Surat Al-'Anbya' - The Noble Qur'an - القرآن الكريم

21:1

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Transliteration

Iqtaraba linnasi hisabuhumwahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoon

Sahih International

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

21:2

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Transliteration

Ma ya/teehim min thikrin minrabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahumyalAAaboon

Sahih International

No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

21:3

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Transliteration

Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo annajwaallatheena thalamoo hal hatha illabasharun mithlukum afata/toona assihra waantum tubsiroon

Sahih International

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

21:4

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Transliteration

Qala rabbee yaAAlamu alqawla fee assama-iwal-ardi wahuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

Sahih International

The Prophet said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

21:5

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Transliteration

Bal qaloo adghathu ahlaminbali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falya/tinabi-ayatin kama orsila al-awwaloon

Sahih International

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

21:6

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Transliteration

Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatinahlaknaha afahum yu/minoon

Sahih International

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

21:7

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Transliteration

Wama arsalna qablaka illarijalan noohee ilayhim fas-aloo ahla aththikriin kuntum la taAAlamoon

Sahih International

And We sent not before you, [O Muhammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message if you do not know.

21:8

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Transliteration

Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan laya/kuloona attaAAama wama kanookhalideen

Sahih International

And We did not make the prophets forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

21:9

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Transliteration

Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaAAdafaanjaynahum waman nashao waahlaknaalmusrifeen

Sahih International

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

21:10

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Transliteration

Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitabanfeehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloon

Sahih International

We have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

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Surat Al-'Anbyā' (The Prophets) - سورة الأنبياء