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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Cave - Chapter 18 | Contains 110 Verses – Mecca |
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجَا |
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All praises and thanks to God, Who has
sent down the Book (the Quran) to His servant (Muhammad) and did not put any crookedness in it. |
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قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا |
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(He made it the Quran) upright and
lasting to warn (the disbelievers) of a severe punishment from
His Mighty Command and to give good news to the believers who do correct and righteous works, that they will have a nice reward. |
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مَاكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا |
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In which they will stay forever. |
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وَيُنذِرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا |
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And to warn those (Christians and others), who say: “God has begotten a son or children”, |
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مَّا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِآبَائِهِمْ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا |
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About which they have no knowledge, nor
did their forefathers have any such knowledge. Awful big lie is this word that comes out of their mouths. What they are saying is nothing but a lie. |
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فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا |
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It is as if you (Muhammad) may lose your life
by grief over the effects of those who won’t believe in this Message (the Quran). |
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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا |
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Truly We have made whatever is on the earth as
an attractive decoration for it, as a means of testing them (the mankind), as to which of them is best in behavior (choosing merely the attractive aspects of the material world as the goal or the meaning of all that and using the means to do their best during their life on earth). |
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وَإِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا |
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And We shall certainly make whatever is on it (on the earth) a barren dry soil (at the end of the world). |
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أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا مِنْ آيَاتِنَا عَجَبًا |
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Did you think that the destiny of 'the
friends of the cave and with their names written up' were among Our wondrous Miracles? |
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إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا |
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As the believing youth fled (their town Ephesus) to
the cave and then prayed, saying: “O our Lord, please bring about a Blessing from Your Majesty on us and provide a right way for us out of our problem”. 1 |
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فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا |
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Thereafter We placed suddenly on their sense of
hearing and alertness a veil of silence and sleep, in the cave for a number of years. |
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ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَى لِمَا لَبِثُوا أَمَدًا |
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Then We raised them up (from their
sleep), to reveal which one of the two groups was more accurate in calculating how long they had spent sleeping. 2 |
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نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ آمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًى |
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We are relating their story to you (O Muhammad),
in truth; they were young men believing in their Lord and We further increased their guidance. |
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وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَهًا لَقَدْ قُلْنَا إِذًا شَطَطًا |
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And We gave strength to their hearts when
they stood up (against the idol worship) and said: “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we pray or call to any god other than Him; if we did else, we would have indeed expressed an enormous disbelief and nonsense”. |
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هَؤُلَاء قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا |
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These our people have chosen gods other
than Him; why don’t they present any clear explanatory proof about them (that they are real)? So then who is more unjust and more wrong than the person who invents a lie about God (by claiming others as gods)? |
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وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَأْوُوا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحمته ويُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا |
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And (the young believers were inspired:)
“When you get away from them and those things that they worship, other than God, then take refuge in the Cave, your Lord will open a way for you from His Mercy and will provide an easy comfortable way out of your affair (your difficulties)”. |
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وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَاوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ
الْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ
فِي فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ |
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And you would see the sun incline up on
the right side of their cave and when it set, would be declining on their left side, while they were lying in the middle of it (the cave, the sun did not shine on them, as their cave was facing north, remaining cool). Such are of the signs of the Favor of God; whoever He guides, he then finds the way and whoever He leaves in darkness (which that person chose), you won’t find them any guiding protector for him. |
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وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ
الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَكَلْبُهُم بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ
بِالْوَصِيدِ لَوِ |
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Looking at them, you would think they
were awake, but they were asleep and We turned them on their right side and on their left side (to prevent pressure sores on their bodies) and their dog was laying with its paws stretched out of the threshold of the cave (as if it was guarding them). Had you come looking upon them, you would have certainly turned away from them in flight and would have been filled with awe distress from their appearance. |
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وَكَذَلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَاءلُوا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ
مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ
يَوْمٍ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُوا |
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And in such condition (as they were), We
raised them up (from their long sleep), so that they would ask
