Surah Al-Ahqaf 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

حمٓ

Transliteration hha-meem

English Ḥā, Meem.

1. حمٓhha-meemHa Meem

تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

Transliteration tanzīlu l-kitābi mina l-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

English The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. تَنزِيلُtanzīlu(The) revelation
2. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
3. مِنَmina(is) from
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
6. ٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmithe All-Wise

مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration mā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-ajalin musamman wa-alladhīna kafarū ʿammā undhirū muʿ'riḍūna

English We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.

1. مَاmāNot
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَمَاwamāand what
6. بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumā(is) between both of them
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
9. وَأَجَلٍۢwa-ajalinand (for) a term
10. مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusammanappointed
11. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
12. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
13. عَمَّآʿammāfrom what
14. أُنذِرُوا۟undhirūthey are warned
15. مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) turning away

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖ ٱئْتُونِى بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ أَثَـٰرَةٍ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qul ara-aytum mā tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi arūnī mādhā khalaqū mina l-arḍi am lahum shir'kun fī l-samāwāti i'tūnī bikitābin min qabli hādhā aw athāratin min ʿil'min in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَرَءَيْتُمara-aytumDo you see
3. مَّاmāwhat
4. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
5. مِنminbesides
6. دُونِdūnibesides
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8. أَرُونِىarūnīShow me
9. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
10. خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūthey have created
11. مِنَminaof
12. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
13. أَمْamor
14. لَهُمْlahumfor them
15. شِرْكٌۭshir'kun(is) any share
16. فِىfīin
17. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖl-samāwātithe heavens
18. ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring me
19. بِكِتَـٰبٍۢbikitābina book
20. مِّنminfrom
21. قَبْلِqablibefore
22. هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
23. أَوْawor
24. أَثَـٰرَةٍۢathāratina trace
25. مِّنْminof
26. عِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge
27. إِنinif
28. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
29. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ

Transliteration waman aḍallu mimman yadʿū min dūni l-lahi man lā yastajību lahu ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wahum ʿan duʿāihim ghāfilūna

English And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
2. أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
3. مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
4. يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūcalls
5. مِنminbesides
6. دُونِdūnibesides
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8. مَنmanwho
9. لَّاlāwill not respond
10. يَسْتَجِيبُyastajībuwill not respond
11. لَهُۥٓlahuto him
12. إِلَىٰilāuntil
13. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
14. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
15. وَهُمْwahumand they
16. عَنʿanof
17. دُعَآئِهِمْduʿāihimtheir calls
18. غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware

وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā ḥushira l-nāsu kānū lahum aʿdāan wakānū biʿibādatihim kāfirīna

English And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. حُشِرَḥushiraare gathered
3. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
4. كَانُوا۟kānūthey will be
5. لَهُمْlahumfor them
6. أَعْدَآءًۭaʿdāanenemies
7. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they will be
8. بِعِبَادَتِهِمْbiʿibādatihimof their worship
9. كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadeniers

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna kafarū lil'ḥaqqi lammā jāahum hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

English And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
6. قَالَqālasay
7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
8. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
9. لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiof the truth
10. لَمَّاlammāwhen
11. جَآءَهُمْjāahumit comes to them
12. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
13. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) a magic
14. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۖ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu falā tamlikūna lī mina l-lahi shayan huwa aʿlamu bimā tufīḍūna fīhi kafā bihi shahīdan baynī wabaynakum wahuwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

English Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

1. أَمْamOr
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
3. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has invented it
4. قُلْqulSay
5. إِنِiniIf
6. ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI have invented it
7. فَلَاfalāthen not
8. تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūnayou have power
9. لِىlīfor me
10. مِنَminaagainst
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
12. شَيْـًٔا ۖshayananything
13. هُوَhuwaHe
14. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
15. بِمَاbimāof what
16. تُفِيضُونَtufīḍūnayou utter
17. فِيهِ ۖfīhiconcerning it
18. كَفَىٰkafāSufficient is He
19. بِهِۦbihiSufficient is He
20. شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan(as) a Witness
21. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
22. وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖwabaynakumand between you
23. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
24. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
25. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration qul mā kuntu bid'ʿan mina l-rusuli wamā adrī mā yuf'ʿalu bī walā bikum in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya wamā anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun

English Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. مَاmāNot
3. كُنتُkuntuI am
4. بِدْعًۭاbid'ʿana new (one)
5. مِّنَminaamong
6. ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe Messengers
7. وَمَآwamāand not
8. أَدْرِىadrīI know
9. مَاmāwhat
10. يُفْعَلُyuf'ʿaluwill be done
11. بِىbīwith me
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. بِكُمْ ۖbikumwith you
14. إِنْinNot
15. أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
16. إِلَّاillābut
17. مَاmāwhat
18. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
19. إِلَىَّilayyato me
20. وَمَآwamāand not
21. أَنَا۠anāI am
22. إِلَّاillābut
23. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
24. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِۦ فَـَٔامَنَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qul ara-aytum in kāna min ʿindi l-lahi wakafartum bihi washahida shāhidun min banī is'rāīla ʿalā mith'lihi faāmana wa-is'takbartum inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

English Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was from Allāh, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
3. إِنinif
4. كَانَkānait is
5. مِنْminfrom Allah
6. عِندِʿindifrom Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahifrom Allah
8. وَكَفَرْتُمwakafartumand you disbelieve
9. بِهِۦbihiin it
10. وَشَهِدَwashahidaand testifies
11. شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
12. مِّنۢminfrom
13. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
14. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
15. عَلَىٰʿalāto
16. مِثْلِهِۦmith'lihi(the) like thereof
17. فَـَٔامَنَfaāmanathen he believed
18. وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖwa-is'takbartumwhile you are arrogant
19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
20. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
21. لَاlā(does) not
22. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
23. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
24. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū law kāna khayran mā sabaqūnā ilayhi wa-idh lam yahtadū bihi fasayaqūlūna hādhā if'kun qadīmun

English And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaof those who
5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
6. لَوْlawIf
7. كَانَkānait had been
8. خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
9. مَّاmānot
10. سَبَقُونَآsabaqūnāthey (would) have preceded us
11. إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito it
12. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
13. لَمْlamnot
14. يَهْتَدُوا۟yahtadūthey (are) guided
15. بِهِۦbihiby it
16. فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnathey say
17. هَـٰذَآhādhāThis
18. إِفْكٌۭif'kun(is) a lie
19. قَدِيمٌۭqadīmunancient

وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً ۚ وَهَـٰذَا كِتَـٰبٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration wamin qablihi kitābu mūsā imāman waraḥmatan wahādhā kitābun muṣaddiqun lisānan ʿarabiyyan liyundhira alladhīna ẓalamū wabush'rā lil'muḥ'sinīna

English And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

1. وَمِنwaminAnd before it
2. قَبْلِهِۦqablihiAnd before it
3. كِتَـٰبُkitābu(was the) Scripture
4. مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
5. إِمَامًۭاimāman(as) a guide
6. وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚwaraḥmatanand a mercy
7. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this
8. كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābun(is) a Book
9. مُّصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqunconfirming
10. لِّسَانًاlisānan(in) language
11. عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyanArabic
12. لِّيُنذِرَliyundhirato warn
13. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
14. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
15. وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand (as) glad tidings
16. لِلْمُحْسِنِينَlil'muḥ'sinīnafor the good-doers

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna qālū rabbunā l-lahu thumma is'taqāmū falā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna

English Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. قَالُوا۟qālūsay
4. رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟is'taqāmūremain firm
8. فَلَاfalāthen no
9. خَوْفٌkhawfunfear
10. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. هُمْhumthey
13. يَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūnawill grieve

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration ulāika aṣḥābu l-janati khālidīna fīhā jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

English Those are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
3. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) Paradise
4. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaabiding forever
5. فِيهَاfīhātherein
6. جَزَآءًۢjazāana reward
7. بِمَاbimāfor what
8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
9. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ ثَلَـٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi iḥ'sānan ḥamalathu ummuhu kur'han wawaḍaʿathu kur'han waḥamluhu wafiṣāluhu thalāthūna shahran ḥattā idhā balagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaʿīna sanatan qāla rabbi awziʿ'nī an ashkura niʿ'mataka allatī anʿamta ʿalayya waʿalā wālidayya wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa-aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī innī tub'tu ilayka wa-innī mina l-mus'limīna

English And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

1. وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(on) man
3. بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhito his parents
4. إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖiḥ'sānankindness
5. حَمَلَتْهُḥamalathuCarried him
6. أُمُّهُۥummuhuhis mother
7. كُرْهًۭاkur'han(with) hardship
8. وَوَضَعَتْهُwawaḍaʿathuand gave birth to him
9. كُرْهًۭا ۖkur'han(with) hardship
10. وَحَمْلُهُۥwaḥamluhuAnd (the) bearing of him
11. وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥwafiṣāluhuand (the) weaning of him
12. ثَلَـٰثُونَthalāthūna(is) thirty
13. شَهْرًا ۚshahranmonth(s)
14. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
15. إِذَاidhāwhen
16. بَلَغَbalaghahe reaches
17. أَشُدَّهُۥashuddahuhis maturity
18. وَبَلَغَwabalaghaand reaches
19. أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīnaforty
20. سَنَةًۭsanatanyear(s)
21. قَالَqālahe says
22. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
23. أَوْزِعْنِىٓawziʿ'nīgrant me (the) power
24. أَنْanthat
25. أَشْكُرَashkuraI may be grateful
26. نِعْمَتَكَniʿ'mataka(for) Your favor
27. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
28. أَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaYou have bestowed
29. عَلَىَّʿalayyaupon me
30. وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand upon
31. وَٰلِدَىَّwālidayyamy parents
32. وَأَنْwa-anand that
33. أَعْمَلَaʿmalaI do
34. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
35. تَرْضَىٰهُtarḍāhuwhich please You
36. وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥand make righteous
37. لِىlīfor me
38. فِىfīamong
39. ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖdhurriyyatīmy offspring
40. إِنِّىinnīindeed
41. تُبْتُtub'tuI turn
42. إِلَيْكَilaykato You
43. وَإِنِّىwa-innīand indeed, I am
44. مِنَminaof
45. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathose who submit

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna nataqabbalu ʿanhum aḥsana mā ʿamilū wanatajāwazu ʿan sayyiātihim fī aṣḥābi l-janati waʿda l-ṣid'qi alladhī kānū yūʿadūna

English Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
3. نَتَقَبَّلُnataqabbaluWe will accept
4. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
5. أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
6. مَاmā(of) what
7. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
8. وَنَتَجَاوَزُwanatajāwazuand We will overlook
9. عَنʿan[from]
10. سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds
11. فِىٓfīamong
12. أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
13. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
14. وَعْدَwaʿdaA promise
15. ٱلصِّدْقِl-ṣid'qitrue
16. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
18. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnapromised

وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration wa-alladhī qāla liwālidayhi uffin lakumā ataʿidāninī an ukh'raja waqad khalati l-qurūnu min qablī wahumā yastaghīthāni l-laha waylaka āmin inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun fayaqūlu mā hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

English But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -

1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīBut the one who
2. قَالَqālasays
3. لِوَٰلِدَيْهِliwālidayhito his parents
4. أُفٍّۢuffinUff
5. لَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you
6. أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓataʿidāninīDo you promise me
7. أَنْanthat
8. أُخْرَجَukh'rajaI will be brought forth
9. وَقَدْwaqadand have already passed away
10. خَلَتِkhalatiand have already passed away
11. ٱلْقُرُونُl-qurūnuthe generations
12. مِنminbefore me
13. قَبْلِىqablībefore me
14. وَهُمَاwahumāAnd they both
15. يَسْتَغِيثَانِyastaghīthāniseek help
16. ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
17. وَيْلَكَwaylakaWoe to you
18. ءَامِنْāminBelieve
19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
20. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
22. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
23. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluBut he says
24. مَاmāNot
25. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
26. إِلَّآillābut
27. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) stories
28. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jini wal-insi innahum kānū khāsirīna

English Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
3. حَقَّḥaqqa(has) proved true
4. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
5. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
6. فِىٓfīamong
7. أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
8. قَدْqad(that) already passed away
9. خَلَتْkhalat(that) already passed away
10. مِنminbefore them
11. قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
12. مِّنَminaof
13. ٱلْجِنِّl-jini(the) jinn
14. وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖwal-insiand the men
15. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
16. كَانُوا۟kānūare
17. خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(the) losers

وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَـٰتٌ مِّمَّا عَمِلُوا۟ ۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Transliteration walikullin darajātun mimmā ʿamilū waliyuwaffiyahum aʿmālahum wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

English And for all there are degrees [of reward and punishment] for what they have done, and [it is] so that He may fully compensate them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

1. وَلِكُلٍّۢwalikullinAnd for all
2. دَرَجَـٰتٌۭdarajātun(are) degrees
3. مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
4. عَمِلُوا۟ ۖʿamilūthey did
5. وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْwaliyuwaffiyahumand that He may fully compensate them
6. أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum(for) their deeds
7. وَهُمْwahumand they
8. لَاlāwill not be wronged
9. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnawill not be wronged

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ

Transliteration wayawma yuʿ'raḍu alladhīna kafarū ʿalā l-nāri adhhabtum ṭayyibātikum fī ḥayātikumu l-dun'yā wa-is'tamtaʿtum bihā fal-yawma tuj'zawna ʿadhāba l-hūni bimā kuntum tastakbirūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi wabimā kuntum tafsuqūna

English And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُعْرَضُyuʿ'raḍuwill be exposed
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. عَلَىʿalāto
6. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
7. أَذْهَبْتُمْadhhabtumYou exhausted
8. طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْṭayyibātikumyour good things
9. فِىfīin
10. حَيَاتِكُمُḥayātikumuyour life
11. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
12. وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمwa-is'tamtaʿtumand you took your pleasures
13. بِهَاbihātherein
14. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo today
15. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
16. عَذَابَʿadhāba(with) a punishment
17. ٱلْهُونِl-hūnihumiliating
18. بِمَاbimābecause
19. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
20. تَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūnaarrogant
21. فِىfīin
22. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
23. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
24. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
25. وَبِمَاwabimāand because
26. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
27. تَفْسُقُونَtafsuqūnadefiantly disobedient

۞ وَٱذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذَرَ قَوْمَهُۥ بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration wa-udh'kur akhā ʿādin idh andhara qawmahu bil-aḥqāfi waqad khalati l-nudhuru min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi allā taʿbudū illā l-laha innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

English And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad, when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

1. ۞ وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. أَخَاakhā(the) brother
3. عَادٍʿādin(of) Aad
4. إِذْidhwhen
5. أَنذَرَandharahe warned
6. قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
7. بِٱلْأَحْقَافِbil-aḥqāfiin the Al-Ahqaf
8. وَقَدْwaqadand had already passed away
9. خَلَتِkhalatiand had already passed away
10. ٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuru[the] warners
11. مِنۢminbefore him
12. بَيْنِbaynibefore him
13. يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore him
14. وَمِنْwaminand after him
15. خَلْفِهِۦٓkhalfihiand after him
16. أَلَّاallāThat not
17. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
20. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
21. أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
22. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
23. عَذَابَʿadhābaa punishment
24. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
25. عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qālū aji'tanā litafikanā ʿan ālihatinā fatinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

English They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāHave you come to us
3. لِتَأْفِكَنَاlitafikanāto turn us away
4. عَنْʿanfrom
5. ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
6. فَأْتِنَاfatināThen bring us
7. بِمَاbimāwhat
8. تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou threaten us
9. إِنinif
10. كُنتَkuntayou are
11. مِنَminaof
12. ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

Transliteration qāla innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-uballighukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna

English He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
3. ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muthe knowledge
4. عِندَʿinda(is) with Allah
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) with Allah
6. وَأُبَلِّغُكُمwa-uballighukumand I convey to you
7. مَّآmāwhat
8. أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI am sent
9. بِهِۦbihiwith it
10. وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut
11. أَرَىٰكُمْarākumI see you
12. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
13. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration falammā ra-awhu ʿāriḍan mus'taqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍun mum'ṭirunā bal huwa mā is'taʿjaltum bihi rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīmun

English And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
2. رَأَوْهُra-awhuthey saw it
3. عَارِضًۭاʿāriḍan(as) a cloud
4. مُّسْتَقْبِلَmus'taqbilaapproaching
5. أَوْدِيَتِهِمْawdiyatihimtheir valleys
6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
7. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
8. عَارِضٌۭʿāriḍun(is) a cloud
9. مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚmum'ṭirunābringing us rain
10. بَلْbalNay
11. هُوَhuwait
12. مَاmā(is) what
13. ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُمis'taʿjaltumyou were asking it to be hastened
14. بِهِۦ ۖbihiyou were asking it to be hastened
15. رِيحٌۭrīḥuna wind
16. فِيهَاfīhāin it
17. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
18. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration tudammiru kulla shayin bi-amri rabbihā fa-aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum kadhālika najzī l-qawma l-muj'rimīna

English Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

1. تُدَمِّرُtudammiruDestroying
2. كُلَّkullaevery
3. شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
4. بِأَمْرِbi-amriby (the) command
5. رَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) its Lord
6. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūThen they became (such)
7. لَاlānot
8. يُرَىٰٓyurāis seen
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚmasākinuhumtheir dwellings
11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
12. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
13. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
14. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna[the] criminals

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَـٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Transliteration walaqad makkannāhum fīmā in makkannākum fīhi wajaʿalnā lahum samʿan wa-abṣāran wa-afidatan famā aghnā ʿanhum samʿuhum walā abṣāruhum walā afidatuhum min shayin idh kānū yajḥadūna biāyāti l-lahi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

English And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
3. فِيمَآfīmāin what
4. إِنinnot
5. مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْmakkannākumWe have established you
6. فِيهِfīhiin it
7. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
8. لَهُمْlahumfor them
9. سَمْعًۭاsamʿanhearing
10. وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭاwa-abṣāranand vision
11. وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭwa-afidatanand hearts
12. فَمَآfamāBut not
13. أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
14. عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
15. سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
16. وَلَآwalāand not
17. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir vision
18. وَلَآwalāand not
19. أَفْـِٔدَتُهُمafidatuhumtheir hearts
20. مِّنminany
21. شَىْءٍshayinthing
22. إِذْidhwhen
23. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
24. يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnarejecting
25. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
26. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
27. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
28. بِهِمbihimthem
29. مَّاmāwhat
30. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
31. بِهِۦbihi[at it]
32. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnaridicule

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration walaqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā waṣarrafnā l-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

English And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
3. مَاmāwhat
4. حَوْلَكُمḥawlakumsurrounds you
5. مِّنَminaof
6. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
7. وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāand We have diversified
8. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
9. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
10. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Transliteration falawlā naṣarahumu alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi qur'bānan ālihatan bal ḍallū ʿanhum wadhālika if'kuhum wamā kānū yaftarūna

English Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.

1. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāThen why (did) not
2. نَصَرَهُمُnaṣarahumuhelp them
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
4. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey had taken
5. مِنminbesides
6. دُونِdūnibesides
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8. قُرْبَانًاqur'bānangods as a way of approach
9. ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖālihatangods as a way of approach
10. بَلْbalNay
11. ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey were lost
12. عَنْهُمْ ۚʿanhumfrom them
13. وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
14. إِفْكُهُمْif'kuhum(was) their falsehood
15. وَمَاwamāand what
16. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
17. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainventing

وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِىَ وَلَّوْا۟ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

Transliteration wa-idh ṣarafnā ilayka nafaran mina l-jini yastamiʿūna l-qur'āna falammā ḥaḍarūhu qālū anṣitū falammā quḍiya wallaw ilā qawmihim mundhirīna

English And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. صَرَفْنَآṣarafnāWe directed
3. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
4. نَفَرًۭاnafarana party
5. مِّنَminaof
6. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
7. يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnalistening
8. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'āna(to) the Quran
9. فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
10. حَضَرُوهُḥaḍarūhuthey attended it
11. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
12. أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖanṣitūListen quietly
13. فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
14. قُضِىَquḍiyait was concluded
15. وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turned back
16. إِلَىٰilāto
17. قَوْمِهِمqawmihimtheir people
18. مُّنذِرِينَmundhirīna(as) warners

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَـٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Transliteration qālū yāqawmanā innā samiʿ'nā kitāban unzila min baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi yahdī ilā l-ḥaqi wa-ilā ṭarīqin mus'taqīmin

English They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanāO our people
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā[we] have heard
5. كِتَـٰبًاkitābana Book
6. أُنزِلَunzilarevealed
7. مِنۢminafter
8. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
9. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
10. مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
11. لِّمَاlimāwhat
12. بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
13. يَدَيْهِyadayhi(was) before it
14. يَهْدِىٓyahdīguiding
15. إِلَىilāto
16. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
17. وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāand to
18. طَرِيقٍۢṭarīqina Path
19. مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight

يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration yāqawmanā ajībū dāʿiya l-lahi waāminū bihi yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wayujir'kum min ʿadhābin alīmin

English O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.

1. يَـٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanāO our people
2. أَجِيبُوا۟ajībūRespond
3. دَاعِىَdāʿiya(to the) caller
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
5. وَءَامِنُوا۟waāminūand believe
6. بِهِۦbihiin him
7. يَغْفِرْyaghfirHe will forgive
8. لَكُمlakumfor you
9. مِّنminof
10. ذُنُوبِكُمْdhunūbikumyour sins
11. وَيُجِرْكُمwayujir'kumand will protect you
12. مِّنْminfrom
13. عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
14. أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration waman lā yujib dāʿiya l-lahi falaysa bimuʿ'jizin fī l-arḍi walaysa lahu min dūnihi awliyāu ulāika fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. لَّاlā(does) not
3. يُجِبْyujibrespond
4. دَاعِىَdāʿiya(to the) caller
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
6. فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not
7. بِمُعْجِزٍۢbimuʿ'jizinhe can escape
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
10. وَلَيْسَwalaysaand not
11. لَهُۥlahufor him
12. مِنminbesides Him
13. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
14. أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚawliyāuprotectors
15. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
16. فِىfī(are) in
17. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
18. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration awalam yaraw anna l-laha alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa walam yaʿya bikhalqihinna biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā balā innahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

English Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

1. أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
3. أَنَّannathat
4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
5. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
6. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
7. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
8. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
9. وَلَمْwalamand (was) not
10. يَعْىَyaʿyatired
11. بِخَلْقِهِنَّbikhalqihinnaby their creation
12. بِقَـٰدِرٍbiqādirin(is) able
13. عَلَىٰٓʿalāto give life
14. أَنanto give life
15. يُحْـِۧىَyuḥ'yiyato give life
16. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۚl-mawtā(to) the dead
17. بَلَىٰٓbalāYes
18. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed He
19. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
20. كُلِّkullievery
21. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
22. قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَـٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Transliteration wayawma yuʿ'raḍu alladhīna kafarū ʿalā l-nāri alaysa hādhā bil-ḥaqi qālū balā warabbinā qāla fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna

English And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُعْرَضُyuʿ'raḍuare exposed
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. عَلَىʿalāto
6. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
7. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
8. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
9. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqithe truth
10. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
11. بَلَىٰbalāYes
12. وَرَبِّنَا ۚwarabbināby our Lord
13. قَالَqālaHe will say
14. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūThen taste
15. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
16. بِمَاbimābecause
17. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
18. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve

فَٱصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعَزْمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ ۚ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ بَلَـٰغٌ ۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

Transliteration fa-iṣ'bir kamā ṣabara ulū l-ʿazmi mina l-rusuli walā tastaʿjil lahum ka-annahum yawma yarawna mā yūʿadūna lam yalbathū illā sāʿatan min nahārin balāghun fahal yuh'laku illā l-qawmu l-fāsiqūna

English So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

1. فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
2. كَمَاkamāas
3. صَبَرَṣabarahad patience
4. أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose of determination
5. ٱلْعَزْمِl-ʿazmithose of determination
6. مِنَminaof
7. ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe Messengers
8. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
9. تَسْتَعْجِلtastaʿjilseek to hasten
10. لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
11. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs if they had
12. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
13. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
14. مَاmāwhat
15. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey were promised
16. لَمْlamnot
17. يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūremained
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. سَاعَةًۭsāʿatanan hour
20. مِّنminof
21. نَّهَارٍۭ ۚnahārina day
22. بَلَـٰغٌۭ ۚbalāghunA notification
23. فَهَلْfahalBut will
24. يُهْلَكُyuh'laku(any) be destroyed
25. إِلَّاillāexcept
26. ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe people
27. ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient