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as a Mercy from your Lord. Surely He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
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the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of all that is between them: if you would only have sure faith. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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There is no god but He: He gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of yore. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
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(But the fact is, they lack certainty) and frolic about in doubt. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
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So watch for the Day when the sky will come down with a pall of smoke, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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enveloping people. That will be a grievous scourge. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
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(People will then say): “Our Lord, remove this scourge from us; we shall believe.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
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But how will they take heed? Such are they that a Messenger came to them clearly expounding the Truth, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
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yet they turned away from him and said: “This is a well-tutored madman.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
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Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than We will do so) you will revert to your old ways. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
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The Day when We shall seize them with a mighty seizing, that will be the Day on which We shall inflict upon you full retribution. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
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Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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(and said): “Deliver to me Allah's servants. I am a trustworthy Messenger to you, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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and do not exalt yourselves in defiance of Allah. I have come to you with a clear authority (as a Messenger). - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
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I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you should attack me with stones. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
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But if you do not believe what I say, leave me alone (and desist from laying hands on me).” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
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Then he called upon his Lord: “These are a criminal people.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
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(He was told): “Set out with My servants by night for you will certainly be pursued. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
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And leave the sea behind you as calm as ever. Surely they are an army that is doomed to be drowned.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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How many gardens did they leave behind, and how many fountains - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
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and sown fields and splendid mansions, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ
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and the life of ease in which they took delight! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
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Thus it was; and We made another people inherit all that. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
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Then neither the sky shed tears over them nor the earth. They were granted no respite. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
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Thus did We deliver the Children of Israel from the humiliating chastisement, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
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from Pharaoh who was most prominent among the prodigals. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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We knowingly exalted them (i.e., the Children of Israel) above other peoples of the world - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
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and bestowed upon them the Signs wherein lay an evident test for them. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
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Indeed these people say: - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
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“This is our first and only death, and we shall never be raised again. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Bring back to us our fathers if you are truthful.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
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Are these better or the people of Tubba and those who went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
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It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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We did not create them except in Truth. But most of them do not know. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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The Day of Final Decision is the appointed time for all; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
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the Day when a friend shall be of no avail to his friend nor shall they be helped, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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except those to whom Allah shows mercy. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Compassionate. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
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The tree of al-Zaqqum - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
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shall be the food of the sinful. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
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Like dregs of oil, it will boil in their bellies - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
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like boiling water. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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“Seize him and drag him to the middle of the Blazing Fire, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
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then pour boiling water over his head as chastisement. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
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Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
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This is what you used to doubt.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
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Verily the God-fearing shall be in a secure place - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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amidst gardens and springs. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ
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Attired in silk and brocade, they shall be arrayed face to face. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
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Thus shall it be: and We shall espouse them to fair, wide-eyed maidens. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
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While resting in security, they shall call for all kinds of fruit. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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They shall not taste death except the death in this world. And Allah will save them from the chastisement of Hell - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
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as a favour from your Lord. That is the great triumph. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
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(O Prophet), We have made this Book easy in your tongue so that they may take heed. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
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Wait, then; they too are waiting. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)