Man — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Attainment of Perfection

هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنِ حِینࣱ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ یَكُن شَیۡءࣰا مَّذۡكُورًا ۝١

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DOES THERE not pass over man a space of time when his life is a blank?⁴

hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūra

إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ أَمۡشَاجࣲ نَّبۡتَلِیهِ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ سَمِیعَۢا بَصِیرًا ۝٢

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We have created man from the union of the two sexes, that We may put him to the proof. We have endowed him with hearing and sigh

innā khalaqnā l-insāna min nuṭ'fatin amshājin nabtalīhi fajaʿalnāhu samīʿan baṣīra

إِنَّا هَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِیلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرࣰا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ۝٣

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and, be he thankful or oblivious of Our favours, We have shown him the right path

innā hadaynāhu l-sabīla immā shākiran wa-immā kafūra

إِنَّاۤ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ سَلَـٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغۡلَـٰلࣰا وَسَعِیرًا ۝٤

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For the unbelievers We have prepared chains and fetters, and a Conflagration

innā aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna salāsilā wa-aghlālan wasaʿīra

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ یَشۡرَبُونَ مِن كَأۡسࣲ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ۝٥

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But the righteous shall drink of a cup tempered at the Camphor Fountain

inna l-abrāra yashrabūna min kasin kāna mizājuhā kāfūra

عَیۡنࣰا یَشۡرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ یُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفۡجِیرࣰا ۝٦

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a gushing spring at which the worshippers of God refresh themselves

yūfūna bil-nadhri wayakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhu mus'taṭīra

یُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذۡرِ وَیَخَافُونَ یَوۡمࣰا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسۡتَطِیرࣰا ۝٧

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they who keep their vows and dread the far-flung terrors of a certain day;

Yoofoona bialnnathri wayakhafoona yawman kana sharruhu mustateeran

وَیُطۡعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسۡكِینࣰا وَیَتِیمࣰا وَأَسِیرًا ۝٨

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who, though they hold it dear, give sustenance to the destitute, the orphan, and the captive, saying

wayuṭ'ʿimūna l-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihi mis'kīnan wayatīman wa-asīra

إِنَّمَا نُطۡعِمُكُمۡ لِوَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِیدُ مِنكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَلَا شُكُورًا ۝٩

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We feed you for God‘s sake only; we seek of you no recompense nor thanks

innamā nuṭ'ʿimukum liwajhi l-lahi lā nurīdu minkum jazāan walā shukūra

إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا یَوۡمًا عَبُوسࣰا قَمۡطَرِیرࣰا ۝١٠

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for we fear from our Lord a day of anguish and of woe

innā nakhāfu min rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīra

فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمۡ نَضۡرَةࣰ وَسُرُورࣰا ۝١١

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God will deliver them from the evil of that day, and make their faces shine with joy

fawaqāhumu l-lahu sharra dhālika l-yawmi walaqqāhum naḍratan wasurūra

وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ جَنَّةࣰ وَحَرِیرࣰا ۝١٢

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He will reward them for their steadfastness with Paradise and robes of silk

wajazāhum bimā ṣabarū jannatan waḥarīra

مُّتَّكِءِینَ فِیهَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَاۤىِٕكِۖ لَا یَرَوۡنَ فِیهَا شَمۡسࣰا وَلَا زَمۡهَرِیرࣰا ۝١٣

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Reclining there upon soft couches, they shall feel neither the scorching heat nor the biting cold

muttakiīna fīhā ʿalā l-arāiki lā yarawna fīhā shamsan walā zamharīra

وَدَانِیَةً عَلَیۡهِمۡ ظِلَـٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتۡ قُطُوفُهَا تَذۡلِیلࣰا ۝١٤

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Trees will spread their shade around them, and fruits will hang in clusters over them

wadāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wadhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīla

وَیُطَافُ عَلَیۡهِم بِءَانِیَةࣲ مِّن فِضَّةࣲ وَأَكۡوَابࣲ كَانَتۡ قَوَارِیرَا۠ ۝١٥

