وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusمَآmānotأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sentمِنminbefore youقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youفِىfīinقَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina townمِّنminanyنَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarnerإِلَّاillāexceptقَالَqālasaidمُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhā(the) wealthy ones of itإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weوَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] foundءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathersعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأُمَّةٍۢummatina religionوَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weعَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footstepsمُّقْتَدُونَmuq'tadūna(are) following
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۞ قَـٰلَqālaHe saidأَوَلَوْawalawEven ifجِئْتُكُمji'tukumI brought youبِأَهْدَىٰbi-ahdābetter guidanceمِمَّاmimmāthan whatوَجَدتُّمْwajadttumyou foundعَلَيْهِʿalayhion itءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖābāakumyour forefathersقَالُوٓا۟qālūThey saidإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weبِمَآbimāwith whatأُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou are sentبِهِۦbihiwith [it]كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
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فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāSo We took retributionمِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humfrom themفَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen seeكَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) endٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna(of) the deniers
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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd whenقَالَqālaIbrahim Saidإِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim Saidلِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his fatherوَقَوْمِهِۦٓwaqawmihiand his peopleإِنَّنِىinnanīIndeed, I (am)بَرَآءٌۭbarāondisassociatedمِّمَّاmimmāfrom whatتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
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إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Whoفَطَرَنِىfaṭaranīcreated meفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuand indeed, Heسَيَهْدِينِsayahdīniwill guide me
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وَجَعَلَهَاwajaʿalahāAnd he made itكَلِمَةًۢkalimatana wordبَاقِيَةًۭbāqiyatanlastingفِىfīamongعَقِبِهِۦʿaqibihihis descendentsلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn
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بَلْbalNayمَتَّعْتُmattaʿtuI gave enjoymentهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) theseوَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathersحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilجَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to themٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthوَرَسُولٌۭwarasūlunand a Messengerمُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear
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وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to themٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidهَـٰذَاhādhāThisسِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) magicوَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weبِهِۦbihiof itكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they sayلَوْلَاlawlāWhy notنُزِّلَnuzzilawas sent downهَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quranعَلَىٰʿalātoرَجُلٍۢrajulina manمِّنَminafromٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِl-qaryataynithe two townsعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat
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أَهُمْahumDo theyيَقْسِمُونَyaqsimūnadistributeرَحْمَتَraḥmata(the) Mercyرَبِّكَ ۚrabbika(of) your LordنَحْنُnaḥnuWeقَسَمْنَاqasamnā[We] distributeبَيْنَهُمbaynahumamong themمَّعِيشَتَهُمْmaʿīshatahumtheir livelihoodفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe lifeٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the worldوَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raiseبَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of themفَوْقَfawqaaboveبَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothersدَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) degreesلِّيَتَّخِذَliyattakhidhaso that may takeبَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of themبَعْضًۭاbaʿḍanothersسُخْرِيًّۭا ۗsukh'riyyan(for) serviceوَرَحْمَتُwaraḥmatuBut (the) Mercyرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordخَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) betterمِّمَّاmimmāthan whatيَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūnathey accumulate
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وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if notأَنanthatيَكُونَyakūna(would) becomeٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] mankindأُمَّةًۭummatana communityوَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanoneلَّجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāWe (would have) madeلِمَنlimanfor (one) whoيَكْفُرُyakfurudisbelievesبِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniin the Most Graciousلِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimfor their housesسُقُفًۭاsuqufanroofsمِّنminofفِضَّةٍۢfiḍḍatinsilverوَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaand stairwaysعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon whichيَظْهَرُونَyaẓharūnathey mount
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