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 what they inscribe, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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thou art not, by the blessing of thy Lord, a man possessed. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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Surely thou shalt have a wage unfailing; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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surely thou art upon a mighty morality. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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So thou shalt see, and they will see, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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which of you is the demented. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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So obey thou not those who cry lies. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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And obey thou not every mean swearer, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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backbiter, going about with slander, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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hinderer of good, guilty aggressor, coarse-grained, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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moreover ignoble, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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because he has wealth and sons. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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When Our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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We shall brand him upon the muzzle! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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Now We have tried them, even as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore they would pluck in the morning - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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and they added not the saving words. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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Then a visitation from thy Lord visited it, while they were sleeping, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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and in the morning it was as if it were a garden plucked. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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In the morning they called to one another, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
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'Come forth betimes upon your tillage, if you would pluck!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
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So they departed, whispering together, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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'No needy man shall enter it today against your will.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
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And they went forth early, determined upon their purpose. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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But when they saw it, they said, 'Surely we are gone astray; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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nay, rather we have been robbed!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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Said the most moderate of them, 'Did I not say to you, "Why do you not give glory?"' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
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They said, 'Glory be to God, our Lord; truly, we were evildoers.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
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And they advanced one upon another, blaming each other. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
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They said, 'Woe, alas for us! Truly, we were insolent. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better than it; to our Lord we humbly turn.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Such is the chastisement; and the chastisement of the world to come, is assuredly greater, did they but know. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Surely for the godfearing shall be Gardens of Bliss with their Lord. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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What, shall we make those who have surrendered like to the sinners? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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What ails you then, how you judge? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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Or have you a Book wherein you study? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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Surely therein you shall have whatever you choose! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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Or have you oaths from Us, reaching to the Day of Resurrection? Surely you shall have whatever you judge! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Ask them, which of them will guarantee that! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Or do they have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if they speak truly. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
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humbled shall be their eyes, and abasement shall overspread them, for they had been summoned to bow themselves while they were whole. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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So leave Me with him who cries lies to this discourse! We will draw them on little by little whence they know not; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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and I shall respite them -- assuredly My guile is sure. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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So be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and be not as the Man of the Fish, when he called, choking inwardly. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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Had there not overtaken him a blessing from his Lord he would have been cast upon the wilderness, being condemned. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
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But his Lord had chosen him, and He placed him among the righteous. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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The unbelievers wellnigh strike thee down with their glances, when they hear the Reminder, and they say, 'Surely he is a man possessed!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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And it is nothing but a Reminder unto all beings. - A. J. Arberry (English)