وَمَآ And what أَدْرَىٰكَ can make you know مَا what سَقَرُ (is) Hell ٢٧
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
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لَا Not تُبْقِى it lets remain وَلَا and not تَذَرُ it leaves ٢٨
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
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لَوَّاحَةٌۭ Scorching لِّلْبَشَرِ the human (skin) ٢٩
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
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عَلَيْهَا Over it تِسْعَةَ (are) nine عَشَرَ teen ٣٠
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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وَمَا And not جَعَلْنَآ We have made أَصْحَـٰبَ keepers ٱلنَّارِ (of) the Fire إِلَّا except مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ Angels وَمَا And not جَعَلْنَا We have made عِدَّتَهُمْ their number إِلَّا except فِتْنَةًۭ (as) a trial لِّلَّذِينَ for those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieve لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ that may be certain ٱلَّذِينَ those who أُوتُوا۟ were given ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Scripture وَيَزْدَادَ and may increase ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوٓا۟ believe إِيمَـٰنًۭا ۙ (in) faith وَلَا and not يَرْتَابَ may doubt ٱلَّذِينَ those who أُوتُوا۟ were given ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Scripture وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ and the believers وَلِيَقُولَ and that may say ٱلَّذِينَ those فِى in قُلُوبِهِم their hearts مَّرَضٌۭ (is) a disease وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ and the disbelievers مَاذَآ What أَرَادَ (does) intend ٱللَّهُ Allah بِهَـٰذَا by this مَثَلًۭا ۚ example كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يُضِلُّ does let go astray ٱللَّهُ Allah مَن whom يَشَآءُ He wills وَيَهْدِى and guides مَن whom يَشَآءُ ۚ He wills وَمَا And none يَعْلَمُ knows جُنُودَ (the) hosts رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord إِلَّا except هُوَ ۚ Him وَمَا And not هِىَ it إِلَّا (is) but ذِكْرَىٰ a reminder لِلْبَشَرِ to (the) human beings ٣١
And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.
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كَلَّا Nay وَٱلْقَمَرِ By the moon ٣٢
No! By the moon.
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وَٱلَّيْلِ And the night إِذْ when أَدْبَرَ it departs ٣٣
And [by] the night when it departs.
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ And the morning إِذَآ when أَسْفَرَ it brightens ٣٤
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
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إِنَّهَا Indeed, it لَإِحْدَى (is) surely one ٱلْكُبَرِ (of) the greatest ٣٥
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].
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نَذِيرًۭا A warning لِّلْبَشَرِ to (the) human being ٣٦
As a warning to humanity -
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لِمَن To whoever شَآءَ wills مِنكُمْ among you أَن to يَتَقَدَّمَ proceed أَوْ or يَتَأَخَّرَ stay behind ٣٧
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
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كُلُّ Every نَفْسٍۭ soul بِمَا for what كَسَبَتْ it has earned رَهِينَةٌ (is) pledged ٣٨
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.
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إِلَّآ Except أَصْحَـٰبَ (the) companions ٱلْيَمِينِ (of) the right ٣٩
Except the companions of the right,.
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فِى In جَنَّـٰتٍۢ Gardens يَتَسَآءَلُونَ asking each other ٤٠
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
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عَنِ About ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ the criminals ٤١
About the criminals,
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مَا What سَلَكَكُمْ led you فِى into سَقَرَ Hell ٤٢
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
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قَالُوا۟ They will say لَمْ Not نَكُ we were مِنَ of ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ those who prayed ٤٣
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
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وَلَمْ And not نَكُ we used to نُطْعِمُ feed ٱلْمِسْكِينَ the poor ٤٤
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
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وَكُنَّا And we used to نَخُوضُ indulge in vain talk مَعَ with ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ the vain talkers ٤٥
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
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وَكُنَّا And we used to نُكَذِّبُ deny بِيَوْمِ (the) Day ٱلدِّينِ (of) the Judgment ٤٦
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
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