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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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I bear witness that there is Only One God and I bear witness that Muhammad is the servant and the messenger of God |
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Sheba - Chapter 34 | Contains 54 Verses – Mecca |
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِير |
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All grateful praise is due to God, Who owns
whatever is in the heavens and the earth, also all grateful praise is due to Him in the Hereafter life to come; as He alone is All Wise, All Aware. |
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يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ الرَّحِيمُ الْغَفُورُ |
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He knows all that enters the earth and all
that comes out of it, as well as all that comes down from the sky and all that goes up into it. And He alone is Most Merciful, Very Forgiving. |
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وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَأْتِينَا السَّاعَةُ قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّي
لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْزُبُ |
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And yet, those who denied the truth, said: “the Hour of Resurrection will not come up upon us”.
Say: “Yes, by my Lord, the All Knower of all the unseen, it will most certainly come upon you, not even an atom's weight in the heavens, nor in the earth escapes Him (His Knowledge and His Control) and neither is there anything smaller or larger than that, but that it is in His Clear Design Book, |
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لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ |
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(It is with such knowledge of all details)
That He shall reward those who have believed and have done righteous good deeds. Those are the ones for whom there is forgiveness of sins and a wonderful generous provision (especially in the Paradise). |
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وَالَّذِينَ سَعَوْا فِي آيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِينَ أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ |
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Whereas for those who strive against Our
Messages, (trying to defeat the purpose of their guidance,) those are the ones upon whom there is a suffering of real painful magnitude to come. |
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وَيَرَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّ وَيَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ |
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And those who have been blessed with
knowledge, see and appreciate that all that has been sent down to you (Muhammad) from your Lord, (all of that) is indeed the truth and that it leads to the Way of the Almighty Dominant, to Whom all praise is due. |
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وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ |
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(Contrary to that) those who denied the truth,
said: “Shall we point out to you a man who states to you that (after your death,) when you have become completely disintegrated into dust, you shall certainly be restored in a new act of creation?” 1 |
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أَفْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِ جِنَّةٌ بَلِ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَعِيدِ |
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(They say:) "Has he (Muhammad) invented a lie attributing it to
God or is he a madman?” It is not so. But those who don’t believe in the Hereafter life to come, are going to suffer and they are in a distant wrong way. |
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أَفَلَمْ
يَرَوْا إِلَى مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ
السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ
نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ |
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Have they not considered whatever lies before
them and what is behind them from the sky and the earth? If We decide, We could sink the earth underneath with them or cause a pieces of heavenly body fall upon them from the sky. In all this, there is indeed a lesson for every servant (of God), who often turns to Him (for help and repentance). |
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وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا يَا جِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِيدَ |
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And indeed We graced David with Our
Favor, commanding: “O you mountains, sing with (echoing) him the praise and you birds also do the same.” And We also made the iron soft for him (by teaching him how to do it). |
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أَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ |
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(We told him) “Make coats and rings of armor
and measure for loose fitting
and for easy wear and do righteous good work; for indeed I always see what you are doing.” |
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وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ
وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ وَأَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِ وَمِنَ
الْجِنِّ مَن يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ |
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And to Solomon, We made the wind useful,
so that using it in a morning course, (he covered the distance of) a month’s journey and in its evening course, he covered a month’s journey. And We caused a fountain of molten copper to flow for him (by teaching him how to melt copper and let it pour down into casts like a fountain) and even from among the Jinns (invisible beings), there were some who worked at his disposal by the Permission of his Lord; also whichever one of them deviated from Our Command, We would warn him by causing him to taste the suffering of a blazing flame. |
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يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ مَا يَشَاءُ مِن مَّحَارِيبَ وَتَمَاثِيلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَّاسِيَاتٍ اعْمَلُوا آلَ دَاوُودَ شُكْرًا وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ |
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They made for him whatever he wished of
temples, sculptures and bowls as large as pools and also large fixed cooking pots (ovens), and (We said: ) “O David’s people, be always actively grateful (to Me), but only a few of my servants are truly grateful.” |
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فَلَمَّا
قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَى مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا
دَابَّةُ الْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ
تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ |
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Yet (with all his power, Solomon had also
to die and) when We decreed that he dies, nothing indicated to them of his death (as he remained stiff), other than an insect from the earth which chewed up his cane, so that when he fell down, those Jinns (invisible beings at his service) saw clearly that, had they understood the reality (of what had happened) beyond their perception, they would not have stayed any longer in the humiliating state of suffering (in their continuous daily labor). |
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لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ كُلُوا مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ |
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(Further south,) Indeed there was a sign (of
Grace) for the people of Sheba,
2 in their town; there were two gardens, to the right and to the left (of their town) and (its dwellers were told to: ) “Eat of the provision, blessed from your Lord and be grateful to Him, for such a nice countryside and for the Lord Sustainer, Who is very Forgiving of sins.” |
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فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَى أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ |
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But they turned away (from Us), and so We
let loose towards them a flood that overwhelmed the dams and charged their two (fruitful) gardens into a couple of gardens producing bitter fruit and tamarisk and a few (wild) lote-trees, |
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ذَلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ |
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Thus We punished them, because of they were ungrateful disbelievers.
