Surah Adh-Dhariyat in English: word by word, transliteration

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.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا

Transliteration wal-dhāriyāti dharwan

English By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

1. وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِwal-dhāriyātiBy those scattering
2. ذَرْوًۭاdharwandispersing

فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا

Transliteration fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ran

English And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

1. فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِfal-ḥāmilātiAnd those carrying
2. وِقْرًۭاwiq'rana load

فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا

Transliteration fal-jāriyāti yus'ran

English And the ships sailing with ease

1. فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِfal-jāriyātiAnd those sailing
2. يُسْرًۭاyus'ran(with) ease

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا

Transliteration fal-muqasimāti amran

English And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

1. فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِfal-muqasimātiAnd those distributing
2. أَمْرًاamranCommand

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ

Transliteration innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqun

English Indeed, what you are promised is true.

1. إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, what
2. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised
3. لَصَادِقٌۭlaṣādiqun(is) surely true

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

Transliteration wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿun

English And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe Judgment
3. لَوَٰقِعٌۭlawāqiʿun(is) surely to occur

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

Transliteration wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuki

English By the heaven containing pathways,

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiBy the heaven
2. ذَاتِdhātifull of
3. ٱلْحُبُكِl-ḥubukipathways

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ

Transliteration innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifin

English Indeed, you are in differing speech.

1. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
2. لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
3. قَوْلٍۢqawlina speech
4. مُّخْتَلِفٍۢmukh'talifindiffering

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

Transliteration yu'faku ʿanhu man ufika

English Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

1. يُؤْفَكُyu'fakuDeluded away
2. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
3. مَنْman(is he) who
4. أُفِكَufikais deluded

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

Transliteration qutila l-kharāṣūna

English Destroyed are the misinformers

1. قُتِلَqutilaCursed be
2. ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَl-kharāṣūnathe liars

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūna

English Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. هُمْhum[they]
3. فِىfī(are) in
4. غَمْرَةٍۢghamratinflood
5. سَاهُونَsāhūna(of) heedlessness

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīni

English They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

1. يَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūnaThey ask
2. أَيَّانَayyānaWhen
3. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
4. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) Judgment

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ

Transliteration yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūna

English [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.

1. يَوْمَyawmaA Day
2. هُمْhumthey
3. عَلَىʿalāover
4. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
5. يُفْتَنُونَyuf'tanūnawill be tried

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Transliteration dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūna

English [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

1. ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
2. فِتْنَتَكُمْfit'natakumyour trial
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) what
5. كُنتُمkuntumyou were
6. بِهِۦbihifor it
7. تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnaseeking to hasten

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Transliteration inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

English Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous
3. فِىfī(will be) in
4. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātinGardens
5. وَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūninand springs

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīna

English Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

1. ءَاخِذِينَākhidhīnaTaking
2. مَآmāwhat
3. ءَاتَىٰهُمْātāhumtheir Lord has given them
4. رَبُّهُمْ ۚrabbuhumtheir Lord has given them
5. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
6. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
7. قَبْلَqablabefore
8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
9. مُحْسِنِينَmuḥ'sinīnagood-doers

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Transliteration kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūna

English They used to sleep but little of the night,

1. كَانُوا۟kānūThey used to
2. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlanlittle
3. مِّنَminaof
4. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
5. مَاmā[what]
6. يَهْجَعُونَyahjaʿūnasleep

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

Transliteration wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūna

English And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

1. وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِwabil-asḥāriAnd in the hours before dawn
2. هُمْhumthey
3. يَسْتَغْفِرُونَyastaghfirūnawould ask forgiveness

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Transliteration wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi

English And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

1. وَفِىٓwafīAnd in
2. أَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealth
3. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(was the) right
4. لِّلسَّآئِلِlilssāili(of) those who asked
5. وَٱلْمَحْرُومِwal-maḥrūmiand the deprived

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

Transliteration wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīna

English And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
3. ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(are) signs
4. لِّلْمُوقِنِينَlil'mūqinīnafor those who are certain

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūna

English And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

1. وَفِىٓwafīAnd in
2. أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚanfusikumyourselves
3. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
4. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou see

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūna

English And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
3. رِزْقُكُمْriz'qukum(is) your provision
4. وَمَاwamāand what
5. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūna

English Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

1. فَوَرَبِّfawarabbiThen by (the) Lord
2. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the heaven
3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, it
5. لَحَقٌّۭlaḥaqqun(is) surely (the) truth
6. مِّثْلَmith'la(just) as
7. مَآmā[what]
8. أَنَّكُمْannakumyou
9. تَنطِقُونَtanṭiqūnaspeak

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Transliteration hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ib'rāhīma l-muk'ramīna

English Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

1. هَلْhalHas
2. أَتَىٰكَatākareached you
3. حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) narration
4. ضَيْفِḍayfi(of the) guests
5. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
6. ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَl-muk'ramīnathe honored

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

Transliteration idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūna

English When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
4. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand said
5. سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāmanPeace
6. قَالَqālaHe said
7. سَلَـٰمٌۭsalāmunPeace
8. قَوْمٌۭqawmuna people
9. مُّنكَرُونَmunkarūnaunknown

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ

Transliteration farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīnin

English Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

1. فَرَاغَfarāghaThen he went
2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
3. أَهْلِهِۦahlihihis household
4. فَجَآءَfajāaand came
5. بِعِجْلٍۢbiʿij'linwith a calf
6. سَمِينٍۢsamīninfat

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Transliteration faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūna

English And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

1. فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓfaqarrabahuAnd he placed it near
2. إِلَيْهِمْilayhim[to] them
3. قَالَqālahe said
4. أَلَاalāWill not
5. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Transliteration fa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabasharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīmin

English And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

1. فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasaThen he felt
2. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
3. خِيفَةًۭ ۖkhīfatana fear
4. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
5. لَاlā(Do) not
6. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
7. وَبَشَّرُوهُwabasharūhuand they gave him glad tidings
8. بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a son
9. عَلِيمٍۢʿalīminlearned

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

Transliteration fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun

English And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

1. فَأَقْبَلَتِfa-aqbalatiThen came forward
2. ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥim'ra-atuhuhis wife
3. فِىfīwith
4. صَرَّةٍۢṣarratina loud voice
5. فَصَكَّتْfaṣakkatand struck
6. وَجْهَهَاwajhahāher face
7. وَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said
8. عَجُوزٌʿajūzunAn old woman
9. عَقِيمٌۭʿaqīmunbarren

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuki innahu huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

English They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
3. قَالَqālasaid
4. رَبُّكِ ۖrabbukiyour Lord
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
6. هُوَhuwa[He]
7. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu(is) the All-Wise
8. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Transliteration qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna

English [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

1. ۞ قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَمَاfamāThen what
3. خَطْبُكُمْkhaṭbukum(is) your mission
4. أَيُّهَاayyuhāO messengers
5. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnaO messengers

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna

English They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
3. أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] have been sent
4. إِلَىٰilāto
5. قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
6. مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminal

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

Transliteration linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīnin

English To send down upon them stones of clay,

1. لِنُرْسِلَlinur'silaThat we may send down
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
3. حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratanstones
4. مِّنminof
5. طِينٍۢṭīninclay

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīna

English Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

1. مُّسَوَّمَةًmusawwamatanMarked
2. عِندَʿindaby your Lord
3. رَبِّكَrabbikaby your Lord
4. لِلْمُسْرِفِينَlil'mus'rifīnafor the transgressors

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration fa-akhrajnā man kāna fīhā mina l-mu'minīna

English So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

1. فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāThen We brought out
2. مَنman(those) who
3. كَانَkānawere
4. فِيهَاfīhātherein
5. مِنَminaof
6. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīna

English And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

1. فَمَاfamāBut not
2. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāWe found
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. غَيْرَghayraother than
5. بَيْتٍۢbaytina house
6. مِّنَminaof
7. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe Muslims

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

Transliteration wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīma

English And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

1. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We left
2. فِيهَآfīhātherein
3. ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
4. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
5. يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnafear
6. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
7. ٱلْأَلِيمَl-alīmathe painful

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration wafī mūsā idh arsalnāhu ilā fir'ʿawna bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

English And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
3. إِذْidhwhen
4. أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُarsalnāhuWe sent him
5. إِلَىٰilāto
6. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
7. بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭāninwith an authority
8. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Transliteration fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnun

English But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

1. فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāBut he turned away
2. بِرُكْنِهِۦbiruk'nihiwith his supporters
3. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
4. سَـٰحِرٌsāḥirunA magician
5. أَوْawor
6. مَجْنُونٌۭmajnūnuna madman

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

Transliteration fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmun

English So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

1. فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuSo We took him
2. وَجُنُودَهُۥwajunūdahuand his hosts
3. فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْfanabadhnāhumand threw them
4. فِىfīinto
5. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
7. مُلِيمٌۭmulīmun(was) blameworthy

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

Transliteration wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma

English And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. عَادٍʿādinAad
3. إِذْidhwhen
4. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
6. ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
7. ٱلْعَقِيمَl-ʿaqīmathe barren

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Transliteration mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi

English It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

1. مَاmāNot
2. تَذَرُtadharuit left
3. مِنminany
4. شَىْءٍshayinthing
5. أَتَتْatatit came
6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
7. إِلَّاillābut
8. جَعَلَتْهُjaʿalathuit made it
9. كَٱلرَّمِيمِkal-ramīmilike disintegrated ruins

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīnin

English And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
3. إِذْidhwhen
4. قِيلَqīlawas said
5. لَهُمْlahumto them
6. تَمَتَّعُوا۟tamattaʿūEnjoy (yourselves)
7. حَتَّىٰḥattāfor
8. حِينٍۢḥīnina time

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūna

English But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

1. فَعَتَوْا۟faʿatawBut they rebelled
2. عَنْʿanagainst
3. أَمْرِamri(the) Command
4. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
5. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso seized them
6. ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
7. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
8. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnawere looking

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

Transliteration famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīna

English And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

1. فَمَاfamāThen not
2. ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey were able to
3. مِنmin[of]
4. قِيَامٍۢqiyāminstand
5. وَمَاwamāand not
6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey could
7. مُنتَصِرِينَmuntaṣirīnahelp themselves

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

English And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

1. وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people
2. نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
3. مِّنminbefore
4. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
5. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
6. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
7. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
8. فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Transliteration wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna

English And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaAnd the heaven
2. بَنَيْنَـٰهَاbanaynāhāWe constructed it
3. بِأَيْي۟دٍۢbi-aydinwith strength
4. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, We
5. لَمُوسِعُونَlamūsiʿūna(are) surely (its) Expanders

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ

Transliteration wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūna

English And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

1. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaAnd the earth
2. فَرَشْنَـٰهَاfarashnāhāWe have spread it
3. فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'mahow excellent
4. ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَl-māhidūna(are) the Spreaders

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

English And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

1. وَمِنwaminAnd of
2. كُلِّkullievery
3. شَىْءٍshayinthing
4. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe have created
5. زَوْجَيْنِzawjaynipairs
6. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
7. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnaremember

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration fafirrū ilā l-lahi innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

English So flee to Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

1. فَفِرُّوٓا۟fafirrūSo flee
2. إِلَىilāto
3. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
4. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
5. لَكُمlakumto you
6. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
7. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
8. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration walā tajʿalū maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

English And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūmake
3. مَعَmaʿawith
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. إِلَـٰهًاilāhangod
6. ءَاخَرَ ۖākharaanother
7. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
8. لَكُمlakumto you
9. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
10. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
11. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Transliteration kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun

English Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewise
2. مَآmānot
3. أَتَىatācame
4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those
5. مِنminbefore them
6. قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
7. مِّنminany
8. رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
9. إِلَّاillābut
10. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
11. سَاحِرٌsāḥirunA magician
12. أَوْawor
13. مَجْنُونٌmajnūnuna madman

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

Transliteration atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna

English Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

1. أَتَوَاصَوْا۟atawāṣawHave they transmitted it to them
2. بِهِۦ ۚbihiHave they transmitted it to them
3. بَلْbalNay
4. هُمْhumthey
5. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
6. طَاغُونَṭāghūnatransgressing

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ

Transliteration fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmin

English So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

1. فَتَوَلَّfatawallaSo turn away
2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
3. فَمَآfamāfor not
4. أَنتَantayou
5. بِمَلُومٍۢbimalūmin(are) to be blamed

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration wadhakkir fa-inna l-dhik'rā tanfaʿu l-mu'minīna

English And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

1. وَذَكِّرْwadhakkirAnd remind
2. فَإِنَّfa-innafor indeed
3. ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe reminder
4. تَنفَعُtanfaʿubenefits
5. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

Transliteration wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūni

English And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. خَلَقْتُkhalaqtuI have created
3. ٱلْجِنَّl-jinathe jinn
4. وَٱلْإِنسَwal-insaand the mankind
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. لِيَعْبُدُونِliyaʿbudūnithat they worship Me

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ

Transliteration mā urīdu min'hum min riz'qin wamā urīdu an yuṭ'ʿimūni

English I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

1. مَآmāNot
2. أُرِيدُurīduI want
3. مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
4. مِّنminany
5. رِّزْقٍۢriz'qinprovision
6. وَمَآwamāand not
7. أُرِيدُurīduI want
8. أَنanthat
9. يُطْعِمُونِyuṭ'ʿimūnithey (should) feed Me

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ

Transliteration inna l-laha huwa l-razāqu dhū l-quwati l-matīnu

English Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. هُوَhuwaHe
4. ٱلرَّزَّاقُl-razāqu(is) the All-Provider
5. ذُوdhūPossessor
6. ٱلْقُوَّةِl-quwati(of) Power
7. ٱلْمَتِينُl-matīnuthe Strong

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

Transliteration fa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mith'la dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūni

English And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.

1. فَإِنَّfa-innaSo indeed
2. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
3. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
4. ذَنُوبًۭاdhanūban(is) a portion
5. مِّثْلَmith'lalike
6. ذَنُوبِdhanūbi(the) portion
7. أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْaṣḥābihim(of) their companions
8. فَلَاfalāso let them not ask Me to hasten
9. يَسْتَعْجِلُونِyastaʿjilūniso let them not ask Me to hasten

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūna

English And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

1. فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunThen woe
2. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. مِنminfrom
5. يَوْمِهِمُyawmihimutheir Day
6. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
7. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised