Surah Al-Anbya 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

ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration iq'taraba lilnnāsi ḥisābuhum wahum fī ghaflatin muʿ'riḍūna

English [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

1. ٱقْتَرَبَiq'taraba(Has) approached
2. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] mankind
3. حِسَابُهُمْḥisābuhumtheir account
4. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
5. فِىfī(are) in
6. غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
7. مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturning away

مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Transliteration mā yatīhim min dhik'rin min rabbihim muḥ'dathin illā is'tamaʿūhu wahum yalʿabūna

English No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

1. مَاmāNot
2. يَأْتِيهِمyatīhimcomes to them
3. مِّنminof
4. ذِكْرٍۢdhik'rina Reminder
5. مِّنminfrom
6. رَّبِّهِمrabbihimtheir Lord
7. مُّحْدَثٍmuḥ'dathinanew
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. ٱسْتَمَعُوهُis'tamaʿūhuthey listen to it
10. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
11. يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna(are at) play

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration lāhiyatan qulūbuhum wa-asarrū l-najwā alladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum afatatūna l-siḥ'ra wa-antum tub'ṣirūna

English With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

1. لَاهِيَةًۭlāhiyatanDistracted
2. قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
3. وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūAnd they conceal
4. ٱلنَّجْوَىl-najwāthe private conversation
5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
6. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] wronged
7. هَلْhalIs
8. هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. بَشَرٌۭbasharuna human being
11. مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖmith'lukumlike you
12. أَفَتَأْتُونَafatatūnaSo would you approach
13. ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'rathe magic
14. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
15. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnasee (it)

قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fī l-samāi wal-arḍi wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

English He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّىrabbīMy Lord
3. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
4. ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe word
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavens
7. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
8. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
9. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
10. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Transliteration bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin bali if'tarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyatinā biāyatin kamā ur'sila l-awalūna

English But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

1. بَلْbalNay
2. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
3. أَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuMuddled
4. أَحْلَـٰمٍۭaḥlāmindreams
5. بَلِbalinay
6. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe (has) invented it
7. بَلْbalnay
8. هُوَhuwahe
9. شَاعِرٌۭshāʿirun(is) a poet
10. فَلْيَأْتِنَاfalyatināSo let him bring us
11. بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina sign
12. كَمَآkamālike what
13. أُرْسِلَur'silawas sent
14. ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna(to) the former

مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā afahum yu'minūna

English Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

1. مَآmāNot
2. ءَامَنَتْāmanatbelieved
3. قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
4. مِّنminany
5. قَرْيَةٍqaryatintown
6. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖahlaknāhāwhich We destroyed
7. أَفَهُمْafahumso will they
8. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration wamā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim fasalū ahla l-dhik'ri in kuntum lā taʿlamūna

English And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
6. نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
7. إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhimto them
8. فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūSo ask
9. أَهْلَahla(the) people
10. ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
11. إِنinif
12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
13. لَاlā(do) not
14. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ

Transliteration wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna

English And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made them
3. جَسَدًۭاjasadanbodies
4. لَّاlānot
5. يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaeating
6. ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmathe food
7. وَمَاwamāand not
8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
9. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaimmortals

ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa-anjaynāhum waman nashāu wa-ahlaknā l-mus'rifīna

English Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُṣadaqnāhumuWe fulfilled (for) them
3. ٱلْوَعْدَl-waʿdathe promise
4. فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْfa-anjaynāhumand We saved them
5. وَمَنwamanand whom
6. نَّشَآءُnashāuWe willed
7. وَأَهْلَكْنَاwa-ahlaknāand We destroyed
8. ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe transgressors

لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhik'rukum afalā taʿqilūna

English We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

1. لَقَدْlaqadIndeed
2. أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāWe (have) sent down
3. إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
4. كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana Book
5. فِيهِfīhiin it
6. ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖdhik'rukum(is) your mention
7. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
8. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Transliteration wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan wa-anshanā baʿdahā qawman ākharīna

English And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. قَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāWe (have) shattered
3. مِنminof
4. قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
5. كَانَتْkānat(that) was
6. ظَالِمَةًۭẓālimatanunjust
7. وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We produced
8. بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter them
9. قَوْمًاqawmananother people
10. ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother people

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

Transliteration falammā aḥassū basanā idhā hum min'hā yarkuḍūna

English And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
2. أَحَسُّوا۟aḥassūthey perceived
3. بَأْسَنَآbasanāOur torment
4. إِذَاidhābehold
5. هُمhumthey
6. مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
7. يَرْكُضُونَyarkuḍūnawere fleeing

لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

Transliteration lā tarkuḍū wa-ir'jiʿū ilā mā ut'rif'tum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tus'alūna

English [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

1. لَاlāFlee not
2. تَرْكُضُوا۟tarkuḍūFlee not
3. وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟wa-ir'jiʿūbut return
4. إِلَىٰilāto
5. مَآmāwhat
6. أُتْرِفْتُمْut'rif'tumyou were given luxury
7. فِيهِfīhiin it
8. وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْwamasākinikumand to your homes
9. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
10. تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnabe questioned

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

English They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]
4. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
5. ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَـٰمِدِينَ

Transliteration famā zālat til'ka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīna

English And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

1. فَمَاfamāThen not
2. زَالَتzālatceased
3. تِّلْكَtil'ka[this]
4. دَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumtheir cry
5. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
6. جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made them
7. حَصِيدًاḥaṣīdanreaped
8. خَـٰمِدِينَkhāmidīnaextinct

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

Transliteration wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

English And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
3. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَمَاwamāand what
6. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
7. لَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna(for) playing

لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ

Transliteration law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan la-ittakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīna

English Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

1. لَوْlawIf
2. أَرَدْنَآaradnāWe intended
3. أَنanthat
4. نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhaWe take
5. لَهْوًۭاlahwana pastime
6. لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُla-ittakhadhnāhusurely We (could have) taken it
7. مِنminfrom
8. لَّدُنَّآladunnāUs
9. إِنinif
10. كُنَّاkunnāWe were
11. فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoers

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Transliteration bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿalā l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu fa-idhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūna

English Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. نَقْذِفُnaqdhifuWe hurl
3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
4. عَلَىʿalāagainst
5. ٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭili[the] falsehood
6. فَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuand it breaks its head
7. فَإِذَاfa-idhābehold
8. هُوَhuwait (is)
9. زَاهِقٌۭ ۚzāhiqunvanishing
10. وَلَكُمُwalakumuAnd for you
11. ٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu(is) destruction
12. مِمَّاmimmāfor what
13. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou ascribe

وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ

Transliteration walahu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi waman ʿindahu lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihi walā yastaḥsirūna

English To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

1. وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd to Him (belongs)
2. مَنmanwhoever
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
6. وَمَنْwamanAnd (those) who
7. عِندَهُۥʿindahu(are) near Him
8. لَاlānot
9. يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnathey are arrogant
10. عَنْʿanto
11. عِبَادَتِهِۦʿibādatihiworship Him
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. يَسْتَحْسِرُونَyastaḥsirūnathey tire

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ

Transliteration yusabbiḥūna al-layla wal-nahāra lā yafturūna

English They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

1. يُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaThey glorify (Him)
2. ٱلَّيْلَal-layla[the] night
3. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand [the] day
4. لَاlānot
5. يَفْتُرُونَyafturūnathey slacken

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ

Transliteration ami ittakhadhū ālihatan mina l-arḍi hum yunshirūna

English Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

1. أَمِamiOr
2. ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhū(have) they taken
3. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
4. مِّنَminafrom
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
6. هُمْhumthey
7. يُنشِرُونَyunshirūnaraise (the dead)

لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Transliteration law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illā l-lahu lafasadatā fasub'ḥāna l-lahi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna

English Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

1. لَوْlawIf
2. كَانَkāna(there) were
3. فِيهِمَآfīhimāin both of them
4. ءَالِهَةٌālihatungods
5. إِلَّاillābesides
6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
7. لَفَسَدَتَا ۚlafasadatāsurely they (would) have been ruined
8. فَسُبْحَـٰنَfasub'ḥānaSo glorified
9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) Allah
10. رَبِّrabbiLord
11. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
12. عَمَّاʿammā(above) what
13. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ

Transliteration lā yus'alu ʿammā yafʿalu wahum yus'alūna

English He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

1. لَاlāNot
2. يُسْـَٔلُyus'aluHe (can) be questioned
3. عَمَّاʿammāabout what
4. يَفْعَلُyafʿaluHe does
5. وَهُمْwahumbut they
6. يُسْـَٔلُونَyus'alūnawill be questioned

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration ami ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan qul hātū bur'hānakum hādhā dhik'ru man maʿiya wadhik'ru man qablī bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna l-ḥaqa fahum muʿ'riḍūna

English Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

1. أَمِamiOr
2. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū(have) they taken
3. مِنminbesides Him
4. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
5. ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖālihatangods
6. قُلْqulSay
7. هَاتُوا۟hātūBring
8. بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖbur'hānakumyour proof
9. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
10. ذِكْرُdhik'ru(is) a Reminder
11. مَنman(for those) who
12. مَّعِىَmaʿiya(are) with me
13. وَذِكْرُwadhik'ruand a Reminder
14. مَنman(for those) who
15. قَبْلِى ۗqablī(were) before me
16. بَلْbalBut
17. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
18. لَاlā(do) not
19. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
20. ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqathe truth
21. فَهُمfahumso they
22. مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) averse

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ

Transliteration wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-uʿ'budūni

English And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. مِنminbefore you
4. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
5. مِنminany
6. رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
7. إِلَّاillābut
8. نُوحِىٓnūḥīWe reveal(ed)
9. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
10. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat [He]
11. لَآlā(There is) no
12. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
13. إِلَّآillāexcept
14. أَنَا۠anāMe
15. فَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūniso worship Me

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Transliteration waqālū ittakhadha l-raḥmānu waladan sub'ḥānahu bal ʿibādun muk'ramūna

English And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaHas taken
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
4. وَلَدًۭا ۗwaladana son
5. سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
6. بَلْbalNay
7. عِبَادٌۭʿibādun(they are) slaves
8. مُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūnahonored

لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration lā yasbiqūnahu bil-qawli wahum bi-amrihi yaʿmalūna

English They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

1. لَاlāNot
2. يَسْبِقُونَهُۥyasbiqūnahuthey (can) precede Him
3. بِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliin word
4. وَهُمwahumand they
5. بِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His command
6. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaact

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ

Transliteration yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yashfaʿūna illā limani ir'taḍā wahum min khashyatihi mush'fiqūna

English He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
2. مَاmāwhat
3. بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
4. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
5. وَمَاwamāand what
6. خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(is) behind them
7. وَلَاwalāand not
8. يَشْفَعُونَyashfaʿūnathey (can) intercede
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. لِمَنِlimanifor whom
11. ٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāHe approves
12. وَهُمwahumAnd they
13. مِّنْminfrom
14. خَشْيَتِهِۦkhashyatihifear of Him
15. مُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūnastand in awe

۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration waman yaqul min'hum innī ilāhun min dūnihi fadhālika najzīhi jahannama kadhālika najzī l-ẓālimīna

English And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

1. ۞ وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. يَقُلْyaqulsays
3. مِنْهُمْmin'humof them
4. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I am
5. إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhuna god
6. مِّنminbesides Him
7. دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
8. فَذَٰلِكَfadhālikaThen that
9. نَجْزِيهِnajzīhiWe will recompense
10. جَهَنَّمَ ۚjahannama(with) Hell
11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
12. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
13. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration awalam yara alladhīna kafarū anna l-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā wajaʿalnā mina l-māi kulla shayin ḥayyin afalā yu'minūna

English Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

1. أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
2. يَرَyarasee
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. أَنَّannathat
6. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
7. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
8. كَانَتَاkānatāwere
9. رَتْقًۭاratqana joined entity
10. فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖfafataqnāhumāthen We parted them
11. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
12. مِنَminafrom
13. ٱلْمَآءِl-māi[the] water
14. كُلَّkullaevery
15. شَىْءٍshayinliving thing
16. حَىٍّ ۖḥayyinliving thing
17. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
18. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe

وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalnā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulan laʿallahum yahtadūna

English And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We (have) placed
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
4. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly set mountains
5. أَنanlest
6. تَمِيدَtamīdait (should) shake
7. بِهِمْbihimwith them
8. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
9. فِيهَاfīhātherein
10. فِجَاجًۭاfijājanbroad passes
11. سُبُلًۭاsubulan(as) ways
12. لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
13. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna(be) guided

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalnā l-samāa saqfan maḥfūẓan wahum ʿan āyātihā muʿ'riḍūna

English And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
2. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe sky
3. سَقْفًۭاsaqfana roof
4. مَّحْفُوظًۭا ۖmaḥfūẓanprotected
5. وَهُمْwahumBut they
6. عَنْʿanfrom
7. ءَايَـٰتِهَاāyātihāits Signs
8. مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturn away

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī khalaqa al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna

English And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
4. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
5. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
6. وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
7. وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamaraand the moon
8. كُلٌّۭkulluneach
9. فِىfīin
10. فَلَكٍۢfalakinan orbit
11. يَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūnafloating

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration wamā jaʿalnā libasharin min qablika l-khul'da afa-in mitta fahumu l-khālidūna

English And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
3. لِبَشَرٍۢlibasharinfor any man
4. مِّنminbefore you
5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
6. ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖl-khul'da[the] immortality
7. أَفَإِي۟نafa-inso if
8. مِّتَّmittayou die
9. فَهُمُfahumuthen (would) they
10. ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَl-khālidūnalive forever

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti wanablūkum bil-shari wal-khayri fit'natan wa-ilaynā tur'jaʿūna

English Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

1. كُلُّkulluEvery
2. نَفْسٍۢnafsinsoul
3. ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu(will) taste
4. ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗl-mawti[the] death
5. وَنَبْلُوكُمwanablūkumAnd We test you
6. بِٱلشَّرِّbil-shariwith [the] bad
7. وَٱلْخَيْرِwal-khayriand [the] good
8. فِتْنَةًۭ ۖfit'natan(as) a trial
9. وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Us
10. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā raāka alladhīna kafarū in yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhā alladhī yadhkuru ālihatakum wahum bidhik'ri l-raḥmāni hum kāfirūna

English And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. رَءَاكَraākathey see you
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
5. إِنinnot
6. يَتَّخِذُونَكَyattakhidhūnakathey take you
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
9. أَهَـٰذَاahādhāIs this
10. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
11. يَذْكُرُyadhkurumentions
12. ءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumyour gods
13. وَهُمwahumAnd they
14. بِذِكْرِbidhik'riat (the) mention
15. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
16. هُمْhum[they]
17. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

Transliteration khuliqa l-insānu min ʿajalin sa-urīkum āyātī falā tastaʿjilūni

English Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

1. خُلِقَkhuliqaIs created
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
3. مِنْminof
4. عَجَلٍۢ ۚʿajalinhaste
5. سَأُو۟رِيكُمْsa-urīkumI will show you
6. ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Signs
7. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
8. تَسْتَعْجِلُونِtastaʿjilūniask Me to hasten

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

1. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
2. مَتَىٰmatāWhen (will be fulfilled)
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
4. ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿdupromise
5. إِنinif
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
7. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Transliteration law yaʿlamu alladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu l-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūna

English If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

1. لَوْlawIf
2. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknew
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. حِينَḥīna(the) time
6. لَاlā(when) not
7. يَكُفُّونَyakuffūnathey will avert
8. عَنʿanfrom
9. وُجُوهِهِمُwujūhihimutheir faces
10. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. عَنʿanfrom
13. ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
14. وَلَاwalāand not
15. هُمْhumthey
16. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

Transliteration bal tatīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā walā hum yunẓarūna

English Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. تَأْتِيهِمtatīhimit will come to them
3. بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatanunexpectedly
4. فَتَبْهَتُهُمْfatabhatuhumand bewilder them
5. فَلَاfalāthen not
6. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey will be able
7. رَدَّهَاraddahāto repel it
8. وَلَاwalāand not
9. هُمْhumthey
10. يُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnawill be given respite

وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Transliteration walaqadi us'tuh'zi-a birusulin min qablika faḥāqa bi-alladhīna sakhirū min'hum mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

English And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

1. وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd verily
2. ٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-awere mocked
3. بِرُسُلٍۢbirusulinMessengers
4. مِّنminbefore you
5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
6. فَحَاقَfaḥāqathen surrounded
7. بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnathose who
8. سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūmocked
9. مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
10. مَّاmāwhat
11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
12. بِهِۦbihiat it
13. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna(to) mock

قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration qul man yakla-ukum bi-al-layli wal-nahāri mina l-raḥmāni bal hum ʿan dhik'ri rabbihim muʿ'riḍūna

English Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. مَنmanWho
3. يَكْلَؤُكُمyakla-ukum(can) protect you
4. بِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliin the night
5. وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
6. مِنَminafrom
7. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
8. بَلْbalYet
9. هُمْhumthey
10. عَنʿanfrom
11. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
12. رَبِّهِمrabbihim(of) their Lord
13. مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturn away

أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

Transliteration am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim walā hum minnā yuṣ'ḥabūna

English Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

1. أَمْamOr
2. لَهُمْlahumhave they
3. ءَالِهَةٌۭālihatungods
4. تَمْنَعُهُمtamnaʿuhum(to) defend them
5. مِّنminfrom
6. دُونِنَا ۚdūnināUs
7. لَاlāNot
8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
9. نَصْرَnaṣra(to) help
10. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. هُمhumthey
13. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
14. يُصْحَبُونَyuṣ'ḥabūnacan be protected

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

Transliteration bal mattaʿnā hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru afalā yarawna annā natī l-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā afahumu l-ghālibūna

English But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? Is it they who will overcome?

1. بَلْbalNay
2. مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāWe gave provision
3. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
4. وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their fathers
5. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
6. طَالَṭālagrew long
7. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
8. ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗl-ʿumuruthe life
9. أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
10. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
11. أَنَّاannāthat We
12. نَأْتِىnatīWe come
13. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the land
14. نَنقُصُهَاnanquṣuhāWe reduce it
15. مِنْminfrom
16. أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚaṭrāfihāits borders
17. أَفَهُمُafahumuSo is (it) they
18. ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(who will be) overcoming

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

Transliteration qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥyi walā yasmaʿu l-ṣumu l-duʿāa idhā mā yundharūna

English Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
3. أُنذِرُكُمundhirukumI warn you
4. بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚbil-waḥyiby the revelation
5. وَلَاwalāBut not
6. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhear
7. ٱلصُّمُّl-ṣumuthe deaf
8. ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
9. إِذَاidhāwhen
10. مَاmāwhen
11. يُنذَرُونَyundharūnathey are warned

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration wala-in massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

English And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
2. مَّسَّتْهُمْmassathumtouches them
3. نَفْحَةٌۭnafḥatuna whiff
4. مِّنْminof
5. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
6. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
7. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say
8. يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
9. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
10. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
11. ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِينَ

Transliteration wanaḍaʿu l-mawāzīna l-qis'ṭa liyawmi l-qiyāmati falā tuẓ'lamu nafsun shayan wa-in kāna mith'qāla ḥabbatin min khardalin ataynā bihā wakafā binā ḥāsibīna

English And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.

1. وَنَضَعُwanaḍaʿuAnd We set
2. ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَl-mawāzīnathe scales
3. ٱلْقِسْطَl-qis'ṭa(of) the justice
4. لِيَوْمِliyawmifor (the) Day
5. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
6. فَلَاfalāso not
7. تُظْلَمُtuẓ'lamuwill be wronged
8. نَفْسٌۭnafsunany soul
9. شَيْـًۭٔا ۖshayan(in) anything
10. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
11. كَانَkāna(there) be
12. مِثْقَالَmith'qālaweight
13. حَبَّةٍۢḥabbatin(of) a seed
14. مِّنْminof
15. خَرْدَلٍkhardalina mustard
16. أَتَيْنَاataynāWe will bring
17. بِهَا ۗbihā[with] it
18. وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
19. بِنَاbinā(are) We
20. حَـٰسِبِينَḥāsibīna(as) Reckoners

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءً وَذِكْرًا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā mūsā wahārūna l-fur'qāna waḍiyāan wadhik'ran lil'muttaqīna

English And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. وَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Harun
5. ٱلْفُرْقَانَl-fur'qānathe Criterion
6. وَضِيَآءًۭwaḍiyāanand a light
7. وَذِكْرًۭاwadhik'ranand a Reminder
8. لِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous

ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wahum mina l-sāʿati mush'fiqūna

English Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawnafear
3. رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
4. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin the unseen
5. وَهُمwahumand they
6. مِّنَminaof
7. ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour
8. مُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna(are) afraid

وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

Transliteration wahādhā dhik'run mubārakun anzalnāhu afa-antum lahu munkirūna

English And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?

1. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this
2. ذِكْرٌۭdhik'run(is) a Reminder
3. مُّبَارَكٌmubārakunblessed
4. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚanzalnāhuwhich We (have) revealed
5. أَفَأَنتُمْafa-antumThen are you
6. لَهُۥlahuof it
7. مُنكِرُونَmunkirūnarejecters

۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā ib'rāhīma rush'dahu min qablu wakunnā bihi ʿālimīna

English And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

1. ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَآātaynāWe gave
3. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
4. رُشْدَهُۥrush'dahuhis guidance
5. مِنminbefore
6. قَبْلُqablubefore
7. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand We were
8. بِهِۦbihiabout him
9. عَـٰلِمِينَʿālimīnaWell-Knowing

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

Transliteration idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūna

English When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālahe said
3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
4. وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
5. مَاmāWhat
6. هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(are) these
7. ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُl-tamāthīlu[the] statues
8. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
9. أَنتُمْantumyou
10. لَهَاlahāto it
11. عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna(are) devoted

قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ

Transliteration qālū wajadnā ābāanā lahā ʿābidīna

English They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. وَجَدْنَآwajadnāWe found
3. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
4. لَهَاlahāof them
5. عَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīnaworshippers

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration qāla laqad kuntum antum waābāukum fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
3. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
4. أَنتُمْantum[you]
5. وَءَابَآؤُكُمْwaābāukumand your forefathers
6. فِىfī(were) in
7. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
8. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninmanifest

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ

Transliteration qālū aji'tanā bil-ḥaqi am anta mina l-lāʿibīna

English They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāHave you come to us
3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
4. أَمْamor
5. أَنتَantayou
6. مِنَmina(are) of
7. ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَl-lāʿibīnathose who play

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

Transliteration qāla bal rabbukum rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna wa-anā ʿalā dhālikum mina l-shāhidīna

English He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. بَلbalNay
3. رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
4. رَبُّrabbu(is the) Lord
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
8. فَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunnacreated them
9. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I am
10. عَلَىٰʿalāto
11. ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
12. مِّنَminaof
13. ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Transliteration watal-lahi la-akīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mud'birīna

English And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

1. وَتَٱللَّهِwatal-lahiAnd by Allah
2. لَأَكِيدَنَّla-akīdannasurely, I will plan
3. أَصْنَـٰمَكُمaṣnāmakum(against) your idols
4. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
5. أَنan[that]
6. تُوَلُّوا۟tuwallūyou go away
7. مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaturning (your) backs

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūna

English So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

1. فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumSo he made them
2. جُذَٰذًاjudhādhan(into) pieces
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. كَبِيرًۭاkabīrana large (one)
5. لَّهُمْlahumof them
6. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
7. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
8. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū man faʿala hādhā biālihatinā innahu lamina l-ẓālimīna

English They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. مَنmanWho
3. فَعَلَfaʿala(has) done
4. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
5. بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآbiālihatināto our gods
6. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
7. لَمِنَlamina(is) of
8. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Transliteration qālū samiʿ'nā fatan yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahu ib'rāhīmu

English They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
3. فَتًۭىfatana youth
4. يَذْكُرُهُمْyadhkuruhummention them
5. يُقَالُyuqāluhe is called
6. لَهُۥٓlahuhe is called
7. إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim

قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ

Transliteration qālū fatū bihi ʿalā aʿyuni l-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūna

English They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
3. بِهِۦbihihim
4. عَلَىٰٓʿalābefore
5. أَعْيُنِaʿyuni(the) eyes
6. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
7. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
8. يَشْهَدُونَyashhadūnabear witness

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Transliteration qālū a-anta faʿalta hādhā biālihatinā yāib'rāhīmu

English They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. ءَأَنتَa-antaHave you
3. فَعَلْتَfaʿaltadone
4. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
5. بِـَٔالِهَتِنَاbiālihatināto our gods
6. يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmuO Ibrahim

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration qāla bal faʿalahu kabīruhum hādhā fasalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūna

English He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. بَلْbalNay
3. فَعَلَهُۥfaʿalahu(some doer) did it
4. كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumTheir chief
5. هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
6. فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْfasalūhumSo ask them
7. إِنinif
8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey (can)
9. يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūnaspeak

فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration farajaʿū ilā anfusihim faqālū innakum antumu l-ẓālimūna

English So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

1. فَرَجَعُوٓا۟farajaʿūSo they returned
2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
3. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
4. فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūand said
5. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
6. أَنتُمُantumu[you]
7. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers

ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration thumma nukisū ʿalā ruūsihim laqad ʿalim'ta mā hāulāi yanṭiqūna

English Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. نُكِسُوا۟nukisūthey were turned
3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
4. رُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimtheir heads
5. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
6. عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
7. مَاmānot
8. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
9. يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna(can) speak

قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

Transliteration qāla afataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayan walā yaḍurrukum

English He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَفَتَعْبُدُونَafataʿbudūnaThen do you worship
3. مِنminbesides
4. دُونِdūnibesides
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
6. مَاmāwhat
7. لَاlā(does) not
8. يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
9. شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukumharms you

أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration uffin lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi afalā taʿqilūna

English Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"

1. أُفٍّۢuffinUff
2. لَّكُمْlakumto you
3. وَلِمَاwalimāand to what
4. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
5. مِنminbesides
6. دُونِdūnibesides
7. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
8. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
9. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

Transliteration qālū ḥarriqūhu wa-unṣurū ālihatakum in kuntum fāʿilīna

English They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. حَرِّقُوهُḥarriqūhuBurn him
3. وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟wa-unṣurūand support
4. ءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumyour gods
5. إِنinif
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
7. فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoers

قُلْنَا يَـٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Transliteration qul'nā yānāru kūnī bardan wasalāman ʿalā ib'rāhīma

English We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

1. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
2. يَـٰنَارُyānāruO fire
3. كُونِىkūnīBe
4. بَرْدًۭاbardancool[ness]
5. وَسَلَـٰمًاwasalāmanand safe[ty]
6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāfor
7. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim

وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

Transliteration wa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-akhsarīna

English And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

1. وَأَرَادُوا۟wa-arādūAnd they intended
2. بِهِۦbihifor him
3. كَيْدًۭاkaydana plan
4. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumubut We made them
5. ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَl-akhsarīnathe greatest losers

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wanajjaynāhu walūṭan ilā l-arḍi allatī bāraknā fīhā lil'ʿālamīna

English And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].

1. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuAnd We delivered him
2. وَلُوطًاwalūṭanand Lut
3. إِلَىilāto
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
5. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
6. بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe (had) blessed
7. فِيهَاfīhā[in it]
8. لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration wawahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba nāfilatan wakullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīna

English And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

1. وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We bestowed
2. لَهُۥٓlahuon him
3. إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
4. وَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
5. نَافِلَةًۭ ۖnāfilatan(in) addition
6. وَكُلًّۭاwakullanand all
7. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
8. صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous

وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَـٰبِدِينَ

Transliteration wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yahdūna bi-amrinā wa-awḥaynā ilayhim fiʿ'la l-khayrāti wa-iqāma l-ṣalati waītāa l-zakati wakānū lanā ʿābidīna

English And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.

1. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them
2. أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatanleaders
3. يَهْدُونَyahdūnathey guide
4. بِأَمْرِنَاbi-amrināby Our Command
5. وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
6. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
7. فِعْلَfiʿ'la(the) doing
8. ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti(of) good deeds
9. وَإِقَامَwa-iqāmaand establishment
10. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati(of) the prayer
11. وَإِيتَآءَwaītāaand giving
12. ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖl-zakati(of) zakah
13. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
14. لَنَاlanāof Us
15. عَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīnaworshippers

وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration walūṭan ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wanajjaynāhu mina l-qaryati allatī kānat taʿmalu l-khabāitha innahum kānū qawma sawin fāsiqīna

English And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

1. وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd (to) Lut
2. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuWe gave him
3. حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manjudgment
4. وَعِلْمًۭاwaʿil'manand knowledge
5. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuand We saved him
6. مِنَminafrom
7. ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
8. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
9. كَانَتkānatwas
10. تَّعْمَلُtaʿmaludoing
11. ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗl-khabāithawicked deeds
12. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
13. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
14. قَوْمَqawmaa people
15. سَوْءٍۢsawinevil
16. فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration wa-adkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā innahu mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

1. وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُwa-adkhalnāhuAnd We admitted him
2. فِىfīinto
3. رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖraḥmatināOur Mercy
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
5. مِنَmina(was) of
6. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration wanūḥan idh nādā min qablu fa-is'tajabnā lahu fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

English And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

1. وَنُوحًاwanūḥanAnd Nuh
2. إِذْidhwhen
3. نَادَىٰnādāhe called
4. مِنminbefore
5. قَبْلُqablubefore
6. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāso We responded
7. لَهُۥlahuto him
8. فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُfanajjaynāhuand We saved him
9. وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuand his family
10. مِنَminafrom
11. ٱلْكَرْبِl-karbithe affliction
12. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi[the] great

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration wanaṣarnāhu mina l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā innahum kānū qawma sawin fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna

English And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

1. وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُwanaṣarnāhuAnd We helped him
2. مِنَminafrom
3. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
5. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
6. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚbiāyātināOur Signs
7. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
8. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
9. قَوْمَqawmaa people
10. سَوْءٍۢsawinevil
11. فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumso We drowned them
12. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ

Transliteration wadāwūda wasulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fī l-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamu l-qawmi wakunnā liḥuk'mihim shāhidīna

English And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.

1. وَدَاوُۥدَwadāwūdaAnd Dawud
2. وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Sulaiman
3. إِذْidhwhen
4. يَحْكُمَانِyaḥkumānithey judged
5. فِىfīconcerning
6. ٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthithe field
7. إِذْidhwhen
8. نَفَشَتْnafashatpastured
9. فِيهِfīhiin it
10. غَنَمُghanamusheep
11. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) a people
12. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand We were
13. لِحُكْمِهِمْliḥuk'mihimto their judgment
14. شَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīnawitness

فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ

Transliteration fafahhamnāhā sulaymāna wakullan ātaynā ḥuk'man waʿil'man wasakharnā maʿa dāwūda l-jibāla yusabbiḥ'na wal-ṭayra wakunnā fāʿilīna

English And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].

1. فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَاfafahhamnāhāAnd We gave understanding of it
2. سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚsulaymāna(to) Sulaiman
3. وَكُلًّاwakullanand (to) each
4. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
5. حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manjudgment
6. وَعِلْمًۭا ۚwaʿil'manand knowledge
7. وَسَخَّرْنَاwasakharnāAnd We subjected
8. مَعَmaʿawith
9. دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawud
10. ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
11. يُسَبِّحْنَyusabbiḥ'na(to) glorify Our praises
12. وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚwal-ṭayraand the birds
13. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We were
14. فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnathe Doers

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ

Transliteration waʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsin lakum lituḥ'ṣinakum min basikum fahal antum shākirūna

English And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

1. وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُwaʿallamnāhuAnd We taught him
2. صَنْعَةَṣanʿata(the) making
3. لَبُوسٍۢlabūsin(of) coats of armor
4. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
5. لِتُحْصِنَكُمlituḥ'ṣinakumto protect you
6. مِّنۢminfrom
7. بَأْسِكُمْ ۖbasikumyour battle
8. فَهَلْfahalThen will
9. أَنتُمْantumyou
10. شَـٰكِرُونَshākirūna(be) grateful

وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration walisulaymāna l-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī bi-amrihi ilā l-arḍi allatī bāraknā fīhā wakunnā bikulli shayin ʿālimīna

English And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.

1. وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَwalisulaymānaAnd to Sulaiman
2. ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
3. عَاصِفَةًۭʿāṣifatanforcefully
4. تَجْرِىtajrīblowing
5. بِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiby his command
6. إِلَىilāto
7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
8. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
9. بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe blessed
10. فِيهَا ۚfīhā[in it]
11. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We are
12. بِكُلِّbikulliof every
13. شَىْءٍshayinthing
14. عَـٰلِمِينَʿālimīnaKnowers

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Transliteration wamina l-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahu wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīna

English And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.

1. وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
2. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīnithe devils
3. مَنman(were some) who
4. يَغُوصُونَyaghūṣūnawould dive
5. لَهُۥlahufor him
6. وَيَعْمَلُونَwayaʿmalūnaand would do
7. عَمَلًۭاʿamalanwork
8. دُونَdūnaother than
9. ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālikathat
10. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We were
11. لَهُمْlahumof them
12. حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaGuardians

۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Transliteration wa-ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-ḍuru wa-anta arḥamu l-rāḥimīna

English And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."

1. ۞ وَأَيُّوبَwa-ayyūbaAnd Ayub
2. إِذْidhwhen
3. نَادَىٰnādāhe called
4. رَبَّهُۥٓrabbahu(to) his Lord
5. أَنِّىannīIndeed, [I]
6. مَسَّنِىَmassaniyahas touched me
7. ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe adversity
8. وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
9. أَرْحَمُarḥamu(are) Most Merciful
10. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna(of) the Merciful

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَ

Transliteration fa-is'tajabnā lahu fakashafnā mā bihi min ḍurrin waātaynāhu ahlahu wamith'lahum maʿahum raḥmatan min ʿindinā wadhik'rā lil'ʿābidīna

English So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].

1. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāSo We responded
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. فَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnāand We removed
4. مَاmāwhat
5. بِهِۦbihi(was) on him
6. مِنminof
7. ضُرٍّۢ ۖḍurrin(the) adversity
8. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd We gave him
9. أَهْلَهُۥahlahuhis family
10. وَمِثْلَهُمwamith'lahumand (the) like thereof
11. مَّعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
12. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) Mercy
13. مِّنْminfrom Ourselves
14. عِندِنَاʿindināfrom Ourselves
15. وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminder
16. لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَlil'ʿābidīnafor the worshippers

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

Transliteration wa-is'māʿīla wa-id'rīsa wadhā l-kif'li kullun mina l-ṣābirīna

English And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

1. وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaAnd Ishmael
2. وَإِدْرِيسَwa-id'rīsaand Idris
3. وَذَاwadhāand Dhul-Kifl
4. ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖl-kif'liand Dhul-Kifl
5. كُلٌّۭkullunall
6. مِّنَmina(were) of
7. ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe patient ones

وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration wa-adkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā innahum mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

1. وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْwa-adkhalnāhumAnd We admitted them
2. فِىfīin
3. رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖraḥmatināOur Mercy
4. إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they
5. مِّنَmina(were) of
6. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration wadhā l-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī l-ẓulumāti an lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna

English And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

1. وَذَاwadhāAnd Dhun-Nun
2. ٱلنُّونِl-nūniAnd Dhun-Nun
3. إِذidhwhen
4. ذَّهَبَdhahabahe went
5. مُغَـٰضِبًۭاmughāḍiban(while) angry
6. فَظَنَّfaẓannaand thought
7. أَنanthat
8. لَّنlannever
9. نَّقْدِرَnaqdiraWe would decree
10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
11. فَنَادَىٰfanādāThen he called
12. فِىfīin
13. ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness(es)
14. أَنanthat
15. لَّآlā(There is) no
16. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
17. إِلَّآillāexcept
18. أَنتَantaYou
19. سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
20. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
21. كُنتُkuntuI am
22. مِنَminaof
23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration fa-is'tajabnā lahu wanajjaynāhu mina l-ghami wakadhālika nunjī l-mu'minīna

English So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

1. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāSo We responded
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuand We saved him
4. مِنَminafrom
5. ٱلْغَمِّ ۚl-ghamithe distress
6. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
7. نُـۨجِىnunjīWe save
8. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Transliteration wazakariyyā idh nādā rabbahu rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-anta khayru l-wārithīna

English And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

1. وَزَكَرِيَّآwazakariyyāAnd Zakariya
2. إِذْidhwhen
3. نَادَىٰnādāhe called
4. رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
5. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
6. لَاlā(Do) not
7. تَذَرْنِىtadharnīleave me
8. فَرْدًۭاfardanalone
9. وَأَنتَwa-antawhile You
10. خَيْرُkhayru(are) [the] Best
11. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna(of) the inheritors

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ

Transliteration fa-is'tajabnā lahu wawahabnā lahu yaḥyā wa-aṣlaḥnā lahu zawjahu innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wayadʿūnanā raghaban warahaban wakānū lanā khāshiʿīna

English So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

1. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāSo We responded
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāand We bestowed
4. لَهُۥlahuon him
5. يَحْيَىٰyaḥyāYahya
6. وَأَصْلَحْنَاwa-aṣlaḥnāand We cured
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚzawjahuhis wife
9. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
10. كَانُوا۟kānūused (to)
11. يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnahasten
12. فِىfīin
13. ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātigood deeds
14. وَيَدْعُونَنَاwayadʿūnanāand they supplicate to Us
15. رَغَبًۭاraghaban(in) hope
16. وَرَهَبًۭا ۖwarahabanand fear
17. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
18. لَنَاlanāto Us
19. خَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīnahumbly submissive

وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wa-allatī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā min rūḥinā wajaʿalnāhā wa-ib'nahā āyatan lil'ʿālamīna

English And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

1. وَٱلَّتِىٓwa-allatīAnd she who
2. أَحْصَنَتْaḥṣanatguarded
3. فَرْجَهَاfarjahāher chastity
4. فَنَفَخْنَاfanafakhnāso We breathed
5. فِيهَاfīhāinto her
6. مِنminof
7. رُّوحِنَاrūḥināOur Spirit
8. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاwajaʿalnāhāand We made her
9. وَٱبْنَهَآwa-ib'nahāand her son
10. ءَايَةًۭāyatana sign
11. لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ

Transliteration inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-uʿ'budūni

English Indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithis
3. أُمَّتُكُمْummatukum(is) your religion
4. أُمَّةًۭummatanreligion
5. وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
6. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I Am
7. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
8. فَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūniso worship Me

وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ

Transliteration wataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum kullun ilaynā rājiʿūna

English And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves, [but] all to Us will return.

1. وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟wataqaṭṭaʿūBut they cut off
2. أَمْرَهُمamrahumtheir affair
3. بَيْنَهُمْ ۖbaynahumamong themselves
4. كُلٌّkullunall
5. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
6. رَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūna(will) return

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَـٰتِبُونَ

Transliteration faman yaʿmal mina l-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa mu'minun falā kuf'rāna lisaʿyihi wa-innā lahu kātibūna

English So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort, and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

1. فَمَنfamanThen whoever
2. يَعْمَلْyaʿmaldoes
3. مِنَmina[of]
4. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds
5. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
6. مُؤْمِنٌۭmu'minun(is) a believer
7. فَلَاfalāthen not
8. كُفْرَانَkuf'rāna(will be) rejected
9. لِسَعْيِهِۦlisaʿyihi[of] his effort
10. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
11. لَهُۥlahuof it
12. كَـٰتِبُونَkātibūna(are) Recorders

وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūna

English And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

1. وَحَرَٰمٌwaḥarāmunAnd (there is) prohibition
2. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
3. قَرْيَةٍqaryatina city
4. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآahlaknāhāwhich We have destroyed
5. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
6. لَاlānot
7. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnawill return

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ

Transliteration ḥattā idhā futiḥat yajūju wamajūju wahum min kulli ḥadabin yansilūna

English Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. فُتِحَتْfutiḥathas been opened
4. يَأْجُوجُyajūju(for) the Yajuj
5. وَمَأْجُوجُwamajūjuand Majuj
6. وَهُمwahumand they
7. مِّنminfrom
8. كُلِّkullievery
9. حَدَبٍۢḥadabinelevation
10. يَنسِلُونَyansilūnadescend

وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration wa-iq'taraba l-waʿdu l-ḥaqu fa-idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣāru alladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatin min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīna

English And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

1. وَٱقْتَرَبَwa-iq'tarabaAnd has approached
2. ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduthe promise
3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu[the] true
4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
5. هِىَhiya[it]
6. شَـٰخِصَةٌshākhiṣatun(are) staring
7. أَبْصَـٰرُabṣāru(the) eyes
8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
9. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
10. يَـٰوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāO woe to us
11. قَدْqadVerily
12. كُنَّاkunnāwe had been
13. فِىfīin
14. غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
15. مِّنْminof
16. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
17. بَلْbalnay
18. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
19. ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ

Transliteration innakum wamā taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi ḥaṣabu jahannama antum lahā wāridūna

English Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

1. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
2. وَمَاwamāand what
3. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
4. مِنminbesides Allah
5. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
7. حَصَبُḥaṣabu(are) firewood
8. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
9. أَنتُمْantumYou
10. لَهَاlahāto it
11. وَٰرِدُونَwāridūnawill come

لَوْ كَانَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration law kāna hāulāi ālihatan mā waradūhā wakullun fīhā khālidūna

English Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

1. لَوْlawIf
2. كَانَkānawere
3. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
4. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
5. مَّاmānot
6. وَرَدُوهَا ۖwaradūhāthey (would) have come to it
7. وَكُلٌّۭwakullunAnd all
8. فِيهَاfīhātherein
9. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Transliteration lahum fīhā zafīrun wahum fīhā lā yasmaʿūna

English For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

1. لَهُمْlahumFor them
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. زَفِيرٌۭzafīrun(is) sighing
4. وَهُمْwahumand they
5. فِيهَاfīhātherein
6. لَاlānot
7. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnawill hear

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna sabaqat lahum minnā l-ḥus'nā ulāika ʿanhā mub'ʿadūna

English Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
3. سَبَقَتْsabaqathas gone forth
4. لَهُمlahumfor them
5. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
6. ٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓl-ḥus'nāthe good
7. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
8. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
9. مُبْعَدُونَmub'ʿadūna(will be) removed far

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā wahum fī mā ish'tahat anfusuhum khālidūna

English They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

1. لَاlāNot
2. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hear
3. حَسِيسَهَا ۖḥasīsahā(the) slightest sound of it
4. وَهُمْwahumand they
5. فِىfīin
6. مَاmāwhat
7. ٱشْتَهَتْish'tahatdesire
8. أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir souls
9. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration lā yaḥzunuhumu l-fazaʿu l-akbaru watatalaqqāhumu l-malāikatu hādhā yawmukumu alladhī kuntum tūʿadūna

English They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

1. لَاlāNot
2. يَحْزُنُهُمُyaḥzunuhumuwill grieve them
3. ٱلْفَزَعُl-fazaʿuthe terror
4. ٱلْأَكْبَرُl-akbaru[the] greatest
5. وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُwatatalaqqāhumuand will meet them
6. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
7. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
8. يَوْمُكُمُyawmukumu(is) your Day
9. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
10. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
11. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnapromised

يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ

Transliteration yawma naṭwī l-samāa kaṭayyi l-sijili lil'kutubi kamā badanā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīna

English The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. نَطْوِىnaṭwīWe will fold
3. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
4. كَطَىِّkaṭayyilike (the) folding
5. ٱلسِّجِلِّl-sijili(of) a scroll
6. لِلْكُتُبِ ۚlil'kutubifor records
7. كَمَاkamāAs
8. بَدَأْنَآbadanāWe began
9. أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
10. خَلْقٍۢkhalqincreation
11. نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚnuʿīduhuWe will repeat it
12. وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
13. عَلَيْنَآ ۚʿalaynāupon Us
14. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
15. كُنَّاkunnāWe are
16. فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna(the) Doers

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ

Transliteration walaqad katabnā fī l-zabūri min baʿdi l-dhik'ri anna l-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya l-ṣāliḥūna

English And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. كَتَبْنَاkatabnāWe have written
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلزَّبُورِl-zabūrithe Scripture
5. مِنۢminafter
6. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
7. ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'rithe mention
8. أَنَّannathat
9. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
10. يَرِثُهَاyarithuhāwill inherit it
11. عِبَادِىَʿibādiyaMy slaves
12. ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūnathe righteous

إِنَّ فِى هَـٰذَا لَبَلَـٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَـٰبِدِينَ

Transliteration inna fī hādhā labalāghan liqawmin ʿābidīna

English Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِىfīin
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
4. لَبَلَـٰغًۭاlabalāghansurely is a Message
5. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
6. عَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīnaworshippers

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wamā arsalnāka illā raḥmatan lil'ʿālamīna

English And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
5. لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds

قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

Transliteration qul innamā yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun fahal antum mus'limūna

English Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
3. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāit is revealed
4. إِلَىَّilayyato me
5. أَنَّمَآannamāthat
6. إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumyour god
7. إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) God
8. وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖwāḥidunOne
9. فَهَلْfahalso will
10. أَنتُمantumyou
11. مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmit (to Him)

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration fa-in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāin wa-in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna

English But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

1. فَإِنfa-inBut if
2. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
3. فَقُلْfaqulthen say
4. ءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukumI (have) announced to you
5. عَلَىٰʿalāequally
6. سَوَآءٍۢ ۖsawāinequally
7. وَإِنْwa-inAnd not
8. أَدْرِىٓadrīI know
9. أَقَرِيبٌaqarībunwhether is near
10. أَمamor
11. بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdunfar
12. مَّاmāwhat
13. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised

إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Transliteration innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra mina l-qawli wayaʿlamu mā taktumūna

English Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
2. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
3. ٱلْجَهْرَl-jahrathe declared
4. مِنَmina[of]
5. ٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli[the] speech
6. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand He knows
7. مَاmāwhat
8. تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnayou conceal

وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration wa-in adrī laʿallahu fit'natun lakum wamatāʿun ilā ḥīnin

English And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."

1. وَإِنْwa-inAnd not
2. أَدْرِىadrīI know
3. لَعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuperhaps it may be
4. فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natuna trial
5. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
6. وَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿunand an enjoyment
7. إِلَىٰilāfor
8. حِينٍۢḥīnina time

قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Transliteration qāla rabbi uḥ'kum bil-ḥaqi warabbunā l-raḥmānu l-mus'taʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna

English [The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."

1. قَـٰلَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. ٱحْكُمuḥ'kumjudge
4. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqiin truth
5. وَرَبُّنَاwarabbunāAnd our Lord
6. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
7. ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānuthe One Whose help is sought
8. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
9. مَاmāwhat
10. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou attribute