Az-Zukhruf

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Haa-Meeem

Translation

Ha, Meem.

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Wal Kitaabil Mubeen

Translation

By the clear Book,

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Innaa ja'alnaahu Quraanan 'Arabiyyal la'allakum ta'qiloon

Translation

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.

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Wa innahoo feee Ummil Kitaabi Ladainaa la'aliyyun hakeem

Translation

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

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Afanadribu 'ankumuz Zikra safhan an kuntum qawmam musrifeen

Translation

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

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Wa kam arsalnaa min Nabiyyin fil awwaleen

Translation

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

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Wa maa yaateehim min Nabiyyin illaa kaanoo bihee yasahzi'oon

Translation

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

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Fa ahlaknaaa ashadda minhum batshanw wa madaa masalul lawwaleen

Translation

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

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Wa la'in sa altahum man khalaqas samaawaati wal arda la yaqoolunna khalaqa hunnal 'Azeezul 'Aleem

Translation

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

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Allazee ja'ala lakumul arda mahdanw wa ja'ala lakum feehaa subulal la'allakum tahtadoon

Translation

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

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Wallazee nazzala minas samaaa'i maaa'am biqadarin fa anshamaa bihee baldatam maitaa' kazaalika tukhrajoon

Translation

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

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Wallazee khalaqal azwaaja kullahaa wa ja'ala lakum minal fulki wal-an'aami maa tarkaboon

Translation

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

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Litastawoo 'alaa zuhoorihee summa tazkuroo ni'mata Rabbikum izastawaitum 'alaihi wa taqooloo Subhaanal lazee sakhkhara lana haaza wa maa kunnaa lahoo muqrineen

Translation

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

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Wa innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon

Translation

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

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Wa ja'aloo lahoo min 'ibaadihee juz'aa; innal insaana lakafoorum mubeen

Translation

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

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Amit takhaza mimmaa yakhluqu banaatinw wa asfaakum bilbaneen

Translation

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

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Wa izaa bushshira ahaduhum bimaa daraba lir Rahmaani masalan zalla wajhuhoo muswaddanw wa hua kazeem

Translation

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

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Awa mai yunashsha'u fil hilyati wa huwa fil khisaami ghairu mubeen

Translation

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?

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Wa ja'alul malaaa'ikatal lazeena hum 'ibaadur Rahmaani inaasaa; a shahidoo khalaqhum; satuktabu shahaa datuhum wa yus'aloon

Translation

And they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

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Wa qaaloo law shaaa'ar Rahmaanu maa 'abadnaahum; maa lahum bizaalika min 'ilmin in hum illaa yakhrusoon

Translation

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.

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Am aatainaahum Kitaabam min qablihee fahum bihee mustamsikoon

Translation

Or have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are adhering?

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Bal qaalooo innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muhtadoon

Translation

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

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Wa kazaalika maaa arsalnaa min qablika fee qaryatim min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafoohaaa innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muqtadoon

Translation

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

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Qaala awa law ji'tukum bi ahdaa mimmaa wajattum 'alaihi aabaaa'akum qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

Translation

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

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Fantaqamnaa minhum fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mukazzibeen

Translation

So we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

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Wa iz qaala Ibraaheemu liabeehi wa qawmiheee innane baraaa'um mimmaa ta'budo

Translation

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

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Illal lazee fataranee innahoo sa yahdeen

Translation

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

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Wa ja'alahaa Kalimatam baaqiyatan fee 'aqibihee la'al lahum yarji'oon

Translation

And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

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Bal matta'tu haaa'ulaaa'i wa aabaaa'ahum hattaa jaaa'a humul haqqu wa Rasoolum mubeen

Translation

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

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Wa lammaa jaaa'ahumul haqqu qaaloo haazaa sihrunw wa innaa bihee kaafiroon

Translation

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

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Wa qaaloo law laa nuzzila haazal Quraanu 'alaa rajulim minal qaryataini 'azeem

Translation

And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

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Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata Rabbik; Nahnu qasamnaa bainahum ma'eeshatahum fil hayaatid dunyaa wa rafa'naa ba'dahum fawqa ba'din darajaatil liyattakhiza ba'duhum ba'dan sukhriyyaa; wa rahmatu Rabbika khairum mimmaa yajma'oon

Translation

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

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Wa law laaa any yakoonan naasu ummatanw waahidatal laja'alnaa limany yakfuru bir Rahmaani libu yootihim suqufam min fiddatinw wa ma'aarija 'alaihaa yazharoon

Translation

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount

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Wa libu yootihim abwaabanw wa sururan 'alaihaa yattaki'oon

Translation

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

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Wa zukhrufaa; wa in kullu zaalika lammaa mataa'ul hayaatid dunyaa; wal aakhiratu 'inda Rabbika lilmuttaqeen

Translation

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

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Wa mai ya'shu 'an zikrir Rahmaani nuqaiyid lahoo Shaitaanan fahuwa lahoo qareen

Translation

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

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Wa innahum la yasuddoo nahum 'anis sabeeli wa yahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

Translation

And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

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Hattaaa izaa jaaa'anaa qaala yaa laita bainee wa bainaka bu'dal mashriqaini fabi'sal qareen

Translation

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."

