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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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
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فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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