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أَمْ Or تَحْسَبُ do you think أَنَّ that أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them يَسْمَعُونَ hear أَوْ or يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ understand إِنْ Not هُمْ they إِلَّا (are) except كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ like cattle بَلْ Nay هُمْ they أَضَلُّ (are) more astray سَبِيلًا (from the) way ٤٤

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

— Come To Light

أَلَمْ Do you not تَرَ see إِلَىٰ [to] رَبِّكَ your Lord كَيْفَ how مَدَّ He extends ٱلظِّلَّ the shadow وَلَوْ And if شَآءَ He willed لَجَعَلَهُۥ surely He (could) have made it سَاكِنًۭا stationary ثُمَّ Then جَعَلْنَا We made ٱلشَّمْسَ the sun عَلَيْهِ for it دَلِيلًۭا an indication ٤٥

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.

— Come To Light

ثُمَّ Then قَبَضْنَـٰهُ We withdraw it إِلَيْنَا to Us قَبْضًۭا a withdrawal يَسِيرًۭا gradual ٤٦

Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.

— Come To Light

وَهُوَ And He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who جَعَلَ made لَكُمُ for you ٱلَّيْلَ the night لِبَاسًۭا (as) a covering وَٱلنَّوْمَ and the sleep سُبَاتًۭا a rest وَجَعَلَ and made ٱلنَّهَارَ the day نُشُورًۭا a resurrection ٤٧

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.

— Come To Light

وَهُوَ And He ٱلَّذِىٓ (is) the One Who أَرْسَلَ sends ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ the winds بُشْرًۢا (as) glad tidings بَيْنَ before يَدَىْ before رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ His Mercy وَأَنزَلْنَا and We send down مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءًۭ water طَهُورًۭا pure ٤٨

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

— Come To Light

لِّنُحْـِۧىَ That We may give life بِهِۦ thereby بَلْدَةًۭ (to) a land مَّيْتًۭا dead وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ and We give drink مِمَّا thereof خَلَقْنَآ (to those) We created أَنْعَـٰمًۭا cattle وَأَنَاسِىَّ and men كَثِيرًۭا many ٤٩

That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

— Come To Light

وَلَقَدْ And verily صَرَّفْنَـٰهُ We have distributed it بَيْنَهُمْ among them لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ that they may remember فَأَبَىٰٓ but refuse أَكْثَرُ most ٱلنَّاسِ (of) the people إِلَّا except كُفُورًۭا disbelief ٥٠

And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

— Come To Light

وَلَوْ And if شِئْنَا We willed لَبَعَثْنَا surely, We (would) have raised فِى in كُلِّ every قَرْيَةٍۢ town نَّذِيرًۭا a warner ٥١

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

— Come To Light

فَلَا So (do) not تُطِعِ obey ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ the disbelievers وَجَـٰهِدْهُم and strive (against) them بِهِۦ with it جِهَادًۭا a striving كَبِيرًۭا great ٥٢

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.

— Come To Light

۞ وَهُوَ And He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who مَرَجَ (has) released ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ the two seas هَـٰذَا [this] (one) عَذْبٌۭ palatable فُرَاتٌۭ and sweet وَهَـٰذَا and [this] (one) مِلْحٌ salty أُجَاجٌۭ (and) bitter وَجَعَلَ and He has made بَيْنَهُمَا between them بَرْزَخًۭا a barrier وَحِجْرًۭا and a partition مَّحْجُورًۭا forbidden ٥٣

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

— Come To Light

وَهُوَ And He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who خَلَقَ has created مِنَ from ٱلْمَآءِ the water بَشَرًۭا human being فَجَعَلَهُۥ and has made (for) him نَسَبًۭا blood relationship وَصِهْرًۭا ۗ and marriage relationship وَكَانَ And is رَبُّكَ your Lord قَدِيرًۭا All-Powerful ٥٤

And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

— Come To Light

وَيَعْبُدُونَ But they worship مِن besides Allah دُونِ besides Allah ٱللَّهِ besides Allah مَا what لَا not profits them يَنفَعُهُمْ not profits them وَلَا and not يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ harms them وَكَانَ and is ٱلْكَافِرُ the disbeliever عَلَىٰ against رَبِّهِۦ his Lord ظَهِيرًۭا a helper ٥٥

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

— Come To Light

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