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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Heights of Recognition - Chapter 7 | Contains 206 Verses – Mecca |
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| 1- | Alif Lam Mim sad (from Allah to Muhammad, peace be upon him). |
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كِتَابٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلاَ يَكُن فِي صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِ وَذِكْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
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(This is) the Book (the Quran), sent to
you (Muhammad), so your chest (be at ease and) not suffering
from it, so that you (be able to) warn (bad people) by it and (it will ever be) as a reminder for the believers. |
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اتَّبِعُواْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ مِن دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاء قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
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(O people:) Follow that which has been
sent down to you from your Lord and do not follow any other masters (of ideologies), other than Him. So little do you people care. |
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وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَاءهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ |
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And what great numbers of towns We
destroyed (for their crimes), Our punishment came upon them during the night or as they were having the midday nap. |
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فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَاهُمْ إِذْ جَاءهُمْ بَأْسُنَا إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ |
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And when Our punishment came to them, their cry
was none other than, saying: "We really were wrong-doing people." |
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فَلَنَسْأَلَنَّ الَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْأَلَنَّ الْمُرْسَلِينَ |
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Then surely We shall question people to
whom (the Book) was sent and certainly We shall question the Messengers (about those people). |
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فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ |
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Then of course, We shall tell them the stories of their deeds by Our Knowledge, as We had never been absent. |
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وَالْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ |
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On that Day (of Judgment), the weighing
of deeds shall be by truth. Then whoever's good deeds weigh heavy, those will be the successful and happy (entering Paradise). |
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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا يِظْلِمُونَ |
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And whoever's deeds would be light and
lowly, those are the people who lost their values and
personalities, since they kept denying and rejecting Our Verses (of guidance). |
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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ |
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And We have indeed given you capabilities
and authorities on earth and provided livelihood for you in it.
So little you thank (for all the blessings). |
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلآئِكَةِ اسْجُدُواْ لآدَمَ فَسَجَدُواْ إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ |
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And We surely created you, then shaped you
(as humans, with spirit), then We said to the angels: "Bow down with your knees and heads on the ground for (the creation of) Adam". So all bowed down with their knees and heads on the ground except Iblis (Satan), who was not among those who were bowing down. |
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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلاَّ تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ |
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(God) said: "(O Satan-Iblis,) what kept
you from bowing down when I commanded you?" (Satan) said: "I am better than him (Adam), you created me from fire and him from soil, clay." |
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قَالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ |
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(God] Said: "Get down from this (high
position), as you have no right to be arrogant in it. So get out, since you are (from now on) of those to remain humiliated." 1 |
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قَالَ أَنظِرْنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ |
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Satan said: "Allow me time till the Day (of Judgment) when they (humans) are raised up" 2 |
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ المُنظَرِينَ |
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(God) said: "You are of those given time". |
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قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ |
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Satan said: "Because You sent me astray,
I shall sit and wait (to mislead) them (the humans) away from your straight, correct way (of life)," |
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ثُمَّ لآتِيَنَّهُم مِّن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ وَلاَ تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ |
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Then also I will come in front of them
(with evil suggestions) and from behind them, from their right and from their left and you will not find the majority of them as thankful." |
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قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْؤُومًا مَّدْحُورًا لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لأَمْلأنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
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(God) said: "Get out from it (from this
standing as you are being)
disgraced and expelled, whoever follows you, I will surely fill the Hell with all of you." |
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وَيَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلاَ مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلاَ تَقْرَبَا هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ |
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"And now O Adam, you and your spouse live
in the Garden and eat of whatever you wish, but do not approach this specific tree, as then you would be of the wrong-doers." |
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فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ
لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَاتِهِمَا |
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Then Satan started to whisper suggestions to
both of them, in order to uncover their private (pubic) parts
which were covered and hidden (to humiliate them); he said: "Your Lord has forbidden this tree for you, only to prevent you from becoming angels or immortals." |
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وَقَاسَمَهُمَا إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ |
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And he (the Satan) swore even telling
them (humans) that: "I certainly am a well-wishing advisor for both of you." |
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فَدَلاَّهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا
الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَاتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ
عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ |
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So he misled them with deception. Then when they both tasted the (fruit of the) tree, suddenly their private parts become visible to them and they began to cover themselves with leaves of the garden (to cover the shame and mend the situation). And their Lord called them both: "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan truly is an openly known enemy of yours?" |
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قَالاَ رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ |
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They said: "Our Lord, we have wronged
ourselves, and if you would not forgive us and not have Mercy on us, we would certainly be of the losers" |
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قَالَ اهْبِطُواْ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ |
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(God) said: "Get down (from this
protected, blessed environment), some of you (people) will become enemy of others, and on earth, there will be your dwelling-place and enjoyment for a limited period of time." |
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قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ |
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He said: "You shall live there and die there and from it you shall be brought out (at Resurrection time)." |
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يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْءَاتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىَ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ |
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O Children of Adam, We have granted down
to you covering to protect your (integrity and) pubic parts and as an adornment, however the cover and shield of God-consciousness is better and more important (for your protection). These are some of the Verses (Of guidance) of God, so that they might remember and pay attention to. |
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يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لاَ يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ
الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ
عَنْهُمَا |
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O Children of Adam, do not let Satan
deceive you, as he deceived and got your parents (Adam and Eve) out of the Garden, stripping them from their covers, to show them their private parts (to humiliate them). Indeed, he and his army of followers see you from locations and positions that you can not see them. We have indeed let satans (devils) be friends and helpers of those who do not believe (in God, the Hereafter and the Messengers). |
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وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَاحِشَةً قَالُواْ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءنَا وَاللّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاء أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
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And when they committed any evil act, they said:
"We found our fathers doing the same and God ordered us to do
it." Say: "God never orders evil acts, are you (again) saying about God something that you do not know?" |
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قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُون |
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Say: "My Lord ordered justice and
fairness and that you uphold your attention only to Him in every
place of worship and that you call Him sincerely and wholeheartedly as the true religion is directed only to Him. Just as He brought you into being, (to Him) you shall return. |
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فَرِيقًا هَدَى وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلاَلَةُ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاء مِن دُونِ اللّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ |
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He has guided a large group
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large group deserved to stay in confusion and error, since they chose evil people as their friends-protectors-patrons instead of God and they think that they are correctly guided. |
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يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وكُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ وَلاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ |
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O Children of Adam, take and put on your
nice things and adornments when you are to be at any mosque and place of worship and eat and drink, but do not overdo and waste, since God really does not like wasteful people. |
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قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللّهِ الَّتِيَ
أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالْطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ |
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(O Muhammad) Say: "Who has forbidden nice
things and adornment (good clean clothes, etc) that God has produced for His servants, also clean lawful foods?" Say: "They are for people who believe, for use in this world and exclusively designed for them only in the Day of Resurrection." Thus We explain the Verses (of guidance) in detail for people who have knowledge. |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ
مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ |
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Say: "Certainly my Lord has forbidden:
all evil, sinful acts (such as illegal sex), be they openly committed or secretly; also sins and oppression, without any right, and that you associate any partner to God, to which He has of course not sent down any authority or permission and to say about God, something that you do not know." |
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وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَاء أَجَلُهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ |
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And for every nation, there is an
appointed final time and when their time comes, neither can they delay it for an hour, nor can they hasten it (to make it happen sooner). |
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يَا بَنِي آدَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي فَمَنِ اتَّقَى وَأَصْلَحَ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ |
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(From the beginning, God said:) O children of Adam,
whenever Messengers
come to you from amongst you , reading to you My Verses, then whoever becomes God-conscious and does righteous good work, on them there shall not be any fear, grief or sadness. |
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وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَا أُوْلَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ |
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But those who reject Our Verses and treat
them arrogantly, those are the inhabitants of the (Hell-) Fire, in which they remain forever. |
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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى
اللّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ أُوْلَئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ
نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ الْكِتَابِ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا
يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُواْ |
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Now then who is more unjust than the one
who produces a lie against God or rejects His Verses, claiming them to be lies? For such people, their due portion of livelihood and good things will continue to reach them (in this world), as decided in the Book (of God's Decisions), until our messengers (angels of death) come to take their souls, saying: "Where are those whom you used to call in worship, other than God?" They say they disappeared from us and they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers. |
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قَالَ ادْخُلُواْ فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ
مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّن الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ فِي النَّارِ كُلَّمَا
دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُواْ
فِيهَا |
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God will say: "Enter in the company of
nations, which passed on before you of the Jinn race and humankind, into the Fire (of Hell)". Every time a nation enters there, it curses its sister nation (similar evil nation that went before) till they all are down there together (in the Fire), in which time, when the last of them (who were the followers of the evil earlier group, being delivered into the Fire) will say about those before them: "Our Lord, these are the ones who misled us so much, so give them, a double dose of the suffering of the fire." He will say: "For each there is double (suffering, one being in the Fire and another being off and away from God's Mercy), but you don't know its meaning". 3 |
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وَقَالَتْ أُولاَهُمْ لأُخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُواْ الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ |
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The first (previous folks, their leaders) of them will
say to the latter folks of them: "You were not any better than us, so taste the torment for what you earned (in points of sin)." |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا
وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَا لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ
السَّمَاء |
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Indeed, those who called Our Verses as
lies and treated them with arrogance, for them the gates of heaven will not open and they will not enter Paradise till a camel could ever go through the eye of a needle (which is impossible). Thus We punish the evil acting people. |
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لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ |
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They will have in the Hell, a bed (of
fire) and over them covering (of Fire). Such do we punish the unjust wrong-doers. |
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وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ لاَ نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا أُوْلَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ |
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But those who believed (in the Oneness of
God and in the Hereafter) and did good works, of course, We do not force anyone beyond his or her capability, such people will be the inhabitants of Paradise. They will stay in there forever. |
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وَنَزَعْنَا
مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الأَنْهَارُ
وَقَالُواْ الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا وَمَا
كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللّهُ لَقَدْ |
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And We remove from their chests any
hatred or bad feeling (that they had during their life on
earth); rivers flow below them and they say: "All praise and thanks to God, who has guided us into this condition and we could never have found guidance, if God had not guided us. Truly the Messengers of our Lord had come (to us) in truth. And it will be called on them: "This is the Paradise that you inherited because of the (good righteous) works you used to do (in the world). |
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وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَابَ
النَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا |
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And the inhabitants Garden (of Paradise) will call
on the inhabitants of the Fire (asking): "We have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us, have you also found true what your Lord had promised you (by warnings)?" They will respond: "Yes" Then an announcer will speak loud between them that: "The Curse (loss of Mercy) of God is only on the unjust, evil people". |
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الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِالآخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَ |
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Those who hindered others from the way of
God and tried to make it look crooked and wrong and they had no belief in the Hereafter. |
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وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ وَعَلَى الأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلاًّ بِسِيمَاهُمْ وَنَادَوْاْ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ |
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And between them (the good and the bad),
there will be a barrier and on high positions of realization and recognition, there are men who recognize all by their (bright) faces (in Paradise) and will call on the inhabitants of Paradise, who have not entered Paradise yet, but hope to enter it: "Peace be on you". |
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وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَاء أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ |
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And when their eyes are turned towards
the inhabitants of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord, please do not place us with the unjust people." |
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وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ قَالُواْ مَا أَغْنَى عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ |
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And the men on high positions of
realization and recognition, will call on men whom they know by their (darkened) faces (in the Hell), saying: "What good and benefit did your great numbers and amassing wealth and all your arrogance, do for you?" |
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أَهَؤُلاء الَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لاَ يَنَالُهُمُ اللّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ادْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ |
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Are those (inhabitants of Paradise)
not the ones which you swore that God's Mercy would never reach them
(because they were poor)? (while the good people will be told:) "Enter the Paradise, you will not fear and you will never be sad". |
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وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُواْ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَاء أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّهُ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ |
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The inhabitants of the Fire call upon the
inhabitants of Paradise that please give us some of water or some of the good things that God has provided for you. They respond saying: "God has forbidden both (water and good food) for the disbelievers," |
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الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَالْيَوْمَ نَنسَاهُمْ كَمَا نَسُواْ لِقَاء يَوْمِهِمْ هَذَا وَمَا كَانُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ |
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(God will say): "Those were the ones who treated their religion as an
amusement game and play and the life of this world had deceived them." Therefore on this Day (of Judgment), We shall neglect them as they neglected the meeting of this, their Day (of Reckoning) and because they kept on disputing and rejecting Our Verses. |
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وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَاهُم بِكِتَابٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
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As indeed, We had brought them a Book
(the Quran), which We have explained in detail with thorough
knowledge, as guidance and Mercy for people who believe. |
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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ تَأْوِيلَهُ يَوْمَ
يَأْتِي تَأْوِيلُهُ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ
جَاءتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَاء |
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Are they just waiting for the
realization and fulfillment of the event (the Judgment Day),
mentioned in it (the Quran)? The Day the event becomes realized (occurs), those who neglected it before, will say: "Truly the Messengers of our Lord came with truth, now are there any intercessors (allies) to make a plea for us? Or could we be sent back to the world (of our previous life on earth) so that we may behave and do differently than what we were used to do? " They really have lost themselves (their value as human beings) and all those things that they had fabricated (and worshipped other than God), disappeared from them. |
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إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى
عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا |
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Your true Lord is the One God, Who created
the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, also He regulated and harmonized the dominion of existence. He covers the day by night, each seeking over the other rapidly and (He created) the sun, the moon and the stars, all are under His control. Wake up to the truth that all Creation and Command for the sudden coming to existence, is by Him, the Lord of the worlds, the One God, the Source of all blessing. |
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ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ |
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Call your Lord in humility and secretly
(in your heart). Truly He does not like bullies and aggressors |
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وَلاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلاَحِهَا وَادْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
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And don't do mischief on earth after it
has been set in order and call Him with awe, fear and hope, as God's Mercy is ever so close to the good people. |
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وَهُوَ
الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ
حَتَّى إِذَا أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَاهُ لِبَلَدٍ
مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ الْمَاء |
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And He is the One, who sends the winds as
a giver of good news of His Mercy (rain) to come, moving over heavy clouds, by which We water a dead land, by pouring down the (rain) water on it. Then We make grow out by it (by the water,) all kinds of fruits and produce. In a similar fashion, We bring and raise up the dead, (this is mentioned) so that you may take notice (that God makes living things out of dead earth). |
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وَالْبَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِ وَالَّذِي خَبُثَ لاَ يَخْرُجُ إِلاَّ نَكِدًا كَذَلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ الآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ |
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And the fertile good land, brings forth
its vegetation and plants by the permission of its Lord, but the bad soil does not produce any except a little (just as a fertile soul picks up the Guidance of God easily and a belligerent mind does not produce much good). Thus We explain the Verses in different examples for people who are grateful (to God's blessings). |
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لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنِّيَ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ |
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We had indeed sent Noah to his people,
then he said: "O my people, worship God only, there really is no one worthy of worship for you other than Him. I truly fear for you about the suffering (consequence of your idol-worship) on the Great Day (of Judgment)." |
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قَالَ الْمَلأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ إِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِي ضَلاَلٍ مُّبِينٍ |
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The leaders of his people said: "We indeed see you in plain error." |
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قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِي ضَلاَلَةٌ وَلَكِنِّي رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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(Noah) said: "O my people, I am not in any error, but I am a Messenger of the Lord of the worlds with all its inhabitants. |
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالاَتِ رَبِّي وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
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I carry to you the Messages of my Lord
and I give sincere advice to you and I have true knowledge from God, which you do not have. |
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَاءكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُواْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
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Do you wonder that a Reminder (the Quran) has come to
you from your Lord through a man from amongst you, so that he may warn you and that you might become mindful and God-conscious and that you may be blessed. |
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ |
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But they called him a liar, thereafter We
saved him and those along with him in the ship and We drowned those who called Our Verses as lies. They were really a blind-minded people. |
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وَإِلَى عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ |
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We also sent to the people of Aad, their
brotherly friend Hood. He said: "O My people, worship only God, there really is no one worth worshipping for you other than Him, won't you be mindful?" |
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قَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ إِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِي سَفَاهَةٍ وِإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ |
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The leaders of the disbelievers of his people said: "We see you as a fool and we suppose you are a liar." |
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قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِي سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَكِنِّي رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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He said: "O my people, I am not a fool, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds and all that exist." |
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالاتِ رَبِّي وَأَنَاْ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ |
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"I am carrying the Messages of my Lord to you and I am a trustworthy advisor for you." |
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَاءكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ
مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَاذكُرُواْ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاء |
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Do you wonder how a Reminder and Advice
from your Lord has come to you through a man from amongst you to warn you? And remember that He made you successors after the people of Noah and He greatly increased you in creation (in numbers and stature). Therefore remember the Graces of God, so that you might succeed." |
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قَالُواْ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ اللّهَ وَحْدَهُ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ |
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They said: "Did you come to tell us to
worship only One God, and let go (the gods) that our forefathers used to worship? So bring upon us whatever you promised and threatened us with, if you are telling the truth." |
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قَالَ قَدْ
وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ
أَتُجَادِلُونَنِي فِي أَسْمَاء سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ
وَآبَآؤكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ اللّهُ |
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He said: "The punishment and wrath from
your Lord has already been decided to fall upon you. Are you still wanting to dispute and argue with me about the names (of idols) that you and your fathers have named them, to which God sent no authority or permission? So you wait and I am waiting with you as well for the outcome. |
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فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَمَا كَانُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ |
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Thereafter We saved him and those who
were with him by a Mercy from Us and We cut down the roots of those who called Our Verses (of guidance) as lies and they did not believe in. |
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وَإِلَى
ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ
مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ قَدْ جَاءتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ هَذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللّهِ لَكُمْ |
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And to the people of Thamood, We sent
their brother Saleh. He said: "O my people, worship only God, there is no one worthy of worship for you other than Him. Truly a clear miracle has come to you from your Lord. This she-camel is a sign of God for you, leave it alone to graze on God's land and do not touch it with intent to harm her, lest a painful punishment will catch on you." 4 |
