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By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
Shakir
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
Al Zariyat
Chapter 51, 60 verses
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And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
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Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
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And those [ships] sailing with ease
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Then those (ships) that glide easily,
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And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
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Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
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Indeed, what you are promised is true.
Shakir
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
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And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
Shakir
And the judgment must most surely come about.
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By the heaven containing pathways,
Shakir
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
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Indeed, you are in differing speech.
Shakir
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
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Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
Shakir
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
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Destroyed are the falsifiers
Shakir
Cursed be the liars,
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Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
Shakir
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
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They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
Shakir
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
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[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
Shakir
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
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[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
Shakir
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
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Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
Shakir
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
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Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
Shakir
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
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They used to sleep but little of the night,
Shakir
They used to sleep but little in the night.
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And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
Shakir
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
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And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
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And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
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And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
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And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
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And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
Shakir
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
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And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
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And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
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Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
Shakir
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
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Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
Shakir
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
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When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
Shakir
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
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Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
Shakir
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
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And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
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So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
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And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
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So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
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And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
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Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
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They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
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They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
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[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
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He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
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They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
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They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
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To send down upon them stones of clay,
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That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
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Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
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Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
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So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
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Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
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And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
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But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
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And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
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And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
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And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
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And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
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But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
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But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
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So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
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So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
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And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
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And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
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It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
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It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
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And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
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And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
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But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
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But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
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And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
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So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
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And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
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And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
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And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
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And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
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And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
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And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
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And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
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And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
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So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
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Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
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And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
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And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
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Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
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Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
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Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
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Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
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So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
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Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
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And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
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And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
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And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
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And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
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I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
Shakir
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
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Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
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Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
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And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.
Shakir
So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.
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And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
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Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.