Surah Al-'Ankabut in English: word by word, transliteration
Surah 29 · العنكبوت · The Spider · 69 verses · 976 words
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Bismillah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
- بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
Verse 1
الٓمٓ
Transliteration alif-lam-meem
English Alif, Lām, Meem.
- الٓمٓalif-lam-meemAlif Laam Meem
Verse 2
أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Transliteration aḥasiba l-nāsu an yut'rakū an yaqūlū āmannā wahum lā yuf'tanūna
English Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?
- أَحَسِبَaḥasibaDo think
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
- أَنanthat
- يُتْرَكُوٓا۟yut'rakūthey will be left
- أَنanbecause
- يَقُولُوٓا۟yaqūlūthey say
- ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
- وَهُمْwahumand they
- لَاlāwill not be tested
- يُفْتَنُونَyuf'tanūnawill not be tested
Verse 3
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
Transliteration walaqad fatannā alladhīna min qablihim falayaʿlamanna l-lahu alladhīna ṣadaqū walayaʿlamanna l-kādhibīna
English But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
- فَتَنَّاfatannāWe tested
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۖqablihim(were) before them
- فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّfalayaʿlamannaAnd Allah will surely make evident
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah will surely make evident
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū(are) truthful
- وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaand He will surely make evident
- ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars
Verse 4
أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
Transliteration am ḥasiba alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti an yasbiqūnā sāa mā yaḥkumūna
English Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun [i.e., escape] Us? Evil is what they judge.
- أَمْamOr
- حَسِبَḥasibathink
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
- ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātievil deeds
- أَنanthat
- يَسْبِقُونَا ۚyasbiqūnāthey can outrun Us
- سَآءَsāaEvil is
- مَاmāwhat
- يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge
Verse 5
مَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ لَـَٔاتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration man kāna yarjū liqāa l-lahi fa-inna ajala l-lahi laātin wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
English Whoever should hope for the meeting with Allāh - indeed, the term [decreed by] Allāh is coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
- مَنmanWhoever
- كَانَkāna[is]
- يَرْجُوا۟yarjūhopes
- لِقَآءَliqāa(for the) meeting
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(with) Allah
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- أَجَلَajala(the) Term
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لَـَٔاتٍۢ ۚlaātin(is) surely coming
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
- ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower
Verse 6
وَمَن جَـٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَـٰهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Transliteration waman jāhada fa-innamā yujāhidu linafsihi inna l-laha laghaniyyun ʿani l-ʿālamīna
English And whoever strives only strives for [the benefit of] himself. Indeed, Allāh is Free from need of the worlds.
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- جَـٰهَدَjāhadastrives
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- يُجَـٰهِدُyujāhiduhe strives
- لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ ۚlinafsihifor himself
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَغَنِىٌّlaghaniyyun(is) Free from need
- عَنِʿaniof
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds
Verse 7
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lanukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiātihim walanajziyannahum aḥsana alladhī kānū yaʿmalūna
English And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely remove from them their misdeeds and will surely reward them according to the best of what they used to do.
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous (deeds)
- لَنُكَفِّرَنَّlanukaffirannasurely, We will remove
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
- سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds
- وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْwalanajziyannahumand We will surely reward them
- أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna(to) do
Verse 8
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا ۖ وَإِن جَـٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi ḥus'nan wa-in jāhadāka litush'rika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun falā tuṭiʿ'humā ilayya marjiʿukum fa-unabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
English And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.
- وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(on) man
- بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhigoodness to his parents
- حُسْنًۭا ۖḥus'nangoodness to his parents
- وَإِنwa-inbut if
- جَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadākathey both strive against you
- لِتُشْرِكَlitush'rikato make you associate
- بِىbīwith Me
- مَاmāwhat
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لَكَlakayou have
- بِهِۦbihiof it
- عِلْمٌۭʿil'munany knowledge
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚtuṭiʿ'humāobey both of them
- إِلَىَّilayyaTo Me
- مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
- فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukumand I will inform you
- بِمَاbimāabout what
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do
Verse 9
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lanud'khilannahum fī l-ṣāliḥīna
English And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise].
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
- لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْlanud'khilannahumWe will surely admit them
- فِىfīamong
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous
Verse 10
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِىَ فِى ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ ۚ أَوَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِمَا فِى صُدُورِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Transliteration wamina l-nāsi man yaqūlu āmannā bil-lahi fa-idhā ūdhiya fī l-lahi jaʿala fit'nata l-nāsi kaʿadhābi l-lahi wala-in jāa naṣrun min rabbika layaqūlunna innā kunnā maʿakum awalaysa l-lahu bi-aʿlama bimā fī ṣudūri l-ʿālamīna
English And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?
- وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
- مَنman(is he) who
- يَقُولُyaqūlusays
- ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- فَإِذَآfa-idhāBut when
- أُوذِىَūdhiyahe is harmed
- فِىfīin
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the Way of) Allah
- جَعَلَjaʿalahe considers
- فِتْنَةَfit'nata(the) trial
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- كَعَذَابِkaʿadhābias (the) punishment
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
- جَآءَjāacomes
- نَصْرٌۭnaṣrunvictory
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they say
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- كُنَّاkunnāwere
- مَعَكُمْ ۚmaʿakumwith you
- أَوَلَيْسَawalaysaIs not
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِأَعْلَمَbi-aʿlamamost knowing
- بِمَاbimāof what
- فِىfī(is) in
- صُدُورِṣudūri(the) breasts
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
Verse 11
وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ
Transliteration walayaʿlamanna l-lahu alladhīna āmanū walayaʿlamanna l-munāfiqīna
English And Allāh will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident the hypocrites.
- وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaAnd Allah will surely make evident
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah will surely make evident
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaAnd He will surely make evident
- ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
Verse 12
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ سَبِيلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْ وَمَا هُم بِحَـٰمِلِينَ مِنْ خَطَـٰيَـٰهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ittabiʿū sabīlanā walnaḥmil khaṭāyākum wamā hum biḥāmilīna min khaṭāyāhum min shayin innahum lakādhibūna
English And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins." But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars.
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
- سَبِيلَنَاsabīlanāour way
- وَلْنَحْمِلْwalnaḥmiland we will carry
- خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْkhaṭāyākumyour sins
- وَمَاwamāBut not
- هُمhumthey
- بِحَـٰمِلِينَbiḥāmilīna(are) going to carry
- مِنْminof
- خَطَـٰيَـٰهُمkhaṭāyāhumtheir sins
- مِّنminany
- شَىْءٍ ۖshayinthing
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
- لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars
Verse 13
وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ ۖ وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Transliteration walayaḥmilunna athqālahum wa-athqālan maʿa athqālihim walayus'alunna yawma l-qiyāmati ʿammā kānū yaftarūna
English But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens, and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent.
- وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّwalayaḥmilunnaBut surely they will carry
- أَثْقَالَهُمْathqālahumtheir burdens
- وَأَثْقَالًۭاwa-athqālanand burdens
- مَّعَmaʿawith
- أَثْقَالِهِمْ ۖathqālihimtheir burdens
- وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّwalayus'alunnaand surely they will be questioned
- يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- عَمَّاʿammāabout what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna(to) invent
Verse 14
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ
Transliteration walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi falabitha fīhim alfa sanatin illā khamsīna ʿāman fa-akhadhahumu l-ṭūfānu wahum ẓālimūna
English And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- نُوحًاnūḥanNuh
- إِلَىٰilāto
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- فَلَبِثَfalabithaand he remained
- فِيهِمْfīhimamong them
- أَلْفَalfaa thousand
- سَنَةٍsanatinyear(s)
- إِلَّاillāsave
- خَمْسِينَkhamsīnafifty
- عَامًۭاʿāmanyear(s)
- فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuthen seized them
- ٱلطُّوفَانُl-ṭūfānuthe flood
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers
Verse 15
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Transliteration fa-anjaynāhu wa-aṣḥāba l-safīnati wajaʿalnāhā āyatan lil'ʿālamīna
English But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.
- فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuBut We saved him
- وَأَصْحَـٰبَwa-aṣḥābaand (the) people
- ٱلسَّفِينَةِl-safīnati(of) the ship
- وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَآwajaʿalnāhāand We made it
- ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
- لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds
Verse 16
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ۖ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration wa-ib'rāhīma idh qāla liqawmihi uʿ'budū l-laha wa-ittaqūhu dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna
English And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship Allāh and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.
- وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَwa-ib'rāhīmaAnd Ibrahim
- إِذْidhwhen
- قَالَqālahe said
- لِقَوْمِهِliqawmihito his people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَٱتَّقُوهُ ۖwa-ittaqūhuand fear Him
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 17
إِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَـٰنًا وَتَخْلُقُونَ إِفْكًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقًا فَٱبْتَغُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزْقَ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۖ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Transliteration innamā taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi awthānan watakhluqūna if'kan inna alladhīna taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi lā yamlikūna lakum riz'qan fa-ib'taghū ʿinda l-lahi l-riz'qa wa-uʿ'budūhu wa-ush'kurū lahu ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
English You only worship, besides Allāh, idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allāh do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allāh provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned."
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
- مِنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- أَوْثَـٰنًۭاawthānanidols
- وَتَخْلُقُونَwatakhluqūnaand you create
- إِفْكًا ۚif'kanfalsehood
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
- مِنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnapossess
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- رِزْقًۭاriz'qanany provision
- فَٱبْتَغُوا۟fa-ib'taghūSo seek
- عِندَʿindafrom
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- وَٱعْبُدُوهُwa-uʿ'budūhuand worship Him
- وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be grateful
- لَهُۥٓ ۖlahuto Him
- إِلَيْهِilayhiTo Him
- تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned
Verse 18
وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Transliteration wa-in tukadhibū faqad kadhaba umamun min qablikum wamā ʿalā l-rasūli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
English And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تُكَذِّبُوا۟tukadhibūyou deny
- فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
- كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
- أُمَمٌۭumamun(the) nations
- مِّنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكُمْ ۖqablikumbefore you
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- عَلَىʿalā(is) on
- ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
- ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear
Verse 19
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Transliteration awalam yaraw kayfa yub'di-u l-lahu l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhu inna dhālika ʿalā l-lahi yasīrun
English Have they not considered how Allāh begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.
- أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- يُبْدِئُyub'di-uAllah originates
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah originates
- ٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creation
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يُعِيدُهُۥٓ ۚyuʿīduhurepeats it
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- عَلَىʿalāfor
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- يَسِيرٌۭyasīrun(is) easy
Verse 20
قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Transliteration qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa bada-a l-khalqa thumma l-lahu yunshi-u l-nashata l-ākhirata inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allāh will produce the final creation [i.e., development]. Indeed Allāh, over all things, is competent."
- قُلْqulSay
- سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- بَدَأَbada-aHe originated
- ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚl-khalqathe creation
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- يُنشِئُyunshi-uwill produce
- ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creation
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhiratathe last
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun(is) All-Powerful
Verse 21
يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ
Transliteration yuʿadhibu man yashāu wayarḥamu man yashāu wa-ilayhi tuq'labūna
English He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.
- يُعَذِّبُyuʿadhibuHe punishes
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيَرْحَمُwayarḥamuand has mercy
- مَنman(on) whom
- يَشَآءُ ۖyashāuHe wills
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- تُقْلَبُونَtuq'labūnayou will be returned
Verse 22
وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
Transliteration wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi walā fī l-samāi wamā lakum min dūni l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin
English And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allāh any protector or any helper.
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَنتُمantumyou
- بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnacan escape
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَلَاwalāand not
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖl-samāithe heaven
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- لَكُمlakumfor you
- مِّنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مِنminany
- وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَصِيرٍۢnaṣīrina helper
Verse 23
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَتِى وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyāti l-lahi waliqāihi ulāika ya-isū min raḥmatī wa-ulāika lahum ʿadhābun alīmun
English And the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment.
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓwaliqāihiand (the) meeting (with) Him
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- يَئِسُوا۟ya-isū(have) despaired
- مِنminof
- رَّحْمَتِىraḥmatīMy Mercy
- وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
Verse 24
فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Transliteration famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū uq'tulūhu aw ḥarriqūhu fa-anjāhu l-lahu mina l-nāri inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna
English And the answer of his [i.e., Abraham's] people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allāh saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
- فَمَاfamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
- قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- ٱقْتُلُوهُuq'tulūhuKill him
- أَوْawor
- حَرِّقُوهُḥarriqūhuburn him
- فَأَنجَىٰهُfa-anjāhuBut Allah saved him
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuBut Allah saved him
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلنَّارِ ۚl-nārithe fire
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe
Verse 25
وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَـٰنًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ
Transliteration waqāla innamā ittakhadhtum min dūni l-lahi awthānan mawaddata baynikum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma yawma l-qiyāmati yakfuru baʿḍukum bibaʿḍin wayalʿanu baʿḍukum baʿḍan wamawākumu l-nāru wamā lakum min nāṣirīna
English And [Abraham] said, "You have only taken, other than Allāh, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers."
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- ٱتَّخَذْتُمittakhadhtumyou have taken
- مِّنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- أَوْثَـٰنًۭاawthānanidols
- مَّوَدَّةَmawaddata(out of) love
- بَيْنِكُمْbaynikumamong you
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
- ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- يَكْفُرُyakfuruyou will deny
- بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
- بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍinone another
- وَيَلْعَنُwayalʿanuand curse
- بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
- بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍanone another
- وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُwamawākumuand your abode
- ٱلنَّارُl-nāru(will be) the Fire
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَكُمlakumfor you
- مِّنminany
- نَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers
Verse 26
۞ فَـَٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٌ ۘ وَقَالَ إِنِّى مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Transliteration faāmana lahu lūṭun waqāla innī muhājirun ilā rabbī innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
English And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, "Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
- ۞ فَـَٔامَنَfaāmanaAnd believed
- لَهُۥlahu[in] him
- لُوطٌۭ ۘlūṭunLut
- وَقَالَwaqālaand he said
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed I (am)
- مُهَاجِرٌmuhājirunemigrating
- إِلَىٰilāto
- رَبِّىٓ ۖrabbīmy Lord
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- هُوَhuwa[He] (is)
- ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
- ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise
Verse 27
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Transliteration wawahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wajaʿalnā fī dhurriyyatihi l-nubuwata wal-kitāba waātaynāhu ajrahu fī l-dun'yā wa-innahu fī l-ākhirati lamina l-ṣāliḥīna
English And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.
- وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We granted
- لَهُۥٓlahuto him
- إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
- وَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We placed
- فِىfīin
- ذُرِّيَّتِهِdhurriyyatihihis offsprings
- ٱلنُّبُوَّةَl-nubuwatathe Prophethood
- وَٱلْكِتَـٰبَwal-kitābaand the Book
- وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd We gave him
- أَجْرَهُۥajrahuhis reward
- فِىfīin
- ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
- وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- لَمِنَlamina(is) surely, among
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous
Verse 28
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Transliteration walūṭan idh qāla liqawmihi innakum latatūna l-fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min aḥadin mina l-ʿālamīna
English And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Indeed, you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds.
- وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lut
- إِذْidhwhen
- قَالَqālahe said
- لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnacommit
- ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishatathe immorality
- مَاmānot
- سَبَقَكُمsabaqakumhas preceded you
- بِهَاbihāwith it
- مِنْminany
- أَحَدٍۢaḥadinone
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds
Verse 29
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla wataqṭaʿūna l-sabīla watatūna fī nādīkumu l-munkara famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū i'tinā biʿadhābi l-lahi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
English Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but that they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allāh, if you should be of the truthful."
- أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumIndeed, you
- لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
- ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
- وَتَقْطَعُونَwataqṭaʿūnaand you cut off
- ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīlathe road
- وَتَأْتُونَwatatūnaand commit
- فِىfīin
- نَادِيكُمُnādīkumuyour meetings
- ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖl-munkaraevil
- فَمَاfamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
- قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring upon us
- بِعَذَابِbiʿadhābi(the) punishment
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنinif
- كُنتَkuntayou are
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
Verse 30
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Transliteration qāla rabbi unṣur'nī ʿalā l-qawmi l-muf'sidīna
English He said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- ٱنصُرْنِىunṣur'nīHelp me
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
- ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters
Verse 31
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration walammā jāat rusulunā ib'rāhīma bil-bush'rā qālū innā muh'likū ahli hādhihi l-qaryati inna ahlahā kānū ẓālimīna
English And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that [i.e., Lot's] city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- جَآءَتْjāatcame
- رُسُلُنَآrusulunāOur messengers
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Ibrahim
- بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith the glad tidings
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- مُهْلِكُوٓا۟muh'likū(are) going to destroy
- أَهْلِahli(the) people
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) this
- ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖl-qaryatitown
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
- كَانُوا۟kānūare
- ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
Verse 32
قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا ۚ قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا ۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
Transliteration qāla inna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu aʿlamu biman fīhā lanunajjiyannahu wa-ahlahu illā im'ra-atahu kānat mina l-ghābirīna
English [Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- لُوطًۭا ۚlūṭan(is) Lut
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow better
- بِمَنbimanwho
- فِيهَا ۖfīhā(is) in it
- لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥlanunajjiyannahuWe will surely save him
- وَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his family
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife
- كَانَتْkānatShe
- مِنَmina(is) of
- ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remain behind
Verse 33
وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ ۖ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
Transliteration walammā an jāat rusulunā lūṭan sīa bihim waḍāqa bihim dharʿan waqālū lā takhaf walā taḥzan innā munajjūka wa-ahlaka illā im'ra-ataka kānat mina l-ghābirīna
English And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind.
- وَلَمَّآwalammāAnd when
- أَنan[that]
- جَآءَتْjāatcame
- رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
- لُوطًۭاlūṭan(to) Lut
- سِىٓءَsīahe was distressed
- بِهِمْbihimfor them
- وَضَاقَwaḍāqaand felt straitened
- بِهِمْbihimfor them
- ذَرْعًۭاdharʿan(and) uneasy
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَخَفْtakhaffear
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَحْزَنْ ۖtaḥzangrieve
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- مُنَجُّوكَmunajjūka(will) save you
- وَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaand your family
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱمْرَأَتَكَim'ra-atakayour wife
- كَانَتْkānatShe
- مِنَmina(is) of
- ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remain behind
Verse 34
إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ
Transliteration innā munzilūna ʿalā ahli hādhihi l-qaryati rij'zan mina l-samāi bimā kānū yafsuqūna
English Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- مُنزِلُونَmunzilūna(will) bring down
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- أَهْلِahli(the) people
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) this
- ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatitown
- رِجْزًۭاrij'zana punishment
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(the) sky
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey have been
- يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūnadefiantly disobedient
Verse 35
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَا مِنْهَآ ءَايَةًۢ بَيِّنَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
Transliteration walaqad taraknā min'hā āyatan bayyinatan liqawmin yaʿqilūna
English And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason.
- وَلَقَدwalaqadAnd verily
- تَّرَكْنَاtaraknāWe have left
- مِنْهَآmin'hāabout it
- ءَايَةًۢāyatana sign
- بَيِّنَةًۭbayyinatan(as) evidence
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use reason
Verse 36
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا فَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرْجُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
Transliteration wa-ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha wa-ir'jū l-yawma l-ākhira walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
English And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
- وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
- شُعَيْبًۭاshuʿaybanShuaib
- فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَٱرْجُوا۟wa-ir'jūand expect
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathe Day
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَl-ākhirathe Last
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawcommit evil
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna(as) corrupters
Verse 37
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
Transliteration fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna
English But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
- فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
- فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso seized them
- ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
- فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūand they became
- فِىfīin
- دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir home
- جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone
Verse 38
وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ
Transliteration waʿādan wathamūdā waqad tabayyana lakum min masākinihim wazayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿani l-sabīli wakānū mus'tabṣirīna
English And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.
- وَعَادًۭاwaʿādanAnd Aad
- وَثَمُودَا۟wathamūdāand Thamud
- وَقَدwaqadand verily
- تَّبَيَّنَtabayyana(has) become clear
- لَكُمlakumto you
- مِّنminfrom
- مَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖmasākinihimtheir dwellings
- وَزَيَّنَwazayyanaAnd made fair-seeming
- لَهُمُlahumuto them
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
- فَصَدَّهُمْfaṣaddahumand averted them
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe Way
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūthough they were
- مُسْتَبْصِرِينَmus'tabṣirīnaendowed with insight
Verse 39
وَقَـٰرُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ سَـٰبِقِينَ
Transliteration waqārūna wafir'ʿawna wahāmāna walaqad jāahum mūsā bil-bayināti fa-is'takbarū fī l-arḍi wamā kānū sābiqīna
English And [We destroyed] Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].
- وَقَـٰرُونَwaqārūnaAnd Qarun
- وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaand Firaun
- وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ ۖwahāmānaand Haman
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
- مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear evidences
- فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they were arrogant
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey could
- سَـٰبِقِينَsābiqīnaoutstrip Us
Verse 40
فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Transliteration fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbihi famin'hum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wamin'hum man akhadhathu l-ṣayḥatu wamin'hum man khasafnā bihi l-arḍa wamin'hum man aghraqnā wamā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
English So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allāh would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.
- فَكُلًّاfakullanSo each
- أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe seized
- بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖbidhanbihifor his sin
- فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them
- مَّنْman(was he) who
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
- حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana violent storm
- وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
- مَّنْman(was he) who
- أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathuseized him
- ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cry
- وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
- مَّنْman(was he) who
- خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāWe caused to swallow
- بِهِbihihim
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
- مَّنْman(was he) who
- أَغْرَقْنَا ۚaghraqnāWe drowned
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong
Verse 41
مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًا ۖ وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration mathalu alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi awliyāa kamathali l-ʿankabūti ittakhadhat baytan wa-inna awhana l-buyūti labaytu l-ʿankabūti law kānū yaʿlamūna
English The example of those who take allies other than Allāh is like that of the spider who takes [i.e., constructs] a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.
- مَثَلُmathalu(The) example
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
- مِنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
- ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِl-ʿankabūtithe spider
- ٱتَّخَذَتْittakhadhatwho takes
- بَيْتًۭا ۖbaytana house
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- أَوْهَنَawhanathe weakest
- ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūti(of) houses
- لَبَيْتُlabaytu(is) surely (the) house
- ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖl-ʿankabūti(of) the spider
- لَوْlawif (only)
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 42
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Transliteration inna l-laha yaʿlamu mā yadʿūna min dūnihi min shayin wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
English Indeed, Allāh knows whatever thing they call upon other than Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- مَاmāwhat
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- مِنminany
- شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinthing
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
- ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise
Verse 43
وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَـٰلِمُونَ
Transliteration watil'ka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi wamā yaʿqiluhā illā l-ʿālimūna
English And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.
- وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
- ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُl-amthāluexamples
- نَضْرِبُهَاnaḍribuhāWe set forth
- لِلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsito mankind
- وَمَاwamābut not
- يَعْقِلُهَآyaʿqiluhāwill understand them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْعَـٰلِمُونَl-ʿālimūnathose of knowledge
Verse 44
خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration khalaqa l-lahu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqi inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīna
English Allāh created the heavens and the earth in truth. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
- خَلَقَkhalaqaAllah created
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah created
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
- بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
- لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers
Verse 45
ٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلَذِكْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
Transliteration ut'lu mā ūḥiya ilayka mina l-kitābi wa-aqimi l-ṣalata inna l-ṣalata tanhā ʿani l-faḥshāi wal-munkari waladhik'ru l-lahi akbaru wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā taṣnaʿūna
English Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.
- ٱتْلُut'luRecite
- مَآmāwhat
- أُوحِىَūḥiyahas been revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۖl-ṣalatathe prayer
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- تَنْهَىٰtanhāprevents
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلْفَحْشَآءِl-faḥshāithe immorality
- وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗwal-munkariand evil deeds
- وَلَذِكْرُwaladhik'ruand surely (the) remembrance
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- أَكْبَرُ ۗakbaru(is) greatest
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- مَاmāwhat
- تَصْنَعُونَtaṣnaʿūnayou do
Verse 46
۞ وَلَا تُجَـٰدِلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُنَا وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَٰحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ
Transliteration walā tujādilū ahla l-kitābi illā bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu illā alladhīna ẓalamū min'hum waqūlū āmannā bi-alladhī unzila ilaynā wa-unzila ilaykum wa-ilāhunā wa-ilāhukum wāḥidun wanaḥnu lahu mus'limūna
English And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit injustice among them, and say, "We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you. And our God and your God is one; and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
- ۞ وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُجَـٰدِلُوٓا۟tujādilūargue
- أَهْلَahla(with the) People of the Book
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(with the) People of the Book
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīby which
- هِىَhiya[it]
- أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū(do) wrong
- مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humamong them
- وَقُولُوٓا۟waqūlūand say
- ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
- بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that (which)
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
- إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
- وَأُنزِلَwa-unzilaand was revealed
- إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
- وَإِلَـٰهُنَاwa-ilāhunāAnd our God
- وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْwa-ilāhukumand your God
- وَٰحِدٌۭwāḥidun(is) One
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand we
- لَهُۥlahuto Him
- مُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmit
Verse 47
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَمِنْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
Transliteration wakadhālika anzalnā ilayka l-kitāba fa-alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yu'minūna bihi wamin hāulāi man yu'minu bihi wamā yajḥadu biāyātinā illā l-kāfirūna
English And thus We have sent down to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān]. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it. And none reject Our verses except the disbelievers.
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāWe (have) revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚl-kitābathe Book
- فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaSo those
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe gave [them]
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- بِهِۦ ۖbihitherein
- وَمِنْwaminAnd among
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
- مَنman(are some) who
- يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
- بِهِۦ ۚbihitherein
- وَمَاwamāAnd none
- يَجْحَدُyajḥadureject
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināOur Verses
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
Verse 48
وَمَا كُنتَ تَتْلُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِن كِتَـٰبٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًا لَّٱرْتَابَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
Transliteration wamā kunta tatlū min qablihi min kitābin walā takhuṭṭuhu biyamīnika idhan la-ir'tāba l-mub'ṭilūna
English And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Then [i.e., otherwise] the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كُنتَkunta(did) you
- تَتْلُوا۟tatlūrecite
- مِنminbefore it
- قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
- مِنminany
- كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābinBook
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تَخُطُّهُۥtakhuṭṭuhu(did) you write it
- بِيَمِينِكَ ۖbiyamīnikawith your right hand
- إِذًۭاidhanin that case
- لَّٱرْتَابَla-ir'tābasurely (would) have doubted
- ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers
Verse 49
بَلْ هُوَ ءَايَـٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَـٰتٌ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
Transliteration bal huwa āyātun bayyinātun fī ṣudūri alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma wamā yajḥadu biāyātinā illā l-ẓālimūna
English Rather, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers.
- بَلْbalNay
- هُوَhuwait
- ءَايَـٰتٌۢāyātun(is) Verses
- بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭbayyinātunclear
- فِىfīin
- صُدُورِṣudūri(the) breasts
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūare given
- ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَجْحَدُyajḥadureject
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināOur Verses
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
Verse 50
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Transliteration waqālū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyātun min rabbihi qul innamā l-āyātu ʿinda l-lahi wa-innamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun
English But they say, "Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "The signs are only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
- أُنزِلَunzilaare sent down
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
- ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(the) Signs
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِۦ ۖrabbihihis Lord
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتُl-āyātuthe Signs
- عِندَʿinda(are) with
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَإِنَّمَآwa-innamāand only
- أَنَا۠anāI (am)
- نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
- مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear
Verse 51
أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ أَنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَرَحْمَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Transliteration awalam yakfihim annā anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba yut'lā ʿalayhim inna fī dhālika laraḥmatan wadhik'rā liqawmin yu'minūna
English And is it not sufficient for them that We revealed to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] which is recited to them? Indeed in that is a mercy and reminder for a people who believe.
- أَوَلَمْawalamAnd is (it) not
- يَكْفِهِمْyakfihimsufficient for them
- أَنَّآannāthat We
- أَنزَلْنَاanzalnārevealed
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- يُتْلَىٰyut'lā(which) is recited
- عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَرَحْمَةًۭlaraḥmatansurely is a mercy
- وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminder
- لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe
Verse 52
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
Transliteration qul kafā bil-lahi baynī wabaynakum shahīdan yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-alladhīna āmanū bil-bāṭili wakafarū bil-lahi ulāika humu l-khāsirūna
English Say, "Sufficient is Allāh between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allāh - it is those who are the losers."
- قُلْqulSay
- كَفَىٰkafāSufficient is
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiAllah
- بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
- وَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you
- شَهِيدًۭا ۖshahīdan(as) a Witness
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- مَاmāwhat
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] falsehood
- وَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarūand disbelieve
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- هُمُhumuthey
- ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers
Verse 53
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Transliteration wayastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi walawlā ajalun musamman lajāahumu l-ʿadhābu walayatiyannahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna
English And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.
- وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَwayastaʿjilūnakaAnd they ask you to hasten
- بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚbil-ʿadhābi[with] the punishment
- وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
- أَجَلٌۭajalun(for) a term
- مُّسَمًّۭىmusammanappointed
- لَّجَآءَهُمُlajāahumusurely (would) have come to them
- ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
- وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُمwalayatiyannahumBut it will surely come to them
- بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatansuddenly
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive
Verse 54
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Transliteration yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa-inna jahannama lamuḥīṭatun bil-kāfirīna
English They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers
- يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَyastaʿjilūnakaThey ask you to hasten
- بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābithe punishment
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- لَمُحِيطَةٌۢlamuḥīṭatunwill surely, encompass
- بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
Verse 55
يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration yawma yaghshāhumu l-ʿadhābu min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim wayaqūlu dhūqū mā kuntum taʿmalūna
English On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."
- يَوْمَyawmaOn (the) Day
- يَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumuwill cover them
- ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
- مِنminfrom
- فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
- وَمِنwaminand from
- تَحْتِtaḥtibelow
- أَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihimtheir feet
- وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say
- ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
- مَاmāwhat
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do
Verse 56
يَـٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَرْضِى وَٰسِعَةٌ فَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱعْبُدُونِ
Transliteration yāʿibādiya alladhīna āmanū inna arḍī wāsiʿatun fa-iyyāya fa-uʿ'budūni
English O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me.
- يَـٰعِبَادِىَyāʿibādiyaO My servants
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَرْضِىarḍīMy earth
- وَٰسِعَةٌۭwāsiʿatun(is) spacious
- فَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaso only
- فَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūniworship Me
Verse 57
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Transliteration kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti thumma ilaynā tur'jaʿūna
English Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.
- كُلُّkulluEvery
- نَفْسٍۢnafsinsoul
- ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu(will) taste
- ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖl-mawtithe death
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
- تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned
Verse 58
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ نِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lanubawwi-annahum mina l-janati ghurafan tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā niʿ'ma ajru l-ʿāmilīna
English And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - We will surely assign to them of Paradise [elevated] chambers beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds
- لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمlanubawwi-annahumsurely We will give them a place
- مِّنَminain
- ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
- غُرَفًۭاghurafanlofty dwellings
- تَجْرِىtajrīflow
- مِنminfrom
- تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
- ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
- خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide forever
- فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
- نِعْمَniʿ'maExcellent is
- أَجْرُajru(the) reward
- ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَl-ʿāmilīna(of) the workers
Verse 59
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
Transliteration alladhīna ṣabarū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna
English Who have been patient and upon their Lord rely.
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
- وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand upon
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- يَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūnaput their trust
Verse 60
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٍ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration waka-ayyin min dābbatin lā taḥmilu riz'qahā l-lahu yarzuquhā wa-iyyākum wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
English And how many a creature carries not its [own] provision. Allāh provides for it and for you. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
- وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
- مِّنminof
- دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatina creature
- لَّاlā(does) not
- تَحْمِلُtaḥmilucarry
- رِزْقَهَاriz'qahāits provision
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- يَرْزُقُهَاyarzuquhāprovides (for) it
- وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚwa-iyyākumand (for) you
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
- ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower
Verse 61
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
Transliteration wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wasakhara l-shamsa wal-qamara layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna
English If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Then how are they deluded?
- وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
- سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
- مَّنْmanWho
- خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
- وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand subjected
- ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
- وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
- لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely they would say
- ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
- فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
- يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded
Verse 62
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Transliteration al-lahu yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lahu inna l-laha bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
English Allāh extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts for him. Indeed Allāh is, of all things, Knowing.
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- مِنْminof
- عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
- وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
- لَهُۥٓ ۚlahufor him
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- بِكُلِّbikulliof every
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
Verse 63
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Transliteration wala-in sa-altahum man nazzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa min baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna
English And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.
- وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
- سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
- مَّنmanWho
- نَّزَّلَnazzalasends down
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
- مَآءًۭmāanwater
- فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
- بِهِbihithereby
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
- لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely, they would say
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll Praises
- لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(are) for Allah
- بَلْbalBut
- أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason
Verse 64
وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration wamā hādhihi l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā lahwun walaʿibun wa-inna l-dāra l-ākhirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna
English And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(is) this
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatulife
- ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
- إِلَّاillābut
- لَهْوٌۭlahwunamusement
- وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚwalaʿibunand play
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- ٱلدَّارَl-dārathe Home
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhirata(of) the Hereafter
- لَهِىَlahiyasurely, it
- ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚl-ḥayawānu(is) the life
- لَوْlawif only
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 65
فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ
Transliteration fa-idhā rakibū fī l-ful'ki daʿawū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna falammā najjāhum ilā l-bari idhā hum yush'rikūna
English And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith and hope]. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
- رَكِبُوا۟rakibūthey embark
- فِىfī[in]
- ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship
- دَعَوُا۟daʿawūthey call
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
- لَهُlahuto Him
- ٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- نَجَّىٰهُمْnajjāhumHe delivers them
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
- إِذَاidhābehold
- هُمْhumthey
- يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnaassociate partners (with Him)
Verse 66
لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum waliyatamattaʿū fasawfa yaʿlamūna
English So that they will deny what We have granted them, and they will enjoy themselves. But they are going to know.
- لِيَكْفُرُوا۟liyakfurūSo that they may deny
- بِمَآbimā[in] what
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumWe have given them
- وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖwaliyatamattaʿūand they may enjoy (themselves)
- فَسَوْفَfasawfaBut soon
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will know
Verse 67
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكْفُرُونَ
Transliteration awalam yaraw annā jaʿalnā ḥaraman āminan wayutakhaṭṭafu l-nāsu min ḥawlihim afabil-bāṭili yu'minūna wabiniʿ'mati l-lahi yakfurūna
English Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?
- أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- أَنَّاannāthat We
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāhave made
- حَرَمًاḥaramana Sanctuary
- ءَامِنًۭاāminansecure
- وَيُتَخَطَّفُwayutakhaṭṭafuwhile are being taken away
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
- مِنْminaround them
- حَوْلِهِمْ ۚḥawlihimaround them
- أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِafabil-bāṭiliThen do in (the) falsehood
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
- وَبِنِعْمَةِwabiniʿ'matiand in (the) Favor
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnathey disbelieve
Verse 68
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Transliteration waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahu alaysa fī jahannama mathwan lil'kāfirīna
English And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?
- وَمَنْwamanAnd who
- أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
- مِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) who
- ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
- أَوْawor
- كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
- لَمَّاlammāwhen
- جَآءَهُۥٓ ۚjāahuit has come to him
- أَلَيْسَalaysaIs there not
- فِىfīin
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- مَثْوًۭىmathwanan abode
- لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
Verse 69
وَٱلَّذِينَ جَـٰهَدُوا۟ فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمَعَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna jāhadū fīnā lanahdiyannahum subulanā wa-inna l-laha lamaʿa l-muḥ'sinīna
English And those who strive for Us - We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allāh is with the doers of good.
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- جَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūstrive
- فِينَاfīnāfor Us
- لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْlanahdiyannahumWe will surely, guide them
- سُبُلَنَا ۚsubulanā(to) Our ways
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَمَعَlamaʿasurely (is) with
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
Word by word and transliteration: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.