بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
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Nun. By the pen, and all that they write! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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By the grace of your Lord, you are not a mad man. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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Most surely, you will have a never ending reward. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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For you are truly of a sublime character. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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Soon you will see, as will they, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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which of you is a prey to madness. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside, and who has remained on the true path. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Do not give in to the deniers of truth. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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They want you to make concessions to them and then they will reciprocate. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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Do not yield to any contemptible swearer of oaths, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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or to any defamer or one who spreads slander, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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or to one who places obstacles in the way of good being done or to the wicked transgressor, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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who is ignoble and besides all that, base-born; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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just because he has wealth and sons, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, "These are just ancient fables." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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Soon We will brand him on the nose. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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We have tried them as we tried the owners of a certain orchard, who vowed to harvest all its fruits the next morning, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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without saying, "If it be God's will." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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A calamity from your Lord befell the orchard as they slept. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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And by morning it lay as if it had already been harvested, a barren land. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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So they called out to each other at the break of dawn, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
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saying, "Be quick to reach your orchard, if you want to gather all your fruits." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
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So they went off, whispering to one another, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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"Be sure to stop any poor person from entering the orchard today." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
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They set out early in the morning, thinking they had the power to prevent. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our way. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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Indeed, we are utterly ruined!" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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The more upright of the two said, "Did I not bid you to glorify God?" - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
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They said, "Glory be to God, our Lord. We have surely done wrong." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
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Then they began to heap reproaches on each other. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
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They said, "Alas for us, our behaviour was beyond the pale. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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May be our Lord will give us a better orchard in its stead; we turn to Him." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Such was their punishment, [in this life]. But the punishment of the life to come is much more severe, if only they knew it! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Those who are mindful of their Lord will be rewarded with gardens of bliss. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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Should We treat the true believers and the wrongdoers alike? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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What ails you? How ill you judge! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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Have you a Scripture that tells you - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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that you will be granted whatever you choose? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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Or do you have Our solemn oaths, binding upon Us till the Day of Resurrection, that you shall have whatever you yourselves decide? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Ask them, which of them will vouch for that! - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Or have they other partners [besides God]? Let them bring forth their other partners, if what they say be true. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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On the Day when the truth shall be laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
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Their eyes will be cast down and they will be covered in shame; they were bidden to prostrate themselves, when they were safe and sound [but they did not obey]. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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So leave to Me those who reject this message. We shall lead them step by step to their ruin, in ways beyond their ken. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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I shall grant them some respite, for My plan is powerful. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Do you demand some recompense from them that would weigh them down with debt? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Is the unseen within their grasp so that they write it down? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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Wait patiently for your Lord's judgement; do not be like the man who, having been swallowed by a whale, called out in distress. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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Had his Lord's grace not been bestowed upon him, he would have been cast away in disgrace upon that desolate shore. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
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But his Lord chose him for His own and made him one of the righteous. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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When those who deny the truth hear the admonition, they would almost cause you to stumble with their evil eyes; and they say, "He is certainly mad." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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Yet it is purely an admonition to mankind. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)