The surah that mentions the fatal lesion of the ancient people of ʿĀd who dwelled in the dune valley of Aḥqāf, whose prophet warned them to give up idolatry and worship only God, but to no avail. It takes its name from verse 21, where Aḥqāf is mentioned. It reflects one of the major themes of this surah: the inescapable punishment that awaits those who deny the truth and the Resurrection. Emphasis is placed on the fact that communities more established than the Meccans” have been destroyed, and that even the jinn believe in the Quran before the disbelievers of Mecca do. Finally, the Prophet is encouraged to be steadfast and await God’s judgement on the disbelievers.The surah is also known as: The Dune Valleys of al-Ahqaf, The Dunes, The Sand Dunes, The Sandy Plains, Winding Sand-tracts.
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حم
ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)
Ḥā, Mīm.
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تَنزيلُ الكِتابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ العَزيزِ الحَكيمِ
tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi
The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah,the All-mighty, the All-wise.
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ما خَلَقنَا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما إِلّا بِالحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ وَالَّذينَ كَفَروا عَمّا أُنذِروا مُعرِضونَ
mā khalaqnā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾajalin musamman wa-lladhīna kafarū ʿammā ʾundhirū muʿriḍūna
We did not create the heavens and the earthand whatever is between themexcept with reason and for a specified term.Yet the faithlessare disregardful of what they are warned.
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قُل أَرَأَيتُم ما تَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ أَروني ماذا خَلَقوا مِنَ الأَرضِ أَم لَهُم شِركٌ فِي السَّماواتِ ۖ ائتوني بِكِتابٍ مِن قَبلِ هٰذا أَو أَثارَةٍ مِن عِلمٍ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ
qul ʾa-raʾaytum mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi ʾarūnī mādhā khalaqū mina l-ʾarḍi ʾam lahum shirkun fī s-samāwāti ʾtūnī bi-kitābin min qabli hādhā ʾaw ʾathāratin min ʿilmin ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
Say, ‘Tell me aboutwhat you invoke besides Allah.Show mewhat [part] of the earth have they created.Do they have any share in the heavens?Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this,or some vestige of [divine] knowledge,should you be truthful.’
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وَمَن أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدعو مِن دونِ اللَّهِ مَن لا يَستَجيبُ لَهُ إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيامَةِ وَهُم عَن دُعائِهِم غافِلونَ
wa-man ʾaḍallu mimman yadʿū min dūni llāhi man lā yastajību lahū ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wa-hum ʿan duʿāʾihim ghāfilūna
Who is more astray than him who invokesbesides Allahsuch as would not respond to himuntil the Day of Resurrection,and who are oblivious of their invocation?
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وَإِذا حُشِرَ النّاسُ كانوا لَهُم أَعداءً وَكانوا بِعِبادَتِهِم كافِرينَ
wa-ʾidhā ḥushira n-nāsu kānū lahum ʾaʿdāʾan wa-kānū bi-ʿibādatihim kāfirīna
When mankind are mustered [on Judgement’s Day]they will be their enemies,and they will disavow their worship.
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وَإِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِم آياتُنا بَيِّناتٍ قالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لِلحَقِّ لَمّا جاءَهُم هٰذا سِحرٌ مُبينٌ
wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin qāla lladhīna kafarū li-l-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum hādhā ṣiḥrun mubīnun
When Our manifest signs are recited to them,the faithless say of the truth when it comes to them:‘This is plain magic.’
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أَم يَقولونَ افتَراهُ ۖ قُل إِنِ افتَرَيتُهُ فَلا تَملِكونَ لي مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيئًا ۖ هُوَ أَعلَمُ بِما تُفيضونَ فيهِ ۖ كَفىٰ بِهِ شَهيدًا بَيني وَبَينَكُم ۖ وَهُوَ الغَفورُ الرَّحيمُ
ʾam yaqūlūna ftarāhu qul ʾini ftaraytuhū fa-lā tamlikūna lī mina llāhi shayʾan huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-mā tufīḍūna fīhi kafā bihī shahīdan baynī wa-baynakum wa-huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu
Do they say, ‘He has fabricated it?’Say, ‘Should I have fabricated it,you would not avail me anything against Allah.He best knows what you gossip concerning it.He suffices as a witness between me and you,and He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.’
