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The Forgiver · 85 verses · Meccan

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Eighty-five verses centred on a man in Pharaoh's own family who has kept his faith hidden, arguing for Moses' life in front of the court and choosing at the end to entrust his affair to God. Around him: those who dispute the signs of God without authority, and the Hour. It opens with disconnected letters.

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40:1

حمٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)haa meem

DIN 31635ḥā mīm

The translators spell these letters differently

Ha, Meem.

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Ha. Mim

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

‘H. M.

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

HA. MIM

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

H. M.

George Sale · published 1734

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40:2

تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

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Easy-read (simplified)tanzeelu l-kitaabi mina llaahi l-'azeezi l-'aleem

DIN 31635tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi

The sending down of the Scripture is from God the Almighty, the Omniscient.

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The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Knower

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The sending down of the Book from God, the mighty, the knowing

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The Revelation (sending down) of the Book is from God the Almighty, the All-knowing

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:3

غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

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Easy-read (simplified)ghaafiri dh-dhanbi waqaabili t-tawbi shadeedi l-'iqaabi dhee t-tawli laa ilaaha illaa huwa ilayhi l-maseer

DIN 31635ġāfiri ḏ-ḏanbi waqābili t-tawbi šadīdi l-ʿiqābi ḏī ṭ-ṭawli lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

Forgiver of sins, Accepter of repentance, Severe in punishment, Bountiful in bounty. There is no god but He. To Him is the ultimate return.

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The Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance, the Stern in punishment, the Bountiful. There is no Allah save Him. Unto Him is the journeying

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the forgiver of sin and accepter of repentance, keen at punishment, longsuffering! there is no god but He! to whom the journey is

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Forgiver of sin, and receiver of penitence, - vehement in chastisement, Long-suffering! There is no God but He: to Him shall be the final gathering

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the forgiver of sin, and the accepter of repentance; severe in punishing; long suffering. There is no God but He: Before Him shall be the general assembly at the last day

George Sale · published 1734

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40:4

مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

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Easy-read (simplified)maa yujaadilu fee aayaati llaahi illaa lladheena kafaroo falaa yaghrurka taqallubuhum fee l-bilaad

DIN 31635mā yuǧādilu fī ʾāyāti llāhi ʾillā llaḏīna kafarū falā yaġrurka taqallubuhum fī l-bilādi

The translators word this verse differently

None argues against God's revelations except those who disbelieve. So do not be impressed by their activities in the land.

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None argue concerning the revelations of Allah save those who disbelieve, so let not their turn of fortune in the land deceive thee (O Muhammad)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

None wrangle concerning the signs of God but those who misbelieve; then let not their going to and fro in the cities deceive thee

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

None but infidels gainsay the signs of God: but let not their prosperity in the land deceive thee

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

None disputeth against the signs of God, except the unbelievers: But let not their prosperous dealing in the land deceive thee with vain allurement

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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40:5

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu noohin wal-'ahzaabu min ba'dihim wahammat kullu ummatin birasoolihim liya'khudhoohu wajaadaloo bil-baatili liyudhidoo bihi l-haqqa fa'akhadhtuhum fakayfa kaana 'iqaab

DIN 31635kaḏḏabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wal-ʾaḥzābu min baʿdihim wahammat kullu ʾummatin birasūlihim liyaʾḫuḏūhu waǧādalū bil-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqqa faʾaḫaḏtuhum fakayfa kāna ʿiqābi

The translators word this verse differently

Before them the people of Noah rejected the truth, as did the confederates after them. Every community plotted against their messenger, to capture him. And they argued with falsehood, to defeat with it the truth. But I seized them. What a punishment it was!

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The folk of Noah and the factions after them denied (their messengers) before these, and every nation purposed to seize their messenger and argued falsely, (thinking) thereby to refute the Truth. Then I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The people of Noah before them called the prophets liars; and the confederates after them; and every nation schemed against their Apostle to catch him. And they wrangled with falsehood that they might refute the truth thereby, but I seized them, and how was my punishment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The people of Noah, and the confederates after them, have brought the charge of imposture before these Meccans: each nation schemed against their apostle to lay violent hold on him, and disputed with vain words to refute the truth. Therefore did I lay violent hold on them; and how great was my chastisement

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The people of Noah, and the confederated infidels which were after them, accused their respective prophets of imposture before these; and each nation hatched ill designs against their apostle, that they might get him into their power; and they disputed with vain reasoning; that they might thereby invalidate the truth: Wherefore I chastised them; and how severe was my punishment

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
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40:6

وَكَذَٰلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wakadhaalika haqqat kalimatu rabbika 'alaa lladheena kafaroo annahum ashaabu n-naar

DIN 31635wakaḏālika ḥaqqat kalimatu rabbika ʿalā llaḏīna kafarū ʾannahum ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri

Thus the sentence of your Lord became realized against those who disbelieve, that they are to be inmates of the Fire.

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Thus was the word of thy Lord concerning those who disbelieve fulfilled: That they are owners of the Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Thus was the sentence of thy Lord due against those who misbelieved, that they are the fellows of the Fire

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Thus is it that thy Lord's sentence, that inmates shall they be of the fire, was accomplished upon the infidels

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Thus hath the sentence of thy Lord justly passed on the unbelievers; that they shall be the inhabitants of hell fire

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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40:7

ٱلَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَٱغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena yahmiloona l-'arsha waman hawlahu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayu'minoona bihi wayastaghfiroona lilladheena aamanoo rabbanaa wasi'ta kulla shay'in rahmatan wa'ilman faghfir lilladheena taaboo waattaba'oo sabeelaka waqihim 'adhaaba l-jaheem

DIN 31635allaḏīna yaḥmilūna l-ʿarša waman ḥawlahu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wayuʾminūna bihi wayastaġfirūna lillaḏīna ʾāmanū rabbanā wasiʿta kulla šayʾin raḥmatan waʿilman faġfir lillaḏīna tābū wāttabaʿū sabīlaka waqihim ʿaḏāba l-ǧaḥīmi

Those who carry the Throne, and those around it, glorify their Lord with praise, and believe in Him, and ask for forgiveness for those who believe: "Our Lord, You have encompassed everything in mercy and knowledge; so forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and protect them from the agony of the Blaze.

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Those who bear the Throne, and all who are round about it, hymn the praises of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe (saying): Our Lord! Thou comprehendest all things in mercy and knowledge, therefor forgive those who repent and follow Thy way. Ward off from them the punishment of hell

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those who bear the throne and those around it celebrate the praise of their Lord, and believe in Him, and ask pardon for those who believe: 'Our Lord! thou dost embrace all things in mercy and knowledge, then pardon those who turn repentant and follow thy way, and guard them from the torment of hell

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They who bear the throne and they who encircle it, celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him, and implore forgiveness for the believers: - "O our Lord! thou embracest all things in mercy and knowledge; forgive, therefore, those who turn to thee and follow thy path; keep them from the pains of hell

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The angels who bear the throne of God, and those who stand about it, celebrate the praise of their Lord, and believe in Him; and they ask pardon for the true believers, saying, O Lord, thou encompassest all things by thy mercy and knowledge; wherefore forgive those who repent, and follow thy path, and deliver them from the pains of hell

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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40:8

رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)rabbanaa wa'adkhilhum jannaati 'adnin llatee wa'adttahum waman salaha min aabaa'ihim wa'azwaajihim wadhurriyyaatihim innaka anta l-'azeezu l-hakeem

DIN 31635rabbanā waʾadḫilhum ǧannāti ʿadnin llatī waʿadttahum waman ṣalaḥa min ʾābāʾihim waʾazwāǧihim waḏurriyyātihim ʾinnaka ʾanta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

And admit them, Our Lord, into the Gardens of Eternity, which You have promised them, and the righteous among their parents, and their spouses, and their offspring. You are indeed the Almighty, the Most Wise.

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Our Lord! And make them enter the Gardens of Eden which thou hast promised them, with such of their fathers and their wives and their descendants as do right. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Our Lord! make them enter into gardens of Eden which thou hast promised to them, and to those who do well of their fathers, and their wives, and their seed; verily, thou art the mighty, the wise

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

O our Lord! and bring them into the Gardens of Eden which thou hast promised to them, and to the righteous ones of their fathers and their wives and their children; for thou art the All-mighty, the All-wise

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

O Lord, lead them also into gardens of eternal abode, which Thou hast promised unto them, and unto every one who shall do right, of their fathers, and their wives, and their children; for thou art the mighty, the wise God

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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40:9

وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۥ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqihimu s-sayyi'aati waman taqi s-sayyi'aati yawma'idhin faqad rahimtahu wadhaalika huwa l-fawzu l-'azeem

DIN 31635waqihimu s-sayyiʾāti waman taqi s-sayyiʾāti yawmaʾiḏin faqad raḥimtahu waḏālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

And shield them from the evil deeds. Whomever You shield from the evil deeds, on that Day, You have had mercy on him. That is the supreme achievement."

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And ward off from them ill-deeds; and he from whom Thou wardest off ill-deeds that day, him verily hast Thou taken into mercy. That is the supreme triumph

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and guard them from evil deeds, for he whom thou shalt guard from evil deeds on that day, thou wilt have had mercy on, and that is mighty bliss

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And keep them from evil: for on him hast thou mercy whom on that day thou shalt keep from evil;" and this will be the great felicity

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And deliver them from evil; for whomsoever Thou shalt deliver from evil on that day, on him wilt Thou shew mercy; and this will be great salvation

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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40:10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ مِن مَّقْتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ إِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena kafaroo yunaadawna lamaqtu llaahi akbaru min maqtikum anfusakum idh tud'awna ilaa l-'eemaani fatakfuroon

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna kafarū yunādawna lamaqtu llāhi ʾakbaru min maqtikum ʾanfusakum ʾiḏ tudʿawna ʾilā l-ʾīmāni fatakfurūna

The translators word this verse differently

Those who disbelieved will be addressed, "The loathing of God is greater than your loathing of yourselves-for you were invited to the faith, but you refused."

