Al-Hijr
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ﱁﱂAlif Laam RaﱃTheseﱄ(are) the Versesﱅ(of) the Bookﱆand Quranﱇclearﱈ
Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran.
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ﱉPerhapsﱊwill wishﱋthose whoﱌdisbelievedﱍifﱎthey had beenﱏMuslimsﱐ
˹The day will come when˺ the disbelievers will certainly wish they had submitted ˹to Allah˺.
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ﱑLeave themﱒ(to) eatﱓand enjoyﱔand diverted themﱕﱖthe hopeﱗthen soonﱘthey will come to knowﱙ
˹So˺ let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by ˹false˺ hope, for they will soon know.
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ﱚAnd notﱛWe destroyedﱜanyﱝtownﱞbutﱟ(there was) for itﱠa decreeﱡknownﱢ
We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.
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ﱣNotﱤ(can) advanceﱥanyﱦnationﱧits termﱨand notﱩ(can) delay itﱪ
No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.
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ﱫAnd they sayﱬO youﱭ(to) whomﱮhas been sent downﱯ[on him]ﱰthe Reminderﱱindeed, youﱲ(are) surely madﱳ
They say, “O you to whom the Reminder is revealed! You must be insane!
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ﱴWhyﱵnotﱶyou bring to usﱷthe Angelsﱸifﱹyou areﱺofﱻthe truthfulﱼ
Why do you not bring us the angels, if what you say is true?”
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ﱽNotﱾWe send downﱿthe Angelsﲀexceptﲁwith the truthﲂand notﲃthey would beﲄthenﲅgiven respiteﲆ
We do not send the angels down except for a just cause, and then ˹the end of˺ the disbelievers will not be delayed.
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ﲇIndeed, WeﲈWeﲉhave sent downﲊthe Reminderﲋand indeed, Weﲌof itﲍ(are) surely Guardiansﲎ
It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.
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ﲏAnd certainlyﲐWe (had) sentﲑbefore youﲒbefore youﲓinﲔthe sectsﲕ(of) the former (people)ﲖ
Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,
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ﲗAnd notﲘcame to themﲙanyﲚMessengerﲛbutﲜthey didﲝat himﲞmockﲟ
but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.
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ﲠThusﲡWe let it enterﲢinﲣ(the) heartsﲤ(of) the criminalsﲥ
This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.
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ﲦNotﲧthey believeﲨin itﲩand verilyﲪhave passedﲫthe way(s)ﲬ(of) the former (people)ﲭ
They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before.
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ﲮAnd (even) ifﲯWe openedﲰto themﲱa gateﲲfromﲳthe heavenﲴand they were to continueﲵthereinﲶ(to) ascendﲷ
And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend,
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ﲸThey would surely sayﲹOnlyﲺhave been dazzledﲻour eyesﲼNayﲽweﲾ(are) a peopleﲿbewitchedﳀ
still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”
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