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اِذۡ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالۡوَادِ الۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًيۚ‏

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

اِذۡهَبۡ اِلٰي فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰيؗۖ‏

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed

فَقُلۡ هَلۡ لَّكَ اِلٰ٘ي اَنۡ تَزَكّٰيۙ‏

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَاَهۡدِيَكَ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشٰيۚ‏

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]

فَاَرٰىهُ الۡاٰيَةَ الۡكُبۡرٰيؗۖ‏

And he showed him the greatest sign

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰيؗۖ‏

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed

ثُمَّ اَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعٰيؗۖ‏

Then he turned his back, striving

فَحَشَرَࣞ فَنَادٰيؗۖ‏

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الۡاَعۡلٰيؗۖ‏

And said, "I am your most exalted lord

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الۡاٰخِرَةِ وَالۡاُوۡلٰيؕ‏

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةً لِّمَنۡ يَّخۡشٰيؕࣖ‏

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُؕ بَنٰىهَاࣞ‏

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَاۙ‏

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it

وَاَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَاَخۡرَجَ ضُحٰىهَاࣕ‏

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness

وَالۡاَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَاؕ‏

And after that He spread the earth

اَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعٰىهَاࣕ‏

He extracted from it its water and its pasture

وَالۡجِبَالَ اَرۡسٰىهَاۙ‏

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمۡ وَ لِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡؕ‏

As provision for you and your grazing livestock

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الۡكُبۡرٰيؗۖ‏

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَا سَعٰيۙ‏

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove

وَبُرِّزَتِ الۡجَحِيۡمُ لِمَنۡ يَّرٰي

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ طَغٰيۙ‏

So as for he who transgressed

وَاٰثَرَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَاۙ‏

And preferred the life of the world

فَاِنَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ هِيَ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَي النَّفۡسَ عَنِ الۡهَوٰيۙ‏

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination

فَاِنَّ الۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge

يَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرۡسٰىهَاؕ‏

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival

فِيۡمَ اَنۡتَ مِنۡ ذِكۡرٰىهَاؕ‏

In what [position] are you that you should mention it

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ مُنۡتَهٰىهَاؕ‏

To your Lord is its finality

اِنَّمَا٘ اَنۡتَ مُنۡذِرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىهَاؕ‏

You are only a warner for those who fear it

كَاَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوۡ٘ا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوۡ ضُحٰىهَاࣖ‏

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof