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Surah 105

Al-Filالفيل

The Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan

105:2

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

Easy-read (simplified)alam yaj'al kaydahum fee tadleel

DIN 31635ʾalam yaǧʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin

Did He not make their plan go wrong?

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Did He not bring their stratagem to naught

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Did he not cause their stratagem to miscarry

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Did He not make their treacherous design an occasion of drawing them into error

George Sale · published 1734

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105:3

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Easy-read (simplified)wa'arsala 'alayhim tayran abaabeel

DIN 31635waʾarsala ʿalayhim ṭayran ʾabābīla

He sent against them swarms of birds.

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And send against them swarms of flying creatures

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and send down on them birds in flocks

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And he sent against them birds in flocks (ababils)

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and send against them flocks of birds

George Sale · published 1734

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105:4

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Easy-read (simplified)tarmeehim bihijaaratin min sijjeel

DIN 31635tarmīhim biḥiǧāratin min siǧǧīlin

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Throwing at them rocks of baked clay.

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Which pelted them with stones of baked clay

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

to throw down on them stones of baked clay

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Claystones did they hurl down upon them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

which cast down upon them stones of baked clay

George Sale · published 1734

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105:5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Easy-read (simplified)faja'alahum ka'asfin ma'kool

DIN 31635faǧaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin maʾkūlin

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Leaving them like chewed-up leaves.

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And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and make them like blades of herbage eaten down

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And he made them like stubble eaten down

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and render them like the leaves of corn eaten by cattle

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 106

Quraishقريش

Quraysh · 4 verses · Meccan

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Four verses about one people, named after them, and their caravans of winter and summer: they are told to worship the Lord of this house, who fed them against hunger and made them safe from fear.

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106:1

لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ

Easy-read (simplified)li'eelaafi quraysh

DIN 31635liʾīlāfi qurayšin

For the security of Quraish.

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For the taming of Qureysh

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

For the uniting of the Qurais

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For the union of the KOREISCH

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

For the uniting of the tribe of Koreish

George Sale · published 1734

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106:2

إِۦلَٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ

Easy-read (simplified)eelaafihim rihlata sh-shitaa'i was-sayf

DIN 31635ʾīlāfihim riḥlata š-šitāʾi waṣ-ṣayfi

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Their security during winter and summer journeys.

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For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

uniting them for the caravan of winter and summer

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Their union in equipping caravans winter and summer

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

their uniting in sending forth the caravan of merchants and purveyors in winter and summer

George Sale · published 1734

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106:3

فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ

Easy-read (simplified)falya'budoo rabba haadhaa l-bayt

DIN 31635falyaʿbudū rabba hāḏā l-bayti

Let them worship the Lord of this House.

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So let them worship the Lord of this House

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

So let them serve the Lord of this house

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And let them worship the Lord of this house, who hath provided them with food against hunger

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Let them serve the Lord of this house

George Sale · published 1734

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106:4

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍۭ

Easy-read (simplified)alladhee at'amahum min joo'in wa'aamanahum min khawf

DIN 31635allaḏī ʾaṭʿamahum min ǧūʿin waʾāmanahum min ḫawfin

Who has fed them against hunger, and has secured them against fear.

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Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

who feeds them against hunger and makes them safe against fear

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And secured them against alarm

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who supplieth them with food against hunger, and hath rendered them secure from fear

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 107

Al-Maa'unالماعون

Almsgiving · 7 verses · Meccan

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Seven verses describing one who pushes the orphan away and does not urge the feeding of the poor. Then come those whose prayer is heedless or for show while they withhold the small kindnesses this surah is named for. The four renderings part company at the first verse over what he denies: judgment, or religion.

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107:1

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

Easy-read (simplified)ara'ayta lladhee yukadhdhibu bid-deen

DIN 31635ʾaraʾayta llaḏī yukaḏḏibu bid-dīni

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Have you considered him who denies the religion?

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Hast thou observed him who belieth religion

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Hast thou considered him who calls the judgment a lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

WHAT thinkest thou of him who treateth our RELIGION as a lie

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

What thinkest thou of him who denieth the future judgment as a falsehood

George Sale · published 1734

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107:2

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Easy-read (simplified)fadhaalika lladhee yadu''u l-yateem

DIN 31635faḏālika llaḏī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

It is he who mistreats the orphan.

