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k-h-y-ʿ-ṣ (kāf hā yā ʿayn ṣād)

Kaf, Ha, Ya, ‘Ayn, Suad.

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhikru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahū zakariyyā

[This is] an account of your Lord’s mercy on His servant, Zechariah,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh nādā rabbahū nidāʾan khafiyyan

when he called out to his Lord with a secret cry.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla rabbi ʾinnī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-shtaʿala r-raʾsu shayban wa-lam ʾakun bi-duʿāʾika rabbi shaqiyyan

He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my bones have become feeble, and my head has turned white with age, yet never have I, my Lord, been disappointed in supplicating You!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾinnī khiftu l-mawāliya min warāʾī wa-kānati mraʾatī ʿāqiran fa-hab lī min ladunka waliyyan

Indeed I fear my kinsmen, after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir

— Ali Quli Qarai

yarithunī wa-yarithu min ʾāli yaʿqūba wa-jʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyan

who may inherit from me and inherit from the House of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-zakariyyā ʾinnā nubashshiruka bi-ghulāmin-i smuhū yaḥyā lam najʿal lahū min qablu samiyyan

‘O Zechariah! Indeed We give you the good news of a son, whose name is ‘‘John.’’ Never before have We made anyone his namesake.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla rabbi ʾannā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wa-kānati mraʾatī ʿāqiran wa-qad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

He said, ‘My Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I am already advanced in age?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla ka-dhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinun wa-qad khalaqtuka min qablu wa-lam taku shayʾan

He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord has said, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ Certainly I created you before when you were nothing.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla rabbi jʿal lī ʾāyatan qāla ʾāyatuka ʾallā tukallima n-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

He said, ‘My Lord! Appoint a sign for me.’ He said, ‘Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three complete nights.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-kharaja ʿalā qawmihī mina l-miḥrābi fa-ʾawḥā ʾilayhim ʾan sabbiḥū bukratan wa-ʿashiyyan

So he emerged before his people from the Temple, and signalled to them that they should glorify [Allah] morning and evening.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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yā-yaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba bi-quwwatin wa-ʾātaynāhu l-ḥukma ṣabiyyan

‘O John!’ [We said,] ‘Hold on with power to the Book!’ And We gave him judgement while still a child,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ḥanānan min ladunnā wa-zakātan wa-kāna taqiyyan

and a compassion and purity from Us. He was Godwary

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-barran bi-wālidayhi wa-lam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyan

and good to his parents, and was not self-willed or disobedient.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-salāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wa-yawma yamūtu wa-yawma yubʿathu ḥayyan

Peace be to him, the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi maryama ʾidhi ntabadhat min ʾahlihā makānan sharqiyyan

And mention in the Book Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an easterly place.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ttakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-ʾarsalnā ʾilayhā rūḥanā fa-tamaththala lahā basharan sawiyyan

Thus did she seclude herself from them, whereupon We sent to her Our Spirit and he became incarnate for her as a well-proportioned human.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qālat ʾinnī ʾaʿūdhu bi-r-raḥmāni minka ʾin kunta taqiyyan

She said, ‘I seek the protection of the All-beneficent from you, should you be Godwary!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla ʾinnamā ʾana rasūlu rabbiki li-ʾahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyan

He said, ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord that I may give you a pure son.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qālat ʾannā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wa-lam yamsasnī basharun wa-lam ʾaku baghiyyan

She said, ‘How shall I have a child seeing that no human being has ever touched me, nor have I been unchaste?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla ka-dhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyinun wa-li-najʿalahū ʾāyatan li-n-nāsi wa-raḥmatan minnā wa-kāna ʾamran maqḍiyyan

He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord says, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ And so that We may make him a sign for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter [already] decided.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ḥamalathu fa-ntabadhat bihī makānan qaṣiyyan

Thus she conceived him, then withdrew with him to a distant place.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾajāʾahā l-makhāḍu ʾilā jidhʿi n-nakhlati qālat yā-laytanī mittu qabla hādhā wa-kuntu nasyan mansiyyan

The birth pangs brought her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, ‘I wish I had died before this and become a forgotten thing, beyond recall.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-nādāhā min taḥtihā ʾallā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyan

Thereupon he called her from below her [saying,] ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has made a spring to flow at your feet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-huzzī ʾilayki bi-jidhʿi n-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyan

Shake the trunk of the palm tree, freshly picked dates will drop upon you.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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fa-kulī wa-shrabī wa-qarrī ʿaynan fa-ʾimmā tarayinna mina l-bashari ʾaḥadan fa-qūlī ʾinnī nadhartu li-r-raḥmāni ṣawman fa-lan ʾukallima l-yawma ʾinsiyyan

Eat, drink, and be comforted. Then if you see any human, say, ‘‘Indeed I have vowed a fast to the All-beneficent, so I will not speak to any human today.’’ ’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾatat bihī qawmahā taḥmiluhū qālū yā-maryamu la-qad jiʾti shayʾan fariyyan

Then carrying him she brought him to her people. They said, ‘O Mary, you have certainly come up with an odd thing!

