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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 – 80
81
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وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ﴿٨١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

82
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٨٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

83
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMy Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

84
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وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd give unto me a good report in later generations.

85
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وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

86
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وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

87
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd abase me not on the day when they are raised,

88
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

89
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿٨٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

90
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وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

91
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ﴿٩١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hell will appear plainly to the erring.

92
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وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

93
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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallInstead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

94
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فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٩٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

95
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وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the hosts of Iblis, together.

96
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قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

97
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تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٩٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

98
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إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

99
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وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt was but the guilty who misled us.

100
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فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ ﴿١٠٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNow we have no intercessors

101
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وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ ﴿١٠١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNor any loving friend.

102
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فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

103
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

104
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

105
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٠٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNoah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

106
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

107
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إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٠٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

108
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٠٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

109
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وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

110
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فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

111
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۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿١١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

112
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قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

113
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إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

114
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وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I am not (here) to repulse believers.

115
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إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI am only a plain warner.

116
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ﴿١١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

117
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ﴿١١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

118
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فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

119
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فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ﴿١١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

120
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ﴿١٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen afterward We drowned the others.

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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).