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Al-A'la 87:12
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
who will burn in the greatest Fire,
Al-A'la 87:14
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,
Al-A'la 87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.
Al-A'la 87:16
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,
Al-Ghashiyah 88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
Al-Ghashiyah 88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
left to drink from a scalding spring.
Al-Ghashiyah 88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
where no idle talk will be heard.
Al-Ghashiyah 88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
Al-Ghashiyah 88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
Al-Ghashiyah 88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
Al-Ghashiyah 88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
Al-Ghashiyah 88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
Al-Ghashiyah 88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
Al-Ghashiyah 88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
then surely with Us is their reckoning.
Al-Fajr 89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
They all transgressed throughout the land,
Al-Fajr 89:19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,
Al-Fajr 89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and love wealth fervently.
Al-Fajr 89:24
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي
They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”
Al-Fajr 89:26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.
Al-Balad 90:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
I do swear by this city ˹of Mecca˺—
Al-Balad 90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
even though you ˹O Prophet˺ are subject to abuse in this city—
Al-Balad 90:6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
boasting, “I have wasted enormous wealth!”?
Al-Balad 90:8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Have We not given them two eyes,
Al-Balad 90:12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
And what will make you realize what ˹attempting˺ the challenging path is?
Al-Balad 90:16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
or to a poor person in distress,
Ash-Shams 91:9
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
Ash-Shams 91:10
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
Al-Layl 92:3
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
And by ˹the One˺ Who created male and female!
Al-Layl 92:5
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for the one who is charitable, mindful ˹of Allah˺,
Al-Layl 92:8
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
And as for the one who is stingy, indifferent ˹to Allah˺,
Al-Layl 92:13
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
And surely to Us ˹alone˺ belong this life and the next.
Al-Layl 92:15
لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
in which none will burn except the most wretched—
Al-Layl 92:18
ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
who donate ˹some of˺ their wealth only to purify themselves,
Ad-Duhaa 93:5
وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ
And ˹surely˺ your Lord will give so much to you that you will be pleased.
Ad-Duhaa 93:6
أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
Did He not find you as an orphan then sheltered you?
Ad-Duhaa 93:9
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ
So do not oppress the orphan,
Ad-Duhaa 93:10
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ
nor repulse the beggar.
Ad-Duhaa 93:11
وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ
And proclaim the blessings of your Lord.
Ash-Sharh 94:1
أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ
Have We not uplifted your heart for you ˹O Prophet˺,
Ash-Sharh 94:5
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا
So, surely with hardship comes ease.
Ash-Sharh 94:6
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا
Surely with ˹that˺ hardship comes ˹more˺ ease.
At-Tin 95:5
ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
But We will reduce them to the lowest of the low ˹in Hell˺,
At-Tin 95:7
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Now, what makes you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment?
At-Tin 95:8
أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ
Is Allah not the most just of all judges?
Al-'Alaq 96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
created humans from a clinging clot.
Al-'Alaq 96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
Al-'Alaq 96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
Al-'Alaq 96:13
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
Az-Zalzalah 99:1
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken ˹in˺ its ultimate quaking,
Az-Zalzalah 99:3
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا
and humanity cries, “What is wrong with it?”—
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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.