Surah Al-Furqan 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

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا

Transliteration tabāraka alladhī nazzala l-fur'qāna ʿalā ʿabdihi liyakūna lil'ʿālamīna nadhīran

English Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

1. تَبَارَكَtabārakaBlessed is He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīWho
3. نَزَّلَnazzalasent down
4. ٱلْفُرْقَانَl-fur'qānathe Criterion
5. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
6. عَبْدِهِۦʿabdihiHis slave
7. لِيَكُونَliyakūnathat he may be
8. لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds
9. نَذِيرًاnadhīrana warner

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا

Transliteration alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walam yattakhidh waladan walam yakun lahu sharīkun fī l-mul'ki wakhalaqa kulla shayin faqaddarahu taqdīran

English He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
2. لَهُۥlahuto Him (belongs)
3. مُلْكُmul'ku(the) dominion
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
6. وَلَمْwalamand not
7. يَتَّخِذْyattakhidhHe has taken
8. وَلَدًۭاwaladana son
9. وَلَمْwalamand not
10. يَكُنyakunHe has
11. لَّهُۥlahufor Him
12. شَرِيكٌۭsharīkuna partner
13. فِىfīin
14. ٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe dominion
15. وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He (has) created
16. كُلَّkullaevery
17. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
18. فَقَدَّرَهُۥfaqaddarahuand determined it
19. تَقْدِيرًۭاtaqdīran(with) determination

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا

Transliteration wa-ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna walā yamlikūna li-anfusihim ḍarran walā nafʿan walā yamlikūna mawtan walā ḥayatan walā nushūran

English But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

1. وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhūYet they have taken
2. مِنminbesides Him
3. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
4. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
5. لَّاlānot
6. يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey create
7. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
9. يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnaare created
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
12. لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
13. ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harm
14. وَلَاwalāand not
15. نَفْعًۭاnafʿanany benefit
16. وَلَاwalāand not
17. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey control
18. مَوْتًۭاmawtandeath
19. وَلَاwalāand not
20. حَيَوٰةًۭḥayatanlife
21. وَلَاwalāand not
22. نُشُورًۭاnushūranresurrection

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā if'kun if'tarāhu wa-aʿānahu ʿalayhi qawmun ākharūna faqad jāū ẓul'man wazūran

English And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. إِنْinNot
5. هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
6. إِلَّآillā(is) but
7. إِفْكٌif'kuna lie
8. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe invented it
9. وَأَعَانَهُۥwa-aʿānahuand helped him
10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiat it
11. قَوْمٌqawmunpeople
12. ءَاخَرُونَ ۖākharūnaother
13. فَقَدْfaqadBut verily
14. جَآءُوjāūthey (have) produced
15. ظُلْمًۭاẓul'manan injustice
16. وَزُورًۭاwazūranand a lie

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

Transliteration waqālū asāṭīru l-awalīna ik'tatabahā fahiya tum'lā ʿalayhi buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan

English And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruTales
3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former people
4. ٱكْتَتَبَهَاik'tatabahāwhich he has had written
5. فَهِىَfahiyaand they
6. تُمْلَىٰtum'lāare dictated
7. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
8. بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratanmorning
9. وَأَصِيلًۭاwa-aṣīlanand evening

قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Transliteration qul anzalahu alladhī yaʿlamu l-sira fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi innahu kāna ghafūran raḥīman

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَنزَلَهُanzalahuHas sent it down
3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
4. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
5. ٱلسِّرَّl-sirathe secret
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
8. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
9. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
10. كَانَkānais
11. غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
12. رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful

وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا

Transliteration waqālū māli hādhā l-rasūli yakulu l-ṭaʿāma wayamshī fī l-aswāqi lawlā unzila ilayhi malakun fayakūna maʿahu nadhīran

English And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. مَالِmāliWhy does
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
4. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūliMessenger
5. يَأْكُلُyakulueat
6. ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāma[the] food
7. وَيَمْشِىwayamshīand walk
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙl-aswāqithe markets
10. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
11. أُنزِلَunzilais sent down
12. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
13. مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
14. فَيَكُونَfayakūnathen he be
15. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
16. نَذِيرًاnadhīrana warner

أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

Transliteration aw yul'qā ilayhi kanzun aw takūnu lahu jannatun yakulu min'hā waqāla l-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulan masḥūran

English Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

1. أَوْawOr
2. يُلْقَىٰٓyul'qāis delivered
3. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
4. كَنزٌkanzuna treasure
5. أَوْawor
6. تَكُونُtakūnuis
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. جَنَّةٌۭjannatuna garden
9. يَأْكُلُyakuluhe may eat
10. مِنْهَا ۚmin'hāfrom it
11. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
12. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
13. إِنinNot
14. تَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūnayou follow
15. إِلَّاillābut
16. رَجُلًۭاrajulana man
17. مَّسْحُورًاmasḥūranbewitched