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وَاذْكُرُواْ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاء مِن
بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن
سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا |
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"And remember that He made you successors
after the Aad people and gave you habitats in the land, so you take on to build palaces (for you) in the plains and carve out houses in the mountains. So remember the many Graces of God and do not stir up mischief in the land." |
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قَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ لِمَنْ آمَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَالِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ قَالُواْ إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ مُؤْمِنُونَ |
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The leaders of those who were arrogant among
his people, said to those who were believers among the weak and poor: "Do you know for sure that Saleh is sent as a messenger from his Lord?" they said: "We actually believe in all the Message that has been sent through him." |
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قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا بِالَّذِيَ آمَنتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ |
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Those arrogant people responded, saying: "But we really deny and reject all that you believe in." |
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فَعَقَرُواْ النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُواْ يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ |
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Then they hamstrung (deliberately restricted) the she-camel and acted
against the Commandment of their Lord and said: "O you Saleh, bring about your threats that you leveled on us, if you are really a Messenger." |
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ |
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Thereafter the big earthquake seized them and by the morning they lay down dead in their homes. |
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فَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَكِن لاَّ تُحِبُّونَ النَّاصِحِين |
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Then he (Saleh) turned away from them,
saying: "O my people, I really delivered the Message of my Lord
to you and gave you good advice, but you do not like good advisors." |
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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن الْعَالَمِينَ |
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Also remember the story of Lot, when he
said to his people: "Are you committing that much sinful act (of homosexuality), such as no one of all the people before you had committed?" |
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إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاء بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ |
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"You act with lust on men, instead of
women. You are but really people who are trespassing the limits." |
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وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ |
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The response of his people was only that
they said: "Get them (Lot and his followers) out of your town,
because they are people determined to remain straight and pure." |
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فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ |
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So We saved him and his family, except his wife, who was one of those who remained (in the torment). |
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ |
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And did We pelted on them a rain (of rocks,
of a nearby mountain). So look and see the end of the evil sinners. |
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وَإِلَى
مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ
مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ قَدْ جَاءتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَوْفُواْ |
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And to the folks of Madyan, We sent their
brother Shuaib. He said: "O my people, worship only God. There is really no one else worthy of worship except Him. A clear sign of your Lord has come to you (by the Message), so do give full measure (of merchandise) and full weight and do not keep part of people's merchandise (that you sold them) and do not do mischief in the land, after it has been set in order, that will be better for you if you really believe." |
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وَلاَ
تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ
اللّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَتَبْغُونَهَا |
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And do not sit on every road, blocking
and threatening people (to tax them without right) and hinder people from the way of God, from the way of those who have believed in Him, and you try to make it seem crooked and wrong and remember when you were but a few and He later multiplied you. And look around and see what and how was the end of the mischief-makers!" |
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وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ آمَنُواْ بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يْؤْمِنُواْ فَاصْبِرُواْ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِمِينَ |
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"And if there is a party of you who do
believe in that which I have been sent for and another party who
do not believe in, then wait and be patient till God will judge between us and He is the Best of all judges." |
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قَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَا شُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَا أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَا قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَارِهِينَ |
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The leaders of the arrogant people of his
town's folks said: "We shall certainly drive you Shuaib and those who believe along with you out of our town, or else you all return to our religion." He said: "Even though we hate (your ways)?" |
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قَدِ
افْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِي مِلَّتِكُم
بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّانَا اللّهُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن
نَّعُودَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ أَن يَشَاءَ اللّهُ |
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"If we return back to your religion (and way
of life), we would then practically have made up a lie
against God, after He rescued and freed us from it (your religion). And it is not correct for us to return to it, other than whatever God, our Lord would want, Our Lord made the things (of creation and their interconnections) so vast by His Knowledge. We trust in God. Our Lord, please clear up the situation between us and our people to make clear the truth and you are the Best of those who open up our difficult problems and you are the Best Problem solver. |
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وَقَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ |
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The chiefs of the disbelievers of his people said: "If you follow Shuaib, then you will be losers." |
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ |
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Then a strong earthquake caught them (unprepared) and they lay dead on their faces (by the morning). |
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الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْاْ فِيهَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ شُعَيْبًا كَانُواْ هُمُ الْخَاسِرِينَ |
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Those who called Shuaib as a liar, (were
found dead) as if they never lived there. Yes, those who called Shuaib a liar were the real losers. |
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فَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالاَتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ فَكَيْفَ آسَى عَلَى قَوْمٍ كَافِرِين َ |
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Then he (Shuaib) turned away from them,
saying: "O My people, I delivered to you the Messages of my Lord and advised you (to follow them). Now then how can I mourn for people who were disbelievers." |
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وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلاَّ أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاء وَالضَّرَّاء لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ |
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And We sent no prophet into any town, but
that We caught them with hardship and losses (of health and wealth, when they rejected the Message), so that (they might lose their arrogance and) call God with humility. |
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ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَواْ وَّقَالُواْ قَدْ مَسَّ آبَاءنَا الضَّرَّاء وَالسَّرَّاء فَأَخَذْنَاهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ |
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Thereafter We changed the difficult
situation with good times until they overlooked (God's favor)
and said: "Our fathers were also hit by losses and were touched by good easy times" (so this is the way it has been and forgot God's favors), upon which We seized them all of a sudden, while they did not expect it and were unaware. |
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وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُواْ وَاتَّقَواْ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَاتٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلَكِن كَذَّبُواْ فَأَخَذْنَاهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ |
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And if indeed people of the towns had
believed and had been God-conscious and God-abiding, We would certainly have opened for them the routes of blessings from the sky and the earth, but they invariably called the Messages as lies. So We caught them on the account of what (evil behavior and sins) they earned. |
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أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ |
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Did the people of the towns feel safe and
sound that Our punishment would never reach them by night while they were sound asleep? |
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أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ |
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Or did the people of towns feel secure that
Our punishment may not come during daylight time while they were busy playing? |
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أَفَأَمِنُواْ مَكْرَ اللّهِ فَلاَ يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللّهِ إِلاَّ الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ |
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Did they feel safe against God's plan?
