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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
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وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
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بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
But man desires to continue in sin.
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يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
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فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Fa izaa bariqal basar
So when vision is dazzled
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وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
We khasafal qamar
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وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
And the sun and the moon are joined,
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يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
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كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kallaa laa wazar
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
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بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
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وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Even if he presents his excuses.
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لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
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كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
No! But you love the immediate
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وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
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وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ
Wa qeela man raaq
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
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وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
And the leg is wound about the leg,
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.
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وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
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أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
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ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Then woe to you, and woe!
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?