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Juz 16

269 ayahs Al-Kahf 75 → Taha 135 Pages 302–321
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd loose a knot from my tongue,

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يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat they may understand my saying.

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وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAppoint for me a henchman from my folk,

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هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAaron, my brother.

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ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallConfirm my strength with him

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وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd let him share my task,

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كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat we may glorify Thee much

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وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd much remember Thee.

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إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Thou art ever Seeing us.

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قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.

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وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour,

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إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired,

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أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSaying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an enemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that thou mightest be trained according to My will,

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إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,

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وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I have attached thee to Myself.

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ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِى ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGo, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in remembrance of Me.

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ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGo, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).

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فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.

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قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant.

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قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing.

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فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance.

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إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who denieth and turneth away.

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قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses?

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قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.

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قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: What then is the state of the generations of old?

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قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth,

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ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation,

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كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents for men of thought.

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۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time.

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وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and refused.

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قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O Moses?

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فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).

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قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.

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فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst).

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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ ﴿٦١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMoses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.

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فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ ﴿٦٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ ﴿٦٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;

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فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful.

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ ﴿٦٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?

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قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿٦٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).