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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you
ٱلنَّاسُ
mankind!
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
worship
رَبَّكُمُ
your Lord
ٱلَّذِى
the One Who
خَلَقَكُمْ
created you
وَٱلَّذِينَ
and those [who]
مِن
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
before you
لَعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
تَتَّقُونَ
become righteous

Yaaa aiyuhan naasu'budoo Rabbakumul lazee khalaqakum wallazeena min qablikum la'allakum tattaqoon

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous –

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ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
جَعَلَ
made
لَكُمُ
for you
ٱلْأَرْضَ
the earth
فِرَٰشًا
a resting place
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ
and the sky
بِنَآءً
a canopy
وَأَنزَلَ
and sent down
مِنَ
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the sky
مَآءً
water
فَأَخْرَجَ
then brought forth
بِهِۦ
therewith
مِنَ
[of]
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ
the fruits
رِزْقًا
(as) provision
لَّكُمْۖ
for you
فَلَا
So (do) not
تَجْعَلُوا۟
set up
لِلَّهِ
to Allah
أَندَادًا
rivals
وَأَنتُمْ
while you
تَعْلَمُونَ
[you] know

Allazee ja'ala lakumul arda firaashanw wassamaaa'a binaaa 'anw wa anzala minassamaaa'i maaa'an fa akhraja bihee minas samaraati rizqal lakum falaa taj'aloo lillaahi andaadanw wa antum ta'lamoon

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

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وَإِن
And if
كُنتُمْ
you are
فِى
in
رَيْبٍ
doubt
مِّمَّا
about what
نَزَّلْنَا
We have revealed
عَلَىٰ
to
عَبْدِنَا
Our slave
فَأْتُوا۟
then produce
بِسُورَةٍ
a chapter
مِّن
[of]
مِّثْلِهِۦ
like it
وَٱدْعُوا۟
and call
شُهَدَآءَكُم
your witnesses
مِّن
from
دُونِ
other than
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
إِن
if
كُنتُمْ
you are
صَٰدِقِينَ
truthful

Wa in kuntum fee raibim mimmaa nazzalnaa 'alaa 'abdinaa fatoo bi Sooratim mim mislihee wad'oo shuhadaaa'akum min doonil laahi in kuntum saadiqeen

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Quran] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muhammad (^)], then produce a Surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allah, if you should be truthful.

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فَإِن
But if
لَّمْ
not
تَفْعَلُوا۟
you do
وَلَن
and never
تَفْعَلُوا۟
will you do
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
then fear
ٱلنَّارَ
the Fire
ٱلَّتِى
whose
وَقُودُهَا
[its] fuel
ٱلنَّاسُ
(is) [the] men
وَٱلْحِجَارَةُۖ
and [the] stones
أُعِدَّتْ
prepared
لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ
for the disbelievers

Fail lam taf'aloo wa lan taf'aloo fattaqun Naaral latee waqooduhan naasu walhijaaratu u'iddat lilkaafireen

But if you do not – and you will never be able to – then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

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وَبَشِّرِ
And give good news
ٱلَّذِينَ
(to) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
and do
ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
[the] righteous deeds
أَنَّ
that
لَهُمْ
for them
جَنَّٰتٍ
(will be) Gardens
تَجْرِى
flow
مِن
[from]
تَحْتِهَا
under them
ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُۖ
the rivers
كُلَّمَا
Every time
رُزِقُوا۟
they are provided
مِنْهَا
therefrom
مِن
of
ثَمَرَةٍ
fruit
رِّزْقًاۙ
(as) provision
قَالُوا۟
they (will) say
هَٰذَا
"This (is)
ٱلَّذِى
the one which
رُزِقْنَا
we were provided
مِن
from
قَبْلُۖ
before"
وَأُتُوا۟
And they will be given
بِهِۦ
therefrom
مُتَشَٰبِهًاۖ
(things) in resemblance
وَلَهُمْ
And for them
فِيهَآ
therein
أَزْوَٰجٌ
spouses
مُّطَهَّرَةٌۖ
purified
وَهُمْ
and they
فِيهَا
therein
خَٰلِدُونَ
(will) abide forever

Wa bashshiril lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati anna lahum jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru kullamaa riziqoo minhaa min samaratir rizqan qaaloo haazal lazee ruziqnaa min qablu wa utoo bihee mutashaabihaa, wa lahum feehaaa azwaajum mutahhara tunw wa hum feehaa khaalidoon

