Al Qamar

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1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

Shakir

1 The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

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2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

Shakir

2 And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

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3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

Shakir

3 And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

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4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

Shakir

4 And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -

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5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

Shakir

5 Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;

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6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

Shakir

6 So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

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7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

Shakir

7 Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

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8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

Shakir

8 Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

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9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

Shakir

9 Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

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10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

Shakir

10 Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

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11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

Shakir

11 So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

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12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

Shakir

12 And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

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13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

Shakir

13 And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

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14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

Shakir

14 Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

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15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

15 And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

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16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

16 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

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17 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

17 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

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18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

18 Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

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19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

Shakir

19 Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck

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20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

Shakir

20 Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.

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21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

21 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

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22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

22 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

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23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

Shakir

23 Samood rejected the warning.

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24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

Shakir

24 So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

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25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

Shakir

25 Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

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26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

Shakir

26 Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

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27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

Shakir

27 Surely We are going to send the she - camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

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28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

Shakir

28 And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

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29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

Shakir

29 But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

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30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

30 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

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31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

Shakir

31 Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

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32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

32 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

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33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

Shakir

33 The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

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34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

Shakir

34 Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

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35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

Shakir

35 A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

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36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

Shakir

36 And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

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37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

37 And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

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38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

Shakir

38 And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

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39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

Shakir

39 So taste My chastisement and My warning.

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40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

40 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

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41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

Shakir

41 And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

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42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

Shakir

42 They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

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43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

Shakir

43 Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

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44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

Shakir

44 Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

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45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

Shakir

45 Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

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46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

Shakir

46 Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

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47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

Shakir

47 Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

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48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

Shakir

48 On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

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49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

Shakir

49 Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

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50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

Shakir

50 And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

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51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

Shakir

51 And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

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52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

Shakir

52 And everything they have done is in the writings.

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53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

Shakir

53 And everything small and great is written down.

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54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

Shakir

54 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

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55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

Shakir

55 In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.