each other. One speaker from among them said: “How long have you been staying?” They said: “We have stayed probably a day or part of a day”. Others said: “Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed here. So now send someone with this (silver) coin to town, so he could look around to find which food is more clean and lawful, then bring you some of that food and nutrition and he should behave with care and courtesy and not inform anyone of your whereabouts”. 3 |
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إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِي مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوا إِذًا أَبَدًا |
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"Since if they find out about you and come
toward you, they will stone you or force you into their pagan belief and then you would never be happy or reach salvation”. |
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وَكَذَلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَعْدَ
اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا إِذْ
يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم
بُنْيَانًا |
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And so We made their story known (to the
people) so that they might learn to know that the Promise of God
(including the Resurrection) is absolutely true and that there is no doubt about the Hour and Time (of physical, and spiritual Resurrection), as they (the townspeople) disputed about their story. Some said: “Build a building over them. Their Lord knows best about them. 4 But those who prevailed their view about their case, said: “We shall definitely build a place of worship (temple, mosque) over them”. |
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سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ
خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ وَيَقُولُونَ
سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ |
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People would say they were three, their
dog being the forth; yet others would say they were five and their dog being the sixth. They are just guessing at the unseen; yet others say they were seven, their dog being their eight. (O Muhammad) say: “My Lord knows best their number; none knows those except a few”. Therefore do not engage in discussion about their number, except on that which is clear and do not ask anyone of them of their opinion about them”. |
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وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا |
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And you should never say about anything: “I shall do such and such thing tomorrow”, 5 |
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إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَدًا |
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Except (adding to it :) “If God so
wills”. And when you had forgotten, remember your Lord (to say: “If God so wills”) and say: “Hopefully my Lord will guide me to a way nearer to the right course than this”. |
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وَلَبِثُوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعًا |
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And they stayed in their Cave for three hundred (solar) years, adding nine (for lunar Years). |
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قُلِ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَأَسْمِعْ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِي حُكْمِهِ أَحَدًا |
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Say: “God knows best how long and how
they spent (such a long time sleeping there). He has the Knowledge of all the Unseen and the Invisible (to mankind) of the heavens and the earth. He is the Absolute Observer of all and the Absolute Hearer. They (the entire creation, all the beings) have no protector other than Him and He does not allow anyone to share in His Rule and His Decision”. |
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وَاتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا |
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And recite (read again and preach) what
has been revealed to you (O Muhammad) of the Book (the Quran) of your Lord. Nobody could change His wording and you can’t ever find any true refuge other than Him. 6 |
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وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ
وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ
تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا |
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And keep yourself patiently in
associating with those (good worshippers) who call and pray to their Lord mornings and evenings, seeking His Special Grace; and don’t overlook them, desiring the beautiful appearance of the life of this world; and do not obey the kind of person, whose heart We have left unaware of Our Remembrance, and who follows his own desire and lust and whose behavior is extravagant. |
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وَقُلِ
الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَاء فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاء
فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ
بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا |
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And say: “The truth is from your Lord”. Then whoever wants, will come to believe and else whoever decides to refuse, let him disbelieve. Indeed, We have prepared for the unjust (disbelievers) a Fire, whose walls will surround them and if they ask for help (or water), they will be attended with a kind of liquid like boiling oil, that will scald their faces. What an awful drink and what an evil place to end up to. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا |
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Certainly, regarding those who have
believed and did correct righteous works, of course We don’t spoil the reward of anyone of them, who did a good deed. |
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أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ
الْأَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ
وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ |
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Those people, for them there will be
Everlasting Gardens, beneath which rivers flow, in such a place they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and they will wear green garments of fine and thick silk (with heavy brocade), they relax back there on couches. What a nice reward and what a nice resting place, with friends. |
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وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا |
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Also tell them the story of two
men, to one of them We had given two gardens of grapes and We had surrounded the two gardens with date palms and We had put between them crop fields. |
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كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ آتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَالَهُمَا نَهَرًا |
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Each of these two gardens yielded its
produce and never failed in its harvest and We had caused a spring in the middle of it to become a stream. |
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وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا |
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And he had a good income of harvest (of it). Then one time he said to his companion while he was having a conversation with him: “I am greater than you in property and stronger regarding manpower". |
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وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَذِهِ أَبَدًا |