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾukhta hārūna mā kāna ʾabūki mraʾa sawʾin wa-mā kānat ʾummuki baghiyyan

O sister of Aaron[’s lineage]! Your father was not an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾashārat ʾilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

Thereat she pointed to him. They said, ‘How can we speak to one who is yet a baby in the cradle?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla ʾinnī ʿabdu llāhi ʾātāniya l-kitāba wa-jaʿalanī nabiyyan

He said, ‘Indeed I am a servant of Allah! He has given me the Book and made me a prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-jaʿalanī mubārakan ʾayna mā kuntu wa-ʾawṣānī bi-ṣ-ṣalāti wa-z-zakāti mā dumtu ḥayyan

He has made me blessed, wherever I may be, and He has enjoined me to [maintain] the prayer and to [pay] the zakat as long as I live,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-barran bi-wālidatī wa-lam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyan

and to be good to my mother, and He has not made me self-willed and wretched.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-s-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulidtu wa-yawma ʾamūtu wa-yawma ʾubʿathu ḥayyan

Peace to me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised alive.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālika ʿīsā bnu maryama qawla l-ḥaqqi lladhī fīhi yamtarūna

That is Jesus, son of Mary, a Word of the Real concerning whom they are in doubt.

— Ali Quli Qarai

mā kāna li-llāhi ʾan yattakhidha min waladin subḥānahū ʾidhā qaḍā ʾamran fa-ʾinnamā yaqūlu lahū kun fa-yakūnu

It is not for Allah to take a son. Immaculate is He! When He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾinna llāha rabbī wa-rabbukum fa-ʿbudūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mustaqīmun

[And Jesus said,] ‘Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a straight path.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-khtalafa l-ʾaḥzābu min baynihim fa-waylun li-lladhīna kafarū min mashhadi yawmin ʿaẓīmin

But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the faithless at the scene of a tremendous day.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾasmiʿ bihim wa-ʾabṣir yawma yaʾtūnanā lākini ẓ-ẓālimūna l-yawma fī ḍalālin mubīnin

How well they will hear and how well they will see on the day when they come to Us! But today the wrongdoers are in manifest error.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-ʾandhirhum yawma l-ḥasrati ʾidh quḍiya l-ʾamru wa-hum fī ghaflatin wa-hum lā yuʾminūna

Warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be decided, while they are [yet] heedless and do not have faith.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā naḥnu narithu l-ʾarḍa wa-man ʿalayhā wa-ʾilaynā yurjaʿūna

Indeed We shall inherit the earth and whoever there is on it, and to Us they shall be brought back.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi ʾibrāhīma ʾinnahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

And mention in the Book Abraham. Indeed, he was a truthful man and a prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh qāla li-ʾabīhi yā-ʾabati li-ma taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu wa-lā yubṣiru wa-lā yughnī ʿanka shayʾan

When he said to his father, ‘Father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, and is of no avail to you in any way?

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾabati ʾinnī qad jāʾanī mina l-ʿilmi mā lam yaʾtika fa-ttabiʿnī ʾahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyan

Father! Indeed a knowledge has already come to me, which has not come to you. So follow me that I may guide you to a right path.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾabati lā taʿbudi sh-shayṭāna ʾinna sh-shayṭāna kāna li-r-raḥmāni ʿaṣiyyan

Father! Do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan is disobedient to the All-beneficent.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾabati ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾan yamassaka ʿadhābun mina r-raḥmāni fa-takūna li-sh-shayṭāni waliyyan

Father! I am indeed afraid that a punishment from the All-beneficent will befall you, and you will become Satan’s accomplice.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla ʾa-rāghibun ʾanta ʿan ʾālihatī yā-ʾibrāhīmu la-ʾin lam tantahi la-ʾarjumannaka wa-hjurnī maliyyan

He said, ‘Abraham! Are you renouncing my gods? If you do not desist, I will stone you. Get away from me for a long while.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa-ʾastaghfiru laka rabbī ʾinnahū kāna bī ḥafiyyan

He said, ‘Peace be to you! I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you. Indeed, He is gracious to me.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾaʿtazilukum wa-mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi wa-ʾadʿū rabbī ʿasā ʾallā ʾakūna bi-duʿāʾi rabbī shaqiyyan

I dissociate myself from you and whatever you invoke besides Allah. I will supplicate my Lord. Hopefully, I will not be disappointed in supplicating my Lord.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-lammā ʿtazalahum wa-mā yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi wahabnā lahū ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba wa-kullan jaʿalnā nabiyyan

