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Juz 23

357 ayahs Ya-Sin 28 → Az-Zumar 31 Pages 442–461
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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth you that ye help not one another?

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بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but this day they make full submission.

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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).

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قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.

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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.

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فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNow the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).

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فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.

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فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.

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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thus deal We with the guilty.

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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they were scornful

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وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?

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بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).

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إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -

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وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYe are requited naught save what ye did -

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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah;

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor them there is a known provision,

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فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFruits. And they will be honoured

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فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn the Gardens of delight,

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عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn couches facing one another;

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يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,

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بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhite, delicious to the drinkers,

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لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.

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وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,

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كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).

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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

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قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

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يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCan we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?

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قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe saith: Will ye look?

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فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.

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قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,

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وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).

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أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre we then not to die

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إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSaving our former death, and are we not to be punished?

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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this is the supreme triumph.

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لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the like of this, then, let the workers work.

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أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٦٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?

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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.

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إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.

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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).