Quran-Saheeh-International-English-Translation

S´rah 35 – FŒ‹ir JuzÕ 22

37. And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us;1171 we
will do righteousness – other than what we were doing!" But
did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember
therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste
[the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.

38. Indeed, AllŒh is Knower of the unseen [aspects] of the heavens
and earth. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

39. It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And
whoever disbelieves – upon him will be [the consequence of]
his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not
increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and
the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except
in loss.

40. Say, "Have you considered1172 your 'partners' whom you
invoke besides AllŒh? Show me what they have created from
the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens?
Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on
evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not
promise each other except delusion."1173

41. Indeed, AllŒh holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease.
And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place]
after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing and Forgiving.

42. And they swore by AllŒh their strongest oaths that if a warner
came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of
the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it
did not increase them except in aversion

43. [Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil
plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they
await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you
will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of AllŒh

111111777321UTBhynedteiemrlslptionliogcdatthtiooeinmr iefsao"nlRlo"eTwtueelrrlnsmuthesataotbotthhueet.p.s.r"oe-vciaolulesdwdoeriltdie."s will intercede for
them with AllŒh.

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any change, and you will never find in the way of AllŒh1174
any alteration.1175

44. Have they not traveled through the land and observed how
was the end of those before them? And they were greater than
them in power. But AllŒh is not to be caused failure [i.e.,
prevented] by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed,
He is ever Knowing and Competent.

45. And if AllŒh were to impose blame on the people for what
they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth]
any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And
when their time comes, then indeed AllŒh has ever been, of
His servants, Seeing.

11117754Oi.er.,"tirnaHnsifsepr"unoifsphumneisnht mofenthtotsoeowthheorsdiennypltahcee prophets.
of them.

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S´rah YŒ Seen1176

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. YŒ, Seen.1177

2. By the wise1178 QurÕŒn,

3. Indeed you, [O Muúammad], are from among the messengers,

4. On a straight path.

5. [This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

6. That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned,
so they are unaware.

7. Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most
of them, so they do not believe.

8. Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to
their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

9. And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a
barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

10. And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do
not warn them – they will not believe.

11. You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the
Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness
and noble reward.

12. Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what
they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things
We have enumerated in a clear register.

13. And present to them an example: the people of the city, when
the messengers came to it –

14. When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We
strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are
messengers to you."

111111777678SYSŒeeeeSffeooeoontt:nnoo(tttheeettoole12tt:0e1:r1.s.) yŒ and seen.
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15. They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most
Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

16. They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

17. And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

18. They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not
desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you,
from us, a painful punishment."

19. They said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with yourselves. Is it1179
because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing
people."

20. And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running.
He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

21. Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they
are [rightly] guided.

22. And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom
you will be returned?

23. Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most
Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will
not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

24. Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

25. Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

26. It was said, "Enter Paradise."1180 He said, "I wish my people
could know

27. Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the
honored."

28. And We did not send down upon his people after him any
soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

11118790AYonuarbtrhurpeat ttaragnasinfesrt us. Hereafter conveys the meaning that the man
to the

met a violent death at the hands of the disbelievers and so was martyred

for the cause of AllŒh.

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29. It was not but one shout,1181 and immediately they were
extinguished.

30. How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them
any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

31. Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed
before them – that they to them1182 will not return?

32. And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

33. And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to
life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.

34. And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines
and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs –

35. That they may eat of His fruit.1183 And their hands have not
produced it,1184 so will they not be grateful?

36. Exalted is He who created all pairs1185 – from what the earth
grows and from themselves and from that which they do not
know.

37. And a sign for them is the night. We remove1186 from it the
[light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

38. And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That
is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

39. And the moon – We have determined for it phases, until it
returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

40. It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon,
nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is
swimming.

1111111188884213iAiF..eerno..,,mattlhoteGatrthanwobastrhiieviecellhiovmArinealaglnŒbphilnraehgsstaiesfsnrp"otlArmyonditdnuhce[tehesadekt wyffor.oorrmtlhd]e.wmh.at their hands have produced

11118865[OLi.irete.",raaplllllasynp,te"ecsditeraispn.""d harvested]." Both are grammatically correct. removed
or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is

from it as the earth turns and night approaches.

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41. And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers1187 in a
laden ship.

42. And We created for them from the likes of it that which they
ride.

43. And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one
responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they
be saved

44. Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

45. But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and
what is behind you;1188 perhaps you will receive mercy..."1189

46. And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord
except that they are from it turning away.

47. And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which AllŒh
has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who
believe, "Should we feed one whom, if AllŒh had willed, He
would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

48. And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

49. They do not await except one blast1190 which will seize them
while they are disputing.

50. And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their
people can they return.

51. And the Horn will be blown;1191 and at once from the graves
to their Lord they will hasten.

52. They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our

1187Usually meaning "descendants" or "offspring," the word "dhurriyyah" is

used here to denote forefathers (their being the offspring of Noah), who

11118889wOTheferseicnsosanvocerlduosffiroloinfmeoitfnhtethhfiilssosowedno.treldncaendisthuendHeersretoaoftdert.o be "...they ignored the

1190wLiatrenrainllgy.," "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which

1191wFoilrl strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.
the second time, signaling the Resurrection.

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sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most
Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."

53. It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought
present before Us.

54. So today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] no soul will be wronged
at all, and you will not be recompensed except for what you
used to do.

55. Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused
in [joyful] occupation –

56. They and their spouses – in shade, reclining on adorned couches.

57. For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request
[or wish]

58. [And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.

59. [Then He will say], "But stand apart today, you criminals.1192

60. Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not
worship Satan – [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy –

61. And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.

62. And he had already led astray from among you much of creation,
so did you not use reason?

63. This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

64. [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."1193

65. That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will
speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to
earn.

66. And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and
they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?1194

1192i.e., remove yourself from the ranks of the believers to be distinguished
11119934fOArolrlmŒ"hbtehc(esamuubs.úeŒynoauhuusewdatotadÔiŒslbŒe)liceovue.l"d have left man without means of

guidance in the life of this world, although in His mercy He did not.

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67. And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing
them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor
could they return.1195

68. And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation;1196
so will they not understand?

69. And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muúammad ()]

knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a
message and a clear QurÕŒn

70. To warn whoever is alive1197 and justify the word [i.e., decree]
against the disbelievers.

71. Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our
hands1198 have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are
their owners?

72. And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride,
and some of them they eat.

73. And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will
they not be grateful?

74. But they have taken besides AllŒh [false] deities that perhaps
they would be helped.

75. They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for
them soldiers in attendance.1199

76. So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what
they conceal and what they declare.

77. Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere]
sperm-drop – then at once1200 he is a clear adversary?

1195He (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ) could have prevented man from taking any

1111111199999678aISIMnncetaehhiioeinfsnaotarpottiohtnnayibnonsedtigencmaeatlfoniinatd2ndh:pd,1imri9mo.e.st.eee,ncltftthaiinenlgcbtahetplhiisaeeciwvrieto"yrrgs.l.oddosr."theAHnoetrheearfteinr,teyreptreHtaetdioidn not.
is that

1200tih.ee.y, a(si.eso.,otnheasgohdesb)ewcoilml bees soldiers set against them in Hellfire.
self-sufficient.

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78. And he presents for Us an example1201 and forgets his [own]
creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are
disintegrated?"

79. Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time;
and He is, of all creation, Knowing."

80. [It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then
from it you ignite.

81. Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create
the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

82. His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it,
"Be," and it is.

83. So exalted is He in whose hand is the realm of all things, and
to Him you will be returned.

1201Attempting to establish the finality of death.
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S´rah a§-êŒffŒt1202

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. By those [angels] lined up in rows

2. And those who drive [the clouds]
3. And those who recite the message,1203

4. Indeed, your God is One,

5. Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and
Lord of the sunrises.1204

6. Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment
of stars

7. And as protection against every rebellious devil

8. [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels]
and are pelted from every side,1205

9. Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

10. Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are
pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

11. Then inquire of them, [O Muúammad], "Are they a stronger
[or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?"
Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

12. But you wonder, while they mock,

13. And when they are reminded, they remember not.

14. And when they see a sign, they ridicule

15. And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

11220023TA§o-êtŒheffŒpt:roTphheotsse Lined Up. themselves. AllŒh (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ)
or among

swears by these three kinds of angels to the fact mentioned in the

11220045fiB.oeyl.l,ofelwaamicnhignpgvoemirnseteto.eroprsl.ace of sunrise.

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16. When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed
to be resurrected?

17. And our forefathers [as well]?"

18. Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

19. It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

20. They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

21. [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you
used to deny."

22. [The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed
wrong, their kinds,1206 and what they used to worship

23. Other than AllŒh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

24. And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

25. [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do
you not help each other?"

26. But they, that Day, are in surrender.

27. And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming]
each other.

28. They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."1207

29. They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were
not believers,

30. And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing
people.

31. So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect
upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

32. And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

33. So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

1206Those similar to them in evil deeds. Another possible meaning is "their
1207wi.ei.v,efsr."om our position of strength, oppressing us. Or from where we

would have grasped the truth, preventing us.

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34. Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

35. Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but
AllŒh," were arrogant

36. And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

37. Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet ()] has come with the truth and

confirmed the [previous] messengers.

38. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful
punishment,

39. And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to
do –

40. But not the chosen servants of AllŒh.

41. Those will have a provision determined –
42. Fruits;1208 and they will be honored

43. In gardens of pleasure

44. On thrones facing one another.

45. There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a
flowing spring,

46. White and delicious to the drinkers;

47. No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
48. And with them will be women limiting [their] glances,1209

with large, [beautiful] eyes,

49. As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

50. And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

51. A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion
[on earth]

52. Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

53. That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will
indeed be recompensed?' "

11220089Mi.ee.,acnhinagsteevaenrdytmhiondgedste,lliociookuisn.g only at their mates.
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54. He will say,1210 "Would you [care to] look?"
55. And he will look and see him1211 in the midst of the Hellfire.
56. He will say, "By AllŒh, you almost ruined me.
57. If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those

brought in [to Hell].
58. Then, are we not to die
59. Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
60. Indeed, this is the great attainment.
61. For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
62. Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of

zaqq´m?
63. Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
64. Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
65. Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
66. And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
67. Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.
68. Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.
69. Indeed they found their fathers astray.
70. So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.
71. And there had already strayed before them most of the former

peoples,
72. And We had already sent among them warners.
73. Then look how was the end of those who were warned –
74. But not the chosen servants of AllŒh.
75. And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of

responders.
76. And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

11221101TThoehcisomcopmanpiaonniownhs oinhPadartardieisdet.o dissuade him from belief on earth.
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77. And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]
78. And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
79. "Peace upon Noah among the worlds."
80. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
81. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
82. Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].
83. And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,
84. When he came to his Lord with a sound heart
85. [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you

worship?
86. Is it falsehood [as] gods other than AllŒh you desire?
87. Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"
88. And he cast a look at the stars
89. And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."
90. So they turned away from him, departing.
91. Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?1212
92. What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?"
93. And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.
94. Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.
95. He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
96. While AllŒh created you and that which you do?"
97. They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and

throw him into the burning fire."

