وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sentمِنminbefore youقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youمِنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinMessengerإِلَّاillābutنُوحِىٓnūḥīWe reveal(ed)إِلَيْهِilayhito himأَنَّهُۥannahuthat [He]لَآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّآillāexceptأَنَا۠anāMeفَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūniso worship Me
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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they sayٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaHas takenٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Graciousوَلَدًۭا ۗwaladana sonسُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚsub'ḥānahuGlorified is HeبَلْbalNayعِبَادٌۭʿibādun(they are) slavesمُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūnahonored
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لَاlāNotيَسْبِقُونَهُۥyasbiqūnahuthey (can) precede Himبِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliin wordوَهُمwahumand theyبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His commandيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaact
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يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatبَيْنَbayna(is) before themأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before themوَمَاwamāand whatخَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(is) behind themوَلَاwalāand notيَشْفَعُونَyashfaʿūnathey (can) intercedeإِلَّاillāexceptلِمَنِlimanifor whomٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāHe approvesوَهُمwahumAnd theyمِّنْminfromخَشْيَتِهِۦkhashyatihifear of Himمُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūnastand in awe
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۞ وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَقُلْyaqulsaysمِنْهُمْmin'humof themإِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I amإِلَـٰهٌۭilāhuna godمِّنminbesides Himدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides HimفَذَٰلِكَfadhālikaThen thatنَجْزِيهِnajzīhiWe will recompenseجَهَنَّمَ ۚjahannama(with) HellكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنَجْزِىnajzīWe recompenseٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
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أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَyaraseeٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelievedأَنَّannathatٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthكَانَتَاkānatāwereرَتْقًۭاratqana joined entityفَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖfafataqnāhumāthen We parted themوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We madeمِنَminafromٱلْمَآءِl-māi[the] waterكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinliving thingحَىٍّ ۖḥayyinliving thingأَفَلَاafalāThen will notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
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وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We (have) placedفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly set mountainsأَنanlestتَمِيدَtamīdait (should) shakeبِهِمْbihimwith themوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We madeفِيهَاfīhāthereinفِجَاجًۭاfijājanbroad passesسُبُلًۭاsubulan(as) waysلَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna(be) guided
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وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We madeٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe skyسَقْفًۭاsaqfana roofمَّحْفُوظًۭا ۖmaḥfūẓanprotectedوَهُمْwahumBut theyعَنْʿanfromءَايَـٰتِهَاāyātihāits Signsمُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturn away
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وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Whoخَلَقَkhalaqacreatedٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the dayوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sunوَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamaraand the moonكُلٌّۭkulluneachفِىfīinفَلَكٍۢfalakinan orbitيَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūnafloating
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وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe madeلِبَشَرٍۢlibasharinfor any manمِّنminbefore youقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youٱلْخُلْدَ ۖl-khul'da[the] immortalityأَفَإِي۟نafa-inso ifمِّتَّmittayou dieفَهُمُfahumuthen (would) theyٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَl-khālidūnalive forever
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كُلُّkulluEveryنَفْسٍۢnafsinsoulذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu(will) tasteٱلْمَوْتِ ۗl-mawti[the] deathوَنَبْلُوكُمwanablūkumAnd We test youبِٱلشَّرِّbil-shariwith [the] badوَٱلْخَيْرِwal-khayriand [the] goodفِتْنَةًۭ ۖfit'natan(as) a trialوَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Usتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned
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