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GotoFiraunIndeed, he(has) transgressed(17)

˹commanding,˺ “Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.

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And sayWould[for] you[to][that]purify yourself(18)

And say, ‘Would you ˹be willing to˺ purify yourself,

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And I will guide youtoyour Lordso you would fear(19)

and let me guide you to your Lord so that you will be in awe ˹of Him˺?’”

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Then he showed himthe signthe great(20)

Then Moses showed him the great sign,1

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But he deniedand disobeyed(21)

but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,

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Thenhe turned his backstriving(22)

then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.

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And he gatheredand called out(23)

Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,

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Then he saidI amyour Lordthe Most High(24)

saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”

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So seized himAllah(with) an exemplary punishment(for) the lastand the first(25)

So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.

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Indeedinthatsurely (is) a lessonfor whoeverfears(26)

Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.

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Are youa more difficultcreationorﱷﱸthe heavenHe constructed it(27)

Which is harder to create: you or the sky?1 He built it,

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He raisedits ceilingand proportioned it(28)

raising it high and forming it flawlessly.

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ﱿAnd He darkenedits nightand brought outits brightness(29)

He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.

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And the earthafterthatHe spread it(30)

As for the earth, He spread it out as well,1

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He brought forthfrom itits waterand its pasture(31)

bringing forth its water and pastures

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And the mountainsHe made them firm(32)

and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—

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(As) a provisionfor youand for your cattle(33)

all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.

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But whencomesthe Overwhelming Calamitythe great(34)

But, when the Supreme Disaster1 comes to pass—

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(The) Daywill remembermanwhathe strove (for)(35)

the Day every person will remember all ˹their˺ striving,

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And will be made manifestthe Hellfireto (him) whosees(36)

and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see—

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Then as for(him) whotransgressed(37)

then as for those who transgressed

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And preferredthe life(of) the world(38)

and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,

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Then indeedthe Hellfireit(is) the refuge(39)

the Hellfire will certainly be ˹their˺ home.

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But as for(him) whofearedstanding(before) his Lordand restrainedhis soulfromthe vain desires(40)

And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,

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Then indeedParadise it (is)ﲿthe refuge(41)

Paradise will certainly be ˹their˺ home.

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They ask youaboutthe Hourwhen(is) its arrival(42)

They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ regarding the Hour, “When will it be?”

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In what(are) you[of](to) mention it(43)

But it is not for you to tell its time.1

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Toyour Lord(is) its finality(44)

That knowledge rests with your Lord ˹alone˺.

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Onlyyou(are) a warner(for him) whofears it(45)

Your duty is only to warn whoever is in awe of it.

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As though they(the) Daythey see itnotthey had remainedexceptan eveningora morning thereof(46)

On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed ˹in the world˺ no more than one evening or its morning.