The Poets — Mustafa Khattab 2018 Translation

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِیرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَیۡدِیَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَـٰفࣲ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٩

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Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic, but soon you will see. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, then crucify you all.”

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīn

26:50

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَیۡرَۖ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ۝٥٠

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They responded, “˹That would be˺ no harm! Surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return.

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn

26:51

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰیَـٰنَاۤ أَن كُنَّاۤ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥١

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We really hope that our Lord will forgive our sins, as we are the first to believe.”

innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīn

26:52

۞ وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِیۤ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٥٢

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And We inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.”

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn

26:53

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ۝٥٣

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Then Pharaoh sent mobilizers to all cities,

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn

26:54

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِیلُونَ ۝٥٤

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˹and said,˺ “These ˹outcasts˺ are just a handful of people,

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūn

26:55

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُونَ ۝٥٥

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who have really enraged us,

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūn

26:56

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِیعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ ۝٥٦

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but we are all on the alert.”

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn

26:57

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٧

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So We lured the tyrants out of ˹their˺ gardens, springs,

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūni

26:58

وَكُنُوزࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٥٨

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treasures, and splendid residences.

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmi

26:59

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ۝٥٩

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So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to the Children of Israel.

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīl

26:60

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِینَ ۝٦٠

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And so they pursued them at sunrise.

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīn

26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ۝٦١

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When the two groups came face to face, the companions of Moses cried out, “We are overtaken for sure.”

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūn

26:62

قَالَ كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّ مَعِیَ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ ۝٦٢

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Moses reassured ˹them˺, “Absolutely not! My Lord is certainly with me—He will guide me.”

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn

26:63

فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقࣲ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٦٣

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So We inspired Moses: “Strike the sea with your staff,” and the sea was split, each part was like a huge mountain.

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīm

26:64

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝٦٤

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We drew the pursuers to that place,

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīn

26:65

وَأَنجَیۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٦٥

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and delivered Moses and those with him all together.

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīn

26:66

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝٦٦

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Then We drowned the others.

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

26:67

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٦٧

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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:68

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٦٨

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:69

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ۝٦٩

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Relate to them ˹O Prophet˺ the story of Abraham,

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīm

26:70

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٠

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when he questioned his father and his people, “What is that you worship ˹besides Allah˺?”

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn

26:71

قَالُوا۟ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ ۝٧١

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They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn

26:72

قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ۝٧٢

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Abraham asked, “Can they hear you when you call upon them?

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn

26:73

أَوۡ یَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَضُرُّونَ ۝٧٣

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Or can they benefit or harm you?”

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn

26:74

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰلِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٧٤

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They replied, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same.”

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūn

26:75

قَالَ أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٧٥

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Abraham responded, “Have you ˹really˺ considered what you have been worshipping—

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:76

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ۝٧٦

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you and your ancestors?

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūn

26:77

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّیۤ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٧٧

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They are ˹all˺ enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds.

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīn

26:78

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَنِی فَهُوَ یَهۡدِینِ ۝٧٨

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˹He is˺ the One Who created me, and He ˹alone˺ guides me.

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn

26:79

وَٱلَّذِی هُوَ یُطۡعِمُنِی وَیَسۡقِینِ ۝٧٩

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˹He is˺ the One Who provides me with food and drink.

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīn

26:80

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ یَشۡفِینِ ۝٨٠

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And He ˹alone˺ heals me when I am sick.

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīn

26:81

وَٱلَّذِی یُمِیتُنِی ثُمَّ یُحۡیِینِ ۝٨١

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And He ˹is the One Who˺ will cause me to die, and then bring me back to life.

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīn

26:82

وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لِی خَطِیۤءَتِی یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٨٢

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And He is ˹the One˺ Who, I hope, will forgive my flaws on Judgment Day.”

wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīn

26:83

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِی حُكۡمࣰا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِی بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ۝٨٣

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“My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous.

rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīn

26:84

وَٱجۡعَل لِّی لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِی ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٨٤

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Bless me with honourable mention among later generations.

wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīn

26:85

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِی مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝٨٥

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Make me one of those awarded the Garden of Bliss.

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīm

26:86

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِیۤ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٨٦

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Forgive my father, for he is certainly one of the misguided.

wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīn

26:87

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِی یَوۡمَ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝٨٧

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And do not disgrace me on the Day all will be resurrected—

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūn

26:88

یَوۡمَ لَا یَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ ۝٨٨

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the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit.

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūn

26:89

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

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Only those who come before Allah with a pure heart ˹will be saved˺.”

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmi

26:90

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٩٠

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˹On that Day˺ Paradise will be brought near to the God-fearing,

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīn

26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِیمُ لِلۡغَاوِینَ ۝٩١

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and the Hellfire will be displayed to the deviant.

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīn

26:92

وَقِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝٩٢

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And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn

26:93

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ یَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَنتَصِرُونَ ۝٩٣

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besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn

26:94

فَكُبۡكِبُوا۟ فِیهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٩٤

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Then the idols will be hurled headlong into Hell, along with the deviant

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn

26:95

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِیسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ۝٩٥

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and the soldiers of Iblîs, all together.

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūn

26:96

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمۡ فِیهَا یَخۡتَصِمُونَ ۝٩٦

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There the deviant will cry while disputing with their idols,

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn

26:97

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٩٧

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“By Allah! We were clearly mistaken,

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīni

26:98

إِذۡ نُسَوِّیكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٩٨

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when we made you equal to the Lord of all worlds.

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:99

وَمَاۤ أَضَلَّنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ۝٩٩

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And none led us astray other than the wicked.

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūn

26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِینَ ۝١٠٠

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Now we have none to intercede for us,

famā lanā min shāfiʿīn

26:101

وَلَا صَدِیقٍ حَمِیمࣲ ۝١٠١

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٢

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If only we could have a second chance, then we would be believers.”

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīn

26:103

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٠٣

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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:104

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٠٤

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:105

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٠٥

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The people of Noah rejected the messengers

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīn

26:106

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٠٦

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when their brother Noah said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn

26:107

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٠٧

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I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:108

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٠٨

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:109

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٠٩

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I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:110

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١١٠

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So fear Allah, and obey me.”

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:111

۞ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ۝١١١

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They argued, “How can we believe in you, when you are followed ˹only˺ by the lowest of the low?”

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūn

26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١١٢

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He responded, “And what knowledge do I have of what they do?

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

26:113

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ۝١١٣

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Their judgment is with my Lord, if you had any sense!

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn

26:114

وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٤

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I am not going to expel the believers.

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīn

26:115

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١١٥

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I am only sent with a clear warning.”

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu

26:116

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ۝١١٦

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They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be stoned ˹to death˺.”

qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn

26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِی كَذَّبُونِ ۝١١٧

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Noah prayed, “My Lord! My people have truly rejected me.

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn

26:118

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١١٨

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So judge between me and them decisively, and save me and the believers with me.”

fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn

26:119

فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ۝١١٩

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So We saved him and those with him in the fully loaded Ark.

fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn

26:120

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِینَ ۝١٢٠

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Then afterwards We drowned the rest.

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīn

26:121

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٢١

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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:122

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٢٢

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:123

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٢٣

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The people of ’Âd rejected the messengers

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīn

26:124

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

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when their brother Hûd said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

26:125

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٢٥

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I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:126

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٢٦

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:127

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٢٧

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I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:128

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ ۝١٢٨

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˹Why˺ do you build a landmark on every high place in vanity,

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ۝١٢٩

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and construct castles, as if you are going to live forever,

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn

26:130

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ ۝١٣٠

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and act so viciously when you attack ˹others˺?

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn

26:131

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٣١

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:132

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٣٢

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Fear the One Who has provided you with ˹the good˺ things you know:

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn

26:133

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَـٰمࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٣٣

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He provided you with cattle, and children,

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīn

26:134

وَجَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٣٤

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and gardens, and springs.

wajannātin waʿuyūni

26:135

إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٣٥

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I truly fear for you the torment of a tremendous day.”

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰعِظِینَ ۝١٣٦

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They responded, “It is all the same to us whether you warn ˹us˺ or not.

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīn

26:137

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣٧

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This is simply the tradition of our predecessors.

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn

26:138

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝١٣٨

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And we will never be punished.”

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

26:139

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٣٩

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So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ We destroyed them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٤٠

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:141

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٤١

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The people of Thamûd rejected the messengers

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīn

26:142

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٤٢

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when their brother Ṣâliḥ said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn

26:143

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٤٣

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I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:144

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٤٤

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:145

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٤٥

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I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:146

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِی مَا هَـٰهُنَاۤ ءَامِنِینَ ۝١٤٦

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Do you think you will be ˹forever˺ left secure in what you have here:

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn

26:147

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝١٤٧

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amid gardens and springs,

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

26:148

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِیمࣱ ۝١٤٨

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and ˹various˺ crops, and palm trees ˹loaded˺ with tender fruit;

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmu

26:149

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ ۝١٤٩

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to carve homes in the mountains with great skill?

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

26:150

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٥٠

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:151

وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝١٥١

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And do not follow the command of the transgressors,

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīn

26:152

ٱلَّذِینَ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ۝١٥٢

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who spread corruption throughout the land, never setting things right.”

alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūn

26:153

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٥٣

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They replied, “You are simply bewitched!

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:154

مَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِءَایَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٥٤

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You are only a human being like us, so bring forth a sign if what you say is true.”

mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

26:155

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝١٥٥

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Ṣâliḥ said, “Here is a camel. She will have her turn to drink as you have yours, each on an appointed day.

qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmi

26:156

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوۤءࣲ فَیَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝١٥٦

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And do not ever touch her with harm, or you will be overtaken by the torment of a tremendous day.”

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:157

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِینَ ۝١٥٧

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But they killed her, becoming regretful.