But then only the losers feel safe and heedless of God's plan. |
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أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَا أَن لَّوْ نَشَاء أَصَبْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ |
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Is it not clear to those who inherit the
land from its previous inhabitants, that if We will, We shall punish them also for their sins and We seal up their hearts shut, so that thereafter they would not be able to hear (the truth). |
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تِلْكَ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَآئِهَا وَلَقَدْ جَاءتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤْمِنُواْ بِمَا كَذَّبُواْ مِن قَبْلُ كَذَلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّهُ عَلَىَ قُلُوبِ الْكَافِرِينَ |
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Those were the towns, whose stories We
relate to you and in each case, their Messengers came to them with clear notices, but they were not going to believe in something that they had rejected before. Thus does God seal shut the hearts of disbelievers (when they keep on rejecting the Truth). |
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وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ وَإِن وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِقِينَ |
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And We did not find most of them faithful to their promise, instead We found most of them disobedient rebels. |
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ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَى بِآيَاتِنَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَا فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِينَ |
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Then after them, We raised Moses with
Our Signs and Miracles to go to Pharaoh and his elders, but they unjustly responded to those miracles. See then how was the end of the corrupt mischief makers. |
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وَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّي رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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And Moses said: "O Pharaoh, I am indeed a Messenger, from the Lord of the worlds with all their inhabitants. |
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حَقِيقٌ عَلَى أَن لاَّ أَقُولَ عَلَى اللّهِ إِلاَّ الْحَقَّ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ |
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"It is most mandatory for me to say nothing
about God except the full truth. Indeed I have brought a miracle and a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel leave with me." |
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قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِآيَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ |
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(Pharaoh) said: "If you got any proof, show it if you are telling the truth." |
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فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ |
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Upon which Moses threw his stick (cane) and behold, it then became a real serpent. |
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاء لِلنَّاظِرِينَ |
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He also drew his hand (from his vest) and behold, it was shining white to the spectators |
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قَالَ الْمَلأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ |
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The elders of the court's people of pharaoh said: "This is a real knowledgeable sorcerer," |
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُون |
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"Who wants to get you out of your
homeland. So what do you recommend and order?" |
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قَالُواْ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِي الْمَدَآئِنِ حَاشِرِينَ |
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They said: "Put him and his brother (Aaron) off (in arrest) and meanwhile send callers to the cities to collect (sorcerers)", |
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ |
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"So that they bring you all the knowledgeable sorcerers." |
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وَجَاء السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالْواْ إِنَّ لَنَا لأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ |
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And so the sorcerers came to Pharaoh and said: "Of course there will be a reward for us if we become the victors?" |
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإَنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ |
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He (Pharaoh) said: "Yes and you then certainly will be of the closest people to me." |
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قَالُواْ يَا مُوسَى إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ |
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They (the sorcerers of Pharaoh) said: "O Moses, either you throw first or shall we throw?" |
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قَالَ أَلْقُوْاْ فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْاْ سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ |
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He (Moses) said: "You throw first."
Then when they threw, they caused magic and bewitched the eyes of the onlooking people and managed to cause fear in them and they came up with a great magic. |
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وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ |
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And We revealed to Moses to throw your stick and then, it swallow up whatever they falsely had produced. |
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فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ |
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Thus the truth was confirmed and came to
pass and all that they were doing, was proven wrong, and cancelled. |
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فَغُلِبُواْ هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُواْ صَاغِرِينَ |
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So, this way they were defeated and turned humiliated. |
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وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ |
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And the magicians went down on their knees, with their foreheads on the ground (prostrating to the One God). |
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قَالُواْ آمَنَّا بِرِبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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They said: "We believe in the Lord of all the worlds," |
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رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ |
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"The Lord of Moses and Aaron." |
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ آمَنتُم بِهِ قَبْلَ أَن آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُواْ مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
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The Pharaoh said: "Have you believed in
Him, before I give you permission? This is surely a plot and scheme that you planned in the city, to drive its people from it, but you will know soon (what I will do to you)!" |
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لأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلاَفٍ ثُمَّ لأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
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"I will certainly cut off your hands and feet from opposite sides, then I will crucify you all." |
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قَالُواْ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ |
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They said: "(Now we realize the truth and) We are surely returning to our (real) Lord anyway". |
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وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّا إِلاَّ أَنْ آمَنَّا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاءتْنَا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ |
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"And you are retaliating against us, just
because we have believed in the Miracles and Signs of our Lord
when they reached us. Our Lord, please bless patience on us, to die as Muslim." |
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وَقَالَ الْمَلأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَونَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَآلِهَتَكَ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَاءهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ |
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The chiefs of people of Pharaoh said (to Pharaoh):
"Are you letting Moses and his people to make mischief in the land and to abandon you and your gods?" He said: "We will kill their sons and let live their women and we have great power over them." |
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قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِينُوا بِاللّهِ وَاصْبِرُواْ إِنَّ الأَرْضَ لِلّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ |
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Moses told his people: "Ask God for help
and be patient (in difficulties). Certainly the whole earth belongs to God, He makes it inherit whom He wills of His servants and the blessed happy ending is for the pious ones." |
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قَالُواْ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِينَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ |
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They said: "We (Jews) suffered before
and after you came to us (as a prophet)". He said: "May be your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors on earth, then He will observe how you behave and act." |
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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَونَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ |
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And indeed We did punish the people of Pharaoh with years of drought and shortage of crops and produce,
so that they might come to think and to wake up to the truth. |
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فَإِذَا جَاءتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُواْ لَنَا هَذِهِ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُواْ بِمُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَلا إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِندَ اللّهُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ |
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Instead whenever good time and fortune
came to them, they said: "This is due to our own efforts and we
deserve it", and when any hardship hit them, they connected it to bad omen and bad luck due to Moses and those with him. In fact their bad luck have been by God's Decision, but most of them did not know it. |
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وَقَالُواْ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِن آيَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ |
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And they kept saying (to Moses):
"Whatever proof that you may bring to us to capture us with it, we won't believe you anyway." |
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فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُّفَصَّلاَتٍ فَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ |
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Then We sent on them: the stormy flood,
the locusts, lice (harmful insects), the frogs and the blood (bleeding tendency), one after another, as extensive signs (as wake up calls), yet they remained arrogant and they had been a sinful nation. |
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وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُواْ يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ |
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But when the hard punishment (plague)
fell on them, they said: "O Moses, ask your Lord for us, as He promised you; If you remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe in you and we will definitely send away the Children of Israel (the Jews) with you". |
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فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ هُم بَالِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ |
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But when We removed the punishment from
them for a period of time that they would reach, then they would break their promise. |
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فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُواْ عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ |
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Then We retaliated against them and We drowned them in the sea,
because they claimed Our Verses and Miracles as lies and kept ignoring them. |
