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42:1
حمٓ
Ha Mim

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:2
عٓسٓقٓ
Ayn Sin Qaf

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:3
كَذَٰلِكَ
يُوحِىٓ
إِلَيْكَ
وَإِلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِكَ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
This is how God, the Mighty, the Wise, sends revelation to you [Prophet] as He did to those before you.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:4
لَهُۥ
مَا
فِى
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَمَا
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلْعَلِىُّ
ٱلْعَظِيمُ
All that is in the heavens and earth belongs to Him: He is the Exalted, the Almighty.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:5
تَكَادُ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ
يَتَفَطَّرْنَ
مِن
فَوْقِهِنَّ ۚ
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
يُسَبِّحُونَ
بِحَمْدِ
رَبِّهِمْ
وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
لِمَن
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
أَلَآ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
هُوَ
ٱلْغَفُورُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
The heavens are almost broken apart from above as the angels proclaim the praises of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. God is indeed the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:6
وَٱلَّذِينَ
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
مِن
دُونِهِۦٓ
أَوْلِيَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
حَفِيظٌ
عَلَيْهِمْ
وَمَآ
أَنتَ
عَلَيْهِم
بِوَكِيلٍۢ
As for those who take protectors other than Him, God is watching them; you are not responsible for them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:7
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
أَوْحَيْنَآ
إِلَيْكَ
قُرْءَانًا
عَرَبِيًّۭا
لِّتُنذِرَ
أُمَّ
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
وَمَنْ
حَوْلَهَا
وَتُنذِرَ
يَوْمَ
ٱلْجَمْعِ
لَا
رَيْبَ
فِيهِ ۚ
فَرِيقٌۭ
فِى
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
وَفَرِيقٌۭ
فِى
ٱلسَّعِيرِ
So We have revealed an Arabic Quran to you, in order that you may warn the capital city and all who live nearby. And warn [especially] about the Day of Gathering, of which there is no doubt, when some shall be in the Garden and some in the blazing Flame.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:8
وَلَوْ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَجَعَلَهُمْ
أُمَّةًۭ
وَٰحِدَةًۭ
وَلَـٰكِن
يُدْخِلُ
مَن
يَشَآءُ
فِى
رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ
وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
مَا
لَهُم
مِّن
وَلِىٍّۢ
وَلَا
نَصِيرٍ
If God had so pleased, He could have made them a single community, but He admits to His mercy whoever He will; the evildoers will have no one to protect or help them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:9
أَمِ
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
مِن
دُونِهِۦٓ
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖ
فَٱللَّهُ
هُوَ
ٱلْوَلِىُّ
وَهُوَ
يُحْىِ
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
وَهُوَ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَىْءٍۢ
قَدِيرٌۭ
How can they take protectors other than Him? God alone is the Protector; He gives life to the dead; He has power over all things.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:10
وَمَا
ٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ
فِيهِ
مِن
شَىْءٍۢ
فَحُكْمُهُۥٓ
إِلَى
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
ذَٰلِكُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
رَبِّى
عَلَيْهِ
تَوَكَّلْتُ
وَإِلَيْهِ
أُنِيبُ
Whatever you may differ about is for God to judge. [Say], ‘Such is God, my Lord. In Him I trust and to Him I turn,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:11
فَاطِرُ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
جَعَلَ
لَكُم
مِّنْ
أَنفُسِكُمْ
أَزْوَٰجًۭا
وَمِنَ
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۖ
يَذْرَؤُكُمْ
فِيهِ ۚ
لَيْسَ
كَمِثْلِهِۦ
شَىْءٌۭ ۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلْبَصِيرُ
the Creator of the heavens and earth.’ He made mates for you from among yourselves––and for the animals too––so that you may multiply. There is nothing like Him: He is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:12
لَهُۥ
مَقَالِيدُ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
يَبْسُطُ
ٱلرِّزْقَ
لِمَن
يَشَآءُ
وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
بِكُلِّ
شَىْءٍ
عَلِيمٌۭ
The keys of the heavens and the earth are His; He provides abundantly or sparingly for whoever He will; He has full knowledge of all things.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:13
۞ شَرَعَ
لَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلدِّينِ
مَا
وَصَّىٰ
بِهِۦ
نُوحًۭا
وَٱلَّذِىٓ
أَوْحَيْنَآ
إِلَيْكَ
وَمَا
وَصَّيْنَا
بِهِۦٓ
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
وَمُوسَىٰ
وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖ
أَنْ
أَقِيمُوا۟
ٱلدِّينَ
وَلَا
تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟
فِيهِ ۚ
كَبُرَ
عَلَى
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
مَا
تَدْعُوهُمْ
إِلَيْهِ ۚ
ٱللَّهُ
يَجْتَبِىٓ
إِلَيْهِ
مَن
يَشَآءُ
وَيَهْدِىٓ
إِلَيْهِ
مَن
يُنِيبُ
In matters of faith, He has laid down for you [people] the same commandment that He gave Noah, which We have revealed to you [Muhammad] and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus: ‘Uphold the faith and do not divide into factions within it’- what you [Prophet] call upon the idolaters to do is hard for them; God chooses whoever He pleases for Himself and guides towards Himself those who turn to Him.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:14
وَمَا
تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟
إِلَّا
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَآءَهُمُ
ٱلْعِلْمُ
بَغْيًۢا
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌۭ
سَبَقَتْ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٍۢ
مُّسَمًّۭى
لَّقُضِىَ
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
وَإِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُورِثُوا۟
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِمْ
لَفِى
شَكٍّۢ
مِّنْهُ
مُرِيبٍۢ
They divided, out of rivalry, only after knowledge had come to them, and, if it had not been for a decree already passed by your Lord to reprieve them until an appointed time, they would already have been judged. Those after them, who inherited the Scripture, are in disquieting doubt about it.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:15
فَلِذَٰلِكَ
فَٱدْعُ ۖ
وَٱسْتَقِمْ
كَمَآ
أُمِرْتَ ۖ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعْ
أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖ
وَقُلْ
ءَامَنتُ
بِمَآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
مِن
كِتَـٰبٍۢ ۖ
وَأُمِرْتُ
لِأَعْدِلَ
بَيْنَكُمُ ۖ
ٱللَّهُ
رَبُّنَا
وَرَبُّكُمْ ۖ
لَنَآ
أَعْمَـٰلُنَا
وَلَكُمْ
أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ ۖ
لَا
حُجَّةَ
بَيْنَنَا
وَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖ
ٱللَّهُ
يَجْمَعُ
بَيْنَنَا ۖ
وَإِلَيْهِ
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
So [Prophet] call people to that faith and follow the straight path as you have been commanded. Do not go by what they desire, but say, ‘I believe in whatever Scripture God has sent down. I am commanded to bring justice between you. God is our Lord and your Lord- to us our deeds and to you yours, so let there be no argument between us and you- God will gather us together, and to Him we shall return.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:16
وَٱلَّذِينَ
يُحَآجُّونَ
فِى
ٱللَّهِ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَا
ٱسْتُجِيبَ
لَهُۥ
حُجَّتُهُمْ
دَاحِضَةٌ
عِندَ
رَبِّهِمْ
وَعَلَيْهِمْ
غَضَبٌۭ
وَلَهُمْ
عَذَابٌۭ
شَدِيدٌ
As for those who argue about God after He has been acknowledged, their argument has no weight with their Lord: anger will fall upon them and agonizing torment awaits them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:17
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلَّذِىٓ
أَنزَلَ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
بِٱلْحَقِّ
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۗ
وَمَا
يُدْرِيكَ
لَعَلَّ
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
قَرِيبٌۭ
It is God who has sent down the Scripture with Truth and the Balance. How can you tell? The Last Hour may well be near:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:18
يَسْتَعْجِلُ
بِهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤْمِنُونَ
بِهَا ۖ
وَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
مُشْفِقُونَ
مِنْهَا
وَيَعْلَمُونَ
أَنَّهَا
ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ
أَلَآ
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يُمَارُونَ
فِى
ٱلسَّاعَةِ
لَفِى
ضَلَـٰلٍۭ
بَعِيدٍ
those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it, but the believers stand in awe of it. They know it to be the Truth; those who argue about the Hour are far, far astray.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:19
ٱللَّهُ
لَطِيفٌۢ
بِعِبَادِهِۦ
يَرْزُقُ
مَن
يَشَآءُ ۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلْقَوِىُّ
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
God is most subtle towards His creatures; He provides [bounti-fully] for whoever He will; He is the Powerful, the Almighty.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

42:20
مَن
كَانَ
يُرِيدُ
حَرْثَ
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
نَزِدْ
لَهُۥ
فِى
حَرْثِهِۦ ۖ
وَمَن
كَانَ
يُرِيدُ
حَرْثَ
ٱلدُّنْيَا
نُؤْتِهِۦ
مِنْهَا
وَمَا
لَهُۥ
فِى
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
مِن
نَّصِيبٍ
If anyone desires a harvest in the life to come, We shall increase it for him; if anyone desires a harvest in this world, We shall give him a share of it, but in the Hereafter he will have no share.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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