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Wa lai yanfa'akumul Yawma iz zalamtum annakum fil 'azaabi mushtarikoon

Translation

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

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Afa anta tusmi'us summa aw tahdil 'umya wa man kaana fee dalaalim mubeen

Translation

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

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Fa immaa nazhabanna bika fa innaa minhum muntaqimoon

Translation

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

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Aw nuriyannakal lazee wa'adnaahum fa innaa 'alaihim muqtadiroon

Translation

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

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Fastamsik billazeee oohi ya ilaika innaka 'alaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Translation

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

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Wa innahoo lazikrul laka wa liqawmika wa sawfa tus'aloon

Translation

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

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Was'al man arsalnaa min qablika mir Rusulinaaa aja'alnaa min doonir Rahmaani aalihatany yu badoon

Translation

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

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Wa laqad arsalnaa Moosaa bi aayaatinaaa ilaa Fir'awna wa mala'ihee faqaala innee Rasoolu Rabbil 'aalameen

Translation

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

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Falammma jaaa'ahum bi aayaatinaaa izaa hum minhaa yadhakoon

Translation

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

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Wa maa nureehim min aayatin illaa hiya akbaru min ukhtihaa wa akhaznaahum bil'azaabi la'allahum yarji'oon

Translation

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

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Wa qaaloo yaaa ayyuhas saahirud'u lanaa Rabbaka bimaa 'ahida 'indaka innanaa lamuhtadoon

Translation

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

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Falammaa kashafnaa 'anhumul 'azaaba izaa hum yankusoon

Translation

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

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Wa naadaa Fir'awnu fee qawmihee qaala yaa qawmi alaisa lee mulku Misra wa haazihil anhaaru tajree min tahtee afalaa tubsiroon

Translation

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

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Am ana khairum min haazal lazee huwa maheenunw wa laa yuakaadu yubeen

Translation

Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

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Falaw laa ulqiya 'alaihi aswiratum min zahabin awjaaa'a ma'ahul malaaa'ikatu muqtarineen

Translation

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

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Fastakhaffa qawmahoo fa ataa'ooh; innahum kaanoo qawman faasiqeen

Translation

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].

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Falammaaa aasafoonan taqamnaa minhum fa aghraqnaahum ajma'een

Translation

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

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Faja'alnaahum salafanw wa masalal lil aakhireen

Translation

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

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Wa lammaa duribab nu Maryama masalan izaa qawmu ka minhu yasidoon

Translation

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

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Wa qaalooo 'a-aalihatunaa khairun am hoo; maa daraboohu laka illaa jadalaa; balhum qawmun khasimoon

Translation

And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

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In huwa illaa 'abdun an'amnaa 'alaihi wa ja'alnaahu masalal li Baneee Israaa'eel

Translation

Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

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Wa law nashaaa'u laja'alnaa minkum malaaa'ikatan fil ardi yakhlufoon

Translation

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

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Wa innahoo la'ilmul lis Saa'ati fala tamtarunna bihaa wattabi'oon; haazaa Siraatum Mustaqeem

Translation

And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

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Wa laa yasuddan nakumush Shaitaanu innahoo lakum 'aduwwum mubeen

Translation

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

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Wa lammaa jaaa'a 'Eesaa bilbaiyinaati qaala qad ji'tukum bil Hikmati wa li-ubaiyina lakum ba'dal lazee takhtalifoona feehi fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon

Translation

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.

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Innal laaha Huwa Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haaza Siraatum Mustaqeem

Translation

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

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Fakhtalafal ahzaabu mim bainihim fawailul lillazeena zalamoo min 'azaabi Yawmin aleem

Translation

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

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Hal yanzuroona illas Saa'ata an taatiyahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

Translation

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

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Al akhillaaa'u Yawma'izim ba'duhum liba'din 'aduwwun illal muttaqeen

Translation

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

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Yaa 'ibaadi laa khawfun 'alaikumul Yawma wa laaa antum tahzanoon

Translation

[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

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Allazeena aamanoo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo muslimeen

Translation

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

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Udkhulul Jannata antum wa azwaajukum tuhbaroon

Translation

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

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Yutaafu 'alaihim bishaa fim min zahabinw wa akwaab, wa feehaa maatashtaheehil anfusu wa talazzul a'yunu wa antum feehaa khaalidoon

Translation

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

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Wa tilkal jannatul lateee ooristumoohaa bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

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Lakum feehaa faakihatun kaseeratum minhaa taakuloon

Translation

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

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Innal mujrimeena fee 'azaabi jahannama khaalidoon

Translation

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

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Laa yufattaru 'anhum wa hum feehi mublisoon

Translation

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

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Wa maa zalamnaahum wa laakin kaanoo humuz zaalimeen

Translation

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

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Wa naadaw yaa Maaliku liyaqdi 'alainaa Rabbuka qaala innakum maakisson

Translation

And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

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Laqad ji'naakum bilhaqqi wa laakinna aksarakum lilhaqqi kaarihoon

Translation

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

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Am abramooo amran fainnaa mubrimoon

Translation

Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

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Am yahsaboona annaa laa nasma'u sirrahum wa najwaahum; balaa wa Rusulunaa ladaihim yaktuboon

Translation

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.

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Qul in kaana lir Rahmaani walad; fa-ana awwalul 'aabideen

Translation

Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

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Subhaana Rabbis samaawaati wal ardi Rabbil Arshi 'ammaa yasifoon

Translation

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

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Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo Yawmahumul lazee yoo'adoon

Translation

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

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Wa Huwal lazee fissamaaa'i Ilaahunw wa fil ardi Ilaah; wa Huwal Hakeemul'Aleem

Translation

And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

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Wa tabaarakal lazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa wa 'indahoo 'ilmus Saa'ati wa ilaihi turja'oon

Translation

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

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Wa laa yamlikul lazeena yad'oona min doonihish shafaa'ata illaa man shahida bilhaqqi wa hum ya'lamoon

Translation

And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

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Wa la'in sa altahum man khalaqahum la yaqoolun nallaahu fa annaa yu'fakoon

Translation

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

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Wa qeelihee yaa Rabbi inna haa'ulaaa'i qawmul laa yu'minoon

Translation

And [Allah acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

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Fasfah 'anhum wa qul salaam; fasawfa ya'lamoon

Translation

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.