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan

English Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

1. ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
2. كَيْفَkayfahow
3. ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey set forth
4. لَكَlakafor you
5. ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَl-amthālathe similitudes
6. فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
7. فَلَاfalāso not
8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to find)
9. سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا

Transliteration tabāraka alladhī in shāa jaʿala laka khayran min dhālika jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru wayajʿal laka quṣūran

English Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

1. تَبَارَكَtabārakaBlessed is He
2. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīWho
3. إِنinif
4. شَآءَshāaHe willed
5. جَعَلَjaʿala(could have) made
6. لَكَlakafor you
7. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
8. مِّنminthan
9. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
10. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
11. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
12. مِنminfrom
13. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
14. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
15. وَيَجْعَلwayajʿaland He (could) make
16. لَّكَlakafor you
17. قُصُورًۢاquṣūranpalaces

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا

Transliteration bal kadhabū bil-sāʿati wa-aʿtadnā liman kadhaba bil-sāʿati saʿīran

English But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey deny
3. بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖbil-sāʿatithe Hour
4. وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāand We have prepared
5. لِمَنlimanfor (those) who
6. كَذَّبَkadhabadeny
7. بِٱلسَّاعَةِbil-sāʿatithe Hour
8. سَعِيرًاsaʿīrana Blazing Fire

إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا

Transliteration idhā ra-athum min makānin baʿīdin samiʿū lahā taghayyuẓan wazafīran

English When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. رَأَتْهُمra-athumit sees them
3. مِّنminfrom
4. مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
5. بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar
6. سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey will hear
7. لَهَاlahāits
8. تَغَيُّظًۭاtaghayyuẓanraging
9. وَزَفِيرًۭاwazafīranand roaring

وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا

Transliteration wa-idhā ul'qū min'hā makānan ḍayyiqan muqarranīna daʿaw hunālika thubūran

English And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

1. وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
2. أُلْقُوا۟ul'qūthey are thrown
3. مِنْهَاmin'hāthereof
4. مَكَانًۭاmakānan(in) a place
5. ضَيِّقًۭاḍayyiqannarrow
6. مُّقَرَّنِينَmuqarranīnabound in chains
7. دَعَوْا۟daʿawthey will call
8. هُنَالِكَhunālikathere
9. ثُبُورًۭاthubūran(for) destruction

لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَٰحِدًا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا

Transliteration lā tadʿū l-yawma thubūran wāḥidan wa-id'ʿū thubūran kathīran

English [They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."

1. لَّاlā(Do) not
2. تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūcall
3. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathis day
4. ثُبُورًۭاthubūran(for) destruction
5. وَٰحِدًۭاwāḥidanone
6. وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūbut call
7. ثُبُورًۭاthubūran(for) destructions
8. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany

قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءً وَمَصِيرًا

Transliteration qul adhālika khayrun am jannatu l-khul'di allatī wuʿida l-mutaqūna kānat lahum jazāan wamaṣīran

English Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَذَٰلِكَadhālikaIs that
3. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
4. أَمْamor
5. جَنَّةُjannatuGarden
6. ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'di(of) Eternity
7. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
8. وُعِدَwuʿidais promised
9. ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚl-mutaqūna(to) the righteous
10. كَانَتْkānatIt will be
11. لَهُمْlahumfor them
12. جَزَآءًۭjazāana reward
13. وَمَصِيرًۭاwamaṣīranand destination

لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَـٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔولًا

Transliteration lahum fīhā mā yashāūna khālidīna kāna ʿalā rabbika waʿdan masūlan

English For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.

1. لَّهُمْlahumFor them
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. مَاmā(is) whatever
4. يَشَآءُونَyashāūnathey wish
5. خَـٰلِدِينَ ۚkhālidīnathey will abide forever
6. كَانَkānaIt is
7. عَلَىٰʿalāon
8. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
9. وَعْدًۭاwaʿdana promise
10. مَّسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlanrequested

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

Transliteration wayawma yaḥshuruhum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi fayaqūlu a-antum aḍlaltum ʿibādī hāulāi am hum ḍallū l-sabīla

English And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe will gather them
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worship
5. مِنminbesides Allah
6. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
8. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluand He will say
9. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumDid you
10. أَضْلَلْتُمْaḍlaltum[you] mislead
11. عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
12. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
13. أَمْamor
14. هُمْhumthey
15. ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūwent astray
16. ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīla(from) the way

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا

Transliteration qālū sub'ḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāa walākin mattaʿtahum waābāahum ḥattā nasū l-dhik'ra wakānū qawman būran

English They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
2. سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
3. مَاmāNot
4. كَانَkānait was proper
5. يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit was proper
6. لَنَآlanāfor us
7. أَنanthat
8. نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhawe take
9. مِنminbesides You
10. دُونِكَdūnikabesides You
11. مِنْminany
12. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
13. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
14. مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahumYou gave them comforts
15. وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
16. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
17. نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
18. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
19. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand became
20. قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
21. بُورًۭاbūranruined

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا ۚ وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

Transliteration faqad kadhabūkum bimā taqūlūna famā tastaṭīʿūna ṣarfan walā naṣran waman yaẓlim minkum nudhiq'hu ʿadhāban kabīran

English So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

1. فَقَدْfaqadSo verily
2. كَذَّبُوكُمkadhabūkumthey deny you
3. بِمَاbimāin what
4. تَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou say
5. فَمَاfamāso not
6. تَسْتَطِيعُونَtastaṭīʿūnayou are able
7. صَرْفًۭاṣarfan(to) avert
8. وَلَاwalāand not
9. نَصْرًۭا ۚnaṣran(to) help
10. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
11. يَظْلِمyaẓlimdoes wrong
12. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
13. نُذِقْهُnudhiq'huWe will make him taste
14. عَذَابًۭاʿadhābana punishment
15. كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

Transliteration wamā arsalnā qablaka mina l-mur'salīna illā innahum layakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wayamshūna fī l-aswāqi wajaʿalnā baʿḍakum libaʿḍin fit'natan ataṣbirūna wakāna rabbuka baṣīran

English And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
4. مِنَminaany
5. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnaMessengers
6. إِلَّآillābut
7. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
8. لَيَأْكُلُونَlayakulūna[surely] ate
9. ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmafood
10. وَيَمْشُونَwayamshūnaand walked
11. فِىfīin
12. ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗl-aswāqithe markets
13. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
14. بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you
15. لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinfor others
16. فِتْنَةًfit'natana trial
17. أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗataṣbirūnawill you have patience
18. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
19. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
20. بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā lawlā unzila ʿalaynā l-malāikatu aw narā rabbanā laqadi is'takbarū fī anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīran

English And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.

1. ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. لَاlā(do) not
4. يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpect
5. لِقَآءَنَاliqāanā(the) meeting with Us
6. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
7. أُنزِلَunzilaare sent down
8. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
9. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
10. أَوْawor
11. نَرَىٰnarāwe see
12. رَبَّنَا ۗrabbanāour Lord
13. لَقَدِlaqadiIndeed
14. ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūthey have become arrogant
15. فِىٓfīwithin
16. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
17. وَعَتَوْwaʿatawand (become) insolent
18. عُتُوًّۭاʿutuwwan(with) insolence
19. كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

Transliteration yawma yarawna l-malāikata lā bush'rā yawma-idhin lil'muj'rimīna wayaqūlūna ḥij'ran maḥjūran

English The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
3. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
4. لَاlāno
5. بُشْرَىٰbush'rāglad tidings
6. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(will be) that Day
7. لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَlil'muj'rimīnafor the criminals
8. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they will say
9. حِجْرًۭاḥij'ranA partition
10. مَّحْجُورًۭاmaḥjūranforbidden

وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُورًا

Transliteration waqadim'nā ilā mā ʿamilū min ʿamalin fajaʿalnāhu habāan manthūran

English And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.

1. وَقَدِمْنَآwaqadim'nāAnd We will proceed
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. مَاmāwhatever
4. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
5. مِنْminof
6. عَمَلٍۢʿamalin(the) deed(s)
7. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُfajaʿalnāhuand We will make them
8. هَبَآءًۭhabāan(as) dust
9. مَّنثُورًاmanthūrandispersed

أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا

Transliteration aṣḥābu l-janati yawma-idhin khayrun mus'taqarran wa-aḥsanu maqīlan

English The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.

1. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(The) companions
2. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) Paradise
3. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
4. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(will be in) a better
5. مُّسْتَقَرًّۭاmus'taqarranabode
6. وَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand a better
7. مَقِيلًۭاmaqīlanresting-place

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَـٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

Transliteration wayawma tashaqqaqu l-samāu bil-ghamāmi wanuzzila l-malāikatu tanzīlan

English And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. تَشَقَّقُtashaqqaquwill split open
3. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe heavens
4. بِٱلْغَمَـٰمِbil-ghamāmiwith the clouds
5. وَنُزِّلَwanuzzilaand (will be) sent down
6. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
7. تَنزِيلًاtanzīlandescending

ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

Transliteration al-mul'ku yawma-idhin l-ḥaqu lilrraḥmāni wakāna yawman ʿalā l-kāfirīna ʿasīran

English True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

1. ٱلْمُلْكُal-mul'kuThe Sovereignty
2. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(will be) truly
4. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
5. وَكَانَwakānaAnd (it will) be
6. يَوْمًاyawmana Day
7. عَلَىʿalāfor
8. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
9. عَسِيرًۭاʿasīrandifficult

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration wayawma yaʿaḍḍu l-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanī ittakhadhtu maʿa l-rasūli sabīlan

English And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يَعَضُّyaʿaḍḍuwill bite
3. ٱلظَّالِمُl-ẓālimuthe wrongdoer
4. عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
5. يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hands
6. يَقُولُyaqūluhe will say
7. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
8. ٱتَّخَذْتُittakhadhtuI had taken
9. مَعَmaʿawith
10. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
11. سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way

يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

Transliteration yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlan

English Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

1. يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰyāwaylatāO woe to me
2. لَيْتَنِىlaytanīI wish
3. لَمْlamnot
4. أَتَّخِذْattakhidhI had taken
5. فُلَانًاfulānanthat one
6. خَلِيلًۭاkhalīlan(as) a friend

لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ خَذُولًا

Transliteration laqad aḍallanī ʿani l-dhik'ri baʿda idh jāanī wakāna l-shayṭānu lil'insāni khadhūlan

English He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

1. لَّقَدْlaqadVerily
2. أَضَلَّنِىaḍallanīhe led me astray
3. عَنِʿanifrom
4. ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'rithe Reminder
5. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
6. إِذْidh[when]
7. جَآءَنِى ۗjāanīit (had) come to me
8. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
9. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
10. لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito the man
11. خَذُولًۭاkhadhūlana deserter

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا

Transliteration waqāla l-rasūlu yārabbi inna qawmī ittakhadhū hādhā l-qur'āna mahjūran

English And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
3. يَـٰرَبِّyārabbiO my Lord
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. قَوْمِىqawmīmy people
6. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtook
7. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
8. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
9. مَهْجُورًۭاmahjūran(as) a forsaken thing

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا

Transliteration wakadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan mina l-muj'rimīna wakafā birabbika hādiyan wanaṣīran

English And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
3. لِكُلِّlikullifor every
4. نَبِىٍّnabiyyinProphet
5. عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
6. مِّنَminaamong
7. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
8. وَكَفَىٰwakafāBut sufficient is
9. بِرَبِّكَbirabbikayour Lord
10. هَادِيًۭاhādiyan(as) a Guide
11. وَنَصِيرًۭاwanaṣīranand a Helper

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةً وَٰحِدَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَـٰهُ تَرْتِيلًا

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhi l-qur'ānu jum'latan wāḥidatan kadhālika linuthabbita bihi fuādaka warattalnāhu tartīlan

English And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
5. نُزِّلَnuzzilawas revealed
6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
7. ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
8. جُمْلَةًۭjum'latanall at once
9. وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۚwāḥidatanall at once
10. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
11. لِنُثَبِّتَlinuthabbitathat We may strengthen
12. بِهِۦbihithereby
13. فُؤَادَكَ ۖfuādakayour heart
14. وَرَتَّلْنَـٰهُwarattalnāhuand We have recited it
15. تَرْتِيلًۭاtartīlan(with distinct) recitation

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

Transliteration walā yatūnaka bimathalin illā ji'nāka bil-ḥaqi wa-aḥsana tafsīran

English And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. يَأْتُونَكَyatūnakathey come to you
3. بِمَثَلٍbimathalinwith an example
4. إِلَّاillābut
5. جِئْنَـٰكَji'nākaWe bring you
6. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
7. وَأَحْسَنَwa-aḥsanaand (the) best
8. تَفْسِيرًاtafsīranexplanation

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration alladhīna yuḥ'sharūna ʿalā wujūhihim ilā jahannama ulāika sharrun makānan wa-aḍallu sabīlan

English The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يُحْشَرُونَyuḥ'sharūnawill be gathered
3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
4. وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
5. إِلَىٰilāto
6. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
7. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
8. شَرٌّۭsharrun(are the) worst
9. مَّكَانًۭاmakānan(in) position
10. وَأَضَلُّwa-aḍalluand most astray
11. سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(from the) way

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ وَزِيرًا

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wajaʿalnā maʿahu akhāhu hārūna wazīran

English And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. مُوسَىmūsāMusa
4. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
5. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We appointed
6. مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him
7. أَخَاهُakhāhuhis brother
8. هَـٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
9. وَزِيرًۭاwazīran(as) an assistant

فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًا

Transliteration faqul'nā idh'habā ilā l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā fadammarnāhum tadmīran

English And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

1. فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāThen We said
2. ٱذْهَبَآidh'habāGo both of you
3. إِلَىilāto
4. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
6. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūhave denied
7. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
8. فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْfadammarnāhumThen We destroyed them
9. تَدْمِيرًۭاtadmīran(with) destruction

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Transliteration waqawma nūḥin lammā kadhabū l-rusula aghraqnāhum wajaʿalnāhum lilnnāsi āyatan wa-aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna ʿadhāban alīman

English And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

1. وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people
2. نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
3. لَّمَّاlammāwhen
4. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
5. ٱلرُّسُلَl-rusulathe Messengers
6. أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْaghraqnāhumWe drowned them
7. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumand We made them
8. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
9. ءَايَةًۭ ۖāyatana sign
10. وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd We have prepared
11. لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
12. عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
13. أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful

وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا

Transliteration waʿādan wathamūdā wa-aṣḥāba l-rasi waqurūnan bayna dhālika kathīran

