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THE HOLY QURAN
Revelation-order Arabic · Yusuf Ali, Pickthall, Maulana Muhammad Ali, Qara'i · ḥadīth library.
The chronology follows the traditional revelation-order dataset and is intended as a study sequence, not a replacement for the canonical mushaf order. Active lens: All.
Each chapter is keyed by revelation order so the page can be read as a historical and rhetorical arc, from short proclamation to longer communal instruction.
Yusuf Ali, Pickthall, Maulana Muhammad Ali, and Ali Quli Qara'i (Twelver) sit in adjacent columns so style, theology, and cadence stay visible on the same line. Shia mode leads with Qara'i.
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Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Mufīd
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Various
Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
Imam Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ |
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created | Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth | Read in the name of thy Lord who creates - | Read in the Name of your Lord who created | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ |
Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood | Createth man from a clot | Creates man from a clot | created man from a clinging mass | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ |
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful, | Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous | Read and thy Lord is most Generous | Read, and your Lord is the most generous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ |
He Who taught (the use of) the pen, | Who teacheth by the pen | Who taught by the pen | who taught by the pen | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ |
Taught man that which he knew not | Teacheth man that which he knew not | Taught man what he knew not | taught man what he did not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ |
Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds | Nay, but verily man is rebelliou | Nay, man is surely inordinate | Indeed man becomes rebelliou | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ |
In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient | That he thinketh himself independent | Because he looks upon himself as self-sufficient | when he considers himself without need | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ |
Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all) | Lo! unto thy Lord is the return | Surely to thy Lord is the return | Indeed to your Lord is the return | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ |
Seest thou one who forbids | Hast thou seen him who dissuadet | Hast thou seen him who forbid | Tell me, he who forbid | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ |
A votary when he (turns) to pray | A slave when he prayeth | A servant when he prays | a servant when he prays | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ |
Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance? | Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah | Seest thou is he is on the right way | tell me, should he be on [true] guidance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ |
Or enjoins Righteousness | Or enjoineth piety | Or enjoins observance of duty | or bid [others] to Godwariness | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ |
Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away | Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward | Seest thou if he denies and turns away | tell me, should he call him a liar and turn awa | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ |
Knoweth he not that God doth see | Is he then unaware that Allah seeth | Knows he not that Allah sees | —does he not know that Allah sees | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ |
Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock, | Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock | Nay, if he desist not, We will seize him by the forelock - | No indeed! If he does not stop, We shall seize him by the forelock | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ |
A lying, sinful forelock | The lying, sinful forelock | A lying, sinful forelock | a lying, sinful forelock | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ |
Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades) | Then let him call upon his henchmen | Then let him summon his council | Then let him call out his gang | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ |
We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him) | We will call the guards of hell | We will summon the braves of the army | We [too] shall call the keepers of hell | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ |
Day, heed him not: But bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the closer (to God) | Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah) | Nay! Obey him not, but prostrate thyself, and draw nigh (to Allah) | No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ |
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write, | Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith) | (By) the inkstand and the pen and that which they write | Nun. By the Pen and what they write | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ |
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed | Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman | By the grace of thy Lord thou art not mad | you are not, by your Lord’s blessing, crazy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ |
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing | And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing | And surely thine is a reward never to be cut off | and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ |
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character | And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature | And surely thou hast sublime morals | and indeed you possess a great character | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ |
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see | And thou wilt see and they will se | So thou wilt see, and they (too) will see | You will see and they will see | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ |
Which of you is afflicted with madness | Which of you is the demented | Which of you is mad | which one of you is crazy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ |
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance | Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright | Surely thy Lord knows best who is erring from His way, and He knows best those who go aright | Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth) | Therefor obey not thou the rejecter | So obey not the rejectors | So do not obey the deniers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ |
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant | Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise | They wish that thou shouldst be pliant, so they (too) would be pliant | who are eager that you should be pliable, so that they may be pliable [towards you] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ |
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths | Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger | And obey not any mean swearer | And do not obey any vile swearer | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ |
A slanderer, going about with calumnies | Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders | Defamer, going about with slander | scandal-monger, talebearer | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ |
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin | Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefacto | Hinderer of good, outstepping the limits, sinful | hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ |
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born, | Greedy therewithal, intrusive | Ignoble, besides all that, notoriously mischievous - | callous and, on top of that, baseborn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ |
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons | It is because he is possessed of wealth and childre | Because he possess wealth and sons | —[only] because he has wealth and children | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries | That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old | When Our messages are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore | When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ |
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout | We shall brand him on the nose | We shall brand him on the snout | Soon We shall brand him on the snout | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ |
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning | Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning | We shall try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore to pluck its fruits in the morning | Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ |
But made no reservation, ("If it be God's Will") | And made no exception (for the Will of Allah) | And would not set aside a portion (for the poor) | and they did not make any exception | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ |
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep | Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slep | But a visitation from thy Lord came on it, while they slept | Then a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ |
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered) | And in the morning it was as if plucked | So it became as black, barren land - | So by the dawn it was like a harvested field | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ |
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another, | And they cried out one unto another in the morning | Then they called out one to another in the morning | At dawn they called out to one another | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ |
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits." | Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit) | Saying: Go early to your tilth, if you would pluck (the fruit) | ‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 23 |
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ |
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) | So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones | So they went, while they said one to another in low tones | So off they went, murmuring to one another | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 24 |
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ |
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day." | No needy man shall enter it to-day against you | No poor man shall enter it to-day to you - | ‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ |
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve | They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose | And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent | They set out early morning, [considering themselves] able to grudge | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ |
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way | But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error | But when they saw it, they said: Surely we are in error | But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 27 |
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ |
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!" | Nay, but we are desolate | Nay, we are made to suffer privation | ‘No, we are deprived!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 28 |
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ |
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (God)?'" | The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) | The best of them said: Said I not to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah) | The most moderate among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 29 |
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ |
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!" | They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers | They said: Glory be to our Lord! surely we were unjust | They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 30 |
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ |
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach | Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching | Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other | Then they turned to one another, blaming each other | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 31 |
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ |
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed | They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous | Said they: O woe to us! Surely we were inordinate - | They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed we have been rebellious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 32 |
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ |
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!" | It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord | Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it -- surely to our Lord we make petition | Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we turn earnestly to our Lord.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 33 |
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ |
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew | Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know | Such is the chastisement. And certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is greater, did they but know | Such was the punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ |
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord | Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord | Surely the dutiful have with their Lord Gardens of bliss | Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin | Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty | Shall We then make those who submit as the guilty | Shall We, then, treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 36 |
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ |
What is the matter with you? How judge ye | What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge | What is the matter with you? How do you judge | What is the matter with you? How do you judge | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 37 |
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ |
Or have ye a book through which ye learn | Or have ye a scripture wherein ye lear | Or have you a book wherein you rea | Do you possess a scripture in which you rea | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ |
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose | That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose | That you shall surely have therein what you choose | that you shall indeed have in it whatever you would like | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ |
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand | Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain | Or have you covenants from us on oath, extending to the day of Resurrection, that yours is surely what you judge | Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ |
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that | Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that | Ask them which of them will vouch for that | Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ |
Or have they some "Partners" (in Godhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful | Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthfu | Or have they associate-gods? Then let them bring their associates, if they are truthful | Do they have any partners [they ascribe to Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ |
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able, | On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able | On the day when thee is a severe affliction, and they are called upon to prostrate themselves, but they are not able - | The day when the catastrophe occurs, and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ |
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused) | With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt | Their looks cast down, abasement will cover them. And they were indeed called upon to prostrate themselves, while yet they were safe | With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not | Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not | So leave Me alone with him who rejects this announcement. We shall overtake them by degrees, from whence they know not | So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ |
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan | Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm | And I bear with them, surely My plan is firm | I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ |
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? | Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed | Or dost thou ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt | Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ |
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down | Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) | Or is the unseen with them so that they write (it) down | Do they possess [access to] the Unseen so that they write it down | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ |
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony | But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair | So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress | So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ |
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace | Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate | Had not favour from his Lord reached him, he would certainly have been cast down on naked ground, while he was blamed | Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on a bare shore while he were blameworthy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ |
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous | But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous | Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the righteous | So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ |
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!" | And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad | And those who disbelieve would almost smite thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Surely he is mad | Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds | When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation | And it is naught but a Reminder for the nations | Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ |
O thou folded in garments | O thou wrapped up in thy raiment | O thou covering thyself up | O you wrapped up in your mantle | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا |
Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night, | Keep vigil the night long, save a little | Rise to pray by night except a little | Stand vigil through the night, except a little | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا |
Half of it,- or a little less | A half thereof, or abate a little thereo | Half of it, or lessen it a little | a half, or reduce a little from tha | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا |
Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic tones | Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure | Or add to it, and recite the Qur’an in a leisurely manner | or add to it, and recite the Qur’an in a measured tone | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًۭا ثَقِيلًا |
Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message | For we shall charge thee with a word of weight | Surely We shall charge thee with a weighty word | Indeed soon We shall cast on you a weighty word | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًۭٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا |
Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise) | Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain | The rising by night is surely the firmest way to tread and most effective in speech | Indeed the watch of the night is firmer in tread and more upright in respect to speech | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًۭا طَوِيلًۭا |
True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties | Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business | Truly thou hast by day prolonged occupation | for indeed during the day you have drawn-out engagements | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًۭا |
But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly | So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion | And remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him with (complete) devotion | So celebrate the Name of your Lord and dedicate yourself to Him with total dedication | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًۭا |
(He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs | Lord of the East and the West; there is no Allah save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender | The Lord of the East and the West -- there is no God but He -- so take Him for Protector | Lord of the east and the west, there is no god except Him, so take Him for your trustee | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًۭا جَمِيلًۭا |
And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble (dignity) | And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking | And bear patiently what they say and forsake them with a becoming withdrawal | and be patient over what they say, and keep away from them in a graceful manner | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا |
And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for a little while | Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile | And leave Me and the deniers, possessors of plenty, and respite them a little | Leave Me [to deal] with the deniers, the opulent, and give them a little respite | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًۭا وَجَحِيمًۭا |
With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them) | Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire | Surely with Us are heavy fetters and a flaming Fire | Indeed with Us are heavy fetters and a fierce fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَطَعَامًۭا ذَا غُصَّةٍۢ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا |
And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous | And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doo | And food that chokes and a painful chastisement | and a food that chokes [those who gulp it], and a painful punishment [prepared for] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًۭا مَّهِيلًا |
One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion. And the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down | On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand | On the day when the earth and the mountains quake and the mountains become (as) heaps of sand let loose | the day when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will be like dunes of shifting sand | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًۭا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًۭا |
We have sent to you, (O men!) an apostle, to be a witness concerning you, even as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh | Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger | Surely We have sent to you a Messenger, a witness against you, as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh | Indeed We have sent to you an apostle, to be a witness to you, just as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًۭا وَبِيلًۭا |
But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment | But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip | But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a violent grip | But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a terrible seizing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًۭا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا |
Then how shall ye, if ye deny (God), guard yourselves against a Day that will make children hoary-headed? | Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey | How, then, if you disbelieve, will you guard yourselves on the day which will make children grey-headed | So, if you disbelieve, how will you avoid the day which will make children white-headed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا |
Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs must be accomplished | The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled | The heaven being rent asunder thereby. His promise is ever fulfilled | and wherein the sky will be rent apart? His promise is bound to be fulfilled | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا |
Verily this is an Admonition: therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) path to his Lord | Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord | Surely this is a Reminder; so let him who will, take a way to his Lord | This is indeed a reminder. So let anyone who wishes take the way toward his Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ۚ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا ۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍۢ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًۭا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًۭا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۢ |
Thy Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so doth a party of those with thee. But God doth appoint night and day in due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereof. So He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of the Qur'an as much as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may be (some) among you in ill-health; others travelling through the land, seeking of God's bounty ; yet others fighting in God's Cause, read ye, therefore, as much of the Qur'an as may be easy (for you); and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and loan to God a Beautiful Loan. And whatever good ye send forth for your souls ye shall f ind it in God's Presence,- yea, better and greater, in Reward and seek ye the Grace of God: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful | Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful | Thy Lord knows indeed that thou passest in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, as do a party of those with thee. And Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that (all of) you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully); so read of the Qur’an that which is easy for you. He knows that there are sick among you, and others who travel in the land seeking of Allah’s bounty, and others who fight in Allah’s way. So read as much of it as is easy (for you), and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly fight. And whatever of good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with Allah -- that is best and greatest in reward. And ask forgiveness of Allah. Surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful | Indeed your Lord knows that you stand vigil nearly two thirds of the night —or [at times] a half or a third of it— along with a group of those who are with you. Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you cannot calculate it [exactly], and so He was lenient toward you. So recite as much of the Qur’an as is feasible. He knows that some of you will be sick, while others will travel in the land seeking Allah’s grace, and yet others will fight in the way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is feasible, and maintain the prayer and pay the zakat and lend Allah a good loan. Whatever good you send ahead for your souls you will find it with Allah [in a form] that is better and greater with respect to reward. And plead to Allah for forgiveness; indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ |
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle) | O thou enveloped in thy cloak | O thou who wrappest thyself up | O you wrapped up in your mantle | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ |
Arise and deliver thy warning | Arise and warn | Arise and warn | Rise up and warn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ |
And thy Lord do thou magnify | Thy Lord magnify | And thy Lord do magnify | Magnify your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ |
And thy garments keep free from stain | Thy raiment purify | And thy garments do purify | and purify your cloak | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ |
And all abomination shun | Pollution shun | And uncleanness do shun | and keep away from all impurity | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ |
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself) | And show not favour, seeking wordly gain | And do no favour seeking gain | Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ |
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant | For the sake of thy Lord, be patient | And for the sake of thy Lord, be patient | and be patient for the sake of your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ |
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded | For when the trumpet shall sound | For when the trumpet is sounded | When the Trumpet will be sounded | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ |
That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress, | Surely that day will be a day of anguish | That will be -- that day -- difficult day | that day will be a day of hardship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ |
Far from easy for those without Faith | Not of ease, for disbelievers | For the disbelievers, anything but easy | not at all easy for the faithless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا |
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! | Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely | Leave Me alone with him whom I created | Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created alone | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا |
To whom I granted resources in abundance | And then bestowed upon him ample means | And gave him vast riches | and then furnished him with extensive means | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا |
And sons to be by his side! | And sons abiding in his presenc | And sons dwelling in his presence | and [gave him] sons to be at his side | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا |
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable | And made (life) smooth for him | And made matters easy for him | and facilitated [all matters] for him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ |
Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more); | Yet he desireth that I should give more | And yet he desires that I should give more | Still he is eager that I should give him more | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا |
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory | Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations | By no means! Surely he is inimical to Our messages | No indeed! He is an obstinate opponent of Our signs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا |
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities | On him I shall impose a fearful doom | I will make a distressing punishment overtake him | Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ |
For he thought and he plotted; | For lo! he did consider; then he planned | Surely he reflected and determined | Indeed he reflected and decided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
And woe to him! How he plotted! | (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned | But may he be destroyed how he determined | Perish he, how he decided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! | Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! | Again, may he be destroyed how he determined | Again, perish he, how he decided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ |
Then he looked round | Then looked he | Then he looked | Then he looked | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ |
Then he frowned and he scowled | Then frowned he and showed displeasure | Then frowned and scowled | then he frowned and scowled | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 23 |
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ |
Then he turned back and was haughty | Then turned he away in prid | Then turned back and was big with pride | Then he went away disdainfully | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 24 |
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ |
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old | And said: This is naught else than magic from of old | Then said: This is naught but magic from an old | saying, ‘It is nothing but magic handed down | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ |
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" | This is naught else than speech of mortal man | This is naught but the word of a mortal | It is nothing but the speech of a human being.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 26 |
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ |
Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire | Him shall I fling unto the burning | I will cast him into hell | Soon I shall cast him into Saqar | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 27 |
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ |
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is | - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! | And what will make thee realize what hell is | And what will show you what is Saqar | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 28 |
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ |
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! | It leaveth naught; it spareth naugh | It leaves naught, and spares naught | It neither spares nor leaves [anything] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 29 |
لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ |
Darkening and changing the colour of man | It shrivelleth the man | It scorches the mortal | It burns the skin | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 30 |
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ |
Over it are Nineteen | Above it are nineteen | Over it are nineteen | There are nineteen [keepers] over it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 31 |
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ |
And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doub ts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth God intend by this ?" Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: an d none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind | We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals | And We have made none but angels wardens of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the Book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the Book and the believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus Allah leaves in error whom He pleases, and guides whom He pleases. And none knows the hosts of thy Lord but He. And this is naught but a Reminder to mortals | We have assigned only angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have made their number merely a stumbling block for the faithless, and that those given the Book may be reassured, and the faithful may increase in [their] faith, and that those given the Book may not doubt and the faithful [as well], and that those in whose hearts is a sickness may say, and the faithless [along with them], ‘What did Allah mean by this description?’ Thus does Allah lead astray whomever He wishes, and guides whomever He wishes. No one knows the hosts of your Lord except Him, and it is just an admonition for all humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 32 |
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ |
Nay, verily: By the Moon | Nay, by the Moo | Nay, by the moon | No indeed! By the Moon | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 33 |
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ |
And by the Night as it retreateth | And the night when it withdrawet | And the night when it departs | By the night when it recedes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 34 |
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ |
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, | And the dawn when it shineth forth | And the dawn when it shines! - | By the dawn when it brightens | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 35 |
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ |
This is but one of the mighty (portents) | Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents | Surely it is one of the gravest (misfortunes) | Indeed it is one of the greatest [signs] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 36 |
نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ |
A warning to mankind, | As a warning unto men | A warning to mortals | —a warner to all humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 37 |
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ |
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; | Unto him of you who will advance or hang back | To him among you who will go forward or will remain behind | [alike] for those of you who like to advance ahead and those who would linger behind | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 38 |
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ |
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds | Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds | Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns | Every soul is hostage to what it has earned | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 39 |
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ |
Except the Companions of the Right Hand | Save those who will stand on the right hand | Except the people of the right hand | except the People of the Right Hand | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 40 |
فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ |
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other | In gardens they will ask one anothe | In Gardens, they ask one another | [They will be] in gardens, questionin | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 41 |
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
And (ask) of the Sinners | Concerning the guilty | About the guilty | concerning the guilty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 42 |
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ |
"What led you into Hell Fire?" | What hath brought you to this burning | What has brought you into hell | ‘What drew you into Hell?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 43 |
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ |
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed | They will answer: We were not of those who praye | They will say: We were not of those who prayed | They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 44 |
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ |
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent | Nor did we feed the wretched | Nor did we feed the poor | Nor did we feed the poor | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 45 |
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ |
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers | We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders | And we indulged in vain talk with vain talkers | We used to gossip along with the gossipers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 46 |
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ |
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment | And we used to deny the Day of Judgment | And we called the day of Judgment a lie | and we used to deny the Day of Retribution | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 47 |
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ |
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain." | Till the Inevitable came unto us | Till the inevitable overtook us | until death came to us.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 48 |
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ |
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them | The mediation of no mediators will avail them then | So the intercession of intercessors will not avail them | So the intercession of the intercessors will not avail them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 49 |
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ |
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? | Why now turn they away from the Admonishment | What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the Reminder | What is the matter with them that they evade the Reminde | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 50 |
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ |
As if they were affrighted asses | As they were frightened asse | As if they were frightened asses | as if they were terrified asse | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 51 |
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ |
Fleeing from a lion | Fleeing from a lion | Fleeing from a lion | fleeing from a lion | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 52 |
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ |
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out | Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah) | Nay, every one of them desires that he should be given pages spread out - | Rather everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scriptures [from Allah] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ |
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter | Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter | By no means! But they fear not the hereafter | No indeed! Rather they do not fear the Hereafter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ |
Nay, this surely is an admonition | Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment | Nay, it is surely a Reminder | No indeed! It is indeed a reminder | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ |
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance | So whosoever will may heed | So whoever pleases may mind it | So let anyone who wishes remember it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ |
But none will keep it in remembrance except as God wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness | And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy | And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is Worthy that duty should be kept to Him and Worthy to forgive | And they will not remember unless Allah wishes. He is worthy of [your] being wary [of Him] and He is worthy to forgive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ |
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful | In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful | In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful | In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the world | Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds | Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds | All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ |
Most Gracious, Most Merciful | The Beneficent, the Merciful | The Beneficent, the Merciful | the All-beneficent, the All-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ |
Master of the Day of Judgment | Master of the Day of Judgment | Master of the day of Requital | Master of the Day of Retribution | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ |
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek | Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help | Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help | You [alone] do we worship, and to You [alone] do we turn for help | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ |
Show us the straight way | Show us the straight path | Guide us on the right path | Guide us on the straight path | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ |
The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray | The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray | The path of those upon whom Thou has bestowed favours, Not those upon whom wrath is brought down, nor those who go astray | the path of those whom You have blessed —such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ |
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he | The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish | Abu Lahab’s hands will perish and he will perish | Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ |
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains | His wealth and gains will not exempt him | His wealth and that which he earns will not avail him | Neither his wealth availed him, nor what he had earned | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ |
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame | He will be plunged in flaming Fire | He will burn in fire giving rise to flames - | Soon he will enter the blazing fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ |
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! | And his wife, the wood-carrier | And his wife -- the bearer of slander | and his wife [too], the firewood carrier | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ |
A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck | Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre | Upon her neck a halter of twisted rope | with a rope of palm fibre around her neck | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ |
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up | When the sun is overthrown | When the sun is folded up | When the sun is wound up | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ |
When the stars fall, losing their lustre | And when the stars fall | And when the stars are dust-coloured | when the stars scatter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ |
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage) | And when the hills are moved | And when the mountains are made to pass away | when the mountains are set moving | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ |
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended | And when the camels big with young are abandoned | And when the camels are abandoned | when the pregnant camels are neglected | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ |
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations) | And when the wild beasts are herded together | And when the wild animals are gathered together | when the wild beasts are mustered | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ |
When the oceans boil over with a swell | And when the seas rise | And when the cities are made to swell | when the seas are set afire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ |
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like) | And when souls are reunited | And when men are united | when the souls are assorted | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ |
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned | And when the girl-child that was buried alive is aske | And when the one buried alive is aske | when the girl buried-alive will be aske | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ |
For what crime she was killed | For what sin she was slain | For what sin she was killed | for what sin she was killed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ |
When the scrolls are laid open | And when the pages are laid open | And when the books are spread | When the records [of deeds] are unfolded | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ |
When the world on High is unveiled | And when the sky is torn away | And when the heaven has its covering removed | when the sky is stripped off | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ |
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat | And when hell is lighted | And when hell is kindled | when hell is set ablaze | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ |
And when the Garden is brought near; | And when the Garden is brought nigh | And when the Garden is brought nigh - | when paradise is brought near | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ |
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward | (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready | Every soul will know what it has prepared | then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ |
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede | Oh, but I call to witness the planets | Nay, I call to witness the stars | So I swear by the stars that return | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ |
Go straight, or hide | The stars which rise and set | Running their course, (and) setting | the planets that hide | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ |
And the Night as it dissipates | And the close of night | And the night when it departs | by the night as it approaches | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ |
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; | And the breath of mornin | And the morning when it brightens | by the dawn as it breathes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ |
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger | That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger | Surely it is the word of a bountiful Messenger | it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ |
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne | Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne | The possessor of strength, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne | powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ |
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust | (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy | One (to be) obeyed, and faithful | one who is heard and trustworthy as well | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ |
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed | And your comrade is not mad | And your companion is not mad | Your companion is not crazy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ |
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon | Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon | And truly he saw himself on the clear horizon | certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ |
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen | And he is not avid of the Unseen | Nor is he niggardly of the unseen | and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ |
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed | Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned | Nor is it the word of an accursed devil - | And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ |
When whither go ye | Whither then go ye | Whither then are you going | So where are you going | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds | This is naught else than a reminder unto creation | It is naught but a Reminder for the nations | It is just a reminder for all the nations | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ |
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight | Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight | For him among you who will go straight | for those of you who wish to be steadfast | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
But ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds | And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation | And you will not, except Allah please, the Lord of the worlds | but you do not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى |
Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High | Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High | Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High | Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ |
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion | Who createth, then disposeth | Who creates, then makes complete | who created and proportioned | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ |
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance | Who measureth, then guideth | And Who measures, then guides | who determined and guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ |
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture | Who bringeth forth the pasturage | And Who brings forth herbage | who brought forth the pasture | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ |
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble | Then turneth it to russet stubble | Then makes it dried up, dust-coloured | then turned it into a black scum | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ |
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget | We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forge | We shall make thee recite so thou shalt not forget - | We shall have you recite [the Qur’an], then you will not forget [any of it] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ |
Except as God wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden | Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden | Except what Allah please. Surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden | except what Allah may wish. Indeed He knows the overt and what is hidden | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ |
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path) | And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease | And We shall make thy way smooth to a state of ease | We shall smooth your way to [preach] the easiest [canon] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ |
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer) | Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder | So remind, reminding indeed profits | So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ |
The admonition will be received by those who fear (God) | He will heed who feareth | He who fears will mind | he who fears will take admonition | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى |
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones | But the most hapless will flout it | And the most unfortunate one will avoid it | and the most wretched will shun i | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ |
Who will enter the Great Fire | He who will be flung to the great Fir | Who will burn int he great Fire | —he who will enter the Great Fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ |
In which they will then neither die nor live | Wherein he will neither die nor live | Then therein he will neither live nor die | then neither live in it, nor die | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ |
But those will prosper who purify themselves | He is successful who groweth | He indeed is successful who purifies himself | Felicitous is he who purifies himself | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ |
And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer | And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth | And remembers the name of his Lord, then prays | celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا |
Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world | But ye prefer the life of the worl | But, you prefer the life of this world | Rather you prefer the life of this world | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ |
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring | Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting | While the Hereafter is better and more lasting | while the Hereafter is better and more lasting | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ |
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), | Lo! This is in the former scrolls | Surely this is in the earlier scripture | This is indeed in the former scriptures | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ |
The Books of Abraham and Moses | The Books of Abraham and Moses | The scriptures of Abraham and Moses | the scriptures of Abraham and Moses | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ |
By the Night as it conceals (the light) | By the night enshroudin | By the night when it draws a veil | By the night when it envelops | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ |
By the Day as it appears in glory | And the day resplenden | And the day when it shines | by the day when it brightens | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ |
By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female; | And Him Who hath created male and female | And the creating of the male and the female! - | by Him who created the male and the female | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ |
Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse | Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends) | Your striving is surely (for) diverse (ends) | your endeavours are indeed unlike | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ |
So he who gives (in charity) and fears (God) | As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah | Then as for him who gives and keeps his duty | As for him who gives and is Godwar | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ |
And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best, | And believeth in goodness | And accepts what is good - | and confirms the best promise | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ |
We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss | Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease | We facilitate for him (the way to) ease | We shall surely ease him into facility | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ |
But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient | But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent | And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself self-sufficient | But as for him who is stingy and self-complacent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ |
And gives the lie to the best, | And disbelieveth in goodness | And rejects what is good - | and denies the best promise | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ |
We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery | Surely We will ease his way unto adversity | We facilitate for him (the way to) distress | We shall surely ease him into hardship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ |
Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit) | His riches will not save him when he perisheth | And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes | His wealth shall not avail him when he perishes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ |
Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide | Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidanc | Surely Ours is it to show the way | Indeed with Us rests guidance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ |
And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning | And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former | And surely Ours is the Hereafter and the former | and indeed to Us belong the world and the Hereafter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ |
Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely | Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fir | So I warn you of the Fire that flames | So I warn you of a blazing fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى |
None shall reach it but those most unfortunate one | Which only the most wretched must endure | None will enter it but the most unfortunate | which none shall enter except the most wretche | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ |
Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs | He who denieth and turneth away | Who rejects (the truth) and turns (his) back | —he who denies and turns back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى |
But those most devoted to God shall be removed far from it, | Far removed from it will be the righteou | And away from it shall be kept the most faithful to duty | The Godwary shall be spared i | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ |
Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification | Who giveth his wealth that he may grow (in goodness) | Who gives his wealth, purifying himself | —he who gives his wealth to purify himsel | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ |
And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return | And none hath with him any favour for reward | And none has with him any boon for a reward | and does not expect any reward from anyone | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ |
But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High | Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High | Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High | but seeks only the pleasure of his Lord, the Most Exalted | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ |
And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction | He verily will be content | And he will soon be well-pleased | and, surely, soon he will be well-pleased | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ |
By the break of Da | By the Daw | By the daybreak | By the Dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ |
By the Nights twice five | And ten nights | And the ten nights | by the ten nights | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ |
By the even and odd (contrasted) | And the Even and the Odd | And the even and the odd | by the Even and the Odd | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ |
And by the Night when it passeth away; | And the night when it departeth | And the night when it departs | by the night when it departs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ |
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand | There surely is an oath for thinking man | Truly in this is an oath for men of understanding | Is there an oath in that for one possessing intellect | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ |
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), | Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad | Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with ‘Ad | Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with [the people of] ‘a€d | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ |
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars | With many-columned Iram | (Of) Iram, having lofty buildings | [and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ |
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land | The like of which was not created in the lands | The like of which were not created in the land | the like of which was not created among cities | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ |
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? | And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley | And (with) Thamud, who hewed out rocks in the valley | and [the people of] Thamud, who hollowed out the rocks in the valley | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ |
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes | And with Pharaoh, firm of might | And (with) Pharaoh, the lord of hosts | and Pharaoh, the impaler | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ |
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands | Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands | Who exceeded limits in the cities | —those who rebelled [against Allah] in their citie | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ |
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief) | And multiplied iniquity therein | And made great mischief therein | and caused much corruption in them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ |
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements | Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment | So thy Lord poured on them a portion of chastisement | so your Lord poured on them lashes of punishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ |
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower | Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful | Surely thy Lord is Watchful | Indeed your Lord is in ambush | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ |
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me." | As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me | As for man, when his Lord tries him, then gives him honour and favours him, he says: My Lord honours me | As for man, whenever his Lord tests him and grants him honour and blesses him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ |
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" | But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me | But when He tries him, then straitens to him his subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me | But when He tests him and tightens for him his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ |
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans | Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orpha | Nay, but you honour not the orphan | No indeed! Rather you do not honour the orphan | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ |
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! | And urge not on the feeding of the poor | Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor | and do not urge the feeding of the needy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا |
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed | And ye devour heritages with devouring greed | And you devour heritage, devouring all | and you eat the inheritance rapaciously | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا |
And ye love wealth with inordinate love | And love wealth with abounding love | And you love wealth with exceeding love | and you love wealth with much fondness | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا |
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder | Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding | Nay, when the earth is made to crumble to pieces | No indeed! When the earth is levelled to a plain | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا |
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank | And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank | And thy Lord comes with the angels, ranks on ranks | and your Lord and the angels arrive in ranks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ |
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him | And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) | And hell is made to appear that day. On that day man will be mindful, and of what use will being mindful be then | the day when hell is brought [near], on that day man will take admonition but what will the admonition avail him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى |
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" | He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life | He will say: O would that I had sent before for (this) my life | He will say, ‘Alas, had I sent ahead for my life!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ |
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict | None punisheth as He will punish on that day | But none can punish as He will punish on that day | On that day none shall punish as He punishes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ |
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind | None bindeth as He then will bind | And none can bind as He will bind on that day | and none shall bind as He binds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ |
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction | But ah! thou soul at peace | O soul that art at rest | ‘O soul at peace | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ |
"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him | Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure | Return to thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing | Return to your Lord, pleased, pleasing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى |
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees | Enter thou among My bondmen | So enter among My servants | Then enter among My servants | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى |
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven | Enter thou My Garden | And enter My Garden | And enter My paradise!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلضُّحَىٰ |
By the Glorious Morning Light | By the morning hour | By the brightness of the day | By the morning brightness | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ |
And by the Night when it is still, | And by the night when it is stillest | And the night when it is still! - | by the night when it is calm | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ |
Thy Guardian-Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased | Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee | Thy Lord has not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased | Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor is He displeased with you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ |
And verily the Hereafter will be better for thee than the present | And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former | And surely the latter state is better for thee than the former | and the Hereafter shall be better for you than the world | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ |
And soon will thy Guardian-Lord give thee (that wherewith) thou shalt be well-pleased | And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content | And soon will thy Lord give thee so that thou wilt be well pleased | Soon your Lord will give you [that with which] you will be pleased | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ |
Did He not find thee an orphan and give thee shelter (and care) | Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee) | Did He not find thee an orphan and give (thee) shelter | Did He not find you an orphan, and shelter you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ |
And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance | Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee) | And find thee groping, so He showed the way | Did He not find you astray, and guide you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ |
And He found thee in need, and made thee independent | Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee) | And find thee in want, so He enriched thee | Did He not find you needy, and enrich you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ |
Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness | Therefor the orphan oppress not | Therefore the orphan, oppress not | So, as for the orphan, do not oppress him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ |
Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard) | Therefor the beggar drive not away | And him who asks, chide not | and as for the beggar, do not chide him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ |
But the bounty of the Lord - rehearse and proclaim | Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse | And the favour of thy Lord proclaim | and as for your Lord’s blessing, proclaim it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ |
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? | Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate | Have We not expanded for thee thy breast | Did We not open your breast for yo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ |
And removed from thee thy burde | And eased thee of the burde | And removed from thee thy burden | and relieve you of your burde | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ |
The which did gall thy back? | Which weighed down thy back | Which weighed down thy back | which [almost] broke your back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ |
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held) | And exalted thy fame | And exalted for thee thy mention | Did We not exalt your name | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا |
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief | But lo! with hardship goeth ease | Surely with difficulty is ease | Indeed ease accompanies hardship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا |
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief | Lo! with hardship goeth ease | With difficulty is surely ease | Indeed ease accompanies hardship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ |
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard | So when thou art relieved, still toi | So when thou art free (from anxiety), work hard | So when you are done, appoint | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب |
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention | And strive to please thy Lord | And make thy Lord thy exclusive object | and turn eagerly to your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَصْرِ |
By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) | By the declining day | By the time | By Time | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ |
Verily Man is in loss | Lo! man is in a state of loss | Surely man is in loss | Indeed man is in loss | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ |
Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy | Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance | Except those who believe and do good, and exhort one another to Truth, and exhort one another to patience | except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to [follow] the truth, and enjoin one another to patience | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًۭا |
By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath) | By the snorting courses | By those running and uttering cries | By the snorting chargers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًۭا |
And strike sparks of fire | Striking sparks of fir | And those producing fire, striking | by the strikers of sparks [with their hoofs] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًۭا |
And push home the charge in the morning | And scouring to the raid at dawn | And those suddenly attacking at morn | by the raiders at dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًۭا |
And raise the dust in clouds the while | Then, therewith, with their trail of dust | Then thereby they raise dust | raising therein a trail of dust | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا |
And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse; | Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe) | Then penetrate thereby gatherings - | and cleaving therein a host | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌۭ |
Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful | Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lor | Surely man is ungrateful to his Lord | Indeed man is ungrateful to his Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌۭ |
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds) | And lo! he is a witness unto that | And surely he is a witness of that | and indeed he is [himself] witness to that | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ |
And violent is he in his love of wealth | And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent | And truly on account of the love of wealth he is niggardly | He is indeed avid in the love of wealth | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ |
Does he not know,- when that which is in the graves is scattered abroa | Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured fort | Knows he not when that which is in the graves is raised | Does he not know, when what is in the graves is turned over | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ |
And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest | And the secrets of the breasts are made known | And that which is in the breasts is made manifest | and what is in the breasts is divulged | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ |
That their Lord had been Well-acquainted with them, (even to) that Day. | On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them | Surely their Lord this day is Aware of them | indeed their Lord will be best aware of them on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ |
To thee have We granted the Fount (of Abundance) | Lo! We have given thee Abundance | Surely We have given thee abundance of good | Indeed We have given you abundance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ |
Therefore to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice | So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice | So pray to thy Lord and sacrifice | So pray to your Lord, and sacrifice [the sacrificial camel] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ |
For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope) | Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity | Surely thy enemy is cut off (from good) | Indeed it is your enemy who is without posterity | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ |
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things) | Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth yo | Abundance diverts you | Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted yo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ |
Until ye visit the graves | Until ye come to the graves | Until you come to the graves | until you visited [even] the graves | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality) | Nay, but ye will come to know | Nay, you will soon know | No indeed! Soon you will know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
Again, ye soon shall know | Nay, but ye will come to know | Nay, again, you will soon know | Again, no indeed! Soon you will know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ |
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware! | Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge | Nay, would that you knew with a certain knowledge | No indeed! Were you to know with certain knowledge | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ |
Ye shall certainly see Hell-Fire | For ye will behold hell-fire | You will certainly see hell | you would surely see hell | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ |
Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight | Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision | Then you will see it with certainty of sight | Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ |
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!) | Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure | Then on that day you shall certainly be questioned about the boons | Then, that day, you will surely be questioned concerning the blessing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ |
Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come) | Hast thou observed him who belieth religion | Hast thou seen him who belies religion | Did you see him who denies the Retribution | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ |
Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness) | That is he who repelleth the orphan | That is the one who is rough to the orphan | That is the one who drives away the orphan | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ |
And encourages not the feeding of the indigent | And urgeth not the feeding of the needy | And urges not the feeding of the needy | and does not urge the feeding of the needy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ |
So woe to the worshipper | Ah, woe unto worshipper | So woe to the praying ones | Woe to them who pray | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ |
Who are neglectful of their prayers | Who are heedless of their prayer | Who are unmindful of their prayer | —those who are heedless of their prayers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ |
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men) | Who would be seen (at worship | Who do (good) to be seen | those who show of | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ |
But refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs | Yet refuse small kindnesses | And refrain from acts of kindness | but deny aid | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ |
Say : O ye that reject Faith | Say: O disbelievers | Say: O disbelievers | Say, ‘O faithless ones | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ |
I worship not that which ye worship | I worship not that which ye worship | I serve not that which you serve | I do not worship what you worship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ |
Nor will ye worship that which I worship | Nor worship ye that which I worship | Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve | nor do you worship what I worship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌۭ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ |
And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship | And I shall not worship that which ye worship | Nor shall I serve that which ye serve | nor will I worship what you have worshipe | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ |
Nor will ye worship that which I worship | Nor will ye worship that which I worship | Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve | nor will you worship what I worship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ |
To you be your Way, and to me mine | Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion | For you is your recompense and for me my recompense | To you your religion, and to me my religion.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ |
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant | Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant | Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant | Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with the Men of the Elephant | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ |
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray | Did He not bring their stratagem to naught | Did He not cause their war to end in confusion | Did He not make their stratagems go awry | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ |
And He sent against them Flights of Birds | And send against them swarms of flying creatures | And send against them birds in flocks | and send against them flocks of bird | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ |
Striking them with stones of baked clay | Which pelted them with stones of baked clay | Casting at them decreed stones - | pelting them with stones of shale | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ |
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up | And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle) | So He rendered them like straw eaten up | thus making them like chewed-up straw | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ |
Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Daw | Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybrea | Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn | Say, ‘I seek the protection of the Lord of the daybrea | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ |
From the mischief of created things | From the evil of that which He created | From the evil of that which he has created | from the evil of what He has created | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ |
From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads | From the evil of the darkness when it is intense | And from the evil of intense darkness, when it comes | and from the evil of the dark night when it settles | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ |
From the mischief of those who practise secret arts | And from the evil of malignant witchcraft | And from the evil of those who cast (evil suggestions) in firm resolutions | and from the evil of the witches who blow on knots | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ |
And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy | And from the evil of the envier when he envieth | And from the evil of the envier when he envies | and from the evil of the envious one when he envies.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ |
Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind | Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind | Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men | Say, ‘I seek the protection of the Lord of humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ |
The King (or Ruler) of Mankind | The King of mankind | The King of men | Sovereign of humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ |
The God (for judge) of Mankind, | The god of mankind | The God of men | God of humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ |
From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil), who withdraws (after his whisper), | From the evil of the sneaking whisperer | From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (devil) | from the evil of the sneaky tempte | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ |
(The same) who whispers into the hearts of Mankind, | Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind | Who whispers into the hearts of men | who puts temptations into the breasts of humans | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ |
Among Jinns and among men | Of the jinn and of mankind | From among the jinn and the men | from among the jinn and humans.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ |
Say: He is God, the One and Only | Say: He is Allah, the One | Say: He, Allah, is one | Say, ‘He is Allah, the One | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ |
God, the Eternal, Absolute | Allah, the eternally Besought of all | Allah is He on Whom all depend | Allah is the All-embracing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ |
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten | He begetteth not nor was begotten | He begets not, nor is He begotten | He neither begat, nor was begotten | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ |
And there is none like unto Him | And there is none comparable unto Him | And none is like Him | nor has He any equal.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ |
By the Star when it goes down, | By the Star when it setteth | By the star when it sets | By the star when it sets | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ |
Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled | Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived | Your companion errs not, nor does he deviate | your companion has neither gone astray, nor gone amiss | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ |
Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire | Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire | Nor does he speak out of desire | Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ |
It is no less than inspiration sent down to him | It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired | It is naught but revelation that is revealed - | it is just a revelation that is revealed [to him] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ |
He was taught by one Mighty in Power | Which one of mighty powers hath taught him | One Mighty in Power has taught him | taught him by One of great powers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ |
Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form) | One vigorous; and he grew clear to vie | The Lord of Strength. So he attained to perfection | possessed of sound judgement. He settled | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ |
While he was in the highest part of the horizon | When he was on the uppermost horizon | And he is in the highest part of the horizon | while he was on the highest horizon | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ |
Then he approached and came closer | Then he drew nigh and came dow | Then he drew near, drew nearer yet | Then he drew nearer and neare | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ |
And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer | Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer | So he was the measure of two bows or closer still | until he was within two bows’ length or even nearer | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ |
So did (God) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey | And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed | So He revealed to His servant what He revealed | whereat He revealed to His servant whatever He revealed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ |
The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw | The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw | The heart was not untrue in seeing what he saw | The heart did not deny what it saw | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ |
Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw | Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth | Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw | Will you then dispute with him about what he saw? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ |
For indeed he saw him at a second descent | And verily he saw him yet another tim | And certainly he saw Him in another descent | Certainly he saw it yet another time | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ |
Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass | By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary | At the farthest lote-tree | by the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ |
Near it is the Garden of Abode | Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode | Near it is the Garden of Abode | near which is the Garden of the Abode | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ |
Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable! | When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree | When that which covers covered the lote-tree | when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ |
(His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong | The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold | The eye turned not aside, nor did it exceed the limit | The gaze did not swerve, nor did it overstep the bounds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ |
For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest | Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord | Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord | Certainly he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ |
Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza | Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzz | Have you then considered Lat and ‘Uzza | Have you considered Lat and ‘Uzza | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ |
And another, the third (goddess), Manat | And Manat, the third, the other | And another, the third, Manat | and Manat, the third one | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ |
What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female | Are yours the males and His the females | Are the males for you and for Him the females | Are you to have males and He females | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ |
Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair | That indeed were an unfair division | This indeed is an unjust division | That, then, will be an unfair division | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ |
These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which God has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to them Guid ance from their Lord | They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them | They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers -- Allah has sent no authority for them. They follow but conjecture and what (their) souls desire. And certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord | These are but names which you have coined —you and your fathers— for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ |
Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after | Or shall man have what he coveteth | Or shall man have what he wishes | Shall man have whatever he yearns for | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ |
But it is to God that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong | But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former | So they said: What! A single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? We shall then be in sure error and distress | Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ |
How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail nothing except after God has given leave for whom He pleases and that he is acceptable to Him | And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth | But for Allah is the Hereafter and the former (life) | How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession is of no avail in any way except after Allah grants permission to whomever He wishes and approves of | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ |
Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names | Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females | Has the reminder been sent to him from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar | Indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter give female names to the angels | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًۭٔا |
But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth | And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth | And how many angels are in the heavens, whose intercession avails naught except after Allah gives permission to whom He pleases and chooses | They do not have any knowledge of that. They follow nothing but conjectures, and indeed conjecture is no substitute for the truth | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا |
Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world | Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance and desireth but the life of the world | Surely those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names | So avoid those who turn away from Our remembrance and desire nothing but the life of the world | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ |
That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance | Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right | And they have no knowledge of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against Truth | That is the ultimate reach of their knowledge. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى |
Yea, to God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He rewards those who do good, with what is best | And unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good with goodness | So shun him who turns his back upon Our Reminder, and desires nothing but this world’s life | To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil for what they have done, and reward those who do good with the best [of rewards] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌۭ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ |
Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into) small faults,- verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you well when He brings you out of the earth, And when ye are hidden in your mothers' wombs. Therefore justify not yourselves: He knows best who it is that guards against evil | Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences - (for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil) | That is their goal of knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path and He knows best him who goes aright | Those who avoid major sins and indecencies, excepting [minor and occasional] lapses. Indeed your Lord is expansive in [His] forgiveness. He knows you best since [the time] He produced you from the earth, and since you were fetuses in the bellies of your mothers. So do not flaunt your piety: He knows best those who are Godwary | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ |
Seest thou one who turns back | Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away | And Allah’s is whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil for that which they do, and reward those who do good with goodness | Did you see him who turned away | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًۭا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ |
Gives a little, then hardens (his heart) | And gave a little, then was grudging | Those who avoid the great sins and the indecencies, but the passing idea -- surely thy Lord is Liberal in Forgiving. He knows best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; so ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows him best who guards against evil | gave a little and held off | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ |
What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see | Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth | Seest thou him who turns back | Does he have the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ |
Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses | Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Mose | And gives a little, then withholds | Has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ |
And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements? | And Abraham who paid his debt | Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see | and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his summons] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ |
Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another | That no laden one shall bear another's load | Or has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses | that no bearer shall bear another’s burden | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ |
That man can have nothing but what he strives for | And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort | And (of) Abraham who fulfilled (commandments) | and that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ |
That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight | And that his effort will be seen | That no bearer of a burden bears another’s burden | and that he will soon be shown his endeavour | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ |
Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete | And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment | And that man can have nothing but what he strives for | then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ |
That to thy Lord is the final Goal | And that thy Lord, He is the goal | And that his striving will soon be seen | and that the terminus is toward your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ |
That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears | And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep | Then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward | and that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and makes [them] weep | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا |
That it is He Who granteth Death and Life | And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life | And that to thy Lord is the goal | and that it is He who brings death and gives life | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ |
That He did create in pairs,- male and female | And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female | And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep | and that it is He who created the mates, the male and the female | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ |
From a seed when lodged (in its place) | From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth | And that He it is Who causes death and gives life | from a drop of [seminal] fluid when emitted | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ |
That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead) | And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth | Or say they: We are a host allied together to help each other | and that with Him lies the second genesis | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ |
That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction | And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth | And that He creates pairs, the male and the female | and that it is He who enriches and grants possessions | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ |
That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star) | And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius | Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they will show (their) backs | and that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ |
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people) | And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad | From the small life-germ when it is adapted | and that it is He who destroyed the former ‘a€d | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ |
And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life | And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not | And that He his ordained the second bringing forth | and Thamud, sparing none [of them] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ |
And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most unjust and most insolent transgressors | And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious | And that He it is Who gives wealth and contentment | and the people of Noah before that; indeed they were more unjust and rebellious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ |
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) | And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroye | And that He is the Lord of Sirius | and He overthrew the town that was overturned | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ |
So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up | So that there covered them that which did cover | And that He destroyed the First ‘Ad | covering it with what covered it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ |
Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute about | Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou dispute | And Thamud, so He spared not | Then which of the bounties of your Lord will you dispute | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ |
This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old | This is a warner of the warners of old | And the people of Noah before. Surely they were most iniquitous and inordinate | This is a warner, [in the tradition] of the warners of old | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَزِفَتِ ٱلْءَازِفَةُ |
The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh | The threatened Hour is nigh | And the overthrown cities, He hurled down | The Imminent [Hour] is near at hand | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ |
No (soul) but God can lay it bare | None beside Allah can disclose it | So there covered them that which covered | There is none that may unveil it besides Allah | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ |
Do ye then wonder at this recital | Marvel ye then at this statement | Which, then, of thy Lord’s benefits wilt thou dispute | Do you then wonder at this discourse | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ |
And will ye laugh and not weep, | And laugh and not weep | This is a warner of the warners of old | and laugh and not weep | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ |
Wasting your time in vanities | While ye amuse yourselves | The near Event draw nigh | while you remain heedless? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩ |
But fall ye down in prostration to God, and adore (Him) | Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him | There is none besides Allah to remove it | So prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ |
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away | He frowned and turned awa | He frowned and turned away | He frowned and turned awa | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ |
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting) | Because the blind man came unto him | Because the blind man came to him | when the blind man approached him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ |
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? | What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace | And what would make thee know that he might purify himself | And how do you know, maybe he would purify himself | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ |
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him | Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him | Or be mindful, so the Reminder should profit him | or take admonition, and the admonition would benefit him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ |
As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient | As for him who thinketh himself independent | As for him who considers himself free from nee | But as for someone who is self-complacent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ |
To him dost thou attend | Unto him thou payest regard | To him thou dost attend | you attend to him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ |
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding) | Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace) | And no blame is on thee, if he purify himself not | though you are not liable if he does not purify himself | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ |
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly | But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpos | And as to him who comes to thee striving hard | But he who comes hurrying to you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ |
And with fear (in his heart) | And hath fear | And he fears - | while he fears [Allah] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ |
Of him wast thou unmindful | From him thou art distracted | To him thou payest no regard | you are neglectful of him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ |
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction | Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment | Nay, surely it is a Reminder | No indeed! These [verses of the Qur’an] are a reminde | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ |
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance | So let whosoever will pay heed to it | So let him who will mind it | —so let anyone who wishes remember it— | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ |
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour | On honoured leave | In honoured books | in honoured scriptures | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ |
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy | Exalted, purified | Exalted, purified | exalted and purified | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ |
(Written) by the hands of scribes | (Set down) by scribe | In the hands of scribes | in the hands of envoys | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ |
Honourable and Pious and Just | Noble and righteous | Nobel, virtuous | noble and pious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ |
Woe to man! What hath made him reject God | Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful | Woe to man! How ungrateful is he | Perish man! How ungrateful is he | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ |
From what stuff hath He created him | From what thing doth He create him | Of what thing did He create him | From what has He created him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ |
From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions | From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him | Of a small life-germ. He creates him, then proportions him | He has created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and then proportioned him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ |
Then doth He make His path smooth for him | Then maketh the way easy for him | Then makes the way easy for him | Then He made the way easy for him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ |
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave | Then causeth him to die, and burieth him | Then he causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave | then He made him die and buried him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ |
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again) | Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life | Then when He will, He raises him to life again | and then, when He wished, resurrected him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 23 |
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ |
By no means hath he fulfilled what God hath commanded him | Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him | Nay, but he does not what He commands him | No indeed! He has not yet carried out what He had commanded him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 24 |
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ |
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it) | Let man consider his food | Then let man look at his food - | So let man observe his food | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا |
For that We pour forth water in abundance | How We pour water in shower | How We pour down abundant water | We poured down water plenteously | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 26 |
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا |
And We split the earth in fragments | Then split the earth in cleft | Then cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder | then We split the earth into fissure | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 27 |
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا |
And produce therein corn | And cause the grain to grow therei | Then cause the grain to grow therein | and made the grain grow in it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 28 |
وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا |
And Grapes and nutritious plants | And grapes and green fodde | And grapes and clover | and vines and vegetables | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 29 |
وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا |
And Olives and Dates | And olive-trees and palm-tree | And the olive and the palm | olives and date palms | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا |
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees | And garden-closes of thick foliag | And thick gardens | and densely-planted gardens | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا |
And fruits and fodder, | And fruits and grasses | And fruits and herbage - | fruits and pastures | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ |
For use and convenience to you and your cattle | Provision for you and your cattle | A provision for you and your cattle | as a sustenance for you and your livestock | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ |
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, | But when the Shout comet | But when the deafening cry comes | So when the deafening Cry come | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ |
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother | On the day when a man fleeth from his brothe | The day when a man flees from his brother | —the day when a man will evade his brother | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ |
And from his mother and his father | And his mother and his fathe | And his mother and his father | his mother and his father | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ |
And from his wife and his children | And his wife and his children | And his spouse and his sons | his spouse and his sons— | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ |
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others | Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others) | Every man of them, that day, will have concern enough to make him indifferent to others | that day each of them will have a task to keep him preoccupied | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ |
Some faces that Day will be beaming | On that day faces will be bright as dawn | Faces on that day will be bright | That day some faces will be bright | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ |
Laughing, rejoicing | Laughing, rejoicing at good news | Laughing, joyous | laughing and joyous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ |
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained | And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them | And faces on that day will have dust on them | And some faces on that day will be covered with dust | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ |
Blackness will cover them | Veiled in darkness | Darkness covering them | overcast with gloom | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ |
Such will be the Rejecters of God, the doers of iniquity | Those are the disbelievers, the wicked | Those are the disbelievers, the wicked | It is they who are the faithless, the vicious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
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بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ |
We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power | Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination | Surely We revealed it on the Night of Majesty - | Indeed We sent it down on the Night of Ordainment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ |
And what will explain to thee what the night of power is | Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is | And what will make thee comprehend what the Night of Majesty is | What will show you what is the Night of Ordainment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍۢ |
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months | The Night of Power is better than a thousand months | The Night of Majesty is better than a thousand months | The Night of Ordainment is better than a thousand months | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍۢ |
Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by God's permission, on every errand | The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees | The angels and the Spirit descend in it by the permission of their Lord -- for every affair - | In it the angels and the Spirit descend, by the leave of their Lord, with every command | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ |
Peace!...This until the rise of morn | (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn | Peace! it is till the rising of the morning | It is peaceful until the rising of the dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا |
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour | By the sun and his brightness | By the sun and his brightness | By the sun and her forenoon splendour | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا |
By the Moon as she follows him | And the moon when she followeth him | And the moon when she borrows light from him | by the moon when he follows her | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا |
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory | And the day when it revealeth him | And the day when it exposes it to view | by the day when it reveals her | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا |
By the Night as it conceals it | And the night when it enshroudeth him | And the night when it draws a veil over it | by the night when it covers her | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا |
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure | And the heaven and Him Who built it | And the heaven and its make | by the sky and Him who built it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا |
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse | And the earth and Him Who spread it | And the earth and its extension | by the earth and Him who spread it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا |
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it | And a soul and Him Who perfected i | And the soul and its perfection! - | by the soul and Him who fashioned it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا |
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; | And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it | So He reveals to it its way of evil and its way of good | and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا |
Truly he succeeds that purifies it | He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow | He is indeed successful who causes it to grow | one who purifies it is felicitous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا |
And he fails that corrupts it | And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it | And he indeed fails who buries it | and one who betrays it fails | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ |
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing | (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride | Thamud rejected (the truth) in their inordinacy | The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا |
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety) | When the basest of them broke fort | When the basest of them broke forth with mischief - | when the most wretched of them rose up | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا |
But the Apostle of God said to them: "It is a She-camel of God! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" | And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink | So Allah’s messenger said to them: (Leave alone) Allah’s she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink | But then the apostle of Allah said to them, ‘Let Allah’s she-camel drink!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا |
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low) | But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings) | But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground) | But they impugned him and then hamstrung her, so their Lord took them unawares by night because of their sin, and levelled it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا |
And for Him is no fear of its consequences | He dreadeth not the sequel (of events) | And He fears not its consequence | And He does not fear its outcome | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ |
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs | By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars | By the heaven full of stars | By the sky with its houses | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ |
By the promised Day (of Judgment) | And by the Promised Day | And the promised day | by the Promised Day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ |
By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness; | And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony | And the bearer of witness and that to which witness is borne | by the Witness and the Witnessed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ |
Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire) | (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditc | Destruction overtake the companions of the trench! - | perish the Men of the Ditch | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ |
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel | Of the fuel-fed fire | The fire fed with fuel - | The fire, abounding in fuel | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ |
Behold! they sat over against the (fire) | When they sat by it | When they sit by it | above which they sa | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ |
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers | And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers | And they are witnesses of what they do with the believers | as they were themselves witnesses to what they did to the faithful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ |
And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in God, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise! | They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise | And they punished them for naught but that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised | They were vindictive towards them only because they had faith in Allah, the All-mighty, the All-laudable | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ |
Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And God is Witness to all things | Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness | Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Witness of all things | to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is witness to all things | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ |
Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire | Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning | Those who persecute believing men and believing women, then repent not, theirs is the chastisement of hell, and theirs the chastisement of burning | Indeed those who persecute the faithful men and women, and then do not repent, for them there is the punishment of hell, and for them there is the punishment of burning | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ |
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires) | Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success | Those who believe and do good, theirs are Gardens wherein flow rivers. That is the great achievement | Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds, —for them will be gardens with streams running in them. That is the supreme success | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ |
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord | Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern | Surely the grip of thy Lord is severe | Indeed your Lord’s striking is severe | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ |
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life) | Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth | Surely He it is Who creates first and reproduces | It is indeed He who originates and brings back again | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ |
And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness | And He is the Forgiving, the Loving | And He is the Forgiving, the Loving | and He is the All-forgiving, the All-affectionate | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ |
Lord of the Throne of Glory | Lord of the Throne of Glory | Lord of the Throne of Power, the Glorious | Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ |
Doer (without let) of all that He intends | Doer of what He will | Doer of what He intends | doer of what He desires | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ |
Has the story reached thee, of the forces | Hath there come unto thee the story of the host | Has not there come to thee the story of the hosts | Did you receive the story of the host | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ |
Of Pharaoh and the Thamud | Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud | Of Pharaoh and Thamud | of Pharaoh and Thamud | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ |
And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth) | Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denia | Nay, those who disbelieve give the lie - | Rather the faithless dwell in denial | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ |
But God doth encompass them from behind | And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them | And Allah encompasses them on all sides | and Allah besieges them from all around | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ |
Day, this is a Glorious Qur'an | Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an | Nay, it is a glorious Qur’an | Rather it is a glorious Qur’an | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ |
(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved | On a guarded tablet | In a guarded tablet | in a preserved tablet | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ |
By the Fig and the Olive | By the fig and the olive | By the fig and the olive | By the fig and the olive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ |
And the Mount of Sinai | By Mount Sinai | And mount Sinai | by Mount Sinai | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ |
And this City of security, | And by this land made safe | And this City made secure! - | by this secure town | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ |
We have indeed created man in the best of moulds | Surely We created man of the best statur | Certainly We created man in the best make | We certainly created man in the best of forms | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ |
Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low, | Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low | Then We render him the lowest of the low | then We relegated him to the lowest of the low | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۢ |
Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing | Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing | Except those who believe and do good; so theirs is a reward never to be cut off | except those who have faith and do righteous deeds. There will be an everlasting reward for them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ |
Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to come) | So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment | So who can give the lie to thee after (this) about the Judgment | So what makes you deny the Retribution | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ |
Is not God the wisest of judges | Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges | Is not Allah the Best of the Judges | Is not Allah the fairest of all judges | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ |
For the covenants (of security and safeguard enjoyed) by the Quraish | For the taming of Qureysh | For the protection of the Qurais | [In gratitude] for solidarity among the Quraysh | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
إِۦلَٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ |
Their covenants (covering) journeys by winter and summer, | For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer | Their protection during their journey in the winter and the summer | their solidarity during winter and summer journeys | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ |
Let them adore the Lord of this House | So let them worship the Lord of this House | So let them serve the Lord of this House | let them worship the Lord of this House | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍۢ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍۭ |
Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against fear (of danger) | Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear | Who feeds them against hunger, and gives them security against fear | who has fed them [and saved them] from hunger, and secured them from fear | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ |
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour | The Calamity | The calamity | The Catastrophe | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ |
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour | What is the Calamity | What is the calamity | What is the Catastrophe | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ |
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is | Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is | And what will make thee know how terrible is the calamity | What will show you what is the Catastrophe | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ |
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about | A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moth | The day wherein men will be as scattered moths | The day mankind will be like scattered moths | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ |
And the mountains will be like carded wool | And the mountains will become as carded wool | And the mountains will be as carded wool | and the mountains will be like carded wool | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ |
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy | Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works) | Then as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy | As for him whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ |
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction | He will live a pleasant life | He will live a pleasant life | he will have a pleasing life | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ |
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, | But as for him whose scales are light | And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light | But as for him whose deeds weigh light in the scales | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ |
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit | A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother | The abyss is a mother to him | his home will be the Abyss | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ |
And what will explain to thee what this is | Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! | And what will make thee know what that is | And what will show you what it is | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ |
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely | Raging Fire | A burning Fire | It is a scorching fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ |
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day | Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection | Nay, I swear by the day of resurrection | I swear by the Day of Resurrection | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ |
And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil) | Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true) | Nay, I swear by the self-accusing spirit | And I swear by the self-blaming soul | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ |
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones | Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones | Does man think that We shall not gather his bones | Does man suppose that We shall not put together his bones | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ |
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers | Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers | Yea, We are Powerful to make complete his whole make | Yes indeed, We are able to proportion [even] his fingertips | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ |
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him | But man would fain deny what is before him | Nay, man desires to go on doing evil in front of him | Rather man desires to go on living viciously | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ |
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?" | He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection | He asks: When is the day of Resurrection | He asks, ‘When is this day of resurrection?!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ |
At length, when the sight is dazed | But when sight is confounde | So when the sight is confused | But when the eyes are dazzled | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ |
And the moon is buried in darkness | And the moon is eclipse | And the moon becomes dark | and the moon is eclipsed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ |
And the sun and moon are joined together, | And sun and moon are united | And the sun and the moon are brought together - | and the sun and the moon are brought together | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ |
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?" | On that day man will cry: Whither to flee | Man will say on that day: Whither to flee | that day man will say, ‘Where is the escape?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ |
By no means! No place of safety | Alas! No refuge | No! There is no refuge | No indeed! There is no refuge | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ |
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest | Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day | With thy Lord on that day is the place of rest | That day the abode will be toward your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ |
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back | On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind | Man will that day be informed of what he sent before and what he put off | That day man will be informed about what he has sent ahead and left behind | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ |
Nay, man will be evidence against himself | Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself | Nay, man is evidence against himself | Rather man is a witness to himself | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ |
Even though he were to put up his excuses | Although he tender his excuses | Though he put up excuses | though he should offer his excuses | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ |
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith | Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it | Move not thy tongue therewith to make haste with it | Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ |
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it | Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof | Surely on Us rests the collecting of it and the reciting of it | Indeed it is up to Us to put it together and to recite it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ |
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated) | And when We read it, follow thou the reading | So when We recite it, follow its recitation | And when We have recited it, follow its recitation | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ |
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear) | Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof | Again on Us rests the explaining of it | Then, its exposition indeed [also] lies with Us | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ |
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life | Nay, but ye do love the fleeting No | Nay, but you love the present life | No Indeed! Rather you love this transitory lif | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ |
And leave alone the Hereafter | And neglect the Hereafter | And neglect the hereafter | and forsake the Hereafter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ |
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); | That day will faces be resplendent | (Some) faces that day will be bright | Some faces will be fresh on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 23 |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ |
Looking towards their Lord | Looking toward their Lord | Looking to their Lord | looking at their Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 24 |
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ |
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal | And that day will other faces be despondent | And (other) faces that day will be gloomy | and some faces will be scowling on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ |
In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them | Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them | Knowing that a great disaster will be made to befall them | knowing that they will be dealt out a punishment breaking the spine | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 26 |
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ |
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit) | Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throa | Nay, when it comes up to the throat | No indeed! When the soul reaches up to the collar bones | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 27 |
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ |
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?" | And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) | And it is said: Who will ascend (with it) | and it is said, ‘Who will take him up?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 28 |
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ |
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting | And he knoweth that it is the parting | And he is sure that it is the parting | and he knows that it is the [time of] parting | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 29 |
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ |
And one leg will be joined with another | And agony is heaped on agony | And affliction is combined with affliction - | and each shank clasps the other shank | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 30 |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ |
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord | Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving | To thy Lord on that day is the driving | that day he shall be driven toward your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 31 |
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ |
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! | For he neither trusted, nor prayed | So he accepted not the truth nor prayed | He neither confirmed [the truth], nor prayed | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 32 |
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ |
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away | But he denied and flouted | But denied and turned back | but denied [it] and turned away | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 33 |
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ |
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit | Then went he to his folk with glee | Then he went to his people in haughtiness | and went swaggering to his family | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 34 |
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ |
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe | Nearer unto thee and nearer | Nearer to thee and nearer | So woe to you! Woe to you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 35 |
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ |
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe | Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom) | Again, nearer to thee and nearer (is woe) | Again, woe to you! Woe to you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 36 |
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى |
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose) | Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless | Does man think that he will be left aimless | Does man suppose that he would be abandoned to futility | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 37 |
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ |
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form) | Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth | Was he not a small life-germ in sperm emitted | Was he not a drop of emitted semen | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 38 |
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ |
Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due proportion | Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashione | Then he was a clot; so He created (him), then made (him) perfect | Then he became a clinging mass; then He created [him] and proportioned [him] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 39 |
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ |
And of him He made two sexes, male and female | And made of him a pair, the male and female | Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female | and made of him the two sexes, the male and the female | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 40 |
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ |
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead | Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life | Is not He powerful to give life to the dead | Is not such a one able to revive the dead | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Compressed devotional speech. Yusuf Ali tends to expand the moral atmosphere, Pickthall stays spare and liturgical, Maulana Muhammad Ali reads with theological precision, and Ali Quli Qara'i keeps a phrase-by-phrase Twelver register.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍۢ لُّمَزَةٍ |
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter | Woe unto every slandering traducer | Woe to every slanderer, defamer | Woe to every scandal-monger and slanderer | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ |
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by | Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it | Who amasses wealth and counts it - | who amasses wealth and counts it over | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ |
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever | He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal | He thinks that his wealth will make him abide | He supposes his wealth will make him immortal | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ |
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces | Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One | Nay, he will certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster | No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crusher | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ |
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces | Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is | And what will make thee realize what the crushing disaster is | And what will show you what is the Crusher | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ |
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) God kindled (to a blaze) | (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled | It is the Fire kindled by Allah | [It is] the fire of Allah, set ablaze | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ |
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts | Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men) | Which rises over the hearts | which will overspread the hearts | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌۭ |
It shall be made into a vault over them | Lo! it is closed in on the | Surely it is closed in on them | Indeed it will close in upon the | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فِى عَمَدٍۢ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ |
In columns outstretched | In outstretched columns | In extended columns | in outstretched columns | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا |
By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit) | By the emissary winds, (sent) one after anothe | By those sent forth to spread goodness | By the successive emissaries | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا |
Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts | By the raging hurricanes | Then those driving off the chaff | by the raging hurricanes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا |
And scatter (things) far and wide | By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive | And those spreading (goodness), far and wide | by the sweeping spreaders | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا |
Then separate them, one from another | By those who winnow with a winnowing | Then those making a distinction | by the decisive separators | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا |
Then spread abroad a Message | By those who bring down the Reminder | Then those offering the Reminder | by the inspirers of remembrance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا |
Whether of Justification or of Warning; | To excuse or to warn | To clear or to warn! - | to excuse or to warn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ |
Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass | Surely that which ye are promised will befall | Surely that which you are promised will come to pass | indeed what you are promised will surely befall | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ |
Then when the stars become dim | So when the stars are put out | So when the stars are made to disappear | So when the stars are blotted out | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ |
When the heaven is cleft asunder | And when the sky is riven asunder | And when the heaven is rent asunder | and when the sky is split | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ |
When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust | And when the mountains are blown away | And when the mountains are carried away as dust | and when the mountains are scattered [like dust] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ |
And when the apostles are (all) appointed a time (to collect); | And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed | And when the messengers are made to reach their appointed time | and when the time is set for the apostles [to witness] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ |
For what Day are these (portents) deferred | For what day is the time appointed | To what day is the doom fixed | —for what day has [all] that been set [to occur] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ |
For the Day of Sorting out | For the Day of Decision | To the day of Decision | For the Day of Judgement | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ |
And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out | And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! | And what will make thee comprehend what the day of Decision is | And what will show you what is the Day of Judgement | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |
Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil) | Destroyed We not the former folk | Did We not destroy the former generations | Did We not destroy the ancients | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ |
So shall We make later (generations) follow them | Then caused the latter folk to follow after | Then We followed them up with later ones | [and] then made the latter ones follow them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
Thus do We deal with men of sin | Thus deal We ever with the guilty | Thus do We deal with the guilty | That is how We deal with the guilty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ |
Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable? | Did We not create you from a base flui | Did We not create you from ordinary water | Have We not created you from a base fluid | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ |
The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed | Which We laid up in a safe abod | Then We placed it in a secure resting-place | [and] then lodged it in a secure abod | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ |
For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need) | For a known term | Till an appointed term | until a known span [of time] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ |
For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things) | Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging | So We determined -- how well are We at determining | Then We designed; so how excellent designers We are | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا |
Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together | Have We not made the earth a receptacl | Have We not made the earth draw to itsel | Have We not made the earth a receptacl | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا |
The living and the dead | Both for the living and the dead | The living and the dead | for the living and the dead | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا |
And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome) | And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein | And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water | and set in it lofty [and] firm mountains, and given you agreeable water to drink | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ |
(It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false | (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny | Walk on to that which you called a lie | [They will be told]: ‘Get off toward what you used to deny | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ |
"Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns | Depart unto the shadow falling threefold | Walk on to the shadow, having three branches | Get off toward the triple-forked shadow | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ |
"(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze | (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame | Neither cool, nor availing against the flame | which is neither shady nor is of any avail against the flame | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ |
"Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts | Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles | It sends up sparks like palaces | Indeed it throws up sparks [huge] like palaces | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ |
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)." | (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue | As if they were tawny camels | [bright] as if they were yellow camels | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ |
That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak | This is a day wherein they speak not | This is the day on which they speak not | This is a day wherein they will not speak | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ |
Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas | Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses | Nor are they allowed to offer excuses | nor will they be permitted to offer excuses | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |
That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you) | This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together | This is the day of Decision; We have gathered you and those of yore | ‘This is the Day of Judgement. We have brought together you and the ancients | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ |
Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me | If now ye have any wit, outwit Me | So if you have a plan, plan against me (now) | If you have any stratagems [left], try out your stratagems against Me!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ |
As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water) | Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains | Surely the dutiful are amid shades and fountains | Indeed the Godwary will be amid shades and springs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ |
And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire | And fruits such as they desire | And fruits such as they desire | and fruits, such as they desire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
"Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked (Righteousness) | (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did | Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did | [They will be told:] ‘Enjoy your food and drink, [as a reward] for what you used to do.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ |
Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good | Thus do We reward the good | Thus do We reward the doers of good | Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ |
(O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners | Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty | East and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty | ‘Eat and enjoy a little! You are indeed guilty.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ |
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so | When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down | And when it is said to them, Bow down, they bow not down | When they are told, ‘Bow down,’ they do not bow down | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth | Woe unto the repudiators on that day | Woe on that day to the rejectors | Woe to the deniers on that day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
Then what Message, after that, will they believe in | In what statement, after this, will they believe | In what narration after it, will they believe | So what discourse will they believe after this | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ |
Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's Apostle) | Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an | Almighty (God)! By the glorious Qur’an | Qaf. By the glorious Qur’an | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ |
But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing | Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing | Nay, they wonder that a warner has come to them from among themselves; so the disbelievers say: This is a wonderful thing | Rather they consider it odd that a warner should have come to them from among themselves. So the faithless say, ‘This is an odd thing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 3 |
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌۭ |
"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)." | When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return | When we die and become dust -- that is a far return | What! When we are dead and have become dust [shall we be raised again]? That is a far-fetched return!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 4 |
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ |
We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account) | We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book | We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them and with Us is a book that preserves | We know what the earth diminishes from them, and with Us is a preserving Book | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍۢ مَّرِيجٍ |
But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state | Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case | Nay, they reject the Truth when it comes to them, so they are in a state of confusion | Rather they denied the truth when it came to them; so they are now in a perplexed state of affairs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍۢ |
Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it | Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein | Do they not look at the sky above them? -- how We have made it and adorned it and it has no gaps | Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have built it and adorned it, and that there are no cracks in it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍۢ |
And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs) | And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon | And the earth, We have spread it out, and cast therein mountains, and We have made to grow therein of every beautiful kind - | And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and caused every delightful kind to grow in it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 8 |
تَبْصِرَةًۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍۢ مُّنِيبٍۢ |
To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to God) | A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave | To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who turns (to Allah) | [In this there is] an insight and admonition for every penitent servant | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ مُّبَٰرَكًۭا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ |
And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests | And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops | And We send down from the clouds water abounding in good, then We cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped | And We send down from the sky salubrious water, with which We grow gardens and the grain which is harvested | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 10 |
وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍۢ لَّهَا طَلْعٌۭ نَّضِيدٌۭ |
And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another; | And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters | And the tall palm-trees having flower spikes piled one above another - | and tall date palms with regularly set spathes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 11 |
رِّزْقًۭا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ |
As sustenance for (God's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection | Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead | A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the rising | as a provision for servants; and with it We revive a dead country. Likewise will be the rising [from the dead] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 12 |
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ |
Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud | The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud | Before them the people of Noah rejected (the Truth) and (so did) the dwellers of Al-Rads and Thamu | The people of Noah denied before them, and [so did] the inhabitants of Rass and Thamud | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍۢ |
The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut | And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot | And ‘Ad and Pharaoh and Lot’s brethren | and ‘a€d, Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 14 |
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ ۚ كُلٌّۭ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ |
The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of them) rejected the apostles, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in them) | And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect | And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tubba. They all rejected the messengers, so My threat came to pass | and the inhabitants of Aykah and the people of Tubba‘. Each [of them] impugned the apostles, and so My threat became due [against them] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 15 |
أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍۢ مِّنْ خَلْقٍۢ جَدِيدٍۢ |
Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation | Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation | Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation | Were We exhausted by the first creation? Rather they are in doubt about a new creation | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 16 |
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ |
It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein | We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein | And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him -- and We are nearer to him than his life-vein | Certainly We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 17 |
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌۭ |
Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left | When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left | When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left | When the twin recorders record [his deeds], seated on the right hand and on the left | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ |
Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it) | He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready | He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand | he says no word but that there is a ready observer beside him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ |
And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!" | And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun | And the stupor of death comes in truth; that is what thou wouldst shun | Then the agony of death brings the truth: ‘This is what you used to shun!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 20 |
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ |
And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning (had been given) | And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day | And the trumpet is blown. That is the day of threatening | Then the Trumpet will be blown: ‘This is the promised day.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 21 |
وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌۭ وَشَهِيدٌۭ |
And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness | And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness | And every soul comes, with it a driver and a witness | Then every soul will come accompanied by a driver and a witness | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 22 |
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌۭ |
(It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!" | (And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day | Thou wast indeed heedless of this, but now We have removed from thee thy veil, so thy sight is sharp this day | ‘You were certainly oblivious of this. We have removed your veil from you, and so your sight is acute today.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 23 |
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ |
And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with me!" | And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony) | And his companion will say: This is what is ready with me | Then his companion will say, ‘This is what is ready with me [of testimony].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 24 |
أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ |
(The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of God)! | (And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate | Cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one | ‘The two of you cast every obdurate ingrate into hell | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 25 |
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍۢ مُّرِيبٍ |
"Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and suspicions | Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter | Forbidder of good, exceeder of limits, doubter | [every] hinderer of all good, transgressor, and skeptic | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 26 |
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ |
"Who set up another god beside God: Throw him into a severe penalty." | Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom | Who sets up another god with Allah, so cast him into severe chastisement | who has set up another god along with Allah! So the two of you cast him into the severe punishment.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 27 |
۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ |
His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray." | His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error | His companion will say: Our Lord, I did not cause him to rebel but he himself went far in error | His companion will say, ‘Our Lord! I did not make him a rebel, but he [himself] was in extreme error.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 28 |
قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ |
He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had already in advance sent you Warning | He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning | He will say: Dispute not in My presence, and indeed I gave you warning beforehand | He will say, ‘Do not wrangle in My presence, for I had already warned you in advance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 29 |
مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍۢ لِّلْعَبِيدِ |
"The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to My Servants." | The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves | My sentence cannot be changed, nor am I in the least unjust to the servants | The word [of judgement] is unalterable with Me, and I am not tyrannical to the servants.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 30 |
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍۢ |
One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?" | On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come | On the day when We say to hell: Art thou filled up? And it will say: Are there any more | The day when We shall say to hell, ‘Are you full?’ It will say, ‘Is there any more?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 31 |
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ |
And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant | And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant | And the Garden is brought near for those who guard against evil -- (it is) not distant | And paradise will be brought near for the Godwary, not distant [any more] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 32 |
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍۢ |
(A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every one who turned (to God) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law) | (And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one | This is what you are promised -- for every one turning (to Allah), keeping (the limits) - | ‘This is what you were promised. [It is] for every penitent and dutiful [servant] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 33 |
مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍۢ مُّنِيبٍ |
"Who feared (God) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him) | Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart | Who fears the Beneficent in secret, and comes with a penitent heart | who fears the All-beneficent in secret and comes with a penitent heart | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍۢ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ |
"Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!" | Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality | Enter it in peace. That is the day of abiding | Enter it in peace! This is the day of immortality.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌۭ |
There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our Presence | There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us | For them therein is all they wish, and with Us is yet more | There they will have whatever they wish, and with Us there is yet more | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًۭا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ |
But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them) | And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came) | And how many a generation We destroyed before them who were mightier in prowess than they! so they went about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge | How many generations We have destroyed before them, who were stronger than these, insomuch that they ransacked the towns?! Is there any escape [from Allah’s punishment] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌۭ |
Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth) | Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence | Surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness | There is indeed an admonition in that for one who has a heart, or gives ear, being attentive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍۢ |
We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us | And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us | And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and no fatigue touched Us | Certainly We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days, and any fatigue did not touch Us | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ |
Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting | Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun | So bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting | So be patient over what they say, and celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the sunset | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ |
And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so likewise) after the postures of adoration | And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations | And glorify Him in the night and after prostration | and glorify Him through part of the night and after the prostrations | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ |
And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quite near, | And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place | And listen on the day when the crier cries from a near place - | And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ |
The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection | The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves) | The day when they hear the cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth | the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ |
Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal | Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying | Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual coming - | Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the destination | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌۭ |
The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us | On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make) | The day when the earth cleaves asunder from them, hastening forth. That is a gathering easy to Us | The day the earth is split open for [disentombing] them, [they will come out] hastening. That mustering is easy for Us [to carry out] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍۢ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ |
We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning | We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat | We know best what they say, and thou art not one to compel them. So remind by means of the Qur’an him who fears My threat | We know best what they say, and you are not to be a tyrant over them. So admonish by the Qur’an him who fears My threat | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ |
I do call to witness this City; | Nay, I swear by this city | Nay, I call to witness this City | I swear by this town | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ |
And thou art a freeman of this City; | And thou art an indweller of this city | And thou wilt be made free from obligation in this City - | as you reside in this town | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ |
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; | And the begetter and that which he begat | And the begetter and he whom he begot | by the father and him whom he begot | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ |
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle | We verily have created man in an atmosphere | We have certainly created man to face difficulties | certainly We created man in travail | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ |
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him | Thinketh he that none hath power over him | Does he think that no one has power over him | Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا |
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance | And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth | He will say: I have wasted much wealth | He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ |
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him | Thinketh he that none beholdeth him | Does he think that no one sees him | Does he suppose that no one sees him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ |
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? | Did We not assign unto him two eye | Have We not given him two eyes | Have We not made for him two eyes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ |
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? | And a tongue and two lips | And a tongue and two lips | a tongue, and two lips | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ |
And shown him the two highways | And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways | And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways | and shown him the two paths [of good and evil] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ |
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep | But he hath not attempted the Ascent | But he attempts not the uphill road | Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ |
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? | Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! | And what will make thee comprehend what the uphill road is | And what will show you what is the uphill task | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ |
(It is:) freeing the bondman | (It is) to free a slave | (It is) to free a slave | [It is] the freeing of a slave | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ |
Or the giving of food in a day of privatio | And to feed in the day of hunger | Or to feed in a day of hunge | or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ |
To the orphan with claims of relationship | An orphan near of kin | An orphan nearly related | or an orphan among relatives | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ |
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust | Or some poor wretch in misery | Or the poor man lying in the dust | or a needy man in desolation | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ |
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion | And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity | Then he is of those who believe and exhort one another to patience, and exhort one another to mercy | while being one of those who have faith and who enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ |
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand | Their place will be on the right hand | These are the people of the right hand | They are the People of the Right Hand | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ |
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand | But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand | And those who disbelieve in Our messages, they are the people of the left hand | But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ |
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round) | Fire will be an awning over them | On them is Fire closed over | [Imposed] upon them will be a closed Fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ |
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein); | By the heaven and the Morning Sta | By the heaven and the Comer by night | By the sky, by the nightly visitor | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ |
And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is? | - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is | And what will make thee know what the Comer by night is | (and what will show you what is the nightly visitor | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ |
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness; | - The piercing Star | The star of piercing brightness - | It is the brilliant star) | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ |
There is no soul but has a protector over it | No human soul but hath a guardian over it | There is not a soul but over it is a keeper | there is a guard over every soul | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ |
Now let man but think from what he is created | So let man consider from what he is created | So let man consider of what he is created | So let man consider from what he was created | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ |
He is created from a drop emitted | He is created from a gushing flui | He is created of water pouring forth | He was created from an effusing flui | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ |
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs | That issued from between the loins and ribs | Coming from between the back and the ribs | which issues from between the loins and the breast-bones | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ |
Surely (God) is able to bring him back (to life) | Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life | Surely he is able to return him (to life) | Indeed He is able to bring him back [after death] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ |
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested | On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out | On the day when hidden things are manifested | on the day when the secrets are examined | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ |
(Man) will have no power, and no helper | Then will he have no might nor any helper | Then he will have no strength nor helper | and he shall have neither power nor helper | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ |
By the Firmament which returns (in its round) | By the heaven which giveth the returning rain | By the cloud giving rain | By the resurgent sky | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ |
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), | And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants | And the earth opening (with herbage) | by the furrowed earth | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ |
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil) | Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word | Surely it is a decisive word | it is indeed a decisive word | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ |
It is not a thing for amusement | It is no pleasantry | And it is not a joke | and it is not a jest | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا |
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme | Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad | Surely they plan a plan | Indeed they are devising a stratagem | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا |
And I am planning a scheme | And I plot a plot (against them) | And I plan a plan | and I [too] am devising a plan | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا |
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile) | So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while | So grant the disbelievers a respite -- let them alone for a while | So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ |
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder | The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain | Wonder you then at this announcement | The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌۭ مُّسْتَمِرٌّۭ |
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic." | And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion | And do you laugh and not weep | If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍۢ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ |
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time | They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decisio | While you sport | They denied, and followed their own desires, and every matter has a setting [appropriate to it] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ |
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them) | And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter | So bow down in prostration before Allah and serve (Him) | There have already come to them reports containing admonishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ |
Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not | Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not | The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent asunder | [and representing] far-reaching wisdom; but warnings are of no avail | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ نُّكُرٍ |
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair | So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing | And if they see a sign, they turn away and say: Strong enchantment | So turn away from them! The day when the Caller calls to a dire thing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌۭ مُّنتَشِرٌۭ |
They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad | With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad | And they deny and follow their low desires; and every affair is settled | with a humbled look [in their eyes], they will emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌۭ |
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say | Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day | And certainly narratives have come to them, which should deter - | scrambling toward the summoner. The faithless will say, ‘This is a hard day!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌۭ وَٱزْدُجِرَ |
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out | The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed | Consummate wisdom -- but warnings avail not | The people of Noah impugned before them. So they impugned Our servant and said, ‘A crazy man,’ and he was reviled | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌۭ فَٱنتَصِرْ |
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!" | So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help | So turn away from them. On the day when the Inviter invites them to a hard task - | Thereat he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘I have been overcome, so help [me].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍۢ مُّنْهَمِرٍۢ |
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth | Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring wate | Their eyes cast down, they will go forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts | Then We opened the gates of the sky with pouring waters | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًۭا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍۢ قَدْ قُدِرَ |
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed | And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose | Hastening to the Inviter. The disbelievers will say: This is a hard day | and We made the earth burst forth with springs, and the waters met for a preordained purpose | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍۢ وَدُسُرٍۢ |
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm- fibre | And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails | Before them the people of Noah rejected -- they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away | We bore him on a vessel made of planks and nails | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءًۭ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ |
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn) | That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected | So he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, so do Thou help | which sailed [over the flood waters] in Our sight, as a retribution for him who was repudiated | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةًۭ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition | And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth | Then We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down | Certainly We have left it as a sign; so is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings | And made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained | So how were My punishment and My warnings | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth | And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails | Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌۭ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning | (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings | Floating on, before Our eyes -- a reward for him who was denied | [The people of] ‘a€d impugned [their apostle]. So how were My punishment and My warnings | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًۭا صَرْصَرًۭا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍۢ مُّسْتَمِرٍّۢ |
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster | Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity | And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there any that will mind | Indeed We unleashed upon them an icy gale on an incessantly ill-fated day | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍۢ مُّنقَعِرٍۢ |
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground) | Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees | How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning | knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings | And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind | So how were My punishment and My warnings? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth | ‘Ad denied, so how terrible was My chastisement and My warning | Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ |
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners | (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warning | Surely We sent on them a furious wind in a day of bitter ill-luck | [The people of] Thamud denied the warnings | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًۭا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًۭا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍ |
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad | For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness | Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up | and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌۭ |
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!" | Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar | How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning | ‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? Rather he is a self-conceited liar.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًۭا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ |
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one | (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar | And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind | ‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ |
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience | Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience | Thamud rejected the warning | We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍۢ مُّحْتَضَرٌۭ |
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns) | And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed | To-morrow they will know who is the liar, the insolent one | Inform them that the water is to be dispensed between them; every drinking will be attended.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ |
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her) | But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her) | Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and have patience | But they called their companion, and he took [a knife] and hamstrung [her] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings | And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be attended | So how were My punishment and My warnings? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ |
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle | Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold | But they called their companion, so he took (a sword) and hamstrung (her) | We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth | How (terrible) was then My chastisement and My warning | Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ |
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning | The folk of Lot rejected warnings | Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees, which the maker of an enclosure collects | And the people of Lot denied the warnings | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍۢ |
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, | Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night | And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind | We unleashed a rain of stones upon them, excepting the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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نِّعْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ |
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks | As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks | The people of Lot treated the warning as a lie | as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ |
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning | And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings | Surely We sent upon them a stone-storm, except Lot’s followers; We saved them a little before daybreak - | He had certainly warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed the warnings | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning." | They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings | A favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks | Certainly they even solicited of him his guests, whereat We blotted out their eyes, [saying,] ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌۭ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ |
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them | And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning | And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they disputed the warning | Certainly early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ |
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning." | Now taste My punishment after My warnings | And certainly they endeavoured to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning | ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth | And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning | Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ |
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from God) | And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharao | So taste My chastisement and My warning | Certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh’s cla | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍ |
The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will | Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful | And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind | who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌۭ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ |
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books | Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures | And certainly the warning came to Pharaoh’s people | Are your faithless better than those, or have you [been granted] some immunity in the scriptures | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ |
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves" | Or say they: We are a host victorious | They rejected all Our signs, so We overtook them with the seizing of the Mighty, the Powerful | Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ |
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs | The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee | Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny | The league will be routed and turn its back [to flee] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ |
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter | Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure) | Are your disbelievers better than these, or have you an immunity in the scriptures | Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍۢ |
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad | Lo! the guilty are in error and madness | Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour is most grievous and bitter | Indeed the guilty are in error and madness | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ |
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!" | On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell | Surely the guilty are in error and distress | The day when they are dragged into the Fire on their faces, [it will be said to them,] ‘Taste the touch of hell!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍۢ |
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure | Lo! We have created every thing by measure | On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces: Taste the touch of hell | Indeed We have created everything in a measure | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌۭ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ |
And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye | And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye | Surely We have created everything according to a measure | and Our command is but a single [word], like the twinkling of an eye | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ |
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition | And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth | And Our command is but once, as the twinkling of an eye | Certainly We have destroyed your likes. So is there anyone who will be admonished | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ |
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds) | And every thing they did is in the scriptures | And certainly We destroyed your fellows, but is there any one who will mind | Everything they have done is in the books | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍۢ وَكَبِيرٍۢ مُّسْتَطَرٌ |
Every matter, small and great, is on record | And every small and great thing is recorded | And everything they do is in the writings | and everything big and small, is committed to writing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَهَرٍۢ |
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers | Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers | And everything small and great is written down | Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and streams | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ |
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent | Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King | Surely the dutiful will be among Gardens and rivers | in the abode of truthfulness with an omnipotent King | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ صٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ |
Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth) | Sad. By the renowned Qur'an | Truthful God! By the Qur’an, possessing eminence | á¹¢ad. By the Qur’an bearing the Reminder | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍۢ وَشِقَاقٍۢ |
But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism | Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism | Nay, those who disbelieve are in self-exaltation and opposition | Yet the faithless dwell in conceit and defiance | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍۢ |
How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved | How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape | How many a generation We destroyed before them, then they cried when there was no longer time for escape | How many a generation We have destroyed before them! They cried out [for help], but it was no more the time for escape | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌۭ كَذَّابٌ |
So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies | And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan | And they wonder that a warner from among themselves has come to them, and the disbelievers say: This is an enchanter, a liar | They consider it odd that there should come to them a warner from among themselves, and the faithless say, ‘This is a magician, a mendacious liar.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 5 |
أَجَعَلَ ٱلْءَالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌۭ |
"Has he made the gods (all) into one God? Truly this is a wonderful thing!" | Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing | Makes he the gods a single God? Surely this is a strange thing | ‘Has he reduced the gods to one god? This is indeed an odd thing!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 6 |
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌۭ يُرَادُ |
And the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying), "Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly a thing designed (against you) | The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be staunch to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed | And the chiefs among them say: Go and steadily adhere to your gods: surely this is a thing intended | Their elite go about [urging others]: ‘Go and stand by your gods! This is indeed the desirable thing [to do] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 7 |
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ |
"We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days: this is nothing but a made-up tale!" | We have not heard of this in later religion. This is naught but an invention | We never heard of this in the former faith: this is nothing but a forgery | We did not hear of this in the latter-day creed. This is nothing but a fabrication | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ |
"What! has the Message been sent to him - (Of all persons) among us?"...but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay, they have not yet tasted My Punishment | Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom | Has the Reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay, they are in doubt as to My Reminder. Nay, they have not yet tasted My chastisement | Has the reminder been sent down to him out of [all of] us?’ Rather they are in doubt concerning My reminder. Rather they have not yet tasted My punishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 9 |
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ |
Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure | Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower | Or, have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great Giver | Do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord, the All-mighty, the All-munificent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ |
Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all between? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach that end) | Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes | Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them theirs? Then let them rise higher in means | Do they own the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them? [If so,] let them ascend [to the higher spheres] by the means [of ascension] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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جُندٌۭ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ |
But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates | A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there | What an army of the allies is here put to flight | [They are but] a routed host out there, from among the factions | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ |
Before them (were many who) rejected apostles,- the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes | The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted | The people of Noah, and ‘Ad, and Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, rejected (prophets) before them | Before them Noah’s people impugned [their apostle] and [so did the people of] ‘a€d, and Pharaoh, the Impaler [of his victims] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 13 |
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ |
And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates | And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in the wood: these were the factions | And Thamud and the people of Lot and the dwellers of the thicket. These were the parties (opposing Truth) | and Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of Aykah: those were the factions | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ |
Not one (of them) but rejected the apostles, but My punishment came justly and inevitably (on them) | Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was justified | Not one of them but rejected the messengers, so just was My retribution | Each of them did not but impugn the apostles; so My retribution became due [against them] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍۢ |
These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay | These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto | And these wait but for one cry, wherein there is no delay | These do not await but a single Cry which will not grant any respite | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ |
They say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day of Account!" | They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the Day of Reckoning | And they say: Our Lord, hasten on for us our portion before the day of Reckoning | They say, ‘Our Lord! Hasten on for us our share before the Day of Reckoning.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ |
Have patience at what they say, and remember our servant David, the man of strength: for he ever turned (to God) | Bear with what they say, and remember Our bondman David, lord of might, Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah) | Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant David, the possessor power. He ever turned (to Allah) | Be patient over what they say, and remember Our servant, David, [the man] of strength. Indeed he was a penitent [soul] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ |
It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our Praises, at eventide and at break of day | Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him at nightfall and sunrise | Truly We made the mountains subject to him, glorifying (Allah) at nightfall and sunrise | Indeed We disposed the mountains to glorify [Allah] with him at evening and dawn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًۭ ۖ كُلٌّۭ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ |
And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (to God) | And the birds assembled; all were turning unto Him | And the birds gathered together. All were obedient to him | and the birds [as well], mustered [in flocks], all echoing him [in a chorus] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ |
We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and sound judgment in speech and decision | We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech | And We strengthened his kingdom and We gave him wisdom and a clear judgment | We made his kingdom firm and gave him wisdom and conclusive speech | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ |
Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed over the wall of the private chamber | And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber | And has the story of the adversaries come to thee? When they made an entry into the private chamber by climbing the wall - | Has there not come to you the account of the contenders, when they scaled the wall into the sanctuary | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ |
When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of them, they said: "Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, but guide us to the even Path. | How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said: Be not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the other, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the fair way | When they came upon David so he was afraid of them. They said: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has wronged the other, so decide between us with justice, and act not unjustly, and guide us to the right way | When they entered into the presence of David, he was alarmed by them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid. [We are only] two contenders: one of us has bullied the other. So judge justly between us, and do not exceed [the bounds of justice], and show us the right path.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌۭ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةًۭ وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ |
"This man is my brother: He has nine and ninety ewes, and I have (but) one: Yet he says, 'commit her to my care,' and is (moreover) harsh to me in speech." | Lo! this my brother hath ninety and nine ewes while I had one ewe; and he said: Entrust it to me, and he conquered me in speech | This is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes and I have a single ewe. Then he said, Make it over to me, and he has prevailed against me in dispute | ‘Indeed this brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes, while I have only a single ewe, and [yet] he says, ‘Commit it to my care,’ and he browbeats me in speech.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌۭ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًۭا وَأَنَابَ ۩ |
(David) said: "He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding thy (single) ewe to be added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the partners (in business) who wrong each other: Not so do those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and h ow few are they?"...and David gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of his Lord, fell down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to God in repentance) | (David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition to his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as believe and do good works, and they are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed himself and fell down prostrate and repented | He said: Surely he has wronged thee in demanding thy ewe (to add) to his own ewes. And surely many partners wrong one another save those who believe and do good, and very few are they! And David knew that We had tried him, so he asked his Lord for protection, and he fell down bowing and turned (to God) | He said, ‘He has certainly wronged you by asking your ewe in addition to his ewes, and indeed many partners bully one another, except such as have faith and do righteous deeds, and few are they.’ Then David knew that We had indeed tested him, whereat he pleaded with his Lord for forgiveness, and fell down prostrate and repented | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ |
So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return | So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a happy journey's end | So We gave him this protection, and he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort | So We forgave him that and indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ |
O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou between men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of God: for those who wander astray from the Path of G od, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account | (And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah. Lo! those who wander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the Day of Reckoning | O David, surely We have made thee a ruler in the land; so judge between men justly and follow not desire, lest it lead thee astray from the path of Allah. Those who go astray from the path of Allah, for them is surely a severe chastisement because they forgot the day of Reckoning | ‘O David! Indeed We have made you a vicegerent on the earth. So judge between people with justice, and do not follow desire, or it will lead you astray from the way of Allah. Indeed those who stray from the way of Allah —there is a severe punishment for them because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ |
Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell) | And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. And woe unto those who disbelieve, from the Fire | And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. So woe to those who disbelieve on account of the Fire | We did not create the sky and the earth and whatever is between them in vain. That is a conjecture of the faithless. So woe to the faithless for the Fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ |
Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right | Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the wicked | Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make the dutiful like the wicked | Shall We treat those who have faith and do righteous deeds like those who cause corruption on the earth? Shall We treat the Godwary like the vicious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌۭ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ |
(Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition | (This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect | (This is) a Book that We have revealed to thee abounding in good, that they may ponder over its verses, and that the men of understanding may mind | [It is] a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs, and that those who possess intellect may take admonition | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ |
To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us) | And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah) | And We gave to David Solomon. Most excellent the servant! Surely he ever turned (to Allah) | And to David We gave Solomon —what an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ |
Behold, there were brought before him, at eventide coursers of the highest breeding, and swift of foot | When there were shown to him at eventide lightfooted courser | When well-bred, swift (horses) were brought to him at evening - | When one evening there were displayed before him prancing steeds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ |
And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night) | And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain | So he said, I love the good things on account of the remembrance of my Lord -- until they were hidden behind the veil | he said, ‘Indeed I have preferred the love of [worldly] niceties to the remembrance of my Lord until [the sun] disappeared behind the [night’s] veil.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ |
"Bring them back to me." then began he to pass his hand over (their) legs and their necks | (Then he said): Bring them back to me, and fell to slashing (with his sword their) legs and necks | (He said): Bring them back to me. So he began to stroke (their) legs and necks | ‘Bring it back for me!’ Then he [and others] began to wipe [their] legs and necks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًۭا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ |
And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion) | And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent | And certainly we tried Solomon, and We put on his throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah) | Certainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ |
He said, "O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which, (it may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of Bounties (without measure) | He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as shall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower | He said: My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is not fit for any one after me; surely Thou art the Great Giver | He said, ‘My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom that does not befit anyone except me. Indeed You are the All-munificent.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ |
Then We subjected the wind to his power, to flow gently to his order, Whithersoever he willed, | So We made the wind subservient unto him, setting fair by his command whithersoever he intended | So We made the wind subservient to him; it made his command to run gently wherever he desired | So We disposed the wind for him, blowing softly by his command wherever he intended | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍۢ وَغَوَّاصٍۢ |
As also the evil ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver, | And the unruly, every builder and diver (made We subservient) | And the devils, every builder and diver | and the devils [as well as], every builder and diver | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ |
As also others bound together in fetters | And others linked together in chains | And others fettered in chains | and others [too] bound together in chains | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ |
"Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others) or withhold them, no account will be asked." | (Saying): This is Our gift, so bestow thou, or withhold, without reckoning | This is Our free gift, so give freely or withhold, without reckoning | ‘This is Our bounty: so give away or withhold, without any reckoning.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ |
And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place of (Final) Return | And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end | And surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort | Indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍۢ وَعَذَابٍ |
Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord: "The Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering!" | And make mention (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto his Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment | And remember Our servant Job. When he cried to his Lord: The devil has afflicted me with toil and torment | And remember Our servant Job [in the Qur’an]. When he called out to his Lord, ‘The devil has visited on me hardship and torment,’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌۭ وَشَرَابٌۭ |
(The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (water) wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink." | (And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink | Urge with thy foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink | [We told him:] ‘Stamp your foot on the ground; this [ensuing spring] is a cooling bath and drink.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ |
And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who have Understanding | And We bestowed on him (again) his household and therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding | And We gave him his people and the like of them with them, a mercy from Us, and a reminder for men of understanding | And We gave [back] his family to him along with others like them, as a mercy from Us and an admonition for those who possess intellect | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًۭا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًۭا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ |
"And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and break not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience and constancy. How excellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us) | And (it was said unto him): Take in thine hand a branch and smite therewith, and break not thine oath. Lo! We found him steadfast, how excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (to his Lord) | And take in thy hand few worldly goods and earn goodness therewith and incline not to falsehood. Surely We found him patient; most excellent the servant! Surely he (ever) turned (to Us) | [We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand and then strike [your wife] with it, but do not break [your] oath.’ Indeed We found him to be patient. What an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ |
And commemorate Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, possessors of Power and Vision | And make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of parts and vision | And remember Our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, men of power and insight | And remember Our servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of strength and insight | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ |
Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the Message of the Hereafter | Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of the Hereafter) | We indeed purified them by a pure quality, the keeping in mind of the (final) abode | Indeed We purified them with the exclusiveness of the remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ |
They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and the Good | Lo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent | And surely they were with Us, of the elect, the best | Indeed with Us they are surely among the elect of the best | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ |
And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha, and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of the Company of the Good | And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the chosen | And remember Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu-l-Kifl; and they were all of the best | And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu’l-Kifl —each [of whom was] among the elect | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ |
This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is a beautiful Place of (Final) Return, | This is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy journey's end | This is a reminder and surely there is an excellent resort for the dutiful | This is a reminder, and indeed the Godwary have a good destinatio | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍۢ مُّفَتَّحَةًۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ |
Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be open to them | Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them | Gardens of perpetuity -- the doors are opened for them | —the Gardens of Eden, whose gates are flung open for them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ وَشَرَابٍۢ |
Therein will they recline (at ease): Therein can they call (at pleasure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink | Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink (that is) therein | Reclining therein, calling therein for many fruits and drink | Reclining therein [on couches], therein they ask for abundant fruits and drinks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ |
And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances, (companions) of equal age | And with them are those of modest gaze, companions | And with them are those modest in gaze, equals in age | and with them will be maidens of restrained glances of a like age | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ |
Such is the Promise made, to you for the Day of Account | This it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning | This is what you are promised for the day of Reckoning | This is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ |
Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail; | Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away | Surely this is Our sustenance; it will never come to an end - | This is indeed Our provision, which will never be exhausted | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍۢ |
Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (Final) Return! | This (is for the righteous). And lo! for the transgressors there with be an evil journey's end | This (is for the good)! And surely there is an evil resort for the inordinate - | This [is for the righteous], and as for the rebellious there will surely be a bad destinatio | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ |
Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)! | Hell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place | Hell. They will enter it. So evil is the resting-place | —hell, which they shall enter, an evil resting place | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌۭ وَغَسَّاقٌۭ |
Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold! | Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it | This -- so let them taste it, boiling and intensely cold (drink) | This; let them taste it: scalding water and pus | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ |
And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them | And other (torment) of the kind in pairs (the two extremes) | And other similar (punishment), of various sorts | and other kinds [of torments] resembling it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذَا فَوْجٌۭ مُّقْتَحِمٌۭ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ |
Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them! truly, they shall burn in the Fire | Here is an army rushing blindly with you. (Those who are already in the Fire say): No word of welcome for them. Lo! they will roast at the Fire | This is an army rushing headlong with you -- no welcome for them! Surely they will burn in fire | ‘This is a group plunging [into hell] along with you.’ ‘May wretchedness be their lot! They will indeed enter the Fire.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ |
(The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!" | They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight | They say: Nay! you -- no welcome to you! You prepared it for us, so evil is the resting-place | They say, ‘Rather, may wretchedness be your lot! You prepared this [hell] for us. What an evil abode!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا فِى ٱلنَّارِ |
They will say: "Our Lord! whoever brought this upon us,- Add to him a double Penalty in the Fire!" | They say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him double portion of the Fire | They say: Our Lord, whoever prepared it for us, give him more, a double, punishment in the Fire | They say, ‘Our Lord! Whoever has prepared this for us, double his punishment in the Fire!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًۭا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ |
And they will say: "What has happened to us that we see not men whom we used to number among the bad ones | And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked | And they say: What is the matter with us? -- we see not men whom we used to count among the vicious | And they say, ‘What is the matter with us that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count among the bad ones | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ |
"Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?" | Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them | Did we (only) take them in scorn, or do our eyes miss them | Did we ridicule them [unduly in the world], or do [our] eyes miss them [here]?&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّۭ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ |
Truly that is just and fitting,- the mutual recriminations of the People of the Fire | Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire | That surely is the truth -- the contending one with another of the inmates of the Fire | That is indeed a truth: the contentions of the inmates of the Fire | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌۭ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ |
Say: "Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one God, Supreme and Irresistible, | Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no Allah save Allah, the One, the Absolute | Say: I am only a warner; and there is no God but Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all) - | Say , ‘I am just a warner, and there is no god except Allah, the One, the All-paramount | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ |
"The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- Exalted in Might, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and again." | Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning | The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Mighty, the Forgiving | the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the All-mighty, the All-forgiver.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ |
Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all), | Say: It is tremendous tiding | Say: It is a message of importance | Say, ‘It is a great prophesy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ |
"From which ye do turn away | Whence ye turn away | From which you turn away | of which you are disregardful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ |
"No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discuss (matters) among themselves | I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed | I have no knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they contend | I have no knowledge of the Supernal Elite when they contend | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ |
'Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly." | It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner | Only this is revealed to me that I am a plain warner | All that is revealed to me is that I am just a manifest warner.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن طِينٍۢ |
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay | When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire | When thy Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal from dust | When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ |
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him." | And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate | So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down submitting to him | So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ |
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together | The angels fell down prostrate, every one | And the angels submitted, all of them | Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ |
Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those who reject Faith | Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers | But not Iblis. He was proud and he was one of the disbelievers | but not Iblis; he acted arrogantly and he was one of the faithless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ |
(God) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?" | He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted | He said: O Iblis, what prevented thee from submitting to him whom I created with both My hands? Art thou proud or art thou of the exalted ones | He said, ‘O Iblis! What keeps you from prostrating before that which I have created with My [own] two hands? Are you arrogant, or are you [one] of the exalted ones?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ |
(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay." | He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay | He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, and him Thou didst create of dust | ‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ |
(God) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed | He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast | He said: Go forth from hence! surely thou art driven away | He said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ |
"And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment." | And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment | And surely My curse is on thee to the day of Judgment | and indeed My curse will be on you till the Day of Retribution.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ |
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised." | He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised | He said: My Lord, respite me to the day that they are raised | He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ |
(God) said: "Respite then is granted thee | He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieve | He said: Surely thou art of the respited ones | Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieve | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ |
"Till the Day of the Time Appointed." | Until the day of the time appointed | Till the day of the time made known | until the day of the known time.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
(Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong, | He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one | He said: Then by Thy Might! I will surely lead them all astray | He said, ‘By Your might, I will surely pervert them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ |
"Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)." | Save Thy single-minded slaves among them | Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones | except Your exclusive servants among them.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ |
(God) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just and fitting | He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak | He said: The Truth is, and the truth I speak - | He said, ‘The truth is that —and I speak the truth— | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
"That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one." | That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow thee, together | That I shall fill hell with thee and with all those among them who follow thee | I will surely fill hell with you and all of those who follow you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۢ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ |
Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender | Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating | Say: I ask you no reward for it; nor am I of the impostors | Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, and I am no impostor | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
"This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds | Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all people | It is naught but a Reminder to the nations | It is just a reminder for all the nations | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ |
"And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while." | And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof | And certainly you will come to know about it after a time | and you will surely learn its tidings in due time.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ الٓمٓصٓ |
Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad | Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad | I, Allah, am the best Knower, the Truthful | Alif, Lam, Ma«m, á¹¢ad | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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كِتَٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌۭ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers) | (It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) - so let there be no heaviness in thy heart therefrom - that thou mayst warn thereby, and (it is) a Reminder unto believers | A Book revealed to thee -- so let there be no straitness in thy breast concerning it -- that thou mayest warn thereby, and a Reminder to the believers | [This is] a Book that has been sent down to you —so let there be no disquiet in your heart on its account that you may warn thereby— and as an admonition for the faithful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition | (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect | Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and follow not besides Him any guardians; little do you mind | Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not follow any masters besides Him. Little is the admonition that you take | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ |
How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest | How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them | And how many a town have We destroyed! So Our punishment came to it by night or while they slept at midday | How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came to it at night, or while they were taking a midday nap | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ |
When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong." | No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers | Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that they said: Surely we were wrongdoers | Then their cry, when Our punishment overtook them, was only that they said, ‘We have indeed been wrongdoers!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ |
Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it | Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been sent, and verily We shall question the messengers | Then certainly We shall question those to whom messengers were sent, and We shall question the messengers | We will surely question those to whom the apostles were sent, and We will surely question the apostles | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍۢ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ |
And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place) | Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We were not absent (when it came to pass) | Then surely We shall relate to them with knowledge, and We are never absent | Then We will surely recount to them with knowledge, for We had not been absent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ |
The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper | The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful | And the judging on that day will be just; so as for those whose good deeds are heavy, they are the successful | The weighing [of deeds] on that Day is a truth. As for those whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales —it is they who are the felicitous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ |
Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs | And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their souls because they used to wrong Our revelations | And as for those whose good deeds are light, those are they who ruined their souls because they disbelieved in Our messages | As for those whose deeds weigh light in the scales, —it is they who have ruined their souls, because they used to wrong Our signs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ |
It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give | And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks | And certainly We established you in the earth and made therein means of livelihood for you; little it is that you give thanks | Certainly We have established you on the earth, and made in it [various] means of livelihood for you. Little do you thank | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ |
It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who bow down | And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration | And We indeed created you, then We fashioned you, then We said to the angels: Make submission to Adam. So they submitted, except Iblis; he was not of those who submitted | Certainly We created you, then We formed you, then We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam.’ So they [all] prostrated, but not Iblis: he was not among those who prostrated | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ |
(God) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay." | He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou didst create of mud | He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not submit when I commanded thee? He said: I am better than he; thou hast created me of fire while him Thou didst create of dust | Said He, ‘What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you?’ ‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ |
(God) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)." | He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded | He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it is not for thee to behave proudly therein. Go forth, therefore, surely thou art of the abject ones | ‘Get down from it!’ He said. ‘It is not for you to be arrogant therein. Begone! You are indeed among the degraded ones.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ |
He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up." | He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the dead) | He said: Respite me till the day when they are raised | He said, ‘Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ |
(God) said: "Be thou among those who have respite." | He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved | He said: Thou art surely of the respited ones | Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ |
He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way | He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path | He said: As Thou hast adjudged me to be erring, I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path | ‘As You have consigned me to perversity,’ he said, ‘I will surely lie in wait for them on Your straight path | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ لَءَاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَٰكِرِينَ |
"Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)." | Then I shall come upon them from before them and from behind them and from their right hands and from their left hands, and Thou wilt not find most of them beholden (unto Thee) | Then I shall certainly come upon them from before them and from behind them, and from their right and from their left; and Thou wilt not find most of them thankful | Then I will come at them from their front and from their rear, and from their right and their left, and You will not find most of them to be grateful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
(God) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all | He said: Go forth from hence, degraded, banished. As for such of them as follow thee, surely I will fill hell with all of you | He said: Get out of it, despised, driven away. Whoever of them will follow thee, I will certainly fill hell with you all | Said He, ‘Begone hence, blameful, banished! Whoever of them follows you, I will surely fill hell with you all.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression." | And (unto man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat from whence ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers | And (We said): O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, so eat from whence you desire, but go not near this tree, lest you become of the unjust | [Then He said to Adam,] ‘O Adam, dwell with your mate in paradise, and eat thereof whence you wish; but do not approach this tree, lest you should be among the wrongdoers.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَٰلِدِينَ |
Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for eve r." | Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals | But the devil made an evil suggestion to them that he might make manifest to them that which had been hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord has forbidden you this tree, lest you become angels or become of the immortals | Then Satan tempted them, to expose to them what was hidden from them of their nakedness, and he said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you from this tree lest you should become angels, or lest you become immortal.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ |
And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser | And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you | And he swore to them both: Surely I am a sincere adviser to you - | And he swore to them, ‘I am indeed your well-wisher.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۢ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ |
So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?" | Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you | Thus he caused them to fall by deceit. So when they had tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them: Did I not forbid you that tree, and say to you that the devil is surely your open enemy | Thus he brought about their fall by deception. So when they tasted of the tree, their nakedness became exposed to them, and they began to stitch over themselves with the leaves of paradise. Their Lord called out to them, ‘Did I not forbid you from that tree, and tell you, ‘‘Satan is indeed your manifest enemy?’’ ’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ |
They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost." | They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost | They said: Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves; and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers | They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves! If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ |
(God) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time." | He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There will be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while | He said: Go forth -- some of you, the enemies of others. And there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time | He said, ‘Get down, being enemies of one another! On the earth shall be your abode and sustenance for a time.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ |
He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)." | He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence shall ye be brought forth | He said: Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die, and there-from shall you be raised | He said, ‘In it you will live, and in it you will die; and from it you will be raised [from the dead].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًۭا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًۭا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ |
O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of God, that they may receive admonition | O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of restraint from evil, that is best. This is of the revelations of Allah, that they may remember | O children of Adam, We have indeed sent down to you clothing to cover your shame, and (clothing) for beauty; and clothing that guards against evil -- that is the best. This is of the messages of Allah that they may be mindful | ‘O Children of Adam! We have certainly sent down to you garments to cover your nakedness, and for adornment. Yet the garment of Godwariness—that is the best.’ That is [one] of Allah’s signs, so that they may take admonition | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ |
O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We m ade the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith | O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not | O children of Adam, let not the devil seduce you, as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off from their clothing that he might show them their shame. He surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence you see them not. Surely We have made the devils to be the friends of those who believe not | ‘O Children of Adam! Do not let Satan tempt you, like he expelled your parents from paradise, stripping them of their garments to expose to them their nakedness. Indeed he sees you—he and his hosts— whence you do not see them. We have indeed made the devils friends of those who have no faith.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ |
When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers doing so"; and "God commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, God never commands what is shameful: do ye say of God what ye know not?" | And when they do some lewdness they say: We found our fathers doing it and Allah hath enjoined it on us. Say: Allah, verily, enjoineth not lewdness. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not | And when they commit an indecency they say: We found our fathers doing this, and Allah has enjoined it on us. Say: Surely Allah enjoins not indecency. Do you say of Allah what you know not | When they commit an indecency, they say, ‘We found our fathers practising it, and Allah has enjoined it upon us.’ Say, ‘Indeed Allah does not enjoin indecencies. Do you attribute to Allah what you do not know?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ |
Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall ye return." | Say: My Lord enjoineth justice. And set your faces upright (toward Him) at every place of worship and call upon Him, making religion pure for Him (only). As He brought you into being, so return ye (unto Him) | Say: My Lord enjoins justice. And set upright your faces at every time of prayer and call on Him, being sincere to Him in obedience. As He brought you into being, so shall you return | Say, ‘My Lord has enjoined justice,’ and [He has enjoined,] ‘Set your heart [on Him] at every occasion of prayer, and invoke Him, putting your exclusive faith in Him. Even as He brought you forth in the beginning, so will you return.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ |
Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to God, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance | A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead of Allah and deem that they are rightly guided | A party has He guided, and another party -- perdition is justly their due. Surely they took the devils for friends instead of Allah, and they think that they are rightly guided | A part [of mankind] He has guided and a part has deserved [to be consigned to] error, for they took devils for guardians instead of Allah, and supposed they were guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ |
O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for God loveth not the wasters | O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals | O children of Adam, attend to your adornment at every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not prodigal; surely He loves not the prodigals | O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer, and eat and drink, but do not waste; indeed He does not like the wasteful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِىَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةًۭ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ |
Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of God, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) pure ly for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand | Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge | Say: Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah, which He has brought forth for His servants, and the good provisions? Say: These are for the believers in the life of this world, purely (theirs) on the Resurrection day. Thus do We make the messages clear for a people who know | Say, ‘Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has brought forth for His servants, and the good things of [His] provision?’ Say, ‘These are for the faithful in the life of this world, and exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection.’ Thus do We elaborate the signs for a people who have knowledge | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ |
Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to God, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about God of whi ch ye have no knowledge | Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that which ye know not | Say: My Lord forbids only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are concealed, and sin and unjust rebellion, and that you associate with Allah that for which he has sent down no authority, and that you say of Allah what you know not | Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and sin and undue aggression, and that you should ascribe to Allah partners for which He has not sent down any authority, and that you should attribute to Allah what you do not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۭ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ |
To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation) | And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it) | And every nation has a term; so when its term comes, they cannot remain behind the least while, nor can they precede (it) | There is a [preordained] time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ |
O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you apostles from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve | O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto you who narrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from evil and amendeth - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve | O children of Adam, if messengers come to you from among you relating to you My messages, then whosoever guards against evil and acts aright -- they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve | O Children of Adam! If there come to you apostles from among yourselves, recounting to you My signs, then those who are Godwary and righteous will have no fear, nor will they grieve | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ |
But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,- they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever) | But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein | And those who reject Our messages and turn away from them haughtily -- these are the companions of the Fire; they shall abide in it | But those who deny Our signs and are disdainful of them, they shall be the inmates of the Fire and they shall remain in it [forever] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰفِرِينَ |
Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against God or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where a re the things that ye used to invoke besides God?" They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected God | Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers | Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or rejects His messages? These -- their portion of the Book shall reach them; until when Our messengers come to them causing them to die, they say: Where is that which you used to call upon besides Allah? They would say: They are gone away from us. And they shall bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers | So who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah, or denies His signs? Their share, as decreed in the Book, shall reach them. When Our messengers come to take them away, they will say, ‘Where is that which you used to invoke besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘They have forsaken us,’ and they will testify against themselves that they were faithless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًۭا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّۢ ضِعْفٌۭ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ |
He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand | He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not | He will say: Enter into the Fire among the nations that have passed away before you from among the jinn and men. Every time a nation enters it curses its sister; until when they all follow one another into it, the last of them will say with regard to the first of them: Our Lord, these led us astray, so give them a double chastisement of the Fire. He will say: Each one has double but you know not | He will say, ‘Enter, along with the nations who passed before you of jinn and humans, into the Fire!’ Every time that a nation enters [hell], it will curse its sister [nation]. When they all rejoin in it, the last of them will say about the first of them, ‘Our Lord, it was they who led us astray; so give them a double punishment of the Fire.’ He will say, ‘It is double for each [of you], but you do not know.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۢ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ |
Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !" | And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn | And the first of them will say to the last of them: You have no preference over us, so taste the chastisement for what you earned | And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no advantage over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin | Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of heaven will nor be opened not will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle's eye. Thus do We requite the guilty | Those who react Our messages and turn away from them haughtily, the doors of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter the Garden until the camel pass through the eye of the needle. And thus do We reward the guilty | Indeed, those who deny Our signs and are disdainful of them— the gates of the heaven will not be opened for them, nor shall they enter paradise until the camel passes through the needle’s eye, and thus do We requite the guilty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌۭ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۢ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong | Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers | They shall have a bed of hell and over them coverings (of it). And thus do We requite the wrongdoers | They shall have hell for their resting place, and over them shall be sheets [of fire], and thus do We requite the wrongdoers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ |
But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever) | But (as for) those who believe and do good works - We tax not any soul beyond its scope - Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein | And as for those who believe and do good -- We impose not on any soul a duty beyond its scope -- they are the owners of the Garden; therein they abide | As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds —We task no soul except according to its capacity— they shall be the inhabitants of paradise, and they shall remain in it [forever] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to God, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of God: indeed it was the truth, that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)." | And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used to do | And We shall remove whatever of ill-feeling is in their hearts -- rivers flow beneath them. And they say: All praise is due to Allah, Who guided us to this! And we would not have found the way if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord brought the truth. And it will be cried out to them: This is the Garden which you are made to inherit for what you did | We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts, and streams will run for them. They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who guided us to this. We would have never been guided had not Allah guided us. Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth.’ And the call would be made to them: ‘This is paradise, which you have been given to inherit because of what you used to do!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّۭا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّۭا ۖ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them : "The curse of God is on the wrong-doers; | And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers | And the owners of the Garden call out to the companions of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us to be true; have you, too, found that which your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry out among them: The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers | The inhabitants of paradise will call out to the inmates of the Fire, ‘We found what our Lord promised us to be true; did you find what your Lord promised you to be true?’ ‘Yes,’ they will say. Then a caller will announce in their midst, ‘May Allah’s curse be on the wrongdoers!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَهُم بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ |
"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of God and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter." | Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day | Who hinder (men) from Allah’s way and seek to make it crooked, and they are disbelievers in the Hereafter | —Those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌۭ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌۭ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ |
Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "peace on you": they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof) | Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter) | And between them is a veil. And on the Elevated Places are men who know all by their marks. And they call out to the owners of the Garden: Peace be to you! They have not yet entered it, though they hope | And there will be a veil between them. And on the Elevations will be certain men who recognize each of them by their mark. They will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Peace be to you!’ (They will not have entered it, though they would be eager to do so | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers." | And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk | And when their eyes are turned towards the companions of the Fire, they say: Our Lord, place us not with the unjust people | And when their look is turned toward the inmates of the Fire, they will say, ‘Our Lord, do not put us among the wrongdoing lot!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًۭا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ |
The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways | And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you | And the owners of the Elevated Places call out to men whom they recognize by their marks, saying: Of no avail were to you your amassings and your arrogance | And the occupants of the Elevations will call out to certain men whom they recognize by their marks, ‘Your rallying did not avail you, nor what you used to disdain | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ۚ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ |
"Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that God with His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve." | Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve | Are these they about whom you swore that Allah would not bestow mercy on them? Enter the Garden; you have no fear, nor shall you grieve | Are these the ones concerning whom you swore that Allah will not extend them any mercy?’ ‘Enter paradise! You shall have no fear, nor shall you grieve.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ |
The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that God doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things hath God forbidden to those who rejected Him." | And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden: Pour on us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance) | And the companions on the Fire call out to the owners of the Garden: Pour on us some water or some of that which Allah has provided for you. They say: surely Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers | The inmates of the Fire will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Pour on us some water, or something of what Allah has provided you.’ They will say, ‘Allah has indeed forbidden these two to the faithless!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًۭا وَلَعِبًۭا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ |
"Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs | Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting of this their Day and as they used to deny Our tokens | Who take their religion for an idle sport and a play, and this world’s life deceives them. So this day We shall forsake them, as they neglected the meetings of this day of theirs, and as they denied Our messages | Those who took their religion for diversion and play and whom the life of the world had deceived. So today We will forget them as they forgot the encounter of this day of theirs, and as they used to impugn Our signs | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَٰهُم بِكِتَٰبٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe | Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe | And certainly We have brought them a Book which We make clear with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe | Certainly We have brought them a Book, which We have elaborated with knowledge, as a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ |
Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The apostles of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch | Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? On the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them | Do they wait for aught but its final sequel? On the day when its final sequel comes, those who neglected it before will say: Indeed the messengers of our Lord brought the truth. Are there any intercessors on our behalf so that they should intercede for us? Or could we be sent back so that we should do (deeds) other than those which we did? Indeed they have lost their souls, and that which they forged has failed them | Do they await anything but its fulfillment? The day when its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, ‘Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth. If only we had some intercessors to intercede for us, or we would be returned, so that we may do differently from what we did!’ They have certainly ruined their souls, and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
Your Guardian-Lord is God, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, t he moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds | Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds | Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is established on the Throne of Power. He makes the night cover the day, which it pursues incessantly. And (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command. Surely His is the creation and the command. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds | Indeed your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne. He draws the night’s cover over the day, which pursues it swiftly, and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, [all of them] disposed by His command. Look! All creation and command belong to Him. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ |
Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for God loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds | (O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors | Call on your Lord humbly and in secret. Surely He loves not the transgressors | Supplicate your Lord, beseechingly and secretly. Indeed He does not like the transgressors | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًۭا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ |
Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of God is (always) near to those who do good | Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good | And make not mischief in the earth after its reformation, and call on Him, fearing and hoping. Surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to the doers of good | And do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration, and supplicate Him with fear and hope: indeed Allah’s mercy is close to the virtuous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًۭا ثِقَالًۭا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍۢ مَّيِّتٍۢ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ |
It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember | And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy, till, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead land, and then cause water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of every kind. Thus bring We forth the dead. Haply ye may remember | And He it is Who sends for the winds bearing good news before His mercy; till, when they bear a laden cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then We send down water on it, then bring forth thereby fruits of all kinds. Thus do We bring forth the dead that you may be mindful | It is He who sends forth the winds as harbingers of His mercy. When they bear [rain-]laden clouds, We drive them toward a dead land and send down water on it, and with it We bring forth all kinds of crops. Thus shall We raise the dead; maybe you will take admonition | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَشْكُرُونَ |
From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols) to t hose who are grateful | As for the good land, its vegetation cometh forth by permission of its Lord; while as for that which is bad, only the useless cometh forth (from it). Thus do We recount the tokens for people who give thanks | And the good land -- its vegetation comes forth (abundantly) by the permission of its Lord. And that which is inferior -- (its herbage) comes forth but scantily. Thus do We repeat the messages for a people who give thanks | The good land—its vegetation comes out by the permission of its Lord, and as for that which is bad, it does not come out except sparsely. Thus do We paraphrase the signs variously for a people who give thanks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ |
We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worship God! ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day | We sent Noah (of old) unto his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an Awful Day | Certainly We sent Noah to his people, so he said: O my people, serve Allah, you have no god other than Him. Indeed I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day | Certainly We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ |
The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)." | The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error | The chiefs of his people said: Surely we see thee in clear error | The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَٰلَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds | He said: O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds | He said: O my people, there is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds | He said, ‘O my people, I am not in error. Rather I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ |
"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from God something that ye know not | I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and give good counsel unto you, and know from Allah that which ye know not | I deliver to you the messages of my Lord, and I offer you good advice, and I know from Allah what you know not | I communicate to you the messages of my Lord, and I am your well-wisher, and I know from Allah what you do not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear God and haply receive His Mercy?" | Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by means of a man among you, that he may warn you, and that ye may keep from evil, and that haply ye may find mercy | Do you wonder that a reminder has come to your from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you and that you may guard against evil, and that mercy may be shown to you | Do you consider it odd that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among yourselves, to warn you so that you may be Godwary and so that you may receive His mercy?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ |
But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind people | But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship, and We drowned those who denied Our tokens. Lo! they were blind folk | But they called him a liar, so We delivered him and those with him in the ark, and We drowned those who rejected Our messages. Surely they were a blind people | But they denied him. So We delivered him and those who were with him in the ark, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed they were a blind lot | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ |
To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He said: O my people! worship God! ye have no other god but Him will ye not fear (God)?" | And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil) | And to ‘Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my people, serve Allah, you have no god other than Him. Will you not then guard against evil | And to [the people of] ‘Ad, Hud, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ |
The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!" | The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars | The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: Certainly we see thee in folly, and we certainly think thee to be of the liars | The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘Indeed we see you to be in folly, and indeed we consider you to be a liar.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds | He said: O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds | He said: O my people, there is no folly in me, but I am a messenger of the Lord of the worlds | He said, ‘O my people, I am not in folly. Rather I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ |
"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser | I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and am for you a true adviser | I deliver to you the messages of my Lord and I am a faithful adviser | I communicate to you the messages of my Lord and I am a trustworthy well-wisher for you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍۢ وَزَادَكُمْ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ بَصْۜطَةًۭ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ |
"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from God: that so ye may prosper." | Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by means of a man among you, that he may warn you? Remember how He made you viceroys after Noah's folk, and gave you growth of stature. Remember (all) the bounties of your Lord, that haply ye may be successful | Do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord through a man from among you that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after Noah’s people and increased you in excellence of make. So remember the bounties of Allah, that you may be successful | Do you consider it odd that there should come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among yourselves, so that he may warn you? Remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah, and increased you vastly in creation. So remember Allah’s bounties so that you may be felicitous.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ |
They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship God alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!" | They said: Hast come unto us that we should serve Allah alone, and forsake what our fathers worshipped? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us if thou art of the truthful | They said: Hast thou come to us that we may serve Allah alone and give up that which our fathers used to serve? Then bring to us what thou threatenest us with, if thou are of the truthful | They said, ‘Have you come to [tell] us that we should worship Allah alone and abandon what our fathers have been worshiping? Then bring us what you threaten us with, should you be truthful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌۭ وَغَضَبٌ ۖ أَتُجَٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٍۢ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍۢ ۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ |
He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from God? then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting." | He said: Terror and wrath from your Lord have already fallen on you. Would ye wrangle with me over names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which no warrant from Allah hath been revealed? Then await (the consequence), lo! I (also) am of those awaiting (it) | He said: Indeed uncleanness and wrath from your Lord have lighted upon you. Do you dispute with me about names which you and your fathers have named? Allah has not sent any authority for them. Wait, then; I too with you am of those who wait | He said, ‘There has become due against you a punishment and wrath from your Lord. Do you dispute with me regarding names which you have named —you and your fathers— for which Allah has not sent down any authority? So wait! I too am waiting along with you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا ۖ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ |
We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe | And We saved him and those with him by a mercy from Us, and We cut the root of those who denied Our revelations and were not believers | So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our messages and were not believers | Then We delivered him and those who were with him by a mercy from Us, and We rooted out those who denied Our signs and were not faithful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ |
To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship God: ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of God is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in God's earth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous punishment | And to (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. A wonder from your Lord hath come unto you. Lo! this is the camel of Allah, a token unto you; so let her feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with hurt lest painful torment seize you | And to Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people, serve Allah, you have no god other than Him. Clear proof has indeed come to you from your Lord. This is Allah’s she-camel -- a sign for you -- so leave her alone to pasture in Allah’s earth, and do her no harm, lest painful chastisement overtake you | And to [the people of] Thamud, á¹¢aliḥ, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you. Let her alone to graze [freely] in Allah’s land, and do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by a painful punishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍۢ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًۭا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًۭا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ |
"And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and care out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye hav e received) from God, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth." | And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station in the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings. So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth | And remember when He made you successors after ‘Ad and settled you in the land -- you make mansions on its plains and hew out houses in the mountains. So remember Allah’s bounties and act not corruptly in the land, making mischief | Remember when He made you successors after [the people of] ‘a€d, and settled you in the land: you build palaces in its plains, and hew houses out of the mountains. So remember Allah’s bounties, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحًۭا مُّرْسَلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ |
The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know ye indeed that Salih is an apostle from his Lord?" They said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hat h been sent through him." | The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said unto those whom they despised, unto such of them as believed: Know ye that Salih is one sent from his Lord? They said: Lo! In that wherewith he hath been sent we are believers | The arrogant chiefs of his people said to those who were weak, to those who believed from among them: Do you know that Salih is one sent by his Lord? They said: Surely we are believers in that wherewith he has been sent | The elite of his people who were arrogant said to those who were abased —to those among them who had faith— ‘Do you know that á¹¢aliḥ has been sent by his Lord?’ They said, ‘We indeed believe in what he has been sent with.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ |
The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe in." | Those who were scornful said: Lo! in that which ye believe we are disbelievers | Those who were haughty said: Surely we are disbelievers in that which you believe | Those who were arrogant said, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have believed.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ |
Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art an apostle (of God)!" | So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of their Lord, and they said: O Salih! Bring upon us that thou threatenest if thou art indeed of those sent (from Allah) | Then they hamstrung the she-camel and revolted against their Lord’s commandment, and said: O Salih, bring us that with which thou threatenest us, if thou art of the messengers | So they hamstrung the She-camel and defied the command of their Lord, and they said, ‘O á¹¢aliḥ, bring us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the apostles.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ |
So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning | So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place | So the earthquake seized them, and they were motionless bodies in their abodes | So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ |
So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!" | And (Salih) turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's message unto you and gave you good advice, but ye love not good advisers | So he turned away from them and said: O my people, I delivered to you the message of my Lord and gave you good advice, but you love not good advisers | So he abandoned them [to their fate], and said, ‘O my people! Certainly I communicated to you the message of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher, but you did not like well-wishers.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you | And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination such as no creature ever did before you | And (We sent) Lot, when he said to his people: Do you commit an abomination which no one in the world did before you | And Lot, when he said to his people, ‘What! Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ |
"For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." | Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk | Surely you come to males with lust instead of females. Nay, you are a people exceeding bounds | Indeed you come to men with desire instead of women! Rather you are a profligate lot.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ |
And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" | And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure | And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town; surely they are a people who aspire to purity | But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ |
But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind | And We rescued him and his household, save his wife, who was of those who stayed behind | So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife -- she was of those who remained behind | So We delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was one of those who remained behind | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime | And We rained a rain upon them. See now the nature of the consequence of evil-doers | And We rained upon them a rain. See, then, what was the end of the guilty | Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. So observe how was the fate of the guilty | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ |
To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship God; Ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith | And unto Midian (We sent) their brother, Shu'eyb. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! a clear proof hath come unto you from your Lord; so give full measure and full weight and wrong not mankind in their goods, and work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering thereof. That will be better for you, if ye are believers | And to Midian (We sent) their brother Shuaib. He said: O my people, serve Allah, you have no god other than Him. Clear proof indeed has come to you from your Lord, so give full measure and weight and diminish not to men their things and make not mischief in the land after its reform. This is better for you, if you are believers | And to [the people of] Midian, Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. Observe fully the measure and the balance, and do not cheat the people of their goods, and do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration. That is better for you, if you are faithful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍۢ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًۭا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ |
"And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of God those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief | Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from Allah's path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked. And remember, when ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters | And lie not in wait on every road, threatening and turning away from Allah’s way him who believes in Him and seeking to make it crooked. And remember when you were few, then He multiplied you, and see what was the end of the mischief-makers | And do not lie in wait on every road to threaten and bar from the way of Allah those who have faith in Him, seeking to make it crooked. And remember when you were few, and He multiplied you, and observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ |
"And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until God doth decide between us: for He is the best to decide | And if there is a party of you which believeth in that wherewith I have been sent, and there is a party which believeth not, then have patience until Allah judge between us. He is the Best of all who deal in judgment | And if there is a party of you who believe in that wherewith I am sent and another party who believe not, then wait patiently till Allah judges between us; and He is the Best of Judges | If a group of you have believed in what I have been sent with, and a group have not believed, be patient until Allah judges between us, and He is the best of judges.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَٰرِهِينَ |
The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: "O Shu'aib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city - (thee) and those who believe with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to our ways and religion." He said: "Wha t! even though we do detest (them) | The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said: Surely we will drive thee out, O Shu'eyb, and those who believe with thee, from our township, unless ye return to our religion. He said: Even though we hate it | The arrogant chiefs of his people said: We will certainly turn thee out, O Shuaib and those who believe with thee from our town, or you shall come back to our religion. He said: Even though we dislike (it) | The elite of his people who were arrogant said, ‘O Shu‘ayb, we will surely expel you and the faithful who are with you from our town, or else you shall revert to our creed.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we should be unwilling? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ |
"We should indeed invent a lie against God, if we returned to your ways after God hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of God, Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to th e utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In the God is our trust. our Lord! decide Thou between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide." | We should have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah hath rescued us from it. It is not for us to return to it unless Allah our Lord should (so) will. Our Lord comprehendeth all things in knowledge. In Allah do we put our trust. Our Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou art the best of those who make decision | Indeed we should have forged a lie against Allah, if we go back to your religion after Allah has delivered us from it. And it is not for us to go back to it, unless Allah our Lord please. Our Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge. In Allah do we trust. Our Lord, decide between us and our people with truth, and Thou art the Best of Deciders | We would be fabricating a lie against Allah should we revert to your creed after Allah had delivered us from it. It does not behoove us to return to it, unless Allah, our Lord, should wish so. Our Lord embraces all things in [His] knowledge. In Allah we have put our trust.’ ‘Our Lord! Judge justly between us and our people, and You are the best of judges!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ |
The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: "If ye follow Shu'aib, be sure then ye are ruined!" | But the chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: If ye follow Shu'eyb, then truly ye shall be the losers | And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved, said: If you follow Shuaib, you are surely losers | The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘If you follow Shu‘ayb, you will indeed be losers.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ |
But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning | So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place | So the earthquake overtook them, and they were motionless bodies in their abode - | So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًۭا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًۭا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ |
The men who reject Shu'aib became as if they had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected Shu'aib - it was they who were ruined | Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. Those who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers | Those who called Shuaib a liar were as though they had never dwelt therein -- those who called Shuaib a liar, they were the losers | Those who impugned Shu‘ayb became as if they had never lived there. Those who impugned Shu‘ayb were themselves the losers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ كَٰفِرِينَ |
So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!" | So he turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's messages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can I sorrow for a people that rejected (truth) | So he turned away from them and said: O my people, indeed I delivered to you the messages of my Lord and I gave you good advice; how, then, should I be sorry for a disbelieving people | So he abandoned them [to their fate] and said, ‘O my people! Certainly I communicated to you the messages of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher. So how should I grieve for a faithless lot?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍۢ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ |
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility | And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble | And We did not send a prophet to a town but We seized its people with distress and affliction that they might humble themselves | We did not send a prophet to any town without visiting its people with stress and distress so that they might entreat [for Allah’s forgiveness] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ |
Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their pe ril) | Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when they perceived not | Then We changed the evil for the good, till they became affluent and said: Distress and happiness did indeed touch our fathers. So We took them by surprise while they perceived not | Then We changed the ill [conditions] to good until they multiplied [in numbers] and said, ‘Adversity and ease befell our fathers [too].’ Then We seized them suddenly while they were unaware | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَٰتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ |
If the people of the towns had but believed and feared God, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds | And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they used to earn | And if the people of the towns had believed and kept their duty, We would certainly have opened for them blessings from he heavens and the earth. But they rejected, so We seized them for what they earned | If the people of the towns had been faithful and Godwary, We would have opened to them blessings from the heaven and the earth. But they denied; so We seized them because of what they used to earn | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًۭا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ |
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep | Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep | Are the people of the towns, then, secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep | Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at night while they are asleep | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًۭى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ |
Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free) | Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play | Or, are the people of the towns secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they play | Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at midday while they are playing around | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ |
Did they then feel secure against the plan of God?- but no one can feel secure from the Plan of God, except those (doomed) to ruin | Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish | Are they secure from Allah’s plan? But none feels secure from Allah’s plan except the people who perish | Do they feel secure from Allah’s devising? No one feels secure from Allah’s devising except the people who are losers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ |
To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear | Is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its people (who thus reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if We will, We can smite them for their sins and print upon their hearts so that they hear not | Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its (former) residents that, if We please, We would afflict them for their sins, and seal their hearts so they would not hear | Does it not dawn upon those who inherited the earth after its [former] inhabitants that if We wish We will punish them for their sins, and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ |
Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee: There came indeed to them their apostles with clear (signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth God seal up the hearts of those who reject faith | Such were the townships. We relate some tidings of them unto thee (Muhammad). Their messengers verily came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they could not believe because they had before denied. Thus doth Allah print upon the hearts of disbelievers (that they hear not) | Such were the towns some of whose news We have related to thee. And certainly their messengers came to them with clear arguments, but they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus does Allah seal the hearts of the disbelievers | These are the towns some of whose accounts We recount to you. Their apostles certainly brought them manifest proofs, but they were not the ones to believe in what they had denied earlier. Thus does Allah put a seal on the hearts of the faithless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍۢ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَٰسِقِينَ |
Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but most of them We found rebellious and disobedient | We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of them We found wrong-doers | And We found not in most of them (faithfulness to) covenant; and We found most of them to be transgressors | We did not find in most of them any [loyalty to] covenants. Indeed We found most of them to be transgressors | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ |
Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief | Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters | Then, after them, We sent Moses with Our messages to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they disbelieved them. See, then, what was the end of the mischief-makers | Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite, but they wronged them. So observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds, | Moses said: O Pharaoh! Lo! I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds | And Moses said: O Pharaoh, surely I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds | And Moses said, ‘O Pharaoh, I am indeed an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِىَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ |
One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about God. Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign): So let the Children of Israel depart along with me." | Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the truth. I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me | Worthy of not saying anything about Allah except the truth. I have come to you indeed with clear proof from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with me | It behooves me to say nothing about Allah except the truth. I certainly bring you a manifest proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٍۢ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ |
(Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it forth,- if thou tellest the truth." | (Pharaoh) said: If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou art of those who speak the truth | He said: If thou hast come with a sign, produce it, if thou are truthful | He said, ‘If you have brought a sign, produce it, should you be truthful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ |
Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain (for all to see) | Then he flung down his staff and lo! it was a serpent manifest | So he threw his rod, then lo! it was a serpent manifest | Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it became a manifest python | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ |
And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders | And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom), and lo! it was white for the beholders | And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white to the beholders | Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the onlookers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ |
Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed | The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: Lo! this is some knowing wizard | The chiefs of Pharaoh’s people said: Surely this is a skilful enchanter | The elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This is indeed an expert magician | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ |
"His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye counsel?" | Who would expel you from your land. Now what do ye advise | He intends to turn you out of your land. What do you advise | he seeks to expel you from your land.’ ‘So what do you advise?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ |
They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect | They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother - and send into the cities summoners | They said: Put him off and his brother, and send summoners into the cities | They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍۢ |
And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed." | To bring each knowing wizard unto thee | To bring to thee every skilful enchanter | to bring you every expert magician.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ |
So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!" | And the wizards came to Pharaoh, saying: Surely there will be a reward for us if we are victors | And the enchanters came to Pharaoh, saying: We must surely have a reward if we prevail | And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, ‘We shall indeed have a reward if we were to be the victors?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ |
He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)." | He answered: Yes, and surely ye shall be of those brought near (to me) | He said: Yes, and you shall certainly be of those who are near (to me) | He said, ‘Of course! And indeed you shall be among those near [to me].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ |
They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?" | They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers | They said: O Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we (be the first to) cast | They said, ‘O Moses, will you throw [first], or shall we throw?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍۢ |
Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic | He said: Throw! And when they threw they cast a spell upon the people's eyes, and overawed them, and produced a mighty spell | He said: Cast. So when they cast, they deceived the people’s eyes and overawed them, and they produced a mighty enchantment | He said, ‘Throw [yours].’ So when they threw, they bewitched the people’s eyes and overawed them, producing a tremendous magic | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ |
We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy rod":and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake | And We inspired Moses (saying): Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed up their lying show | And We revealed to Moses: Cast thy rod. Then lo! it swallowed up their lies | And We signalled to Moses: ‘Throw down your staff.’ And behold, it was swallowing what they had faked | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ |
Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect | Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain | So the truth was established, and that which they did became null | So the truth came out, and what they had wrought was reduced to naught | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَٰغِرِينَ |
So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small | Thus were they there defeated and brought low | There they were vanquished, and they went back abased | Thereat they were vanquished, and they retreated, humiliated | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ |
But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration | And the wizards fell down prostrate | And the enchanters fell down prostrate - | And the magicians fell down in prostration | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds, | Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds | They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds | They said, ‘We have believed in the Lord of all the worlds | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ |
"The Lord of Moses and Aaron." | The Lord of Moses and Aaron | The Lord of Moses and Aaron | the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَمَكْرٌۭ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ |
Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out its people: but soon shall ye know (the consequences) | Pharaoh said: Ye believe in Him before I give you leave! Lo! this is the plot that ye have plotted in the city that ye may drive its people hence. But ye shall come to know | Pharaoh said: You believe in Him before I give you permission! Surely this is a plot which you have plotted in the city, to turn out of it its people, but you shall know | Pharaoh said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I may permit you? It is indeed a plot you have devised in the city to expel its people from it. Soon you will know [the consequences] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ |
"Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross." | Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides. Then I shall crucify you every one | I shall certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposites sides, then I shall crucify you all together | Surely I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and then I will surely crucify all of you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ |
They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord | They said: Lo! We are about to return unto our Lord | They said: surely to our Lord do we turn | They said, ‘Indeed we shall return to our Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًۭا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ |
"But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as Muslims (who bow to thy will) | Thou takest vengeance on us only forasmuch as we believed the tokens of our Lord when they came unto us. Our Lord! Vouchsafe unto us steadfastness and make us die as men who have surrendered (unto Thee) | And thou takest revenge on us only because we believed in the messages of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour out on us patience and cause us to die in submission (to Thee) | You are vindictive toward us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord, when they came to us.’ ‘Our Lord! Pour patience upon us, and grant us to die as muslims.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَٰهِرُونَ |
Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon thee and thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible." | The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: (O King), wilt thou suffer Moses and his people to make mischief in the land, and flout thee and thy gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, for lo! we are in power over them | And the chiefs of Pharaoh’s people said: Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to make mischief in the land and forsake thee and thy gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, and surely we are dominant over them | The elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land, and to abandon you and your gods?’ He said, ‘We will kill their sons and spare their women, and indeed we are dominant over them.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ |
Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from God, and (wait) in patience and constancy: for the earth is God's, to give as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the righteous | And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo! the earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him) | Moses said to his people: Ask help from Allah and be patient. Surely the land is Allah’s -- He gives it for an inheritance to such of His servants as He pleases. And the end is for those who keep their duty | Moses said to his people, ‘Turn to Allah for help and be patient. The earth indeed belongs to Allah, and He gives its inheritance to whomever He wishes of His servants, and the outcome will be in favour of the Godwary.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ |
They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds." | They said: We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, and since thou hast come unto us. He said: It may be that your Lord is going to destroy your adversary and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may see how ye behave | They said: We were persecuted before thou camest to us and since thou hast come to us. He said: It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you rulers in the land, then He will see how you act | They said, ‘We were tormented before you came to us and [also] after you came to us.’ He said, ‘Maybe your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land, and then He will see how you act.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ |
We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition | And we straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and dearth of fruits, that peradventure they might heed | And certainly We overtook Pharaoh’s people with droughts and diminution of fruits that they might be mindful | Certainly We afflicted Pharaoh’s clan with droughts and loss of produce, so that they may take admonition | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۭ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in God's sight, but most of them do not understand | But whenever good befell them, they said: This is ours; and whenever evil smote them they ascribed it to the evil auspices of Moses and those with him. Surely their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most of them knew not | But when good befell them they said: This is due to us. And when evil afflicted them, they attributed it to the ill-luck of Moses and those with him. Surely their evil fortune is only from Allah, but most of them know not | But whenever any good came to them, they would say, ‘This is our due.’ And if any ill visited them, they took it for ill omens attending Moses and those who were with him. (Look! Indeed the cause of their ill omens is with Allah, but most of them do not know. | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍۢ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ |
They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee | And they said: Whatever portent thou bringest wherewith to bewitch us, we shall not put faith in thee | And they said: Whatever sign thou mayest bring to us to charm us therewith -- we shall not believe in thee | And they said, ‘Whatever sign you may bring us to bewitch us, we are not going to believe you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍۢ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍۢ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا مُّجْرِمِينَ |
So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin | So We sent against them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and the frogs and the blood - a succession of clear signs. But they were arrogant and became a guilty folk | So We sent upon them widespread death, and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood -- clear signs. But they behaved haughtily and they were a guilty people | So We sent against them a flood and locusts, lice, frogs and blood, as distinct signs. But they acted arrogantly, and they were a guilty lot | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ ۖ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ |
Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel w ith thee." | And when the terror fell on them they cried: O Moses! Pray for us unto thy Lord, because He hath a covenant with thee. If thou removest the terror from us we verily will trust thee and will let the Children of Israel go with thee | And when the plague fell upon them, they said: O Moses, pray for us to thy Lord as He has made promise with thee. If thou remove the plague from us, we will certainly believe in thee and will let the Children of Israel go with thee | Whenever a plague fell upon them, they would say, ‘O Moses, invoke your Lord for us by the covenant He has made with you. If you remove the plague from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go along with you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ |
But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word | But when We did remove from them the terror for a term which they must reach, behold! they broke their covenant | But when We removed the plague from them till a term which they should attain, lo! they broke (their promise) | But when We had removed the plague from them until a term that they should have completed, behold, they broke their promise | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ |
So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them | Therefore We took retribution from them; therefore We drowned them in the sea: because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them | So We exacted retribution from them and drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our signs and were heedless of them | So We took vengeance on them and drowned them in the sea, for they denied Our signs and were oblivious to them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ |
And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride) | And We caused the folk who were despised to inherit the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We had blessed. And the fair word of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their endurance; and We annihilated (all) that Pharaoh and his folk had done and that they had contrived | And We made the people who were deemed weak to inherit the eastern lands and the western ones which We had blessed. And the good word of thy Lord was fulfilled in the Children of Israel -- because of their patience. And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had wrought and what they had built | We made the people who were abased the heirs to the east and west of the land which We had blessed, and your Lord’s best word [of promise] was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience, and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had built and what they used to erect | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍۢ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًۭا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ |
We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said: "O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have." He said: "Surely ye are a people without kn owledge | And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know not | And We took the Children of Israel across the sea. Then they came to a people who were devoted to their idols. They said: O Moses, make for us a god as they have gods. He said: Surely you are an ignorant people | We carried the Children of Israel across the sea, whereat they came upon a people cleaving to certain idols that they had. They said, ‘O Moses, make for us a god like the gods that they have.’ He said, ‘You are indeed an ignorant lot | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌۭ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌۭ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ |
"As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise." | Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are doing is in vain | (As to) these, that wherein they are engaged shall be destroyed and that which they do is vain | What they are engaged in is indeed bound to perish, and what they have been doing shall come to naught.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًۭا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ |
He said: "Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) God, when it is God Who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?" | He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath favoured you above (all) creatures | He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah, while He has made you excel (all) created things | He said, ‘Shall I find you a god other than Allah, while He has graced you over all the nations?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌۭ |
And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord | And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord | And when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s people, who subjected you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing your women. And therein was a great trial from your Lord | And when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan who inflicted on you a terrible torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women, and there was a great test in that from your Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَٰثِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ وَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَا بِعَشْرٍۢ فَتَمَّ مِيقَٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ |
We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my peopl e: Do right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief." | And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my place among the people. Do right, and follow not the way of mischief-makers | And We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed them with ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was complete forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron: Take my place among my people, and act well and follow not the way of the mischief-makers | And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights, and completed them with ten [more]; thus the tryst of his Lord was completed in forty nights. And Moses said to Aaron, his brother, ‘Be my successor among my people, and set things right and do not follow the way of the agents of corruption.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّۭا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًۭا ۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." God said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its pla ce, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe." | And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken unto him, he said: My Lord! Show me (Thy Self), that I may gaze upon Thee. He said: Thou wilt not see Me, but gaze upon the mountain! If it stand still in its place, then thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it crashing down. And Moses fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true) believers | And when Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: My Lord, show me (Thyself) so that I may look at Thee. He said: Thou canst not see Me; but look at the mountain; if it remains firm in its place, then wilt thou see Me. So when his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain, He made it crumble and Moses fell down in a swoon. Then when he recovered, he said: Glory be to Thee! I turn to Thee, and I am the first of the believers | When Moses arrived at Our tryst and his Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘My Lord, show [Yourself] to me, that I may look at You!’ He said, ‘You shall not see Me. But look at the mountain: if it abides in its place, then you will see Me.’ So when his Lord disclosed Himself to the mountain, He levelled it, and Moses fell down swooning. And when he recovered, he said, ‘Immaculate are You! I turn to You in penitence, and I am the first of the faithful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى وَبِكَلَٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ |
(God) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other) men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who give thanks." | He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the thankful | He said: O Moses, surely I have chosen thee above the people by My messages and My words. So take hold of what I give thee and be of the grateful | He said, ‘O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My speech. So take what I give you, and be among the grateful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مَّوْعِظَةًۭ وَتَفْصِيلًۭا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا۟ بِأَحْسَنِهَا ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ دَارَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ |
And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both commanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hold these with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the precepts: soon shall I show you the ho mes of the wicked,- (How they lie desolate)." | And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall show thee the abode of evil-livers | And We ordained for him in the tablets admonition of every kind and clear explanation of all things. So take hold of them with firmness and enjoin thy people to take hold of what is best thereof. I shall show you the abode of the transgressors | And We wrote for him in the Tablets advice concerning all things and an elaboration of all things, [and We said], ‘Hold on to them with power, and bid your people to hold on to the best of [what is in] them. Soon I shall show you the abode of the transgressors | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًۭا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ |
Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right - them will I turn away from My signs: Even if they see all the signs, they will not believe in them; and if they see the way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the way; but if they see the way of error, that is the way they will adopt. For they have rejected our signs, and failed to take warning from them | I shall turn away from My revelations those who magnify themselves wrongfully in the earth, and if they see each token believe it not, and if they see the way of righteousness choose it nor for (their) way, and if they see the way of error choose if for (their) way. That is because they deny Our revelations and are used to disregard them | I shall turn away from My messages those who are unjustly proud in the earth. And if they see every sign, they will not believe in it; and if they see the way of rectitude, they take it not for a way; and if they see the way of error, they take it for a way. This is because they reject Our messages and are heedless of them | Soon I shall turn away from My signs those who are unduly arrogant in the earth: [even] though they should see every sign, they will not believe in it, and if they see the way of rectitude they will not take it as [their] way, and if they see the way of error they will take it as [their] way. That is because they deny Our signs and are oblivious to them.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ |
Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,- vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought | Those who deny Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter, their works are fruitless. Are they requited aught save what they used to do | And those who reject Our messages and the meeting of the Hereafter -- their deeds are fruitless. Can they be rewarded except for what they do | Those who deny Our signs and the encounter of the Hereafter, their works have failed. Shall they be requited except for what they used to do | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًۭا جَسَدًۭا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ ۚ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا ۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ |
The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their ornaments, the image of calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: did they not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They took it for worship and they did wrong | And the folk of Moses, after (he left them), chose a calf (for worship), (made) out of their ornaments, of saffron hue, which gave a lowing sound. Saw they not that it spake not unto them nor guided them to any way? They chose it, and became wrong-doers | And Moses’ people made of their ornaments a calf after him -- a (lifeless) body, having a lowing sound. Could they not see that it spoke not to them, nor guided them in the way? They took it (for worship) and they were unjust | The people of Moses took up in his absence a calf [cast] from their ornaments —a body that gave out a lowing sound. Did they not regard that it did not speak to them, nor did it guide them to any way? They took it up [for worship] and they were wrongdoers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ |
When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: "If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those who perish." | And when they feared the consequences thereof and saw that they had gone astray, they said: Unless our Lord have mercy on us and forgive us, we verily are of the lost | And when they repented and saw that they had gone astray, they said: If our Lord have not mercy on us and forgive us, we shall certainly be of the losers | But when they became remorseful and realised they had gone astray, they said, ‘Should our Lord have no mercy on us, and forgive us, we will be surely among the losers.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًۭا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin." | And when Moses returned unto his people, angry and grieved, he said: Evil is that (course) which ye took after I had left you. Would ye hasten on the judgment of your Lord? And he cast down the tablets, and he seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward him. He said: Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and almost killed me. Oh, make not mine enemies to triumph over me and place me not among the evil-doers | And when Moses returned to his people, wrathful, grieved, he said: Evil is that which you have done after me! Did you hasten on the judgment of your Lord? And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, dragging him towards him. He said: Son of my mother, the people reckoned me weak an had well-nigh slain me. So make not the enemies to rejoice over me and count me not among the unjust people | And when Moses returned to his people, angry and indignant, he said, ‘Evil has been your conduct in my absence! Would you hasten on the edict of your Lord?’ He threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, pulling him towards himself. He said, ‘Son of my mother, indeed this people thought me to be weak, and they were about to kill me. So do not let the enemies gloat over me, and do not take me with the wrongdoing lot.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ |
Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! admit us to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!" | He said: My Lord! Have mercy on me and on my brother; bring us into Thy mercy, Thou the Most Merciful of all who show mercy | He said: My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us to Thy mercy, and Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy | He said, ‘My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌۭ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ |
Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods) | Lo! Those who chose the calf (for worship), terror from their Lord and humiliation will come upon them in the life of the world. Thus do We requite those who invent a lie | Those who took the calf (for a god) -- wrath from their Lord, and disgrace in this world’s life, will surely overtake them. And thus do We recompense those who invent lies | Indeed those who took up the calf [for worship] shall be overtaken by their Lord’s wrath and abasement in the life of the world.’ Thus do We requite the fabricators [of lies] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ |
But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believe,- verily thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful | But those who do ill-deeds and afterward repent and believe - lo! for them, afterward, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful | And those who do evil deeds, then repent after that and believe -- thy Lord after that is surely Forgiving, Merciful | Yet [to] those who commit misdeeds but repent after that, and believe, —indeed, after that, your Lord shall surely be all-forgiving, all-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى ٱلْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖ وَفِى نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ |
When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up the tablets: in the writing thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord | Then, when the anger of Moses abated, he took up the tablets, and in their inscription there was guidance and mercy for all those who fear their Lord | And when Moses’ anger calmed down, he took up the tablets; and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy for those who fear their Lord | And when Moses’ indignation abated, he picked up the tablets whose inscriptions contained guidance and mercy for those who are in awe of their Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًۭا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ |
And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive | And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst and, when the trembling came on them, he said: My Lord! If Thou hadst willed Thou hadst destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt thou destroy us for that which the ignorant among us did? It is but Thy trial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray and guidest whom Thou wilt: Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who show forgiveness | And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointment. So when the earthquake overtook them, he said: My Lord, if Thou hadst pleased, Thou hadst destroyed them before and myself (too). Wilt Thou destroy us for that which the foolish among us have done? It is naught but Thy trial. Thou causest to perish thereby whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest. Thou art our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy on us, and Thou art the Best of those who forgive | Moses chose seventy men from his people for Our tryst, and when the earthquake seized them, he said, ‘My Lord, had You wished, You would have destroyed them and me before. Will You destroy us because of what the fools amongst us have done? It is only Your test by which You lead astray whomever You wish and guide whomever You wish. You are our master, so forgive us and have mercy on us, for You are the best of those who forgive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ |
"And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said: "With My punishment I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity, and those who believe in Our signs; | And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations | And ordain for us good in this world’s life and in the Hereafter for surely we turn to Thee. He said: I afflict with My chastisement whom I please, and My mercy encompasses all things. So I ordain it for those who keep their duty and pay the poor-rate, and those who believe in Our messages - | And appoint goodness for us in this world and the Hereafter, for indeed we have come back to You.’ Said He, ‘I visit My punishment on whomever I wish, but My mercy embraces all things. Soon I shall appoint it for those who are Godwary and give the zakat and those who believe in Our sign | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ ٱلْأُمِّىَّ ٱلَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ ۙ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ |
"Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper." | Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful | Those who follow the Messenger-Prophet, the Ummi, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel. He enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and prohibits for them impure things and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were on them. So those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him -- these are the successful | —those who follow the Apostle, the uninstructed prophet, whose mention they find written with them in the Torah and the Evangel, who bids them to do what is right and forbids them from what is wrong, makes lawful to them all the good things and forbids them from all vicious things, and relieves them of their burdens and the shackles that were upon them —those who believe in him, honour him, and help him and follow the light that has been sent down with him, they are the felicitous.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ |
day: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Apostle of God, to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in God and His Apostle, the Unlettered Prophe t, who believeth in God and His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided." | Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you all - (the messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and He giveth death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His Words, and follow him that haply ye may be led aright | Say: O mankind, surely I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided aright | Say, ‘O mankind! I am the Apostle of Allah to you all, [of Him] to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.’ So have faith in Allah and His Apostle, the uninstructed prophet, who has faith in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌۭ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ |
Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do justice in the light of truth | And of Moses' folk there is a community who lead with truth and establish justice therewith | And of Moses’ people is a party who guide with truth, and therewith they do justice | Among the people of Moses is a nation who guide [the people] by the truth and do justice thereby | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًۭا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًۭا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍۢ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ |
We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for w ater. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls | We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and We inspired Moses, when his people asked him for water, saying: Smite with thy staff the rock! And there gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each tribe knew their drinking-place. And we caused the white cloud to overshadow them and sent down for them the manna and the quails (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith we have provided you. They wronged Us not, but they were wont to wrong themselves | And We divided them into twelve tribes, as nations. And We revealed to Moses when his people asked him for water: Strike the rock with thy staff; so out flowed from it twelve springs. Each tribe knew its drinking-place. And We made the clouds to give shade over them and We sent to them manna and quails. Eat of the good things We have given you. And they did not do Us any harm, but they wronged themselves | We split them up into twelve tribal communities, and We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water, [saying], ‘Strike the rock with your staff,’ whereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it. Every tribe came to know its drinking-place. And We shaded them with clouds, and We sent down to them manna and quails: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided you.’ And they did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong [only] themselves | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌۭ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ |
And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in this town and eat therein as ye wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a posture of humility: We shall forgive you your faults; We shall increase (the portion of) those who do good." | And when it was said unto them: Dwell in this township and eat therefrom whence ye will, and say "Repentance," and enter the gate prostrate; We shall forgive you your sins; We shall increase (reward) for the right-doers | And when it was said to them: Dwell in this town and eat from it whence you wish, and make petition for forgiveness, and enter the gate submissively, We shall forgive you your wrongs. We shall give more to the doers of good | And when they were told, ‘Settle in this town and eat thereof whence you wish; and say, ‘‘Relieve [us of the burden of our sins],’’ and enter prostrating at the gate, that We may forgive your iniquities, and soon We shall enhance the virtuous.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ |
But the transgressors among them changed the word from that which had been given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed | But those of them who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon them wrath from heaven for their wrongdoing | But those who were unjust among them changed it for a word other than that which they were told, so We sent upon them a pestilence from heaven for their wrongdoing | But the wrongdoers changed the saying with other than what they had been told. So We sent against them a plague from the sky because of the wrongs they used to commit | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًۭا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ |
Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, th ey came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression | Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they did break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their Sabbath day and on a day when they did not keep Sabbath came they not unto them. Thus did We try them for that they were evil-livers | And ask them about the town which stood by the sea. When they violated the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on their Sabbath day on the surface, and when it was not their Sabbath they came not to them. Thus did We try them because they transgressed | Ask them about the town that was situated on the seaside, when they violated the Sabbath, when their fish would come to them on the Sabbath day, visibly on the shore, but on days when they were not keeping Sabbath they would not come to them. Thus did We test them because of the transgressions they used to commit | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ۙ ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ |
When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people whom God will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him." | And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil) | And when a party of them said: Why preach you to a people whom Allah would destroy or whom He would chastise with a severe chastisement? They said: To be free from blame before your Lord, and that haply they may guard against evil | When a group of them said, ‘Why do you advise a people whom Allah will destroy or punish with a severe punishment?’ They said, ‘As an excuse before your Lord, and [with the hope] that they may be Godwary.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍۭ بَـِٔيسٍۭ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ |
When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression | And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We rescued those who forbade wrong, and visited those who did wrong with dreadful punishment because they were evil-livers | So when they neglected that whereof they had been reminded, We delivered those who forbade evil and We overtook those who were iniquitous with an evil chastisement because they transgressed | So when they forgot what they had been reminded of We delivered those who forbade evil [conduct] and seized the wrongdoers with a terrible punishment because of the transgressions they used to commit | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ |
When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected." | So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed | So when they revoltingly persisted in that which they had been forbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated | When they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ |
Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous penalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful | And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them till the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment. Lo! verily thy Lord is swift in prosecution and lo! verily He is Forgiving, Merciful | And when thy Lord declared that He would send against them to the day of Resurrection those who would subject them to severe torment. Surely thy Lord is Quick in requiting; and surely He is Forgiving, Merciful | And when your Lord proclaimed that He would surely send against them, until the Day of Resurrection, those who would inflict on them a terrible punishment. Indeed your Lord is swift in retribution, and indeed He is all-forgiving, all-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًۭا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ |
We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us) | And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of them are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with good things and evil things that haply they might return | And We divided them in the earth into parties -- some of them are righteous and some of them are otherwise. And We tried them with blessings and misfortunes that they might turn | We dispersed them into communities around the earth: some of them were righteous, and some of them otherwise, and We tested them with good and bad [times] so that they may come back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌۭ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌۭ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَٰقُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ |
After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to God anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand | And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense | Then after them came an evil posterity who inherited the Book, taking the trail goods of this low life and saying: It will be forgiven us. And if the like good came to them, they would take it (too). Was not a promise taken from them in the Book that they would not speak anything about Allah but the truth? And they study what is in it. And the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who keep their duty. Do you not then understand | Then they were succeeded by an evil posterity which inherited the Book: they grab the transitory gains of this lower world, and say, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ And if similar transitory gains were to come their way, they would grab them too. Was not the covenant of the Book taken with them that they shall not attribute anything to Allah except the truth? They have studied what is in it, and [know that] the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are Godwary. Do you not apply reason | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ |
As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish | And as for those who make (men) keep the Scripture, and establish worship - lo! We squander not the wages of reformers | And as for those who hold fast by the Book and keep up prayer -- surely We waste not the reward of the reformers | As for those who hold fast to the Book and maintain the prayer —indeed We do not waste the reward of those who bring about reform | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌۭ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ |
When We shook the Mount over them, as if it had been a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We said): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein; perchance ye may fear God." | And when We shook the Mount above them as it were a covering, and they supposed that it was going to fall upon them (and We said): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil) | And when We shook the mountain over them as if it were a covering, and they thought that it was going to fall down upon them: Hold on firmly that which We have given you, and be mindful of that which is in it, so that you may guard against evil | When We plucked the mountain [and held it]above them as if it were a canopy (and they thought it was about to fall on them): ‘Hold on with power to what We have given you and remember that which is in it, so that you may be Godwary.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ |
When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful" | And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware | And when thy Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants, and made them bear witness about themselves: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes; we bear witness. Lest you should say on the day of Resurrection: We were unaware of this | When your Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them bear witness over themselves, [He said to them,] ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes indeed! We bear witness.’ [This,] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed we were unaware of this,’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةًۭ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ |
Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?" | Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did | Or (lest) you should say: Only our fathers ascribed partners (to Allah) before (us), and we were (their) descendants after them. Wilt Thou destroy us for what liars did | or lest you should say, ‘Our fathers ascribed partners [to Allah] before [us] and we were descendants after them. Will You then destroy us because of what the falsifiers have done?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ |
Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us) | Thus we detail the revelations, that haply they may return | And thus do We make the messages clear, and that haply they may return | Thus do We elaborate the signs, so that they may come back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ |
Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray | Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray | And recite to them the news of him to whom We give Our messages, but he withdraws himself from them, so the devil follows him up, and he is of those who perish | Relate to them an account of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he cast them off. Thereupon Satan pursued him, and he became one of the perverse | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَٰهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا ۚ فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ |
If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (st ill) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect | And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought | And if We had pleased, We would have exalted him thereby; but he clings to the earth and follows his low desire. His parable is as the parable of the dog -- if thou drive him away, he lolls out his tongue, and if thou leave him alone, he lolls out his tongue. Such is the parable of the people who reject Our messages. So relate the narrative that they may reflect | Had We wished, We would have surely raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his [base] desires. So his parable is that of a dog: if you make for it, it lolls out its tongue, and if you let it alone, it lolls out its tongue. Such is the parable of the people who deny Our signs. So recount these narratives, so that they may reflect | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ |
Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls | Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to wrong themselves | Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our messages and wrong their own souls | Evil is the parable of the people who deny Our signs and wrong themselves | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ |
Whom God doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who perish | He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth astray - they indeed are losers | He whom Allah guides is on the right way; and he whom He leaves in error -- they are the losers | Whomever Allah guides is rightly guided, and whomever He leads astray —it is they who are the losers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌۭ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌۭ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌۭ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ |
Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning) | Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful | And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men -- they have hearts wherewith they understand not, and they have eyes wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not. They are as cattle; nay, they are more astray. These are heedless ones | Certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and humans: they have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle; rather they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ أَسْمَٰٓئِهِۦ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ |
The most beautiful names belong to God: so call on him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do, they will soon be requited | Allah's are the fairest names. Invoke Him by them. And leave the company of those who blaspheme His names. They will be requited what they do | And Allah’s are the best names, so call on Him thereby and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names. They will be recompensed for what they do | To Allah belong the Best Names, so supplicate Him by them, and abandon those who commit sacrilege in His names. Soon they shall be requited for what they used to do | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌۭ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ |
Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith | And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the Truth and establish justice therewith | And of those whom We have created is a community who guide with the truth and therewith do justice | Among those We have created are a nation who guide by the truth and do justice thereby | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit with punishment, in ways they perceive not | And those who deny Our revelations - step by step We lead them on from whence they know not | And those who reject Our messages -- We lead them (to destruction) step by step from whence they know not | As for those who deny Our signs, We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ |
Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and unfailing) | I give them rein (for) lo! My scheme is strong | And I grant them respite. Surely My scheme is effective | And I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۗ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ |
Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with madness: he is but a perspicuous warner | Have they not bethought them (that) there is no madness in their comrade? He is but a plain warner | Do they not reflect (that) there is no madness in their companion? He is only a plain warner | Have they not reflected that there is no madness in their companion, [and that] he is just a manifest warner | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍۢ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth and all that God hath created? (Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this will they then believe | Have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and what things Allah hath created, and that it may be that their own term draweth nigh? In what fact after this will they believe | Do they not consider the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what things Allah has created, and that it may be that their doom has drawn nigh? In what announcement after this will they then believe | Have they not contemplated the dominions of the heavens and the earth, and whatever things Allah has created, and that maybe their time has already drawn near? So what discourse will they believe after this? | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ ۚ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ |
To such as God rejects from His guidance, there can be no guide: He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction | Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth them to wander blindly on in their contumacy | Whomsoever Allah leaves in error, there is no guide for him. And He leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on | Whomever Allah leads astray has no guide, and He leaves them bewildered in their rebellion | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةًۭ ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with God (alone), but most men know not." | They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it come to port. Say: Knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares. They question thee as if thou couldst be well informed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is with Allah only, but most of mankind know not | They ask thee about the Hour, when will it come to pass? Say: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. None but He will manifest it at its time. It is momentous in the heavens and the earth. It will not come to you but of a sudden. They ask thee as if thou wert solicitous about it. Say: Its knowledge is with Allah only, but most people know not | They question you concerning the Hour, when will it set in? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord: none except Him shall manifest it at its time. It will weigh heavy on the heavens and the earth. It will not overtake you but suddenly.’ They ask you as if you were in the know of it. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًۭا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ وَبَشِيرٌۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as God willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith." | Say: For myself I have no power to benefit, nor power to hurt, save that which Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should have abundance of wealth, and adversity would not touch me. I am but a warner, and a bearer of good tidings unto folk who believe | Say: I control not benefit or harm for myself except as Allah please. And had I known the unseen, I should have much of good, and no evil would touch me. I am but a warner and the giver of good news to a people who believe | Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself nor [over] any harm except what Allah may wish. Had I known the Unseen, I would have acquired much good, and no ill would have befallen me. I am only a warner and a bearer of good news to a people who have faith.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًۭا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَٰلِحًۭا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ |
It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to God their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful." | He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did make his mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her she bore a light burden, and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when it became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou givest unto us aright we shall be of the thankful | He it is Who created you from a single soul, and of the same did He make his mate, that he might find comfort in her. So when he covers her she bears a light burden, then moves about with it. Then when it grows heavy, they both call upon Allah, their Lord: If Thou givest us a good one, we shall certainly be of the grateful | It is He who created you from a single soul, and made from it its mate, that he might find comfort with her. So when he had covered her, she bore a light burden and passed [some time] with it. When she had grown heavy, they both invoked Allah, their Lord: ‘If You give us a healthy [child], we will be surely grateful.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَٰلِحًۭا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚ فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ |
But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: but God is exalted high above the partners they ascribe to Him | But when He gave unto them aright, they ascribed unto Him partners in respect of that which He had given them. High is He Exalted above all that they associate (with Him) | But when He gives them a good one, they set up with Him associates in that which He has given them. High is Allah above what they associate (with Him) | Then when He gave them a healthy [child], they ascribed partners to Him in what He had given them. Exalted is Allah above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ |
Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing, but are themselves created | Attribute they as partners to Allah those who created naught, but are themselves created | Do they associate (with Him) that which has created naught, while they are themselves created | Do they ascribe [to Him] partners that create nothing and have been created themselves | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًۭا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ |
No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves | And cannot give them help, nor can they help themselves | And they cannot give them help, nor can they help themselves | and can neither help them, nor help themselves | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَٰمِتُونَ |
If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace | And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye call them or are silent is all one for you | And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent | And if you call them to guidance, they will not follow you: it is the same to you whether you call them or whether you are silent | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ |
Verily those whom ye call upon besides God are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful | Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call on them now, and let them answer you, if ye are truthful | Those whom you call on besides Allah are slaves like yourselves; so call on them, then let them answer you, if you are truthful | Indeed those whom you invoke besides Allah are creatures like you. So invoke them: they should answer you, if you are truthful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَهُمْ أَرْجُلٌۭ يَمْشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٍۢ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌۭ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌۭ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۗ قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ كِيدُونِ فَلَا تُنظِرُونِ |
Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your 'god-partners', scheme (your worst) against me, and give me no respite | Have they feet wherewith they walk, or have they hands wherewith they hold, or have they eyes wherewith they see, or have they ears wherewith they hear? Say: Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allah), and then contrive against me, spare me not | Have they feet with which they walk, or have they hands with which they hold, or have they eyes with which they see, or have they ears with which they hear? Say: Call upon your associate-gods then plot against me and give me no respite | Do they have any feet to walk with? Do they have any hands to grasp with? Do they have any eyes to see with? Do they have any ears to hear with? Say, ‘Invoke your partners [that you ascribe to Allah] and try out your stratagems against me without granting me any respite | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ وَلِۦِّىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ |
"For my Protector is God, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous | Lo! my Protecting Friend is Allah Who revealeth the Scripture. He befriendeth the righteous | Surely my Friend is Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends the righteous | My guardian is indeed Allah who sent down the Book, and He takes care of the righteous | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ |
"But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves." | They on whom ye call beside Him have no power to help you, nor can they help you, nor can they help themselves | And those whom you call upon besides Him are not able to help you, nor can they help themselves | Those whom you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor help themselves.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ |
If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not | And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not | And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not; and thou seest them looking towards thee, yet they see not | If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them observing you, but they do not perceive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ |
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant | Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant | Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn away from the ignorant | Adopt [a policy of] excusing [the faults of people], bid what is right, and turn away from the ignorant | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ نَزْغٌۭ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ |
If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with God; for He heareth and knoweth (all things) | And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower | And if a false imputation from the devil afflict thee, seek refuge in Allah. Surely He is Hearing, Knowing | Should a temptation from Satan disturb you, invoke the protection of Allah; indeed He is all-hearing, all-knowing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَٰٓئِفٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ تَذَكَّرُوا۟ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ |
Those who fear God, when a thought of evil from Satan assaults them, bring God to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright) | Lo! those who ward off (evil), when a glamour from the devil troubleth them, they do but remember (Allah's Guidance) and behold them seers | Those who guard against evil, when a visitation from the devil afflicts them, they become mindful, then lo! they see | When those who are Godwary are touched by a visitation of Satan, they remember [Allah] and, behold, they perceive | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ |
But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts) | Their brethren plunge them further into error and cease not | And their brethren increase them in error, then they cease not | But their brethren, they draw them into error, and then they do not spare [any harm] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍۢ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and mercy, for any who have faith." | And when thou bringest not a verse for them they say: Why hast thou not chosen it? Say: I follow only that which is inspired in me from my Lord. This (Qur'an) is insight from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people that believe | And when thou bringest them not a sign, they say: Why dost thou not demand it? Say: I follow only that which is revealed to me from my Lord. These are clear proofs from your Lord and a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe | When you do not bring them a sign, they say, ‘Why do you not improvise one?’ Say, ‘I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord; these are insights from your Lord, and a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy | And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy | And when the Qur’an is recited, listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you | When the Qur’an is recited, listen to it and be silent, maybe you will receive [Allah’s] mercy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخِيفَةًۭ وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْءَاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ |
And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful | And do thou (O Muhammad) remember thy Lord within thyself humbly and with awe, below thy breath, at morn and evening. And be not thou of the neglectful | And remember thy Lord within thyself humbly and fearing, and in a voice not loud, in the morning and the evening, and be not of the heedless | And remember your Lord within your heart beseechingly and reverentially, without being loud, morning and evening, and do not be among the heedless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ وَلَهُۥ يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ |
Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him | Lo! those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to do Him service, but they praise Him and prostrate before Him | Surely those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to serve Him, and they glorify Him and prostrate themselves before Him | Indeed those who are [stationed] near your Lord do not disdain to worship Him. They glorify Him and prostrate to Him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
Most expansive of the Sunni comparative set; useful for a devotional or explanatory reading rhythm.
