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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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Thunder - Chapter 13 | Contains 43 Verses – Mecca |
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المر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
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Alif-Lam-Mim-Raa (From Allah to Muhammad
Rasool, Messenger); these are the Verses of the Book (of God) and that which has been revealed to you (Muhammad) from your Lord is the Truth, but most people won't believe. |
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اللّهُ
الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ
اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ
يَجْرِي |
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God is the One Who raised the skies high without any column that you could see.
He also made the universe harmonious and subjected the sun and the moon, 1 all (heavenly bodies) and each running (its course) for a determined period. He designs, manages and regulates the whole affair. He explains the signs and Verses (of His Majesty) in detail so that you gain certainty about the ultimate meeting with your Lord. |
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وَهُوَ
الَّذِي مَدَّ الأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْهَارًا
وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ |
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And He is the One who spread out the earth
and placed solid firm mountains in it and rivers, and of all kinds of fruits and produces, He made two pairs and varieties. He causes the night to cover over the day. Certainly in (studying) these phenomena, there are signs of His (Knowledge and Might) for people who think and reflect. |
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وَفِي
الأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُّتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِّنْ أَعْنَابٍ
وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَى بِمَاء
وَاحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا |
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And on earth, He made possible neighboring
farm tracts and gardens of vines and crop fields and date
palm trees,
growing into two or more from a single stem root or otherwise (one stem root for every palm), being watered with the same water, yet We made some of them superior in taste than others. Certainly in these phenomena, there are signs (of God’s creative Majesty) for people who would use their reasoning. |
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وَإِن
تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَئِذَا كُنَّا تُرَابًا أَئِنَّا
لَفِي خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ |
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And if you wonder (how unbelievers deny God),
it is their saying which is noticeable (when they say): “When we become dust, do we really become alive again later in a new creation?”. They are the kind of people who refuse to believe in their Master (Creator). They are the ones who will have chains on their necks (bound by their disbelief), and they will be dwellers of Fire, to stay there forever (burning in regret why they refused their Creator). |
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وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِمُ الْمَثُلاَتُ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ |
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And they challenge you to cause something
bad to happen to them before even considering the goodness (and blessings of belief in God), while many exemplary punishments have indeed occurred before them. And certainly your Lord is full of Forgiveness to mankind in their wrong behavior. But your Lord is also severe in punishment (for those who knowingly insist on wrong-doing). |
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وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوْلآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ |
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And the disbelievers say: “Why isn’t there
any miraculous sign sent down to him from his Lord?” You are only a warner (not a miracle producer) and to every community there had been a guide. |
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اللّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَى وَمَا تَغِيضُ الأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِندَهُ بِمِقْدَارٍ |
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God knows what every female bears and when
the deliveries will be, sooner or later (than the usual
term). And everything has a measure and amount decided by Him, |
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عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ |
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God is the All Knowing of the invisible and the visible, the Most Great, the Most High. |
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سَوَاء مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِاللَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ |
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It is the same (to Him) if anyone of you
conceals or speaks out his words, whether he hides himself in the night or goes openly by the day. |
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لَهُ
مُعَقِّبَاتٌ مِّن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ
مِنْ أَمْرِ اللّهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ
حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ |
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For each person, there are angels following
before and behind that person to guard him or her by the Command of
God. Indeed God does not change the situation of a people till they change their state of mind. But when God decides a punishment for a people, there won't be any turning back of it and they will have no protector other than Him. |
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هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنْشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَالَ |
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He is the One, Who shows you the
lightning as a fear (of its possible damages) or as a sign of hope (for those who wish for rain) and He does bring up the clouds, heavy (with water) |
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وَيُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ وَيُرْسِلُ الصَّوَاعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَاءُ وَهُمْ يُجَادِلُونَ فِي اللّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ الْمِحَالِ |
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And the thunder glorifies Him in praise and so do the angels by His
awe. He sends the thunderbolts and with it strikes whom He wills, yet they (the disbelievers) are arguing about (the existence of) God, while He is the Only One Mighty to bring about any condition He wills. |
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لَهُ دَعْوَةُ
الْحَقِّ وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لاَ يَسْتَجِيبُونَ
لَهُم بِشَيْءٍ إِلاَّ كَبَاسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ |
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The true prayer is only due to Him alone and
all those others that (the disbelievers) pray to other than Him,
have no ability to respond to them at all, similar to a person who stretches his hands to reach water to bring it to his mouth but he can not reach it; and all the prayer of the disbelievers is only in error and in the wrong direction. |
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وَلِلّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلالُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالآصَالِ |
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And to God prostrates whoever or whatever
is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly just as their shadows do in the morning and about the end of the days. 2 |
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قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ
قُلِ اللّهُ قُلْ أَفَاتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاء لاَ
يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلاَ ضَرًّا قُلْ هَلْ
يَسْتَوِي |
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(O Muhammad) say: “Who is the Master of
the heavens and the earth?” Say (to them again) : “God”. Say (by asking them): “Have you then (despite the fact that God is the Master of Heavens and earth) yet chosen to assume others than Him as your protectors, whereas they have no power to benefit or harm even themselves?” Ask again: ”Is a blind equal to to some one who can observe? Or are darknesses (of ignorance) the same as the light (of guidance)? Or are they assuming partners with God, which have created anything similar to His creation, so that (the creation they made and His) creation appeared alike to them?” say: “God is the One, who created everything, and He is the Unique, the Irresistible.” |
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أَنزَلَ مِنَ
السَّمَاء مَاء فَسَالَتْ أَوْدِيَةٌ بِقَدَرِهَا فَاحْتَمَلَ
السَّيْلُ زَبَدًا رَّابِيًا وَمِمَّا يُوقِدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي
النَّارِ ابْتِغَاء حِلْيَةٍ أَوْ |
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He sends down water from the sky and
(through) the valleys, flow streams according to their capacity
and the current carries away the foam that builds up on the surface (of slow flow areas), and also from those (metals and other materials) that people place in fire in order to produce ornaments and other products, a foam builds up similar to that. Such does God make example of truth and reality versus wrong and falsehood. Now then as to the foam, it passes away as scum on the bank (of river or the ocean). But what really benefits people is that (the water) which stays in earth. Such does God make examples (so people don’t hold unto false gods or imaginary partners to God). |
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لِلَّذِينَ
اسْتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمُ الْحُسْنَى وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ
يَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَهُ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِي الأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا |
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For people who responded their Lord’s call
(to believe in One God, the Hereafter and did good deeds,) there will be excellent reward. But those who do not respond to His call, even if they had all that is in earth and the like of that with it, to offer it as ransom (in the Hereafter, to be released, they won't be released). For them there will be an awful reckoning. Their dwelling will be Hell which is indeed the worst resting place. |
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أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَبِّكَ الْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَى إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ الأَلْبَابِ |
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Is then the position and status of a person who
knows that what has been revealed to you (Muhammad) from you Lord, is the truth, same as someone who is blind (to this truth of the Quran)? Certainly only the people of reasoning and understanding notice this, |
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الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَاقَ |
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Those who fulfill their promise with God and who do not break the treaty (with Him), |
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وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُوءَ الحِسَابِ |
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And those who join the connections and bands (of kinship,
family and friendship) that God has commanded to be joined and are in awe of their Lord and fear the result and reckoning of bad deeds (which God has forbidden) |
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وَالَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ ابْتِغَاء وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلاَنِيَةً وَيَدْرَؤُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ |
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And those who remained patient and
steadfast (in difficult times as well), to reach the closeness and approval of their Lord and kept up regular prayers and spent in charity from what We provided for them in secret or openly and confront and remove evil with goodness, such persons will have the good final lasting home, |
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جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَالمَلاَئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍ |
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Everlasting Gardens (of Paradise), which they
shall enter and also those who acted righteously from among their fathers (parents and ancestors) and spouses and their off-springs. And the angels arrive from every gate and direction, (greeting them), |
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سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُم بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ |
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(Saying:) "Peace be upon you because you persevered patiently. So what an excellent final home you have ". |
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وَالَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ اللّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوءُ الدَّارِ |
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But those who break the promise after
they had firmly made with God and cut off the relations that God has commanded to be joined and make mischief on earth, they will get the curse (deprivation from God’s Mercy) and an evil final place (because of their evil behavior). |
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اللّهُ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَقَدِرُ وَفَرِحُواْ بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَاعٌ |
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God increases and widens the amount of
livelihood for whomever He wants and (similarly) He limits it (for whomever He wants), and some people are so happy about the pleasures of their worldly life, whereas the life in this world is but trivial and brief enjoyment, compared to the coming life in the Hereafter. |
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وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوْلاَ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ قُلْ إِنَّ اللّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ أَنَابَ |
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And those who disbelieve say:
”Why isn’t
there a miracle sent down to him (Muhammad) from his Lord?” Say: “God lets in error whom He regards unworthy and guides towards Himself (His way) those who turn to Him, asking His forgiveness and Help.” |
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الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ أَلاَ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ |
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Those who believed (in the Oneness of God)
and their hearts become certain and calm by frequently remembering God. Behold that by remembering God, hearts and minds find peace and calmness! |
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الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَآبٍ |
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Those who have believed and work
righteous good deeds, will have a blessed life and a beautiful place of (final) return (in the Hereafter). |
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كَذَلِكَ
أَرْسَلْنَاكَ فِي أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَا أُمَمٌ
لِّتَتْلُوَ عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِيَ أَوْحَيْنَا |
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Thus (for this reason) We sent you
