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Al-Waqi'ah · The Inevitable

96 ayahs Makki Pages 534–537 Juz 27

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it this Statement that ye scorn,

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وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd make denial thereof your livelihood?

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فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

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وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ye are at that moment looking

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وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not-

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فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

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تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDo ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?

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فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus if he is of those brought nigh,

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فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ ﴿٨٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.

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وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if he is of those on the right hand,

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فَسَلَـٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.

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وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut if he is of the rejecters, the erring,

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فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ﴿٩٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen the welcome will be boiling water

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وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ﴿٩٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd roasting at hell-fire.

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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٩٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this is certain truth.

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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٩٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).