Al Ma'arij

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1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

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2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

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2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

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3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

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3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

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4 TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

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4 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

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5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

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5 But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

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6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

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6 Lo! they behold it afar off

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7 Wanarahu qareeban

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7 While we behold it nigh:

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8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

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8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

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9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

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9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

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10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

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10 And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

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11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

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11 Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

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12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

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12 And his spouse and his brother

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13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

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13 And his kin that harboured him

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14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

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14 And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

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15 Kalla innaha latha

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15 But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

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16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

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16 Eager to roast;

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17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

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17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

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18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

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18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

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19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

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19 Lo! man was created anxious,

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20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

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20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

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21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

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21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

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22 Illa almusalleena

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22 Save worshippers.

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23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

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23 Who are constant at their worship

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24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

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24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

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25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

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25 For the beggar and the destitute;

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26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

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26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

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27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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27 And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

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28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

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28 Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

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29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

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29 And those who preserve their chastity

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30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

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30 Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

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31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

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31 But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

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32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

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32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

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33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

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33 And those who stand by their testimony

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34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

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34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

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35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

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35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

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36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

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36 What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,

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37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

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37 On the right and on the left, in groups ?

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38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

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38 Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?

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39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

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39 Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

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40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

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40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able

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41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

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41 To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

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42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

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42 So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

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43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

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43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

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44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

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44 With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.