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Juz 12 of 30 · begins with ۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ فِى · 170 verses
It covers Surah Hud verses 6–123 and Surah Yusuf verses 1–52. Read it verse by verse: the Arabic, a recitation you can repeat, the transliteration and English translation, then the meaning of every word.
Surah Hud هود verses 6–123
Verse 6
۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚ كُلٌّ فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration wamā min dābbatin fī l-arḍi illā ʿalā l-lahi riz'quhā wayaʿlamu mus'taqarrahā wamus'tawdaʿahā kullun fī kitābin mubīnin
English And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allāh is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage. All is in a clear register.
- ۞ وَمَاwamāAnd not
- مِنminany
- دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creature
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- إِلَّاillābut
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- رِزْقُهَاriz'quhā(is) its provision
- وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knows
- مُسْتَقَرَّهَاmus'taqarrahāits dwelling place
- وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚwamus'tawdaʿahāand its place of storage
- كُلٌّۭkullunAll
- فِىfī(is) in
- كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
- مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear
Verse 7
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Transliteration wahuwa alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin wakāna ʿarshuhu ʿalā l-māi liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wala-in qul'ta innakum mabʿūthūna min baʿdi l-mawti layaqūlanna alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun
English And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
- فِىfīin
- سِتَّةِsittatisix
- أَيَّامٍۢayyāminepochs
- وَكَانَwakānaand His throne was
- عَرْشُهُۥʿarshuhuand His throne was
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water
- لِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumthat He might test [you]
- أَيُّكُمْayyukumwhich of you
- أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
- عَمَلًۭا ۗʿamalan(in) deed
- وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
- قُلْتَqul'tayou say
- إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
- مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death
- لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely would say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- إِنْinThis is not
- هَـٰذَآhādhāThis is not
- إِلَّاillābut
- سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
- مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear
Verse 8
وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Transliteration wala-in akharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ilā ummatin maʿdūdatin layaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhu alā yawma yatīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
English And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
- وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
- أَخَّرْنَاakharnāWe delay
- عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
- ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
- إِلَىٰٓilāfor
- أُمَّةٍۢummatina time
- مَّعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatindetermined
- لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will surely say
- مَاmāWhat
- يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗyaḥbisuhudetains it
- أَلَاalāNo doubt
- يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
- يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to them
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- مَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfan(will be) averted
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
- وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand will surround
- بِهِمbihimthem
- مَّاmāwhat
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
- بِهِۦbihimock at [it]
- يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at [it]
Verse 9
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَـٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌ كَفُورٌ
Transliteration wala-in adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā min'hu innahu layaūsun kafūrun
English And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.
- وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
- أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe give man a taste
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaWe give man a taste
- مِنَّاminnā(of) Mercy from Us
- رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(of) Mercy from Us
- ثُمَّthummathen
- نَزَعْنَـٰهَاnazaʿnāhāWe withdraw it
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom him
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, he
- لَيَـُٔوسٌۭlayaūsun(is) despairing
- كَفُورٌۭkafūrun(and) ungrateful
Verse 10
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ
Transliteration wala-in adhaqnāhu naʿmāa baʿda ḍarrāa massathu layaqūlanna dhahaba l-sayiātu ʿannī innahu lafariḥun fakhūrun
English But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -
- وَلَئِنْwala-inBut if
- أَذَقْنَـٰهُadhaqnāhuWe give him a taste
- نَعْمَآءَnaʿmāa(of) favor
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- ضَرَّآءَḍarrāahardship
- مَسَّتْهُmassathu(has) touched him
- لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely, he will say
- ذَهَبَdhahabaHave gone
- ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُl-sayiātuthe evils
- عَنِّىٓ ۚʿannīfrom me
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- لَفَرِحٌۭlafariḥun(is) exultant
- فَخُورٌfakhūrun(and) boastful
Verse 11
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ
Transliteration illā alladhīna ṣabarū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti ulāika lahum maghfiratun wa-ajrun kabīrun
English Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.
- إِلَّاillāExcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مَّغْفِرَةٌۭmaghfiratun(will be) forgiveness
- وَأَجْرٌۭwa-ajrunand a reward
- كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat
Verse 12
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ ۚ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
Transliteration falaʿallaka tārikun baʿḍa mā yūḥā ilayka waḍāiqun bihi ṣadruka an yaqūlū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi kanzun aw jāa maʿahu malakun innamā anta nadhīrun wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin wakīlun
English Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allāh is Disposer of all things.
- فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen possibly you
- تَارِكٌۢtārikun(may) give up
- بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
- مَاmā(of) what
- يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- وَضَآئِقٌۢwaḍāiqunand straitened
- بِهِۦbihiby it
- صَدْرُكَṣadrukayour breast
- أَنanbecause
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
- لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
- أُنزِلَunzilais sent down
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
- كَنزٌkanzuna treasure
- أَوْawor
- جَآءَjāahas come
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- مَلَكٌ ۚmalakunan Angel
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أَنتَantayou
- نَذِيرٌۭ ۚnadhīrun(are) a warner
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- وَكِيلٌwakīluna Guardian
Verse 13
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū biʿashri suwarin mith'lihi muf'tarayātin wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīna
English Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."
- أَمْamOr
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- افْتَرَاهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has fabricated it
- قُلْqulSay
- فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
- بِعَشْرِbiʿashriten
- سُوَرٍۢsuwarinSurahs
- مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike it
- مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍۢmuf'tarayātinfabricated
- وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand call
- مَنِmaniwhoever
- ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtumyou can
- مِّنminbesides Allah
- دُونِdūnibesides Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
Verse 14
فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
Transliteration fa-illam yastajībū lakum fa-iʿ'lamū annamā unzila biʿil'mi l-lahi wa-an lā ilāha illā huwa fahal antum mus'limūna
English And if they do not respond to you - then know that it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was revealed with the knowledge of Allāh and that there is no deity except Him. Then, would you [not] be Muslims?
- فَإِلَّمْfa-illamThen if not
- يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey respond
- لَكُمْlakumto you
- فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know
- أَنَّمَآannamāthat
- أُنزِلَunzilait was sent down
- بِعِلْمِbiʿil'miwith the knowledge of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiwith the knowledge of Allah
- وَأَنwa-anand that
- لَّآlā(there is) no
- إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- هُوَ ۖhuwaHim
- فَهَلْfahalThen, would
- أَنتُمantumyou
- مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(be) Muslims
Verse 15
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
Transliteration man kāna yurīdu l-ḥayata l-dun'yā wazīnatahā nuwaffi ilayhim aʿmālahum fīhā wahum fīhā lā yub'khasūna
English Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived.
- مَنmanWhoever [is]
- كَانَkānaWhoever [is]
- يُرِيدُyurīdudesires
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- وَزِينَتَهَاwazīnatahāand its adornments
- نُوَفِّnuwaffiWe will repay in full
- إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
- أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum(for) their deeds
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- وَهُمْwahumand they
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- لَاlāwill not be lessened
- يُبْخَسُونَyub'khasūnawill not be lessened
Verse 16
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration ulāika alladhīna laysa lahum fī l-ākhirati illā l-nāru waḥabiṭa mā ṣanaʿū fīhā wabāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna
English Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
- لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلنَّارُ ۖl-nāruthe Fire
- وَحَبِطَwaḥabiṭaAnd (has) gone in vain
- مَاmāwhat
- صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey did
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- وَبَـٰطِلٌۭwabāṭilunand (is) worthless
- مَّاmāwhat
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
Verse 17
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْهُ وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ فَٱلنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُۥ ۚ فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Transliteration afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbihi wayatlūhu shāhidun min'hu wamin qablihi kitābu mūsā imāman waraḥmatan ulāika yu'minūna bihi waman yakfur bihi mina l-aḥzābi fal-nāru mawʿiduhu falā taku fī mir'yatin min'hu innahu l-ḥaqu min rabbika walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yu'minūna
English So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness from Him follows it, and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions - the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe.
- أَفَمَنafamanThen is he who
- كَانَkānais
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
- وَيَتْلُوهُwayatlūhuand recites it
- شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
- مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
- وَمِنwaminand before it
- قَبْلِهِۦqablihiand before it
- كِتَـٰبُkitābu(was) a Book
- مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
- إِمَامًۭاimāman(as) a guide
- وَرَحْمَةً ۚwaraḥmatanand (as) mercy
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- بِهِۦ ۚbihiin it
- وَمَنwamanBut whoever
- يَكْفُرْyakfurdisbelieves
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- مِنَminaamong
- ٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe sects
- فَٱلنَّارُfal-nāruthen the Fire
- مَوْعِدُهُۥ ۚmawʿiduhu(will be) his promised (meeting) place
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَكُtakube
- فِىfīin
- مِرْيَةٍۢmir'yatindoubt
- مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huabout it
- إِنَّهُinnahuIndeed, it
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
Verse 18
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban ulāika yuʿ'raḍūna ʿalā rabbihim wayaqūlu l-ashhādu hāulāi alladhīna kadhabū ʿalā rabbihim alā laʿnatu l-lahi ʿalā l-ẓālimīna
English And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh? Those will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allāh is upon the wrongdoers.
- وَمَنْwamanAnd who
- أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
- مِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) who
- ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- كَذِبًا ۚkadhibana lie
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- يُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūnawill be presented
- عَلَىٰʿalābefore
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
- ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُl-ashhāduthe witnesses
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese (are)
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَذَبُوا۟kadhabūlied
- عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
- رَبِّهِمْ ۚrabbihimtheir Lord
- أَلَاalāNo doubt
- لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu(The) curse of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(The) curse of Allah
- عَلَىʿalā(is) on
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
Verse 19
ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ
Transliteration alladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi wayabghūnahā ʿiwajan wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūna
English Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnahinder
- عَنʿanfrom
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand seek (in) it
- عِوَجًۭاʿiwajancrookedness
- وَهُمwahumwhile they
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- هُمْhum[they]
- كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
Verse 20
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَـٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ
Transliteration ulāika lam yakūnū muʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā kāna lahum min dūni l-lahi min awliyāa yuḍāʿafu lahumu l-ʿadhābu mā kānū yastaṭīʿūna l-samʿa wamā kānū yub'ṣirūna
English Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- لَمْlamnot
- يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūwill be
- مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(able to) escape
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانَkānais
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مِنْminany
- أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘawliyāaprotectors
- يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuAnd will be doubled
- لَهُمُlahumufor them
- ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
- مَاmāNot
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
- ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(to) hear
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
- يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnasee
Verse 21
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Transliteration ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
English Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
- خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(have) lost
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir souls
- وَضَلَّwaḍallaand lost
- عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
- مَّاmā(is) what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna(to) invent
Verse 22
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ
Transliteration lā jarama annahum fī l-ākhirati humu l-akhsarūna
English Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.
- لَاlāNo
- جَرَمَjaramadoubt
- أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- هُمُhumu[they]
- ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَl-akhsarūna(will be) the greatest losers
Verse 23
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wa-akhbatū ilā rabbihim ulāika aṣḥābu l-janati hum fīhā khālidūna
English Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātigood deeds
- وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟wa-akhbatūand humble themselves
- إِلَىٰilābefore
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
- ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
- هُمْhumthey
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever
Verse 24
۞ مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Transliteration mathalu l-farīqayni kal-aʿmā wal-aṣami wal-baṣīri wal-samīʿi hal yastawiyāni mathalan afalā tadhakkarūna
English The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?
- ۞ مَثَلُmathalu(The) example
- ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni(of) the two parties
- كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰkal-aʿmā(is) like the blind
- وَٱلْأَصَمِّwal-aṣamiand the deaf
- وَٱلْبَصِيرِwal-baṣīriand the seer
- وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚwal-samīʿiand the hearer
- هَلْhalAre
- يَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyānithey equal
- مَثَلًا ۚmathalan(in) comparison
- أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
- تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed
Verse 25
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Transliteration walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi innī lakum nadhīrun mubīnun
English And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- نُوحًاnūḥanNuh
- إِلَىٰilāto
- قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
- لَكُمْlakumto you
- نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
- مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear
Verse 26
أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ
Transliteration an lā taʿbudū illā l-laha innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin alīmin
English That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."
- أَنanThat
- لَّاlā(do) not
- تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱللَّهَ ۖl-lahaAllah
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
- أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful
Verse 27
فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ
Transliteration faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā narāka illā basharan mith'lanā wamā narāka ittabaʿaka illā alladhīna hum arādhilunā bādiya l-rayi wamā narā lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin bal naẓunnukum kādhibīna
English So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."