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وَأَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُواْ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ
مَشَارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنَى |
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And We made the people who were kept weak, to
inherit the eastern part of the land and the western part of it,
which We blessed. And the Beautiful Command Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because of their patience and perseverance and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people were working on and the buildings that they were erecting. |
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وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُواْ يَا مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ |
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And We allowed the Children of Israel to
cross the sea, then they came upon a people who worshipped devoutly their idols. They (the Israelites) said: "O Moses, make a god for us as they have gods (idols)." Moses said: "You are really playing dumb." (as if you don't know that you are not to worship anyone but the One Invisible God) |
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إِنَّ هَؤُلاء مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ |
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"These people certainly are doomed in that which they are engaged and all that they are doing is absurd." |
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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ |
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He went on to say: "(Do you want me) to
search for a god for you other than The One God, whereas He made you superior over the folks (of your time by His Guidance)?" |
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وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَونَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوَءَ الْعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءكُمْ وَفِي ذَلِكُم بَلاء مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ |
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"And (remember) when He rescued you from
the Pharaoh's people, who inflicted torture on you, killing your sons and letting your women live (to serve them), and in all this, there was a major test and trial from your Lord." |
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وَوَاعَدْنَا
مُوسَى ثَلاَثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ
مِيقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً |
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And We appointed thirty nights for Moses
and completed the period with additional ten nights and he completed the term of his Lord with forty nights (in meditation and receiving Commandments from his Lord). And Moses told his brother Aaron (before leaving for meditation term): "Stay in my place with my people (while I am gone) and make things right and do not follow the way of mischief-makers." |
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وَلَمَّا
جَاء مُوسَى لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ
أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَكِنِ انظُرْ
إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ |
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And when Moses came to Our appointed time and place and his Lord spoke to him, he said:
"O my Lord, show me yourself, so I may look upon you." God said: "You can never see Me, but look at that mountain, then if it stays firm in its place, then you can see Me." Then when the Might of his Lord appeared at the mountain, He made it collapse and crash into pieces and Moses fell unconscious. Later when he regained his senses, got up, saying: "Glory to you, I came to you, apologizing and I am the foremost of the believers." |
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قَالَ يَا مُوسَى إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالاَتِي وَبِكَلاَمِي فَخُذْ مَا آتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ |
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God said: "O Moses, I have chosen you
above other people by My Messages and by My Speaking (to you). so take what I have granted you (with respect) and be of the grateful ones." |
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وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُواْ بِأَحْسَنِهَا سَأُرِيكُمْ دَارَ الْفَاسِقِينَ |
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And We wrote for him on the Tablets,
teaching about everything and explanation for all things and
(told him): "Hold unto those (Commandments) firmly and tell your people to do their best to hold unto them; soon I will show you the place and situation of the rebellious disobedient ones." |
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سَأَصْرِفُ
عَنْ آيَاتِيَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ
الْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كُلَّ آيَةٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَا وَإِن
يَرَوْاْ سَبِيلَ الرُّشْدِ |
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"I shall keep away (the benefits) of My Verses and Lessons
from those who behave arrogantly on
earth, without any right or reason and each time they see a Verse, they won't believe in it, and whenever they notice the way of improvement, and progress, they will not adopt it, but whenever they see the way of error and wrong, they adopt it as a way of life. That is because they denied and called Our Verses as lies and remained ignorant of their meaning. |
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وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَلِقَاء الآخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ |
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And those who rejected Our Verses and
the Meeting of the Hereafter and call them lies, all their efforts become worthless. Are they to be rewarded for anything other than what they used to do (in bad behavior and mischief)? |
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وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى مِن بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلاَ يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا اتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُواْ ظَالِمِينَ |
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And the people of Moses, after his absence,
made a golden calf from their jewelry (to worship), this being a statue (of a calf) that made sound (by wind going through it, as if mooing). Didn't they notice that it could neither speak to them, nor guide them in any way that they had taken and believed in it and they were unjust people. |
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وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فَي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْاْ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّواْ قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ |
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And later when they regretted and found
out that they had gone far astray, (apologized and) said: "If our Lord would not have mercy on us and would not forgive us, we shall certainly be losers." |
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وَلَمَّا
رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا
خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِن بَعْدِيَ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ
وَأَلْقَى الألْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ |
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And when Moses returned to his people,
angry and sad, he said: "What an evil you made up in my absence. Did you hurry to go beyond the Commandment of your Lord and hurried to deserve the punishment of your Lord?" and he put down the Tablets and grabbed his brother's head, dragging him towards himself. (Aaron, his brother) said: "O son of my mother, this people really weakened my position badly and they were about to kill me, so don't let now the enemies have fun in blaming me and don't consider me among the unjust cruel people." |
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قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ |
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(Moses) said: "O my Lord, forgive me and
my brother and admit us into your Mercy and You are the Most Merciful of all. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ الْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيَا وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُفْتَرِينَ |
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Certainly those who took the calf (for
worship), the wrath of their Lord and humiliation comes upon them during their life in this world. Thus We punish the inventors of lies. |
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وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِن بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُواْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ |
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But those who committed evil acts, then
repented afterwards and believed in the Truth, of course your Lord after all that, is indeed Very Forgiving, Most Merciful (to good people). |
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وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى الْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ وَفِي نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ |
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And when the anger of Moses calmed down,
he took up the Tablets and in their writings, there were guidance and mercy for those who are in awe of their Lord ('s Majesty), and fear (disobeying) Him. |
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وَاخْتَارَ
مُوسَى قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَاتِنَا فَلَمَّا
أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم
مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّايَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَاء |
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And Moses chose from his people seventy
men to (be present at) Our appointed place and time of meeting.
Then as a violent earthquake seized them, he said: "O my Lord, if You had decided, You could have destroyed them and me before. Are You wanting to destroy us because of what the foolish ones among us did in the past? (I understand now that) this is only a trial and testing by You, by which You let astray whom You will and You guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so please forgive us and have Mercy on us, as You are the Best of forgivers." |
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وَاكْتُبْ
لَنَا فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ إِنَّا
هُدْنَا إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَذَابِي أُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ أَشَاء
وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا |
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"Please command for us goodness in this
world and in the Hereafter. We are indeed aimed (with hope only) towards you." He (God) said: 'Ultimately I decide to whom My punishment will hit, but My Grace has embraced all things and I will make it (the Mercy) certain for the pious (God-conscious) people who pay charity (to poor people) and those who believe in Our Verses of Revelations." |
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الَّذِينَ
يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ
مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ |
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Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet
(Muhammad) who had not learned to read or write, whom they find written up in the Torah and the Gospel available to them, who commands them for goodness and forbids them from evil and he allows them good lawful things and deeds and prohibits them dirty and evil things and removes from them (the Israelites), the hardship and difficult burdens and rules that have been upon them. 5 So those who believe in him (Muhammad), honor him, help him and follow the Light (the Quran) which was sent down with him (for guidance of mankind), they are the real successful ones. 6 |
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قُلْ يَا
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ
هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ |
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(O Muhammad) Say: "O mankind, I am truly sent
to you all as the Messenger of God, to Whom belongs the dominion and mastery of the heavens and the earth. None is worthy of worship except He. He gives life and causes death. Therefore believe in God and His Messenger, the Prophet who had not learned to write or read, who believes in the One God and in His Words and follow him, so you also may be guided". |
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وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَى أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ |
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And of the people of Moses (the Jews),
there has been a community who lead people with truthfulness
and they judge by it (by truth and justice). |
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وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى إِذِ اسْتَسْقَاهُ قَوْمُهُ أَنِ
اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ |
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And We divided them (the Israelites) into twelve tribes, communities.