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قُل ما كُنتُ بِدعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَما أَدري ما يُفعَلُ بي وَلا بِكُم ۖ إِن أَتَّبِعُ إِلّا ما يوحىٰ إِلَيَّ وَما أَنا إِلّا نَذيرٌ مُبينٌ
qul mā kuntu bidʿan mina r-rusuli wa-mā ʾadrī mā yufʿalu bī wa-lā bikum ʾin ʾattabiʿu ʾillā mā yūḥā ʾilayya wa-mā ʾana ʾillā nadhīrun mubīnun
Say, ‘I am not a novelty among the apostles,nor do I know what will be done with me,or with you.I just follow whatever is revealed to me,and I am just a manifest warner.’
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قُل أَرَأَيتُم إِن كانَ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ وَكَفَرتُم بِهِ وَشَهِدَ شاهِدٌ مِن بَني إِسرائيلَ عَلىٰ مِثلِهِ فَآمَنَ وَاستَكبَرتُم ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدِي القَومَ الظّالِمينَ
qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin kāna min ʿindi llāhi wa-kafartum bihī wa-shahida shāhidun min banī ʾisrāʾīla ʿalā mithlihī fa-ʾāmana wa-stakbartum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
Say, ‘Tell me, if it is from Allahand you disbelieve in it,and a witness from the Children of Israel has testifiedto its likeand believed [in it],while you are disdainful [of it]?’1Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.Ellipsis; the omitted phrase is, ‘who will be more astray than him who is in extreme defiance.’ See 41:52.
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وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لِلَّذينَ آمَنوا لَو كانَ خَيرًا ما سَبَقونا إِلَيهِ ۚ وَإِذ لَم يَهتَدوا بِهِ فَسَيَقولونَ هٰذا إِفكٌ قَديمٌ
wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū law kāna khayran mā sabaqūnā ʾilayhi wa-ʾidh lam yahtadū bihī fa-sa-yaqūlūna hādhā ʾifkun qadīmun
The faithless say about the faithful,‘Had it been [anything] good,they would not have taken the lead over ustoward [accepting] it.’And since they could not find the way to it,they will say, ‘It is an ancient lie.’
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وَمِن قَبلِهِ كِتابُ موسىٰ إِمامًا وَرَحمَةً ۚ وَهٰذا كِتابٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِسانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِيُنذِرَ الَّذينَ ظَلَموا وَبُشرىٰ لِلمُحسِنينَ
wa-min qablihī kitābu mūsā ʾimāman wa-raḥmatan wa-hādhā kitābun muṣaddiqun lisānan ʿarabiyyan li-yundhira lladhīna ẓalamū wa-bushrā li-l-muḥsinīna
Yet before it the Book of Moseswas a guide and a mercy,and this is a Book which confirms it,in the Arabic language,to warn those who do wrong,and is a [bearer of] good news for the virtuous.
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إِنَّ الَّذينَ قالوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ استَقاموا فَلا خَوفٌ عَلَيهِم وَلا هُم يَحزَنونَ
ʾinna lladhīna qālū rabbunā llāhu thumma staqāmū fa-lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūna
Indeed those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’and then remain steadfast,they will have no fear,nor will they grieve.
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أُولٰئِكَ أَصحابُ الجَنَّةِ خالِدينَ فيها جَزاءً بِما كانوا يَعمَلونَ
ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu l-jannati khālidīna fīhā jazāʾan bi-mā kānū yaʿmalūna
They shall be the inhabitants of paradise,remaining in it [forever]—a reward for what they used to do.
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وَوَصَّينَا الإِنسانَ بِوالِدَيهِ إِحسانًا ۖ حَمَلَتهُ أُمُّهُ كُرهًا وَوَضَعَتهُ كُرهًا ۖ وَحَملُهُ وَفِصالُهُ ثَلاثونَ شَهرًا ۚ حَتّىٰ إِذا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ أَربَعينَ سَنَةً قالَ رَبِّ أَوزِعني أَن أَشكُرَ نِعمَتَكَ الَّتي أَنعَمتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلىٰ والِدَيَّ وَأَن أَعمَلَ صالِحًا تَرضاهُ وَأَصلِح لي في ذُرِّيَّتي ۖ إِنّي تُبتُ إِلَيكَ وَإِنّي مِنَ المُسلِمينَ
wa-waṣṣaynā l-ʾinsāna bi-wālidayhi ʾiḥsānan ḥamalathu ʾummuhū kurhan wa-waḍaʿathu kurhan wa-ḥamluhū wa-fiṣāluhū thalāthūna shahran ḥattā ʾidhā balagha ʾashuddahū wa-balagha ʾarbaʿīna sanatan qāla rabbi ʾawziʿnī ʾan ʾashkura niʿmataka llatī ʾanʿamta ʿalayya wa-ʿalā wālidayya wa-ʾan ʾaʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa-ʾaṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī ʾinnī tubtu ʾilayka wa-ʾinnī mina l-muslimīna
We have enjoined man to be kind to his parents.His mother has carried him in travail,and bore him in travail,and his gestation and weaning take thirty months.When he comes of ageand reaches forty years,he says, ‘My Lord!Inspire me to give thanks for Your blessingwith which You have blessed meand my parents,and that I may do righteous deedswhich may please You,and invest my descendants with righteousness.Indeed I have turned to you in penitence,and I am one of the muslims.’
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أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنهُم أَحسَنَ ما عَمِلوا وَنَتَجاوَزُ عَن سَيِّئَاتِهِم في أَصحابِ الجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعدَ الصِّدقِ الَّذي كانوا يوعَدونَ
ʾulāʾika lladhīna nataqabbalu ʿanhum ʾaḥsana mā ʿamilū wa-natajāwazu ʿan sayyiʾātihim fī ʾaṣḥābi l-jannati waʿda ṣ-ṣidqi lladhī kānū yūʿadūna
Such are the ones from whom We acceptthe best of what they do,and overlook their misdeeds,[who will be] among the inhabitants of paradise—a true promise which they had been given.
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وَالَّذي قالَ لِوالِدَيهِ أُفٍّ لَكُما أَتَعِدانِني أَن أُخرَجَ وَقَد خَلَتِ القُرونُ مِن قَبلي وَهُما يَستَغيثانِ اللَّهَ وَيلَكَ آمِن إِنَّ وَعدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقولُ ما هٰذا إِلّا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
wa-lladhī qāla li-wālidayhi ʾuffin lakumā ʾa-taʿidāninī ʾan ʾukhraja wa-qad khalati l-qurūnu min qablī wa-humā yastaghīthāni llāha waylaka ʾāmin ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun fa-yaqūlu mā hādhā ʾillā ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna
As for him who says to his parents,‘Fie on you!Do you promise methat I shall be raised [from the dead]when generations have passed away before me?’And they invoke Allah’s help[and say]: ‘Woe to you!Believe! Indeed Allah’s promise is true.’But he says,‘These are nothing but myths of the ancients.’
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أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ حَقَّ عَلَيهِمُ القَولُ في أُمَمٍ قَد خَلَت مِن قَبلِهِم مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُم كانوا خاسِرينَ
ʾulāʾika lladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī ʾumamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jinni wa-l-ʾinsi ʾinnahum kānū khāsirīna
Such are the ones against whom the word became dueconcerning the nationsthat have passed away before themof jinn and humans.They were indeed the losers.
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وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجاتٌ مِمّا عَمِلوا ۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُم أَعمالَهُم وَهُم لا يُظلَمونَ
wa-li-kullin darajātun mimmā ʿamilū wa-li-yuwaffiyahum ʾaʿmālahum wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna
For each [person] there will be degrees [of merit]pertaining to what he has done,that He may recompense them fully for their works,and they will not be wronged.
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وَيَومَ يُعرَضُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا عَلَى النّارِ أَذهَبتُم طَيِّباتِكُم في حَياتِكُمُ الدُّنيا وَاستَمتَعتُم بِها فَاليَومَ تُجزَونَ عَذابَ الهونِ بِما كُنتُم تَستَكبِرونَ فِي الأَرضِ بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ وَبِما كُنتُم تَفسُقونَ
wa-yawma yuʿraḍu lladhīna kafarū ʿalā n-nāri ʾadhhabtum ṭayyibātikum fī ḥayātikumu d-dunyā wa-stamtaʿtum bihā fa-l-yawma tujzawna ʿadhāba l-hūni bi-mā kuntum tastakbirūna fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-bi-mā kuntum tafsuqūna
The day when the faithless are exposedto the Fire, [they will be told,]‘You have exhausted your good thingsin the life of the worldand enjoyed them.So today you will be requitedwith a humiliating punishmentfor your acting arrogantly in the earthunduly,and because you used to transgress.’
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۞ وَاذكُر أَخا عادٍ إِذ أَنذَرَ قَومَهُ بِالأَحقافِ وَقَد خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِن بَينِ يَدَيهِ وَمِن خَلفِهِ أَلّا تَعبُدوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكُم عَذابَ يَومٍ عَظيمٍ
wa-dhkur ʾakhā ʿādin ʾidh ʾandhara qawmahū bi-l-ʾaḥqāfi wa-qad khalati n-nudhuru min bayni yadayhi wa-min khalfihī ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā llāha ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin
And mention [Hūd] the brother of ʿĀd,when he warned his people at Aḥqāf—and warners have passed awaybefore and after him—saying, ‘Do not worship anyone but Allah.Indeed I fear for you the punishmentof a tremendous day.’