98. And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made
them the most debased.

99. And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by]
my Lord; He will guide me.

1212Consume the offerings placed before them.
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100. My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

101. So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
102. And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion,1213 he

said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must]
sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father,
do as you are commanded. You will find me, if AllŒh wills,
of the steadfast."
103. And when they had both submitted1214 and he put him down
upon his forehead,

104. We called to him, "O Abraham,

105. You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the
doers of good.

106. Indeed, this was the clear trial.
107. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,1215

108. And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

109. "Peace upon Abraham."

110. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

111. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

112. And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among
the righteous.1216

113. And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants
is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].

114. And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

115. And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

116. And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

111222111435ATi.eol.l,Œthhthe(ecsauobbmiúlmiŒtnyaanthdouowwfoAarkltlaaŒÔnhŒd.lŒb)eseonftaasshisutgaencrea.m to be sacrificed in place of
1216ITshhims aveelr.ifies that the firstborn son who was to be sacrificed was Ishmael

and not Isaac, as claimed by the Jews and Christians.

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117. And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],
118. And We guided them on the straight path.
119. And We left for them [favorable mention] among later

generations:
120. "Peace upon Moses and Aaron."
121. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
122. Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.
123. And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
124. When he said to his people, "Will you not fear AllŒh?
125. Do you call upon BaÔl1217 and leave the best of creators –
126. AllŒh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"
127. And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for

punishment],
128. Except the chosen servants of AllŒh.
129. And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
130. "Peace upon Elias."1218
131. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
132. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
133. And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.
134. [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,
135. Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained

[with the evildoers].
136. Then We destroyed the others.
137. And indeed, you pass by them in the morning
138. And at night. Then will you not use reason?
139. And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

11221187ITlhyeŒsneaemneiosf saagidreabtyidsool mweorschoimppmedenbtyattohrespteoopblee and said to mean "lord."
a plural form, meaning

"Elias and those who followed him."

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140. [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.
141. And he drew lots1219 and was among the losers.
142. Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.1220

143. And had he not been of those who exalt AllŒh,

144. He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are
resurrected.1221

145. But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.
146. And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.1222
147. And We sent him1223 to [his people of] a hundred thousand or

more.

148. And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a
time.

149. So inquire of them, [O Muúammad], "Does your Lord have
daughters while they have sons?1224

150. Or did We create the angels as females while they were
witnesses?"

151. Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that
they say,

152. "AllŒh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

153. Has He chosen daughters over sons?

154. What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

155. Then will you not be reminded?

1219To determine who would be cast overboard in order to save the other

1220pFaosrsehnagveirnsg. Having been overloaded, the ship was on the verge of sinking.
given up hope on his people prematurely and having left

1111222222222314tTWMih.eheeh.em,aicrnpehwietnuoiigstrphnltkoheenudaoottfhwptihMenmeratmbotkheikgselsaliryviehoeaoncffctlfeaotrrhioom.elmienfdigAshtslhlhwŒaahtod.tuehleadnahdnagtvoeelbsbeewcaeorrmeepedeahlluiesgnhgt rtoeafrvsfel.oiefsA. llŒh,

yet they preferred sons for themselves.

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156. Or do you have a clear authority?

157. Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

158. And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn
a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made
such claims] will be brought [to punishment].

159. Exalted is AllŒh above what they describe,

160. Except the chosen servants of AllŒh [who do not share in that sin].

161. So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,

162. You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him
163. Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.1225
164. [The angels say],1226 "There is not among us any except that

he has a known position.1227

165. And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].

166. And indeed, we are those who exalt AllŒh."
167. And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,1228

168. "If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

169. We would have been the chosen servants of AllŒh."
170. But they disbelieved in it,1229 so they are going to know.

171. And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants,
the messengers,

172. [That] indeed, they would be those given victory

173. And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those
who overcome.1230

174. So, [O Muúammad], leave them for a time.

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175. And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.
176. Then for Our punishment are they impatient?
177. But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning

of those who were warned.
178. And leave them for a time.
179. And see, for they are going to see.
180. Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.
181. And peace upon the messengers.
182. And praise to AllŒh, Lord of the worlds.

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S´rah êŒd1231

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. êŒd.1232 By the QurÕŒn containing reminder...1233

2. But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.

3. How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and
they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

4. And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e.,

Prophet Muúammad ()] from among themselves. And the

disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

5. Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious
thing."

6. And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue,
and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is
a thing intended.1234

7. We have not heard of this in the latest religion.1235 This is not
but a fabrication.

8. Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?"
Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have
not yet tasted My punishment.

9. Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord,
the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?

10. Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and
what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any]
ways of access.1236

111222333213STêŒehede:fcoo(otmhtnepolleteettitoteonr)2o§:f1Œt.dh.e oath is understood to be that the QurÕŒn is inimitable

1234aPnladntnheuds a miracle from AllŒh. () in order to gain influence and
by Prophet Muúammad

11223365pRTroeefsoetvrigreiernsgfeoetrothhCiemharsfiesflatfii.arns iotyf or possibly the pagan religion of the Quraysh.
their dominion.

