Surah Al-Anbya — Word by Word with Audio & Tafsir

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iq'taraba lilnnāsi ḥisābuhum wahum fī ghaflatin muʿ'riḍūna

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

2

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mā yatīhim min dhik'rin min rabbihim muḥ'dathin illā is'tamaʿūhu wahum yalʿabūna

No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

3

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lāhiyatan qulūbuhum wa-asarrū l-najwā alladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum afatatūna l-siḥ'ra wa-antum tub'ṣirūna

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

4

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qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fī l-samāi wal-arḍi wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

5

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bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin bali if'tarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyatinā biāyatin kamā ur'sila l-awalūna

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

6

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mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā afahum yu'minūna

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

7

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wamā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim fasalū ahla l-dhik'ri in kuntum lā taʿlamūna

And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

8

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wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

9

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thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa-anjaynāhum waman nashāu wa-ahlaknā l-mus'rifīna

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

10

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laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhik'rukum afalā taʿqilūna

We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

11

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wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan wa-anshanā baʿdahā qawman ākharīna

And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

12

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falammā aḥassū basanā idhā hum min'hā yarkuḍūna

And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

13

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lā tarkuḍū wa-ir'jiʿū ilā mā ut'rif'tum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tus'alūna

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

14

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qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

15

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famā zālat til'ka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīna

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

16

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wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

17

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law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan la-ittakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīna

Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

18

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bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿalā l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu fa-idhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūna

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

19

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walahu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi waman ʿindahu lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihi walā yastaḥsirūna

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

20

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yusabbiḥūna al-layla wal-nahāra lā yafturūna

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.