ﱁIndeedﱂHe Whoﱃordainedﱄupon youﱅthe Quranﱆ(will) surely take you backﱇtoﱈﱉa place of returnﱊSayﱋMy Lordﱌ(is) most knowingﱍ(of him) whoﱎcomesﱏwith the guidanceﱐand who ﱑheﱒ(is) inﱓan errorﱔmanifestﱕ
Most certainly, the One Who has ordained the Quran for you will ˹ultimately˺ bring you back home ˹to Mecca˺. Say, “My Lord knows best who has come with ˹true˺ guidance and who is clearly astray.”
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ﱖAnd notﱗyou wereﱘexpectingﱙthatﱚwould be sent downﱛto youﱜthe Bookﱝexceptﱞ(as) a mercyﱟfromﱠﱡyour LordﱢSo (do) notﱣbeﱤan assistantﱥto the disbelieversﱦ
You never expected this Book to be revealed to you, but ˹it came˺ only ˹as˺ a mercy from your Lord. So never side with the disbelievers ˹in their disbelief˺.
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ﱧAnd (let) notﱨavert youﱩfromﱪ(the) Versesﱫ(of) Allahﱬafterﱭ[when]ﱮthey have been revealedﱯﱰto youﱱAnd invite (people)ﱲtoﱳﱴyour LordﱵAnd (do) notﱶbeﱷofﱸthe polytheistsﱹ
Do not let them turn you away from the revelations of Allah after they have been sent down to you. Rather, invite ˹all˺ to ˹the Way of˺ your Lord, and never be one of the polytheists.
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ﱺAnd (do) notﱻinvokeﱼwithﱽAllahﱾgodﱿﲀotherﲁ(There is) noﲂgodﲃexceptﲄﲅHimﲆEveryﲇthingﲈ(will be) destroyedﲉexceptﲊﲋHis FaceﲌTo Himﲍ(is) the Decisionﲎand to Himﲏyou will be returnedﲐ
And do not invoke any other god with Allah. There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. Everything is bound to perish except He Himself. All authority belongs to Him. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.
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Al-'Ankabut
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ﲑAlif Laam Meemﲒ
Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.
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ﲓDo thinkﲔthe peopleﲕthatﲖthey will be leftﲗbecauseﲘthey sayﲙWe believeﲚand theyﲛwill not be testedﲜwill not be testedﲝ
Do people think once they say, “We believe,” that they will be left without being put to the test?
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ﲞAnd indeedﲟWe testedﲠthose whoﲡ(were) before themﲢﲣ(were) before themﲤAnd Allah will surely make evidentﲥAnd Allah will surely make evidentﲦthose whoﲧ(are) truthfulﲨand He will surely make evidentﲩthe liarsﲪ
We certainly tested those before them. And ˹in this way˺ Allah will clearly distinguish between those who are truthful and those who are liars.
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ﲫOrﲬthinkﲭthose whoﲮdoﲯevil deedsﲰthatﲱﲲthey can outrun UsﲳEvil isﲴwhatﲵthey judgeﲶ
Or do the evildoers ˹simply˺ think that they will escape Us? How wrong is their judgment!
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ﲷWhoeverﲸ[is]ﲹhopesﲺ(for the) meetingﲻ(with) Allahﲼthen indeedﲽ(the) Termﲾ(of) Allahﲿﳀ(is) surely comingﳁAnd Heﳂ(is) the All-Hearerﳃthe All-Knowerﳄ
Whoever hopes for the meeting with Allah, ˹let them know that˺ Allah’s appointed time is sure to come. He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
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ﳅAnd whoeverﳆstrivesﳇthen onlyﳈhe strivesﳉﳊfor himselfﳋIndeedﳌAllahﳍ(is) Free from needﳎofﳏthe worldsﳐ
And whoever strives ˹in Allah’s cause˺, only does so for their own good. Surely Allah is not in need of ˹any of˺ His creation.
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