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Lo! (on that day) those who disbelieve are informed by proclamation: Verily Allah's abhorrence is more terrible than your abhorrence one of another, when ye were called unto the faith but did refuse

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, those who misbelieve shall be cried out to, 'Surely, God's hatred is greater than your hatred of each other when ye were called unto the faith and misbelieved

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But to the infidels shall a voice cry, "Surely the hatred of God is more grievous than your hatred of yourselves, when ye were called to the faith, and remained unbelievers

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But the infidels, at the day of judgment, shall hear a voice crying unto them, verily the hatred of God towards you is more grievous than your hatred towards yourselves: Since ye were called unto the faith, and would not believe

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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  • George Sale · 1734
40:11

قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo rabbanaa amattanaa thnatayni wa'ahyaytanaa thnatayni fa'tarafnaa bidhunoobinaa fahal ilaa khuroojin min sabeel

DIN 31635qālū rabbanā ʾamattanā ṯnatayni waʾaḥyaytanā ṯnatayni faʿtarafnā biḏunūbinā fahal ʾilā ḫurūǧin min sabīlin

They will say, "Our Lord, you made us die twice, and twice you gave us life. Now we acknowledge our sins. Is there any way out?"

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They say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made us live. Now we confess our sins. Is there any way to go out

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They shall say, 'Our Lord! Thou hast killed us twice, and Thou hast quickened us twice; and we do confess our sins: is there then a way for getting out

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They shall say, "Twice, O our Lord, hast thou given us death, and twice hast thou given us life: and we acknowledge our sins: is there no way to escape

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall say, O Lord, Thou hast given us death twice, and Thou hast twice given us life; and we confess our sins: Is there therefore no way to get forth from this fire

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734
40:12

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhaalikum bi'annahu idhaa du'iya llaahu wahdahu kafartum wa'in yushrak bihi tu'minoo fal-hukmu lillaahi l-'aliyyi l-kabeer

DIN 31635ḏālikum biʾannahu ʾiḏā duʿiya llāhu waḥdahu kafartum waʾin yušrak bihi tuʾminū fal-ḥukmu lillāhi l-ʿaliyyi l-kabīri

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That is because when God alone was called upon, you disbelieved; but when others were associated with Him, you believed. Judgment rests with God the Sublime, the Majestic.

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(It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to Him ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

That is because when God alone was proclaimed ye did disbelieve; but when partners were joined to Him ye did believe; but judgment belongs to God, the high, the great

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This hath befallen you, for that when One God was proclaimed to you, ye believed not: but when partners had been united with him, ye believed: But judgment belongeth unto God, the High, the Great

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And it shall be answered them, this hath befallen you, for that when one God was preached unto you, ye believed not; but if a plurality of gods had been associated with Him, ye had believed: And judgment belongeth unto the high, the great God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:13

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقًا وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا مَن يُنِيبُ

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Easy-read (simplified)huwa lladhee yureekum aayaatihi wayunazzilu lakum mina s-samaa'i rizqan wamaa yatadhakkaru illaa man yuneeb

DIN 31635huwa llaḏī yurīkum ʾāyātihi wayunazzilu lakum mina s-samāʾi rizqan wamā yataḏakkaru ʾillā man yunību

It is He who shows you His wonders, and sends down sustenance from the sky for you. But none pays heed except the repentant.

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He it is Who showeth you His portents, and sendeth down for you provision from the sky. None payeth heed save him who turneth (unto Him) repentant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He it is who shows you His signs, and sends down to you from heaven provision; but none is mindful except him who turns repentant

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is He who sheweth you his signs, and sendeth down supplies to you from Heaven: but none will receive warning save he who turneth to God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is He who sheweth you his signs, and sendeth down food unto you from heaven: But none will be admonished, except he who turneth himself unto God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:14

فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fad'oo llaaha mukhliseena lahu d-deena walaw kariha l-kaafiroon

DIN 31635fadʿū llāha muḫliṣīna lahu d-dīna walaw kariha l-kāfirūna

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So call upon God, with sincere devotion to Him, even though the disbelievers resent it.

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Therefor (O believers) pray unto Allah, making religion pure for Him (only), however much the disbelievers be averse

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

then call on God, being sincere in your religion to Him, averse although the misbelievers be

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Call then on God, offering him a pure worship, though the infidels abhor it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Call therefore upon God, exhibiting your religion pure unto Him, although the infidels be averse thereto

George Sale · published 1734

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40:15

رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ

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Easy-read (simplified)rafee'u d-darajaati dhoo l-'arshi yulqee r-rooha min amrihi 'alaa man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi liyundhira yawma t-talaaq

DIN 31635rafīʿu d-daraǧāti ḏū l-ʿarši yulqī r-rūḥa min ʾamrihi ʿalā man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi liyunḏira yawma t-talāqi

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Exalted in rank, Owner of the Throne. He conveys the Spirit, by His command, upon whomever He wills of His servants, to warn of the Day of Encounter.

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The Exalter of Ranks, the Lord of the Throne. He causeth the Spirit of His command upon whom He will of His slaves, that He may warn of the Day of Meeting

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Exalted of degrees! The Lord of the throne! He throws the spirit by His bidding upon whom He will of His servants, to give warning of the day of meeting

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Of exalted grade, of the throne possessed, He sendeth forth the Spirit at His own behest on whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth, that He may warn of the day of meeting

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He is the being of exalted degree, the possessor of the throne; who sendeth down the spirit, at his command, on such of his servants as He pleaseth; that He may warn mankind of the day of meeting

George Sale · published 1734

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40:16

يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma hum baarizoona laa yakhfaa 'alaa llaahi minhum shay'un limani l-mulku l-yawma lillaahi l-waahidi l-qahhaar

DIN 31635yawma hum bārizūna lā yaḫfā ʿalā llāhi minhum šayʾun limani l-mulku l-yawma lillāhi l-wāḥidi l-qahhāri

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The Day when they will emerge, nothing about them will be concealed from God. "To whom does the sovereignty belong today?" "To God, the One, the Irresistible."

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The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from Allah. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the Almighty

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The day when they shall be issuing forth, naught concerning them shall be hidden from God. Whose is the kingdom on that day?- God's, the one, the dominant

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The day when they shall come forth from their graves, when nought that concerneth them shall be hidden from God. With whom shall be the power supreme on that day? With God, the One, the Almighty

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the day whereon they shall come forth out of their graves, and nothing of what concerneth them shall be hidden from God. Unto Whom will the kingdom belong, on that day? Unto the only, the almighty God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:17

ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)al-yawma tujzaa kullu nafsin bimaa kasabat laa zulma l-yawma inna llaaha saree'u l-hisaab

DIN 31635al-yawma tuǧzā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat lā ẓulma l-yawma ʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

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On that Day, every soul will be recompensed for what it had earned. There will be no injustice on that Day. God is quick to settle accounts.

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This day is each soul requited that which it hath earned; no wrong (is done) this day. Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

today shall every soul be recompensed for that which it has earned. There is no wrong today; verily, God is quick at reckoning up

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On that day shall every soul be recompensed as it hath deserved: no injustice on that day! Verily, God will be swift to reckon

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day shall every soul be rewarded according to its merit: There shall be no injustice done on that day. Verily God will be swift in taking an account

George Sale · published 1734

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40:18

وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'andhirhum yawma l-'aazifati idhi l-quloobu ladaa l-hanaajiri kaazimeena maa lilzzaalimeena min hameemin walaa shafee'in yutaa'

DIN 31635waʾanḏirhum yawma l-ʾāzifati ʾiḏi l-qulūbu ladā l-ḥanāǧiri kāẓimīna mā lilẓẓālimīna min ḥamīmin walā šafīʿin yuṭāʿu

And warn them of the Day of Imminence, when the hearts are at the throats, choking them. The evildoers will have no intimate friend, and no intercessor to be obeyed.

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Warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day of the approaching (doom), when the hearts will be choking the throats, (when) there will be no friend for the wrong-doers, nor any intercessor who will be heard

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And warn them of the day that approaches, when hearts are choking in the gullets; those who do wrong shall have no warm friend, and no intercessor who shall be obeyed

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Warn them, then, of the approaching day, when men's hearts shall rise up, choking them, into their throats. The evil-doers shall have no friend or intercessor who shall prevail

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore warn them, O prophet, of the day which shall suddenly approach; when men's hearts shall come up to their throats, and strangle them. The ungodly shall have no friend or intercessor who shall be heard

George Sale · published 1734

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40:19

يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ

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Easy-read (simplified)ya'lamu khaa'inata l-'a'yuni wamaa tukhfee s-sudoor

DIN 31635yaʿlamu ḫāʾinata l-ʾaʿyuni wamā tuḫfī ṣ-ṣudūru

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He knows the deceptions of the eyes, and what the hearts conceal.

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He knoweth the traitor of the eyes, and that which the bosoms hide

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He knows the deceitful of eye and what men's breasts conceal

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

God knoweth the deceitful of eye, and what men's breasts conceal

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

God will know the deceitful eye, and that which their breasts conceal

George Sale · published 1734

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40:20

وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu yaqdee bil-haqqi walladheena yad'oona min doonihi laa yaqdoona bishay'in inna llaaha huwa s-samee'u l-baseer

DIN 31635wallāhu yaqḍī bil-ḥaqqi wallaḏīna yadʿūna min dūnihi lā yaqḍūna bišayʾin ʾinna llāha huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīru

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God judges with justice, while those whom they invoke besides Him cannot judge with anything. It is God who is the Hearing, the Seeing.