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11. [They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the
companies [of disbelievers].

12. The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ÔAad
and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,1237

13. And [the tribe of] Tham´d and the people of Lot and the
companions of the thicket [i.e., people of Madyan]. Those are
the companies.1238

14. Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was
justified.

15. And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn];
for it there will be no delay.1239

16. And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the
punishment] before the Day of Account."

17. Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David,
the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly
turned back [to AllŒh].

18. Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him,
exalting [AllŒh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

19. And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].

20. And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and
discernment in speech.

21. And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when
they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber –

22. When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them?
They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom
has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do
not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.

11223387BThyawt hwicehrehdeetfoeratuterde,d people. will be the disbelievers of Quraysh
among whom

1239aOnrd"roetshpeirtes.." More literally, "a period between two milkings of a she-camel,"

which also alludes to the meanings of "return" or "repetition."

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23. Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe;
so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."

24. [David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your
ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates
oppress one another, except for those who believe and do
righteous deeds – and few are they." And David became
certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his
Lord1240 and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in
repentance [to AllŒh].

25. So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us
and a good place of return.

26. [We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor
upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do
not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from
the way of AllŒh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way
of AllŒh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten
the Day of Account.

27. And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between
them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve,
so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

28. Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds
like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear
AllŒh like the wicked?

29. [This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O
Muúammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that
those of understanding would be reminded.

30. And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed
he was one repeatedly turning back [to AllŒh].

31. [Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon
the poised [standing] racehorses.

1240For his errors, such as fear and suspicion of the two men at the outset,
any mistake in judgement he might have made, concealed feelings of
partiality, etc.

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32. And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good
[things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun]
disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

33. [He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking1241 [their]
legs and necks.

34. And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a
body;1242 then he returned.1243

35. He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such
as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the
Bestower."

36. So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command,
gently, wherever he directed,

37. And [also] the devils [of jinn] – every builder and diver

38. And others bound together in shackles.

39. [We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without
account."

40. And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

41. And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord,
"Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."

42. [So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a
[spring for a] cool bath and drink."

43. And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them
as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.

44. [We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike
with it and do not break your oath."1244 Indeed, We found him

1241With his sword as expiation. Some commentaries have also suggested

1242tShaeidmteoanbienga of "stroking" with the hand. without capability), but AllŒh
devil or a lifeless body (one

11224434aATloot naseopvkoenirnoetwigdsnu.tryinagnhditsoilAlnlleŒshs,inJorbepbeenctaamnceea. ngry with his wife and swore

that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes.

According to AllŒh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her

once with one hundred blades of grass.

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patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly
turning back [to AllŒh].

45. And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob –
those of strength and [religious] vision.

46. Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance
of the home [of the Hereafter].

47. And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.

48. And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are
among the outstanding.

49. This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good
place of return –

50. Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened
to them.

51. Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit
and drink.

52. And with them will be women limiting [their] glances1245 and
of equal age.

53. This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of
Account.

54. Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

55. This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place
of return –

56. Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting
place.

57. This – so let them taste it – is scalding water and [foul] purulence

58. And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.

59. [Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with
you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."

60. They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our
leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

1245To their mates alone.

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61. They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us –
increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

62. And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to
count among the worst?1246

63. Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision
turned away from them?"

64. Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] – the quarreling of the people
of the Fire.

65. Say, [O Muúammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not
any deity except AllŒh, the One, the Prevailing,

66. Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between
them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."

67. Say, "It is great news

68. From which you turn away.

69. I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when
they were disputing [the creation of Adam].

70. It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

71. [So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am
going to create a human being from clay.

72. So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of
My [created] soul,1247 then fall down to him in prostration."

73. So the angels prostrated – all of them entirely,

74. Except Iblees;1248 he was arrogant and became among the
disbelievers.

75. [AllŒh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating
to that which I created with My hands?1249 Were you arrogant
[then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

1111222244447689SSTSeeeheeeeyfffoooaooortttennnroooetttfeeeetttrooorin122g5::13:t249o9.. t.he believers.
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76. He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and
created him from clay."

77. [AllŒh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed,
you are expelled.

78. And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."

79. He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are
resurrected."

80. [AllŒh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

81. Until the Day of the time well-known."

82. [Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all

83. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

84. [AllŒh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say –

85. [That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that
follow you all together."

86. Say, [O Muúammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the QurÕŒn]
any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.

87. It is but a reminder to the worlds.

88. And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a
time."

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S´rah az-Zumar1250

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. The revelation of the Book [i.e., the QurÕŒn] is from AllŒh, the
Exalted in Might, the Wise.

2. Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muúammad],
in truth. So worship AllŒh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

3. Unquestionably, for AllŒh is the pure religion.1251 And those who
take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that
they may bring us nearer to AllŒh in position." Indeed, AllŒh
will judge between them concerning that over which they differ.
Indeed, AllŒh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed]
disbeliever.

4. If AllŒh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from
what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is AllŒh,
the One, the Prevailing.

5. He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night
over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected
the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified
term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual
Forgiver.

6. He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate,
and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates.1252
He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after
creation, within three darknesses.1253 That is AllŒh, your Lord;
to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how
are you averted?

