مَّاmāNotلَهُمlahumthey haveبِهِۦbihiabout itمِنْminanyعِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledgeوَلَاwalāand notلِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚliābāihimtheir forefathersكَبُرَتْkaburatGrave (is)كَلِمَةًۭkalimatanthe wordتَخْرُجُtakhruju(that) comes outمِنْminofأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚafwāhihimtheir mouthsإِنinNotيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey sayإِلَّاillāexceptكَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
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فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen perhaps you would (be)بَـٰخِعٌۭbākhiʿunthe one who killsنَّفْسَكَnafsakayourselfعَلَىٰٓʿalāoverءَاثَـٰرِهِمْāthārihimtheir footstepsإِنinifلَّمْlamnotيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believeبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin thisٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi[the] narrationأَسَفًاasafan(in) grief
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إِنَّاinnāIndeed, WeجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have madeمَاmāwhatعَلَىʿalā(is) onٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthزِينَةًۭzīnatanadornmentلَّهَاlahāfor itلِنَبْلُوَهُمْlinabluwahumthat We may test [them]أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of themأَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) bestعَمَلًۭاʿamalan(in) deed
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وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, Weلَجَـٰعِلُونَlajāʿilūna(will) surely makeمَاmāwhatعَلَيْهَاʿalayhā(is) on itصَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdansoilجُرُزًاjuruzanbarren
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أَمْamOrحَسِبْتَḥasib'tahave you thoughtأَنَّannathatأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companionsٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfi(of) the caveوَٱلرَّقِيمِwal-raqīmiand the inscriptionكَانُوا۟kānūwereمِنْminamongءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signsعَجَبًاʿajabana wonder
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إِذْidhWhenأَوَىawāretreatedٱلْفِتْيَةُl-fit'yatuthe youthsإِلَىilātoٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe caveفَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they saidرَبَّنَآrabbanāOur LordءَاتِنَاātināGrant usمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkaYourselfرَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanMercyوَهَيِّئْwahayyiand facilitateلَنَاlanāfor usمِنْmin[from]أَمْرِنَاamrināour affairرَشَدًۭاrashadan(in the) right way
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فَضَرَبْنَاfaḍarabnāSo We castعَلَىٰٓʿalāoverءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir earsفِىfīinٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe caveسِنِينَsinīnayears عَدَدًۭاʿadadana number
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ثُمَّthummaThenبَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them upلِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evidentأَىُّayyuwhichٱلْحِزْبَيْنِl-ḥiz'bayni(of) the two partiesأَحْصَىٰaḥṣābest calculatedلِمَاlimāfor whatلَبِثُوٓا۟labithū(they had) remainedأَمَدًۭاamadan(in) time
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نَّحْنُnaḥnuWeنَقُصُّnaquṣṣunarrateعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youنَبَأَهُمnaba-ahumtheir storyبِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truthإِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they (were)فِتْيَةٌfit'yatunyouthsءَامَنُوا۟āmanūwho believedبِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimin their Lordوَزِدْنَـٰهُمْwazid'nāhumand We increased themهُدًۭىhudan(in) guidance
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وَرَبَطْنَاwarabaṭnāAnd We made firmعَلَىٰʿalā[on]قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsإِذْidhwhenقَامُوا۟qāmūthey stood upفَقَالُوا۟faqālūand saidرَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lordرَبُّrabbu(is) the Lordٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthلَنlanNeverنَّدْعُوَا۟nadʿuwāwe will invokeمِنminbesides Himدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himإِلَـٰهًۭا ۖilāhanany godلَّقَدْlaqadCertainlyقُلْنَآqul'nāwe would have saidإِذًۭاidhanthenشَطَطًاshaṭaṭanan enormity
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هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiTheseقَوْمُنَاqawmunāour peopleٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave takenمِنminbesides Himدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himءَالِهَةًۭ ۖālihatangodsلَّوْلَاlawlāWhy notيَأْتُونَyatūnathey comeعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto themبِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭbisul'ṭāninwith an authorityبَيِّنٍۢ ۖbayyininclearفَمَنْfamanAnd whoأَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrongمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinventsعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahكَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
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