وَأَلْقَىٰwa-alqāAnd He has castفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountainsأَنanlestتَمِيدَtamīdait should shakeبِكُمْbikumwith youوَأَنْهَـٰرًۭاwa-anhāranand riversوَسُبُلًۭاwasubulanand roadsلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you mayتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūnabe guided
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وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍۢ ۚwaʿalāmātinAnd landmarksوَبِٱلنَّجْمِwabil-najmiAnd by the starsهُمْhumtheyيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaguide themselves
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أَفَمَنafamanThen is He Whoيَخْلُقُyakhluqucreatesكَمَنkamanlike one whoلَّاlā(does) notيَخْلُقُ ۗyakhluqucreateأَفَلَاafalāThen will you notتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnaremember
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وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَعُدُّوا۟taʿuddūyou should countنِعْمَةَniʿ'matathe Favors of Allahٱللَّهِl-lahithe Favors of Allahلَاlānotتُحْصُوهَآ ۗtuḥ'ṣūhāyou could enumerate themإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahلَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun(is) Oft-ForgivingرَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknowsمَاmāwhatتُسِرُّونَtusirrūnayou concealوَمَاwamāand whatتُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūnayou reveal
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وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whomيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invokeمِنminbesidesدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahلَاlānotيَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey createشَيْـًۭٔاshayananythingوَهُمْwahumbut (are) themselvesيُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnacreated
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أَمْوَٰتٌamwātun(They are) deadغَيْرُghayrunot aliveأَحْيَآءٍۢ ۖaḥyāinnot aliveوَمَاwamāAnd notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceiveأَيَّانَayyānawhenيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey will be resurrected
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إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumYour godإِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) Godوَٰحِدٌۭ ۚwāḥidunOneفَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaBut those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieveبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafterقُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir heartsمُّنكِرَةٌۭmunkiratunrefuseوَهُمwahumand theyمُّسْتَكْبِرُونَmus'takbirūna(are) arrogant
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لَاlāNo doubtجَرَمَjaramaNo doubtأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknowsمَاmāwhatيُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey concealوَمَاwamāand whatيُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūnathey revealإِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heلَاlā(does) notيُحِبُّyuḥibbuloveٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَl-mus'takbirīnathe arrogant ones
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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait is saidلَهُمlahumto themمَّاذَآmādhāWhatأَنزَلَanzalahas your Lord sent downرَبُّكُمْ ۙrabbukumhas your Lord sent downقَالُوٓا۟qālūThey sayأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruTalesٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the ancient
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لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟liyaḥmilūThat they may bearأَوْزَارَهُمْawzārahumtheir own burdensكَامِلَةًۭkāmilatan(in) fullيَوْمَyawmaon (the) Dayٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrectionوَمِنْwaminand ofأَوْزَارِawzārithe burdensٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whomيُضِلُّونَهُمyuḍillūnahumthey misled [them]بِغَيْرِbighayriwithoutعِلْمٍ ۗʿil'minknowledgeأَلَاalāUnquestionablyسَآءَsāaevilمَاmā(is) whatيَزِرُونَyazirūnathey will bear
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قَدْqadVerilyمَكَرَmakaraplottedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنmin(were) before themقَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before themفَأَتَىfa-atābut Allah cameٱللَّهُl-lahubut Allah cameبُنْيَـٰنَهُمbun'yānahum(at) their buildingمِّنَminafromٱلْقَوَاعِدِl-qawāʿidithe foundationsفَخَرَّfakharraso fellعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلسَّقْفُl-saqfuthe roofمِنminfromفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove themوَأَتَىٰهُمُwa-atāhumuand came to themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishmentمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlāthey (did) not perceiveيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey (did) not perceive
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