7. If you disbelieve – indeed, AllŒh is Free from need of you. And

11225501Ai.ez.-,Zaucmceapr:tabTlheetoGrAolulpŒhs. is that none be associated with Him in worship

11225532aSi.need.e, obedience. womb, and the amniotic membrane.
6:143-144.
the belly, the

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He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are
grateful, He approves [i.e., likes] it for you; and no bearer of
burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is
your return, and He will inform you about what you used to do.
Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

8. And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord,
turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor
from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before,1254
and he attributes to AllŒh equals to mislead [people] from His
way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of
the companions of the Fire."

9. Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night,
prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and
hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]?
Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?"
Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.

10. Say,1255 "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord.
For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of
AllŒh is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward
without account [i.e., limit]."

11. Say, [O Muúammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to
worship AllŒh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

12. And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of
the Muslims."

13. Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment
of a tremendous Day."

14. Say, "AllŒh [alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,

15. So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers
are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the
Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."

11225545OThre"tPhraotpfhoertw(hic)hihs eincsatlrluecdteudpoton Him before." of AllŒh (subúŒnahu wa
say on behalf

taÔŒlŒ) to His believing servants.

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16. They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and
below them, canopies. By that AllŒh threatens [i.e., warns] His
servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

17. But those who have avoided ‹Œgh´t,1256 lest they worship it,
and turned back to AllŒh – for them are good tidings. So give
good tidings to My servants

18. Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the
ones AllŒh has guided, and those are people of understanding.

19. Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to
be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?

20. But those who have feared their Lord – for them are chambers,1257
above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow.
[This is] the promise of AllŒh. AllŒh does not fail in [His]
promise.

21. Do you not see that AllŒh sends down rain from the sky and
makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He
produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you
see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris.
Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

22. So is one whose breast AllŒh has expanded to [accept] IslŒm
and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one
whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are
hardened against the remembrance of AllŒh. Those are in
manifest error.

23. AllŒh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book
wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those
who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at
the remembrance [i.e., mention] of AllŒh. That is the guidance
of AllŒh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom
AllŒh leaves astray – for him there is no guide.

11225576ii..ee..,, Satan or any false object of worship.
elevated rooms, dwellings or palaces.

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24. Then is he who will shield with his face1258 the worst of the
punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from
it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you
used to earn."

25. Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them
from where they did not perceive.

26. So AllŒh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the
punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

27. And We have certainly presented for the people in this QurÕŒn
from every [kind of] example – that they might remember.

28. [It is] an Arabic QurÕŒn, without any deviance1259 that they might
become righteous.1260

29. AllŒh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by
quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one
man – are they equal in comparison? Praise be to AllŒh! But
most of them do not know.

30. Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

31. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord,
will dispute.

32. So who is more unjust than one who lies about AllŒh and
denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell
a residence for the disbelievers?

33. And the one who has brought the truth [i.e., the Prophet ()]

and [they who] believed in it – those are the righteous.

34. They will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is
the reward of the doers of good –

35. That AllŒh may remove from them the worst of what they did
and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.

111222655890TRFrhaorthmoeurtghthhecatonrunhtshics.iohuasnndess,swohficAhllwŒhil.l be chained to his neck.
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36. Is not AllŒh sufficient for His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muúammad

()]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship]

other than Him. And whoever AllŒh leaves astray – for him
there is no guide.

37. And whoever AllŒh guides – for him there is no misleader. Is
not AllŒh Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution?

38. And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the
earth?" they would surely say, "AllŒh." Say, "Then have you
considered1261 what you invoke besides AllŒh? If AllŒh intended
me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me
mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?" Say, "Sufficient
for me is AllŒh; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers."

39. Say, "O my people, work according to your position, [for] indeed,
I am working; and you are going to know

40. To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom
will descend an enduring punishment."

41. Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth.
So whoever is guided – it is for [the benefit of] his soul; and
whoever goes astray only goes astray to its detriment. And
you are not a manager [i.e., authority] over them.

42. AllŒh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that
do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those
for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a
specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give
thought.

43. Or have they taken other than AllŒh as intercessors? Say,
"Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor
do they reason?"

44. Say, "To AllŒh belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely.
To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.
Then to Him you will be returned."

1261i.e., "Tell me about..."

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45. And when AllŒh is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who
do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when
those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately
they rejoice.

46. Say, "O AllŒh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower
of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your
servants concerning that over which they used to differ."

47. And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely
and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom
themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the
Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from
AllŒh that which they had not taken into account.1262

48. And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and
they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

49. And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when
We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been
given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but
most of them do not know.

50. Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed
by what they used to earn.

51. And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them.
And those who have wronged of these [people] will be struck
[i.e., afflicted] by the evil consequences of what they earned;
and they will not cause failure.1263

52. Do they not know that AllŒh extends provision for whom He
wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people
who believe.

53. Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves
[by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of AllŒh. Indeed,
AllŒh forgives all sins.1264 Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving,
the Merciful."

111222666324OiF.eof.r,HtphirsoesavenegnwethrAoalnlrŒedhppefunront miasnhwdmhceaontrtr.Hecetwthiellms soerlevsecsa. pe from the punishment.
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54. And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him
before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be
helped.

55. And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your
Lord [i.e., the QurÕŒn] before the punishment comes upon you
suddenly while you do not perceive,

56. Lest a soul should say,1265 "Oh, [how great is] my regret over
what I neglected in regard to AllŒh and that I was among the
mockers."

57. Or [lest] it say, "If only AllŒh had guided me, I would have
been among the righteous."

58. Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had
another turn1266 so I could be among the doers of good."

59. But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them
and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers.

