Arabic text and English translation

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1. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

   They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.

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2. وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

   And his wife and his brother

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3. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

   And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

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4. وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

   And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

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5. كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

   No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

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6. نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

   A remover of exteriors.

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7. تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

   It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

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8. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

   And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

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9. ۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

   Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

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10. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

    When evil touches him, impatient,

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11. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

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12. إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    Except the observers of prayer -

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13. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

    Those who are constant in their prayer

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14. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

    And those within whose wealth is a known right

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15. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

    For the petitioner and the deprived -

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16. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

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17. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

    And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

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18. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

    Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

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19. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

    And those who guard their private parts

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20. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

    Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

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21. فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

    But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

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22. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

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23. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

    And those who are in their testimonies upright

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24. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

    And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

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25. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

    They will be in gardens, honored.

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26. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

    So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],

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27. عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

    [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

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28. أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

    Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

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29. كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

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30. فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

    So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

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