So when he had left them and what they worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each We made a prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-wahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā wa-jaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣidqin ʿaliyyan

And We gave them out of Our mercy, and conferred on them a worthy and lofty repute.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi mūsā ʾinnahū kāna mukhlaṣan wa-kāna rasūlan nabiyyan

And mention in the Book Moses. Indeed he was exclusively dedicated [to Allah], and an apostle and prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-nādaynāhu min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri l-ʾaymani wa-qarrabnāhu najiyyan

We called him from the right side of the Mount and We drew him near [to Ourselves] for confidential discourse.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-wahabnā lahū min raḥmatinā ʾakhāhu hārūna nabiyyan

And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron, a prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi ʾismāʿīla ʾinnahū kāna ṣādiqa l-waʿdi wa-kāna rasūlan nabiyyan

And mention in the Book Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and an apostle and prophet.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-kāna yaʾmuru ʾahlahū bi-ṣ-ṣalāti wa-z-zakāti wa-kāna ʿinda rabbihī marḍiyyan

He used to bid his family to [maintain] the prayer and to [pay] the zakat, and was pleasing to his Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi ʾidrīsa ʾinnahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

And mention in the Book Idrees. Indeed, he was a truthful one and a prophet,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-rafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyan

and We raised him to an exalted station.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾulāʾika lladhīna ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayhim mina n-nabiyyīna min dhurriyyati ʾādama wa-mimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin wa-min dhurriyyati ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾisrāʾīla wa-mimman hadaynā wa-jtabaynā ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātu r-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wa-bukiyyan

They are the ones whom Allah has blessed from among the prophets of Adam’s progeny, and from [the progeny of] those We carried with Noah, and from among the progeny of Abraham and Israel, and from among those that We guided and chose. When the signs of the All-beneficent were recited to them, they would fall down weeping in prostration.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-khalafa min baʿdihim khalfun ʾaḍāʿū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ttabaʿū sh-shahawāti fa-sawfa yalqawna ghayyan

But they were succeeded by an evil posterity who neglected the prayer, and followed [their base] appetites. So they will soon encounter [the reward of] perversity,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾillā man tāba wa-ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ʾulāʾika yadkhulūna l-jannata wa-lā yuẓlamūna shayʾan

barring those who repent, believe, and act righteously. Such will enter paradise, and they will not be wronged in the least.

— Ali Quli Qarai

jannāti ʿadnin-i llatī waʿada r-raḥmānu ʿibādahū bi-l-ghaybi ʾinnahū kāna waʿduhū maʾtiyyan

Gardens of Eden promised by the All-beneficent to His servants, [while they were still] unseen. Indeed His promise is bound to come to pass.

— Ali Quli Qarai

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan ʾillā salāman wa-lahum rizquhum fīhā bukratan wa-ʿashiyyan

Therein they will not hear vain talk, but only ‘Peace!’ Therein they will have their provision morning and evening.

— Ali Quli Qarai

tilka l-jannatu llatī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyan

This is the paradise We will give as inheritance to those of Our servants who are Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā natanazzalu ʾillā bi-ʾamri rabbika lahū mā bayna ʾaydīnā wa-mā khalfanā wa-mā bayna dhālika wa-mā kāna rabbuka nasiyyan

[O Gabriel, tell the Prophet,] ‘We do not descend except by the command of your Lord. To Him belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is in between that, and your Lord does not forget

— Ali Quli Qarai

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rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā fa-ʿbudhu wa-ṣṭabir li-ʿibādatihī hal taʿlamu lahū samiyyan

—the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. So worship Him and be steadfast in His worship. Do you know anyone who could be His namesake?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yaqūlu l-ʾinsānu ʾa-ʾidhā mā mittu la-sawfa ʾukhraju ḥayyan

Man says, ‘What? Shall I be brought forth alive [from the grave], when I have been dead?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-wa-lā yadhkuru l-ʾinsānu ʾannā khalaqnāhu min qablu wa-lam yaku shayʾan

Does not man remember that We created him before when he was nothing?

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-wa-rabbika la-naḥshurannahum wa-sh-shayāṭīna thumma la-nuḥḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyan

By your Lord, We will surely gather them with the devils; then We will surely bring them up around hell [scrambling] on their knees.

— Ali Quli Qarai

thumma la-nanziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ʾayyuhum ʾashaddu ʿalā r-raḥmāni ʿitiyyan

Then from every group We shall draw whichever of them was more defiant towards the All-beneficent.