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قالوا أَجِئتَنا لِتَأفِكَنا عَن آلِهَتِنا فَأتِنا بِما تَعِدُنا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ
qālū ʾa-jiʾtanā li-taʾfikanā ʿan ʾālihatinā fa-ʾtinā bi-mā taʿidunā ʾin kunta mina ṣ-ṣādiqīna
They said,‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods?Then bring us what you threaten us with,should you be truthful.
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قالَ إِنَّمَا العِلمُ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم ما أُرسِلتُ بِهِ وَلٰكِنّي أَراكُم قَومًا تَجهَلونَ
qāla ʾinnamā l-ʿilmu ʿinda llāhi wa-ʾuballighukum mā ʾursiltu bihī wa-lākinnī ʾarākum qawman tajhalūna
He said,‘The knowledge is with Allah alone.I communicate to you what I have been sent with.But I see that you are a senseless lot.’
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فَلَمّا رَأَوهُ عارِضًا مُستَقبِلَ أَودِيَتِهِم قالوا هٰذا عارِضٌ مُمطِرُنا ۚ بَل هُوَ مَا استَعجَلتُم بِهِ ۖ ريحٌ فيها عَذابٌ أَليمٌ
fa-lammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍan mustaqbila ʾawdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍun mumṭirunā bal huwa mā staʿjaltum bihī rīhun fīhā ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
When they saw it as a cloudadvancing toward their valleys,they said, ‘This cloud brings us rain.’‘Rather it is what you sought to hasten:a hurricane carrying a painful punishment,
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تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ بِأَمرِ رَبِّها فَأَصبَحوا لا يُرىٰ إِلّا مَساكِنُهُم ۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَجزِي القَومَ المُجرِمينَ
tudammiru kulla shayʾin bi-ʾamri rabbihā fa-ʾaṣbaḥū lā yurā ʾillā masākinuhum ka-dhālika najzī l-qawma l-mujrimīna
destroying everything by its Lord’s command.’So they became such that nothing could be seenexcept their dwellings.Thus do We requite the guilty lot.
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وَلَقَد مَكَّنّاهُم فيما إِن مَكَّنّاكُم فيهِ وَجَعَلنا لَهُم سَمعًا وَأَبصارًا وَأَفئِدَةً فَما أَغنىٰ عَنهُم سَمعُهُم وَلا أَبصارُهُم وَلا أَفئِدَتُهُم مِن شَيءٍ إِذ كانوا يَجحَدونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ وَحاقَ بِهِم ما كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ
wa-la-qad makkannāhum fī-mā ʾin makkannākum fīhi wa-jaʿalnā lahum samʿan wa-ʾabṣāran wa-ʾafʾidatan fa-mā ʾaghnā ʿanhum samʿuhum wa-lā ʾabṣāruhum wa-lā ʾafʾidatuhum min shayʾin ʾidh kānū yajḥadūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
Certainly We had granted them powerin respects that We have not granted you,and We had vested them with hearing and sightand hearts.But neither their hearing availed themnor did their sight,nor their hearts, in any waywhen they used to impugn the signs of Allah.So they were besiegedby what they used to deride.
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وَلَقَد أَهلَكنا ما حَولَكُم مِنَ القُرىٰ وَصَرَّفنَا الآياتِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ
wa-la-qad ʾahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā wa-ṣarrafnā l-ʾāyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Certainly We destroyed towns that were around you,and We have paraphrased the signsso that they may come back.
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فَلَولا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذينَ اتَّخَذوا مِن دونِ اللَّهِ قُربانًا آلِهَةً ۖ بَل ضَلّوا عَنهُم ۚ وَذٰلِكَ إِفكُهُم وَما كانوا يَفتَرونَ
fa-law-lā naṣarahumu lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi qurbānan ʾālihatan bal ḍallū ʿanhum wa-dhālika ʾifkuhum wa-mā kānū yaftarūna
So why did not those [false gods] helpthem whom they had taken, besides Allah,as gods, as means of nearness [to Him]?Rather they forsook them;and that was their lieand what they used to fabricate.
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وَإِذ صَرَفنا إِلَيكَ نَفَرًا مِنَ الجِنِّ يَستَمِعونَ القُرآنَ فَلَمّا حَضَروهُ قالوا أَنصِتوا ۖ فَلَمّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوا إِلىٰ قَومِهِم مُنذِرينَ
wa-ʾidh ṣarafnā ʾilayka nafaran mina l-jinni yastamiʿūna l-qurʾāna fa-lammā ḥaḍarūhu qālū ʾanṣitū fa-lammā quḍiya wallaw ʾilā qawmihim mundhirīna
When We dispatched toward you a team of jinnlistening to the Qurʾān,when they were in its presence,they said, ‘Be silent!’When it was finished, they went back to their peopleas warners.
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قالوا يا قَومَنا إِنّا سَمِعنا كِتابًا أُنزِلَ مِن بَعدِ موسىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِما بَينَ يَدَيهِ يَهدي إِلَى الحَقِّ وَإِلىٰ طَريقٍ مُستَقيمٍ
qālū yā-qawmanā ʾinnā samiʿnā kitāban ʾunzila min baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqan li-mā bayna yadayhi yahdī ʾilā l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾilā ṭarīqin mustaqīmin
They said, ‘O our people!Indeed we have heard a Bookwhich has been sent down after Moses,confirming what was before it.It guides to the truthand to a straight path.
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يا قَومَنا أَجيبوا داعِيَ اللَّهِ وَآمِنوا بِهِ يَغفِر لَكُم مِن ذُنوبِكُم وَيُجِركُم مِن عَذابٍ أَليمٍ
yā-qawmanā ʾajībū dāʿiya llāhi wa-ʾāminū bihī yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wa-yujirkum min ʿadhābin ʾalīmin
O our people!Respond to Allah’s summonerand have faith in Him.He will forgive you some of your sinsand shelter you from a painful punishment.’
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وَمَن لا يُجِب داعِيَ اللَّهِ فَلَيسَ بِمُعجِزٍ فِي الأَرضِ وَلَيسَ لَهُ مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءُ ۚ أُولٰئِكَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ
wa-man lā yujib dāʿiya llāhi fa-laysa bi-muʿjizin fī l-ʾarḍi wa-laysa lahū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾu ʾulāʾika fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Those who do not respond to Allah’s summonercannot thwart [Allah] on the earth,and they will not find any protectors besides Him.They are in manifest error.
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أَوَلَم يَرَوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَلَم يَعيَ بِخَلقِهِنَّ بِقادِرٍ عَلىٰ أَن يُحيِيَ المَوتىٰ ۚ بَلىٰ إِنَّهُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ
ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾanna llāha lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-lam yaʿya bi-khalqihinna bi-qādirin ʿalā ʾan yuḥyiya l-mawtā balā ʾinnahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
Do they not see that Allah,who created the heavens and the earthand [who] was not exhausted by their creation,is able to revive the dead?Yes, indeed He has power over all things.
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وَيَومَ يُعرَضُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا عَلَى النّارِ أَلَيسَ هٰذا بِالحَقِّ ۖ قالوا بَلىٰ وَرَبِّنا ۚ قالَ فَذوقُوا العَذابَ بِما كُنتُم تَكفُرونَ
wa-yawma yuʿraḍu lladhīna kafarū ʿalā n-nāri ʾa-laysa hādhā bi-l-ḥaqqi qālū balā wa-rabbinā qāla fa-dhūqū l-ʿadhāba bi-mā kuntum takfurūna
The day when the faithless are exposedto the Fire,[He will say,] ‘Is this not a fact?’They will say, ‘Yes, by our Lord!’He will say, ‘So taste the punishmentbecause of what you used to disbelieve.’
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فَاصبِر كَما صَبَرَ أُولُو العَزمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلا تَستَعجِل لَهُم ۚ كَأَنَّهُم يَومَ يَرَونَ ما يوعَدونَ لَم يَلبَثوا إِلّا ساعَةً مِن نَهارٍ ۚ بَلاغٌ ۚ فَهَل يُهلَكُ إِلَّا القَومُ الفاسِقونَ
fa-ṣbir ka-mā ṣabara ʾulū l-ʿazmi mina r-rusuli wa-lā tastaʿjil lahum ka-ʾannahum yawma yarawna mā yūʿadūna lam yalbathū ʾillā sāʿatan min nahārin balāghun fa-hal yuhlaku ʾillā l-qawmu l-fāsiqūna
So be patientjust as the resolute among the apostles were patient,and do not seek to hasten [the punishment]for them.The day when they seewhat they are promised, [it will be]as though they had remained only an hour of a day.This is a proclamation.So shall anyone be destroyedexcept the transgressing lot?