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

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إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
لَا
(is) not
يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ
ashamed
أَن
to
يَضْرِبَ
set forth
مَثَلًا
an example
مَّا
(like) even
بَعُوضَةً
(of) a mosquito
فَمَا
and (even) something
فَوْقَهَاۚ
above it
فَأَمَّا
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
believed
فَيَعْلَمُونَ
[thus] they will know
أَنَّهُ
that it
ٱلْحَقُّ
(is) the truth
مِن
from
رَّبِّهِمْۖ
their Lord
وَأَمَّا
And as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
فَيَقُولُونَ
[thus] they will say
مَاذَآ
what
أَرَادَ
(did) intend
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِهَٰذَا
by this
مَثَلاًۘ
example?
يُضِلُّ
He lets go astray
بِهِۦ
by it
كَثِيرًا
many
وَيَهْدِى
and He guides
بِهِۦ
by it
كَثِيرًاۚ
many
وَمَا
And not
يُضِلُّ
He lets go astray
بِهِۦٓ
by it
إِلَّا
except
ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
the defiantly disobedient

Innal laaha laa yastahyeee ai yadriba masalam maa ba'oodatan famaa fawqahaa; faammal lazeena aamanoo faya'lamoona annahul haqqu mir rabbihim wa ammal lazeena kafaroo fayaqooloona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; yudillu bihee kaseeranw wa yahdee bihee kaseeraa; wa maa yudillu biheee illal faasiqeen

Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example – that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allah intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

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ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
يَنقُضُونَ
break
عَهْدَ
(the) Covenant
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
مِنۢ
from
بَعْدِ
after
مِيثَٰقِهِۦ
its ratification
وَيَقْطَعُونَ
and [they] cut
مَآ
what
أَمَرَ
has ordered
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِهِۦٓ
it
أَن
to
يُوصَلَ
be joined
وَيُفْسِدُونَ
and [they] spread corruption
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِۚ
the earth
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
Those
هُمُ
they
ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
(are) the losers

Allazeena yanqudoona 'ahdal laahi mim ba'di meesaaqihee wa yaqt'oona maaa amaral laahu biheee ai yoosala wa yufsidoona fil ard; ulaaa'ika hum khaasirron

Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

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كَيْفَ
How
تَكْفُرُونَ
(can) you disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah?
وَكُنتُمْ
While you were
أَمْوَٰتًا
dead
فَأَحْيَٰكُمْۖ
then He gave you life
ثُمَّ
then
يُمِيتُكُمْ
He will cause you to die
ثُمَّ
then
يُحْيِيكُمْ
He will give you life
ثُمَّ
then
إِلَيْهِ
to Him
تُرْجَعُونَ
you will be returned

Kaifa takfuroona billaahi wa kuntum amwaatan fa ahyaakum summa yumeetukum summa yuhyeekum summaa ilaihi turja'oon

How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

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هُوَ
He
ٱلَّذِى
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَ
created
لَكُم
for you
مَّا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
جَمِيعًا
all
ثُمَّ
Moreover
ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ
He turned
إِلَى
to
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the heaven
فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ
and fashioned them
سَبْعَ
seven
سَمَٰوَٰتٍۚ
heavens
وَهُوَ
And He
بِكُلِّ
of every
شَىْءٍ
thing
عَلِيمٌ
(is) All-Knowing

Huwal lazee khalaqa lakum maa fil ardi jamee'an summas tawaaa ilas samaaa'i fasaw waahunna sab'a samaa waat; wa Huwa bikulli shai'in Aleem

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

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وَإِذْ
And when
قَالَ
said
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ
to the angels
إِنِّى
"Indeed, I (am)
جَاعِلٌ
going to place
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
خَلِيفَةًۖ
a vicegerent
قَالُوٓا۟
they said
أَتَجْعَلُ
"Will You place
فِيهَا
in it
مَن
(one) who
يُفْسِدُ
will spread corruption
فِيهَا
in it
وَيَسْفِكُ
and will shed
ٱلدِّمَآءَ
[the] blood[s]
وَنَحْنُ
while we
نُسَبِّحُ
[we] glorify (You)
بِحَمْدِكَ
with Your praises
وَنُقَدِّسُ
and we sanctify
لَكَۖ
[to] You
قَالَ
He said
إِنِّىٓ
"Indeed, I
أَعْلَمُ
[I] know
مَا
what
لَا
(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَ
you know"

Wa iz qaala rabbuka lil malaaa'ikati innee jaa'ilun fil ardi khaleefatan qaalooo ataj'alu feehaa mai yufsidu feehaa wa yasfikud dimaaa'a wa nahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wa nuqaddisu laka qaala inneee a'lamu maa laa ta'lamoon

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allah] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

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