But do We ever punish except the very ungrateful ones? |
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وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا السَّيْرَ سِيرُوا فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَأَيَّامًا آمِنِينَ |
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And (before their ruin), We had placed
between them and the town which We had blessed, several villages
within sight of one another and so We had made traveling easy (for them, so they would say); “Travel safely there, by night or by day.” |
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فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ |
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Later they said: “Our Lord, make the
distances between our journeys longer”, but they had wronged themselves (by being ungrateful and for which reason God let their villages run down); so We made them as topics of conversation and We scattered them all around (as most of them had to leave because of the flood, destruction and lack of livelihood). In this story, there are really important lessons for all persons who are very patient in adversity and very grateful (to God, in all circumstances). |
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وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
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And indeed Iblis (Satan) confirmed his opinion about them (mankind),
to be correct (that mankind will be ungrateful), so that they followed him all except a special kind of true believers. |
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وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِالْآخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِي شَكٍّ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِيظٌ |
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And yet he had no power at all over them
(as they have the choice to be believers and grateful or not),
this is so that We would make it known with clear distinction between those who truly believe in the Hereafter life to come and those who are in doubt about it. And all the while, your Lord watches over all things |
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قُلِ ادْعُوا
الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ
ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ |
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Say: “Call upon those beings whom you
imagine (have godly power) besides God; they have not own an atom's weight in the heavens or on earth, nor have they any share or partnership in either, nor has He any of them to be his helper.” |
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وَلَا تَنفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ |
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Furthermore, no attempt of any
intercession is of any use before Him except 3 for whomever He has already given permission, so that when the great anxiety and fear (about their ultimate destiny and situation) is lifted from their hearts, they will tell (each other): “What is that which your Lord has said (about you),“ to which they answer; saying: “All that which is true and rightfully deserved, and He is the Most High, the Most Great”. |
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قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ قُلِ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّا أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلَى هُدًى أَوْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ |
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Say: “Who gives you livelihood and
provision from the heavens and the earth?” Say: “God, and either we (Muslims who believe in His oneness) or you (who deny His Oneness) are rightly guided or a in clearly wrong path and direction”. |
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قُل لَّا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ |
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Say: “You will not be questioned about
what sins we may have committed, nor shall we be questioned about what you are doing or had been doing.” |
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قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِيمُ |
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Say: “Our Lord will bring together all of
us (on the Day of Judgment), then He will lay open the truth of our behavior between us, in justice, for He Alone is the One Judge, Who opens up all the truth, the All Knowing One”. |
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قُلْ أَرُونِي الَّذِينَ أَلْحَقْتُم بِهِ شُرَكَاء كَلَّا بَلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ |
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Say: “Show me those whom you have joined
with Him as partners (in your mind); none of which is true at all, but He Alone is God, the Almighty, the All Wise". |
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وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
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(As regards you, O Muhammad,) We have not
sent you other than for the entire mankind, to be a bringer of good news (to come for good people) and as a Warner (to bad people), but most people are not aware of this fact. |
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ |
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And they (keep asking and) say: “When is this promise (of the Day of Resurrection) going to happen if you are being truthful?” |
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قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَأْخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ |
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Say: “There is an appointment Day awaiting you, which you can neither postpone nor advance by even one hour”. |
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وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَلَا
بِالَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ
مَوْقُوفُونَ |
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And (yet despite all this warning,) those
who denied themselves the truth, said: “We shall never believe in this Quran, nor in whatever (Scripture) remains of earlier revelations”. But if you could only see (how it will be on Judgment Day) when the evildoing disbelievers shall be forced to stand before their Lord, throwing blame on each other, back and forth, those who had been put down (to obey,) will say to those who had arrogantly glorified themselves, the following: “Had it not been for you, we should certainly had been believers”. |
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قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَى بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ |
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(In response,) those who were arrogantly
in power, will say to those who had been kept down: “Did we keep you back by force from following the guidance, after it had reached you? Not really, but you (yourself) were the guilty ones”. |
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وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ
اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَا أَن نَّكْفُرَ
بِاللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُ أَندَادًا |
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And those who were kept weak, will say to
those who persisted in arrogance: “Not so, but it was by your plotting by night and day, when you forced us to disbelieve in God and assume rivals for Him”. And when they see the suffering (waiting for them), they will be concealing their regrets (for disobeying God in their lifetime on earth). And We shall have shackles placed around the necks of those who used to deny the truth. Are they being punished for anything other than what they used to practice (blasphemy and ingratitude to God)? |
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وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ |
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Not a single Warner did We send to any
town or community but that those who were given to pursuit of pleasure and wealth, would say: “We reject and deny the Message which you have been sent with.” |
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وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ |
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They also said: “We have more wealth and children and we are not going to be punished.” |
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قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
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Say: “In reality my Lord is the One Who
gives abundance in provision to whomever He wants and He restricts and limits (for whomever He decides), but most people do not know (God’s Ways of testing and trial)". |
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وَمَا
أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُم بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ
عِندَنَا زُلْفَى إِلَّا مَنْ آمَنَ |
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And it is neither your wealth, nor your
children that bring you nearer (or dearer) to Us, but that anyone who believes and does righteous good deeds, those are the ones for whom there will be double reward for what they did and they will be in high residence (in Paradise), safe and sound. |
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وَالَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي آيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِينَ أُوْلَئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ |
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Whereas those who strive to defeat the purpose of Our Message, they will be given to suffering. |
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قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ |
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Say: “Truly, my Lord gives abundance of
livelihood to whomever of His servants He wants or limits it for
him, and whatever you give to the needy people, He will always replace it, for He is the Best of providers.” |
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وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ أَهَؤُلَاء إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ |
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And on the Day when He gathers them altogether, He will say to the angels: “Did these people use to worship you?” |
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قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم بَلْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ |
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They (the angels) will say: “Glory to You,
You are Above and Beyond having partners. You are our Dear Guardian and Protector, not they, but they used to worship the jinns (forces, invisible and concealed from their senses), most of them believed in them." |
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فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ |
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So on that Day, none of you (created
beings) can have any benefit or harm to one another and We will say to those who did injustice (such as worshiping other than God, not believing in the Hereafter): “Now experience the suffering of Fire which you used to call a lie”. |
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وَإِذَا
تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هَذَا إِلَّا
رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُكُمْ
وَقَالُوا |
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And when Our clear Messages are read to
them, they say: “This (Muhammad) is nothing but a man who wishes to hinder you from what your forefathers used to worship.” And they say: “This (the Quran) is nothing but a fabricated lie.” And (in the past also) those who denied the truth, when it was presented to them, said: “This is nothing but an obvious magic.” |
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وَمَا آتَيْنَاهُم مِّن كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍ |
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Whereas We had not given them (the people
of Mecca or Medina) any Book or Scripture to study (or to quote from, to say such things against Muhammad and the Quran), nor did We send any Warner to them, before you (Muhammad). |
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وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلِي فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ |
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Same way, those (ancients people) called
(Our Revelations) a lie, although those people (of the old) had not obtained even a tenth of the truth and information which We have granted to these people, yet when they called My Messengers liars, how awesome was My punishment on them. |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُم بِوَاحِدَةٍ أَن تَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ مَثْنَى وَفُرَادَى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُم بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ |
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Say: “I advise you one thing; that you should
stand in the company of another or alone in the cause of God,
also think well about your fellow-man (Muhammad), that there is no madness in him. He is only a warner to you, about the severe suffering which is to come (if you disbelieve).” |
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قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ |
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Say: ”I have never asked you for any wage
or reward, the benefit of which is yours; my reward rests with no one but God and He is a Witness over all things. |
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قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ |
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Say: “In reality, my Lord inspires (puts and
places) the truth
(by inspiration into the heart of the Messenger), as He Alone is the One all Knowing, all that is beyond the perception of created beings.” |
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قُلْ جَاء الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ |
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Say (also O Muhammad): “The truth
(Revelation of God) has come (to mankind) and the falsehood (idols and others which are worshiped by disbelievers) cannot create anything, nor bring them back”. |
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قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَا أَضِلُّ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَإِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِي إِلَيَّ رَبِّي إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ |
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Say: “Even if (you think that) I am
wrong, then I should be going wrong against myself and against my own
good, but if I remain guided, it is because of the Revelation of my Lord to me, for He is indeed the All Hearing, the Ever Near”. |
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وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ |
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If you could see the situation when they
will be terrified, when there will be no possibility of escape (for them from the punishment), and they will be seized from a near place. |
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وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ وَأَنَّى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ |
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And they will say (in the Hereafter when
they notice the punishment). “Now we believe in it (the Quran)”.
But how could they receive it where it is too far (and too late from their earthly life)? |
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وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ |
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But they had indeed rejected all that
(belief in the Hereafter) before and they were claiming (denial) about the unseen future (such as Paradise, Hell, Judgment Day) from a place far away (in their earthly lifetime). |
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وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا فِي شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍ |
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And an obstacle and barrier will be set
between them and all that which they desire, just as it was done to people of their kind before. They were really in grave doubt (about the Hereafter, but they kept denying it without any knowledge about the future). |
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Footnotes |
1
The disbelievers referring to Muhammad (Peace be upon him).
2
Present day Yemen
3
Intercession: togetherness, being on the side of a person, coaching to
help rehabilitate the person, so as no bad manner or act is committed in
Paradise.
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