بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
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THE CONCRETE REALITY. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
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What is the concrete reality? - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
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What do you comprehend by the concrete reality? - Ahmed Ali (English)
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
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The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
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So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning; - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind - Ahmed Ali (English)
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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
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Do you see any trace of them? - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
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When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
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When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
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In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
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When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
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And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
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On that Day will come what is to come. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ
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On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
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He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
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I was certain I'll be given my account." - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
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So he shall have an agreeable life - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
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In high empyrean - Ahmed Ali (English)
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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
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With fruits hanging low within reach, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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(And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore." - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
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But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
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And not known my account! - Ahmed Ali (English)
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يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
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I wish death had put an end to me. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
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Of no use was even my wealth. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ
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Vanished has my power from me." - Ahmed Ali (English)
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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
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"Seize him and manacle him, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
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Then cast him to be burnt in Hell; - Ahmed Ali (English)
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ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
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And string him to a chain seventy cubits long. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
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He did not believe in God the supreme, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
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Nor urged others to feed the poor. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
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That is why he has no friend today, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
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Nor food other than suppuration (filth) - Ahmed Ali (English)
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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ
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Which none but the hellish eat." - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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So, I call to witness what you see - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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And what you do not see, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
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And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe! - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
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Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect! - Ahmed Ali (English)
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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
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Had he attributed falsely any words to Us, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
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We would have seized him by his right hand, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
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Then cut off his aorta, - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ
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And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us). - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
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It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
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We certainly know that some among you do deny it. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
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It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
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And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
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So glorify your Lord, the most supreme. - Ahmed Ali (English)