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فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ Then He completed them سَبْعَ (as) seven سَمَـٰوَاتٍۢ heavens فِى in يَوْمَيْنِ two periods وَأَوْحَىٰ and He revealed فِى in كُلِّ each سَمَآءٍ heaven أَمْرَهَا ۚ its affair وَزَيَّنَّا And We adorned ٱلسَّمَآءَ the heaven ٱلدُّنْيَا [the world] بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ with lamps وَحِفْظًۭا ۚ and (to) guard ذَٰلِكَ That تَقْدِيرُ (is the) Decree ٱلْعَزِيزِ (of) the All-Mighty ٱلْعَلِيمِ the All-Knower ١٢

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. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

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فَإِنْ But if أَعْرَضُوا۟ they turn away فَقُلْ then say أَنذَرْتُكُمْ I have warned you صَـٰعِقَةًۭ (of) a thunderbolt مِّثْلَ like صَـٰعِقَةِ (the) thunderbolt عَادٍۢ (of) Aad وَثَمُودَ and Thamud ١٣

But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.

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إِذْ When جَآءَتْهُمُ came to them ٱلرُّسُلُ the Messengers مِنۢ from before them بَيْنِ from before them أَيْدِيهِمْ from before them وَمِنْ and from خَلْفِهِمْ behind them أَلَّا (saying) "Do not تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ worship إِلَّا except ٱللَّهَ ۖ Allah قَالُوا۟ They said لَوْ If شَآءَ (had) willed رَبُّنَا our Lord لَأَنزَلَ surely, He (would have) sent down مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ Angels فَإِنَّا So indeed, we بِمَآ in what أُرْسِلْتُم you have been sent بِهِۦ with كَـٰفِرُونَ (are) disbelievers ١٤

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

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فَأَمَّا Then as for عَادٌۭ Aad فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ they were arrogant فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land بِغَيْرِ without ٱلْحَقِّ [the] right وَقَالُوا۟ and they said مَنْ Who أَشَدُّ (is) mightier مِنَّا than us قُوَّةً ۖ (in) strength أَوَلَمْ Do not يَرَوْا۟ they see أَنَّ that ٱللَّهَ Allah ٱلَّذِى the One Who خَلَقَهُمْ created them هُوَ He أَشَدُّ (is) Mightier مِنْهُمْ than them قُوَّةًۭ ۖ (in) strength وَكَانُوا۟ But they used to بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا in Our Signs يَجْحَدُونَ deny ١٥

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

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فَأَرْسَلْنَا So We sent عَلَيْهِمْ upon them رِيحًۭا a wind صَرْصَرًۭا furious فِىٓ in أَيَّامٍۢ (the) days نَّحِسَاتٍۢ (of) misfortune لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ that We may make them taste عَذَابَ (the) punishment ٱلْخِزْىِ (of) disgrace فِى in ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ the life ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ (of) the world وَلَعَذَابُ And surely, (the) punishment ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ (of) the Hereafter أَخْزَىٰ ۖ (is) more disgracing وَهُمْ and they لَا will not be helped يُنصَرُونَ will not be helped ١٦

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.

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وَأَمَّا And as for ثَمُودُ Thamud فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ We guided them فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ but they preferred ٱلْعَمَىٰ [the] blindness عَلَى over ٱلْهُدَىٰ the guidance فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ so seized them صَـٰعِقَةُ a thunderbolt ٱلْعَذَابِ (of) the punishment ٱلْهُونِ humiliating بِمَا for what كَانُوا۟ they used to يَكْسِبُونَ earn ١٧

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

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وَنَجَّيْنَا And We saved ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed وَكَانُوا۟ and used to يَتَّقُونَ fear (Allah) ١٨

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

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وَيَوْمَ And (the) Day يُحْشَرُ will be gathered أَعْدَآءُ (the) enemies ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah إِلَى to ٱلنَّارِ the Fire فَهُمْ then they يُوزَعُونَ will be assembled in rows ١٩

And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allāh will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,

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حَتَّىٰٓ Until إِذَا when مَا when جَآءُوهَا they come to it شَهِدَ (will) testify عَلَيْهِمْ against them سَمْعُهُمْ their hearing وَأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ and their sight وَجُلُودُهُم and their skins بِمَا (as) to what كَانُوا۟ they used to يَعْمَلُونَ do ٢٠

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

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