Kaf

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,

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1 Qaf waalqurani almajeedi

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2 Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:

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2 Bal AAajiboo an jaahum munthirun minhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shayon AAajeebun

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3 When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again) ? That would be a far return!

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3 Aitha mitna wakunna turaban thalika rajAAun baAAeedun

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4 We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.

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4 Qad AAalimna ma tanqusu alardu minhum waAAindana kitabun hafeethun

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5 Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.

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5 Bal kaththaboo bialhaqqi lamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareejin

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6 Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein ?

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6 Afalam yanthuroo ila alssamai fawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannaha wama laha min furoojin

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7 And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,

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7 Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin baheejin

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8 A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.

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8 Tabsiratan wathikra likulli AAabdin muneebin

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9 And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,

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9 Wanazzalna mina alssamai maan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatin wahabba alhaseedi

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10 And lofty date - palms with ranged clusters,

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10 Waalnnakhla basiqatin laha talAAun nadeedun

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11 Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

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11 Rizqan lilAAibadi waahyayna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooju

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12 The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar - Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,

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12 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waashabu alrrassi wathamoodu

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13 And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,

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13 WaAAadun wafirAAawnu waikhwanu lootin

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14 And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.

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14 Waashabu alaykati waqawmu tubbaAAin kullun kaththaba alrrusula fahaqqa waAAeedi

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15 Were We then worn out by the first creation ? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.

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15 AfaAAayeena bialkhalqi alawwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeedin

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16 We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

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16 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana wanaAAlamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi min habli alwareedi

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17 When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,

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17 Ith yatalaqqa almutalaqqiyani AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali qaAAeedun

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18 He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.

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18 Ma yalfithu min qawlin illa ladayhi raqeebun AAateedun

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19 And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.

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19 Wajaat sakratu almawti bialhaqqi thalika ma kunta minhu taheedu

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20 And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.

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20 Wanufikha fee alssoori thalika yawmu alwaAAeedi

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21 And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.

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21 Wajaat kullu nafsin maAAaha saiqun washaheedun

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22 (And unto the evil - doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.

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22 Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hatha fakashafna AAanka ghitaaka fabasaruka alyawma hadeedun

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23 And (unto the evil - doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).

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23 Waqala qareenuhu hatha ma ladayya AAateedun

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24 (And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,

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24 Alqiya fee jahannama kulla kaffarin AAaneedin

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25 Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,

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25 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin mureebin

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26 Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.

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26 Allathee jaAAala maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara faalqiyahu fee alAAathabi alshshadeedi

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27 His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.

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27 Qala qareenuhu rabbana ma atghaytuhu walakin kana fee dalalin baAAeedin

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28 He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.

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28 Qala la takhtasimoo ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bialwaAAeedi

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29 The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.

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29 Ma yubaddalu alqawlu ladayya wama ana bithallamin lilAAabeedi

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30 On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled ? and it saith: Can there be more to come ?

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30 Yawma naqoolu lijahannama hali imtalati wataqoolu hal min mazeedin

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31 And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.

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31 Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena ghayra baAAeedin

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32 (And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,

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32 Hatha ma tooAAadoona likulli awwabin hafeethin

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33 Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.

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33 Man khashiya alrrahmana bialghaybi wajaa biqalbin muneebin

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34 Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.

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34 Odkhulooha bisalamin thalika yawmu alkhuloodi

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35 There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.

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35 Lahum ma yashaoona feeha waladayna mazeedun

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36 And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came) ?

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36 Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi hal min maheesin

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37 Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.

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37 Inna fee thalika lathikra liman kana lahu qalbun aw alqa alssamAAa wahuwa shaheedun

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38 And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.

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38 Walaqad khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma fee sittati ayyamin wama massana min lughoobin

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39 Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;

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39 Faisbir AAala ma yaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAi alshshamsi waqabla alghuroobi

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40 And in the night - time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.

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40 Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waadbara alssujoodi

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41 And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,

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41 WaistamiAA yawma yunadi almunadi min makanin qareebin

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42 The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).

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42 Yawma yasmaAAoona alssayhata bialhaqqi thalika yawmu alkhurooji

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43 Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.

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43 Inna nahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wailayna almaseeru

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44 On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).

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44 Yawma tashaqqaqu alardu AAanhum siraAAan thalika hashrun AAalayna yaseerun

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45 We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat.

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45 Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloona wama anta AAalayhim bijabbarin fathakkir bialqurani man yakhafu waAAeedi