60. And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied
about AllŒh [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a
residence for the arrogant?

61. And AllŒh will save those who feared Him by their attainment;1267
no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.

62. AllŒh is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things,
Disposer of affairs.

63. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. And
they who disbelieve in the verses of AllŒh – it is those who are
the losers.

64. Say, [O Muúammad], "Is it other than AllŒh that you order me
to worship, O ignorant ones?"

65. And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that
if you should associate [anything] with AllŒh, your work would

111222666576OiA.ent.,wtthohereliDdrlasyyulcoicffeeR.sseisnurtrheecttiroianl.s of worldly life and attainment of Paradise.
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surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the
losers.

66. Rather, worship [only] AllŒh and be among the grateful.

67. They have not appraised AllŒh with true appraisal,1268 while
the earth entirely will be [within] His grip1269 on the Day of
Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand.1270
Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

68. And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and
whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom AllŒh wills.
Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing,
looking on.

69. And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record
[of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses
will be brought, and it will be judged between them in truth,
and they will not be wronged.

70. And every soul will be fully compensated [for] what it did;
and He is most knowing1271 of what they do.

71. And those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups until,
when they reach it, its gates are opened and its keepers will say,
"Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves,
reciting to you the verses of your Lord and warning you of the
meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "Yes, but the
word [i.e., decree] of punishment has come into effect upon
the disbelievers."

72. [To them] it will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally
therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."

73. But those who feared their Lord will be driven to Paradise in
groups until, when they reach it while its gates have been

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establish proof to the soul itself in addition to its own knowledge of
what it has done.

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opened and its keepers say, "Peace be upon you; you have
become pure; so enter it to abide eternally therein," [they will
enter].1272

74. And they will say, "Praise to AllŒh, who has fulfilled for us
His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle
in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of
[righteous] workers."

75. And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne, exalting
[AllŒh] with praise of their Lord. And it will be judged between
them in truth, and it will be said, "[All] praise to AllŒh, Lord
of the worlds."

1272In such honor and joy that is beyond description – thus, the omission of
this conclusion in the Arabic text.

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S´rah GhŒfir1273

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. îŒ, Meem.1274

2. The revelation of the Book [i.e., the QurÕŒn] is from AllŒh, the
Exalted in Might, the Knowing,

3. The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment,
owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is
the destination.

4. No one disputes concerning the signs of AllŒh except those who
disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement
throughout the land.

5. The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving]
factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their
messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood
to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them,
and how [terrible] was My penalty.

6. And thus has the word [i.e., decree] of your Lord come into effect
upon those who disbelieved that they are companions of the Fire.

7. Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt
[AllŒh] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask
forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord,
You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so
forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and
protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.

8. Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence
which You have promised them and whoever was righteous
among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it
is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1273GhŒfir: The Forgiver, i.e., AllŒh (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ). This s´rah is

1274aSleseo known as al-MuÕmin (The Believer).
footnote to 2:1.

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9. And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds].
And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day –
You will have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment."

10. Indeed, those who disbelieve will be addressed, "The hatred of
AllŒh for you was [even] greater than your hatred of yourselves
[this Day in Hell] when you were invited to faith, but you
disbelieved [i.e., refused]."

11. They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave
us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to
an exit any way?"

12. [They will be told], "That is because, when AllŒh was called upon
alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him,
you believed. So the judgement is with AllŒh, the Most High,
the Grand."

13. It is He who shows you His signs and sends down to you from
the sky, provision. But none will remember except he who
turns back [in repentance].

14. So invoke AllŒh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although
the disbelievers dislike it.

15. [He is] the Exalted above [all] degrees, Owner of the Throne;
He places the inspiration of His command [i.e., revelation]
upon whom He wills of His servants to warn of the Day of
Meeting.

16. The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be
concealed from AllŒh. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty
this Day? To AllŒh, the One, the Prevailing.

17. This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned.
No injustice today! Indeed, AllŒh is swift in account.

18. And warn them, [O Muúammad], of the Approaching Day,
when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the
wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor
[who is] obeyed.

19. He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts
conceal.

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20. And AllŒh judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him
judge not with anything. Indeed, AllŒh – He is the Hearing,
the Seeing.

21. Have they not traveled through the land and observed how
was the end of those who were before them? They were
greater than them in strength and in impression on the land,
but AllŒh seized them for their sins. And they had not from
AllŒh any protector.

22. That was because their messengers were coming to them with
clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so AllŒh seized them. Indeed,
He is Powerful and severe in punishment.

23. And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear
authority

24. To Pharaoh, HŒmŒn and QŒr´n, but they said, "[He is] a
magician and a liar."

25. And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill
the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their
women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in
error.

26. And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon
his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or
that he will cause corruption1275 in the land."

27. But Moses said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and
your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in
the Day of Account."

28. And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed
his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says,
'My Lord is AllŒh' while he has brought you clear proofs from
your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the
consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will
strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, AllŒh does
not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.

1275i.e., dissension or civil strife.
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29. O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant
in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of
AllŒh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you
except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of
right conduct."

30. And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear for
you [a fate] like the day of the companies1276 –

31. Like the custom of the people of Noah and of ÔAad and Tham´d
and those after them. And AllŒh wants no injustice for [His]
servants.

32. And O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling1277 –

33. The Day you will turn your backs fleeing; there is not for you
from AllŒh any protector. And whoever AllŒh leaves astray –
there is not for him any guide.