English And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

1. وَعَادًۭاwaʿādanAnd Ad
2. وَثَمُودَا۟wathamūdāand Thamud
3. وَأَصْحَـٰبَwa-aṣḥābaand (the) dwellers
4. ٱلرَّسِّl-rasi(of) Ar-rass
5. وَقُرُونًۢاwaqurūnanand generations
6. بَيْنَbaynabetween
7. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
8. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany

وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ ۖ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا

Transliteration wakullan ḍarabnā lahu l-amthāla wakullan tabbarnā tatbīran

English And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

1. وَكُلًّۭاwakullanAnd each
2. ضَرَبْنَاḍarabnāWe have set forth
3. لَهُlahufor him
4. ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ ۖl-amthālathe examples
5. وَكُلًّۭاwakullanand each
6. تَبَّرْنَاtabbarnāWe destroyed
7. تَتْبِيرًۭاtatbīran(with) destruction

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

Transliteration walaqad ataw ʿalā l-qaryati allatī um'ṭirat maṭara l-sawi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūran

English And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. أَتَوْا۟atawthey have come
3. عَلَىʿalāupon
4. ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
5. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
6. أُمْطِرَتْum'ṭiratwas showered
7. مَطَرَmaṭara(with) a rain
8. ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚl-sawi(of) evil
9. أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
10. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey [were]
11. يَرَوْنَهَا ۚyarawnahāsee it
12. بَلْbalNay
13. كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
14. لَاlānot
15. يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpecting
16. نُشُورًۭاnushūranResurrection

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا

Transliteration wa-idhā ra-awka in yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhā alladhī baʿatha l-lahu rasūlan

English And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. رَأَوْكَra-awkathey see you
3. إِنinnot
4. يَتَّخِذُونَكَyattakhidhūnakathey take you
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) mockery
7. أَهَـٰذَاahādhāIs this
8. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whom
9. بَعَثَbaʿathaAllah has sent
10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has sent
11. رَسُولًاrasūlan(as) a Messenger

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration in kāda layuḍillunā ʿan ālihatinā lawlā an ṣabarnā ʿalayhā wasawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawna l-ʿadhāba man aḍallu sabīlan

English He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

1. إِنinHe would have almost
2. كَادَkādaHe would have almost
3. لَيُضِلُّنَاlayuḍillunā[surely] misled us
4. عَنْʿanfrom
5. ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
6. لَوْلَآlawlāif not
7. أَنanthat
8. صَبَرْنَاṣabarnāwe had been steadfast
9. عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhāto them
10. وَسَوْفَwasawfaAnd soon
11. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawill know
12. حِينَḥīnawhen
13. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey will see
14. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
15. مَنْmanwho
16. أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
17. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) way

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

Transliteration ara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa-anta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīlan

English Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

1. أَرَءَيْتَara-aytaHave you seen
2. مَنِmani(one) who
3. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhatakes
4. إِلَـٰهَهُۥilāhahu(as) his god
5. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis own desire
6. أَفَأَنتَafa-antaThen would you
7. تَكُونُtakūnube
8. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
9. وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūna in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlan

English Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

1. أَمْamOr
2. تَحْسَبُtaḥsabudo you think
3. أَنَّannathat
4. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
5. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear
6. أَوْawor
7. يَعْقِلُونَ ۚyaʿqilūnaunderstand
8. إِنْinNot
9. هُمْhumthey
10. إِلَّاillā(are) except
11. كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖkal-anʿāmilike cattle
12. بَلْbalNay
13. هُمْhumthey
14. أَضَلُّaḍallu(are) more astray
15. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) way

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا

Transliteration alam tara ilā rabbika kayfa madda l-ẓila walaw shāa lajaʿalahu sākinan thumma jaʿalnā l-shamsa ʿalayhi dalīlan

English Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.

1. أَلَمْalamDo you not
2. تَرَtarasee
3. إِلَىٰilā[to]
4. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
5. كَيْفَkayfahow
6. مَدَّmaddaHe extends
7. ٱلظِّلَّl-ẓilathe shadow
8. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
9. شَآءَshāaHe willed
10. لَجَعَلَهُۥlajaʿalahusurely He (could) have made it
11. سَاكِنًۭاsākinanstationary
12. ثُمَّthummaThen
13. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
14. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
15. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
16. دَلِيلًۭاdalīlanan indication

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

Transliteration thumma qabaḍnāhu ilaynā qabḍan yasīran

English Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. قَبَضْنَـٰهُqabaḍnāhuWe withdraw it
3. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
4. قَبْضًۭاqabḍana withdrawal
5. يَسِيرًۭاyasīrangradual

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu al-layla libāsan wal-nawma subātan wajaʿala l-nahāra nushūran

English And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
6. لِبَاسًۭاlibāsan(as) a covering
7. وَٱلنَّوْمَwal-nawmaand the sleep
8. سُبَاتًۭاsubātana rest
9. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
10. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
11. نُشُورًۭاnushūrana resurrection