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And he entered his garden, while unjustly
regarding himself (as the real owner of it, forgetting that God had given him all). He said: “I don’t think that this will ever perish.” |
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وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَى رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا |
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And I do not think the Hour (the Day of
Judgment in the Hereafter) would ever happen to be established,
and even if I would be brought back to my Lord (on the Time of Judgment), I shall surely find better than this, when I am returned (to life in the Hereafter). |
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قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا |
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While talking to him, his companion said
to him: “Have you disbelieved in Him (forgetting that He has given you all), the One who created you from the ground-dust (in the first phase, originally), then also from a cell (spermatozoon + ovum), then He made and fashioned you as a man?” |
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لَّكِنَّا هُوَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا |
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“But in my belief, He is God, my Lord
(Creator and Provider) and I shall never associate anyone as a partner in my Lord’s Dominion.” |
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وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاء اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ إِن تُرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا |
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“Why wouldn’t you have said when you
entered your garden: 'Whatever God wills, (will come to pass) There is no power except that it belongs to God.' If you see me less than you in wealth and children,” |
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فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا |
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“It may be then that my Lord will
grant me something better than your garden and might send a (lightning) bolt on it from the sky and it becomes a slippery ground (in pieces),” |
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أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُ طَلَبًا |
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“Or its water could sink deep underground, then you would not be able to reach it.” |
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وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا |
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And so his harvest was surrounded and
doomed (with rain). And he then came to rubbing the palms of his hands over the loss of what he had spent on it, while it was destroyed upside down and he kept saying: “I wish I had never associated anyone with my Lord (I whish that I had not thought that 'I had it made', but I would have understood that all my existence and possessions are from God)". |
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وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا |
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And he had no crew to help him against God (‘s Decision), nor could he be helped at all. |
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هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا |
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There (as from this example you realize
that) all authority and protection belongs to God, the True One.
He is Best in rewarding and Best to determine and judge the consequences (of human behavior) |
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وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاء أَنزَلْنَاهُ
مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ |
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(O Muhammad) Also give them (the people)
an explanatory example of the life of this world, like the process of the water that We send down from the sky, then the vegetation of the earth comes in contact with and absorbs of it, becoming fresh, then later it becomes dry stubble, which the winds scatter around. (the life of this world is short and temporary). And God is Ever All Mighty over all matters, Who determines what shall be done. |
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الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا |
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Wealth and children are the attractions
of the life of this world, but the lasting good deeds are more important to be rewarded in Observance of God and to be deserving as a source of hope (for the future life in the Hereafter and in this world as well) . 7 |
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وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا |
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And (remind them) of the Day when We
move the mountains by setting them in motion and you see the earth leveled and We resurrect them all (all the people from the state of death) together and then We will not miss a single one of them. |
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وَعُرِضُوا عَلَى رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا |
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And they will be placed before your
Lord (’s Judgment) in rows, (God saying: ) “You have indeed come to Us, as We created you the first time as well, although you tended to think that We would not make any such appointment for you”. |
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وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا
فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا
يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّا أَحْصَاهَا |
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And the record (of everyone’s deeds) will
be placed (for judgment) and you would see the guilty persons filled with dread and anxiety as to what is in it (in their record of life) and they say: “Woe to us, what kind of record is this that misses neither a small nor a big thing, but has recorded and accounted them all". And they will find all that they had done, present before them. And your Lord does not treat anyone unjustly. |
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وَإِذْ
قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا
إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ |
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And (be reminded that) when We told the
angels: “Bow down your forehead on the ground for (the creation of) Adam”. Then they (all) bowed down themselves to the ground except Iblis, who was one of the Jinns. So he disobeyed the Command of his Lord. Now then do you (humans) take him and his offspring (followers) as your protectors instead of Me? Whereas they are enemies to you. What an evil exchange there is among unjust wrong-doers. 8 |
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مَا أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا |
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I (God) did not make them (angels, jinns,
others) to witness the Creation of the heavens and the earth,
nor their own creation and I was never going to have the misleaders (Iblis = Satan and his army of followers) as helpers to Me. |
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وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقًا |
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And (be reminded of) the Day, when He
(God) will say (to disbelievers): “Call now those whom you thought as my partners (to help you)”. Then they will call them, but they will not answer them and We have a barrier between them (no communication). |
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وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا |
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And the criminals and sinners see the
Fire and they perceive that they are going to be placed in it
and find no way to escape from it. |
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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا |
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And We have indeed placed presentation of
all kinds in this Quran for mankind. But mankind is quarrelsome about most of the things (they like to argue for the sake of argument). |
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وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءهُمُ الْهُدَى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّا أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا |
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And nothing has stopped people from
believing when the guidance (the Quran) came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, other than because of the tradition of ancients was presented to them (and they think they must follow the wrong old ways) until the fate of ancient (disbelievers) befalls them or the punishment is brought to them face to face. |
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وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَمَا أُنذِرُوا هُزُوًا |
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And we do not send Messengers except as
bringers of good news (to good people) and as warners (to disbelievers and evil ones) and the disbelievers keep on arguing with false argument so that they suppress the truth and to treat My Verses and the points which they are warned about, as a joke and mockery. |
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وَمَنْ
أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا
وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ
أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ |
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And who is more wrong than the person who
is reminded of the Verses and the Lessons of his Lord, but turns away from them and forgets what he has done in his past? Truly We have thrown veils on their hearts (because of their unwillingness to understand,) so they can not understand it (the Quran) and on their ears, We put a heaviness in their ability to hear (the Truth). And if you (Muhammad) call them to the Guidance, then they can not be guided at all. |
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وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا مِن دُونِهِ مَوْئِلًا |
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And your Lord is Most Forgiving,
possessing Mercy. Had He called them (in this world) for questioning about what they have done, He would definitely have hastened their punishment. But they have their appointed promised time (on Judgment Day) beyond which they won't find any escape. |
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وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا |
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And those are the towns (which) We destroyed them
because they (their inhabitants) did a lot of wrong and injustice and We appointed a certain appointed time for their destruction. |
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وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ لَا أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا |
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Also (be reminded) of the story of Moses
when he said to his young companion: “I will not give up (traveling) till I reach the junction of the two seas (rivers) even if I spend years traveling (to meet a special servant of God whom He advised me to meet).” |
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فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا |
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Then when they reached the junction
between the two seas they forgot about their fish which they had taken as food for their journey and while they had stopped for a rest there, the fish (then moved out of their basket and) found to take its way straight toward and into the sea nearby. |
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فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا |
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Then when they had moved on from there,
he (Moses) told his young follower: “Bring us our meal, we have really gotten very tired from this journey of ours.” |
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قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا |
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He said: “Do you remember when we got to
the rock (‘s shade) to rest? I actually forgot about the fish, none other than Satan made me forget to remember securing it and it took its way into the sea in a strange manner.” |
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قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا |
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(Moses) said: “That place is exactly what
we have been looking for (to meet the special servant of God
there)”. They then turned back retracing their footsteps. |
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فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا |
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They later found one of Our good
servants, whom We had granted a special Mercy from Us and whom We had taught a special knowledge from Us. |
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قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَى أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا |
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Moses told him (the special servant of
God): “May I follow you so that you would teach me some of that knowledge which you have been taught in your progress (by God)?” |
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا |
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He said “You will indeed not be able to have patience with me (for what I will be doing),” |
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وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا |
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“And how could you have patience on something you don’t have detailed knowledge of?” |
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قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِن شَاء اللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا |
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He (Moses) said: “God willing you will
find me a patient person and I will not disobey and disagree with you in any situation.” |
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قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَن شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا |
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He said: “Then if you are going to follow
me, do not question me about anything until I myself mention about it to you.” |
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فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا |
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They both then went on till they entered the ship,
in which he made hole in it (its bottom). (Moses) questioned saying: “Did you make a hole in the ship to drown its people? You have really done an awful thing!”. |
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قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا |
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He answered, saying: “Didn’t I tell you that you cannot have any patience with me?” |
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قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا |
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(Moses) said “Don’t blame me for I forgot and don’t be hard on my behavior.” |