34. And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs,
but you remained in doubt of that which he brought to you, until
when he died, you said, 'Never will AllŒh send a messenger after
him.' Thus does AllŒh leave astray he who is a transgressor
and skeptic."

35. Those who dispute concerning the signs of AllŒh without an
authority having come to them – great is hatred [of them] in
the sight of AllŒh and in the sight of those who have believed.
Thus does AllŒh seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant
tyrant.

36. And Pharaoh said, "O HŒmŒn, construct for me a tower that I
might reach the ways1278 –

37. The ways into the heavens – so that I may look at the deity of
Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made

1276i.e., the days on which AllŒh sent His punishment upon those who

1277ri.eej.e,cttheed their prophets in former times. will cry out in terror, the
Day of Judgement, when the criminals

people will call to each other (see 7:44-51), and the angels will call out

1278tMheearenssuoltfsaosfceenatc,hppatehrwsoany'ss.judgement.

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attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted
from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except
in ruin.

38. And he who believed said, "O my people, follow me; I will
guide you to the way of right conduct.

39. O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment,
and indeed, the Hereafter – that is the home of [permanent]
settlement.

40. Whoever does an evil deed will not be recompensed except by
the like thereof; but whoever does righteousness, whether male
or female, while he is a believer – those will enter Paradise,
being given provision therein without account.

41. And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while
you invite me to the Fire?

42. You invite me to disbelieve in AllŒh and associate with Him
that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the
Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

43. Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a]
supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our
return i s to AllŒh, and indeed, the transgressors will be
companions of the Fire.

44. And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust
my affair to AllŒh. Indeed, AllŒh is Seeing of [His] servants."

45. So AllŒh protected him from the evils they plotted, and the
people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment –

46. The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening.1279 And
the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people
of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

47. And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the
weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we

1279From the time of their death until the Day of Resurrection, when they
will be driven into it.

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were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of
the Fire?"

48. Those who had been arrogant will say, "Indeed, all [of us] are
in it. Indeed, AllŒh has judged between the servants."

49. And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate
your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

50. They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers
with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply,
"Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the
disbelievers is not except in error [i.e., futility]."

51. Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who
believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the
witnesses will stand –

52. The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and
they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home
[i.e., Hell].

53. And We had certainly given Moses guidance, and We caused
the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture

54. As guidance and a reminder for those of understanding.

55. So be patient, [O Muúammad]. Indeed, the promise of AllŒh
is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin1280 and exalt [AllŒh]
with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.

56. Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of AllŒh without
[any] authority having come to them – there is not within their
breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they cannot reach.
So seek refuge in AllŒh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing,
the Seeing.

57. The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation
of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

1280What is intended is "fault" or "error" in judgement, since all prophets
were protected by AllŒh from falling into sin. The implication is that all
believers should seek forgiveness for their sins.

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58. And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who
believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you
remember.

59. Indeed, the Hour is coming – no doubt about it – but most of
the people do not believe.

60. And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you."
Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered]
contemptible.

61. It is AllŒh who made for you the night that you may rest
therein and the day giving sight.1281 Indeed, AllŒh is full of
bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful.

62. That is AllŒh, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity
except Him, so how are you deluded?

63. Thus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the
signs of AllŒh.

64. It is AllŒh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and
the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected
your forms and provided you with good things. That is AllŒh,
your Lord; then blessed is AllŒh, Lord of the worlds.

65. He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon
Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due]
to AllŒh, Lord of the worlds.

66. Say, [O Muúammad], "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship
those you call upon besides AllŒh once the clear proofs have
come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to
submit to the Lord of the worlds."

67. It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop,
then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child;
then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity,
then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he
who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified
term;1282 and perhaps you will use reason.

11228812iT.eh.e, making things visible. death.
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68. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees
a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

69. Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs
of AllŒh – how are they averted?

70. Those who deny the Book [i.e., the QurÕŒn] and that with which
We sent Our messengers – they are going to know,

71. When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they
will be dragged

72. In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame].

73. Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to
associate [with Him in worship]

74. Other than AllŒh?" They will say, "They have departed from
us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything."
Thus does AllŒh put astray the disbelievers.

75. [The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon
the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

76. Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched
is the residence of the arrogant."

77. So be patient, [O Muúammad]; indeed, the promise of AllŒh is
truth. And whether We show you some of what We have
promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will
be returned.

78. And We have already sent messengers before you. Among
them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and
among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to
you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse]
except by permission of AllŒh. So when the command of AllŒh
comes, it will be concluded [i.e., judged] in truth, and the falsifiers
will thereupon lose [all].

79. It is AllŒh who made for you the grazing animals upon which
you ride, and some of them you eat.

80. And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may

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realize upon them a need which is in your breasts;1283 and
upon them and upon ships you are carried.

81. And He shows you His signs. So which of the signs of AllŒh
do you deny?

82. Have they not traveled through the land and observed how
was the end of those before them? They were more numerous
than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on
the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

83. And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs,
they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but
they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

84. And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in
AllŒh alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate
with Him."

85. But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our
punishment. [It is] the established way of AllŒh which has
preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon
lost [all].

1283i.e., that you may use the animals to carry your loads to distant places,
according to need.

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S´rah Fu§§ilat1284

BismillŒhir-RaúmŒnir-Raúeem

1. îŒ, Meem.1285

2. [This is] a revelation from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially
Merciful –

3. A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic QurÕŒn1286
for a people who know,

4. As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn
away, so they do not hear.

5. And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings [i.e., screened]
from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness,
and between us and you is a partition, so work;1287 indeed, we
are working."

