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Al-Ma'arij · 70:41

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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways) · 70:41
Translation: Sahih International. Qur'an text: Uthmani script (The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, quranenc.com), distributed via quran-json.
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  1. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ

    70:38Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

  2. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

    70:39No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

  3. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    70:40So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

  4. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

    70:41To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

  5. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

    70:42So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

  6. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ

    70:43The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

  7. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

    70:44Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised

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