وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ 44
وَلَـٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ 45
وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَـٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَـٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ 46
وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولاً فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ 47
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُواْ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُواْ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُۖ قَالُواْ سِحْرَانِ تَظَـٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَـٰفِرُونَ 48
قُلْ فَأْتُواْ بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ 49
فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَٮٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ 50
وَمَاwamāAnd notكُنتَkuntayou wereبِجَانِبِbijānibion (the) sideٱلْغَرْبِىِّl-gharbiyiwesternإِذْidhwhenقَضَيْنَآqaḍaynāWe decreedإِلَىٰilātoمُوسَىmūsāMusaٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe Commandmentوَمَاwamāand notكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaamongٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses
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وَلَـٰكِنَّآwalākinnāBut Weأَنشَأْنَاanshanā[We] producedقُرُونًۭاqurūnangenerationsفَتَطَاوَلَfataṭāwalaand prolongedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلْعُمُرُ ۚl-ʿumuruthe lifeوَمَاwamāAnd notكُنتَkuntayou wereثَاوِيًۭاthāwiyana dwellerفِىٓfīamongأَهْلِahli(the) peopleمَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyanتَتْلُوا۟tatlūrecitingعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Versesوَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnābut Weكُنَّاkunnā[We] wereمُرْسِلِينَmur'silīnathe Senders
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وَمَاwamāAnd notكُنتَkuntayou wereبِجَانِبِbijānibiat (the) sideٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) the TurإِذْidhwhenنَادَيْنَاnādaynāWe calledوَلَـٰكِنwalākinButرَّحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordلِتُنذِرَlitundhiraso that you warnقَوْمًۭاqawmana peopleمَّآmānotأَتَىٰهُمatāhum(had) come to themمِّنminanyنَّذِيرٍۢnadhīrinwarnerمِّنminbefore youقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember
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وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if notأَنan[that]تُصِيبَهُمtuṣībahumstruck themمُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatuna disasterبِمَاbimāfor whatقَدَّمَتْqaddamathad sent forthأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir handsفَيَقُولُوا۟fayaqūlūand they would sayرَبَّنَاrabbanāOur LordلَوْلَآlawlāWhy notأَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sentإِلَيْنَاilaynāto usرَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messengerفَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could have) followedءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour Versesوَنَكُونَwanakūnaand we (would) have beenمِنَminaofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
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فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenجَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to themٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنْminfrom Usعِندِنَاʿindināfrom Usقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidلَوْلَآlawlāWhy notأُوتِىَūtiyahe was givenمِثْلَmith'la(the) likeمَآmā(of) whatأُوتِىَūtiyawas givenمُوسَىٰٓ ۚmūsā(to) MusaأَوَلَمْawalamDid notيَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūthey disbelieveبِمَآbimāin whatأُوتِىَūtiyawas givenمُوسَىٰmūsā(to) Musaمِنminbeforeقَبْلُ ۖqablubeforeقَالُوا۟qālūThey saidسِحْرَانِsiḥ'rāniTwo magic (works)تَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharāsupporting each otherوَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they saidإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weبِكُلٍّۢbikullinin allكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
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قُلْqulSayفَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bringبِكِتَـٰبٍۢbikitābina Bookمِّنْminfrom Allahعِندِʿindifrom Allahٱللَّهِl-lahifrom Allahهُوَhuwawhichأَهْدَىٰahdā(is) a better guideمِنْهُمَآmin'humāthan both of themأَتَّبِعْهُattabiʿ'huthat I may follow itإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
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فَإِنfa-inBut ifلَّمْlamnotيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey respondلَكَlakato youفَٱعْلَمْfa-iʿ'lamthen knowأَنَّمَاannamāthat onlyيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey followأَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚahwāahumtheir desiresوَمَنْwamanAnd whoأَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astrayمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollowsهَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis own desireبِغَيْرِbighayriwithoutهُدًۭىhudanguidanceمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllahإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahلَاlā(does) notيَهْدِىyahdīguideٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
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