6. Say, [O Muúammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it
has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a
straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to
those who associate others with AllŒh –

7. Those who do not give zakŒh, and in the Hereafter they are
disbelievers.

8. Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds – for them
is a reward uninterrupted.

9. Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in
two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the
worlds."

10. And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains
over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its

1284Fu§§ilat: They (i.e., AllŒh's verses) Have Been Detailed or Presented in
111222888756DFiS.eoee.ert,ayfrioelo.vouetrTnaoholewetdesnt´ionrrea2tlhhi:g1eii.soAnarlaosboriwcrelofarenkrgraeugdaagtioen.satsuîs.Œ Meem as-Sajdah.

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[creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction1288 –
for [the information of] those who ask.

11. Then He directed Himself1289 to the heaven while it was smoke
and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being],1290 willingly
or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

12. And He completed them as seven heavens within two days
and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command.
And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for
beauty] and as protection.1291 That is the determination of the
Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

13. But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a
thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ÔAad and Tham´d.

14. [That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before
them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except AllŒh."
They said, "If our Lord had willed,1292 He would have sent
down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have
been sent, are disbelievers."

15. As for ÔAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right
and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not
consider that AllŒh who created them was greater than them in
strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

16. So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of
misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in
the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more
disgracing, and they will not be helped.

17. And as for Tham´d, We guided them, but they preferred blindness
over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment
seized them for what they used to earn.

18. And We saved those who believed and used to fear AllŒh.

11111222229988989120ASFLTreiolotseesmorfeao"nltoflhdoytenu,mord"etbeeesveqsctiueolosnam2lgw:dee1hra"9soy.o.sar"t"toedrmo"p[faot sutorcosdtmaeyamsl aionnffdcoeordmm].ap"tlieotniofnr.o"m the angels.
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19. And [mention, O Muúammad], the Day when the enemies of
AllŒh will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven],
assembled in rows,

20. Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their
skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

21. And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against
us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by AllŒh, who
has made everything speak; and He created you the first time,
and to Him you are returned.

22. And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves,1293
lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins,
but you assumed that AllŒh does not know much of what you do.

23. And that was your assumption which you assumed about your
Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among
the losers."

24. So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them;
and if they ask to appease [AllŒh], they will not be of those
who are allowed to appease.

25. And We appointed for them companions1294 who made
attractive to them what was before them and what was behind
them [of sin], and the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect
upon them among nations which had passed on before them of
jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

26. And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this QurÕŒn
and speak noisily1295 during [the recitation of] it that perhaps
you will overcome."

27. But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a
severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for
the worst of what they had been doing.

111222999543WOIntihtthheirsrimwghoetarelnodiunasgmnseosinnsgcoltruhdbeeyevf"eislaprjeiinnakgn AllŒh. and/or "make a clamor."
and men.
improperly"

The purpose of this was to prevent the hearing or understanding of the

QurÕŒn.

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28. That is the recompense of the enemies of AllŒh – the Fire.
For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for
what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.

29. And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show
us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put
them under our feet1296 that they will be among the lowest."

30. Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is AllŒh" and then
remained on a right course – the angels will descend upon them,
[saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings
of Paradise, which you were promised.

31. We [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the
Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls
desire, and you will have therein whatever you request [or wish]

32. As accommodation from a [Lord who is] Forgiving and
Merciful."

33. And who is better in speech than one who invites to AllŒh and
does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."

34. And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by
that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom
between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he
was a devoted friend.

35. But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none
is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].

36. And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then
seek refuge in AllŒh. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

37. And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon.
Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to AllŒh,
who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.1297

38. But if they are arrogant – then those who are near your Lord

11229967iI.ne.t,hDe olonwoetswt odresphtihpsAofllŒHhetlhl.roOurgh"tHhaist we may step on them" in revenge.
creations but worship Him directly

and exclusively.

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[i.e., the angels] exalt Him by night and by day, and they do
not become weary.

39. And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We
send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who
has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is
over all things competent.

40. Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses1298 are not
concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better
or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do
whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

41. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the QurÕŒn]1299
after it has come to them...1300 And indeed, it is a mighty1301
Book.

42. Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it;
[it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

43. Nothing is said to you, [O Muúammad], except what was
already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord
is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

44. And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] QurÕŒn,
they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in
detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an
Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a
guidance and cure." And those who do not believe – in their
ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are
being called from a distant place.1302

45. And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came
under disagreement.1303 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]1304

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S´rah 41 – Fu§§ilat JuzÕ 25

that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded
between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the
QurÕŒn], in disquieting doubt.

46. Whoever does righteousness – it is for his [own] soul; and
whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not
ever unjust to [His] servants.

47. To Him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits
emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive
or give birth except with His knowledge. And the Day He
will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?" they will say,
"We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any
witness [to that]."

48. And lost from them will be those they were invoking before,
and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

49. Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil
touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

50. And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which
has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me,1305
and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should
be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him
the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved
about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a
massive punishment.

51. And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and
distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of
extensive supplication.

52. Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the QurÕŒn] is from
AllŒh and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray
than one who is in extreme dissension?"

53. We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within
themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.1306

11330056OBerc"atuhsaet of my effort, knowledge, excellence, etc.
He (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ) is the Truth."

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