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Allah judgeth with truth, while those to whom they cry instead of Him judge not at all. Lo! Allah, He is the Hearer, the Seer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and God decides with truth; but those they call on beside Him do not decide at all: verily, God, He both hears and looks

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And everything will God decide with truth: But nothing shall those gods whom men call on beside him, decide. Verily, God! the Hearer, the Beholder, He

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and God will judge with truth: But the false gods which they invoke, besides Him, shall not judge at all; for God is He who heareth and seeth

George Sale · published 1734

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40:21

أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)awalam yaseeroo fee l-'ardi fayanzuroo kayfa kaana 'aaqibatu lladheena kaanoo min qablihim kaanoo hum ashadda minhum quwwatan wa'aathaaran fee l-'ardi fa'akhadhahumu llaahu bidhunoobihim wamaa kaana lahum mina llaahi min waaq

DIN 31635ʾawalam yasīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu llaḏīna kānū min qablihim kānū hum ʾašadda minhum quwwatan waʾāṯāran fī l-ʾarḍi faʾaḫaḏahumu llāhu biḏunūbihim wamā kāna lahum mina llāhi min wāqin

Have they not travelled through the earth, and seen the consequences for those before them? They were stronger than them, and they left more impact on earth. But God seized them for their sins, and they had no defender against God.

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Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier than these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no protector from Allah

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have, they not journeyed on in the earth and seen how was the end of those who journeyed on before them? They were stronger than them in might, and their vestiges are in the land, but God caught them up in their sins, and they had none to guard them against God

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have they never journeyed in this land, and seen what hath been the end of those who flourished before them? Mightier were they in strength than these Meccans, and their traces remain in the land: Yet God took them in their sins, and there was none to defend them against God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have they not gone through the earth, and seen what hath been the end of those who were before them? They were more mighty than these in strength, and left more considerable footsteps of their power in the earth: Yet God chastised them for their sins, and there was none to protect them from God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:22

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُوا۟ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika bi'annahum kaanat ta'teehim rusuluhum bil-bayyinaati fakafaroo fa'akhadhahumu llaahu innahu qawiyyun shadeedu l-'iqaab

DIN 31635ḏālika biʾannahum kānat taʾtīhim rusuluhum bil-bayyināti fakafarū faʾaḫaḏahumu llāhu ʾinnahu qawiyyun šadīdu l-ʿiqābi

The translators word this verse differently

That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so God seized them. He is Strong, Severe in retribution.

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That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He is Strong, severe in punishment

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

That is for that their apostles did come to them with manifest signs, and they misbelieved, and God caught them up; verily, He is mighty, keen to punish

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This, because their apostles had come to them with proofs of their mission, and they believed not: so God took them in hand; for He is mighty, vehement in punishing

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This they suffered, because their apostles had come unto them with evident signs, and they disbelieved: Wherefore God chastised them; for He is strong, and severe in punishing

George Sale · published 1734

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40:23

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad arsalnaa moosaa bi'aayaatinaa wasultaanin mubeen

DIN 31635walaqad ʾarsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā wasulṭānin mubīnin

We sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority.

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And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we did send Moses with our signs, and with obvious authority

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Moreover we had sent Moses of old with our signs and with clear authority

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We heretofore sent Moses with our signs and manifest power

George Sale · published 1734

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40:24

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَقَٰرُونَ فَقَالُوا۟ سَٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)ilaa fir'awna wahaamaana waqaaroona faqaaloo saahirun kadhdhaab

DIN 31635ʾilā firʿawna wahāmāna waqārūna faqālū sāḥirun kaḏḏābun

To Pharaoh, Hamaan, and Quaroon. But they said, "A lying sorcerer."

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Unto Pharaoh and Haman and Korah, but they said: A lying sorcerer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

unto Pharaoh and Haman and Qarun. They said, 'A lying sorcerer

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To Pharaoh, and Haman, and Karun: and they said, "Sorcerer, impostor

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

unto Pharaoh, and Haman, and Karoon; and they said, he is a sorcerer, and a liar

George Sale · published 1734

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40:25

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa jaa'ahum bil-haqqi min 'indinaa qaaloo qtuloo abnaa'a lladheena aamanoo ma'ahu wastahyoo nisaa'ahum wamaa kaydu l-kaafireena illaa fee dalaal

DIN 31635falammā ǧāʾahum bil-ḥaqqi min ʿindinā qālū qtulū ʾabnāʾa llaḏīna ʾāmanū maʿahu wastaḥyū nisāʾahum wamā kaydu l-kāfirīna ʾillā fī ḍalālin

Then, when he came to them with the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him, and spare their daughters." But the scheming of the unbelievers can only go astray.

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And when he brought them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and spare their women. But the plot of disbelievers is in naught but error

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and when they came to them with truth from us, they said, 'Kill the sons of those who believe with him, and let their women live!' but the stratagem of the misbelievers is only in error

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when he came to them from our presence with the truth, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe as he doth, and save their females alive;" but the stratagem of the unbelievers issued only in failure

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And when he came unto them with the truth from Us, they said, slay the sons of those who have believed with him, and save their daughters alive: But the stratagem of the infidels was no other than vain

George Sale · published 1734

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40:26

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala fir'awnu dharoonee aqtul moosaa walyad'u rabbahu innee akhaafu an yubaddila deenakum aw an yuzhira fee l-'ardi l-fasaad

DIN 31635waqāla firʿawnu ḏarūnī ʾaqtul mūsā walyadʿu rabbahu ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʾan yubaddila dīnakum ʾaw ʾan yuẓhira fī l-ʾarḍi l-fasāda

Pharaoh said, "Leave me to kill Moses, and let him appeal to his Lord. I fear he may change your religion, or spread disorder in the land."

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And Pharaoh said: Suffer me to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his Lord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause confusion in the land

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Pharaoh said, 'Let me kill Moses; and then let him call upon his Lord! verily, I fear that he will change your religion, or that he will cause evil doing to appear in the land

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Pharaoh said, "Let me alone, that I may kill Moses; and let him call upon his Lord: I fear lest he change your religion, or cause disorder to shew itself in the land

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Pharaoh said, let me alone, that I may kill Moses; and let him call upon his Lord: Verily I fear lest he change your religion, or cause violence to appear in the earth

George Sale · published 1734

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40:27

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala moosaa innee 'udhtu birabbee warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin laa yu'minu biyawmi l-hisaab

DIN 31635waqāla mūsā ʾinnī ʿuḏtu birabbī warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin lā yuʾminu biyawmi l-ḥisābi

Moses said, "I have sought the protection of my Lord and your Lord, from every tyrant who does not believe in the Day of Account."

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Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Moses said, 'Verily, I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every one who is big with pride and believes not on the day of reckoning

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Moses said, "I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who believeth not in the day of reckoning

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Moses said unto his people, verily I have recourse unto my Lord, and your Lord, to defend me against every proud person, who believeth not in the day of account

George Sale · published 1734

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40:28

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala rajulun mu'minun min aali fir'awna yaktumu eemaanahu ataqtuloona rajulan an yaqoola rabbiya llaahu waqad jaa'akum bil-bayyinaati min rabbikum wa'in yaku kaadhiban fa'alayhi kadhibuhu wa'in yaku saadiqan yusibkum ba'du lladhee ya'idukum inna llaaha laa yahdee man huwa musrifun kadhdhaab

DIN 31635waqāla raǧulun muʾminun min ʾāli firʿawna yaktumu ʾīmānahu ʾataqtulūna raǧulan ʾan yaqūla rabbiya llāhu waqad ǧāʾakum bil-bayyināti min rabbikum waʾin yaku kāḏiban faʿalayhi kaḏibuhu waʾin yaku ṣādiqan yuṣibkum baʿḍu llaḏī yaʿidukum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kaḏḏābun

A believing man from Pharaoh's family, who had concealed his faith, said, "Are you going to kill a man for saying, `My Lord is God,' and he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, his lying will rebound upon him; but if he is truthful, then some of what he promises you will befall you. God does not guide the extravagant imposter.

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And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said: Would ye kill a man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is lying, then his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he threateneth you will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a prodigal, a liar

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And a believing man of Pharaoh's people, who concealed his faith, said, 'Will ye kill a man for saying, My Lord is God, when he has come to you with manifest signs from your Lord? and if he be a liar, against him is his lie; and if he be truthful, there will befall you somewhat of that which he threatens you; verily, God guides not him who is an extravagant liar

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And a man of the family of Pharaoh, who was a BELIEVER, but hid his faith, said, "Will ye slay a man because he saith my Lord is God, when he hath already come to you with proofs of his mission from your Lord? and if he be a liar, on him will be his lie: but if he be a man of truth, part at least of what he threateneth will fall upon you. Truly God guideth not him who is a transgressor, a liar

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And a man who was a true believer, of the family of Pharaoh, and concealed in his faith, said, will ye put a man to death, because he saith, God is my Lord; seeing he is come unto you with evident signs from your Lord? If he be a liar, on him will the punishment of his falsehood light; but if he speaketh the truth, some of those judgments with which he threateneth you, will fall upon you: Verily God directeth not him who is a transgressor, or a liar

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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40:29

يَٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَا قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yaa qawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma zaahireena fee l-'ardi faman yansurunaa min ba'si llaahi in jaa'anaa qaala fir'awnu maa ureekum illaa maa araa wamaa ahdeekum illaa sabeela r-rashaad

DIN 31635yā qawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-ʾarḍi faman yanṣurunā min baʾsi llāhi ʾin ǧāʾanā qāla firʿawnu mā ʾurīkum ʾillā mā ʾarā wamā ʾahdīkum ʾillā sabīla r-rašādi

O my people! Yours is the dominion today, supreme in the land; but who will help us against God's might, should it fall upon us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the path of prudence."

