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1.  *     The Sure Reality!     OH, THE LAYING-BARE of the truth! [1]1     The disaster/catastrophe/reality.     swr+ alHaq+ bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? alHaq+
 
2.  *     What is the Sure Reality?     How awesome that laying-bare of the truth!     What is the disaster/catastrophe/reality ?     maalHaq+
 
3.  *     And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?     And what could make thee conceive what that laying-bare of the truth will be? [2]2     And what makes you know what (is) the disaster/catastrophe/reality ?     wmaadrak maalHaq+
 
4.  *     The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!     THE LIE gave [the tribes of] Thamud and `Ad to [all tidings of] that sudden calamity! [3]3     Thamud and Aad lied/denied/falsified with the Resurrection/disaster/calamity.     kXbt xmwd w`ad balqar`+
 
5.  *     But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!     Now as for the Thamud - they were destroyed by a violent upheaval [of the earth]; [4]4     So but (for) Thamud, so they were made to die/destroyed with a wind blowing/frosty (and) violent.     fama xmwd fahlkwa balTaGy+
 
6.  *     And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;     and as for the `Ad - they were destroyed by a storm wind furiously raging,     And but (for) Aad, so they were made to die/destroyed by a violent blowing/frosty wind.     wama `ad fahlkwa bryH SrSr `aty+
 
7.  *     He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down!     which He willed against them for seven nights and eight days without cease, so that in the end thou couldst see those people laid low [in death], as though they were so many [uprooted] trunks of hollow palm trees:     He manipulated/subjugated it on them seven nights and eight days ominously/severing goodness (uprooting), so you see the nation in it lying flat/mad, as if they are palm tree's fallen/destroyed ends.     sKrha `lyhm sb` lyal wxmany+ ayam Hswma ftri alqwm fyha Sr`i kanhm a`jaz nKl Kawy+
 
8.  *     Then seest thou any of them left surviving?     and dost thou now see any remnant of them?     So do you see for them from a remainder/remnant?     fhl tri lhm mn baqy+
 
9.  *     And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.     And there was Pharaoh, too, and [many of] those who lived before him, and the cities that were overthrown [5]5 - [all of them] indulged in sin upon sins     And Pharaoh came, and who (is) before him, and the overturned/destroyed cities with the sin.     wja' fr`wn wmn qblh walmWtfkat balKaTY+
 
10.  *     And disobeyed (each) the apostle of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.     and rebelled against their Sustainer's apostles: and so He took them to task with a punishing grasp exceedingly severe!     So they disobeyed their Lord's messenger, so He punished them an increased spellbinding (devastating) punishment.     f`Swa rswl rbhm faKXhm aKX+ raby+
 
11.  *     We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),     [And] behold: when the waters [of Noah's flood] burst beyond all limits, it was We who caused you [6]6 to be borne [to safety] in that floating ark,     We (E) when the water became elevated (over flowed)/violent, We carried/lifted you in the ship/flowing.     ana lma TGi alma' Hmlnakm fy aljary+
 
12.  *     That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.     so that We might make all this [7]7 a [lasting] reminder to you all, and that every wide-awake ear might consciously take it in.     To make/put it for you (as) a reminder, and comprehending/perceiving ears accept/understand it.     lnj`lha lkm tXkr+ wt`yha aXn wa`y+
 
13.  *     Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,     Hence, [bethink yourselves of the Last Hour,] when the trumpet [of judgment] shall be sounded with a single blast,     So when (it) was blown in the horn/bugle/instrument, one blow.     faXa nfK fy alSwr nfK+ waHd+
 
14.  *     And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-     and the earth and the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with a single stroke!     And the earth/Planet Earth and the mountains were carried/lifted, so they (B) were leveled/flattened one crunch/destruction.     wHmlt alarD waljbal fdkta dk+ waHd+
 
15.  *     On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.     And so, that which must come to pass [8]8 will on that day have come to pass;     So that day, the Resurrection/Event landed/happened.     fywmYX wq`t alwaq`+
 
16.  *     And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,     and the sky will be rent asunder [9]9 - for, frail will it have become on that Day - ;     And the sky/space split away/cut open, so it is (on) that day cracked/weak.     wan$qt alsma' fhy ywmYX wahy+
 
17.  *     And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.     and the angels [will appear] at its ends, [10]10 and, above them, eight will bear aloft on that Day the throne of thy Sustainer's almightiness... [11]11     And the angels (are) on its boundaries/vastness, and that day eight carries/lifts your Lord's throne above them.     walmlk `li arjaYha wyHml `r$ rbk fwqhm ywmYX xmany+
 
18.  *     That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.     On that Day you shall be brought to judgment: not [even] the most hidden of your deeds will remain hidden.     That day, you are being exhibited/displayed, not a hidden (thing) hides from you.     ywmYX t`rDwn latKfi mnkm Kafy+
 
19.  *     Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!     Now as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand, [12]12 he will exclaim: "Come you all!" Read this my record!     So but who was given/brought his book/judgment with his right (hand), so he says: "Take (here take this) read my Book/judgment."     fama mn awty ktabh bymynh fyqwl haWm aqrWwa ktabyh
 
20.  *     "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"     Behold, I did know that [one day] I would have to face my account! [13]13     That I, I thought/assumed that I am receiving/meeting my account/calculation (punishment).     any Znnt any mlaq Hsabyh
 
21.  *     And he will be in a life of Bliss,     And so he will find himself in a happy state of life,     So he is in (an) acceptable/approved life/quality of life.     fhw fy `y$+ raDy+
 
22.  *     In a Garden on high,     in a lofty paradise,     In an elevated/dignified treed garden/paradise.     fy jn+ `aly+
 
23.  *     The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.     with its fruits within easy reach.     Its fruit harvests (are) near.     qTwfha dany+
 
