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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ   ( الشعراء: ١٢١ )

inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
فِى
in
dhālika
ذَٰلِكَ
that
laāyatan
لَءَايَةًۖ
surely (is) a sign
wamā
وَمَا
but not
kāna
كَانَ
are
aktharuhum
أَكْثَرُهُم
most of them
mu'minīna
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
believers

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٢ )

wa-inna
وَإِنَّ
And indeed
rabbaka
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
lahuwa
لَهُوَ
surely He
l-ʿazīzu
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
(is) the All-Mighty
l-raḥīmu
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
the Most Merciful

And indeed, your Lord – He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

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كَذَّبَتْ عَادُ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٣ )

kadhabat
كَذَّبَتْ
Denied
ʿādun
عَادٌ
(the people) of Aad
l-mur'salīna
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
the Messengers

Aad denied the messengers.

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اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ هُوْدٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٤ )

idh
إِذْ
When
qāla
قَالَ
said
lahum
لَهُمْ
to them
akhūhum
أَخُوهُمْ
their brother
hūdun
هُودٌ
Hud
alā
أَلَا
"Will not
tattaqūna
تَتَّقُونَ
you fear (Allah)?

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

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اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٥ )

innī
إِنِّى
Indeed I am
lakum
لَكُمْ
to you
rasūlun
رَسُولٌ
a Messenger
amīnun
أَمِينٌ
trustworthy

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

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فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٦ )

fa-ittaqū
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
So fear
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
wa-aṭīʿūni
وَأَطِيعُونِ
and obey me

So fear Allah and obey me.

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وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٧ )

wamā
وَمَآ
And not
asalukum
أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ
I ask you
ʿalayhi
عَلَيْهِ
for it
min
مِنْ
any
ajrin
أَجْرٍۖ
payment
in
إِنْ
Not
ajriya
أَجْرِىَ
(is) my payment
illā
إِلَّا
except
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
from
rabbi
رَبِّ
(the) Lord
l-ʿālamīna
ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(of) the worlds

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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اَتَبْنُوْنَ بِكُلِّ رِيْعٍ اٰيَةً تَعْبَثُوْنَ ۙ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٨ )

atabnūna
أَتَبْنُونَ
Do you construct
bikulli
بِكُلِّ
on every
rīʿin
رِيعٍ
elevation
āyatan
ءَايَةً
a sign
taʿbathūna
تَعْبَثُونَ
amusing yourselves

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

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وَتَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَۚ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٩ )

watattakhidhūna
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ
And take for yourselves
maṣāniʿa
مَصَانِعَ
strongholds
laʿallakum
لَعَلَّكُمْ
that you may
takhludūna
تَخْلُدُونَ
live forever?

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

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وَاِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِيْنَۚ   ( الشعراء: ١٣٠ )

wa-idhā
وَإِذَا
And when
baṭashtum
بَطَشْتُم
you seize
baṭashtum
بَطَشْتُمْ
you seize
jabbārīna
جَبَّارِينَ
(as) tyrants

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

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