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فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُّكْرًا |
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Then they both proceeded till they met a
young man and he (the special servant of God) killed him. (Moses) questioned saying “Did you just kill someone innocent who did not kill anyone? You have just committed a dreadful thing”. |
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قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِي صَبْرًا |
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He answered, saying: “Didn’t I tell you that you can not have any patience with me?” |
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قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّي عُذْرًا |
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Moses (said): “If I question you about anything after this, then don’t keep me in your company. You have indeed my apology.” |
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فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا |
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They then went on until they reached
people in a village, whom they asked for some food, but they refused to host them. They then noticed a wall in that place, which was about to collapse and he set it up straight. (Moses) said: “If you had wanted, you could have certainly received a salary for it (for your work fixing the wall).” |
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قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا |
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He said: “This is now the time of
separation between me and you (Moses), but I will tell you the real meaning of those actions (of mines) over which you could not have any patience.” |
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أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا |
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“As for the ship, it belonged to needy
people working in the sea. So I decided to make a defect in it, as there has been beyond them, a king, who seizes all the ships by force.” |
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وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَا أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا |
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“And about the young man, his parents
have been good believers and we have been very concerned (by special knowledge from God) that he was going to cause grief upon them by (his) rebellion, wickedness and disbelief,” |
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فَأَرَدْنَا أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا |
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“So we prayed that their Lord will grant
them instead another child better than him in purity and closer (to them) in loving kindness.” |
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وَأَمَّا
الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ
وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحًا
فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَا أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا
كَنزَهُمَا |
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“And as for that wall, it belonged to two
orphan boys in that town and underneath that wall, there was buried a treasure for them and their father was a good righteous man and so your Lord intended that they reach their age of full strength and they will dig out their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did not do them (these events) out of my own decision. That is the real meaning of all those events that you were unable to bear with patience.” |
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وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَن ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُو عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا |
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And they ask you about the two-horned
person (of the past). Say: “I shall read to you some of his story.” 9 |
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إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَبًا |
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We had in fact given him a lot of power on earth and gave him the means of access to everything. |
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فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا |
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So he used these means and inspirations and followed a way (westwards), |
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حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا |
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Till he reached the west and the setting
of the sun in an area of muddy spring water and he met there a
people. 10
We (God) told him (by inspiration): “O two-horned man, (Now you have the authority to) either punish them (the cruel ones for their wrongdoings) or treat them (the good ones) with kindness.” |
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قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا |
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He said: “As to the person who does
injustice, we shall punish him, then he will be brought back to his Lord (after his death), then He will punish him with a terrible punishment". |
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُ جَزَاء الْحُسْنَى وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا |
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But as for the person who believes (in
God) and does righteous works, he shall have a nice reward and by our command and instruction, we shall speak for him consideration and easiness.” |
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ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا |
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Then he followed another way (eastwards). |
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حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا |
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Till he arrived (way east,) to the rising
of the sun, he found it rising over a people, for whom We (God) had not provided any shelter (by trees, mountains, etc. as in deserts). |
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كَذَلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا |
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So it was (as well as his just treatment
wherever he went) and We knew all about him and his behavior and what he encountered. |
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ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا |
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He then followed another way (by inspiration of God towards a mountainous area), |
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حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا |
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Until he reached an area between two
mountains, beyond where he found a people who barely understood any of (other people’s) words. |
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قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَى أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا |
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They said: “O the two-horned (King), Gog
and Magog are doing great mischief in the land. So may we pay you a tribute to put a barrier between us and them? 11 |
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قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا |
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He said: “What my Lord has given me in
wealth and power is better (than your tribute). So help me with your manpower, I will erect a barrier between you and them.” |
