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1. * |
By the break of Day
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CONSIDER the daybreak
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And/by the dawn
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swr+ alfjr bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ?_ walfjr
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2. * |
By the Nights twice five;
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and the ten nights!*
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And/by ten nights.
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wlyal `$r
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3. * |
By the even and odd (contrasted);
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Consider the multiple and the One!*
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And/by the double/even number, and the odd/singular/uneven.
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wal$f` walwtr
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4. * |
And by the Night when it passeth away;-
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Consider the night as it runs its course!*
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And/by the night when (it) goes/departs.
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wallyl aXa ysr
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5. * |
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth?*
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Is in that an oath to (those) of (E) a mind?
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hl fy Xlk qsm lXy Hjr
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6. * |
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
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ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] `Ad,*
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Did you not see/understand how your Lord made/did with Aad?
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alm tr kyf f`l rbk b`ad
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7. * |
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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[the people of] Iram the many-pillared,
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Iram that of the pillars/posts ?
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arm Xat al`mad
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8. * |
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
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the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? -
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Which was not created similar/equal to it in the countries/cities ?
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alty lm yKlq mxlha fy alblad
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And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
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and with [the tribe of] Thamud,* who hollowed out rocks in the valley? -
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And Thamud who pierced/penetrated the rock/rock terrain at the valley?
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wxmwd alXyn jabwa alSKr balwad
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And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
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and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles?*
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And Pharaoh that of the stakes/pegs/nails ?
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wfr`wn Xy alawtad
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11. * |
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
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[It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands,
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Those who tyrannized/exceeded the limit in the countries/cities.
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alXyn TGwa fy alblad
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And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
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and brought about great corruption therein:
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So they increased (made too much) in it the corruption.
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fakxrwa fyha alfsad
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Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
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and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering:
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So your Lord poured on them (the) torture's intensity/severity.
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fSb `lyhm rbk swT `Xab
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For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
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for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch!
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That truly your Lord (is) at the watch/observation/ambuscade (E).
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an rbk lbalmrSad
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15. * |
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
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BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me";*
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So but the human/mankind when as long as his Lord tested him, so he honoured him and He blessed/comforted and eased him, so he says: "My Lord honored me."
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fama alansan aXa maabtlah rbh fakrmh wn`mh fyqwl rby akrmn
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But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
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whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"*
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And but when as long as He tested him, so He tightened/strained on him His/his provision, so he says: "My Lord humiliated/disgraced/degraded me."
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wama aXa maabtlah fqdr `lyh rzqh fyqwl rby ahann
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17. * |
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,
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No but, you do not honour/be kind/generous (to) the orphan.
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kla bl latkrmwn alytym
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Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
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and you do not urge one another to feed the needy,*
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And nor you urge/insight/influence on feeding the poorest of poor/poor oppressed.
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wlatHaDwn `li T`am almskyn
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19. * |
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
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and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed,
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And you eat the inheritance accumulatively/collectively gluttony.
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wtaklwn altrax akla lma
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20. * |
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
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and you love wealth with boundless love!
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And you love/like the property/possession/wealth lovingly excessively.
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wtHbwn almal Hba jma
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21. * |
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing,
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No but, when/if the earth/Planet Earth was hammered down/crushed, crushingly/destroyingly,crushingly/destroyingly.
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kla aXa dkt alarD dka dka
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And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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and [the majesty of] thy Sustainer stands revealed,* as well as [the true nature of] the angels; rank upon rank?
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And your Lord came and the angels (in) a row/arranged (after) a row/arranged.
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wja' rbk walmlk Sfa Sfa
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And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
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And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him?
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And came (on) that day with Hell ; that day the human/mankind remembers/mentions, and from where (is) for him the remembrance/reminder?
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wjyY ywmYX bjhnm ywmYX ytXkr alansan wani lh alXkri
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24. * |
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
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He will say, "Oh, would that I had. provided beforehand for my life [to come]!"
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He says: "Oh if only I advanced/presented/preceded for my life."
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yqwl yalytny qdmt lHyaty
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For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
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For, none can make suffer as He will make suffer [the sinners] on that Day,
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So (on) that day no one tortures His torture.
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fywmYX lay`Xb `Xabh aHd
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And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
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and none can bind with bonds like His.*
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And no one ties/chains/affirms His tying/chaining (restraining).
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wlaywxq wxaqh aHd
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27. * |
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
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[But unto the righteous God will say,] "O thou human being that hast attained to inner peace!
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You, you the self, the assured/tranquil.
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yaaytha alnfs almTmYn+
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28. * |
"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
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Return thou unto thy Sustainer, well-pleased [and] pleasing [Him]:
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Return to your Lord accepting/approving, accepted/approved.
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arj`y ali rbk raDy+ mrDy+
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29. * |
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
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enter, then, together with My [other true] servants -
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So enter in (among) My worshippers/servants.
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fadKly fy `bady
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30. * |
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
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yea, enter thou My paradise!"
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And enter My treed garden/paradise.469
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wadKly jnty
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