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Juz 23

357 ayahs Ya-Sin 28 → Az-Zumar 31 Pages 442–461
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ﴿٦٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIts crop is as it were the heads of devils

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فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ﴿٦٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.

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إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey indeed found their fathers astray,

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فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.

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وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily most of the men of old went astray before them,

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily We sent among them warners.

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فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen see the nature of the consequence for those warned,

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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah.

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وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer.

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وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We saved him and his household from the great distress,

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وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd made his seed the survivors,

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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

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سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallPeace be unto Noah among the peoples!

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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thus do We reward the good.

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إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! he is one of Our believing slaves.

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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We did drown the others.

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۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

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إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿٨٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;

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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?

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أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?

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فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?

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فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٨٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he glanced a glance at the stars

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فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ ﴿٨٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen said: Lo! I feel sick!

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فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they turned their backs and went away from him.

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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٩١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?

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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth you that ye speak not?

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فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he attacked them, striking with his right hand.

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فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ ﴿٩٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (his people) came toward him, hastening.

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قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve

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وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen Allah hath created you and what ye make?

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قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٩٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.

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فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.

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وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٩٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.

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رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١٠٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMy Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.

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فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ ﴿١٠١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo We gave him tidings of a gentle son.

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فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.

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فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ﴿١٠٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,

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وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe called unto him: O Abraham!

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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).