Juz 15, Three Quarters

١٨ - ٱلْكَهْف

18 - Al-Kahf

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّہُمْ بِالْغَدٰوۃِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيْدُوْنَ وَجْہَہٗ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنٰكَ عَنْہُمْ۝۰ۚ تُرِيْدُ زِيْنَۃَ الْحَيٰوۃِ الدُّنْيَا۝۰ۚ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَہٗ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ ہَوٰىہُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُہٗ فُرُطًا۝۲۸
Waisbir nafsaka maAAa allatheena yadAAoona rabbahum bialghadati waalAAashiyyi yureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhum tureedu zeenata alhayati alddunya wala tutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrina waittabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furutan

English

Ahmed Ali

Persevere with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His magnificence. Do not turn your eyes away from them, seeking the splendours of this world, and do not follow him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance, who follows his own lust and exceeds the bound.

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وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكُمْ۝۰ۣ فَمَنْ شَاۗءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَّمَنْ شَاۗءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ۝۰ۙ اِنَّاۗ اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِيْنَ نَارًا۝۰ۙ اَحَاطَ بِہِمْ سُرَادِقُہَا۝۰ۭ وَاِنْ يَّسْتَغِيْثُوْا يُغَاثُوْا بِمَاۗءٍ كَالْمُہْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوْہَ۝۰ۭ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ۝۰ۭ وَسَاۗءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا۝۲۹
Waquli alhaqqu min rabbikum faman shaa falyumin waman shaa falyakfur inna aAAtadna lilththalimeena naran ahata bihim suradiquha wain yastagheethoo yughathoo bimain kaalmuhli yashwee alwujooha bisa alshsharabu wasaat murtafaqan

English

Ahmed Ali

Say: "The truth is from your Lord: So believe if you like, or do not believe if you will." We have prepared for the sinners a fire which will envelope them in its tent. If they ask for water they will be helped to liquid like molten brass that would scald their mouths. How evil the drink, and evil the resting-place!

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اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا۝۳۰ۚ
Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati inna la nudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamalan

English

Ahmed Ali

But surely We do not let the reward of those who believe and do the right to go waste.

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اُولٰۗىِٕكَ لَہُمْ جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِہِمُ الْاَنْہٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيْہَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَہَبٍ وَّ يَلْبَسُوْنَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِــِٕـيْنَ فِيْہَا عَلَي الْاَرَاۗىِٕكِ۝۰ۭ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ۝۰ۭ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا۝۳۱ۧ
Olaika lahum jannatu AAadnin tajree min tahtihimu alanharu yuhallawna feeha min asawira min thahabin wayalbasoona thiyaban khudran min sundusin waistabraqin muttakieena feeha AAala alaraiki niAAma alththawabu wahasunat murtafaqan

English

Ahmed Ali

There will be gardens of Eden for them, with rivers flowing by, where they will be decked in bracelets of gold, with silken robes of green and of brocades to wear, reclining on couches. How excellent the guerdon, and excellent the resting-place!

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وَاضْرِبْ لَہُمْ مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِہِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَّحَفَفْنٰہُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَّجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَہُمَا زَرْعًا۝۳۲ۭ
Waidrib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaAAalna liahadihima jannatayni min aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlin wajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAan

English

Ahmed Ali

Tell them the parable of two men. We gave one two gardens of grapes surrounded by date-palm trees, with corn fields in between.

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كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَہَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِّنْہُ شَـيْــــًٔـا۝۰ۙ وَّفَجَّرْنَا خِلٰلَہُمَا نَہَرًا۝۳۳ۙ
Kilta aljannatayni atat okulaha walam tathlim minhu shayan wafajjarna khilalahuma naharan

English

Ahmed Ali

Each of the gardens yielded its fruit and did not withhold the least; and We made a stream flow in between them.

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وَّكَانَ لَہٗ ثَمَــــرٌ۝۰ۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِہٖ وَہُوَيُحَاوِرُہٗۗ اَنَا اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّاَعَزُّ نَفَرًا۝۳۴
Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihi wahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malan waaAAazzu nafaran

English

Ahmed Ali

So he became rich. Arguing one day with his friend he said: "I have more wealth than you and more powerful kinsmen."

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وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَہٗ وَہُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِہٖ۝۰ۚ قَالَ مَاۗ اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَبِيْدَ ہٰذِہٖۗ اَبَدًا۝۳۵ۙ
Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thalimun linafsihi qala ma athunnu an tabeeda hathihi abadan

English

Ahmed Ali

And he walked into his garden, and, (forgetting) his limit, said: "I cannot imagine that this will ever be ruined,

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وَّمَاۗ اَظُنُّ السَّاعَۃَ قَاۗىِٕمَۃً۝۰ۙ وَّلَىِٕنْ رُّدِدْتُّ اِلٰى رَبِّيْ لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْہَا مُنْقَلَبًا۝۳۶
Wama athunnu alssaAAata qaimatan walain rudidtu ila rabbee laajidanna khayran minha munqalaban

English

Ahmed Ali

Nor can I think that the Hour (of Doom) will come, And even if I am brought back to my Lord, I will surely find a better place there than this."

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قَالَ لَہٗ صَاحِبُہٗ وَہُوَيُحَاوِرُہٗۗ اَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِيْ خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَۃٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰىكَ رَجُلًا۝۳۷ۭ
Qala lahu sahibuhu wahuwa yuhawiruhu akafarta biallathee khalaqaka min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma sawwaka rajulan

English

Ahmed Ali

Disputing with him, his companion said: "Do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then a drop of semen, then formed you into a man?

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