And We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water, We said: "Strike the rock with your stick." And there gushed out of it twelve springs, each group knew its own source of water and We shaded them with clouds (from the desert sun) and We sent down to them a sweet plant food extract and quails, saying: "Eat of the good clean foods that We have provided for you." They did not harm us (by their not behaving right), but they were harming themselves. |
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وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُواْ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُواْ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُواْ حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُواْ الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيئَاتِكُمْ سَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
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And (remember) when they were told:
"Stay in this town and eat of its produce whatever you wish and
say: 'O God forgive and drop off our sins, and enter the gate of the town, bowing in humility and prostrating your forehead to the ground', so We shall forgive your wrong doings". We shall increase the reward of good-doing people. |
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فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَظْلِمُونَ |
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But the evil-doing ones among them
changed the word which was said to them with another word, then We sent a punishment from the sky upon them for their wrong-doings. |
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واَسْأَلْهُمْ
عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ
يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ
سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا |
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And (O Muhammad) ask them about the town
that was by the sea, when they trespassed the rule of Sabbath (not working on Saturday), when their fish appeared coming to view on Saturday but on the other days that they did not have the restriction of Saturday (Sabbath), they did not come to their view. That way We put them further on trial as they used to disobey God. |
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وَإِذَ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُواْ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ |
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And also (remember) when a community
from amongst them said: "Why do you preach to a people whom God is about to destroy or punish them severely?" The preachers replied, saying: "Just to do the duty (of encouraging for goodness and forbidding sins), before your Lord and that they would wake up and behave." |
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فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِ أَنجَيْنَا الَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَأَخَذْنَا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ بِعَذَابٍ بَئِيسٍ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفْسُقُونَ |
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Then when they kept on neglecting and
disregarding the reminders that had been given to them, We saved those who made efforts to stop evil and We seized those who kept on doing wrongs with a severe punishment, because of what they kept on doing, disobeying God. |
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فَلَمَّا عَتَوْاْ عَن مَّا نُهُواْ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ |
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And so when they exceeded the limits of
what they were prohibited against, We said to them: "You be as monkeys, apes, despised and disregarded." (no more chance of improvement!) |
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وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ |
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And (remember) when your Lord declared
that He will certainly keep on sending against them (the unruly Jews), till the Day of Resurrection, those who will inflict upon them a grave torment. Indeed, your Lord is Swift in Retaliation (against the wicked and the cruel) and at the same time Very-Forgiving (for the good people). 7 |
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وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ أُمَمًا مِّنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَلِكَ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ |
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And We have scattered them (the Jews)
into separate groups on earth, some of them are righteous working people and some are otherwise. And We tried them with blessings and by adversities and difficulties, in order that they might return (to God). |
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فَخَلَفَ مِن
بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُواْ الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَذَا
الأدْنَى وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ
مِّثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ |
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Then after them, succeeded another generation which inherited the Book (Torah),
but they only chose to cherish the things of this lowly life (of material things and pleasures) and claimed that: "Everything we do, will be forgiven." 8 And whenever the opportunity of similar things came up to them, they would seize it (to commit sins). Was there by the Book (Torah) a promise (covenant) not taken from them that they should never say about God anything but the truth? And they even studied and learned what is in it (the Book Torah). And of course the good life in the Hereafter is more valuable and better for the pious, God-abiding people. Don't you understand its meaning? |
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وَالَّذِينَ يُمَسَّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلاَةَ إِنَّا لاَ نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ |
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And about those who hold firm to the
Book and perform regular prayers, certainly We do not waste or belittle the reward of those who improve the society . |
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وَإِذ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّواْ أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُواْ مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ |
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And (remember the situation) when We had
raised and kept the mountain above them as it were a high ceiling over them, and they thought that it might fall on them any moment, (then We said:) "Hold firmly and strongly unto what We have given you (the Torah) and remember what is (written) in it, so that you may become pious and God-obeying." |
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وَإِذْ أَخَذَ
رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ
وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتَ |
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And also remember that when your Lord
has created from the children of Adam, generations after them from their producing offspring (children) and made their conscience such as to testify when (asked deep in their heart:) "Am I not your Lord?" (,that created you what you are), they said: "Yes, we testify". This is so that you would not (have any excuse to) say on the Day of Resurrection and Accountability: "We have been unaware of this fact." |
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أَوْ تَقُولُواْ إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ |
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Or that you would say: "Our ancestors believed in
partners (with God) and we were only their descendents after
them; are you then going to destroy us because of those who practiced and lived the wrong way? (being polytheists: believing in more than the One God). |
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وَكَذَلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَاتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ |
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Thus We explain the Verses (of
awakening), so that they (the polytheists, such as those believing in three combined gods, trinity) return (to believe in the One and Unique God). |
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وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِيَ آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ |
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(O Muhammad) Also read to them, the
story of the person to whom We gave him Our Verses (Of
Guidance), but he broke off from it (the guidance), so Satan followed up on him (to deceive him) and so he became astray and confused. |
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وَلَوْ
شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ
وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ
عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث |
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And had We willed, We would surely have
elevated his personality by it, but he clung to just earthy life (as if it were permanent) and followed his own desire. So his likeness is that of a dog; If you pay attention to it or drive it off, it sticks and lolls its tongue out or if you leave it alone, it still lolls its tongue. Such as the likeness of the behavior of those, who reject Our Verses as lies. So tell the stories, perhaps they would reflect on their meaning. |
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سَاء مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُواْ يَظْلِمُونَ |
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Evil is the comparison of the people who
reject Our Verses as lies and they have been hurting themselves (by depriving themselves of God's lessons). |
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مَن يَهْدِ اللّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ |
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Whomever God guides, he (or she) is the
truly guided person and whomever God lets go astray, those are the kind of people who are the real losers. |
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وَلَقَدْ
ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ لَهُمْ
قُلُوبٌ لاَّ يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لاَّ يُبْصِرُونَ
بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ |
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Indeed We have let many folks of the
Jinns and humans in the direction to Hell.