24.  *     "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"     [And all who are thus blest will be told:] "Eat and drink with good cheer in return for all [the good deeds] that you have sent ahead in days gone by!"     Eat and drink pleasurable/wholesome/tasty because (of) what you advanced in the days/times, the past/expired.     klwa wa$rbwa hnyYa bma aslftm fy alayam alKaly+
 
25.  *     And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!     But as for him whose record shall be placed in his left hand, [14]14 he will exclaim: "Oh, would that I had never been shown this my record,     And but who was given/brought his Book/judgment with his left (hand), so he says: "I wish I would have not been given my book/judgment."     wama mn awty ktabh b$malh fyqwl yalytny lm awt ktabyh
 
26.  *     "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!     and neither known this my account!     And I did not know what my account/calculation (is).     wlm adr maHsabyh
 
27.  *     "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!     Oh, would that this [death of mine] had been the end of me!     Oh,. if only it was the end/death.     yalytha kant alqaDy+
 
28.  *     "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!     Of no avail to me is all that I have [ever] possessed,     My property/possession/wealth did not enrich/suffice (help) from (for) me.     maaGni `ny malyh
 
29.  *     "My power has perished from me!"...     [and] all my power of argument has died away from me!" [15]15     My authority/power perished from me.     hlk `ny slTanyh
 
30.  *     (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,     Thereupon the command will go forth:] "Lay hold of him, and shackle him, [16]16     Take/punish him, so chain/tie him.     KXwh fGlwh
 
31.  *     "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.     and then let him enter hell,     Then (in) the Hell roast/burn him.     xm aljHym Slwh
 
32.  *     "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!     and then thrust him into a chain [of other sinners like him [17]17 - a chain] the length whereof is seventy cubits: [18]18     Then in a chain its measure (length is) seventy arm/ells/cubit, so enter/pass/thread/(tie) him.     xm fy slsl+ Xr`ha sb`wn Xra`a faslkwh
 
33.  *     "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.     for, behold, he did not believe in God, the Tremendous,     That he truly was not believing with (in) God, the great.     anh kan layWmn ballh al`Zym
 
34.  *     "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!     and did not feel any urge [19]19 to feed the needy:     And nor urges/insights/influences on feeding the poorest of poor/poor oppressed.     wlayHD `li T`am almskyn
 
35.  *     "So no friend hath he here this Day.     and so, no friend has here today,     So here, here (a) concerned (relative/friend) is not for him the day/today.     flys lh alywm hahna Hmym
 
36.  *     "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,     nor any food save the filth     And nor food except from ghesleen (could be Hell's occupants' flesh, skin and blood).     wlaT`am ala mn Gslyn
 
37.  *     "Which none do eat but those in sin."     which none but the sinners eat!" [20]20     None eat it except the mistaken/erroneous.     layaklh ala alKaTYwn
 
38.  *     So I do call to witness what ye see,     BUT NAY! I call to witness an that you can see,     So I do not swear/make oath with what you see.     fla aqsm bma tbSrwn
 
39.  *     And what ye see not,     as well as all that you cannot see! [21]21     And what you do not see.     wmalatbSrwn
 
40.  *     That this is verily the word of an honoured apostle;     Behold, this [Quran] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle,     That it truly is an honoured/noble messenger's word/saying (E).     anh lqwl rswl krym
 
41.  *     It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!     and is not - however little you may [be prepared to] believe it - the word of a poet;     And it is not with a poet's word/saying, little (is) what you believe.     wmahw bqwl $a`r qlyla matWmnwn
 
42.  *     Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.     and neither is it - however little you may [be prepared to] take it to heart - the word of a soothsayer:     And nor with a fortune teller's/altar priests word/saying, little (is) what you mention/remember.     wlabqwl kahn qlyla matXkrwn
 
43.  *     (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.     [it is] a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds.     Descent from the creations all together's/(universe's) Lord.     tnzyl mn rb al`almyn
 
44.  *     And if the apostle were to invent any sayings in Our name,     Now if he [whom We have entrusted with it] had dared to attribute some [of his own] sayings unto Us,     And if (the messenger) made false statements on Us (on Our behalf) some (of) the sayings/beliefs.     wlw tqwl `lyna b`D alaqawyl
 
45.  *     We should certainly seize him by his right hand,     We would indeed have seized him by his right hand, [22]22     We would have punished/taken from him by the right (hand).     laKXna mnh balymyn
 
46.  *     And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:     and would indeed have cut his life-vein.     Then We would have severed/cut off from him the aorta/heart's main artery.     xm lqT`na mnh alwtyn
 
47.  *     Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).     and none of you could have saved him!     So (there) is not from anyone from you preventing/hindering from (for) him.     fma mnkm mn aHd `nh Hajzyn
 
48.  *     But verily this is a Message for the Allah.fearing.     And, verily, this [Qur'an] is a reminder to all the God-conscious! [23]23     And that it truly is a reminder for the fearing and obeying.     wanh ltXkr+ llmtqyn
 
49.  *     And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).     And, behold, well do We know that among you are such as will give the lie to it:     And We (E), We know (E) that (E) from you (are) liars/deniers/falsifiers.     wana ln`lm an mnkm mkXbyn
 
50.  *     But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.     yet, behold, this [rejection] will indeed become a source of bitter regret for all who deny the truth [of God's revelation] -     And that it truly is grief/sadness (E), on the disbelievers.     wanh lHsr+ `li alkafryn
 
51.  *     But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.     for, verily, it is truth absolute!     And that it truly is true/real (E) the assurance/certainty.     wanh lHq alyqyn
 
52.  *     So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.     Extol, then the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's mighty name!     So praise/glorify with your Lord's name the great.434     fsbH basm rbk al`Zym