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O my people! Yours is the kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the land. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah should it reach us? Pharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to wise policy

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

O my people! yours is the kingdom today, ye are eminent in the land, but who will help us against the violence of God, if it comes upon us?' Said Pharaoh, 'I will only show you what I see, and I will only guide you into the way of right direction

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

O my people! this day is the kingdom yours, the eminent of the earth! but who shall defend us from the vengeance of God if it come on us?" Pharaoh said, "I would have you see only what I see; and in a right way only will I guide you

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

O my people, the kingdom is yours this day; and ye are conspicuous in the earth: But who shall defend us from the scourge of God, if it come unto us? Pharaoh said, I only propose to you what I think to be most expedient: And I guide you only into the right path

George Sale · published 1734

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40:30

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladhee aamana yaa qawmi innee akhaafu 'alaykum mithla yawmi l-'ahzaab

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏī ʾāmana yā qawmi ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʿalaykum miṯla yawmi l-ʾaḥzābi

The one who had believed said, "O my people, I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates.

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And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like that of the factions (of old)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And he who believed said, 'O my people! verily, I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then said he who believed, "O my people! truly I fear for you the like of the day of the allies

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And he who had believed, said, O my people, verily I fear for you a day like that of the confederates against the prophets in former times

George Sale · published 1734

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40:31

مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعِبَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)mithla da'bi qawmi noohin wa'aadin wathamooda walladheena min ba'dihim wamaa llaahu yureedu zulman lil'ibaad

DIN 31635miṯla daʾbi qawmi nūḥin waʿādin waṯamūda wallaḏīna min baʿdihim wamā llāhu yurīdu ẓulman lilʿibādi

Like the fate of the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood, and those after them. God wants no injustice for the servants.

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A plight like that of Noah's folk, and A'ad and Thamud, and those after them, and Allah willeth no injustice for (His) slaves

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the like of the wont of the people of Noah and 'Ad and Haman, and of those after them; for God desires not injustice for His servants

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The like of the state of the people of Noah and Ad and Themoud, And of those who came after them; yet God willeth not injustice to his servants

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

a condition like that of the people of Noah, and the tribes of Ad, and Thamud, and of those who have lived after them: For God willeth not that any injustice be done unto his servants

George Sale · published 1734

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40:32

وَيَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayaa qawmi innee akhaafu 'alaykum yawma t-tanaad

DIN 31635wayā qawmi ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʿalaykum yawma t-tanādi

O my people, I fear for you the Day of Calling Out.

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And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

O my people! verily, I fear for you the day of crying out

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And, O my people! I indeed fear for you the day of mutual outcry

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

O my people, verily I fear for you the day whereon men shall call unto one another

George Sale · published 1734

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40:33

يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma tuwalloona mudbireena maa lakum mina llaahi min 'aasimin waman yudlili llaahu famaa lahu min haad

DIN 31635yawma tuwallūna mudbirīna mā lakum mina llāhi min ʿāṣimin waman yuḍlili llāhu famā lahu min hādin

The translators word this verse differently

The Day when you will turn and flee, having no defender against God. Whomever God misguides has no guide."

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A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the day when ye shall turn your backs, fleeing, with no defender for you against God; for he whom God leads astray, for him there is no guide

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The day when ye shall be turned back from the Judgment into hell. No protector shall ye have then against God. And he whom God shall mislead no guide shall there be for him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the day whereon ye shall be turned back from the tribunal, and driven to hell: Then shall ye have none to protect you against God. And he whom God shall cause to err, shall have no director

George Sale · published 1734

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40:34

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُّرْتَابٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad jaa'akum yoosufu min qablu bil-bayyinaati famaa ziltum fee shakkin mimmaa jaa'akum bihi hattaa idhaa halaka qultum lan yab'atha llaahu min ba'dihi rasoolan kadhaalika yudillu llaahu man huwa musrifun murtaab

DIN 31635walaqad ǧāʾakum yūsufu min qablu bil-bayyināti famā ziltum fī šakkin mimmā ǧāʾakum bihi ḥattā ʾiḏā halaka qultum lan yabʿaṯa llāhu min baʿdihi rasūlan kaḏālika yuḍillu llāhu man huwa musrifun murtābun

Joseph had come to you with clear revelations, but you continued to doubt what he came to you with. Until, when he perished, you said, "God will never send a messenger after him." Thus God leads astray the outrageous skeptic.

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And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Joseph came to you before with manifest signs, but ye ceased not to doubt concerning what he brought you, until, when he perished, ye said, "God will not send after him an apostle;" thus does God lead astray him who is extravagant, a doubter

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Moreover, Joseph had come to you before with clear tokens, but ye ceased not to doubt of the message with which he came to you, until when he died, ye said, 'God will by no means raise up an apostle after him.' " Thus God misleadeth him who is the transgressor, the doubter

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Joseph came unto you, before Moses, with evident signs; but ye ceased not to doubt of the religion which he preached unto you, until, when he died, ye said, God will by no means send another apostle, after him. Thus doth God cause him to err, who is a transgressor, and a sceptic

George Sale · published 1734

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40:35

ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena yujaadiloona fee aayaati llaahi bighayri sultaanin ataahum kabura maqtan 'inda llaahi wa'inda lladheena aamanoo kadhaalika yatba'u llaahu 'alaa kulli qalbi mutakabbirin jabbaar

DIN 31635allaḏīna yuǧādilūna fī ʾāyāti llāhi biġayri sulṭānin ʾatāhum kabura maqtan ʿinda llāhi waʿinda llaḏīna ʾāmanū kaḏālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā kulli qalbi mutakabbirin ǧabbārin

Those who argue against God's revelations, without any proof having come to them-a heinous sin in the sight of God, and of those who believe. Thus God seals the heart of every proud bully.

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Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those who wrangle concerning the signs of God without authority having come to them are greatly hated by God and by those who believe; thus does God set a stamp upon the heart of every tyrant too big with pride

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They who gainsay the signs of God without authority having come to them, are greatly hated by God and by those who believe. Thus God sealeth up every proud, contumacious heart

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They who dispute against the signs of God, without any authority which hath come unto them, are in great abomination with God, and with those who believe. Thus doth God seal up every proud and stubborn heart

George Sale · published 1734

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40:36

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala fir'awnu yaa haamaanu bni lee sarhan la'allee ablughu l-'asbaab

DIN 31635waqāla firʿawnu yā hāmānu bni lī ṣarḥan laʿallī ʾabluġu l-ʾasbāba

And Pharaoh said, "O Hamaan, build me a tower, that I may reach the pathways.

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And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Pharaoh said, 'O Haman! build for me a tower, haply I may reach the tracts

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Pharaoh said, "O Haman, Build for me a tower that I may reach the avenues

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Pharaoh said, O Haman, build me a tower, that I may reach the tracts

George Sale · published 1734

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40:37

أَسْبَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَٰذِبًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)asbaaba s-samaawaati fa'attali'a ilaa ilaahi moosaa wa'innee la'azunnuhu kaadhiban wakadhaalika zuyyina lifir'awna soo'u 'amalihi wasudda 'ani s-sabeeli wamaa kaydu fir'awna illaa fee tabaab

DIN 31635ʾasbāba s-samāwāti faʾaṭṭaliʿa ʾilā ʾilāhi mūsā waʾinnī laʾaẓunnuhu kāḏiban wakaḏālika zuyyina lifirʿawna sūʾu ʿamalihi waṣudda ʿani s-sabīli wamā kaydu firʿawna ʾillā fī tabābin

The pathways of the heavens, so that I may glance at the God of Moses; though I think he is lying." Thus Pharaoh's evil deeds were made to appear good to him, and he was averted from the path. Pharaoh's guile was only in defeat.

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The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the tracts of heaven, and may mount up to the God of Moses, for, verily, I think him a liar.' And thus was his evil deed made seemly to Pharaoh, and he was turned from the way; but Pharaoh's stratagem ended only in ruin

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The avenues of the heavens, and may mount to the God of Moses, for I verily deem him a liar." And thus the evil of his doings was made fair-seeming to Pharaoh, and he turned away from the path of truth; but the artifice of Pharaoh ended only in his ruin

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the tracts of heaven, and may view the God of Moses; for I verily think him to be a liar. And thus the evil of his work was prepared for Pharaoh, and he turned aside from the right path: And the stratagems of Pharaoh ended only in loss

George Sale · published 1734

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40:38

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُونِ أَهْدِكُمْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladhee aamana yaa qawmi tabi'ooni ahdikum sabeela r-rashaad

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏī ʾāmana yā qawmi tabiʿūni ʾahdikum sabīla r-rašādi

The one who had believed said, "O my people, follow me, and I will guide you to the path of rectitude."

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And he who believed said: O my people! Follow me. I will show you the way of right conduct

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and he who believed said, 'O my people! follow me, I will guide you to the way of the right direction

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And he who believed said, "O my people! follow me: into the right way will I guide you

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And he who had believed, said, O my people, follow me: I will guide you into the right way

George Sale · published 1734

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40:39

يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَٰعٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yaa qawmi innamaa haadhihi l-hayaatu d-dunyaa mataa'un wa'inna l-'aakhirata hiya daaru l-qaraar

DIN 31635yā qawmi ʾinnamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā matāʿun waʾinna l-ʾāḫirata hiya dāru l-qarāri

"O my people, the life of this world is nothing but fleeting enjoyment, but the Hereafter is the Home of Permanence.

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O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

O my people! verily, the life of this world is but a provision, but, verily, the hereafter, that is the abode of stability

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

O my people! this present life is only a passing joy, but the life to come is the mansion that abideth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

O my people, verily this present life is but a temporary enjoyment; but the life to come is the mansion of firm continuance

George Sale · published 1734

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40:40

مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)man 'amila sayyi'atan falaa yujzaa illaa mithlahaa waman 'amila saalihan min dhakarin aw unthaa wahuwa mu'minun fa'oolaa'ika yadkhuloona l-jannata yurzaqoona feehaa bighayri hisaab

DIN 31635man ʿamila sayyiʾatan falā yuǧzā ʾillā miṯlahā waman ʿamila ṣāliḥan min ḏakarin ʾaw ʾunṯā wahuwa muʾminun faʾūlāʾika yadḫulūna l-ǧannata yurzaqūna fīhā biġayri ḥisābin

Whoever commits a sin will be repaid only with its like. But whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer-these will enter Paradise, where they will be provided for without account.

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Whoso doeth an ill-deed, he will be repaid the like thereof, while whoso doeth right, whether male or female, and is a believer, (all) such will enter the Garden, where they will be nourished without stint

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Whoso does evil, he shall only be recompensed with the like thereof , and whoso does right, be it male or female and a believer, these shall enter into Paradise; they shall be provided therein without count

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Whoso shall have wrought evil shall not be recompensed but with its like; but whoso shall have done the things that are right, whether male or female, and is a believer - these shall enter paradise: good things unreckoned shall they enjoy therein

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Whoever worketh evil, shall only be rewarded in equal proportion to the same: But whoever worketh good, whether male or female, and is a true believer, they shall enter paradise; they shall be provided for therein superabundantly

George Sale · published 1734

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40:41

وَيَٰقَوْمِ مَا لِىٓ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayaa qawmi maa lee ad'ookum ilaa n-najaati watad'oonanee ilaa n-naar

DIN 31635wayā qawmi mā lī ʾadʿūkum ʾilā n-naǧāti watadʿūnanī ʾilā n-nāri

O my people, how is it that I call you to salvation, and you call me to the Fire?

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And, O my people! What aileth me that I call you unto deliverance when ye call me unto the Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

O my people! why should I call you to salvation, and you call me to the fire

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And, O my people! how is it that I bid you to salvation, but that ye bid me to the fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And, O my people, as for me, I invite you to salvation; but ye invite me to hell fire

George Sale · published 1734

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40:42

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّٰرِ

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Easy-read (simplified)tad'oonanee li'akfura billaahi wa'ushrika bihi maa laysa lee bihi 'ilmun wa'anaa ad'ookum ilaa l-'azeezi l-ghaffaar

DIN 31635tadʿūnanī liʾakfura billāhi waʾušrika bihi mā laysa lī bihi ʿilmun waʾanā ʾadʿūkum ʾilā l-ʿazīzi l-ġaffāri

You call me to reject God, and to associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I call you to the Mighty Forgiver.

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Ye call me to disbelieve in Allah and ascribe unto Him as partners that whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you unto the Mighty, the Forgiver

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Ye call on me to disbelieve in God, and to join with Him what I have no knowledge of; but I call you to the mighty forgiving One

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Ye invite me to deny God, and to join with him gods of whom I know nothing; but I invite you to the Mighty, the Forgiving

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Ye invite me to deny God, and to associate with him that whereof I have no knowledge; but I invite you to the most mighty, the forgiver of sins

George Sale · published 1734

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40:43

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)laa jarama annamaa tad'oonanee ilayhi laysa lahu da'watun fee d-dunyaa walaa fee l-'aakhirati wa'anna maraddanaa ilaa llaahi wa'anna l-musrifeena hum ashaabu n-naar

DIN 31635lā ǧarama ʾannamā tadʿūnanī ʾilayhi laysa lahu daʿwatun fī d-dunyā walā fī l-ʾāḫirati waʾanna maraddanā ʾilā llāhi waʾanna l-musrifīna hum ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri

Without a doubt, what you call me to has no say in this world, or in the Hereafter; and our turning back is to God; and the transgressors are the inmates of the Fire.

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Assuredly that whereunto ye call me hath no claim in the world or in the Hereafter, and our return will be unto Allah, and the prodigals will be owners of the Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

no doubt that what ye call me to, ought not to be called on in this world or in the hereafter, and that we shall be sent back to God, and that the extravagant, they are the fellows of the Fire

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

No doubt is there that they to whom ye invite me are not to be invoked either in this world or in the world to come: and that unto God is our return, and that the transgressors shall be the inmates of the fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

There is no doubt but that the false gods to which ye invite me, deserve not to be invoked, either in this world or in the next; and that we must return unto God; and that the transgressors shall be the inhabitants of hell fire

George Sale · published 1734

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40:44

فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)fasatadhkuroona maa aqoolu lakum wa'ufawwidu amree ilaa llaahi inna llaaha baseerun bil-'ibaad

DIN 31635fasataḏkurūna mā ʾaqūlu lakum waʾufawwiḍu ʾamrī ʾilā llāhi ʾinna llāha baṣīrun bil-ʿibādi

You will remember what I am telling you, so I commit my case to God. God is Observant of the servants."

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And ye will remember what I say unto you. I confide my cause unto Allah. Lo! Allah is Seer of (His) slaves

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But ye shall remember what I say to you; and I entrust my affair to God, verily, God looks upon His servants

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then shall ye remember what I am saying unto you: and to God commit I my case: Verily, God beholdeth his servants

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And ye shall then remember what I now say unto you. And I commit my affair unto God: For God regardeth his servants

George Sale · published 1734

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40:45

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)fawaqaahu llaahu sayyi'aati maa makaroo wahaaqa bi'aali fir'awna soo'u l-'adhaab

DIN 31635fawaqāhu llāhu sayyiʾāti mā makarū waḥāqa biʾāli firʿawna sūʾu l-ʿaḏābi

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So God protected him from the evils of their scheming, while a terrible torment besieged Pharaoh's clan.

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So Allah warded off from him the evils which they plotted, while a dreadful doom encompassed Pharaoh's folk

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And God guarded him from the evils of what they plotted, and there closed in upon Pharaoh evil woe

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

So God preserved him from the evils which they had planned, and the woe of the punishment encompassed the people of Pharaoh

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore God delivered him from the evils which they had devised; and a grievous punishment encompassed the people of Pharaoh

George Sale · published 1734

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40:46

ٱلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلْعَذَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)an-naaru yu'radoona 'alayhaa ghuduwwan wa'ashiyyan wayawma taqoomu s-saa'atu adkhiloo aala fir'awna ashadda l-'adhaab

DIN 31635an-nāru yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā ġuduwwan waʿašiyyan wayawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu ʾadḫilū ʾāla firʿawna ʾašadda l-ʿaḏābi

The Fire. They will be exposed to it morning and evening. And on the Day the Hour takes place: "Admit the clan of Pharaoh to the most intense agony."

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The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening; and on the day when the Hour upriseth (it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to enter the most awful doom

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The fire - they shall be exposed to it morning and evening; and 'on the day the Hour shall arise,' enter, O people of Pharaoh! into the keenest torment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is the fire to which they shall be exposed morning and evening, and on the day when "the Hour" shall arrive - "Bring in the people of Pharaoh into the severest punishment

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall be exposed to the fire of hell morning and evening: And the day whereon the hour of judgment shall come, it shall be said unto them, enter O people of Pharaoh, into a most severe torment

George Sale · published 1734

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40:47

وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh yatahaajjoona fee n-naari fayaqoolu d-du'afaa'u lilladheena stakbaroo innaa kunnaa lakum taba'an fahal antum mughnoona 'annaa naseeban mina n-naar

DIN 31635waʾiḏ yataḥāǧǧūna fī n-nāri fayaqūlu ḍ-ḍuʿafāʾu lillaḏīna stakbarū ʾinnā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal ʾantum muġnūna ʿannā naṣīban mina n-nāri

As they quarrel in the Fire, the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "We were followers of yours; will you then spare us a portion of the Fire?"

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And when they wrangle in the Fire, the weak say unto those who were proud: Lo! we were a following unto you; will ye therefor rid us of a portion of the Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when they argue together in the fire, and the weak say to those who were big with pride, 'Verily, we were followers of yours, can ye then avail us against a portion of the fire

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when they shall wrangle together in the fire, the weak shall say to those who had borne themselves so proudly, "It is you we followed: will ye therefore relieve us from aught of the fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And think on the time when the infidels shall dispute together in hell fire; and the weak shall say unto those who behaved with arrogance, verily we were your followers: Will ye, therefore, relieve us from any part of this fire

George Sale · published 1734

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40:48

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala lladheena stakbaroo innaa kullun feehaa inna llaaha qad hakama bayna l-'ibaad

DIN 31635qāla llaḏīna stakbarū ʾinnā kullun fīhā ʾinna llāha qad ḥakama bayna l-ʿibādi

Those who were arrogant will say, "We are all in it; God has judged between the servants."

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Those who were proud say: Lo! we are all (together) herein. Lo! Allah hath judged between (His) slaves

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those who were big with pride shall say, 'Verily, we are all in it; verily, God has judged between His servants

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those proud ones shall say, "Verily we are all in it; for now hath God judged between his servants

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Those who behaved with arrogance shall answer, verily we are all doomed to suffer therein: For God hath now judged between his servants

George Sale · published 1734

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40:49

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena fee n-naari likhazanati jahannama d'oo rabbakum yukhaffif 'annaa yawman mina l-'adhaab

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna fī n-nāri liḫazanati ǧahannama dʿū rabbakum yuḫaffif ʿannā yawman mina l-ʿaḏābi

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Call to your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day."

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And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And those who are in the fire shall say unto the keepers of hell, 'Call upon your Lord to lighten from us one day of the torment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And they who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of Hell, "Implore your Lord that he would give us ease but for one day from this torment

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they who shall be in the fire, shall say unto the keepers of hell, call ye on your Lord, that He would ease us, for one day, from this punishment

George Sale · published 1734

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40:50

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo awalam taku ta'teekum rusulukum bil-bayyinaati qaaloo balaa qaaloo fad'oo wamaa du'aa'u l-kaafireena illaa fee dalaal

DIN 31635qālū ʾawalam taku taʾtīkum rusulukum bil-bayyināti qālū balā qālū fadʿū wamā duʿāʾu l-kāfirīna ʾillā fī ḍalālin

They will say, "Did not your messengers come to you with clear signs?" They will say, "Yes." They will say, "Then pray, but the prayers of the disbelievers will always be in vain."

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They say: Came not your messengers unto you with clear proofs? They say: Yea, verily. They say: Then do ye pray, although the prayer of disbelievers is in vain

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They shall say, 'Did not your apostles come to you with manifest signs?' They shall say, 'Yea!' They shall say, 'Then call!- but the call of the misbelievers is only in error

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They shall say, "Came not your apostles to you with the tokens?" They shall say, "Yes." They shall say, "Cry ye then aloud for help:" but the cry of the unbelievers shall be only in vain

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall answer, did not your apostles come unto you with evident proofs? They shall say, yea. The keepers shall reply, do ye therefore call on God: But the calling of the unbelievers on Him shall be only in vain

George Sale · published 1734

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40:51

إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ

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Easy-read (simplified)innaa lanansuru rusulanaa walladheena aamanoo fee l-hayaati d-dunyaa wayawma yaqoomu l-'ashhaad

DIN 31635ʾinnā lananṣuru rusulanā wallaḏīna ʾāmanū fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wayawma yaqūmu l-ʾašhādu

Most surely We will support Our messengers and those who believe, in this life, and on the Day the witnesses arise.

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Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, we will help our apostles, and those who believe, in the life of this world and on the day when the witnesses shall stand up

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Assuredly, in this present life will we succour our apostles and those who shall have believed, and on the day when the witnesses shall stand forth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We will surely assist our apostles, and those who believe, in this present life, and on the day whereon the witnesses shall stand forth

George Sale · published 1734

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40:52

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma laa yanfa'u z-zaalimeena ma'dhiratuhum walahumu lla'natu walahum soo'u d-daar

DIN 31635yawma lā yanfaʿu ẓ-ẓālimīna maʿḏiratuhum walahumu llaʿnatu walahum sūʾu d-dāri

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The Day when their excuses will not profit the wrongdoers, and the curse will be upon them, and they will have the Home of Misery.

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The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is the curse, and theirs the ill abode

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the day when their excuse shall not avail the unjust; but for them is the curse, and for them is an evil abode

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

A day whereon the plea of the evil doers shall not avail them; but theirs shall be a curse, and theirs the woe of the abode in Hell

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

A day, whereon the excuse of the unbelievers shall not avail them; but a curse shall attend them, and a wretched abode

George Sale · published 1734

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40:53

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad aataynaa moosaa l-hudaa wa'awrathnaa banee israa'eela l-kitaab

DIN 31635walaqad ʾātaynā mūsā l-hudā waʾawraṯnā banī ʾisrāʾīla l-kitāba

We gave Moses guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture.

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And We verily gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we did give Moses the guidance; and we made the children of Israel to inherit the Book

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And of old gave we Moses the guidance, and we made the children of Israel the heritors of the Book

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We heretofore gave unto Moses a direction: And We left as an inheritance unto the children of Israel the book of the law

George Sale · published 1734

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40:54

هُدًى وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

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Easy-read (simplified)hudan wadhikraa li'oolee l-'albaab

DIN 31635hudan waḏikrā liʾūlī l-ʾalbābi

The translators word this verse differently

A guide and a reminder for those endowed with reason.

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A guide and a reminder for men of understanding

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

as a guidance and a reminder to those endowed with minds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

a guidance and warning to men endued with understanding

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

a direction, and an admonition to men of understanding

George Sale · published 1734

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40:55

فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ

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Easy-read (simplified)fasbir inna wa'da llaahi haqqun wastaghfir lidhanbika wasabbih bihamdi rabbika bil-'ashiyyi wal-'ibkaar

DIN 31635faṣbir ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wastaġfir liḏanbika wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika bil-ʿašiyyi wal-ʾibkāri

So be patient. The promise of God is true. And ask forgiveness for your sin, and proclaim the praise of your Lord evening and morning.

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Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the early hours

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Be thou patient, then; verily, God's promise is true: and ask thou forgiveness for thy sins, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord in the evening and in the morn

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Therefore be steadfast thou and patient; for true is the promise of God: and seek pardon for thy fault, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord at evening and at morning

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore do thou, O prophet, bear the insults of the infidels with patience; for the promise of God is true: And ask pardon for thy fault; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord, in the evening and in the morning

George Sale · published 1734

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40:56

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَٰلِغِيهِ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena yujaadiloona fee aayaati llaahi bighayri sultaanin ataahum in fee sudoorihim illaa kibrun maa hum bibaaligheehi fasta'idh billaahi innahu huwa s-samee'u l-baseer

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna yuǧādilūna fī ʾāyāti llāhi biġayri sulṭānin ʾatāhum ʾin fī ṣudūrihim ʾillā kibrun mā hum bibāliġīhi fastaʿiḏ billāhi ʾinnahu huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīru

Those who dispute regarding God's revelations without any authority having come to them-there is nothing in their hearts but the feeling of greatness, which they will never attain. So seek refuge in God; for He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

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Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, those who wrangle concerning the signs of God without authority having come to them, there is naught in their breasts but pride; but they shall not attain it: do thou then seek refuge in God; verily, He both hears and looks

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

As to those who cavil at the signs of God without authority having reached them, nought is there but pride in their breasts: but they shall not succeed. Fly thou for refuge then to God, for He is the Hearer, the Beholder

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

As to those who impugn the signs of God, without any convincing proof which hath been revealed unto them, there is nothing but pride in their breasts; but they shall not attain their desire: Wherefore fly for refuge unto God; for it is He who heareth and seeth

George Sale · published 1734

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40:57

لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)lakhalqu s-samaawaati wal-'ardi akbaru min khalqi n-naasi walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa ya'lamoon

DIN 31635laḫalqu s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi ʾakbaru min ḫalqi n-nāsi walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of humanity, but most people do not know.

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Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind; but most of mankind know not

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of man: but most men know it not

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Greater surely than the creation of man is the creation of the heavens and of the earth: but most men know it not

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily the creation of heaven and earth is more considerable than the creation of man: But the greater part of men do not understand

George Sale · published 1734

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40:58

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yastawee l-'a'maa wal-baseeru walladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati walaa l-musee'u qaleelan maa tatadhakkaroon

DIN 31635wamā yastawī l-ʾaʿmā wal-baṣīru wallaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti walā l-musīʾu qalīlan mā tataḏakkarūna

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Not equal are the blind and the seeing. Nor are those who believe and work righteousness equal to the sinners. How little you reflect.

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And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who believe and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer. Little do ye reflect

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The blind and the seeing shall not be deemed alike, nor those who believe and do right and the evildoer; little is it that they remember

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Moreover, the blind and the seeing, and the evil doer and they who believe and do the things that are right, shall not be deemed equal. How few ponder this

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal; nor they who believe and work righteousness, and the evildoer: How few revolve these things in their mind

George Sale · published 1734

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40:59

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna s-saa'ata la'aatiyatun laa rayba feehaa walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa yu'minoon

DIN 31635ʾinna s-sāʿata laʾātiyatun lā rayba fīhā walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yuʾminūna

Indeed, the Hour is coming; there is no doubt about it; but most people do not believe.

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Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof; yet most of mankind believe not

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, the Hour will surely come; there is no doubt therein; but most men do not believe

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Aye, "the Hour" will surely come: there is no doubt of it: but most men believe it not

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The last hour will surely come; there is no doubt thereof: But the greater part of men believe it not

George Sale · published 1734

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40:60

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala rabbukumu d'oonee astajib lakum inna lladheena yastakbiroona 'an 'ibaadatee sayadkhuloona jahannama daakhireen

DIN 31635waqāla rabbukumu dʿūnī ʾastaǧib lakum ʾinna llaḏīna yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatī sayadḫulūna ǧahannama dāḫirīna

Your Lord has said, "Pray to Me, and I will respond to you. But those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell forcibly."

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And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will hear your prayer. Lo! those who scorn My service, they will enter hell, disgraced

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And your Lord said, 'Call upon me, I will answer you; verily, those who are too big with pride to worship shall enter into hell, shrinking up

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And your Lord saith, "Call upon me - I will hearken unto you: but they who turn in disdain from my service shall enter Hell with shame

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Your Lord saith, call upon Me; and I will hear you: But they who proudly disdain my service, shall enter with ignominy into hell

George Sale · published 1734

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40:61

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)allaahu lladhee ja'ala lakumu llayla litaskunoo feehi wan-nahaara mubsiran inna llaaha ladhoo fadlin 'alaa n-naasi walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa yashkuroon

DIN 31635allāhu llaḏī ǧaʿala lakumu llayla litaskunū fīhi wan-nahāra mubṣiran ʾinna llāha laḏū faḍlin ʿalā n-nāsi walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaškurūna

It is God Who made the night for you, that you may rest therein; and the day allowing sight. God is gracious towards the people, but most people do not give thanks.

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Allah it is Who hath appointed for you night that ye may rest therein, and day for seeing. Lo! Allah is a Lord of bounty for mankind, yet most of mankind give not thanks

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

God it is who has made for you the night to repose therein, and the day to see by; verily, God is Lord of grace to men, but most men give no thanks

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is God who hath ordained the night for your rest, and the day to give you light: verily God is rich in bounties to men: but most men render not the tribute of thanks

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is God who hath appointed the night for you to take your rest therein, and the day to give you light: Verily God is endued with beneficence towards mankind; but the greater part of men do not give thanks

George Sale · published 1734

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40:62

ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhaalikumu llaahu rabbukum khaaliqu kulli shay'in laa ilaaha illaa huwa fa'annaa tu'fakoon

DIN 31635ḏālikumu llāhu rabbukum ḫāliqu kulli šayʾin lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa faʾannā tuʾfakūna

Such is God, your Lord, Creator of all things. There is no god except Him; so how could you turn away?

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Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye perverted

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

There is God for you! your Lord the creator of everything! there is no god but He, how then can ye lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This is God your Lord, Creator of all things: no god is there but He: why then do ye turn away from Him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This is God, your Lord; the creator of all things: There is no God besides Him: How therefore are ye turned aside from his worship

George Sale · published 1734

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40:63

كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)kadhaalika yu'faku lladheena kaanoo bi'aayaati llaahi yajhadoon

DIN 31635kaḏālika yuʾfaku llaḏīna kānū biʾāyāti llāhi yaǧḥadūna

Thus are turned away those who dispute the signs of God.

