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Racing aheadraised uptheir headsnotreturningtowards themﱇﱈtheir gazeand their hearts(are) empty(43)

rushing forth, heads raised, never blinking, hearts void.

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And warnthe mankind(of) a Day(when) will come to themthe punishmentthen will saythose whodid wrongOur LordRespite usfora termshortwe will answerYour calland we will followﱜﱝthe MessengersHad notyouswornbeforebeforenotfor youanyend(44)

And warn the people of the Day when the punishment will overtake ˹the wicked among˺ them, and the wrongdoers will cry, “Our Lord! Delay us for a little while. We will respond to Your call and follow the messengers!” ˹It will be said,˺ “Did you not swear before that you would never be removed ˹to the next life˺?”

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And you dweltinthe dwellings(of) those whowrongedthemselvesand it had become clearto youhowWe dealtwith themand We put forthfor youthe examples(45)

You passed by the ruins of those ˹destroyed peoples˺ who had wronged themselves.1 It was made clear to you how We dealt with them, and We gave you ˹many˺ examples.

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And indeedthey plannedtheir planbut withAllah(was) their planeven ifwasﱿtheir planthat should be movedby itthe mountains(46)

They devised every plot, which was fully known to Allah, but their plotting was not enough to ˹even˺ overpower mountains ˹let alone Allah˺.

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So (do) notthink(that) Allahwill fail(to) keep His Promiseﲉﲊ(to) His MessengersIndeedAllah(is) All-MightyOwner (of) RetributionOwner (of) Retribution(47)

So do not think ˹O Prophet˺ that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His messengers. Allah is indeed Almighty, capable of punishment.

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(On the) Daywill be changedthe earth(to) other (than)the earthﲖﲗand the heavensand they will come forthbefore Allahthe Onethe Irresistible(48)

˹Watch for˺ the Day ˹when˺ the earth will be changed into a different earth and the heavens as well, and all will appear before Allah—the One, the Supreme.

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And you will seethe criminals(on) that Daybound togetherinthe chains(49)

On that Day you will see the wicked bound together in chains,

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Their garmentsoftarand will covertheir facesthe Fire(50)

with garments of tar, and their faces covered with flames.

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So that Allah may recompenseSo that Allah may recompenseeachsoul(for) whatﲰﲱit earnedIndeedAllah(is) Swift(in) the reckoning(51)

As such, Allah will reward every soul for what it has committed. Surely Allah is swift in reckoning.

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This(is) a Messagefor the mankindthat they may be warnedwith itand that they may knowthat onlyHeﲿ(is) One God(is) One Godand that may take heedmen(of) understanding(52)

This ˹Quran˺ is a ˹sufficient˺ message for humanity so that they may take it as a warning and know that there is only One God, and so that people of reason may be mindful.