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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Most Gracious - Chapter 55 | Contains 78 verses – Mecca |
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الرَّحْمَنُ |
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The Most Gracious (God), |
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عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ |
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He has taught the Quran |
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خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ |
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He has created humankind. |
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عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ |
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He has taught him speech. |
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الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ |
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The sun and the moon are running their defined courses. |
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وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ |
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And (the unfolding) stars and the trees (plants) prostrate (to His Majesty). |
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وَالسَّمَاء رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ |
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And as to the heaven, He raised it up high and He set up the balance and order. |
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أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ |
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So that you should not trespass the balance and the order. |
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وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ |
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Also observe the weighing of merchandise
fairly and do not make the client buyer lose at the scale (do not cheat short at sale). |
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وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ |
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And He has made the earth fit for the creatures. |
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فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ |
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With fruits such as date-palm, having sheathed clusters. |
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وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ |
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And grain with tall growing stalks (for feeding animals) and nice-smelling plants and herbs. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? 1 |
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خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ |
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He created humankind from clay, similar to pottery. |
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وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ |
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And He created Jinn (invisible beings) from moving rays of fire. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ |
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The Lord of the two easts and the two wests. 2 |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ |
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He let the two seas merge, by joining together (such as the Nile delta with sweat water entering into the Mediterranean salt water). |
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بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ |
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Between them is a median area, which the two
do not get to change (their quality) (such is at all river deltas into the salt water seas or oceans). |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ |
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Pearls and corals come out of both of them. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ |
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And His are the ships, smoothly sailing, towering up at the sea like mountains. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ |
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All those on it (the earth) shall pass away and are perishable. |
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وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ |
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But forever will remain the Ever-Present
Being of your Lord, Full of Majesty, Glory and Generosity. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ |
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All beings in the heavens and the earth
depend on Him and ask Him for their needs, as He is in charge every day, all the time. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَانِ |
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O you the two important groups, We shall take you to task. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both disregard and deny? |
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يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ |
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O you the community of Jinns and Humans, if you gain the capability to penetrate beyond in the regions and zones of the heavens and the earth, then try to penetrate; but you can not penetrate except the Permission of God and some means of control. 3 |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ |
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Against (you evil ones of both kinds), will
be sent flashes of fire and of molten copper, and you will not be able to defend yourself. 4 |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ |
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And when the sky is split apart, it becomes reddish like red burning oil. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ |
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So on that specific occasion, human and Jinn will not be asked about their sins (as they have already been known). |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ |
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The criminals sinners will be known by their faces and they will be seized by their forelocks and by their feet. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ |
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(They will be told:) This is the Hell which the criminal sinners denied. |
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ |
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They will be going between it (Hell) and fiercely boiling water. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ |
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As for those who had respect for and fear from standing before their Lord, there will be two Gardens (in Paradise). |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ |
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Both Gardens (of Paradise) with spreading branches (with fruits). |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ |
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In both of the Gardens, there will be two kinds of flowing springs. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ |
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There will be two pairs of each kind of fruits, |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ |
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They will be reclining on couches lined with silk brocade and the fruits of the two Gardens will be close at hands. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ |
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In both of those (Gardens), there will be
chaste women with restrained glances, whom no human being has tampered with previously, nor a jinn. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ |
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Their beauty, will be like red ruby and (light color) like coral. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ |
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Should reward of goodness be anything other than goodness? |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ |
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And beyond those two (Gardens), there are two (additional) Gardens |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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مُدْهَامَّتَانِ |
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Nice dark green (in color). |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ |
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In both of them, there are two springs, gushing forth. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ |
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In both of them, there are fruits, date-palms and pomegranates. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ |
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In them, there are beautiful nice women. |
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بِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ |
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Fair and guarded ladies in pavilions. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ |
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Those whom no men or Jinn had ever had ever touched before. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ |
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Reclining on green cushions and beautiful mattresses and carpets which are rich in beauty. |
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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So which favors of your Lord, do you both (man and woman or human and Jinn) disregard and deny? |
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تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ |
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Full of Blessing is the Name of your Lord
(God). High in Majesty and Generosity. |
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1
Also interpreted as you humans and Jinn, both of you
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Each point of the earth, at any instance is a relative east and a
relative west to the opposite point on the other side of the earth, so
at any time and at any point, there are two easts and two wests.
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Except by means and vehicles, allowed by God.
Like today’s rockets
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