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Thus are they perverted who deny the revelations of Allah

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Thus did those lie who gainsaid the signs of God

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Yet thus are they turned aside who gainsay the signs of God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Thus are they turned aside, who oppose the signs of God

George Sale · published 1734

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40:64

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)allaahu lladhee ja'ala lakumu l-'arda qaraaran was-samaa'a binaa'an wasawwarakum fa'ahsana suwarakum warazaqakum mina t-tayyibaati dhaalikumu llaahu rabbukum fatabaaraka llaahu rabbu l-'aalameen

DIN 31635allāhu llaḏī ǧaʿala lakumu l-ʾarḍa qarāran was-samāʾa bināʾan waṣawwarakum faʾaḥsana ṣuwarakum warazaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti ḏālikumu llāhu rabbukum fatabāraka llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

It is God who made the earth a habitat for you, and the sky a structure. And He designed you, and designed you well; and He provided you with the good things. Such is God, your Lord; so Blessed is God, Lord of the Worlds.

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Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and the sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and hath provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord. Then blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

God it is who has made for you the earth as a resting-place, and a heaven as building, and has formed you and made excellent your forms; and has provided you with good things! there is God for you!- your Lord! then blessed be God, the Lord of the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is God who hath given you the earth as a sure foundation, and over it built up the Heaven, and formed you, and made your forms beautiful, and feedeth you with good things. This is God your Lord. Blessed then be God the Lord of the Worlds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is God who hath given you the earth for a stable floor, and the heaven for a ceiling: And who hath formed you, and made your forms beautiful; and feedeth you with good things. This is God, your Lord. Wherefore blessed be God, the Lord of all creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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40:65

هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)huwa l-hayyu laa ilaaha illaa huwa fad'oohu mukhliseena lahu d-deena l-hamdu lillaahi rabbi l-'aalameen

DIN 31635huwa l-ḥayyu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa fadʿūhu muḫliṣīna lahu d-dīna l-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

He is the Living One. There is no god except He. So pray to Him, devoting your religion to Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.

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He is the Living One. There is no Allah save Him. So pray unto Him, making religion pure for Him (only). Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He is the living One, there is no god but He! then call on Him, being sincere in your religion to Him; praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He is the Living One. No God is there but He. Call then upon Him and offer Him a pure worship. Praise be to God the Lord of the Worlds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He is the living God: There is no God but He. Wherefore call upon Him, exhibiting unto Him the pure religion. Praise be unto God, the Lord of all creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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40:66

قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَمَّا جَآءَنِىَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ مِن رَّبِّى وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul innee nuheetu an a'buda lladheena tad'oona min dooni llaahi lammaa jaa'aniya l-bayyinaatu min rabbee wa'umirtu an uslima lirabbi l-'aalameen

DIN 31635qul ʾinnī nuhītu ʾan ʾaʿbuda llaḏīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi lammā ǧāʾaniya l-bayyinātu min rabbī waʾumirtu ʾan ʾuslima lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

Say, "I was prohibited from worshiping those you invoke besides God, now that clear revelations have come to me from my Lord; and I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds."

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Say (O Muhammad): I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry beside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord, and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, 'Verily, I am forbidden to serve those whom ye call on beside God, since there have come to me manifest signs from my Lord, and I am bidden to be resigned unto the Lord of the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY: Verily I am forbidden to worship what ye call on beside God, after that the clear tokens have come to me from my Lord, and I am bidden to surrender myself to the Lord of the Worlds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, verily I am forbidden to worship the deities which ye invoke, besides God, after that evident proofs have come unto me from my Lord; and I am commanded to resign myself unto the Lord of all creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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40:67

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)huwa lladhee khalaqakum min turaabin thumma min nutfatin thumma min 'alaqatin thumma yukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum thumma litakoonoo shuyookhan waminkum man yutawaffaa min qablu walitablughoo ajalan musamman wala'allakum ta'qiloon

DIN 31635huwa llaḏī ḫalaqakum min turābin ṯumma min nuṭfatin ṯumma min ʿalaqatin ṯumma yuḫriǧukum ṭiflan ṯumma litabluġū ʾašuddakum ṯumma litakūnū šuyūḫan waminkum man yutawaffā min qablu walitabluġū ʾaǧalan musamman walaʿallakum taʿqilūna

It is He who created you from dust, then from a seed, then from an embryo, then He brings you out as an infant, then He lets you reach your maturity, then you become elderly-although some of you die sooner-so that you may reach a predetermined age, so that you may understand.

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He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He it is who created you from the earth, then from a clot, then from congealed blood, then He brings you forth a child; then ye reach to puberty; then do ye become old men,- though of you there are some who are taken away before,- that ye may reach an appointed time, and haply ye may have some sense

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He it is who created you of the dust, then of the germs of life, then of thick blood, then brought you forth infants: then he letteth you reach your full strength, and then become old men (but some of you die first), and reach the ordained term. And this that haply ye may understand

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is He who first created you of dust, and afterwards of seed, and afterwards of coagulated blood; and afterwards brought you forth infants out of your mothers wombs: Then He permitteth you to attain your age of full strength, and afterwards to grow old men, -- but some of you die before that age, -- and to arrive at the determined period of your life; that peradventure ye may understand

George Sale · published 1734

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40:68

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

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Easy-read (simplified)huwa lladhee yuhyee wayumeetu fa'idhaa qadaa amran fa'innamaa yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon

DIN 31635huwa llaḏī yuḥyī wayumītu faʾiḏā qaḍā ʾamran faʾinnamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

It is He who gives life and death; and when He decides on a thing, He just says to it, "Be," and it comes to be.

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He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He it is who quickens and kills, and when He decrees a matter, then He only says to it, 'BE,' and it is

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He only saith of it, "Be," and it is

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is He who giveth life, and causeth to die: And when He decreeth a thing, He only saith unto it, be, and it is

George Sale · published 1734

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40:69

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أَنَّىٰ يُصْرَفُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alam tara ilaa lladheena yujaadiloona fee aayaati llaahi annaa yusrafoon

DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾilā llaḏīna yuǧādilūna fī ʾāyāti llāhi ʾannā yuṣrafūna

Have you not observed those who dispute regarding God's revelations, how they have deviated?

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Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah, how they are turned away

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the signs of God how they are turned away

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Seest thou not those who cavil at the signs of God? how are they turned aside

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Dost thou not observe those who dispute against the signs of God, how they are turned aside from the true faith

George Sale · published 1734

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40:70

ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِۦ رُسُلَنَا فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena kadhdhaboo bil-kitaabi wabimaa arsalnaa bihi rusulanaa fasawfa ya'lamoon

DIN 31635allaḏīna kaḏḏabū bil-kitābi wabimā ʾarsalnā bihi rusulanā fasawfa yaʿlamūna

Those who call the Book a lie, and what We sent Our messengers with-they will surely know.

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Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our messengers. But they will come to know

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those who call the Book, and what we have sent our apostles with, a lie, soon shall they know

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They who treat "the Book," and the message with which we have sent our Sent Ones, as a lie, shall know the truth hereafter

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They who charge with falsehood the book of the Koran, and the other scriptures and revealed doctrines which We sent our former apostles to preach, shall hereafter know their folly

George Sale · published 1734

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40:71

إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)idhi l-'aghlaalu fee a'naaqihim was-salaasilu yushaboon

DIN 31635ʾiḏi l-ʾaġlālu fī ʾaʿnāqihim was-salāsilu yusḥabūna

When the yokes are around their necks, and they will be dragged by the chains.

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When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

when the fetters are on their necks and the chains, as they are dragged

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

When the collars shall be on their necks and the chains to drag them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When the collars shall be on their necks, and the chains by which

George Sale · published 1734

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40:72

فِى ٱلْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fee l-hameemi thumma fee n-naari yusjaroon

DIN 31635fī l-ḥamīmi ṯumma fī n-nāri yusǧarūna

Into the boiling water, then in the Fire they will be consumed.

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Through boiling waters; then they are thrust into the Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

into hell!- then in the fire shall they be baked

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

into Hell: then in the fire shall they be burned

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

they shall be dragged into hell: Then shall they be burned in the fire

George Sale · published 1734

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40:73

ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma qeela lahum ayna maa kuntum tushrikoon

DIN 31635ṯumma qīla lahum ʾayna mā kuntum tušrikūna

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Then it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to deify?

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Then it is said unto them: Where are (all) that ye used to make partners (in the Sovereignty)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then it shall be said to them, 'Where is what ye did associate

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then shall it be said to them, "Where are they whom ye made the objects of joint worship with God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And it shall be said unto them, where are the gods which ye associated

George Sale · published 1734

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40:74

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)min dooni llaahi qaaloo dalloo 'annaa bal lam nakun nad'oo min qablu shay'an kadhaalika yudillu llaahu l-kaafireen

DIN 31635min dūni llāhi qālū ḍallū ʿannā bal lam nakun nadʿū min qablu šayʾan kaḏālika yuḍillu llāhu l-kāfirīna

The translators word this verse differently

Instead of God?" They will say, "They have abandoned us. In fact, we were praying to nothing before." Thus God sends the disbelievers astray.

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Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

beside God?' They shall say, 'They have strayed away from us; nay, we did not call before upon anything!' - thus does God lead the misbelievers astray

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They shall say, "They have vanished away from us. Yea, it was nought on which we called heretofore." Thus God leadeth the unbelievers astray

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

besides God? They shall answer, they have withdrawn themselves from us: Yea, we called on nothing heretofore. Thus doth God lead the unbelievers into error

George Sale · published 1734

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40:75

ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhaalikum bimaa kuntum tafrahoona fee l-'ardi bighayri l-haqqi wabimaa kuntum tamrahoon

DIN 31635ḏālikum bimā kuntum tafraḥūna fī l-ʾarḍi biġayri l-ḥaqqi wabimā kuntum tamraḥūna

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That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.

