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O THOU human being! (1)

وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ

Consider this Qur'ān full of wisdom: (2)

إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

verily, thou art indeed one of God's message-bearers, (3)

عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

pursuing a straight way (4)

تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

by [virtue of] what is being bestowed from on high by the Almighty, the Dispenser of Grace, (5)

لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنْذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ

[bestowed upon thee] so that thou mayest warn people whose forefathers had not been warned, and who therefore are unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]. (6)

لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Indeed, the word [of God's condemnation] is bound to come true against most of them: for they will not believe. (7)

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

and We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them in veils so that they cannot see: (9)

وَسَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

thus, it is all one to them whether thou warnest them or dost not warn them: they will not believe. (10)

إِنَّمَا تُنْذِرُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الذِّكْرَ وَخَشِيَ الرَّحْمَٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ

Thou canst [truly] warn only him who is willing to take the reminder to heart, and who stands in awe of the Most Gracious although He is beyond the reach of human perception: unto such, then, give the glad tiding of [God's] forgiveness and of a most excellent reward! (11)

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ

Verily, We shall indeed bring the dead back to life; and We shall record whatever [deeds] they have sent ahead, and the traces [of good and evil] which they have left behind: for of all things do We take account in a record clear. (12)