— Ali Quli Qarai

thumma la-naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-lladhīna hum ʾawlā bihā ṣiliyyan

Then surely We will know best those who deserve most to enter it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾin minkum ʾillā wāriduhā kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyan

There is none of you but will come to it: a [matter that is a] decided certainty with your Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

thumma nunajjī lladhīna ttaqaw wa-nadharu ẓ-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyan

Then We will deliver those who are Godwary, and leave the wrongdoers in it, fallen on their knees.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾayyu l-farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-ʾaḥsanu nadiyyan

When Our manifest signs are recited to them, the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Which of the two groups is superior in station and better with respect to company?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-kam ʾahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ʾaḥsanu ʾathāthan wa-riʾyan

How many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were superior in furnishings and appearance!

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul man kāna fī ḍ-ḍalālati fa-l-yamdud lahu r-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā ʾidhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna ʾimmā l-ʿadhāba wa-ʾimmā s-sāʿata fa-sa-yaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-ʾaḍʿafu jundan

Say, ‘Whoever abides in error, the All-beneficent shall prolong his respite until they sight what they have been promised: either punishment, or the Hour.’ Then they will know whose position is worse, and whose host is weaker.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yazīdu llāhu lladhīna htadaw hudan wa-l-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wa-khayrun maraddan

Allah enhances in guidance those who are [rightly] guided, and lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward, and better at the return [to Allah].

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾa-fa-raʾayta lladhī kafara bi-ʾāyātinā wa-qāla la-ʾūtayanna mālan wa-waladan

Have you not regarded him who defies Our signs, and says, ‘I will surely be given wealth and children’?

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-ṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba ʾami ttakhadha ʿinda r-raḥmāni ʿahdan

Has he come to know the Unseen, or taken a promise from the All-beneficent?

— Ali Quli Qarai

kallā sa-naktubu mā yaqūlu wa-namuddu lahū mina l-ʿadhābi maddan

No indeed! We will write down what he says, and We will prolong his punishment endlessly.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-narithuhū mā yaqūlu wa-yaʾtīnā fardan

We shall take over from him what he talks about, and he will come to Us alone.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi ʾālihatan li-yakūnū lahum ʿizzan

They have taken gods besides Allah that they may be a [source of] might to them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

kallā sa-yakfurūna bi-ʿibādatihim wa-yakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddan

No Indeed! Soon they will disown their worship, and they will be their opponents.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-lam tara ʾannā ʾarsalnā sh-shayāṭīna ʿalā l-kāfirīna taʾuzzuhum ʾazzan

Have you not regarded that We unleash the devils upon the faithless to urge them vigorously?

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-lā taʿjal ʿalayhim ʾinnamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddan

So do not make haste against them; indeed We are counting for them, a counting [down].

— Ali Quli Qarai

yawma naḥshuru l-muttaqīna ʾilā r-raḥmāni wafdan

The day We shall gather the Godwary toward the All-beneficent, on mounts,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-nasūqu l-mujrimīna ʾilā jahannama wirdan

and drive the guilty as a thirsty herd towards hell,

— Ali Quli Qarai

lā yamlikūna sh-shafāʿata ʾillā mani ttakhadha ʿinda r-raḥmāni ʿahdan

no one will have the power to intercede [with Allah], except for him who has taken a covenant with the All-beneficent.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-qālū ttakhadha r-raḥmānu waladan

They say, ‘The All-beneficent has taken a son!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

la-qad jiʾtum shayʾan ʾiddan

You have certainly advanced something hideous!

— Ali Quli Qarai

takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna minhu wa-tanshaqqu l-ʾarḍu wa-takhirru l-jibālu haddan

The heavens are about to be rent apart at it, the earth to split open, and the mountains to collapse into bits,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾan daʿaw li-r-raḥmāni waladan

that they should ascribe a son to the All-beneficent!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā yanbaghī li-r-raḥmāni ʾan yattakhidha waladan

It does not behoove the All-beneficent to take a son.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾin kullu man fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾillā ʾātī r-raḥmāni ʿabdan

There is none in the heavens and the earth but he comes to the All-beneficent as a servant.

— Ali Quli Qarai

la-qad ʾaḥṣāhum wa-ʿaddahum ʿaddan

Certainly He has counted them [all] and numbered them precisely,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-kulluhum ʾātīhi yawma l-qiyāmati fardan

and each of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sa-yajʿalu lahumu r-raḥmānu wuddan

Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—the All-beneficent will endear them [to His creation].

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾinnamā yassarnāhu bi-lisānika li-tubashshira bihi l-muttaqīna wa-tundhira bihī qawman luddan

Indeed We have made it simple in your language so that you may give good news thereby to the Godwary and warn with it a disputatious lot.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-kam ʾahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu minhum min ʾaḥadin ʾaw tasmaʿu lahum rikzan

How many a generation We have destroyed before them! Can you descry any one of them, or hear from them so much as a murmur?

— Ali Quli Qarai