- فَقَالَfaqālaSo said
- ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- مِنminfrom
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- مَاmāNot
- نَرَىٰكَnarākawe see you
- إِلَّاillābut
- بَشَرًۭاbasharana man
- مِّثْلَنَاmith'lanālike us
- وَمَاwamāand not
- نَرَىٰكَnarākawe see you
- ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿakafollowed [you]
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- هُمْhum[they]
- أَرَاذِلُنَاarādhilunā(are) the lowest of us
- بَادِىَbādiyaimmature in opinion
- ٱلرَّأْىِl-rayiimmature in opinion
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- نَرَىٰnarāwe see
- لَكُمْlakumin you
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover us
- مِنminany
- فَضْلٍۭfaḍlinmerit
- بَلْbalnay
- نَظُنُّكُمْnaẓunnukumwe think you
- كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna(are) liars
Verse 28
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَـٰرِهُونَ
Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī raḥmatan min ʿindihi faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anul'zimukumūhā wa-antum lahā kārihūna
English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
- إِنinif
- كُنتُkuntuI was
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatin(the) clear proof
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīwhile He has given me
- رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
- مِّنْminfrom
- عِندِهِۦʿindihiHimself
- فَعُمِّيَتْfaʿummiyatbut (it) has been obscured
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you
- أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَاanul'zimukumūhāshould We compel you (to accept) it
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you (are)
- لَهَاlahāaverse to it
- كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūnaaverse to it
Verse 29
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ
Transliteration wayāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi mālan in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wamā anā biṭāridi alladhīna āmanū innahum mulāqū rabbihim walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna
English And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allāh. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- لَآlānot
- أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask (of) you
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
- مَالًا ۖmālanany wealth
- إِنْinNot
- أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَلَىʿalāfrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَنَا۠anāI am
- بِطَارِدِbiṭāridigoing to drive away
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚāmanūbelieved
- إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they
- مُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqū(will) be meeting
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut I
- أَرَىٰكُمْarākumsee you
- قَوْمًۭاqawman(are) a people
- تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant
Verse 30
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Transliteration wayāqawmi man yanṣurunī mina l-lahi in ṭaradttuhum afalā tadhakkarūna
English And O my people, who would protect me from Allāh if I drove them away? Then will you not be reminded?
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- مَنmanWho
- يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunīwould help me
- مِنَminaagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِنinif
- طَرَدتُّهُمْ ۚṭaradttuhumI drove them away
- أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
- تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed
Verse 31
وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration walā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu innī malakun walā aqūlu lilladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lan yu'tiyahumu l-lahu khayran l-lahu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna
English And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."
- وَلَآwalāAnd not
- أَقُولُaqūluI say
- لَكُمْlakumto you
- عِندِىʿindī(that) with me
- خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI know
- ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَقُولُaqūluI say
- إِنِّىinnīthat I am
- مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَقُولُaqūluI say
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whom
- تَزْدَرِىٓtazdarīlook down upon
- أَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukumyour eyes
- لَنlannever
- يُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumuwill Allah give them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah give them
- خَيْرًا ۖkhayranany good
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
- بِمَاbimāwhat
- فِىٓfī(is) in
- أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihimtheir souls
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّمِنَlamina(will be) surely of
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
Verse 32
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰنُوحُ قَدْ جَـٰدَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration qālū yānūḥu qad jādaltanā fa-aktharta jidālanā fatinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
English They said, "O Noah, you have disputed [i.e., opposed] us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us what you threaten us, if you should be of the truthful."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
- قَدْqadIndeed
- جَـٰدَلْتَنَاjādaltanāyou disputed with us
- فَأَكْثَرْتَfa-akthartaand you (have been) frequent
- جِدَٰلَنَاjidālanā(in) dispute with us
- فَأْتِنَاfatināSo bring us
- بِمَاbimāwhat
- تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou threaten us (with)
- إِنinif
- كُنتَkuntayou are
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
Verse 33
قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ
Transliteration qāla innamā yatīkum bihi l-lahu in shāa wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna
English He said, "Allāh will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwill bring it (on) you
- بِهِbihiwill bring it (on) you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- إِنinif
- شَآءَshāaHe wills
- وَمَآwamāand not
- أَنتُمantumyou (are)
- بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaone who (can) escape (it)
Verse 34
وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Transliteration walā yanfaʿukum nuṣ'ḥī in aradttu an anṣaḥa lakum in kāna l-lahu yurīdu an yugh'wiyakum huwa rabbukum wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
English And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."
- وَلَاwalāAnd (will) not
- يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
- نُصْحِىٓnuṣ'ḥīmy advice
- إِنْin(even) if
- أَرَدتُّaradttuI wish
- أَنْanto
- أَنصَحَanṣaḥa[I] advise
- لَكُمْlakum[to] you
- إِنinif
- كَانَkānait was Allah's
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuit was Allah's
- يُرِيدُyurīduwill
- أَنanto
- يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚyugh'wiyakumlet you go astray
- هُوَhuwaHe (is)
- رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned
Verse 35
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
Transliteration am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūna
English Or do they say [about Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], "He invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, then upon me is [the consequence of] my crime; but I am innocent of what [crimes] you commit."
- أَمْamOr
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
- ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has invented it
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنِiniIf
- ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI have invented it
- فَعَلَىَّfaʿalayyathen on me
- إِجْرَامِىij'rāmī(is) my crime
- وَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I am
- بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīoninnocent
- مِّمَّاmimmāof what
- تُجْرِمُونَtuj'rimūnacrimes you commit
Verse 36
وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Transliteration waūḥiya ilā nūḥin annahu lan yu'mina min qawmika illā man qad āmana falā tabta-is bimā kānū yafʿalūna
English And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.
- وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiyaAnd it was revealed
- إِلَىٰilāto
- نُوحٍnūḥinNuh
- أَنَّهُۥannahuThat
- لَنlanwill never
- يُؤْمِنَyu'minabelieve
- مِنminfrom
- قَوْمِكَqawmikayour people
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنman(those) who
- قَدْqadhave already
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَبْتَئِسْtabta-is(be) distressed
- بِمَاbimāby what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey have been
- يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing
Verse 37
وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ
Transliteration wa-iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna
English And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."
- وَٱصْنَعِwa-iṣ'naʿiAnd construct
- ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
- بِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyunināunder Our Eyes
- وَوَحْيِنَاwawaḥyināand Our inspiration
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تُخَـٰطِبْنِىtukhāṭib'nīaddress Me
- فِىfīconcerning
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚẓalamūwronged
- إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they (are)
- مُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūnathe ones (to be) drowned
Verse 38
وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ
Transliteration wayaṣnaʿu l-ful'ka wakullamā marra ʿalayhi mala-on min qawmihi sakhirū min'hu qāla in taskharū minnā fa-innā naskharu minkum kamā taskharūna
English And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
- وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿuAnd he was constructing
- ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
- وَكُلَّمَاwakullamāand every time
- مَرَّmarrapassed
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiby him
- مَلَأٌۭmala-on(the) chiefs
- مِّنminof
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūthey ridiculed
- مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu[of] him
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنinIf
- تَسْخَرُوا۟taskharūyou ridicule
- مِنَّاminnāus
- فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen we
- نَسْخَرُnaskharucan ridicule
- مِنكُمْminkumyou
- كَمَاkamāas
- تَسْخَرُونَtaskharūnayou ridicule
Verse 39
فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ
Transliteration fasawfa taʿlamūna man yatīhi ʿadhābun yukh'zīhi wayaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābun muqīmun
English And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."
- فَسَوْفَfasawfaAnd soon
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
- مَنman(on) whom
- يَأْتِيهِyatīhiwill come
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
- يُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhi(that) will disgrace him
- وَيَحِلُّwayaḥilluand will descend
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
- مُّقِيمٌmuqīmunlasting
Verse 40
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
Transliteration ḥattā idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru qul'nā iḥ'mil fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu waman āmana wamā āmana maʿahu illā qalīlun
English [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon it [i.e., the ship] of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word [i.e., decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāTill
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
- وَفَارَwafāraand overflowed
- ٱلتَّنُّورُl-tanūruthe oven
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- ٱحْمِلْiḥ'milLoad
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- مِنminof
- كُلٍّۢkullinevery kind
- زَوْجَيْنِzawjaynia pair
- ٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo
- وَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaand your family
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنmanwho
- سَبَقَsabaqahas preceded
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him
- ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
- وَمَنْwamanand whoever
- ءَامَنَ ۚāmanabelieved
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
- مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلٌۭqalīluna few
Verse 41
۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Transliteration waqāla ir'kabū fīhā bis'mi l-lahi majrahā wamur'sāhā inna rabbī laghafūrun raḥīmun
English And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allāh [are] its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
- ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
- ٱرْكَبُوا۟ir'kabūEmbark
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- بِسْمِbis'miin the name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiof Allah
- مَجْر۪ىٰهَاmajrahā(is) its course
- وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚwamur'sāhāand its anchorage
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun(is) certainly Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
Verse 42
وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍ يَـٰبُنَىَّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Transliteration wahiya tajrī bihim fī mawjin kal-jibāli wanādā nūḥun ib'nahu wakāna fī maʿzilin yābunayya ir'kab maʿanā walā takun maʿa l-kāfirīna
English And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."
- وَهِىَwahiyaAnd it
- تَجْرِىtajrīsailed
- بِهِمْbihimwith them
- فِىfīon
- مَوْجٍۢmawjinthe waves
- كَٱلْجِبَالِkal-jibālilike mountains
- وَنَادَىٰwanādāand Nuh called out
- نُوحٌnūḥunand Nuh called out
- ٱبْنَهُۥib'nahu(to) his son
- وَكَانَwakānaand he was
- فِىfī[in]
- مَعْزِلٍۢmaʿzilinapart
- يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
- ٱرْكَبir'kabEmbark
- مَّعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَكُنtakunbe
- مَّعَmaʿawith
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
Verse 43
قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ
Transliteration qāla saāwī ilā jabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min amri l-lahi illā man raḥima waḥāla baynahumā l-mawju fakāna mina l-mugh'raqīna
English [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- سَـَٔاوِىٓsaāwīI will betake myself
- إِلَىٰilāto
- جَبَلٍۢjabalina mountain
- يَعْصِمُنِىyaʿṣimunī(that) will save me
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْمَآءِ ۚl-māithe water
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَاlā(There is) no
- عَاصِمَʿāṣimaprotector
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
- مِنْminfrom
- أَمْرِamrithe Command of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahithe Command of Allah
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنman(on) whom
- رَّحِمَ ۚraḥimaHe has mercy
- وَحَالَwaḥālaAnd came
- بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(in) between them
- ٱلْمَوْجُl-mawjuthe waves
- فَكَانَfakānaso he was
- مِنَminaamong
- ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَl-mugh'raqīnathe drowned
Verse 44
وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration waqīla yāarḍu ib'laʿī māaki wayāsamāu aqliʿī waghīḍa l-māu waquḍiya l-amru wa-is'tawat ʿalā l-jūdiyi waqīla buʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna
English And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
- وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said
- يَـٰٓأَرْضُyāarḍuO earth
- ٱبْلَعِىib'laʿīSwallow
- مَآءَكِmāakiyour water
- وَيَـٰسَمَآءُwayāsamāuand O sky
- أَقْلِعِىaqliʿīWithhold
- وَغِيضَwaghīḍaAnd subsided
- ٱلْمَآءُl-māuthe water
- وَقُضِىَwaquḍiyaand was fulfilled
- ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe Command
- وَٱسْتَوَتْwa-is'tawatAnd it rested
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖl-jūdiyithe Judi
- وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said
- بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danAway
- لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmiwith the people
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
Verse 45
وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبْنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ
Transliteration wanādā nūḥun rabbahu faqāla rabbi inna ib'nī min ahlī wa-inna waʿdaka l-ḥaqu wa-anta aḥkamu l-ḥākimīna
English And Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of judges!"
- وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd Nuh called
- نُوحٌۭnūḥunAnd Nuh called
- رَّبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
- فَقَالَfaqālaand said
- رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱبْنِىib'nīmy son
- مِنْmin(is) of
- أَهْلِىahlīmy family
- وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
- وَعْدَكَwaʿdakaYour promise
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) true
- وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
- أَحْكَمُaḥkamu(are) the Most Just
- ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges
Verse 46
قَالَ يَـٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَـٰلِحٍ ۖ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
Transliteration qāla yānūḥu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu ʿamalun ghayru ṣāliḥin falā tasalni mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun innī aʿiẓuka an takūna mina l-jāhilīna
English He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
- مِنْminof
- أَهْلِكَ ۖahlikayour family
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, [he]
- عَمَلٌʿamalun(his) deed
- غَيْرُghayru(is) other than
- صَـٰلِحٍۢ ۖṣāliḥinrighteous
- فَلَاfalāso (do) not
- تَسْـَٔلْنِtasalniask Me
- مَاmā(about) what
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لَكَlakayou have
- بِهِۦbihiof it
- عِلْمٌ ۖʿil'munany knowledge
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَعِظُكَaʿiẓukaadmonish you
- أَنanlest
- تَكُونَtakūnayou be
- مِنَminaamong
- ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant
Verse 47
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
Transliteration qāla rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-illā taghfir lī watarḥamnī akun mina l-khāsirīna
English [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَعُوذُaʿūdhuseek refuge
- بِكَbikain You
- أَنْanthat
- أَسْـَٔلَكَasalakaI (should) ask You
- مَاmāwhat
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لِىlīI have
- بِهِۦbihiof it
- عِلْمٌۭ ۖʿil'munknowledge
- وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
- تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
- لِىlīme
- وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓwatarḥamnīand You have mercy on me
- أَكُنakunI will be
- مِّنَminaamong
- ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
Verse 48
قِيلَ يَـٰنُوحُ ٱهْبِطْ بِسَلَـٰمٍ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَـٰتٍ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ ۚ وَأُمَمٌ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Transliteration qīla yānūḥu ih'biṭ bisalāmin minnā wabarakātin ʿalayka waʿalā umamin mimman maʿaka wa-umamun sanumattiʿuhum thumma yamassuhum minnā ʿadhābun alīmun
English It was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment."
- قِيلَqīlaIt was said
- يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
- ٱهْبِطْih'biṭGo down
- بِسَلَـٰمٍۢbisalāminwith peace
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- وَبَرَكَـٰتٍwabarakātinand blessings
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
- وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand on
- أُمَمٍۢumaminthe nations
- مِّمَّنmimmanfrom those
- مَّعَكَ ۚmaʿakawith you
- وَأُمَمٌۭwa-umamunBut (to other) nations
- سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْsanumattiʿuhumWe will grant enjoyment
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَمَسُّهُمyamassuhumwill touch them
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
Verse 49
تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَا ۖ فَٱصْبِرْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَـٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Transliteration til'ka min anbāi l-ghaybi nūḥīhā ilayka mā kunta taʿlamuhā anta walā qawmuka min qabli hādhā fa-iṣ'bir inna l-ʿāqibata lil'muttaqīna
English That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
- تِلْكَtil'kaThis
- مِنْmin(is) from
- أَنۢبَآءِanbāithe news
- ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
- نُوحِيهَآnūḥīhā(which) We reveal
- إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
- مَاmāNot
- كُنتَkuntayou were
- تَعْلَمُهَآtaʿlamuhāknowing it
- أَنتَantayou
- وَلَاwalāand not
- قَوْمُكَqawmukayour people
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِqablibefore
- هَـٰذَا ۖhādhāthis
- فَٱصْبِرْ ۖfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
- إِنَّinnaindeed
- ٱلْعَـٰقِبَةَl-ʿāqibatathe end
- لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna(is) for the God fearing
Verse 50
وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ
Transliteration wa-ilā ʿādin akhāhum hūdan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu in antum illā muf'tarūna
English And to ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].
- وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- عَادٍʿādinAad
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
- هُودًۭا ۚhūdanHud
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مَاmānot
- لَكُمlakum(is) for you
- مِّنْminany
- إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
- غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖghayruhuother than Him
- إِنْinNot
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- إِلَّاillā(are) but
- مُفْتَرُونَmuf'tarūnainventors
Verse 51
يَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Transliteration yāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran in ajriya illā ʿalā alladhī faṭaranī afalā taʿqilūna
English O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- لَآlāNot
- أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
- أَجْرًا ۖajranany reward
- إِنْinNot
- أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَلَىʿalāfrom
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚfaṭaranīcreated me
- أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason
Verse 52
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Transliteration wayāqawmi is'taghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi yur'sili l-samāa ʿalaykum mid'rāran wayazid'kum quwwatan ilā quwwatikum walā tatawallaw muj'rimīna
English And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirūAsk forgiveness
- رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
- إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
- يُرْسِلِyur'siliHe will send
- ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(from) the sky (rain)
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
- مِّدْرَارًۭاmid'rāran(in) abundance
- وَيَزِدْكُمْwayazid'kumand increase you
- قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strength
- إِلَىٰilā(added) to
- قُوَّتِكُمْquwwatikumyour strength
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawturn away
- مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna(as) criminals
Verse 53
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration qālū yāhūdu mā ji'tanā bibayyinatin wamā naḥnu bitārikī ālihatinā ʿan qawlika wamā naḥnu laka bimu'minīna
English They said, "O Hūd, you have not brought us clear evidence, and we are not ones to leave our gods on your say-so. Nor are we believers in you.
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰهُودُyāhūduO Hud
- مَاmāYou have not brought us
- جِئْتَنَاji'tanāYou have not brought us
- بِبَيِّنَةٍۢbibayyinatinclear proofs
- وَمَاwamāand not
- نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
- بِتَارِكِىٓbitārikī(will) leave
- ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
- عَنʿanon
- قَوْلِكَqawlikayour saying
- وَمَاwamāand not
- نَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)
- لَكَlakain you
- بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnabelievers
Verse 54
إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ ۗ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ
Transliteration in naqūlu illā iʿ'tarāka baʿḍu ālihatinā bisūin qāla innī ush'hidu l-laha wa-ish'hadū annī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna
English We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil [i.e., insanity]." He said, "Indeed, I call Allāh to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allāh
- إِنinNot
- نَّقُولُnaqūluwe say
- إِلَّاillāexcept (that)
- ٱعْتَرَىٰكَiʿ'tarākahave seized you
- بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
- ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā(of) our gods
- بِسُوٓءٍۢ ۗbisūinwith evil
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أُشْهِدُush'hidu[I] call Allah to witness
- ٱللَّهَl-laha[I] call Allah to witness
- وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟wa-ish'hadūand (you) bear witness
- أَنِّىannīthat I am
- بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīoninnocent
- مِّمَّاmimmāof what
- تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate
Verse 55
مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ
Transliteration min dūnihi fakīdūnī jamīʿan thumma lā tunẓirūni
English Other than Him. So plot against me all together; then do not give me respite.
- مِنminOther than Him
- دُونِهِۦ ۖdūnihiOther than Him
- فَكِيدُونِىfakīdūnīSo plot against me
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall together
- ثُمَّthummathen
- لَاlā(do) not
- تُنظِرُونِtunẓirūnigive me respite
Verse 56
إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم ۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Transliteration innī tawakkaltu ʿalā l-lahi rabbī warabbikum mā min dābbatin illā huwa ākhidhun bināṣiyatihā inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
English Indeed, I have relied upon Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds it by its forelock [i.e., controls it]. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight.
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
- تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltu[I] put my trust
- عَلَىʿalāupon
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- وَرَبِّكُم ۚwarabbikumand your Lord
- مَّاmā(There is) not
- مِنminof a moving creature
- دَآبَّةٍdābbatinof a moving creature
- إِلَّاillābut
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ءَاخِذٌۢākhidhunhas grasp
- بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚbināṣiyatihāof its forelock
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
- صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭina path
- مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminstraight
Verse 57
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ
Transliteration fa-in tawallaw faqad ablaghtukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi ilaykum wayastakhlifu rabbī qawman ghayrakum walā taḍurrūnahu shayan inna rabbī ʿalā kulli shayin ḥafīẓun
English But if you turn away, then I have already conveyed that with which I was sent to you. My Lord will give succession to a people other than you, and you will not harm Him at all. Indeed my Lord is, over all things, Guardian."
- فَإِنfa-inSo if
- تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou turn away
- فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
- أَبْلَغْتُكُمablaghtukumI have conveyed to you
- مَّآmāwhat
- أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI was sent
- بِهِۦٓbihiwith [it]
- إِلَيْكُمْ ۚilaykumto you
- وَيَسْتَخْلِفُwayastakhlifuAnd my Lord will give succession
- رَبِّىrabbīAnd my Lord will give succession
- قَوْمًاqawman(to) a people
- غَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تَضُرُّونَهُۥtaḍurrūnahuyou will harm Him
- شَيْـًٔا ۚshayan(in) anything
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
- كُلِّkulliall
- شَىْءٍshayinthings
- حَفِيظٌۭḥafīẓuna Guardian
Verse 58
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ
Transliteration walammā jāa amrunā najjaynā hūdan wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wanajjaynāhum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin
English And when Our command came, We saved Hūd and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a harsh punishment.
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
- نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
- هُودًۭاhūdanHud
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمwanajjaynāhumand We saved them
- مِّنْminfrom
- عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
- غَلِيظٍۢghalīẓinsevere
Verse 59
وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
Transliteration watil'ka ʿādun jaḥadū biāyāti rabbihim waʿaṣaw rusulahu wa-ittabaʿū amra kulli jabbārin ʿanīdin
English And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.
- وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
- عَادٌۭ ۖʿādun(was) Aad
- جَحَدُوا۟jaḥadūthey rejected
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
- وَعَصَوْا۟waʿaṣawand disobeyed
- رُسُلَهُۥrusulahuHis Messengers
- وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
- أَمْرَamra(the) command
- كُلِّkulli(of) every
- جَبَّارٍjabbārintyrant
- عَنِيدٍۢʿanīdinobstinate
Verse 60
وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ
Transliteration wa-ut'biʿū fī hādhihi l-dun'yā laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati alā inna ʿādan kafarū rabbahum alā buʿ'dan liʿādin qawmi hūdin
English And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, ʿAad denied their Lord; then away with ʿAad, the people of Hūd.
- وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followed
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāworld
- لَعْنَةًۭlaʿnatan(with) a curse
- وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- أَلَآalāNo doubt
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- عَادًۭاʿādanAad
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- رَبَّهُمْ ۗrabbahumtheir Lord
- أَلَاalāSo
- بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
- لِّعَادٍۢliʿādinwith Aad
- قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
- هُودٍۢhūdin(of) Hud
Verse 61
۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ
Transliteration wa-ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu huwa ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-is'taʿmarakum fīhā fa-is'taghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī qarībun mujībun
English And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."
- ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
- صَـٰلِحًۭا ۚṣāliḥanSalih
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مَاmānot
- لَكُمlakumyou have
- مِّنْminany
- إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
- غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
- هُوَhuwaHe
- أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumproduced you
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand settled you
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo ask forgiveness of Him
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
- إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near
- مُّجِيبٌۭmujībunAll-Responsive
Verse 62
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۖ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ
Transliteration qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāunā wa-innanā lafī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murībin
English They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
- قَدْqadVerily
- كُنتَkuntayou were
- فِينَاfīnāamong us
- مَرْجُوًّۭاmarjuwwanthe one in whom hope was placed
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhāthis
- أَتَنْهَىٰنَآatanhānāDo you forbid us
- أَنanthat
- نَّعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worship
- مَاmāwhat
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduour forefathers worshipped
- ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers worshipped
- وَإِنَّنَاwa-innanāAnd indeed we
- لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
- تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
- إِلَيْهِilayhito it
- مُرِيبٍۢmurībinsuspicious
Verse 63
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ
Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī min'hu raḥmatan faman yanṣurunī mina l-lahi in ʿaṣaytuhu famā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīrin
English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allāh if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
- إِنinif
- كُنتُkuntuI am
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He has given me
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
- رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatana Mercy
- فَمَنfamanthen who
- يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī(can) help me
- مِنَminaagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِنْinif
- عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖʿaṣaytuhuI (were to) disobey Him
- فَمَاfamāSo not
- تَزِيدُونَنِىtazīdūnanīyou would increase me
- غَيْرَghayrabut
- تَخْسِيرٍۢtakhsīrin(in) loss
Verse 64
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ
Transliteration wayāqawmi hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun
English And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
- نَاقَةُnāqatushe-camel
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
- ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
- فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāso leave her
- تَأْكُلْtakulto eat
- فِىٓfīin
- أَرْضِarḍithe earth
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
- بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūinwith harm
- فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest will seize you
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
- قَرِيبٌۭqarībunimpending
Verse 65
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ
Transliteration faʿaqarūhā faqāla tamattaʿū fī dārikum thalāthata ayyāmin dhālika waʿdun ghayru makdhūbin
English But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."
- فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāBut they hamstrung her
- فَقَالَfaqālaSo he said
- تَمَتَّعُوا۟tamattaʿūEnjoy (yourselves)
- فِىfīin
- دَارِكُمْdārikumyour home(s)
- ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) three
- أَيَّامٍۢ ۖayyāmindays
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- وَعْدٌwaʿdun(is) a promise
- غَيْرُghayrunot
- مَكْذُوبٍۢmakdhūbin(to) be belied
Verse 66
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَـٰلِحًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْىِ يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ
Transliteration falammā jāa amrunā najjaynā ṣāliḥan wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wamin khiz'yi yawmi-idhin inna rabbaka huwa l-qawiyu l-ʿazīzu
English So when Our command came, We saved Ṣāliḥ and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and [saved them] from the disgrace of that day. Indeed, it is your Lord who is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
- نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
- صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanSalih
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- وَمِنْwaminand from
- خِزْىِkhiz'yi(the) disgrace
- يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗyawmi-idhin(of) that Day
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلْقَوِىُّl-qawiyu(is) All-Strong
- ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuAll-Mighty
Verse 67
وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
Transliteration wa-akhadha alladhīna ẓalamū l-ṣayḥatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna
English And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
- وَأَخَذَwa-akhadhaAnd seized
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
- ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe thunderous blast
- فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
- فِىfīin
- دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
- جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone
Verse 68
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ
Transliteration ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā inna thamūdā kafarū rabbahum alā buʿ'dan lithamūda
English As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.
- كَأَنka-anAs if
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey (had) prospered
- فِيهَآ ۗfīhātherein
- أَلَآalāNo doubt
- إِنَّinnaindeed
- ثَمُودَا۟thamūdāThamud
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- رَبَّهُمْ ۗrabbahum(in) their Lord
- أَلَاalāso
- بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
- لِّثَمُودَlithamūdawith Thamud
Verse 69
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ ۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍ
Transliteration walaqad jāat rusulunā ib'rāhīma bil-bush'rā qālū salāman qāla salāmun famā labitha an jāa biʿij'lin ḥanīdhin
English And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- جَآءَتْjāatcame
- رُسُلُنَآrusulunāOur messengers
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Ibrahim
- بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith glad tidings
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāmanPeace
- قَالَqālaHe said
- سَلَـٰمٌۭ ۖsalāmunPeace
- فَمَاfamāand not he delayed
- لَبِثَlabithaand not he delayed
- أَنanto
- جَآءَjāabring
- بِعِجْلٍbiʿij'lina calf
- حَنِيذٍۢḥanīdhinroasted
Verse 70
فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
Transliteration falammā raā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmi lūṭin
English But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- رَءَآraāhe saw
- أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
- لَاlānot
- تَصِلُtaṣilureaching
- إِلَيْهِilayhito it
- نَكِرَهُمْnakirahumhe felt unfamiliar of them
- وَأَوْجَسَwa-awjasaand felt apprehension
- مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
- خِيفَةًۭ ۚkhīfatan[a fear]
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَخَفْtakhaffear
- إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
- أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] have been sent
- إِلَىٰilāto
- قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
- لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut
Verse 71
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَا بِإِسْحَـٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَـٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ
Transliteration wa-im'ra-atuhu qāimatun faḍaḥikat fabasharnāhā bi-is'ḥāqa wamin warāi is'ḥāqa yaʿqūba
English And his wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.
- وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥwa-im'ra-atuhuAnd his wife
- قَآئِمَةٌۭqāimatun(was) standing
- فَضَحِكَتْfaḍaḥikatand she laughed
- فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَاfabasharnāhāThen We gave her glad tidings
- بِإِسْحَـٰقَbi-is'ḥāqaof Isaac
- وَمِنwaminand after
- وَرَآءِwarāiand after
- إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
- يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub
Verse 72
قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Transliteration qālat yāwaylatā a-alidu wa-anā ʿajūzun wahādhā baʿlī shaykhan inna hādhā lashayon ʿajībun
English She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
- ءَأَلِدُa-aliduShall I bear a child
- وَأَنَا۠wa-anāwhile I am
- عَجُوزٌۭʿajūzunan old woman
- وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
- بَعْلِىbaʿlīmy husband
- شَيْخًا ۖshaykhan(is) an old man
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- لَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) surely a thing
- عَجِيبٌۭʿajībunamazing
Verse 73
قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ رَحْمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَـٰتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٌ مَّجِيدٌ
Transliteration qālū ataʿjabīna min amri l-lahi raḥmatu l-lahi wabarakātuhu ʿalaykum ahla l-bayti innahu ḥamīdun majīdun
English They said, "Are you amazed at the decree of Allāh? May the mercy of Allāh and His blessings be upon you, people of the house. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable."
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- أَتَعْجَبِينَataʿjabīnaAre you amazed
- مِنْminat
- أَمْرِamri(the) decree of Allah
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(the) decree of Allah
- رَحْمَتُraḥmatuThe Mercy of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiThe Mercy of Allah
- وَبَرَكَـٰتُهُۥwabarakātuhuand His blessings
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum(be) upon you
- أَهْلَahlapeople
- ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚl-bayti(of) the house
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- حَمِيدٌۭḥamīdun(is) All-Praiseworthy
- مَّجِيدٌۭmajīdunAll-Glorious
Verse 74
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَـٰدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
Transliteration falammā dhahaba ʿan ib'rāhīma l-rawʿu wajāathu l-bush'rā yujādilunā fī qawmi lūṭin
English And when the fright had left Abraham and the good tidings had reached him, he began to argue [i.e., plead] with Us concerning the people of Lot.
- فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
- ذَهَبَdhahaba(had) gone away
- عَنْʿanfrom
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- ٱلرَّوْعُl-rawʿuthe fright
- وَجَآءَتْهُwajāathuand had reached him
- ٱلْبُشْرَىٰl-bush'rāthe glad tidings
- يُجَـٰدِلُنَاyujādilunāhe argued with Us
- فِىfīconcerning
- قَوْمِqawmithe people
- لُوطٍlūṭinof Lut
Verse 75
إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌ مُّنِيبٌ
Transliteration inna ib'rāhīma laḥalīmun awwāhun munībun
English Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving and [frequently] returning [to Allāh].
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- لَحَلِيمٌlaḥalīmun(was) certainly forbearing
- أَوَّٰهٌۭawwāhunimploring
- مُّنِيبٌۭmunībunand oft-returning
Verse 76
يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَإِنَّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ
Transliteration yāib'rāhīmu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā innahu qad jāa amru rabbika wa-innahum ātīhim ʿadhābun ghayru mardūdin
English [The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."
- يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmuO Ibrahim
- أَعْرِضْaʿriḍTurn away
- عَنْʿanfrom
- هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhāthis
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
- قَدْqadcertainly
- جَآءَjāahas come
- أَمْرُamru(the) Command
- رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(of) your Lord
- وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed, [they]
- ءَاتِيهِمْātīhim(will) come (for) them
- عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
- غَيْرُghayru(which) cannot
- مَرْدُودٍۢmardūdin(be) repelled
Verse 77
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌ
Transliteration walammā jāat rusulunā lūṭan sīa bihim waḍāqa bihim dharʿan waqāla hādhā yawmun ʿaṣībun
English And when Our messengers, [the angels], came to Lot, he was anguished for them and felt for them great discomfort and said, "This is a trying day."
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- جَآءَتْjāatcame
- رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
- لُوطًۭاlūṭan(to) Lut
- سِىٓءَsīahe was distressed
- بِهِمْbihimfor them
- وَضَاقَwaḍāqaand felt straitened
- بِهِمْbihimfor them
- ذَرْعًۭاdharʿan(and) uneasy
- وَقَالَwaqālaand said
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- يَوْمٌyawmun(is) a day
- عَصِيبٌۭʿaṣībundistressful
Verse 78
وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ
Transliteration wajāahu qawmuhu yuh'raʿūna ilayhi wamin qablu kānū yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti qāla yāqawmi hāulāi banātī hunna aṭharu lakum fa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni fī ḍayfī alaysa minkum rajulun rashīdun
English And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
- وَجَآءَهُۥwajāahuAnd came (to) him
- قَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis people
- يُهْرَعُونَyuh'raʿūnarushing
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- وَمِنwaminand before
- قَبْلُqabluand before
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey (had) been
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnadoing
- ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚl-sayiātithe evil deeds
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
- بَنَاتِىbanātī(are) my daughters
- هُنَّhunnathey
- أَطْهَرُaṭharu(are) purer
- لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
- فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تُخْزُونِtukh'zūnidisgrace me
- فِىfīconcerning
- ضَيْفِىٓ ۖḍayfīmy guests
- أَلَيْسَalaysaIs (there) not
- مِنكُمْminkumamong you
- رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
- رَّشِيدٌۭrashīdunright-minded
Verse 79
قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ
Transliteration qālū laqad ʿalim'ta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīdu
English They said, "You have already known that we have not concerning your daughters [i.e., women] any claim [i.e., desire], and indeed, you know what we want."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
- مَاmā(that) not
- لَنَاlanāwe have
- فِىfīconcerning
- بَنَاتِكَbanātikayour daughters
- مِنْminany
- حَقٍّۢḥaqqinright
- وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
- لَتَعْلَمُlataʿlamusurely know
- مَاmāwhat
- نُرِيدُnurīduwe want
Verse 80
قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ
Transliteration qāla law anna lī bikum quwwatan aw āwī ilā ruk'nin shadīdin
English He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَوْlawIf
- أَنَّannathat
- لِىlīI had
- بِكُمْbikumover you
- قُوَّةًquwwatanpower
- أَوْawor
- ءَاوِىٓāwīI could take refuge
- إِلَىٰilāin
- رُكْنٍۢruk'nina support
- شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinstrong
Verse 81
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ
Transliteration qālū yālūṭu innā rusulu rabbika lan yaṣilū ilayka fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun illā im'ra-ataka innahu muṣībuhā mā aṣābahum inna mawʿidahumu l-ṣub'ḥu alaysa l-ṣub'ḥu biqarībin
English They [the angels] said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰلُوطُyālūṭuO Lut
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- رُسُلُrusulu(are) messengers
- رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
- لَنlannever
- يَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilūthey will reach
- إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykayou
- فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
- بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
- بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿinin a part
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
- وَلَاwalāand (let) not
- يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlook back
- مِنكُمْminkumanyone of you
- أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone of you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖim'ra-atakayour wife
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
- مُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhāwill strike her
- مَآmāwhat
- أَصَابَهُمْ ۚaṣābahumwill strike them
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumutheir appointed time
- ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚl-ṣub'ḥu(is) morning
- أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
- ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥuthe morning
- بِقَرِيبٍۢbiqarībinnear
Verse 82
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
Transliteration falammā jāa amrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin
English So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur Command
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
- عَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits upside
- سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits downside
- وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand We rained
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon them
- حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratanstones
- مِّنminof
- سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay
- مَّنضُودٍۢmanḍūdin(in) layers
Verse 83
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ
Transliteration musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika wamā hiya mina l-ẓālimīna bibaʿīdin
English Marked from your Lord. And it [i.e., Allāh's punishment] is not from the wrongdoers [very] far.
- مُّسَوَّمَةًmusawwamatanMarked
- عِندَʿindafrom
- رَبِّكَ ۖrabbikayour Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- هِىَhiyait
- مِنَmina(is) from
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
- بِبَعِيدٍۢbibaʿīdinfar
Verse 84
۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيطٍ
Transliteration wa-ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu walā tanquṣū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna innī arākum bikhayrin wa-innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin muḥīṭin
English And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.
- ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
- شُعَيْبًۭا ۚshuʿaybanShuaib
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مَاmānot
- لَكُمlakum(is) for you
- مِّنْminany
- إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
- غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَنقُصُوا۟tanquṣūdecrease
- ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla(from) the measure
- وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚwal-mīzānaand the scale
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَرَىٰكُمarākumsee you
- بِخَيْرٍۢbikhayrinin prosperity
- وَإِنِّىٓwa-innībut indeed, I
- أَخَافُakhāfufear
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
- عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
- يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
- مُّحِيطٍۢmuḥīṭinall-encompassing
Verse 85
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
Transliteration wayāqawmi awfū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna bil-qis'ṭi walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
English And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- أَوْفُوا۟awfūGive full
- ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yālameasure
- وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand weight
- بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭiin justice
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
- أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum(of) their things
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption
Verse 86
بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ
Transliteration baqiyyatu l-lahi khayrun lakum in kuntum mu'minīna wamā anā ʿalaykum biḥafīẓin
English What remains [lawful] from Allāh is best for you, if you would be believers. But I am not a guardian over you."
- بَقِيَّتُbaqiyyatu(What) remains
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(from) Allah
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمkuntumyou are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۚmu'minīnabelievers
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَنَا۠anāI am
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
- بِحَفِيظٍۢbiḥafīẓina guardian
Verse 87
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلْحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ
Transliteration qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalatuka tamuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāu innaka la-anta l-ḥalīmu l-rashīdu
English They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
- أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatukaDoes your prayer
- تَأْمُرُكَtamurukacommand you
- أَنanthat
- نَّتْرُكَnatrukawe leave
- مَاmāwhat
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworship
- ءَابَآؤُنَآābāunāour forefathers
- أَوْawor
- أَنanthat
- نَّفْعَلَnafʿalawe do
- فِىٓfīconcerning
- أَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālināour wealth
- مَاmāwhat
- نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖnashāuwe will
- إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed you
- لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
- ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmu(are) the forbearing
- ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīduthe right-minded
Verse 88
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَرَزَقَنِى مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنْهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ ۚ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī warazaqanī min'hu riz'qan ḥasanan wamā urīdu an ukhālifakum ilā mā anhākum ʿanhu in urīdu illā l-iṣ'lāḥa mā is'taṭaʿtu wamā tawfīqī illā bil-lahi ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ilayhi unību
English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...? And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you; I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allāh. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
- إِنinif
- كُنتُkuntuI am
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear evidence
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- وَرَزَقَنِىwarazaqanīand He has provided me
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom Himself
- رِزْقًاriz'qana good provision
- حَسَنًۭا ۚḥasanana good provision
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أُرِيدُurīduI intend
- أَنْanthat
- أُخَالِفَكُمْukhālifakumI differ from you
- إِلَىٰilāin
- مَآmāwhat
- أَنْهَىٰكُمْanhākumI forbid you
- عَنْهُ ۚʿanhufrom it
- إِنْinNot
- أُرِيدُurīduI intend
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَl-iṣ'lāḥathe reform
- مَاmāas much as I am able
- ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚis'taṭaʿtuas much as I am able
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- تَوْفِيقِىٓtawfīqī(is) my success
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahiwith Allah
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiUpon Him
- تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuI trust
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- أُنِيبُunībuI turn
Verse 89
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِىٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَـٰلِحٍ ۚ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ
Transliteration wayāqawmi lā yajrimannakum shiqāqī an yuṣībakum mith'lu mā aṣāba qawma nūḥin aw qawma hūdin aw qawma ṣāliḥin wamā qawmu lūṭin minkum bibaʿīdin
English And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hūd or the people of Ṣāliḥ. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- لَاlā(Let) not cause you to sin
- يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْyajrimannakum(Let) not cause you to sin
- شِقَاقِىٓshiqāqīmy dissension
- أَنanlest
- يُصِيبَكُمyuṣībakumbefalls you
- مِّثْلُmith'lusimilar
- مَآmā(to) what
- أَصَابَaṣābabefell
- قَوْمَqawma(the) people of Nuh
- نُوحٍnūḥin(the) people of Nuh
- أَوْawor
- قَوْمَqawma(the) people of Hud
- هُودٍhūdin(the) people of Hud
- أَوْawor
- قَوْمَqawmapeople of Salih
- صَـٰلِحٍۢ ۚṣāliḥinpeople of Salih
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- قَوْمُqawmu(are the) people of Lut
- لُوطٍۢlūṭin(are the) people of Lut
- مِّنكُمminkumfrom you
- بِبَعِيدٍۢbibaʿīdinfar off
Verse 90
وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ
Transliteration wa-is'taghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī raḥīmun wadūdun
English And ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."
- وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wa-is'taghfirūAnd ask forgiveness
- رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
- إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- رَحِيمٌۭraḥīmun(is) Most Merciful
- وَدُودٌۭwadūdunMost Loving
Verse 91
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا ۖ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ
Transliteration qālū yāshuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīran mimmā taqūlu wa-innā lanarāka fīnā ḍaʿīfan walawlā rahṭuka larajamnāka wamā anta ʿalaynā biʿazīzin
English They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
- مَاmāNot
- نَفْقَهُnafqahuwe understand
- كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
- مِّمَّاmimmāof what
- تَقُولُtaqūluyou say
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
- لَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see you
- فِينَاfīnāamong us
- ضَعِيفًۭا ۖḍaʿīfanweak
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- رَهْطُكَrahṭukafor your family
- لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَ ۖlarajamnākasurely we would have stoned you
- وَمَآwamāand you are not
- أَنتَantaand you are not
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst us
- بِعَزِيزٍۢbiʿazīzinmighty
Verse 92
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ
Transliteration qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum mina l-lahi wa-ittakhadhtumūhu warāakum ẓih'riyyan inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun
English He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- أَرَهْطِىٓarahṭīIs my family
- أَعَزُّaʿazzumightier
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumon you
- مِّنَminathan
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُwa-ittakhadhtumūhuAnd you have taken Him
- وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind your
- ظِهْرِيًّا ۖẓih'riyyanbacks
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- مُحِيطٌۭmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing
Verse 93
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَـٰمِلٌ ۖ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَـٰذِبٌ ۖ وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ
Transliteration wayāqawmi iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmilun sawfa taʿlamūna man yatīhi ʿadhābun yukh'zīhi waman huwa kādhibun wa-ir'taqibū innī maʿakum raqībun
English And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
- ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork
- عَلَىٰʿalā(according) to
- مَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position
- إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
- عَـٰمِلٌۭ ۖʿāmilunworking
- سَوْفَsawfaSoon
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
- مَنman(on) whom
- يَأْتِيهِyatīhiwill come
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
- يُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhi(that will) disgrace him
- وَمَنْwamanand who
- هُوَhuwa[he]
- كَـٰذِبٌۭ ۖkādhibun(is) a liar
- وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟wa-ir'taqibūAnd watch
- إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
- مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
- رَقِيبٌۭraqībuna watcher
Verse 94
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
Transliteration walammā jāa amrunā najjaynā shuʿayban wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wa-akhadhati alladhīna ẓalamū l-ṣayḥatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna
English And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur Command
- نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
- شُعَيْبًۭاshuʿaybanShuaib
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- وَأَخَذَتِwa-akhadhatiAnd seized
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
- ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe thunderous blast
- فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
- فِىfīin
- دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
- جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone
Verse 95
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ
Transliteration ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā buʿ'dan limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūdu
English As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.
- كَأَنka-anAs if
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey (had) prospered
- فِيهَآ ۗfīhātherein
- أَلَاalāSo
- بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
- لِّمَدْيَنَlimadyanawith Madyan
- كَمَاkamāas
- بَعِدَتْbaʿidatwas taken away
- ثَمُودُthamūduthe Thamud
Verse 96
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration walaqad arsalnā mūsā biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin
English And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
- وَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢwasul'ṭāninand an authority
- مُّبِينٍmubīninclear
Verse 97
إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۖ وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ
Transliteration ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-ittabaʿū amra fir'ʿawna wamā amru fir'ʿawna birashīdin
English To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
- إِلَىٰilāTo
- فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
- وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs
- فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟fa-ittabaʿūbut they followed
- أَمْرَamra(the) command of Firaun
- فِرْعَوْنَ ۖfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
- وَمَآwamāand not
- أَمْرُamru(the) command of Firaun
- فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
- بِرَشِيدٍۢbirashīdinwas right
Verse 98
يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ
Transliteration yaqdumu qawmahu yawma l-qiyāmati fa-awradahumu l-nāra wabi'sa l-wir'du l-mawrūdu
English He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.
- يَقْدُمُyaqdumuHe will precede
- قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
- يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- فَأَوْرَدَهُمُfa-awradahumuand lead them
- ٱلنَّارَ ۖl-nāra(into) the Fire
- وَبِئْسَwabi'saAnd wretched
- ٱلْوِرْدُl-wir'du(is) the place
- ٱلْمَوْرُودُl-mawrūduto which (they are) led
Verse 99
وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ
Transliteration wa-ut'biʿū fī hādhihi laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati bi'sa l-rif'du l-marfūdu
English And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.
- وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followed
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithis
- لَعْنَةًۭlaʿnatan(by) a curse
- وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- بِئْسَbi'saWretched
- ٱلرِّفْدُl-rif'du(is) the gift
- ٱلْمَرْفُودُl-marfūduwhich (will) be given
Verse 100
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ
Transliteration dhālika min anbāi l-qurā naquṣṣuhu ʿalayka min'hā qāimun waḥaṣīdun
English That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- مِنْmin(is) from
- أَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news
- ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(of) the cities
- نَقُصُّهُۥnaquṣṣuhu(which) We relate
- عَلَيْكَ ۖʿalaykato you
- مِنْهَاmin'hāof them
- قَآئِمٌۭqāimunsome are standing
- وَحَصِيدٌۭwaḥaṣīdunand (some) mown
Verse 101
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ
Transliteration wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin ẓalamū anfusahum famā aghnat ʿanhum ālihatuhumu allatī yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi min shayin lammā jāa amru rabbika wamā zādūhum ghayra tatbībin
English And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allāh when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumWe wronged them
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
- أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖanfusahumthemselves
- فَمَآfamāSo not
- أَغْنَتْaghnatavailed
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
- ءَالِهَتُهُمُālihatuhumutheir gods
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoked
- مِنminother than Allah
- دُونِdūniother than Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiother than Allah
- مِنminany
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- لَّمَّاlammāwhen
- جَآءَjāacame
- أَمْرُamru(the) command (of) your Lord
- رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(the) command (of) your Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- زَادُوهُمْzādūhumthey increased them
- غَيْرَghayraother than
- تَتْبِيبٍۢtatbībinruin
Verse 102
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَـٰلِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ
Transliteration wakadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadha l-qurā wahiya ẓālimatun inna akhdhahu alīmun shadīdun
English And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- أَخْذُakhdhu(is) the seizure (of) your Lord
- رَبِّكَrabbika(is) the seizure (of) your Lord
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- أَخَذَakhadhaHe seizes
- ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
- وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
- ظَـٰلِمَةٌ ۚẓālimatun(are) doing wrong
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَخْذَهُۥٓakhdhahuHis seizure
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmun(is) painful
- شَدِيدٌshadīdun(and) severe
Verse 103
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ
Transliteration inna fī dhālika laāyatan liman khāfa ʿadhāba l-ākhirati dhālika yawmun majmūʿun lahu l-nāsu wadhālika yawmun mashhūdun
English Indeed in that is a sign for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
- لِّمَنْlimanfor (those) who
- خَافَkhāfafear
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- يَوْمٌۭyawmun(is) a Day
- مَّجْمُوعٌۭmajmūʿun(will) be gathered
- لَّهُlahuon it
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
- وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaand that
- يَوْمٌۭyawmun(is) a Day
- مَّشْهُودٌۭmashhūdunwitnessed
Verse 104
وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ
Transliteration wamā nu-akhiruhu illā li-ajalin maʿdūdin
English And We do not delay it except for a limited term.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓnu-akhiruhuWe delay it
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- لِأَجَلٍۢli-ajalinfor a term
- مَّعْدُودٍۢmaʿdūdinlimited
Verse 105
يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ
Transliteration yawma yati lā takallamu nafsun illā bi-idh'nihi famin'hum shaqiyyun wasaʿīdun
English The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.
- يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
- يَأْتِyati(it) comes
- لَاlānot
- تَكَلَّمُtakallamuwill speak
- نَفْسٌnafsuna soul
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚbi-idh'nihiby His leave
- فَمِنْهُمْfamin'humThen among them
- شَقِىٌّۭshaqiyyun(will be the) wretched
- وَسَعِيدٌۭwasaʿīdunand (the) glad
Verse 106
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ
Transliteration fa-ammā alladhīna shaqū fafī l-nāri lahum fīhā zafīrun washahīqun
English As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAs for
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- شَقُوا۟shaqūwere wretched
- فَفِىfafīthen (they will be) in
- ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
- لَهُمْlahumFor them
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- زَفِيرٌۭzafīrun(is) sighing
- وَشَهِيقٌwashahīqunand wailing
Verse 107
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Transliteration khālidīna fīhā mā dāmati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāa rabbuka inna rabbaka faʿʿālun limā yurīdu
English [They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
- خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(Will be) abiding
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- مَاmāas long as remain
- دَامَتِdāmatias long as remain
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat your Lord wills
- شَآءَshāawhat your Lord wills
- رَبُّكَ ۚrabbukawhat your Lord wills
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- فَعَّالٌۭfaʿʿālun(is) All-Accomplisher
- لِّمَاlimāof what
- يُرِيدُyurīduHe intends
Verse 108
۞ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۖ عَطَآءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ
Transliteration wa-ammā alladhīna suʿidū fafī l-janati khālidīna fīhā mā dāmati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāa rabbuka ʿaṭāan ghayra majdhūdhin
English And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.
- ۞ وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- سُعِدُوا۟suʿidūwere glad
- فَفِىfafīthen (they will be) in
- ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
- خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(will be) abiding
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- مَاmāas long as remains
- دَامَتِdāmatias long as remains
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat your Lord wills
- شَآءَshāawhat your Lord wills
- رَبُّكَ ۖrabbukawhat your Lord wills
- عَطَآءًʿaṭāana bestowal
- غَيْرَghayranot
- مَجْذُوذٍۢmajdhūdhininterrupted
Verse 109
فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّمَّا يَعْبُدُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ مَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُهُم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَنقُوصٍ
Transliteration falā taku fī mir'yatin mimmā yaʿbudu hāulāi mā yaʿbudūna illā kamā yaʿbudu ābāuhum min qablu wa-innā lamuwaffūhum naṣībahum ghayra manqūṣin
English So do not be in doubt, [O Muḥammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished.
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَكُtakube
- فِىfīin
- مِرْيَةٍۢmir'yatindoubt
- مِّمَّاmimmāas to what
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworship
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚhāulāithese (polytheists)
- مَاmāNot
- يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worship
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كَمَاkamāas what
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworshipped
- ءَابَآؤُهُمābāuhumtheir forefathers
- مِّنminbefore
- قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
- لَمُوَفُّوهُمْlamuwaffūhumwill surely pay them in full
- نَصِيبَهُمْnaṣībahumtheir share
- غَيْرَghayrawithout
- مَنقُوصٍۢmanqūṣinbeing diminished
Verse 110
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ
Transliteration walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-ukh'tulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum wa-innahum lafī shakkin min'hu murībin
English And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
- مُوسَىmūsāMusa
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifabut differences arose
- فِيهِ ۚfīhitherein
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun(for) a Word
- سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely would have been judged
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
- وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumAnd indeed, they
- لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مِّنْهُmin'huconcerning it
- مُرِيبٍۢmurībinsuspicious
Verse 111
وَإِنَّ كُلًّا لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
Transliteration wa-inna kullan lammā layuwaffiyannahum rabbuka aʿmālahum innahu bimā yaʿmalūna khabīrun
English And indeed, each [of the believers and disbelievers] - your Lord will fully compensate them for their deeds. Indeed, He is Aware of what they do.
