The Light
24. An-Nūr
النور
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وَالَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
أَعْمَالُهُمْ
كَسَرَابٍ
بِقِيعَةٍ
يَحْسَبُهُ
الظَّمْآنُ
مَاءً
حَتَّى
إِذَا
جَاءَهُ
لَمْ
يَجِدْهُ
شَيْئًا
وَوَجَدَ
اللَّهَ
عِندَهُ
فَوَفَّاهُ
حِسَابَهُ
وَاللَّهُ
سَرِيعُ
الْحِسَابِ
wa-lladhīna kafarū ʾaʿmāluhum ka-sarābin bi-qīʿatin yaḥsabuhu ẓ-ẓamʾānu māʾan ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾahū lam yajidhu shayʾan wa-wajada llāha ʿindahū fa-waffāhu ḥisābahū wa-llāhu sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
As for the faithless, their works are like a mirage in a plain, which the thirsty man supposes to be water. When he comes to it, he finds it to be nothing; but there he finds Allah, who will pay him his full account, and Allah is swift at reckoning.
— Ali Quli Qarai
But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever) with him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking account.
