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In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
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By the heaven, holding the big stars[] . |
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And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); |
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And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e.
the day of 'Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hîjjah]; |
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Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the
King).[] |
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Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel, |
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When they sat by it (fire), |
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And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning
them). |
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They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allâh,
the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! |
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Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And
Allâh is Witness over everything. |
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Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women
(by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance,
(to Allâh), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the
punishment of the burning Fire. |
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Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will
be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success. |
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Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your
Lord is severe. |
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Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the
Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it
on the Day of Resurrection). |
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And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real
true believers of Islâmic Monotheism), |
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Owner of the throne, the Glorious |
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He does what He intends (or wills). |
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Has the story reached you of the hosts, |
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Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd? |
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Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad (Peace
be upon him) and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism). |
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And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are
within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds). |
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Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'ân, |
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(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)! |