9 Those are the kind of people who have hearts (inner power of thinking) but they do not get the truth by them and they have eyes, by which they do not see or perceive the truth by them and they have ears but they do not hear the truth by them (because they don't want to). They are (in behavior) like cattle and even worse off. Those are really unaware of truth. |
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وَلِلّهِ الأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَآئِهِ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ |
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And know that God has many Beautiful
Names, so call Him by them and leave alone those who impolitely mention His Names. They will be punished for what they had been doing. |
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وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ |
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And from amongst those whom We have created,
are folks who
guide others along the truth and they always judge by it (by truth and justice). |
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وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ |
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But those who reject Our Verses as lies,
We shall gradually seize them with punishment by ways and from places that they don't know (what is going to happen to them). |
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وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ |
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And I let them sometime, but My plan (for them) is strong and decisive. |
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أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ |
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Don't they think and realize that there
is no madness in their companion (Muhammad). He is only an evident warner (by God's Command). |
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أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُواْ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
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Don't they look upon the control and
dominion of the heavens and the earth and all the things that God has created and that may be the time of their death is in fact getting near? (So that they may use the rest of their life for the best). In what message after this, would they believe?! |
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مَن يُضْلِلِ اللّهُ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ |
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Whomever God lets astray, no one can
guide him and He lets them wander blindly in their rebellious behavior. |
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يَسْأَلُونَكَ
عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ
رَبِّي لاَ يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِي
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ |
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They ask you about the Hour and Time (of
Judgment Day); "When is its appointed time?" Say: "Its knowledge rests only with my Lord. None might reveal its time except He. It is going to be a grave happening in the heavens and the earth. It will come to happen to you all of a sudden." They ask you as if you know well its time. Say: "Surely its knowledge is only with God, but most people do not know (this truth)." |
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قُل لاَّ
أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلاَ ضَرًّا إِلاَّ مَا شَاء اللّهُ
وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ |
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(O Muhammad) Say: "I possess no power
over any benefit or loss on myself except that which God wills and if I had been knowing the unseen (truth of all that will happen in the future), I certainly would have accumulated wealth and no wrong would have touched me. But I am only a warner and bringer of good news for people who believe." |
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هُوَ الَّذِي
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا
لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا
خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ |
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He is the One, who created you (humans)
from a single personality (prototype) and made the spouse from the same (personality), so that he would have peace (living) with her. Then when the sex covered (happened) unto her, she became pregnant, initially carrying lightly and she carried on. Then when it became heavy, they both (the couple) called upon God, their Lord, (saying): "If You grant us a child with good personality, we shall certainly be ever so grateful." |
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فَلَمَّا آتَاهُمَا صَالِحًا جَعَلاَ لَهُ شُرَكَاء فِيمَا آتَاهُمَا فَتَعَالَى اللّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ |
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But when He gave them a good child, they
both attributed partners in this which God gave them. High above all is God from which they imagine partners to Him (in His Creation). |
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أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لاَ يَخْلُقُ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ |
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Do they attribute as partners to God, those who do not create anything but they themselves are created? |
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وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلاَ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ |
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And they have no power to help them, nor can they help even themselves. |
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى لاَ يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ سَوَاء عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَامِتُونَ |
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And if you call them to guidance (to
help you), they won't follow you, it is the same for you, whether you call them or you keep silent. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ فَادْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ |
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Of course, those whom you call upon
other than God, are creature-servants like yourselves. So keep calling them, they should really answer your prayers, if you (think you) are right. |
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لَهُمْ
أَرْجُلٌ يَمْشُونَ بِهَا أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٍ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَا
أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ يُبْصِرُونَ |
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Are there any feet for them to walk
with? Or do they have hand with which they would hold? Or do they have eyes, to see with? Or do they have ears with which they could hear? (O Muhammad) Say: "keep praying to your (idols) as partners (to God) and then plot against me and don't give me a chance (to help guiding you)." |
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إِنَّ وَلِيِّيَ اللّهُ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِحِينَ |
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But really my True Protector is God Who has revealed down the Book and He will protect-support the righteous ones. |
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وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ |
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And those whom you call upon other than Him, they have no power to help you and they can't even help themselves. |
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى لاَ يَسْمَعُواْ وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ |
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And if you call them for guidance (to
help you), they don't hear and you see them (the idols, as if) they are looking at you, but they don't see. |
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خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ |
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(O Muhammad): show and choose
forgiveness and encourage and enjoin for goodness and let go of the foolish ones (when they can not be helped). |
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وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ |
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And whenever an evil whisper
(thought-suggestion) comes to you from Satan then seek refuge by (remembering) God, as He is Ever All-Hearing, All-Knowing (of everything). |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَواْ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَائِفٌ مِّنَ الشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُواْ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ |
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Certainly those who are God-conscious
and pious, whenever an evil thought from Satan reaches them,
they remember (God), then instantly they see the situation correctly. |
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وَإِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لاَ يُقْصِرُونَ |
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But their (devilish human) brothers keep pushing them into trouble and error and they stop short of nothing. |
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وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِآيَةٍ قَالُواْ لَوْلاَ اجْتَبَيْتَهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَتَّبِعُ مَا يِوحَى إِلَيَّ مِن رَّبِّي هَذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
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And when you (Muhammad) do not bring
them a Verse (or a miracle which they demand), they say: "Why didn't you produce it?". Say: "I, in truth follow only what is revealed to me from my Lord. This (the Quran) is the means to see the evidences from your Lord, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe." |
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وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُواْ لَهُ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
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And whenever the Quran is being read,
then listen to it and be silent, so that you may receive mercy (by understanding its meaning). |
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وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالآصَالِ وَلاَ تَكُن مِّنَ الْغَافِلِينَ |
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And do remember your Lord in your mind
humbly
and in awe and fear and without loudness of saying in the mornings and evenings and don't be of those who miss and neglect (the opportunity in life to remember the Almighty God). |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُ وَلَهُ يَسْجُدُونَ |
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Those who are (dear) by your Lord, don't
feel too proud of worshipping Him and they realize His Glory, praising Him and they put their foreheads on the ground to glorify Him. |
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Footnotes |
1
Before disobeying God's Command, Iblis = Satan had long
been blessed by God.
Satan (devil) is the adjectiue-noon of Iblis and all those other devils who later have followed him.
3
Jinns: Extra terrestrials, invisible to us now.
4
The miracle of a she-camel; coming unexpectedly from the rocky hill
area.
5
Torah: Deuteronomy
18:15
and new Testament: John 14:16
Especially hard rules that were ordained on the Israelites in the past, because of their misdeeds.
7
The Quran mentions the good Jews and appreciates them (in earlier Verses
also) and castigates the evil ones as above.
8
Against their claim that: "all evil they do will be forgiven."
9
Extraterrestrial entities, who also have choice like humans to do good
or evil.
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