٢٦ - ٱلشُّعَرَاء

26 - Ash-Shu'ara

اَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُوْنُوْا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِيْنَ۝۱۸۱ۚ
Awfoo alkayla wala takoonoo mina almukhsireena

English

Ahmed Ali

Give full measure and do not cheat;

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وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْـتَقِيْمِ۝۱۸۲ۚ
Wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi

English

Ahmed Ali

Weigh on an even balance.

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وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَاۗءَہُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِيْنَ۝۱۸۳ۚ
Wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee alardi mufsideena

English

Ahmed Ali

And do not withhold from people what belongs to them, and do not corrupt the land;

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وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّۃَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ۝۱۸۴ۭ
Waittaqoo allathee khalaqakum waaljibillata alawwaleena

English

Ahmed Ali

And fear Him who created you and all the earlier people."

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قَالُوْۗا اِنَّمَاۗ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِيْنَ۝۱۸۵ۙ
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena

English

Ahmed Ali

They said: "Surely you are deluded.

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وَمَاۗ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَاِنْ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ۝۱۸۶ۚ
Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wain nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena

English

Ahmed Ali

You are nothing but a man like us, and we think you are a liar.

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فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۗءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ۝۱۸۷ۭ
Faasqit AAalayna kisafan mina alssamai in kunta mina alssadiqeena

English

Ahmed Ali

But in case you are speaking the truth, then make a segment of the sky to fall upon us."

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قَالَ رَبِّيْۗ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۱۸۸
Qala rabbee aAAlamu bima taAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

(Shu'aib) said: "My Lord knows well what you are doing."

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فَكَذَّبُوْہُ فَاَخَذَہُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّۃِ۝۰ۭ اِنَّہٗ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ۝۱۸۹
Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum AAathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin

English

Ahmed Ali

But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day!

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اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَۃً۝۰ۭ وَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُہُمْ ￁مِنِيْنَ۝۱۹۰
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena

English

Ahmed Ali

Verily in this was a sign, but most of them do not believe.

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