Al Muddathth

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1 O you who are clothed!

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

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2 Arise and warn,

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2 Arise and warn!

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3 And your Lord do magnify,

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3 Thy Lord magnify,

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4 And your garments do purify,

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4 Thy raiment purify,

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5 And uncleanness do shun,

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5 Pollution shun!

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6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

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6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

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7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

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8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

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8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

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9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

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9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

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10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

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10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

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11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

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11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

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12 And give him vast riches,

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12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

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13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

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13 And sons abiding in his presence

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14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

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14 And made (life) smooth for him.

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15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

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15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

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16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

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16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

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17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

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17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

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18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

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18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

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19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

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19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

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20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

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20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

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21 Then he looked,

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21 Then looked he,

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22 Then he frowned and scowled,

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22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

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23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

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23 Then turned he away in pride

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24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

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24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

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25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

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25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

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26 I will cast him into hell.

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26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

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27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

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28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

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28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

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29 It scorches the mortal.

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29 It shrivelleth the man.

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30 Over it are nineteen.

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30 Above it are nineteen.

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31 And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.

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31 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

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32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

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32 Nay, by the Moon

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33 And the night when it departs,

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33 And the night when it withdraweth

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34 And the daybreak when it shines;

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34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

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35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

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35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

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36 A warning to mortals,

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36 As a warning unto men,

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37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

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37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

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38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

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38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

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39 Except the people of the right hand,

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39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

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40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

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40 In gardens they will ask one another

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41 About the guilty:

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41 Concerning the guilty:

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42 What has brought you into hell?

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42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

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43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

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43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

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44 And we used not to feed the poor;

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44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

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45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

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45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

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46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

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46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

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47 Till death overtook us.

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47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

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48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

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48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

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49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

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50 As if they were asses taking fright

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50 As they were frightened asses

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51 That had fled from a lion?

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51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

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52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

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53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

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53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

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54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

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54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

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55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

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55 So whosoever will may heed.

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56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

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56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.