بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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وَٱلْفَجْرِ
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By the dawn - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
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and ten nights, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
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by the even and the odd, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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by the night when it journeys on! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
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Is there in that an oath for a mindful man? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
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Iram of the pillars, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
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the like of which was never created in the land, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
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and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
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and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
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who all were insolent in the land - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
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and worked much corruption therein? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
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Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement; - A. J. Arberry (English)
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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surely thy Lord is ever on the watch. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
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But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
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No indeed; but you honour not the orphan, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
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and you urge not the feeding of the needy, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
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and you devour the inheritance greedily, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
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and you love wealth with an ardent love - A. J. Arberry (English)
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كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
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No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him? - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
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He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!' - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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none shall bind as He binds. - A. J. Arberry (English)
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يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
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'O soul at peace, - A. J. Arberry (English)
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ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
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return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
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Enter thou among My servants! - A. J. Arberry (English)
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وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
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Enter thou My Paradise!' - A. J. Arberry (English)