Al Nabaa

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1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

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2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

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2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

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3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

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3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

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4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

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4 Nay, but they will come to know!

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5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

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6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

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6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

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7 Waaljibala awtadan

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7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

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8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

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8 And We have created you in pairs,

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9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

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9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

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10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

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11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

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11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

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12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

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13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

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13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

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15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

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15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

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16 Wajannatin alfafan

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16 And gardens of thick foliage.

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17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

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18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

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19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

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21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

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21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

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22 Lilttagheena maaban

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22 A home for the rebellious.

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23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

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23 They will abide therein for ages.

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24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

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24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

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25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

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26 Jazaan wifaqan

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26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

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27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

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27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

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29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

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29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

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30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

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31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

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31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

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32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

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32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

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33 WakawaAAiba atraban

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33 And maidens for companions,

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34 Wakasan dihaqan

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34 And a full cup.

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35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

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38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

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38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

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39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

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40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

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40 Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"