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Chapter 27: 

Al-Naml (the ant, the ants)
Total Verses:  93 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

027.001 Y:  These are verses of the Qur’an,-a book that makes (things) clear;

P:  Ta.  Sin.  These are revelations of the Qur’an and a Scripture that maketh plain;

S:  Ta Sin!  These are the verses of the Quran and the Book that makes (things) clear,

027.002 Y:  A guide:  and glad tidings for the believers,-

P:  A guidance and good tidings for believers

S:  A guidance and good news for the believers,

027.003 Y:  Those who establish regular prayers and give in regular charity, and also have (full) assurance of the hereafter.

P:  Who establish worship and pay the poor-due and are sure of the
Hereafter.

S:  Who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and of the hereafter, they are sure.

027.004 Y:  As to those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds pleasing in their eyes; and so they wander about in distraction.

P:  Lo! as for those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their works fairseeming unto them so that they are all astray.

S:  As to those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have surely made their deeds fair-seeming to them, but they blindly wander on.

027.005 Y:  Such are they for whom a grievous Penalty is (waiting); and in the Hereafter theirs will be the greatest loss.

P:  Those are they for whom is the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.

S:  These are they who shall have an evil punishment, and in the hereafter they shall be the greatest losers.

027.006 Y:  As to thee, the Qur’an is bestowed upon thee from the presence of one Who is Wise and All-Knowing.

P:  Lo! as for thee (Muhammad), thou verily receivest the Qur’an from the presence of One Wise, Aware.

S:  And most surely you are made to receive the Quran from the Wise, the Knowing Allah.

027.007 Y:  Behold!  Moses said to his family:  “I perceive a fire; soon will I bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand to light our fuel, that ye may warm yourselves.”

P:  (Remember) when Moses said unto his household:  Lo!  I spy afar off a fire; I will bring you tidings thence, or bring to you a borrowed flame that ye may warm yourselves.

S:  When Musa said to his family:  Surely I see fire; I will bring to you from it some news, or I will bring to you therefrom a burning firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.

027.008 Y:  But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard:  “Blessed are those in the fire and those around:  and Glory to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!”