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- كُلًّۭاkullanto each [when]
- لَّمَّاlammāto each [when]
- لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْlayuwaffiyannahumsurely will pay them in full
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ۚaʿmālahumtheir deeds
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- بِمَاbimāof what
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
- خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
Verse 112
فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
Transliteration fa-is'taqim kamā umir'ta waman tāba maʿaka walā taṭghaw innahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
English So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allāh], and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.
- فَٱسْتَقِمْfa-is'taqimSo stand firm
- كَمَآkamāas
- أُمِرْتَumir'tayou are commanded
- وَمَنwamanand (those) who
- تَابَtābaturn (in repentance)
- مَعَكَmaʿakawith you
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚtaṭghawtransgress
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
Verse 113
وَلَا تَرْكَنُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
Transliteration walā tarkanū ilā alladhīna ẓalamū fatamassakumu l-nāru wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min awliyāa thumma lā tunṣarūna
English And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allāh any protectors; then you would not be helped.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَرْكَنُوٓا۟tarkanūincline
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
- فَتَمَسَّكُمُfatamassakumulest touches you
- ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَكُمlakum(is) for you
- مِّنminbesides Allah
- دُونِdūnibesides Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
- مِنْminany
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- ثُمَّthummathen
- لَاlānot
- تُنصَرُونَtunṣarūnayou will be helped
Verse 114
وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ يُذْهِبْنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ
Transliteration wa-aqimi l-ṣalata ṭarafayi l-nahāri wazulafan mina al-layli inna l-ḥasanāti yudh'hib'na l-sayiāti dhālika dhik'rā lildhākirīna
English And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.
- وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiAnd establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- طَرَفَىِṭarafayi(at the) two ends
- ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
- وَزُلَفًۭاwazulafanand (at) the approach
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلَّيْلِ ۚal-laylithe night
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِl-ḥasanātithe good deeds
- يُذْهِبْنَyudh'hib'naremove
- ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚl-sayiātithe evil deeds
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- ذِكْرَىٰdhik'rā(is) a reminder
- لِلذَّٰكِرِينَlildhākirīnafor those who remember
Verse 115
وَٱصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Transliteration wa-iṣ'bir fa-inna l-laha lā yuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna
English And be patient, for indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
- وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
- فَإِنَّfa-innafor indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يُضِيعُyuḍīʿulet go waste
- أَجْرَajra(the) reward
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers
Verse 116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Transliteration falawlā kāna mina l-qurūni min qablikum ulū baqiyyatin yanhawna ʿani l-fasādi fī l-arḍi illā qalīlan mimman anjaynā min'hum wa-ittabaʿa alladhīna ẓalamū mā ut'rifū fīhi wakānū muj'rimīna
English So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
- فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why not
- كَانَkānahad been
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
- أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose possessing a remnant
- بَقِيَّةٍۢbaqiyyatinthose possessing a remnant
- يَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbidding
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلْفَسَادِl-fasādithe corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
- مِّمَّنْmimmanof those
- أَنجَيْنَاanjaynāWe saved
- مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
- وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaBut followed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdid wrong
- مَآmāwhat
- أُتْرِفُوا۟ut'rifūluxury they were given
- فِيهِfīhitherein
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals
Verse 117
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
Transliteration wamā kāna rabbuka liyuh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā muṣ'liḥūna
English And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawould
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'likadestroy
- ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
- بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'minunjustly
- وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its people
- مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(were) reformers
Verse 118
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
Transliteration walaw shāa rabbuka lajaʿala l-nāsa ummatan wāḥidatan walā yazālūna mukh'talifīna
English And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāayour Lord (had) willed
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord (had) willed
- لَجَعَلَlajaʿalasurely He (could) have made
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
- أُمَّةًۭummatanone community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۖwāḥidatanone community
- وَلَاwalābut not
- يَزَالُونَyazālūnathey will cease
- مُخْتَلِفِينَmukh'talifīnato differ
Verse 119
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ ۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ ۗ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
Transliteration illā man raḥima rabbuka walidhālika khalaqahum watammat kalimatu rabbika la-amla-anna jahannama mina l-jinati wal-nāsi ajmaʿīna
English Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
- إِلَّاillāExcept
- مَنman(on) whom
- رَّحِمَraḥimayour Lord has bestowed Mercy
- رَبُّكَ ۚrabbukayour Lord has bestowed Mercy
- وَلِذَٰلِكَwalidhālikaand for that
- خَلَقَهُمْ ۗkhalaqahumHe created them
- وَتَمَّتْwatammatAnd will be fulfilled
- كَلِمَةُkalimatu(the) Word of your Lord
- رَبِّكَrabbika(the) Word of your Lord
- لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annaSurely I will fill
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- مِنَminawith
- ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe Jinn
- وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the men
- أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together
Verse 120
وَكُلًّا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۚ وَجَآءَكَ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration wakullan naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāi l-rusuli mā nuthabbitu bihi fuādaka wajāaka fī hādhihi l-ḥaqu wamawʿiẓatun wadhik'rā lil'mu'minīna
English And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.
- وَكُلًّۭاwakullanAnd each
- نَّقُصُّnaquṣṣuWe relate
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
- مِنْminof
- أَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news
- ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusuli(of) the Messengers
- مَاmā(for) that
- نُثَبِّتُnuthabbituWe may make firm
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- فُؤَادَكَ ۚfuādakayour heart
- وَجَآءَكَwajāakaAnd has come to you
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- وَمَوْعِظَةٌۭwamawʿiẓatunand an admonition
- وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminder
- لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers
Verse 121
وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَـٰمِلُونَ
Transliteration waqul lilladhīna lā yu'minūna iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innā ʿāmilūna
English And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.
- وَقُلwaqulAnd say
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork
- عَلَىٰʿalā(according) to
- مَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position
- إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
- عَـٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna(are also) working
Verse 122
وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
Transliteration wa-intaẓirū innā muntaẓirūna
English And wait; indeed, we are waiting."
- وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟wa-intaẓirūAnd wait
- إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
- مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūna(are) ones who wait
Verse 123
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ ٱلْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُۥ فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration walillahi ghaybu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-ilayhi yur'jaʿu l-amru kulluhu fa-uʿ'bud'hu watawakkal ʿalayhi wamā rabbuka bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna
English And to Allāh belong the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth and to Him will be returned the matter, all of it, so worship Him and rely upon Him. And your Lord is not unaware of that which you do.
- وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
- غَيْبُghaybu(is the) unseen
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- يُرْجَعُyur'jaʿuwill be returned
- ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
- كُلُّهُۥkulluhuall (of) it
- فَٱعْبُدْهُfa-uʿ'bud'huso worship Him
- وَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkaland put your trust
- عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhiupon Him
- وَمَاwamāAnd your Lord is not
- رَبُّكَrabbukaAnd your Lord is not
- بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
- عَمَّاʿammāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
Surah Yusuf يوسف verses 1–52
Bismillah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
- بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
Verse 1
الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Transliteration alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
English Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the clear Book.
- الٓر ۚalif-lam-raAlif Laam Ra
- تِلْكَtil'kaThese
- ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are the) Verses
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīni[the] clear
Verse 2
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Transliteration innā anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna
English Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.
- إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have sent it down
- قُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānan(as) a Quran in Arabic
- عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan(as) a Quran in Arabic
- لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnaunderstand
Verse 3
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ
Transliteration naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka aḥsana l-qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhā l-qur'āna wa-in kunta min qablihi lamina l-ghāfilīna
English We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.
- نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
- نَقُصُّnaquṣṣurelate
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
- أَحْسَنَaḥsanathe best
- ٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣiof the narrations
- بِمَآbimāin what
- أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
- ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
- وَإِنwa-inalthough
- كُنتَkuntayou were
- مِنminbefore it
- قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
- لَمِنَlaminasurely among
- ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīnathe unaware
Verse 4
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ
Transliteration idh qāla yūsufu li-abīhi yāabati innī ra-aytu aḥada ʿashara kawkaban wal-shamsa wal-qamara ra-aytuhum lī sājidīna
English [Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
- إِذْidhWhen
- قَالَqālasaid
- يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
- لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
- يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
- رَأَيْتُra-aytuI saw
- أَحَدَaḥadaeleven
- عَشَرَʿasharaeleven
- كَوْكَبًۭاkawkabanstars
- وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
- وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
- رَأَيْتُهُمْra-aytuhumI saw them
- لِىlīto me
- سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīnaprostrating
Verse 5
قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ
Transliteration qāla yābunayya lā taqṣuṣ ru'yāka ʿalā ikh'watika fayakīdū laka kaydan inna l-shayṭāna lil'insāni ʿaduwwun mubīnun
English He said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers or they will contrive against you a plan. Indeed Satan, to man, is a manifest enemy.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَقْصُصْtaqṣuṣrelate
- رُءْيَاكَru'yākayour vision
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
- إِخْوَتِكَikh'watikayour brothers
- فَيَكِيدُوا۟fayakīdūlest they plan
- لَكَlakaagainst you
- كَيْدًا ۖkaydana plot
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
- لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insāni(is) to man
- عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
- مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunopen
Verse 6
وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Transliteration wakadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wayuʿallimuka min tawīli l-aḥādīthi wayutimmu niʿ'matahu ʿalayka waʿalā āli yaʿqūba kamā atammahā ʿalā abawayka min qablu ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa inna rabbaka ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
English And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives [i.e., events or dreams] and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- يَجْتَبِيكَyajtabīkawill choose you
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- وَيُعَلِّمُكَwayuʿallimukaand will teach you
- مِنminof
- تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation
- ٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthi(of) the narratives
- وَيُتِمُّwayutimmuand complete
- نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis Favor
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
- وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand on
- ءَالِāli(the) family
- يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub
- كَمَآkamāas
- أَتَمَّهَاatammahāHe completed it
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- أَبَوَيْكَabawaykayour two forefathers
- مِنminbefore
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise
Verse 7
۞ لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ
Transliteration laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa-ikh'watihi āyātun lilssāilīna
English Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask, [such as]
- ۞ لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
- كَانَkānawere
- فِىfīin
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓwa-ikh'watihiand his brothers
- ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātunsigns
- لِّلسَّآئِلِينَlilssāilīnafor those who ask
Verse 8
إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin
English When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
- إِذْidhWhen
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- لَيُوسُفُlayūsufuSurely Yusuf
- وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuand his brother
- أَحَبُّaḥabbu(are) more beloved
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أَبِينَاabīnāour father
- مِنَّاminnāthan we
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
- عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَبَانَاabānāour father
- لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
- مُّبِينٍmubīninclear
Verse 9
ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ
Transliteration uq'tulū yūsufa awi iṭ'raḥūhu arḍan yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum watakūnū min baʿdihi qawman ṣāliḥīna
English Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."
- ٱقْتُلُوا۟uq'tulūKill
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- أَوِawior
- ٱطْرَحُوهُiṭ'raḥūhucast him
- أَرْضًۭاarḍan(to) a land
- يَخْلُyakhluso will be free
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَجْهُwajhu(the) face
- أَبِيكُمْabīkum(of) your father
- وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you will be
- مِنۢminafter that
- بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter that
- قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
- صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous
Verse 10
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ
Transliteration qāla qāilun min'hum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa-alqūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi yaltaqiṭ'hu baʿḍu l-sayārati in kuntum fāʿilīna
English Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."
- قَالَqālaSaid
- قَآئِلٌۭqāiluna speaker
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- وَأَلْقُوهُwa-alqūhubut throw him
- فِىfīin
- غَيَـٰبَتِghayābatithe bottom
- ٱلْجُبِّl-jubi(of) the well
- يَلْتَقِطْهُyaltaqiṭ'huwill pick him
- بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
- ٱلسَّيَّارَةِl-sayārati[the] caravan
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoing
Verse 11
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ
Transliteration qālū yāabānā mā laka lā tamannā ʿalā yūsufa wa-innā lahu lanāṣiḥūna
English They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
- مَاmāWhy
- لَكَlaka(do) you
- لَاlānot
- تَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannātrust us
- عَلَىٰʿalāwith
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāwhile indeed, we
- لَهُۥlahu(are) for him
- لَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūnasurely well-wishers
Verse 12
أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ
Transliteration arsil'hu maʿanā ghadan yartaʿ wayalʿab wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna
English Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
- أَرْسِلْهُarsil'huSend him
- مَعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
- غَدًۭاghadantomorrow
- يَرْتَعْyartaʿ(to) enjoy
- وَيَلْعَبْwayalʿaband play
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna(will) surely (be) guardians
Verse 13
قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ
Transliteration qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadhhabū bihi wa-akhāfu an yakulahu l-dhi'bu wa-antum ʿanhu ghāfilūna
English [Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
- لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīit surely saddens me
- أَنanthat
- تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūyou should take him
- بِهِۦbihiyou should take him
- وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuand I fear
- أَنanthat
- يَأْكُلَهُyakulahuwould eat him
- ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bua wolf
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
- عَنْهُʿanhuof him
- غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware
Verse 14
قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ
Transliteration qālū la-in akalahu l-dhi'bu wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun innā idhan lakhāsirūna
English They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- لَئِنْla-inIf
- أَكَلَهُakalahueats him
- ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buthe wolf
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
- عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
- إِنَّآinnāindeed, we
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely (would be) losers
Verse 15
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Transliteration falammā dhahabū bihi wa-ajmaʿū an yajʿalūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi wa-awḥaynā ilayhi latunabbi-annahum bi-amrihim hādhā wahum lā yashʿurūna
English So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- ذَهَبُوا۟dhahabūthey took him
- بِهِۦbihithey took him
- وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟wa-ajmaʿūand agreed
- أَنanthat
- يَجْعَلُوهُyajʿalūhuthey put him
- فِىfīin
- غَيَـٰبَتِghayābati(the) bottom
- ٱلْجُبِّ ۚl-jubi(of) the well
- وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāBut We inspired
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمlatunabbi-annahumSurely, you will inform them
- بِأَمْرِهِمْbi-amrihimabout this affair
- هَـٰذَاhādhāabout this affair
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive
Verse 16
وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ
Transliteration wajāū abāhum ʿishāan yabkūna
English And they came to their father at night, weeping.
- وَجَآءُوٓwajāūAnd they came
- أَبَاهُمْabāhum(to) their father
- عِشَآءًۭʿishāanearly at night
- يَبْكُونَyabkūnaweeping
Verse 17
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration qālū yāabānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa-akalahu l-dhi'bu wamā anta bimu'minin lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīna
English They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānāO our father
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- ذَهَبْنَاdhahabnā[we] went
- نَسْتَبِقُnastabiquracing each other
- وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāand we left
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- عِندَʿindawith
- مَتَـٰعِنَاmatāʿināour possessions
- فَأَكَلَهُfa-akalahuand ate him
- ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖl-dhi'buthe wolf
- وَمَآwamāBut not
- أَنتَantayou
- بِمُؤْمِنٍۢbimu'minin(will) believe
- لَّنَاlanāus
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- كُنَّاkunnāwe are
- صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
Verse 18
وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
Transliteration wajāū ʿalā qamīṣihi bidamin kadhibin qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun wal-lahu l-mus'taʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna
English And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
- وَجَآءُوwajāūAnd they brought
- عَلَىٰʿalāupon
- قَمِيصِهِۦqamīṣihihis shirt
- بِدَمٍۢbidaminwith false blood
- كَذِبٍۢ ۚkadhibinwith false blood
- قَالَqālaHe said
- بَلْbalNay
- سَوَّلَتْsawwalathas enticed you
- لَكُمْlakumhas enticed you
- أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumyour souls
- أَمْرًۭا ۖamran(to) a matter
- فَصَبْرٌۭfaṣabrunso patience
- جَمِيلٌۭ ۖjamīlun(is) beautiful
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānu(is) the One sought for help
- عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
- مَاmāwhat
- تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou describe
Verse 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration wajāat sayyāratun fa-arsalū wāridahum fa-adlā dalwahu qāla yābush'rā hādhā ghulāmun wa-asarrūhu biḍāʿatan wal-lahu ʿalīmun bimā yaʿmalūna
English And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allāh was Knowing of what they did.
- وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd there came
- سَيَّارَةٌۭsayyāratuna caravan
- فَأَرْسَلُوا۟fa-arsalūand they sent
- وَارِدَهُمْwāridahumtheir water drawer
- فَأَدْلَىٰfa-adlāthen he let down
- دَلْوَهُۥ ۖdalwahuhis bucket
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰبُشْرَىٰyābush'rāO good news
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- غُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚghulāmun(is) a boy
- وَأَسَرُّوهُwa-asarrūhuAnd they hid him
- بِضَـٰعَةًۭ ۚbiḍāʿatan(as) a merchandise
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
- بِمَاbimāof what
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
Verse 20
وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ
Transliteration washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatin wakānū fīhi mina l-zāhidīna
English And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
- وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuAnd they sold him
- بِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninfor a price
- بَخْسٍۢbakhsinvery low
- دَرَٰهِمَdarāhimadirhams
- مَعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatinfew
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- فِيهِfīhiabout him
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīnathose keen to give up
Verse 21
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration waqāla alladhī ish'tarāhu min miṣ'ra li-im'ra-atihi akrimī mathwāhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-arḍi walinuʿallimahu min tawīli l-aḥādīthi wal-lahu ghālibun ʿalā amrihi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
English And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events [i.e., dreams]. And Allāh is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
- ٱشْتَرَىٰهُish'tarāhubought him
- مِنminof
- مِّصْرَmiṣ'raEgypt
- لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓli-im'ra-atihito his wife
- أَكْرِمِىakrimīMake comfortable
- مَثْوَىٰهُmathwāhuhis stay
- عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
- أَنanthat
- يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanā(he) will benefit us
- أَوْawor
- نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe will take him
- وَلَدًۭا ۚwaladan(as) a son
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- مَكَّنَّاmakkannāWe established
- لِيُوسُفَliyūsufaYusuf
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥwalinuʿallimahuthat We might teach him
- مِنmin(the) interpretation of
- تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation of
- ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚl-aḥādīthithe events
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- غَالِبٌghālibun(is) Predominant
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
- أَمْرِهِۦamrihiHis affairs
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 22
وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Transliteration walammā balagha ashuddahu ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wakadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
English And when he [i.e., Joseph] reached maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
- أَشُدَّهُۥٓashuddahuhis maturity
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuWe gave him
- حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manwisdom
- وَعِلْمًۭا ۚwaʿil'manand knowledge
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- نَجْزِىnajzīWe reward
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
Verse 23
وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
Transliteration warāwadathu allatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihi waghallaqati l-abwāba waqālat hayta laka qāla maʿādha l-lahi innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāya innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna
English And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."
- وَرَٰوَدَتْهُwarāwadathuAnd sought to seduce him
- ٱلَّتِىallatīshe who
- هُوَhuwahe (was)
- فِىfīin
- بَيْتِهَاbaytihāher house
- عَنʿanfrom
- نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihis self
- وَغَلَّقَتِwaghallaqatiAnd she closed
- ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَl-abwābathe doors
- وَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said
- هَيْتَhaytaCome on
- لَكَ ۚlakayou
- قَالَqālaHe said
- مَعَاذَmaʿādhaI seek refuge in Allah
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiI seek refuge in Allah
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- رَبِّىٓrabbī(is) my lord
- أَحْسَنَaḥsana(who has) made good
- مَثْوَاىَ ۖmathwāyamy stay
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
- لَاlānot
- يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
Verse 24
وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Transliteration walaqad hammat bihi wahamma bihā lawlā an raā bur'hāna rabbihi kadhālika linaṣrifa ʿanhu l-sūa wal-faḥshāa innahu min ʿibādinā l-mukh'laṣīna
English And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof [i.e., sign] of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- هَمَّتْhammatshe did desire
- بِهِۦ ۖbihihim
- وَهَمَّwahammaand he would have desired
- بِهَاbihāher
- لَوْلَآlawlāif not
- أَنanthat
- رَّءَاraāhe saw
- بُرْهَـٰنَbur'hānathe proof
- رَبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihi(of) his Lord
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- لِنَصْرِفَlinaṣrifathat We might avert
- عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
- ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evil
- وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚwal-faḥshāaand the immorality
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- مِنْmin(was) of
- عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
- ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe sincere
Verse 25
وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Transliteration wa-is'tabaqā l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin wa-alfayā sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā jazāu man arāda bi-ahlika sūan illā an yus'jana aw ʿadhābun alīmun
English And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
- وَٱسْتَبَقَاwa-is'tabaqāAnd they both raced
- ٱلْبَابَl-bāba(to) the door
- وَقَدَّتْwaqaddatand she tore
- قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuhis shirt
- مِنminfrom
- دُبُرٍۢduburinthe back
- وَأَلْفَيَاwa-alfayāand they both found
- سَيِّدَهَاsayyidahāher husband
- لَدَاladāat
- ٱلْبَابِ ۚl-bābithe door
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- مَاmāWhat
- جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the recompense
- مَنْman(of one) who
- أَرَادَarādaintended
- بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikafor your wife
- سُوٓءًاsūanevil
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- يُسْجَنَyus'janahe be imprisoned
- أَوْawor
- عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
Verse 26
قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
Transliteration qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī washahida shāhidun min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa mina l-kādhibīna
English [Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified, "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- هِىَhiyaShe
- رَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnīsought to seduce me
- عَنʿanabout
- نَّفْسِى ۚnafsīmyself
- وَشَهِدَwashahidaAnd testified
- شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
- مِّنْminof
- أَهْلِهَآahlihāher family
- إِنinIf
- كَانَkāna[is]
- قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
- قُدَّqudda(is) torn
- مِنminfrom
- قُبُلٍۢqubulinthe front
- فَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqatthen she has spoken the truth
- وَهُوَwahuwaand he
- مِنَmina(is) of
- ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars
Verse 27
وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration wa-in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min duburin fakadhabat wahuwa mina l-ṣādiqīna
English But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."
- وَإِنwa-inBut if
- كَانَkāna[is]
- قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
- قُدَّqudda(is) torn
- مِنminfrom
- دُبُرٍۢduburin(the) back
- فَكَذَبَتْfakadhabatthen she has lied
- وَهُوَwahuwaand he
- مِنَmina(is) of
- ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
Verse 28
فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ
Transliteration falammā raā qamīṣahu qudda min duburin qāla innahu min kaydikunna inna kaydakunna ʿaẓīmun
English So when he [i.e., her husband] saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of your [i.e., women's] plan. Indeed, your plan is great [i.e., vehement].
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- رَءَاraāhe saw
- قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuhis shirt
- قُدَّquddatorn
- مِنminfrom
- دُبُرٍۢduburin(the) back
- قَالَqālahe said
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
- مِنmin(is) of
- كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖkaydikunnayour plot
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- كَيْدَكُنَّkaydakunnayour plot
- عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun(is) great
Verse 29
يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ
Transliteration yūsufu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā wa-is'taghfirī lidhanbiki innaki kunti mina l-khāṭiīna
English Joseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."
- يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
- أَعْرِضْaʿriḍturn away
- عَنْʿanfrom
- هَـٰذَا ۚhādhāthis
- وَٱسْتَغْفِرِىwa-is'taghfirīAnd ask forgiveness
- لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖlidhanbikifor your sin
- إِنَّكِinnakiIndeed, you
- كُنتِkuntiare
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَl-khāṭiīnathe sinful
Verse 30
۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration waqāla nis'watun fī l-madīnati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi turāwidu fatāhā ʿan nafsihi qad shaghafahā ḥubban innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālin mubīnin
English And women in the city said, "The wife of al-ʿAzeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error."
- ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- نِسْوَةٌۭnis'watunwomen
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
- ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atuThe wife of
- ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziAziz
- تُرَٰوِدُturāwidu(is) seeking to seduce
- فَتَىٰهَاfatāhāher slave boy
- عَنʿanabout
- نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖnafsihihimself
- قَدْqadindeed
- شَغَفَهَاshaghafahāhe has impassioned her
- حُبًّا ۖḥubban(with) love
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- لَنَرَىٰهَاlanarāhā[we] surely see her
- فِىfīin
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
- مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear
Verse 31
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَـٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ
Transliteration falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa-aʿtadat lahunna muttaka-an waātat kulla wāḥidatin min'hunna sikkīnan waqālati ukh'ruj ʿalayhinna falammā ra-aynahu akbarnahu waqaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna waqul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīmun
English So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allāh! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- سَمِعَتْsamiʿatshe heard
- بِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaof their scheming
- أَرْسَلَتْarsalatshe sent
- إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnafor them
- وَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatand she prepared
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- مُتَّكَـًۭٔاmuttaka-ana banquet
- وَءَاتَتْwaātatand she gave
- كُلَّkullaeach
- وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinone
- مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
- سِكِّينًۭاsikkīnana knife
- وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand she said
- ٱخْرُجْukh'rujCome out
- عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖʿalayhinnabefore them
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- رَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuthey saw him
- أَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuthey greatly admired him
- وَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaand cut
- أَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnatheir hands
- وَقُلْنَwaqul'nathey said
- حَـٰشَḥāshaForbid
- لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
- مَاmānot
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
- بَشَرًاbasharana man
- إِنْinnot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّاillābut
- مَلَكٌۭmalakunan angel
- كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble
Verse 32
قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ
Transliteration qālat fadhālikunna alladhī lum'tunnanī fīhi walaqad rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi fa-is'taʿṣama wala-in lam yafʿal mā āmuruhu layus'jananna walayakūnan mina l-ṣāghirīna
English She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- فَذَٰلِكُنَّfadhālikunnaThat
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the one
- لُمْتُنَّنِىlum'tunnanīyou blamed me
- فِيهِ ۖfīhiabout him
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuI sought to seduce him
- عَنʿan[from]
- نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihi[himself]
- فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖfa-is'taʿṣamabut he saved himself
- وَلَئِنwala-inand if
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَفْعَلْyafʿalhe does
- مَآmāwhat
- ءَامُرُهُۥāmuruhuI order him
- لَيُسْجَنَنَّlayus'janannasurely, he will be imprisoned
- وَلَيَكُونًۭاwalayakūnanand certainly will be
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathose who are disgraced
Verse 33
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
Transliteration qāla rabbi l-sij'nu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ilayhi wa-illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa-akun mina l-jāhilīna
English He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- ٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuthe prison
- أَحَبُّaḥabbu(is) dearer
- إِلَىَّilayyato me
- مِمَّاmimmāthan what
- يَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīthey invite me
- إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito it
- وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
- تَصْرِفْtaṣrifYou turn away
- عَنِّىʿannīfrom me
- كَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnatheir plot
- أَصْبُaṣbuI might incline
- إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnatowards them
- وَأَكُنwa-akunand [I] be
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant
Verse 34
فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration fa-is'tajāba lahu rabbuhu faṣarafa ʿanhu kaydahunna innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
English So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
- فَٱسْتَجَابَfa-is'tajābaSo responded
- لَهُۥlahuto him
- رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
- فَصَرَفَfaṣarafaand turned away
- عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
- كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚkaydahunnatheir plot
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) All-Hearer
- ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuAll-Knower
Verse 35
ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Transliteration thumma badā lahum min baʿdi mā ra-awū l-āyāti layasjununnahu ḥattā ḥīnin
English Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- بَدَاbadā(it) appeared
- لَهُمlahumto them
- مِّنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَاmā[what]
- رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey had seen
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs
- لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥlayasjununnahusurely they should imprison him
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- حِينٍۢḥīnina time
Verse 36
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Transliteration wadakhala maʿahu l-sij'na fatayāni qāla aḥaduhumā innī arānī aʿṣiru khamran waqāla l-ākharu innī arānī aḥmilu fawqa rasī khub'zan takulu l-ṭayru min'hu nabbi'nā bitawīlihi innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīna
English And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing [grapes for] wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."
- وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd entered
- مَعَهُmaʿahuwith him
- ٱلسِّجْنَl-sij'na(in) the prison
- فَتَيَانِ ۖfatayānitwo young men
- قَالَqālaSaid
- أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of them
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَرَىٰنِىٓarānī[I] see myself
- أَعْصِرُaʿṣirupressing
- خَمْرًۭا ۖkhamranwine
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuthe other
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَرَىٰنِىٓarānī[I] see myself
- أَحْمِلُaḥmilu[I am] carrying
- فَوْقَfawqaover
- رَأْسِىrasīmy head
- خُبْزًۭاkhub'zanbread
- تَأْكُلُtakulu(were) eating
- ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds
- مِنْهُ ۖmin'hufrom it
- نَبِّئْنَاnabbi'nāInform us
- بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖbitawīlihiof its interpretation
- إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
- نَرَىٰكَnarāka[we] see you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
Verse 37
قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ
Transliteration qāla lā yatīkumā ṭaʿāmun tur'zaqānihi illā nabbatukumā bitawīlihi qabla an yatiyakumā dhālikumā mimmā ʿallamanī rabbī innī taraktu millata qawmin lā yu'minūna bil-lahi wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūna
English He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَاlāNot
- يَأْتِيكُمَاyatīkumā(will) come to both of you
- طَعَامٌۭṭaʿāmunfood
- تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓtur'zaqānihiyou are provided with
- إِلَّاillābut
- نَبَّأْتُكُمَاnabbatukumāI will inform both of you
- بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiof its interpretation
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- أَنan[that]
- يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚyatiyakumā[it] comes to both of you
- ذَٰلِكُمَاdhālikumāThat
- مِمَّاmimmā(is) of what
- عَلَّمَنِىʿallamanīhas taught me
- رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
- تَرَكْتُtaraktu[I] abandon
- مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
- قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
- لَّاlānot
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- وَهُمwahumand they
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- هُمْhum[they]
- كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
Verse 38
وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
Transliteration wa-ittabaʿtu millata ābāī ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba mā kāna lanā an nush'rika bil-lahi min shayin dhālika min faḍli l-lahi ʿalaynā waʿalā l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yashkurūna
English And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allāh. That is from the favor of Allāh upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
- وَٱتَّبَعْتُwa-ittabaʿtuAnd I follow
- مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
- ءَابَآءِىٓābāī(of) my forefathers
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- وَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
- وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
- مَاmāNot
- كَانَkānawas
- لَنَآlanāfor us
- أَنanthat
- نُّشْرِكَnush'rikawe associate
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
- مِنminany
- شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinthing
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- مِنmin(is) from
- فَضْلِfaḍli(the) Grace
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
- وَعَلَىwaʿalāand upon
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the men
- لَاlā(are) not
- يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful
Verse 39
يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
Transliteration yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni a-arbābun mutafarriqūna khayrun ami l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru
English O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One, the Prevailing?
- يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companions
- ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prison
- ءَأَرْبَابٌۭa-arbābunAre lords
- مُّتَفَرِّقُونَmutafarriqūnaseparate
- خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
- أَمِamior
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduthe One
- ٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāruthe Irresistible
Verse 40
مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration mā taʿbudūna min dūnihi illā asmāan sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin ini l-ḥuk'mu illā lillahi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu dhālika l-dīnu l-qayimu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
English You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has sent down no evidence. Legislation is not but for Allāh. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
- مَاmāNot
- تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
- إِلَّآillābut
- أَسْمَآءًۭasmāannames
- سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named them
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers
- مَّآmānot
- أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِهَاbihāfor it
- مِنminany
- سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthority
- إِنِiniNot
- ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the command
- إِلَّاillābut
- لِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor Allah
- أَمَرَamaraHe has commanded
- أَلَّاallāthat not
- تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
- إِلَّآillābut
- إِيَّاهُ ۚiyyāhuHim Alone
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religion
- ٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 41
يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ
Transliteration yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu khamran wa-ammā l-ākharu fayuṣ'labu fatakulu l-ṭayru min rasihi quḍiya l-amru alladhī fīhi tastaftiyāni
English O two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
- يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companions
- ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prison
- أَمَّآammāAs for
- أَحَدُكُمَاaḥadukumāone of you
- فَيَسْقِىfayasqīhe will give drink
- رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his master
- خَمْرًۭا ۖkhamranwine
- وَأَمَّاwa-ammāand as for
- ٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuthe other
- فَيُصْلَبُfayuṣ'labuhe will be crucified
- فَتَأْكُلُfatakuluand will eat
- ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds
- مِنminfrom
- رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚrasihihis head
- قُضِىَquḍiyaHas been decreed
- ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīabout which
- فِيهِfīhiabout which
- تَسْتَفْتِيَانِtastaftiyāniyou both inquire
Verse 42
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
Transliteration waqāla lilladhī ẓanna annahu nājin min'humā udh'kur'nī ʿinda rabbika fa-ansāhu l-shayṭānu dhik'ra rabbihi falabitha fī l-sij'ni biḍ'ʿa sinīna
English And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
- لِلَّذِىlilladhīto the one whom
- ظَنَّẓannahe thought
- أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
- نَاجٍۢnājin(would be) saved
- مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of them
- ٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīMention me
- عِندَʿindato
- رَبِّكَrabbikayour master
- فَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuBut made him forget
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- ذِكْرَdhik'ra(the) mention
- رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(to) his master
- فَلَبِثَfalabithaso he remained
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prison
- بِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaseveral
- سِنِينَsinīnayears
Verse 43
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ
Transliteration waqāla l-maliku innī arā sabʿa baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿa sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin yāayyuhā l-mala-u aftūnī fī ru'yāya in kuntum lilrru'yā taʿburūna
English And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَرَىٰarā[I] have seen
- سَبْعَsabʿaseven
- بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
- سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
- يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
- سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
- عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
- وَسَبْعَwasabʿaand seven
- سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
- خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
- وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand others
- يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖyābisātindry
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
- ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uchiefs
- أَفْتُونِىaftūnīExplain to me
- فِىfīabout
- رُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyamy vision
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou can
- لِلرُّءْيَاlilrru'yāof visions
- تَعْبُرُونَtaʿburūnainterpret
Verse 44
قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ بِعَـٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin wamā naḥnu bitawīli l-aḥlāmi biʿālimīna
English They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- أَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuConfused
- أَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖaḥlāmindreams
- وَمَاwamāand not
- نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
- بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīli(are) in the interpretation
- ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِl-aḥlāmi(of) the dreams
- بِعَـٰلِمِينَbiʿālimīnalearned
Verse 45
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ
Transliteration waqāla alladhī najā min'humā wa-iddakara baʿda ummatin anā unabbi-ukum bitawīlihi fa-arsilūni
English But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."
- وَقَالَwaqālaBut said
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
- نَجَاnajāwas saved
- مِنْهُمَاmin'humāof the two
- وَٱدَّكَرَwa-iddakaraand remembered
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- أُمَّةٍummatina period
- أَنَا۠anāI
- أُنَبِّئُكُمunabbi-ukum[I] will inform you
- بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiof its interpretation
- فَأَرْسِلُونِfa-arsilūniso send me forth
Verse 46
يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration yūsufu ayyuhā l-ṣidīqu aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿi sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin laʿallī arjiʿu ilā l-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūna
English [He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."
- يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
- أَيُّهَاayyuhāO
- ٱلصِّدِّيقُl-ṣidīquthe truthful one
- أَفْتِنَاaftināExplain to us
- فِىfīabout
- سَبْعِsabʿi(the) seven
- بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
- سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
- يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
- سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
- عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
- وَسَبْعِwasabʿiand seven
- سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
- خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
- وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand other
- يَابِسَـٰتٍۢyābisātindry
- لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīthat I may
- أَرْجِعُarjiʿureturn
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 47
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
Transliteration qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā takulūna
English [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
- سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
- سِنِينَsinīnayears
- دَأَبًۭاda-abanas usual
- فَمَاfamāand that which
- حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
- فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
- فِىfīin
- سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
- مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
- تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat
Verse 48
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ
Transliteration thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidādun yakul'na mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlan mimmā tuḥ'ṣinūna
English Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- يَأْتِىyatīwill come
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- سَبْعٌۭsabʿunseven
- شِدَادٌۭshidādunhard (years)
- يَأْكُلْنَyakul'na(which will) consume
- مَاmāwhat
- قَدَّمْتُمْqaddamtumyou advanced
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
- مِّمَّاmimmāof what
- تُحْصِنُونَtuḥ'ṣinūnayou (will) store
Verse 49
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ
Transliteration thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika ʿāmun fīhi yughāthu l-nāsu wafīhi yaʿṣirūna
English Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- يَأْتِىyatīwill come
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- عَامٌۭʿāmuna year
- فِيهِfīhiin it
- يُغَاثُyughāthuwill be given abundant rain
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
- وَفِيهِwafīhiand in it
- يَعْصِرُونَyaʿṣirūnathey will press
Verse 50
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ
Transliteration waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi falammā jāahu l-rasūlu qāla ir'jiʿ ilā rabbika fasalhu mā bālu l-nis'wati allātī qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīmun
English And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
- ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring him to me
- بِهِۦ ۖbihiBring him to me
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- جَآءَهُjāahucame to him
- ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messenger
- قَالَqālahe said
- ٱرْجِعْir'jiʿReturn
- إِلَىٰilāto
- رَبِّكَrabbikayour lord
- فَسْـَٔلْهُfasalhuand ask him
- مَاmāwhat
- بَالُbālu(is the) case
- ٱلنِّسْوَةِl-nis'wati(of) the women
- ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
- قَطَّعْنَqaṭṭaʿnacut
- أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚaydiyahunnatheir hands
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- بِكَيْدِهِنَّbikaydihinnaof their plot
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
Verse 51
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadttunna yūsufa ʿan nafsihi qul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā ʿalim'nā ʿalayhi min sūin qālati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi l-āna ḥaṣḥaṣa l-ḥaqu anā rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina l-ṣādiqīna
English Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- مَاmāWhat
- خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
- إِذْidhwhen
- رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- عَنʿanfrom
- نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
- قُلْنَqul'naThey said
- حَـٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
- لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
- مَاmāNot
- عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
- مِنminany
- سُوٓءٍۢ ۚsūinevil
- قَالَتِqālatiSaid
- ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
- ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) Aziz
- ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaNow
- حَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣa(is) manifest
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- أَنَا۠anāI
- رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhusought to seduce him
- عَنʿanfrom
- نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
- وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, he
- لَمِنَlamina(is) surely of
- ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
Verse 52
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ
Transliteration dhālika liyaʿlama annī lam akhun'hu bil-ghaybi wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī kayda l-khāinīna
English That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- لِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlamahe may know
- أَنِّىannīthat I
- لَمْlamnot
- أَخُنْهُakhun'hu[I] betray him
- بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin secret
- وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَهْدِىyahdīguide
- كَيْدَkayda(the) plan
- ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna(of) the betrayers
Juz boundaries and word by word: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.