بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا
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By the winds which scatter dust, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا
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which carry clouds laden with water, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا
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which then smoothly speed along, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
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and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall): - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
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surely what you are being warned against is true, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
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and the Judgement shall doubtlessly take place. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
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By the heaven with its numerous forms: - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
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surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter); - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
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though only those who are averse to the Truth will turn away from (believing in it). - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
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Doomed are the conjecturers - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
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who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
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They ask: “When will the Day of Judgement be?” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
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It will be the Day when they shall be scourged by the Fire - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
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(and be told): “Taste your ordeal! This is what you were seeking to hasten.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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As for the God-fearing, they shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
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joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day): - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
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they used to sleep but little by night, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
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and would ask for forgiveness at dawn, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
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and in their wealth there was a rightful share for him who would ask and for the destitute. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
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There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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and also in your own selves. Do you not see? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
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And in heaven is your provision and also what you are being promised. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
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So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true, as true as the fact of your speaking. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
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(O Prophet), did the story of Abraham's honoured guests reach you? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
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When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
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Then he went back to his family and brought a fat roasted calf - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
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and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
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Then he became afraid of them. They said: “Fear not,” and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
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So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
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They said: “So has your Lord said (that you shall have a boy). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
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Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
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They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
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that we may unleash a shower of clay-stones - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
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marked by your Lord upon those who go beyond the limits.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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Then We evacuated there from all the believers - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
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– and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims – - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
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and We left therein a Sign for those who fear the grievous chastisement. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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There is also a Sign for you in the story of Moses when We sent him with a clear authority to Pharaoh. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
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But Pharaoh turned away, showing arrogance on account of his power, and said (about Moses): “He is either a sorcerer or a madman.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
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So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. He became an object of much blame. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
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There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
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that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
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There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: “Enjoy yourselves for a while.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
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But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord's command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
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They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
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Before all these We destroyed the people of Noah: they were a wicked people. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
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And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
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And the earth – We spread it out, and how well have We smoothed it! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
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And of everything We have created pairs; perhaps you will take heed. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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Flee, therefore, to Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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and do not set up any deity with Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
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Thus has it been (in the past): never did a Messenger come to the nations that preceded them but they said: “(He is) a sorcerer, or a mad-man.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
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Have they arrived at a common understanding concerning this? No; but they are a people given to transgression. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
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So turn your attention away from them; you shall incur no blame. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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Do, however, keep exhorting them; for exhortation benefits those endowed with faith. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
51:56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
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I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
51:57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
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I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
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Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
51:59
The wrong-doers shall receive a portion of the chastisements as their fellows (of yore). So let them not rush Me. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
51:60
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
51:60
Woe, then, betide those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs which they are being asked to hold in dread. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)