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Ash-Shu'ara · The Poets

227 ayahs Madani Pages 367–376 Juz 19
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
Ayahs 1 – 200
201
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لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿٢٠١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

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فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٢٠٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

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فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ﴿٢٠٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

204
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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿٢٠٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWould they (now) hasten on Our doom?

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أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ﴿٢٠٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,

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ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٠٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd then cometh that which they were promised,

207
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ﴿٢٠٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?

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وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ﴿٢٠٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We destroyed no township but it had its warners

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ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٠٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor reminder, for We never were oppressors.

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وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ﴿٢١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe devils did not bring it down.

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وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٢١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

212
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إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ﴿٢١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

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فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٢١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

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وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ﴿٢١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd warn thy tribe of near kindred,

215
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وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

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فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.

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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٢١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

218
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ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٢١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

219
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٢١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

220
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٢٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

221
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هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ﴿٢٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallShall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

222
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تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿٢٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey descend on every sinful, false one.

223
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يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

224
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وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٢٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs for poets, the erring follow them.

225
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ ﴿٢٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

226
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وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٢٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd how they say that which they do not?

227
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!

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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).