The most austere register; it is often the cleanest line for close comparative study.
Ahmadiyya English comparison column; commentary expansion remains available for a later import pass.
Widely cited Twelver English translation (phrase-by-phrase). Preferred column in Shia mode; always present for comparative study on site and in PDFs.
| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًۭا |
Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital | Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Qur'an | Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened, so they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Qur’an | Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened [to the Qur’an], and they said, “Indeed we heard a wonderful Qur’an | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًۭا |
'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord | Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe in it and we ascribe no partner unto our Lord | Guiding to the right way -- so we believe in it. And we shall not set up any one with our Lord | which guides to rectitude. Hence we have believed in it and we will never ascribe any partner to our Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةًۭ وَلَا وَلَدًۭا |
'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son | And (we believe) that He - exalted be the glory of our Lord! - hath taken neither wife nor son | And He -- exalted be the majesty of our Lord! -- has not taken a consort, nor a son | Exalted be the majesty of our Lord, He has taken neither any spouse nor son | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًۭا |
'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against God | And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie | And the foolish among us used to forge extravagant lies against Allah | Indeed the foolish ones among us used to utter atrocious lies concerning Allah | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًۭا |
'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against God | And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie concerning Allah | And we thought that men and jinn did not utter a lie against Allah | Indeed we thought that humans and jinn would never utter any falsehood concerning Allah | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًۭا |
'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly | And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against Allah) | And persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among the jinn, so they increased them in evil doing | Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًۭا |
'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one (to Judgment) | And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead) | And they thought, as you think that Allah would not raise anyone | They thought, just as you think, that Allah will not raise anyone from the dead | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا وَشُهُبًۭا |
'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires | And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors | And we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and flames | Indeed We made for the heaven and found it full of mighty sentries and flames | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْءَانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًۭا رَّصَدًۭا |
'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush | And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listeneth now findeth a flame in wait for him | And we used to sit in some of the sitting-places thereof to steal a hearing. But he who tries to listen now finds a flame lying in wait for him | We used to sit in its positions to eavesdrop, but anyone listening now finds a flame waiting for him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًۭا |
'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct | And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them | And we know not whether evil is meant for those on earth or whether their Lord means to direct them aright | We do not know whether ill is intended for those who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intends good for them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًۭا |
'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths | And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules | And some of us are good and others of us are below that -- we are sects following different ways | Among us some are righteous and some of us are otherwise: we are multifarious sects | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًۭا |
'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight | And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight | And we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight | We know that we cannot thwart Allah on the earth, nor can we thwart Him by fleeing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًۭا وَلَا رَهَقًۭا |
'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice | And when we heard the guidance, we believed therein, and whoso believeth in his Lord, he feareth neither loss nor oppression | And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. So whoever believes in his Lord, he fears neither loss nor injustice | When we heard the [message of] guidance, we believed in it. Whoever that has faith in his Lord shall neither fear any detraction nor oppression | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًۭا |
'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to God), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct | And there are among us some who have surrendered (to Allah) and there are among us some who are unjust. And whoso hath surrendered to Allah, such have taken the right path purposefully | And some of us are those who submit, and some of us are deviators. So whoever submits, these aim at the right way | Among us some are muslims and some of us are perverse. Yet those who submit [to Allah] —it is they who pursue rectitude | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَمَّا ٱلْقَٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًۭا |
'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire' | And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell | And as to deviators, they are fuel of hell | As for the perverse, they will be firewood for hell.” ’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًۭا |
(And God's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance | If they (the idolaters) tread the right path, We shall give them to drink of water in abundanc | And if they keep to the (right) way, We would certainly give them to drink of abundant water | If they are steadfast on the path [of Allah], We shall provide them with abundant water | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًۭا صَعَدًۭا |
"That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe Penalty | That We may test them thereby, and whoso turneth away from the remembrance of his Lord; He will thrust him into ever-growing torment | So that We may try them thereby. And whoever turns away from the reminder of his Lord, He will make him enter into an afflicting chastisement | so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًۭا |
"And the places of worship are for God (alone): So invoke not any one along with God | And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah | And the mosques are Allah’s, so call not upon any one with Allah | The places of worship belong to Allah, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًۭا |
"Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd." | And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded on him, almost stifling | And when the Servant of Allah stood up praying to Him, they well-nigh crowded him (to death) | When the servant of Allah rose to pray to Him, they almost crowded around him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭا |
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)." | Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner | Say: I only call upon my Lord, and associate naught with Him | Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا رَشَدًۭا |
Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct." | Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you | Say: I control not evil nor good for you | Say, ‘I have no power to bring you any harm or good [of my own accord].&rsquo | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌۭ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا |
Say: "No one can deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him | Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Hi | Say: None can protect me against Allah, nor can I find any refuge besides Him | Say, ‘Neither can anyone shelter me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge besides Him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا بَلَٰغًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا |
"Unless I proclaim what I receive from God and His Messages: for any that disobey God and His Apostle,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever." | (Mine is) but conveyance (of the Truth) from Allah, and His messages; and whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein such dwell for ever | (Mine is naught) but to deliver (the command) of Allah and His messages. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, surely for him is the Fire of hell, to abide therein for ages | [I have no duty] except to transmit from Allah, and [to communicate] His messages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His apostle, indeed there will be for him the fire of hell, to remain in it forever.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًۭا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًۭا |
At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers | Till (the day) when they shall behold that which they are promised (they may doubt); but then they will know (for certain) who is weaker in allies and less in multitude | Till when they see that which they are promised, they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in numbers | When they see what they are promised, they will then know who is weaker in supporters and fewer in numbers | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌۭ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا |
Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term | Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): I know not whether that which ye are promised is nigh, or if my Lord hath set a distant term for it | Say: I know not whether that which you are promised is nigh or if my Lord will appoint for it a distant term | Say, ‘I do not know if what you are promised is near, or if my Lord has set a term for it.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا |
"He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries, | (He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret | The Knower of the unseen, so He makes His secrets known to non | Knower of the Unseen, He does not disclose His Unseen to anyone | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًۭا |
"Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him | Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind hi | Except a messenger whom He chooses. For surely He makes a guard to go before him and after him | except to an apostle He approves of. Then He dispatches a sentinel before and behind hi | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا |
"That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing." | That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord. He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all things | That He may know that they have truly delivered the messages of their Lord; and He encompasses what is with them, and He keeps account of all things | so that He may ascertain that they have communicated the messages of their Lord, and He comprehends all that is with them, and He keeps count of all things | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.
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| # | Arabic | Yusuf Ali | Pickthall | Maulana Muhammad Ali | Ali Quli Qara'i | Year / context |
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| 1 |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يسٓ |
Ya Sin | Ya Sin | O man | Ya Sa«n | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 2 |
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ |
By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom, | By the wise Qur'an | By the Qur’an, full of wisdom | By the Wise Qur’an | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ |
Thou art indeed one of the apostles | Lo! thou art of those sen | Surely thou art one of the messengers | you are indeed one of the apostles | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ |
On a Straight Way | On a straight path | On a right way | on a straight path | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ |
It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful | A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful | A revelation of the Mighty | [It is a scripture] sent down gradually from the All-mighty, the All-merciful | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًۭا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَٰفِلُونَ |
In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers had received no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs of God) | That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless | That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless | that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are oblivious | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ |
The Word is proved true against the greater part of them: for they do not believe | Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not | The word has indeed proved true of most of them, so they believe not | The word has certainly become due against most of them, so they will not have faith | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًۭا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ |
We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see) | Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked | Surely We have placed on their necks chains reaching up to the chins, so they have their heads raised aloft | Indeed We have put iron collars around their necks, which are up to the chins, so their heads are upturned | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّۭا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّۭا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ |
And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see | And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not | And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, thus We have covered them, so that they see not | And We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, then We have blind-folded them, so they do not see | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ |
The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou do not admonish them: they will not believe | Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not | And it is alike to them whether thou warn them or warn them not -- they believe not | It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have faith | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍۢ وَأَجْرٍۢ كَرِيمٍ |
Thou canst but admonish such a one as follows the Message and fears the (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen: give such a one, therefore, good tidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward most generous | Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward | Thou canst warn him only who follows the Reminder and fears the Beneficent in secret; so give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward | You can only warn someone who follows the Reminder and fears the All-beneficent in secret; so give him the good news of forgiveness and a noble reward | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ |
Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before and that which they leave behind, and of all things have We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence) | Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register | Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down that which they send before and their footprints, and We record everything in a clear writing | Indeed it is We who revive the dead and write what they have sent ahead and their effects [which they left behind], and We have figured everything in a manifest Imam | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ |
Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!, there came apostles to it | Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them | And set out to them a parable of the people of the town, when apostles came to it | Cite for them the example of the inhabitants of the town when the apostles came to it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍۢ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ |
When We (first) sent to them two apostles, they rejected them: But We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, we have been sent on a mission to you." | When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you | When We sent to them two, they rejected them both; then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are sent to you | When We sent to them two [apostles], they impugned both of them. Then We reinforced them with a third, and they said, ‘We have indeed been sent to you.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ |
The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and (God) Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie." | They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie | They said: You are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent revealed anything -- you only lie | They said, ‘You are nothing but humans like us, and the All-beneficent has not sent down anything, and you are only lying.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ |
They said: "Our Lord doth know that we have been sent on a mission to you | They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you | They said: Our Lord knows that we are surely sent to you | They said, ‘Our Lord knows that we have indeed been sent to you | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ |
"And our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message." | And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message) | And our duty is only a clear deliverance (of the message) | and our duty is only to communicate in clear terms.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 18 |
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ |
The (people) said: "for us, we augur an evil omen from you: if ye desist not, we will certainly stone you. And a grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us." | (The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands | They said: Surely we augur evil from you. If you desist not, we will surely stone you, and a painful chastisement from us will certainly afflict you | They said, ‘Indeed we take you for a bad omen. If you do not relinquish we will stone you, and surely a painful punishment will visit you from us.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
| 19 |
قَالُوا۟ طَٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ |
They said: "Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem ye this an evil omen). If ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people transgressing all bounds!" | They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk | They said: Your evil fortune is with you. What! If you are reminded! Nay, you are an extravagant people | They said, ‘Your bad omens attend you. What! If you are admonished . . . . Rather you are a profligate lot.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌۭ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ |
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man, saying, "O my people! Obey the apostles | And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent | And from the remote part of the city there came a man running. He said: O my people, follow the apostles | There came a man from the city outskirts, hurrying. He said, ‘O my people! Follow the apostles | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًۭا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ |
"Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves), and who have themselves received Guidance | Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided | Follow him who asks of you no reward, and they are on the right course | Follow them who do not ask you any reward and they are rightly guided | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ |
"It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Who created me, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back | For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back | And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who created me and to Whom you will be brought back | Why should I not worship Him who has originated me, and to whom you shall be brought back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّۢ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ |
"Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If (God) Most Gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their intercession for me, nor can they deliver me | Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save | Shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, if the Beneficent should desire to afflict me with harm, will avail me naught, nor can they deliver me | Shall I take gods besides Him? If the All-beneficent desired to cause me any distress their intercession will not avail me in any way, nor will they rescue me | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ |
"I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error | Then truly I should be in error manifest | Then I shall surely be in clear error | Indeed then I would be in manifest error | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ |
"For me, I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen, then, to me!" | Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me | Surely I believe in your Lord, so hear me | Indeed I have faith in your Lord, so listen to me.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ |
It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! Would that my People knew (what I know)! | It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people kne | It was said: Enter the Garden. He said: Would that my people knew | He was told, ‘Enter paradise!’ He said, ‘Alas! Had my people only know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ |
"For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has enrolled me among those held in honour!" | With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones | How my Lord has forgiven me and made me of the honoured ones | for what my Lord forgave me and made me one of the honoured ones!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ |
And We sent not down against his People, after him, any hosts from heaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do | We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send | And We sent not down upon his people after him any host from heaven, nor do We ever send | After him We did not send down on his people a host from the sky, nor We would have sent down | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ |
It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were (like ashes) quenched and silent | It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct | It was naught but a single cry, and lo! they were still | It was but a single Cry, and, behold, they were stilled [like burnt ashes] | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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يَٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ |
Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not an apostle to them but they mock him | Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him | Alas for the servants! Never does a messenger come to them but they mock him | How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ |
See they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to them will they return | Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them | See they not how many generations We destroyed before them, that they return not to them | Have they not regarded how many generations We have destroyed before them who will not come back to them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن كُلٌّۭ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌۭ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ |
But each one of them all - will be brought before Us (for judgment) | But all, without exception, will be brought before Us | And all -- surely all -- will be brought before Us | And all of them will indeed be presented before Us | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّۭا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ |
A Sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, and produce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat | A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof | And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring forth from it grain so they eat of it | A sign for them is the dead earth, which We revive and out of it bring forth grain, so they eat of it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍۢ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَأَعْنَٰبٍۢ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ |
And We produce therein orchard with date-palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth therein | And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein | And We make therein gardens of date-palms and grapes and We make springs to flow forth therein | And We make in it orchards of date palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth in it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ |
That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks | That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks | That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not then give thanks | so that they may eat of its fruit and what their hands have cultivated. Will they not then give thanks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |
Glory to God, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge | Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not | Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they know not | Immaculate is He who has created all the kinds of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and of what they do not know | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ |
And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the Day, and behold they are plunged in darkness | A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness | And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then lo! they are in darkness | And a sign for them is the night, which We strip of daylight, and, behold, they find themselves in the dark | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّۢ لَّهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ |
And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing | And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise | And the sun moves on to its destination. That is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knower | And the sun runs on to its place of rest: That is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ |
And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk | And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf | And the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm-branch | As for the moon, We have ordained its phases, until it becomes like an old palm leaf | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍۢ يَسْبَحُونَ |
It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law) | It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit | Neither is it for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. And all float on in an orbit | Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ |
And a Sign for them is that We bore their race (through the Flood) in the loaded Ark | And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship | And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship | A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the laden ship | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ |
And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which they ride | And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride | And We have created for them the like thereof, whereon they ride | and We have created for them what is similar to it, which they ride | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ |
If it were Our Will, We could drown them: then would there be no helper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered | And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved | And if We please, We may drown them, then there is no succour for them, nor can they be rescued - | And if We like We drown them, whereat they have no one to call for help, nor are they rescue | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ |
Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world) convenience (to serve them) for a time | Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while | But by mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time | ⎯except by a mercy from Us and for an enjoyment until some time | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back) | When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless) | And when it is said to them: Guard against that which is before you and that which is behind you, that mercy may be shown to you | And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۢ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ |
Not a Sign comes to them from among the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom | Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it | And there comes to them no message of the messages of their Lord but they turn away from it | There did not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord but that they used to disregard it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ |
And when they are told, "Spend ye of (the bounties) with which God has provided you," the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Shall we then feed those whom, if God had so willed, He would have fed, (Himself)?- Ye are in nothing but manifest error." | And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest | And when it is said to them: Spend out of that which Allah has given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error | When they are told, ‘Spend out of what Allah has provided you,’ the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Shall we feed [someone] whom Allah would have fed, had He wished? You are only in manifest error.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ |
Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if what ye say is true?" | And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful | And they say: When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful | And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ |
They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves | They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing | They await but a single cry, which will overtake them while they contend | They do not await but a single Cry that would seize them as they wrangle | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةًۭ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ |
No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their affairs), nor to return to their own people | Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk | So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their families | Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ |
The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! from the sepulchres (men) will rush forth to their Lord | And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord | And the trumpet is blown, when lo! from their graves they will hasten on to their Lord | And when the Trumpet is blown, behold, there they will be, scrambling from their graves towards their Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ |
They will say: "Ah! Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our beds of repose?"... (A voice will say:) "This is what (God) Most Gracious had promised. And true was the word of the apostles!" | Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth | They will say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent promised and the messengers told the truth | They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who raised us from our place of sleep?’ ‘This is what the All-beneficent had promised, and the apostles had spoken the truth!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌۭ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ |
It will be no more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all be brought up before Us | It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us | It is but a single cry, when lo! they are all brought before Us | It will be but a single Cry, and, behold, they will all be presented before Us | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌۭ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye shall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds | This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do | So this day no soul is wronged in aught; and you are not rewarded aught but for what you did | ‘Today no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be requited except for what you used to do.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍۢ فَٰكِهُونَ |
Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all that they do | Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed | Surely the owners of the Garden are on that day in a happy occupation | Indeed today the inhabitants of paradise rejoice in their engagement | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ |
They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade, reclining on Thrones (of dignity) | They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining | They and their wives are in shades, reclining on raised couches | —they and their mates, reclining on couches in the shades | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ |
(Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall have whatever they call for | Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask | They have fruits therein, and they have whatever they desire | There they have fruits and they have whatever they want | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْلًۭا مِّن رَّبٍّۢ رَّحِيمٍۢ |
"Peace!" - a word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful | The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace | Peace! A word from a Merciful Lord | ‘Peace!’—a watchword from the all-merciful Lord | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱمْتَٰزُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ |
"And O ye in sin! Get ye apart this Day | But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day | And withdraw to-day, O guilty ones | And ‘Get apart today, you guilty ones!’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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۞ أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ |
"Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed? | Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! | Did I not charge you, O children of Adam, that you serve not the devil? Surely he is your open enemy | ‘Did I not exhort you, O children of Adam, saying, “Do not worship Satan. He is indeed your manifest enemy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌۭ مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ |
"And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight Way | But that ye worship Me? That was the right path | And that you serve Me. This is the right way | Worship Me. That is a straight path” | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّۭا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ |
"But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand | Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense | And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. Could you not then understand | Certainly he has led astray many of your generations. Did you not use to apply reason | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ |
"This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned | This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him) | This is the hell which you were promised | This is the hell you had been promised | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ |
"Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (Truth)." | Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved | Enter it this day because you disbelieved | Enter it today, because of what you used to defy | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ |
That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did | This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn | That day We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned | Today We shall seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness concerning what they used to earn.’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ |
If it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could they have seen | And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen | And if We pleased, We would put out their eyes, then they would strive to get first to the way, but how should they see | Had We wished We would have blotted out their eyes: then, were they to advance towards the path, how would have they seen | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّۭا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ |
And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move about, nor could they have returned (after error) | And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back | And if We pleased, We would transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, or turn back | And had We wished We would have deformed them in their place; then they would have neither been able to go ahead nor to go back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ |
If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: Will they not then understand | He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense | And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce to an object state in creation. Do they not understand | And whomever We give a long life, We cause him to regress in creation. Then will they not apply reason | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ وَقُرْءَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ |
We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is it meet for him: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making things clear | And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain | And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught but a Reminder and a plain Qur’an | We did not teach him poetry, nor does it behoove him. This is just a reminder and a manifest Qur’an | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّۭا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ |
That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that the charge may be proved against those who reject (Truth) | To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers | To warn him who would have life, and (that) the word may prove true against the disbelievers | so that anyone who is alive may be warned, and that the word may come due against the faithless | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَٰمًۭا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ |
See they not that it is We Who have created for them - among the things which Our hands have fashioned - cattle, which are under their dominion? | Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners | See they not that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters | Have they not seen that We have created for them —of what Our hands have worked— cattle, so they have become their masters | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ |
And that We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some do carry them and some they eat | And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food | And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they ride, and some they eat | And We made them tractable for them, so some of them make their mounts and some of them they eat | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ |
And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they get (milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful | Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks | And therein they have advantages and drinks. Will they not then give thanks | There are other benefits for them therein, and drinks. Will they not then give thanks | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ |
Yet they take (for worship) gods other than God, (hoping) that they might be helped | And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped | And they take gods besides Allah and they may be helped | They have taken gods besides Allah [hoping] that they might be helped | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّحْضَرُونَ |
They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up (before Our Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned) | It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms | They are not able to help them, and they are a host brought up before them | [Yet] they cannot help them, while they [themselves] are ready warriors for them | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ |
Let not their speech, then, grieve thee. Verily We know what they hide as well as what they disclose | So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim | So let not their speech grieve thee. Surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly | So do not let their remarks grieve you. We indeed know whatever they hide and whatever they disclose | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ |
Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary | Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent | Does not man see that We have created him from the small life-germ? Then lo! he is an open disputant | Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender! | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًۭا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌۭ |
And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?" | And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away | And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to bones, when they are rotten | He draws comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who shall revive the bones when they have decayed?’ | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ |
Say, "He will give them life Who created them for the first time! for He is Well-versed in every kind of creation! | Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation | Say: He will give life to them, Who brought them into existence at first, and He is Knower of all creation | Say, ‘He will revive them who produced them the first time, and He has knowledge of all creation | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًۭا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ |
"The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires) | Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it | Who produced fire for you out of the green tree, so that with it you kindle | —He, who made for you fire out of the green tree, and, behold, you light fire from it | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ |
"Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof?" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge (infinite) | Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator | Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! And He is the Creator (of all), the Knower | Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed! He is the All-creator, the All-knowing | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ |
Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, "be", and it is | But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is | His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it, Be, and it is | All His command, when He wills something, is to say to it ‘Be,’ and it is | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ |
So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things: and to Him will ye be all brought back | Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back | So glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things! and to Him you will be returned | So immaculate is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things and to whom you shall be brought back | Open full record Open notes Ayah PDF |
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Proclamation, warning, and consolation shape the chapter. The English renderings differ most in cadence: Yusuf Ali explanatory, Pickthall restrained, Maulana Muhammad Ali exacting, and Qara'i closely keyed to the Arabic phrasing.