(Muhammad) for guidance to a community before which, other nations passed away, to announce and read to them what We have revealed to you while they disbelieve in the Most Gracious (, Who created them and everything else and gave them all they have). Say: ”He is my Lord. There is no one worthy of worship except He. In Him I put all my trust and unto Him I turn (for help)”. |
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وَلَوْ أَنَّ
قُرْآنًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ
أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى بَل لِّلّهِ الأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا
أَفَلَمْ يَيْأَسِ الَّذِينَ |
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And if there were a Quran by which mountains
could be set in motion or the earth could be torn into
pieces or the dead were made to speak (this would be it, but the disbelievers still would not believe in it). But the decision is really with God about all matters. 3 Don’t the believers then not realize that if God had willed, He could have guided all people (by force)? And disasters would keep on striking those who disbelieve because of their misdeeds or a disaster would strike close to their homes until the promise of God (for their punishment) will arrive (later in the Hereafter). Certainly God does not reverse His promise (of justice). |
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وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ |
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And indeed many Messengers (of God)
before you (Muhammad) were made fun of and I gave the disbelievers time and chance (to correct themselves), then (when they continued with misdeeds,) I seized them. How was then my punishment? |
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أَفَمَنْ هُوَ
قَآئِمٌ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَجَعَلُواْ لِلّهِ
شُرَكَاء قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ أَمْ تُنَبِّئُونَهُ بِمَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ
فِي الأَرْضِ |
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Is the One, Who is Above all souls (persons), providing for them and He is watching over them (as to what and how they are behaving, same as others)? And they (the disbelievers) assumed partners for God, (O Muhammad) say: “Name them, or are you trying to inform God about something He does not know on earth? Or is it just a show of false words?” The truth is that the deception by the disbelievers has become fair appearing to them and so they are hindered from taking the correct road. And whomever God leaves in error, there won't be any real guide for that person anymore. |
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لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللّهِ مِن وَاقٍ |
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They will suffer during the life of this
world (by their own deceptions and uncertainties) and the suffering in the hereafter is even tougher and more severe and there shall not be any shield and protector for them against God’s punishment. |
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مَّثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ أُكُلُهَا دَآئِمٌ وِظِلُّهَا تِلْكَ عُقْبَى الَّذِينَ اتَّقَواْ وَّعُقْبَى الْكَافِرِينَ النَّارُ |
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The description of the Paradise, promised
for the pious God-conscious persons is that streams and rivers flow down below it; its fruits are permanently available and also its shades, such is the final place of the pious people, but the final place of the disbelievers is the Fire (burning with severe regret of their own misdeeds). |
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وَالَّذِينَ
آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنَ
الأَحْزَابِ مَن يُنكِرُ |
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Those to whom We have given the book
(including the previous Revelations) are glad about what is revealed down to you (Muhammad) as well. But from among the members of some parties (of Jews, Christians or idol worshipers) there are those who reject part of it. Say (O Muhammad): “I have been commanded to worship only the One God, and not to associate any partners to Him; to Him Alone I invite people and to Him, and all my hope and attention is toward Him”. |
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وَكَذَلِكَ أَنزَلْنَاهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّا وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءهُم بَعْدَ مَا جَاءكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللّهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلاَ وَاقٍ |
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And thus We have sent down the Book of
Wisdom and Commandment in Arabic (so people can understand), and if you (Muhammad) follow their desires after the knowledge has reached you, there will be no protector or defender for you, against God (’s Judgment). |
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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِيَ بِآيَةٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ |
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And indeed We sent down messengers before
you (Muhammad) and provided wives and descendents for them and it was not for a Messenger to bring about a sign or a miracle except by God’s permission; as for every matter happening and for every period, there is something written [down, by the Command of God]. |
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يَمْحُو اللّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ |
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God omits (anything of the future destiny) what He wills and confirms
and fixes (whatever He wants to happen) and the Book of Destiny (True total knowledge and control of destiny) belongs only to Him (the One and Only God). |
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وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ |
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(O Muhammad) Whether We show you part of
the punishment that We have promised them (to suffer by defeat,
etc) or We cause you to (die and) return to Us (before their punishment), at any rate your duty is to communicate God’s Message and the accounting (of people’s deeds) is on Us. |
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا وَاللّهُ يَحْكُمُ لاَ مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ |
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Don’t they (the disbelievers especially)
notice that We have been reducing he outlying borders of the
land (of the disbelievers, giving it the believers)? And when God commands, there is none to reverse His command and He is Swift at reckoning. |
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وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلّهِ الْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الْكُفَّارُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ |
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And indeed those (disbelievers) before
them did make plots (against God’s Messengers and believers), but God is the Supreme Planner, He knows whatever point every person earns (by his or her actions) and the disbelievers will know as to who will get the good final destination. |
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وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَسْتَ مُرْسَلًا قُلْ كَفَى بِاللّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ |
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And the disbelievers claim, saying: “You
(Muhammad) are not a messenger (of God).” Say:” God is enough as witness between me and you and those who have true knowledge of the Scripture (as the future coming of Muhammad was described in previous Scriptures).” |
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Footnotes |
1
Arsh
in Arabic means throne, authority, control
2
All beings are humble obedient to God from all atoms to all stars and
planets and even atheists and disbelievers ultimately (in the hereafter)
will bow down to His Majesty
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