وَمَاwamāAnd notخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe createdٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَمَاwamāand whateverبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between themبَـٰطِلًۭا ۚbāṭilanwithout purposeذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatظَنُّẓannu(is the) assumptionٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarūdisbelieveفَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woeلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato thoseكَفَرُوا۟kafarūwho disbelieveمِنَminafromٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
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أَمْamOrنَجْعَلُnajʿalushould We treatٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieveوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand doٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deedsكَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَkal-muf'sidīnalike those who spread corruptionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthأَمْamOrنَجْعَلُnajʿalushould We treatٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe piousكَٱلْفُجَّارِkal-fujārilike the wicked
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كِتَـٰبٌkitābun(This is) a BookأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have revealed itإِلَيْكَilaykato youمُبَـٰرَكٌۭmubārakunblessedلِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟liyaddabbarūthat they may ponderءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihi(over) its Versesوَلِيَتَذَكَّرَwaliyatadhakkaraand may be remindedأُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose of understandingٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithose of understanding
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وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We gaveلِدَاوُۥدَlidāwūdato Dawoodسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚsulaymānaSulaimanنِعْمَniʿ'maan excellentٱلْعَبْدُ ۖl-ʿabduslaveإِنَّهُۥٓinnahuIndeed, heأَوَّابٌawwābun(was) one who repeatedly turned
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إِذْidhWhenعُرِضَʿuriḍawere displayedعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himبِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiin the afternoonٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُl-ṣāfinātuexcellent bred steedsٱلْجِيَادُl-jiyāduexcellent bred steeds
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فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he saidإِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَحْبَبْتُaḥbabtu[I] preferredحُبَّḥubba(the) loveٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri(of) the goodعَنʿanoverذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembranceرَبِّىrabbī(of) my LordحَتَّىٰḥattāUntilتَوَارَتْtawāratthey were hiddenبِٱلْحِجَابِbil-ḥijābiin the veil
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رُدُّوهَاruddūhāReturn themعَلَىَّ ۖʿalayyato meفَطَفِقَfaṭafiqaThen he beganمَسْحًۢاmasḥan(to) pass (his hand)بِٱلسُّوقِbil-sūqiover the legsوَٱلْأَعْنَاقِwal-aʿnāqiand the necks
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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyفَتَنَّاfatannāWe triedسُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSulaimanوَأَلْقَيْنَاwa-alqaynāand We placedعَلَىٰʿalāonكُرْسِيِّهِۦkur'siyyihihis throneجَسَدًۭاjasadana bodyثُمَّthummathenأَنَابَanābahe turned
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قَالَqālaHe saidرَبِّrabbiO my Lordٱغْفِرْigh'firForgiveلِىlīmeوَهَبْwahaband grantلِىlīmeمُلْكًۭاmul'kana kingdomلَّاlānotيَنۢبَغِىyanbaghī(will) belongلِأَحَدٍۢli-aḥadinto anyoneمِّنۢminafter meبَعْدِىٓ ۖbaʿdīafter meإِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, Youأَنتَanta[You]ٱلْوَهَّابُl-wahābu(are) the Bestower
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فَسَخَّرْنَاfasakharnāThen We subjectedلَهُlahuto himٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe windتَجْرِىtajrīto flowبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby his commandرُخَآءًrukhāangentlyحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverأَصَابَaṣābahe directed
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وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَwal-shayāṭīnaAnd the devilsكُلَّkullaeveryبَنَّآءٍۢbannāinbuilderوَغَوَّاصٍۢwaghawwāṣinand diver
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وَءَاخَرِينَwaākharīnaAnd othersمُقَرَّنِينَmuqarranīnaboundفِىfīinٱلْأَصْفَادِl-aṣfādichains
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هَـٰذَاhādhāThisعَطَآؤُنَاʿaṭāunā(is) Our giftفَٱمْنُنْfa-um'nunso grantأَوْaworأَمْسِكْamsikwithholdبِغَيْرِbighayriwithoutحِسَابٍۢḥisābinaccount
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وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeedلَهُۥlahufor himعِندَنَاʿindanāwith Usلَزُلْفَىٰlazul'fāsurely is a near accessوَحُسْنَwaḥus'naand a goodمَـَٔابٍۢmaābinplace of return
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وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd rememberعَبْدَنَآʿabdanāOur slaveأَيُّوبَayyūbaAyyubإِذْidhwhenنَادَىٰnādāhe calledرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuhis LordأَنِّىannīThat [I]مَسَّنِىَmassaniya(has) touched meٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaanبِنُصْبٍۢbinuṣ'binwith distressوَعَذَابٍwaʿadhābinand suffering
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ٱرْكُضْur'kuḍStrikeبِرِجْلِكَ ۖbirij'likawith your footهَـٰذَاhādhāThisمُغْتَسَلٌۢmugh'tasalun(is a spring of) water to batheبَارِدٌۭbāriduncoolوَشَرَابٌۭwasharābunand a drink
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