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(And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

There! for 'that ye did rejoice in the land without right; and for that ye did exult

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This for you, because of your unrighteous insolence and immoderate joys on earth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This hath befallen you, for that ye rejoiced insolently on earth, in that which was false; and for that ye were elated with immoderate joy

George Sale · published 1734

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40:76

ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)udkhuloo abwaaba jahannama khaalideena feehaa fabi'sa mathwaa l-mutakabbireen

DIN 31635udḫulū ʾabwāba ǧahannama ḫālidīna fīhā fabiʾsa maṯwā l-mutakabbirīna

Enter the gates of Hell, to remain therein forever. What a terrible dwelling for the arrogant.

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Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Evil is the habitation of the scornful

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein for aye; for evil is the resort of those who are too big with pride

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Enter ye the portals of Hell to abide therein for ever. And, wretched the abode of the haughty ones

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Enter ye the gates of hell, to remain therein for ever: And wretched shall be the abode of the haughty

George Sale · published 1734

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40:77

فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fasbir inna wa'da llaahi haqqun fa'immaa nuriyannaka ba'da lladhee na'iduhum aw natawaffayannaka fa'ilaynaa yurja'oon

DIN 31635faṣbir ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun faʾimmā nuriyannaka baʿḍa llaḏī naʿiduhum ʾaw natawaffayannaka faʾilaynā yurǧaʿūna

So be patient. The promise of God is true. Whether We show you some of what We have promised them, or take you to Us, to Us they will be returned.

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Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And whether we let thee see a part of that which We promise them, or (whether) We cause thee to die, still unto Us they will be brought back

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But be thou patient; verily, the promise of God is true; and whether we show thee a part of what we promised them, or whether we surely take thee to ourself, unto us shall they be returned

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Therefore be thou steadfast in patience: for the promise of God is truth: and whether we shall make thee see part of the woes with which we threatened them, or whether we cause thee first to die, unto us shall they be brought back

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore persevere with patience, O Mohammed; for the promise of God is true. Whether We cause thee to see any part of the punishment with which We have threatened them, or whether We cause thee to die before thou see it; before Us shall they be assembled at the last day

George Sale · published 1734

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40:78

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad arsalnaa rusulan min qablika minhum man qasasnaa 'alayka waminhum man lam naqsus 'alayka wamaa kaana lirasoolin an ya'tiya bi'aayatin illaa bi'idhni llaahi fa'idhaa jaa'a amru llaahi qudiya bil-haqqi wakhasira hunaalika l-mubtiloon

DIN 31635walaqad ʾarsalnā rusulan min qablika minhum man qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka waminhum man lam naqṣuṣ ʿalayka wamā kāna lirasūlin ʾan yaʾtiya biʾāyatin ʾillā biʾiḏni llāhi faʾiḏā ǧāʾa ʾamru llāhi quḍiya bil-ḥaqqi waḫasira hunālika l-mubṭilūna

The translators word this verse differently

We sent messengers before you. Some of them We told you about, and some We did not tell you about. No messenger can bring a miracle except by leave of God. Then, when the command of God is issued, fair judgment will be passed, and there and then the seekers of vanity will lose.

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Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we did send apostles before thee: of them are some whose stories we have related to thee, and of them are some whose stories we have not related to thee; and no apostle might ever bring a sign except by the permission of God; but when God's bidding came it was decided with truth, and there were those lost who deemed it vain

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And we have already sent apostles before thee: of some we have told thee, and of others we have told thee nothing: but no apostle had the power to work a miracle unless by the leave of God. But when God's behest cometh, everything will be decided with truth: and then they perish who treated it as a vain thing

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We have sent a great number of apostles before thee; the histories of some of whom We have related unto thee, and the histories of others of them We have not related unto thee: But no apostle had the power to produce a sign, unless by the permission of God. When the command of God, therefore, shall come, judgment shall be given with truth; and then shall they perish who endeavour to render the signs of God of no effect

George Sale · published 1734

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40:79

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)allaahu lladhee ja'ala lakumu l-'an'aama litarkaboo minhaa waminhaa ta'kuloon

DIN 31635allāhu llaḏī ǧaʿala lakumu l-ʾanʿāma litarkabū minhā waminhā taʾkulūna

God is He who created the domestic animals for you-some for you to ride, and some you eat.

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Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and eat of some

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

God it is who has made for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them;- and of them ye eat

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is God who hath given you the cattle that on some of them ye may ride, and of some may eat

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is God who hath given you the cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and may eat of others of them

George Sale · published 1734

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40:80

وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walakum feehaa manaafi'u walitablughoo 'alayhaa haajatan fee sudoorikum wa'alayhaa wa'alaa l-fulki tuhmaloon

DIN 31635walakum fīhā manāfiʿu walitabluġū ʿalayhā ḥāǧatan fī ṣudūrikum waʿalayhā waʿalā l-fulki tuḥmalūna

The translators word this verse differently

And in them you have other benefits as well, and through them you satisfy your needs. And on them, and on the ships, you are transported.

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(Many) benefits ye have from them - and that ye may satisfy by their means a need that is in your breasts, and may be borne upon them as upon the ship

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and ye have in them advantages;- and that ye may attain thereon a want which is in your breasts; upon them and upon ships are ye borne

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

(Other advantages too do ye derive from them) - and that by them ye may effect the projects ye cherish in your breasts; for on them, and on ships are ye borne

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

ye also receive other advantages therefrom; -- and that on them ye may arrive at the business proposed in your mind: And on them are ye carried by land, and on ships by sea

George Sale · published 1734

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40:81

وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَأَىَّ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayureekum aayaatihi fa'ayya aayaati llaahi tunkiroon

DIN 31635wayurīkum ʾāyātihi faʾayya ʾāyāti llāhi tunkirūna

And He shows you His signs. So which of God's signs will you deny?

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And He showeth you His tokens. Which, then, of the tokens of Allah do ye deny

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He shows you His signs; which sign then of your Lord do ye deny

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And He sheweth you His signs: which, then, of the signs of God will ye deny

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And He sheweth you his signs; which, therefore, of the signs of God, will ye deny

George Sale · published 1734

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40:82

أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)afalam yaseeroo fee l-'ardi fayanzuroo kayfa kaana 'aaqibatu lladheena min qablihim kaanoo akthara minhum wa'ashadda quwwatan wa'aathaaran fee l-'ardi famaa aghnaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon

DIN 31635ʾafalam yasīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu llaḏīna min qablihim kānū ʾakṯara minhum waʾašadda quwwatan waʾāṯāran fī l-ʾarḍi famā ʾaġnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

Have they not journeyed through the land, and seen the outcome for those before them? They were more numerous than they, and had greater power and influence in the land. But what they had achieved availed them nothing.

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Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these, and mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have they not journeyed on in the land and seen how was the end of those before them, who were more numerous than they and stronger in might, and in their vestiges which are still in the land? but of no avail to them was that which they had earned

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have they not journeyed in this land, and seen what hath been the end of those who flourished before them? More were they than these in number and mightier in strength, and greater are the traces of their power remaining in the land: yet their labours availed them nothing

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they not pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who were before them? They were more numerous than these, and more mighty in strength, and left more considerable monuments of their power in the earth: Yet that which they had acquired, profited them not

George Sale · published 1734

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40:83

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa jaa'athum rusuluhum bil-bayyinaati farihoo bimaa 'indahum mina l-'ilmi wahaaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihi yastahzi'oon

DIN 31635falammā ǧāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti fariḥū bimā ʿindahum mina l-ʿilmi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziʾūna

When their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they had, and the very things they used to ridicule besieged them.

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And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when there came to them their apostles with manifest signs they rejoiced in what knowledge they had; but there closed in upon them that whereat they had mocked

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when their apostles had come to them with the tokens of their mission, they exulted in what they possessed of knowledge; but that retribution at which they scoffed, encompassed them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And when their apostles came unto them with evident proofs of their mission, they rejoiced in the knowledge which was with them: But that which they mocked at, encompassed them

George Sale · published 1734

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40:84

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa ra'aw ba'sanaa qaaloo aamannaa billaahi wahdahu wakafarnaa bimaa kunnaa bihi mushrikeen

DIN 31635falammā raʾaw baʾsanā qālū ʾāmannā billāhi waḥdahu wakafarnā bimā kunnā bihi mušrikīna

Then, when they witnessed Our might, they said, "We believe in God alone, and we reject what we used to associate with Him."

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Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that we used to associate (with Him)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when they saw our violence they said, 'We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in what we once associated with Him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when they beheld our vengeance they said, "We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in the deities we once associated with Him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And when they beheld our vengeance, they said, we believe in God alone, and we renounce the idols which we associated with Him

George Sale · published 1734

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40:85

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)falam yaku yanfa'uhum eemaanuhum lammaa ra'aw ba'sanaa sunnata llaahi llatee qad khalat fee 'ibaadihi wakhasira hunaalika l-kaafiroon

DIN 31635falam yaku yanfaʿuhum ʾīmānuhum lammā raʾaw baʾsanā sunnata llāhi llatī qad ḫalat fī ʿibādihi waḫasira hunālika l-kāfirūna

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But their faith could not help them once they witnessed Our might. This has been God's way of dealing with His servants. And there and then the disbelievers lost.

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But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is Allah's law which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the disbelievers will be ruined

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But their faith was of no avail to them when they saw our violence - the course of God with His servants in time past, and there the misbelievers lose

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But their faith, after they had witnessed our vengeance, profited them not. Such the procedure of God with regard to his servants who flourished of old. And then the unbelievers perished

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But their faith availed them not, after they had beholden our vengeance. This was the ordinance of God, which was formerly observed in respect to his servants: And then did the unbelievers perish

George Sale · published 1734

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Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

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