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīn

26:158

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٥٨

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So the punishment overtook them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:159

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٥٩

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:160

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٦٠

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The people of Lot rejected the messengers

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīn

26:161

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٦١

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when their brother Lot said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn

26:162

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٦٢

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I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:163

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٦٣

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:164

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٦٤

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I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:165

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٦٥

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Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men,

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīn

26:166

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ۝١٦٦

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leaving the wives that your Lord has created for you? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn

26:167

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ ۝١٦٧

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They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be expelled.”

qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīn

26:168

قَالَ إِنِّی لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِینَ ۝١٦٨

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Lot responded, “I am truly one of those who despise your ˹shameful˺ practice.

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīn

26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٦٩

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My Lord! Save me and my family from ˹the consequences of˺ what they do.”

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn

26:170

فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝١٧٠

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So We saved him and all of his family,

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ۝١٧١

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except an old woman, who was one of the doomed.

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ۝١٧٢

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Then We utterly destroyed the rest,

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

26:173

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ۝١٧٣

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pouring upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn

26:174

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٧٤

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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:175

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٧٥

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:176

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡءَیۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝١٧٦

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The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīn

26:177

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَیۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٧٧

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when Shu’aib said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn

26:178

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٧٨

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I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

26:179

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ ۝١٧٩

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So fear Allah, and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

26:180

وَمَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٨٠

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I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:181

۞ أَوۡفُوا۟ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ ۝١٨١

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Give full measure, and cause no loss ˹to others˺.

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīn

26:182

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ ۝١٨٢

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Weigh with an even balance,

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm

26:183

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ ۝١٨٣

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and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land.

walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīn

26:184

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٨٤

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And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīn

26:185

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ۝١٨٥

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They replied, “You are simply bewitched!

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

26:186

وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ۝١٨٦

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Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar.

wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīn

26:187

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَیۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٨٧

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So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”

fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

26:188

قَالَ رَبِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٨٨

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Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn

26:189

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمٍ ۝١٨٩

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So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud. That was really a torment of a tremendous day.

fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

26:190

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٩٠

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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

26:191

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝١٩١

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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

26:192

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِیلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٩٢

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This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds,

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِینُ ۝١٩٣

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which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīn

26:194

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِینَ ۝١٩٤

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into your heart ˹O Prophet˺—so that you may be one of the warners—

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīni

26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِیࣲّ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩٥

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in a clear Arabic tongue.

Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeenin

26:196

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِی زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٩٦

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And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before.

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīn

26:197

أَوَ لَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَایَةً أَن یَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰۤؤُا۟ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ۝١٩٧

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Was it not sufficient proof for the deniers that it has been recognized by the knowledgeable among the Children of Israel?

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīl

26:198

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِینَ ۝١٩٨

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Had We revealed it to a non-Arab,

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīn

26:199

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَیۡهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝١٩٩

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who would then recite it to the deniers ˹in fluent Arabic˺, still they would not have believed in it!

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīn

26:200

كَذَ ٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٢٠٠

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This is how We allow denial ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn

26:201

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ یَرَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٢٠١

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They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,

lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

26:202

فَیَأۡتِیَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ ۝٢٠٢

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which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn

26:203

فَیَقُولُوا۟ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ۝٢٠٣

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Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn

26:204

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝٢٠٤

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Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

26:205

أَفَرَءَیۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِنِینَ ۝٢٠٥

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Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīn

26:206

ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٠٦

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then there came to them what they had been threatened with:

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūn

26:207

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُمَتَّعُونَ ۝٢٠٧

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would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn

26:208

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ۝٢٠٨

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We have never destroyed a society without warners

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn

26:209

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٢٠٩

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to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīn

26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢١٠

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It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīn

26:211

وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لَهُمۡ وَمَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ۝٢١١

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it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they,

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūn

26:212

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ۝٢١٢

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for they are strictly barred from ˹even˺ overhearing ˹it˺.

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn

26:213

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِینَ ۝٢١٣

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So do not ever call upon any other god besides Allah, or you will be one of the punished.

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīn

26:214

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِیرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِینَ ۝٢١٤

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And warn ˹all, starting with˺ your closest relatives,

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīn

26:215

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٢١٥

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and be gracious to the believers who follow you.

wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīn

26:216

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢١٦

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But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūn

26:217

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝٢١٧

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Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīm

26:218

ٱلَّذِی یَرَىٰكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ ۝٢١٨

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Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm

26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِی ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٢١٩

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as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīn

26:220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٢٢٠

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He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

26:221

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ۝٢٢١

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Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīn

26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِیمࣲ ۝٢٢٢

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They descend upon every sinful liar,

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmi

26:223

یُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَـٰذِبُونَ ۝٢٢٣

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who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūn

26:224

وَٱلشُّعَرَاۤءُ یَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ۝٢٢٤

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As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūn

26:225

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِی كُلِّ وَادࣲ یَهِیمُونَ ۝٢٢٥

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Do you not see how they rant in every field,

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn

26:226

وَأَنَّهُمۡ یَقُولُونَ مَا لَا یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٢٢٦

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only saying what they never do?

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūn

26:227

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِیرࣰا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ۗ وَسَیَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ أَیَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ یَنقَلِبُونَ ۝٢٢٧

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Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn

Surah 26. The Poets (ash-Shu`ara`)

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