الٓر ۚalif-lam-raAlif Laam Raتِلْكَtil'kaTheseءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are) the Versesٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Bookوَقُرْءَانٍۢwaqur'āninand Quranمُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear
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رُّبَمَاrubamāPerhapsيَوَدُّyawadduwill wishٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelievedلَوْlawifكَانُوا۟kānūthey had beenمُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims
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ذَرْهُمْdharhumLeave themيَأْكُلُوا۟yakulū(to) eatوَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟wayatamattaʿūand enjoyوَيُلْهِهِمُwayul'hihimuand diverted themٱلْأَمَلُ ۖl-amaluthe hopeفَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will come to know
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وَمَآwamāAnd notأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyedمِنminanyقَرْيَةٍqaryatintownإِلَّاillābutوَلَهَاwalahā(there was) for itكِتَابٌۭkitābuna decreeمَّعْلُومٌۭmaʿlūmunknown
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مَّاmāNotتَسْبِقُtasbiqu(can) advanceمِنْminanyأُمَّةٍummatinnationأَجَلَهَاajalahāits termوَمَاwamāand notيَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūna(can) delay it
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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they sayيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youٱلَّذِىalladhī(to) whomنُزِّلَnuzzilahas been sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on him]ٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruthe Reminderإِنَّكَinnakaindeed, youلَمَجْنُونٌۭlamajnūnun(are) surely mad
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لَّوْlawWhyمَاmānotتَأْتِينَاtatīnāyou bring to usبِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِbil-malāikatithe Angelsإِنinifكُنتَkuntayou areمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
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مَاmāNotنُنَزِّلُnunazziluWe send downٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angelsإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truthوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey would beإِذًۭاidhanthenمُّنظَرِينَmunẓarīnagiven respite
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إِنَّاinnāIndeed, WeنَحْنُnaḥnuWeنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāhave sent downٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Reminderوَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, Weلَهُۥlahuof itلَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna(are) surely Guardians
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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe (had) sentمِنminbefore youقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youفِىfīinشِيَعِshiyaʿithe sectsٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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وَمَاwamāAnd notيَأْتِيهِمyatīhimcame to themمِّنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinMessengerإِلَّاillābutكَانُوا۟kānūthey didبِهِۦbihiat himيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock
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كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنَسْلُكُهُۥnaslukuhuWe let it enterفِىfīinقُلُوبِqulūbi(the) heartsٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna(of) the criminals
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لَاlāNotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِهِۦ ۖbihiin itوَقَدْwaqadand verilyخَلَتْkhalathave passedسُنَّةُsunnatuthe way(s)ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) ifفَتَحْنَاfataḥnāWe openedعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto themبَابًۭاbābana gateمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenفَظَلُّوا۟faẓallūand they were to continueفِيهِfīhithereinيَعْرُجُونَyaʿrujūna(to) ascend
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لَقَالُوٓا۟laqālūThey would surely sayإِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyسُكِّرَتْsukkirathave been dazzledأَبْصَـٰرُنَاabṣārunāour eyesبَلْbalNayنَحْنُnaḥnuweقَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a peopleمَّسْحُورُونَmasḥūrūnabewitched
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