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اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Thumma adbara yas'aa.

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Fa hashara fanada.

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا

A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Wal jibala arsaaha.

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Fa ammaa man taghaa.

So as for he who transgressed

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Feema anta min zikraahaa

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.