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They shall be served on silver dishes, and beakers as large as goblets

wayuṭāfu ʿalayhim biāniyatin min fiḍḍatin wa-akwābin kānat qawārīr

قَوَارِیرَا۟ مِن فِضَّةࣲ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقۡدِیرࣰا ۝١٦

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silver goblets which they themselves shall measure

qawārīrā min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīra

وَیُسۡقَوۡنَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِیلًا ۝١٧

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and cups brim-full with ginger-flavoured wate

wayus'qawna fīhā kasan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīla

عَیۡنࣰا فِیهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلۡسَبِیلࣰا ۝١٨

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from a fount called Salsabil

wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna idhā ra-aytahum ḥasib'tahum lu'lu-an manthūra

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَیۡتَهُمۡ حَسِبۡتَهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣰا مَّنثُورࣰا ۝١٩

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They shall be attended by boys graced with eternal youth, who to the beholder‘s eyes will seem like sprinkled pearls

Wayatoofu AAalayhim wildanun mukhalladoona itha raaytahum hasibtahum lu/lu-an manthooran

وَإِذَا رَأَیۡتَ ثَمَّ رَأَیۡتَ نَعِیمࣰا وَمُلۡكࣰا كَبِیرًا ۝٢٠

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When you gaze and gaze upon that scene, you shall behold a kingdom blissful and glorious

wa-idhā ra-ayta thamma ra-ayta naʿīman wamul'kan kabīra

عَـٰلِیَهُمۡ ثِیَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضۡرࣱ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣱۖ وَحُلُّوۤا۟ أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةࣲ وَسَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ شَرَابࣰا طَهُورًا ۝٢١

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They shall be arrayed in garments of fine green silk and rich brocade, and adorned with bracelets of silver. Their Lord will give them pure nectar to drink

inna hādhā kāna lakum jazāan wakāna saʿyukum mashkūra

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَكَانَ سَعۡیُكُم مَّشۡكُورًا ۝٢٢

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Thus shall you be rewarded; your endeavours shall earn much thanks

Inna hatha kana lakum jazaan wakana saAAyukum mashkooran

2 Another Generation raised

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَیۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِیلࣰا ۝٢٣

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It was We who sent down to you the Koran by gradual revelation

innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna tanzīla

فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مِنۡهُمۡ ءَاثِمًا أَوۡ كَفُورࣰا ۝٢٤

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therefore await with patience the judgement of your Lord, and yield to none of them, sinner or blasphemer

fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā tuṭiʿ min'hum āthiman aw kafūra

وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ بُكۡرَةࣰ وَأَصِیلࣰا ۝٢٥

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Remember the name of your Lord morning and evening

wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika buk'ratan wa-aṣīla

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَٱسۡجُدۡ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحۡهُ لَیۡلࣰا طَوِیلًا ۝٢٦

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in the night time bow to Him: and praise Him all night long

wamina al-layli fa-us'jud lahu wasabbiḥ'hu laylan ṭawīla

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ یُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ وَیَذَرُونَ وَرَاۤءَهُمۡ یَوۡمࣰا ثَقِیلࣰا ۝٢٧

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Surely the unbelievers love this fleeting life too well, and leave behind them a heavy day of doom

inna hāulāi yuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata wayadharūna warāahum yawman thaqīla

نَّحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَشَدَدۡنَاۤ أَسۡرَهُمۡۖ وَإِذَا شِئۡنَا بَدَّلۡنَاۤ أَمۡثَـٰلَهُمۡ تَبۡدِیلًا ۝٢٨

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We created them, and endowed their limbs and joints with strength; but if We please, We can replace them by others like them

naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīla

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةࣱۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِیلࣰا ۝٢٩

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This is indeed an Admonition. Let him that will, take the right path to his Lord

inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīla

وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِیمًا حَكِیمࣰا ۝٣٠

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Yet you cannot will, except by the will of God. God is omniscient and wise

wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīma

یُدۡخِلُ مَن یَشَاۤءُ فِی رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِیمَۢا ۝٣١

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He admits into His mercy whom He will: and for the wrongdoers He has prepared a woeful punishment

yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimīna aʿadda lahum ʿadhāban alīma

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