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That is he who repelleth the orphan

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He it is who pushes the orphan away

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He it is who trusteth away the orphan

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is he who pusheth away the orphan

George Sale · published 1734

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107:3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Easy-read (simplified)walaa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aami l-miskeen

DIN 31635walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

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And urgeth not the feeding of the needy

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and urges not (others) to feed the poor

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And stirreth not others up to feed the poor

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and stirreth not up others to feed the poor

George Sale · published 1734

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107:4

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

Easy-read (simplified)fawaylun lilmusalleen

DIN 31635fawaylun lilmuṣallīna

So woe to those who pray.

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Ah, woe unto worshippers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But woe to those who pray

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe to those who pray

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Woe be unto those who pray

George Sale · published 1734

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107:5

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum 'an salaatihim saahoon

DIN 31635allaḏīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

Those who are heedless of their prayers.

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Who are heedless of their prayer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and who are careless in their prayers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But in their prayer are careless

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and who are negligent at their prayer

George Sale · published 1734

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107:6

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum yuraa'oon

DIN 31635allaḏīna hum yurāʾūna

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Those who put on the appearance.

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Who would be seen (at worship)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Who pretend

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who make a shew of devotion

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who play the hypocrites

George Sale · published 1734

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107:7

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

Easy-read (simplified)wayamna'oona l-maa'oon

DIN 31635wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

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And withhold the assistance.

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Yet refuse small kindnesses

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and withhold necessaries

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But refuse help to the needy

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and deny necessaries to the needy

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 108

Al-Kawtharالكوثر

Abundance · 3 verses · Meccan

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Three verses and ten words, the fewest words of any surah in this canon. It opens on something given to the addressee, then instructs prayer and sacrifice, and closes on the one who hates him.

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108:1

إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ

Easy-read (simplified)innaa a'taynaaka l-kawthar

DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾaʿṭaynāka l-kawṯara

We have given you plenty.

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Lo! We have given thee Abundance

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, we have given thee El Kauthar

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

TRULY we have given thee an ABUNDANCE

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily we have given thee al Cawthar

George Sale · published 1734

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108:2

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

Easy-read (simplified)fasalli lirabbika wanhar

DIN 31635faṣalli lirabbika wanḥar

So pray to your Lord and sacrifice.

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So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims)

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore pray unto thy Lord, and slay the victims

George Sale · published 1734

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108:3

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ

Easy-read (simplified)inna shaani'aka huwa l-'abtar

DIN 31635ʾinna šāniʾaka huwa l-ʾabtaru

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He who hates you is the loser.

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Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily whose hateth thee shall be childless

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

verily he who hateth thee shall be childless

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Surah 109

Al-Kaafiroonالكافرون

The Disbelievers · 6 verses · Meccan

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Six verses framed as an instruction beginning 'Say'. Four of them state, in near-identical repetitions, that the speaker and those addressed do not worship what the other worships, and the last says each has their own religion.

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109:1

قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Easy-read (simplified)qul yaa ayyuhaa l-kaafiroon

DIN 31635qul yā ʾayyuhā l-kāfirūna

Say, "O disbelievers.

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Say: O disbelievers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, O ye misbelievers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY: O ye UNBELIEVERS

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say: O unbelievers

George Sale · published 1734

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109:2

لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Easy-read (simplified)laa a'budu maa ta'budoon

DIN 31635lā ʾaʿbudu mā taʿbudūna

I do not worship what you worship.

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I worship not that which ye worship

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

I do not serve what ye serve

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

I worship not that which ye worship

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

I will not worship that which ye worship

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109:3

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Easy-read (simplified)walaa antum 'aabidoona maa a'bud

DIN 31635walā ʾantum ʿābidūna mā ʾaʿbudu

Nor do you worship what I worship.

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Nor worship ye that which I worship

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

nor will ye serve what I serve

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And ye do not worship that which I worship

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

nor will ye worship that which I worship

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109:4

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ

Easy-read (simplified)walaa anaa 'aabidun maa 'abadttum

DIN 31635walā ʾanā ʿābidun mā ʿabadttum

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Nor do I serve what you serve.

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And I shall not worship that which ye worship

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

nor will I serve what ye serve

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

I shall never worship that which ye worship

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Neither do I worship that which ye worship

George Sale · published 1734

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109:5

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Easy-read (simplified)walaa antum 'aabidoona maa a'bud

DIN 31635walā ʾantum ʿābidūna mā ʾaʿbudu

Nor do you serve what I serve.

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Nor will ye worship that which I worship

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

nor will ye serve what I serve

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Neither will ye worship that which I worship

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

neither do ye worship that which I worship

George Sale · published 1734

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109:6

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ

Easy-read (simplified)lakum deenukum waliya deen

DIN 31635lakum dīnukum waliya dīni

You have your way, and I have my way."

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Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

ye have your religion, and I have my religion

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To you be your religion; to me my religion

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Ye have your religion, and I my religion

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 110

An-Nasrالنصر

Divine Support · 3 verses · Medinan

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Three verses: when God's help and the victory come and people enter the religion in numbers, the addressee is to praise his Lord and ask forgiveness.

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110:1

إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ

Easy-read (simplified)idhaa jaa'a nasru llaahi wal-fath

DIN 31635ʾiḏā ǧāʾa naṣru llāhi wal-fatḥu

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When there comes God's victory, and conquest.

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When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

When there comes God's help and victory

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

WHEN the HELP of God and the victory arrive

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When the assistance of God shall come, and the victory

George Sale · published 1734

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110:2

وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا

Easy-read (simplified)wara'ayta n-naasa yadkhuloona fee deeni llaahi afwaajaa

DIN 31635waraʾayta n-nāsa yadḫulūna fī dīni llāhi ʾafwāǧan

And you see the people entering God's religion in multitudes.

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And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And thou shalt see men enter into God's religion by troops

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And thou seest men entering the religion of God by troops

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and thou shalt see the people enter into the religion of God by troops

George Sale · published 1734

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110:3

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا

Easy-read (simplified)fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wastaghfirhu innahu kaana tawwaabaa

DIN 31635fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wastaġfirhu ʾinnahu kāna tawwāban

Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and seek His forgiveness. He is the Accepter of Repentance.

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Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and ask forgiveness of Him, verily, He is relentant

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then utter the praise of thy Lord, implore His pardon; for He loveth to turn in mercy

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Celebrate the praise of thy Lord, and ask pardon of Him; for He is inclined to forgive

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 111

Al-Masadالمسد

The Palm Fibre · 5 verses · Meccan

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Five verses naming one man in the first verse — Abu Lahab — and declaring against him and against his wife. It takes its name from the palm fibre at verse 5.

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111:1

تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

Easy-read (simplified)tabbat yadaa abee lahabin watabb

DIN 31635tabbat yadā ʾabī lahabin watabba

Condemned are the hands of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned.

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The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Abu Lahebs two hands shall perish, and he shall perish

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

LET the hands of ABU LAHAB perish,and let himself perish

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The hands of Abu Laheb shall perish, and he shall perish

George Sale · published 1734

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111:2

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ

Easy-read (simplified)maa aghnaa 'anhu maaluhu wamaa kasab

DIN 31635mā ʾaġnā ʿanhu māluhu wamā kasaba

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His wealth did not avail him, nor did what he acquired.

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His wealth and gains will not exempt him

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

His wealth and his gains shall avail him not

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he hath gained

George Sale · published 1734

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111:3

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

Easy-read (simplified)sayaslaa naaran dhaata lahab

DIN 31635sayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabin

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He will burn in a Flaming Fire.

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He will be plunged in flaming Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He shall broil in a fire that flames

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Burned shall he be at the fiery flame

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He shall go down to be burned into flaming fire

George Sale · published 1734

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111:4

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

Easy-read (simplified)wamra'atuhu hammaalata l-hatab

DIN 31635wamraʾatuhu ḥammālata l-ḥaṭabi

And his wife-the firewood carrier.

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And his wife, the wood-carrier

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and his wife carrying faggots

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And his wife laden with fire wood

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and his wife also, bearing wood

George Sale · published 1734

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111:5

فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

Easy-read (simplified)fee jeedihaa hablun min masad

DIN 31635fī ǧīdihā ḥablun min masadin

Around her neck is a rope of thorns.

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Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

on her neck a cord of palm fibres

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On her neck a rope of palm fibre

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

having on her neck a cord of twisted fibres of a palm-tree

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 112

Al-Ikhlaasالإخلاص

Sincerity · 4 verses · Meccan

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Four verses and fifteen words: a command to declare the oneness of God, that He neither begets nor is begotten, and that there is none like Him.

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112:1

قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Easy-read (simplified)qul huwa llaahu ahad

DIN 31635qul huwa llāhu ʾaḥadun

Say, "He is God, the One.

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Say: He is Allah, the One

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, He is God alone

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY: He is God alone

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, God is one God

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112:2

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

Easy-read (simplified)allaahu s-samad

DIN 31635allāhu ṣ-ṣamadu

God, the Absolute.

