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 by that which they inscribe. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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Thou art nor, through the grace of thy Lord, mad. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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And verily thine shall be a hire unending." - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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And verily thou art of a high and noble disposition. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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Anon thou wilt see and they will see: - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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Which of you is afflicted with madness. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Verily thy Lord! He is the best Knower of him who strayeth from His path, and He is the best Knower of the guided one, - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Wherefore obey not thou the beliers. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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Fain would they that thou shouldst be pliant, so that they will be pliant. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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And obey not: thou any swearer ignominous. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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A defamer, spreader abroad of slander. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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Hinderer of the good, trespasser; sinner. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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Gross, and therewithal ignoble- - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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Because he is owner of riches and children. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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When Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, he saith: fables of the ancients. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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Anon We shall brand him on snout. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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Verily We! We have proved them even as We proved the fellows of a garden when they swarethat they would surely reap it in the morning. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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And they made not the exception. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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Wherefore an encircling visitation visited it even as they slept on. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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Then in the morning it became as though it had been reaped. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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Then they cried out Unto each other in the morning, - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
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Saying: go out betimes to your tilth if ye would reap. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
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So they went off speaking to each other in a low voice: - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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Let there not enter upon you today any needy man. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
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And they went out betimes determined in purpose. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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Then when they beheld it, they said: verily we have strayed. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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Aye! it is we who are deprived! - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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The most moderate of them said: said I not Unto you, wherefore hallow him ye not! - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
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They said: hallowed be Our Lord! verily we have been wrong- doers. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
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Then they turned to each other reproaching - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
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They said: woe Unto us! verily we! we have been arrogant. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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Belike our Lord may exchange for us better garden than this; verily we are Unto our Lord beseechers. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Such is the torment. And the torment of the Hereafter is far greater; if they but knew. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Verily for the God-fearing, are with their Lord Gardens of Delight. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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Shall We then make the Muslims like the culprits? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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What aileth you? How ill ye judge! - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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Is there with you a Book wherein ye study: - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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That therein is yours that which. ye may choose? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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Or have ye oaths from us reaching to the Day of Resurrection, that you shall be that which ye judge? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Ask then, which of them will stand thereof a surety? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Have they associate gods? Then let them produce their associate gods if they say sooth! - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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Remember the Day whereon the shank shall be bared and they shall be called upon to Prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
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Downcast will be their looks; abjectness will overspread them. Surely they had been called upon to Prostrate themselves while yet they were whole. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Let Me alone with him who belieth this discourse; step by step We lead them on when they perceive not. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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And I bear with them; verily My contrivance is sure. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Askest thou a hire from them so that they are laden with debt? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Is with them the unseen, so that they write down? - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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Be patient thou, then, with thy Lord's judgment, and be thou not like him of the fish, when he cried out while he was in anguish. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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Had not grace from his Lord reached him, he had surely been cast into the wilderness in a plight. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
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Then his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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And those who disbelieve well-nigh cause thee to stumble with their looks when they hear the Admonition, and they say: verily he is mad. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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While it is naught but an admonition Unto the worlds. - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)