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آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا |
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“Bring me large pieces of iron” Then after he piled up and filled the gap between the two mountain sides, he said: “Now blow (with your bellows unto the fire on it) till He made it (the iron) like a fire.” He said: “Now get me molten copper to pour over it.” |
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فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْبًا |
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And thereafter (the barrier was solidly
built and their enemies, the Gog and Magog gangs) could not scale it, nor dig through it. |
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قَالَ هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّي فَإِذَا جَاء وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاء وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقًّا |
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(The two-horned person: Cyrus) said:
“This is a Mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord (at the end of the worldly human life) comes to pass, He shall make it (the barrier) level to the ground and my Lord’s Promise is ever true”. |
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وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعًا |
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And on that day, We shall have them come wave
after wave into each other, and the Trumpet will be blown (for the start of Judgment) and We shall gather them (the humans, etc) all together. |
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وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَافِرِينَ عَرْضًا |
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And We shall present the Hell on that Day for the disbelievers in plain view. |
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الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاء عَن ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا |
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Those whose eyes were covered from looking at My Advice (the Quran) and they could not bear listening to it at all. |
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أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِن دُونِي أَوْلِيَاء إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلًا |
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Do then those who disbelieve, imagine
they could take my servants (Such as the holy spirit Gabriel, Jesus, Mary or any Imams or Saints) as their lords or gods or protectors besides Me? We have indeed prepared the Hell to accommodate the disbelievers. |
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قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا |
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(O Muhammad) Say: “Shall I inform you who the greatest losers are regarding their works?” |
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الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا |
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"They are those whose efforts went in the
wrong direction during their life in this world, all the while they were imagining that they were doing a good work.” |
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أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَائِهِ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا |
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“Those same who denied the Verses and
Messages of their Lord and the Meeting with Him (in the
Hereafter), so all their actions were in vain and useless, therefore on the Resurrection Day, We will not assign any weight or worth for them or their actions.” |
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ذَلِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَرُسُلِي هُزُوًا |
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“Thus Hell shall be the yield of their deeds
because they disbelieved and took My Messages and My Messengers as subjects of joke and mockery.” |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا |
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Certainly those who have believed and did righteous good works, the gardens of Paradise will be their welcome home. |
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خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا |
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In which they will stay forever and would not have any desire to leave it. |
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قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا |
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Say: “If all the sea were as ink for
(writing) the words of my Lord, surely the sea would be exhausted, before the words of my Lord would be finished, even if We would bring to add another sea like it”. |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاء رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا |
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(O Muhammad) say: “I am only a human
being like you. It has been revealed to me that certainly your God is only One God. So whoever hopes for the Meeting of his Lord, should act correctly and should not associate anyone as partner to his Lord”. |
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Footnotes |
1
Early
followers of Jesus, believing in the One God, who were persecuted by
pagan polytheistic Romans in Ephesus (in present-day southern Turkey).
2
When the young
men woke up, they became two groups with different opinions about the
length of time they had slept.
3
By seeing the young
man who went to town to buy food, townspeople realized by looking at his
appearance, his old-fashioned clothing and his old dialect and his old
coin, that he belonged to the group, which disappeared form the town in
the time of the cruel idol worshipper, Emperor Decius of the Roman
Empire.
4
Building over their
graves as they passed away, so they
would become covered up and forgotten
5
It is
mentioned that some had asked the Prophet Muhammad about the story of
the Cave and he told them that he would tell them tomorrow about it. But
God’s Revelation came later and so the Prophet and all of us are
instructed to always say: “I shall or I will do such and such, if God
so wills”.
6
Many people
resort to alcohol, drugs etc to give them calm with no good result. The
Only Refuge is God Almighty, with Whose remembrance, we gain peace and
tranquility.
7
Good deeds such as building schools, roads, hospitals, teaching,
kindness etc., have lasting effects on the life of mankind in this world
and should be a source of hope for God’s Mercy in the Hereafter as well
8
Jinns: Beings of different dimension than angels or humankind, invisible
to us humans. Iblis is one of them, until then he was obedient to God
and in the company of the angels, but then out of arrogance, he refused
God’s Command to prostrate himself for Adam's creation
9
It is believed this person was Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who
believed in the One God and went westward and eastward of Persia to
establish justice in societies, so the name 'the two-horned or
two-pronged man'. They found a statue of him with a two-horned hood and
two wings in southern Iran recently. Certainly that person was not
Alexander the Great who did not believe in the One God but believed in Greek
gods and pillaged and burned where he attacked
10
A place named Lycaitis in western Macedonia, with the name of Ochride
today which has a muddy water from underground springs
11
Nomadic people who wave after wave from east central Asia, attacked
westwards, as their descendants like Attila and Genghis Khan afterwards
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