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī arsala l-riyāḥa bush'ran bayna yaday raḥmatihi wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan ṭahūran

English And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
3. أَرْسَلَarsalasends
4. ٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe winds
5. بُشْرًۢاbush'ran(as) glad tidings
6. بَيْنَbaynabefore
7. يَدَىْyadaybefore
8. رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihiHis Mercy
9. وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand We send down
10. مِنَminafrom
11. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
12. مَآءًۭmāanwater
13. طَهُورًۭاṭahūranpure

لِّنُحْـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَـٰمًا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًا

Transliteration linuḥ'yiya bihi baldatan maytan wanus'qiyahu mimmā khalaqnā anʿāman wa-anāsiyya kathīran

English That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

1. لِّنُحْـِۧىَlinuḥ'yiyaThat We may give life
2. بِهِۦbihithereby
3. بَلْدَةًۭbaldatan(to) a land
4. مَّيْتًۭاmaytandead
5. وَنُسْقِيَهُۥwanus'qiyahuand We give drink
6. مِمَّاmimmāthereof
7. خَلَقْنَآkhalaqnā(to those) We created
8. أَنْعَـٰمًۭاanʿāmancattle
9. وَأَنَاسِىَّwa-anāsiyyaand men
10. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَـٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

Transliteration walaqad ṣarrafnāhu baynahum liyadhakkarū fa-abā aktharu l-nāsi illā kufūran

English And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. صَرَّفْنَـٰهُṣarrafnāhuWe have distributed it
3. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong them
4. لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟liyadhakkarūthat they may remember
5. فَأَبَىٰٓfa-abābut refuse
6. أَكْثَرُaktharumost
7. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. كُفُورًۭاkufūrandisbelief

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيرًا

Transliteration walaw shi'nā labaʿathnā fī kulli qaryatin nadhīran

English And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. شِئْنَاshi'nāWe willed
3. لَبَعَثْنَاlabaʿathnāsurely, We (would) have raised
4. فِىfīin
5. كُلِّkullievery
6. قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatintown
7. نَّذِيرًۭاnadhīrana warner

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ وَجَـٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا

Transliteration falā tuṭiʿi l-kāfirīna wajāhid'hum bihi jihādan kabīran

English So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.

1. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
2. تُطِعِtuṭiʿiobey
3. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
4. وَجَـٰهِدْهُمwajāhid'humand strive (against) them
5. بِهِۦbihiwith it
6. جِهَادًۭاjihādana striving
7. كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī maraja l-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun wahādhā mil'ḥun ujājun wajaʿala baynahumā barzakhan waḥij'ran maḥjūran

English And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

1. ۞ وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. مَرَجَmaraja(has) released
4. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥraynithe two seas
5. هَـٰذَاhādhā[this] (one)
6. عَذْبٌۭʿadhbunpalatable
7. فُرَاتٌۭfurātunand sweet
8. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand [this] (one)
9. مِلْحٌmil'ḥunsalty
10. أُجَاجٌۭujājun(and) bitter
11. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He has made
12. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween them
13. بَرْزَخًۭاbarzakhana barrier
14. وَحِجْرًۭاwaḥij'ranand a partition
15. مَّحْجُورًۭاmaḥjūranforbidden

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī khalaqa mina l-māi basharan fajaʿalahu nasaban waṣih'ran wakāna rabbuka qadīran

English And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. خَلَقَkhalaqahas created
4. مِنَminafrom
5. ٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water
6. بَشَرًۭاbasharanhuman being
7. فَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuand has made (for) him
8. نَسَبًۭاnasabanblood relationship
9. وَصِهْرًۭا ۗwaṣih'ranand marriage relationship
10. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
11. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
12. قَدِيرًۭاqadīranAll-Powerful

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا

Transliteration wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna l-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīran

English But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

1. وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaBut they worship
2. مِنminbesides Allah
3. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
5. مَاmāwhat
6. لَاlānot profits them
7. يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumnot profits them
8. وَلَاwalāand not
9. يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗyaḍurruhumharms them
10. وَكَانَwakānaand is
11. ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
12. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
13. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
14. ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīrana helper

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

Transliteration wamā arsalnāka illā mubashiran wanadhīran

English And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe sent you
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. مُبَشِّرًۭاmubashiran(as) a bearer of glad tidings
5. وَنَذِيرًۭاwanadhīranand a warner

قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

Transliteration qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illā man shāa an yattakhidha ilā rabbihi sabīlan

English Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. مَآmāNot
3. أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask (of) you
4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
5. مِنْminany
6. أَجْرٍajrinpayment
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. مَنman(that) whoever wills
9. شَآءَshāa(that) whoever wills
10. أَنanto
11. يَتَّخِذَyattakhidhatake
12. إِلَىٰilāto
13. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
14. سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا

Transliteration watawakkal ʿalā l-ḥayi alladhī lā yamūtu wasabbiḥ biḥamdihi wakafā bihi bidhunūbi ʿibādihi khabīran

English And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -

1. وَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkalAnd put your trust
2. عَلَىʿalāin
3. ٱلْحَىِّl-ḥayithe Ever-Living
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
5. لَاlādoes not die
6. يَمُوتُyamūtudoes not die
7. وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify
8. بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚbiḥamdihiwith His Praise
9. وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient is
10. بِهِۦbihiHe
11. بِذُنُوبِbidhunūbiregarding the sins
12. عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihi(of) His slaves
13. خَبِيرًاkhabīranAll-Aware

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًا

Transliteration alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thumma is'tawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi l-raḥmānu fasal bihi khabīran

English He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
2. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
6. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
7. فِىfīin
8. سِتَّةِsittatisix
9. أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
10. ثُمَّthummathen
11. ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established Himself
12. عَلَىʿalāover
13. ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚl-ʿarshithe Throne
14. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
15. فَسْـَٔلْfasalso ask
16. بِهِۦbihiHim
17. خَبِيرًۭاkhabīran(as He is) All-Aware

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًا ۩

Transliteration wa-idhā qīla lahumu us'judū lilrraḥmāni qālū wamā l-raḥmānu anasjudu limā tamurunā wazādahum nufūran

English And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. قِيلَqīlait is said
3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
4. ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
5. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
6. قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
7. وَمَاwamāAnd what
8. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
9. أَنَسْجُدُanasjuduShould we prostrate
10. لِمَاlimāto what
11. تَأْمُرُنَاtamurunāyou order us
12. وَزَادَهُمْwazādahumAnd it increases them
13. نُفُورًۭا ۩nufūran(in) aversion

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

Transliteration tabāraka alladhī jaʿala fī l-samāi burūjan wajaʿala fīhā sirājan waqamaran munīran

English Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

1. تَبَارَكَtabārakaBlessed is He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīWho
3. جَعَلَjaʿalahas placed
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skies
6. بُرُوجًۭاburūjanconstellations
7. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand has placed
8. فِيهَاfīhātherein
9. سِرَٰجًۭاsirājana lamp
10. وَقَمَرًۭاwaqamaranand a moon
11. مُّنِيرًۭاmunīranshining

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī jaʿala al-layla wal-nahāra khil'fatan liman arāda an yadhakkara aw arāda shukūran

English And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
4. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
5. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
6. خِلْفَةًۭkhil'fatan(in) succession
7. لِّمَنْlimanfor whoever
8. أَرَادَarādadesires
9. أَنanto
10. يَذَّكَّرَyadhakkararemember
11. أَوْawor
12. أَرَادَarādadesires
13. شُكُورًۭاshukūranto be thankful

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا

Transliteration waʿibādu l-raḥmāni alladhīna yamshūna ʿalā l-arḍi hawnan wa-idhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman

English And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,

1. وَعِبَادُwaʿibāduAnd (the) slaves
2. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
4. يَمْشُونَyamshūnawalk
5. عَلَىʿalāon
6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
7. هَوْنًۭاhawnan(in) humbleness
8. وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
9. خَاطَبَهُمُkhāṭabahumuaddress them
10. ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَl-jāhilūnathe ignorant ones
11. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
12. سَلَـٰمًۭاsalāmanPeace

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَـٰمًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyāman

English And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. يَبِيتُونَyabītūnaspend (the) night
3. لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimbefore their Lord
4. سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
5. وَقِيَـٰمًۭاwaqiyāmanand standing

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā iṣ'rif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannama inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāman

English And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
3. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
4. ٱصْرِفْiṣ'rifAvert
5. عَنَّاʿannāfrom us
6. عَذَابَʿadhābathe punishment
7. جَهَنَّمَ ۖjahannama(of) Hell
8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
9. عَذَابَهَاʿadhābahāits punishment
10. كَانَkānais
11. غَرَامًاgharāmaninseparable

إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

Transliteration innahā sāat mus'taqarran wamuqāman

English Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

1. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
2. سَآءَتْsāat(is) an evil
3. مُسْتَقَرًّۭاmus'taqarranabode
4. وَمُقَامًۭاwamuqāmanand resting place

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna idhā anfaqū lam yus'rifū walam yaqturū wakāna bayna dhālika qawāman

English And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. إِذَآidhāwhen
3. أَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spend
4. لَمْlam(are) not extravagant
5. يُسْرِفُوا۟yus'rifū(are) not extravagant
6. وَلَمْwalamand are not stingy
7. يَقْتُرُوا۟yaqturūand are not stingy
8. وَكَانَwakānabut are
9. بَيْنَbaynabetween
10. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
11. قَوَامًۭاqawāmanmoderate

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna lā yadʿūna maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara walā yaqtulūna l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi walā yaznūna waman yafʿal dhālika yalqa athāman

English And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. لَاlā(do) not
3. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnainvoke
4. مَعَmaʿawith
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
6. إِلَـٰهًاilāhangod
7. ءَاخَرَākharaanother
8. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
9. يَقْتُلُونَyaqtulūna[they] kill
10. ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
11. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
12. حَرَّمَḥarramaAllah has forbidden
13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has forbidden
14. إِلَّاillāexcept
15. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiby right
16. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
17. يَزْنُونَ ۚyaznūnacommit unlawful sexual intercourse
18. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
19. يَفْعَلْyafʿaldoes
20. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
21. يَلْقَyalqawill meet
22. أَثَامًۭاathāmana penalty

يُضَـٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا

Transliteration yuḍāʿaf lahu l-ʿadhābu yawma l-qiyāmati wayakhlud fīhi muhānan

English Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

1. يُضَـٰعَفْyuḍāʿafWill be doubled
2. لَهُlahufor him
3. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
4. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
5. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
6. وَيَخْلُدْwayakhludand he will abide forever
7. فِيهِۦfīhitherein
8. مُهَانًاmuhānanhumiliated

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَـٰتٍ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Transliteration illā man tāba waāmana waʿamila ʿamalan ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika yubaddilu l-lahu sayyiātihim ḥasanātin wakāna l-lahu ghafūran raḥīman

English Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنman(he) who
3. تَابَtābarepents
4. وَءَامَنَwaāmanaand believes
5. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
6. عَمَلًۭاʿamalanrighteous deeds
7. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous deeds
8. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen (for) those
9. يُبَدِّلُyubaddiluAllah will replace
10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will replace
11. سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds
12. حَسَنَـٰتٍۢ ۗḥasanātin(with) good ones
13. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
14. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
15. غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
16. رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful

وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًا

Transliteration waman tāba waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-innahu yatūbu ilā l-lahi matāban

English And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. تَابَtābarepents
3. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
4. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
5. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
6. يَتُوبُyatūbuturns
7. إِلَىilāto
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
9. مَتَابًۭاmatāban(with) repentance

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna lā yashhadūna l-zūra wa-idhā marrū bil-laghwi marrū kirāman

English And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. لَاlā(do) not
3. يَشْهَدُونَyashhadūnabear witness
4. ٱلزُّورَl-zūra(to) the falsehood
5. وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
6. مَرُّوا۟marrūthey pass
7. بِٱللَّغْوِbil-laghwiby futility
8. مَرُّوا۟marrūthey pass
9. كِرَامًۭاkirāman(as) dignified ones

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna idhā dhukkirū biāyāti rabbihim lam yakhirrū ʿalayhā ṣumman waʿum'yānan

English And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey are reminded
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiof (the) Verses
5. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
6. لَمْlam(do) not
7. يَخِرُّوا۟yakhirrūfall
8. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon them
9. صُمًّۭاṣummandeaf
10. وَعُمْيَانًۭاwaʿum'yānanand blind

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

Transliteration wa-alladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wadhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wa-ij'ʿalnā lil'muttaqīna imāman

English And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
3. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
4. هَبْhabGrant
5. لَنَاlanāto us
6. مِنْminfrom
7. أَزْوَٰجِنَاazwājināour spouses
8. وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَاwadhurriyyātināand our offspring
9. قُرَّةَqurratacomfort
10. أَعْيُنٍۢaʿyunin(to) our eyes
11. وَٱجْعَلْنَاwa-ij'ʿalnāand make us
12. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous
13. إِمَامًاimāmana leader

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَـٰمًا

Transliteration ulāika yuj'zawna l-ghur'fata bimā ṣabarū wayulaqqawna fīhā taḥiyyatan wasalāman

English Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. يُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnawill be awarded
3. ٱلْغُرْفَةَl-ghur'fatathe Chamber
4. بِمَاbimābecause
5. صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were patient
6. وَيُلَقَّوْنَwayulaqqawnaand they will be met
7. فِيهَاfīhātherein
8. تَحِيَّةًۭtaḥiyyatan(with) greetings
9. وَسَلَـٰمًاwasalāmanand peace

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

Transliteration khālidīna fīhā ḥasunat mus'taqarran wamuqāman

English Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

1. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaWill abide forever
2. فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
3. حَسُنَتْḥasunatGood
4. مُسْتَقَرًّۭاmus'taqarran(is) the settlement
5. وَمُقَامًۭاwamuqāmanand a resting place

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا

Transliteration qul mā yaʿba-u bikum rabbī lawlā duʿāukum faqad kadhabtum fasawfa yakūnu lizāman

English Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. مَاmāNot
3. يَعْبَؤُا۟yaʿba-uwill care
4. بِكُمْbikumfor you
5. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
6. لَوْلَاlawlāif not
7. دُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖduʿāukumyour prayer (is to Him)
8. فَقَدْfaqadBut verily
9. كَذَّبْتُمْkadhabtumyou have denied
10. فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
11. يَكُونُyakūnuwill be
12. لِزَامًۢاlizāmanthe inevitable (punishment)