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Allah, the eternally Besought of all

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

God the Eternal

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

God the eternal

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the eternal God

George Sale · published 1734

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112:3

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

Easy-read (simplified)lam yalid walam yoolad

DIN 31635lam yalid walam yūlad

He begets not, nor was He begotten.

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He begetteth not nor was begotten

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He begets not and is not begotten

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He begetteth not, and He is not begotten

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He begetteth not, neither is He begotten

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112:4

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ

Easy-read (simplified)walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad

DIN 31635walam yakun lahu kufuwan ʾaḥadun

And there is nothing comparable to Him."

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And there is none comparable unto Him

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Nor is there like unto Him any one

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And there is none like unto Him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And there is not any one like unto Him

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Surah 113

Al-Falaqالفلق

The Dawn · 5 verses · Meccan

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Five verses, a request for refuge with the Lord of the daybreak against evils named one at a time. The fourth of them is rendered four different ways, and the four do not agree whether it names people.

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113:1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

Easy-read (simplified)qul a'oodhu birabbi l-falaq

DIN 31635qul ʾaʿūḏu birabbi l-falaqi

Say, "I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak.

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Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY: I betake me for refuge to the Lord of the DAY BREAK

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, I fly for refuge unto the Lord of the day-break

George Sale · published 1734

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113:2

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Easy-read (simplified)min sharri maa khalaq

DIN 31635min šarri mā ḫalaqa

From the evil of what He created.

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From the evil of that which He created

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

from the evil of what He has created

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Against the mischiefs of his creation

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

that He may deliver me from the mischief of those things which He hath created

George Sale · published 1734

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113:3

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

Easy-read (simplified)wamin sharri ghaasiqin idhaa waqab

DIN 31635wamin šarri ġāsiqin ʾiḏā waqaba

And from the evil of the darkness as it gathers.

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From the evil of the darkness when it is intense

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and from the evil of the night when it cometh on

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And against the mischief of the night when it overtaketh me

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and from the mischief of the night, when it cometh on

George Sale · published 1734

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113:4

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

Easy-read (simplified)wamin sharri n-naffaathaati fee l-'uqad

DIN 31635wamin šarri n-naffāṯāti fī l-ʿuqadi

And from the evil of those who practice sorcery.

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And from the evil of malignant witchcraft

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and from the evil of the blowers upon knots

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And against the mischief of weird women

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and from the mischief of women blowing on knots

George Sale · published 1734

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113:5

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

Easy-read (simplified)wamin sharri haasidin idhaa hasad

DIN 31635wamin šarri ḥāsidin ʾiḏā ḥasada

And from the evil of an envious when he envies."

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And from the evil of the envier when he envieth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and from the evil of the envious when he envies

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And against the mischief of the envier when he envieth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and from the mischief of the envious, when he envieth

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Surah 114

An-Naasالناس

Mankind · 6 verses · Meccan

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Six verses asking for refuge with the Lord, the King and the God of mankind, against a whisperer whom the closing verse places among both jinn and men. It is the last surah in the mushaf order, and the surah before it also asks for refuge.

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114:1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)qul a'oodhu birabbi n-naas

DIN 31635qul ʾaʿūḏu birabbi n-nāsi

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.

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Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of men

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY: I betake me for refuge to the Lord of MEN

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, I fly for refuge unto the Lord of men

George Sale · published 1734

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114:2

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)maliki n-naas

DIN 31635maliki n-nāsi

The King of mankind.

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The King of mankind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the King of men

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The King of men

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the King of men

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114:3

إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)ilaahi n-naas

DIN 31635ʾilāhi n-nāsi

The God of mankind.

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The god of mankind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the God of men

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The God of men

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the God of men

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114:4

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)min sharri l-waswaasi l-khannaas

DIN 31635min šarri l-waswāsi l-ḫannāsi

From the evil of the sneaky whisperer.

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From the evil of the sneaking whisperer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

from the evil of the whisperer, who slinks off

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Against the mischief of the stealthily withdrawing whisperer

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

that He may deliver me from the mischief of the whisperer who slyly withdraweth

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114:5

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)alladhee yuwaswisu fee sudoori n-naas

DIN 31635allaḏī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri n-nāsi

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Who whispers into the hearts of people.

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Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

who whispers into the hearts of men

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who whispereth in man's breast

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who whispereth evil suggestions into the breasts of men

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114:6

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

Easy-read (simplified)mina l-jinnati wan-naas

DIN 31635mina l-ǧinnati wan-nāsi

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From among jinn and among people."

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Of the jinn and of mankind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

from ginns and men

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Against djinn and men

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

from genii and men

George Sale · published 1734

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