Surah Al-Hujurat 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

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tuqaddimū bayna yadayi l-lahi warasūlihi wa-ittaqū l-laha inna l-laha samīʿun ʿalīmun

English O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] before Allāh and His Messenger but fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تُقَدِّمُوا۟tuqaddimūput (yourselves) forward
6. بَيْنَbaynabefore Allah
7. يَدَىِyadayibefore Allah
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahibefore Allah
9. وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
10. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand fear Allah
11. ٱللَّهَ ۚl-lahaand fear Allah
12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
13. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
14. سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
15. عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَرْفَعُوٓا۟ أَصْوَٰتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا۟ لَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَن تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tarfaʿū aṣwātakum fawqa ṣawti l-nabiyi walā tajharū lahu bil-qawli kajahri baʿḍikum libaʿḍin an taḥbaṭa aʿmālukum wa-antum lā tashʿurūna

English O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تَرْفَعُوٓا۟tarfaʿūraise
6. أَصْوَٰتَكُمْaṣwātakumyour voices
7. فَوْقَfawqaabove
8. صَوْتِṣawti(the) voice
9. ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyi(of) the Prophet
10. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
11. تَجْهَرُوا۟tajharūbe loud
12. لَهُۥlahuto him
13. بِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliin speech
14. كَجَهْرِkajahrilike (the) loudness
15. بَعْضِكُمْbaʿḍikum(of) some of you
16. لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto others
17. أَنanlest
18. تَحْبَطَtaḥbaṭabecome worthless
19. أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukumyour deeds
20. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
21. لَاlā(do) not
22. تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūnaperceive

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْوَٰتَهُمْ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱمْتَحَنَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration inna alladhīna yaghuḍḍūna aṣwātahum ʿinda rasūli l-lahi ulāika alladhīna im'taḥana l-lahu qulūbahum lilttaqwā lahum maghfiratun wa-ajrun ʿaẓīmun

English Indeed, those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allāh - they are the ones whose hearts Allāh has tested for righteousness. For them is forgiveness and great reward.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. يَغُضُّونَyaghuḍḍūnalower
4. أَصْوَٰتَهُمْaṣwātahumtheir voices
5. عِندَʿinda(in) presence
6. رَسُولِrasūli(of the) Messenger of Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of the) Messenger of Allah
8. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
10. ٱمْتَحَنَim'taḥanaAllah has tested
11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has tested
12. قُلُوبَهُمْqulūbahumtheir hearts
13. لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚlilttaqwāfor righteousness
14. لَهُمlahumFor them
15. مَّغْفِرَةٌۭmaghfiratun(is) forgiveness
16. وَأَجْرٌwa-ajrunand a reward
17. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَآءِ ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna yunādūnaka min warāi l-ḥujurāti aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna

English Indeed, those who call you, [O Muḥammad], from behind the chambers - most of them do not use reason.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. يُنَادُونَكَyunādūnakacall you
4. مِنminfrom
5. وَرَآءِwarāibehind
6. ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِl-ḥujurātithe private chambers
7. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
8. لَاlā(do) not
9. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration walaw annahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ilayhim lakāna khayran lahum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

English And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. أَنَّهُمْannahumthey
3. صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūhad been patient
4. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
5. تَخْرُجَtakhrujayou came out
6. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
7. لَكَانَlakānacertainly it would be
8. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
9. لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
10. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
11. غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
12. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَـٰلَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَـٰدِمِينَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in jāakum fāsiqun binaba-in fatabayyanū an tuṣībū qawman bijahālatin fatuṣ'biḥū ʿalā mā faʿaltum nādimīna

English O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
4. إِنinIf
5. جَآءَكُمْjāakumcomes to you
6. فَاسِقٌۢfāsiquna wicked person
7. بِنَبَإٍۢbinaba-inwith information
8. فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟fatabayyanūinvestigate
9. أَنanlest
10. تُصِيبُوا۟tuṣībūyou harm
11. قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
12. بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢbijahālatinin ignorance
13. فَتُصْبِحُوا۟fatuṣ'biḥūthen you become
14. عَلَىٰʿalāover
15. مَاmāwhat
16. فَعَلْتُمْfaʿaltumyou have done
17. نَـٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ

Transliteration wa-iʿ'lamū anna fīkum rasūla l-lahi law yuṭīʿukum fī kathīrin mina l-amri laʿanittum walākinna l-laha ḥabbaba ilaykumu l-īmāna wazayyanahu fī qulūbikum wakarraha ilaykumu l-kuf'ra wal-fusūqa wal-ʿiṣ'yāna ulāika humu l-rāshidūna

English And know that among you is the Messenger of Allāh. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allāh has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

1. وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
2. أَنَّannathat
3. فِيكُمْfīkumamong you
4. رَسُولَrasūla(is the) Messenger of Allah
5. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(is the) Messenger of Allah
6. لَوْlawIf
7. يُطِيعُكُمْyuṭīʿukumhe were to obey you
8. فِىfīin
9. كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmuch
10. مِّنَminaof
11. ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
12. لَعَنِتُّمْlaʿanittumsurely you would be in difficulty
13. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
15. حَبَّبَḥabbabahas endeared
16. إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
17. ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَl-īmānathe Faith
18. وَزَيَّنَهُۥwazayyanahuand has made it pleasing
19. فِىfīin
20. قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
21. وَكَرَّهَwakarrahaand has made hateful
22. إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
23. ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'radisbelief
24. وَٱلْفُسُوقَwal-fusūqaand defiance
25. وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚwal-ʿiṣ'yānaand disobedience
26. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
27. هُمُhumu(are) they
28. ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَl-rāshidūnathe guided ones

فَضْلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Transliteration faḍlan mina l-lahi waniʿ'matan wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

English [It is] as bounty from Allāh and favor. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

1. فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanA Bounty
2. مِّنَminafrom Allah
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahifrom Allah
4. وَنِعْمَةًۭ ۚwaniʿ'matanand favor
5. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
6. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
7. حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَإِنۢ بَغَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى تَبْغِى حَتَّىٰ تَفِىٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن فَآءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ

Transliteration wa-in ṭāifatāni mina l-mu'minīna iq'tatalū fa-aṣliḥū baynahumā fa-in baghat iḥ'dāhumā ʿalā l-ukh'rā faqātilū allatī tabghī ḥattā tafīa ilā amri l-lahi fa-in fāat fa-aṣliḥū baynahumā bil-ʿadli wa-aqsiṭū inna l-laha yuḥibbu l-muq'siṭīna

English And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allāh. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly.

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2. طَآئِفَتَانِṭāifatānitwo parties
3. مِنَminaamong
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
5. ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟iq'tatalūfight
6. فَأَصْلِحُوا۟fa-aṣliḥūthen make peace
7. بَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumābetween both of them
8. فَإِنۢfa-inBut if
9. بَغَتْbaghatoppresses
10. إِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of them
11. عَلَىʿalāon
12. ٱلْأُخْرَىٰl-ukh'rāthe other
13. فَقَـٰتِلُوا۟faqātilūthen fight
14. ٱلَّتِىallatīone which
15. تَبْغِىtabghīoppresses
16. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
17. تَفِىٓءَtafīait returns
18. إِلَىٰٓilāto
19. أَمْرِamri(the) command
20. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
21. فَإِنfa-inThen if
22. فَآءَتْfāatit returns
23. فَأَصْلِحُوا۟fa-aṣliḥūthen make peace
24. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween them
25. بِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliwith justice
26. وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖwa-aqsiṭūand act justly
27. إِنَّinnaIndeed
28. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
29. يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
30. ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَl-muq'siṭīnathose who act justly

إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Transliteration innamā l-mu'minūna ikh'watun fa-aṣliḥū bayna akhawaykum wa-ittaqū l-laha laʿallakum tur'ḥamūna

English The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allāh that you may receive mercy.

1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
2. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
3. إِخْوَةٌۭikh'watun(are) brothers
4. فَأَصْلِحُوا۟fa-aṣliḥūso make peace
5. بَيْنَbaynabetween
6. أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚakhawaykumyour brothers
7. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand fear Allah
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaand fear Allah
9. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
10. تُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūnareceive mercy

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ ۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَـٰبِ ۖ بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā yaskhar qawmun min qawmin ʿasā an yakūnū khayran min'hum walā nisāon min nisāin ʿasā an yakunna khayran min'hunna walā talmizū anfusakum walā tanābazū bil-alqābi bi'sa l-s'mu l-fusūqu baʿda l-īmāni waman lam yatub fa-ulāika humu l-ẓālimūna

English O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name [i.e., mention] of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
4. لَاlā(Let) not
5. يَسْخَرْyaskharridicule
6. قَوْمٌۭqawmuna people
7. مِّنmin[of]
8. قَوْمٍqawmin(another) people
9. عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
10. أَنanthat
11. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey may be
12. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
13. مِّنْهُمْmin'humthan them
14. وَلَاwalāand (let) not
15. نِسَآءٌۭnisāonwomen
16. مِّنmin[of]
17. نِّسَآءٍnisāin(other) women
18. عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
19. أَنanthat
20. يَكُنَّyakunnathey may be
21. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
22. مِّنْهُنَّ ۖmin'hunnathan them
23. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
24. تَلْمِزُوٓا۟talmizūinsult
25. أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
26. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
27. تَنَابَزُوا۟tanābazūcall each other
28. بِٱلْأَلْقَـٰبِ ۖbil-alqābiby nicknames
29. بِئْسَbi'saWretched is
30. ٱلِٱسْمُl-s'muthe name
31. ٱلْفُسُوقُl-fusūqu(of) disobedience
32. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
33. ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚl-īmānithe faith
34. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
35. لَّمْlam(does) not
36. يَتُبْyatubrepent
37. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
38. هُمُhumuthey
39. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ ۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا۟ وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا ۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū ij'tanibū kathīran mina l-ẓani inna baʿḍa l-ẓani ith'mun walā tajassasū walā yaghtab baʿḍukum baʿḍan ayuḥibbu aḥadukum an yakula laḥma akhīhi maytan fakarih'tumūhu wa-ittaqū l-laha inna l-laha tawwābun raḥīmun

English O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
4. ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ij'tanibūAvoid
5. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
6. مِّنَminaof
7. ٱلظَّنِّl-ẓanithe assumption
8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
9. بَعْضَbaʿḍasome
10. ٱلظَّنِّl-ẓaniassumption
11. إِثْمٌۭ ۖith'mun(is) sin
12. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
13. تَجَسَّسُوا۟tajassasūspy
14. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
15. يَغْتَبyaghtabbackbite
16. بَّعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you
17. بَعْضًا ۚbaʿḍan(to) others
18. أَيُحِبُّayuḥibbuWould like
19. أَحَدُكُمْaḥadukumone of you
20. أَنanto
21. يَأْكُلَyakulaeat
22. لَحْمَlaḥma(the) flesh
23. أَخِيهِakhīhi(of) his brother
24. مَيْتًۭاmaytandead
25. فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚfakarih'tumūhuNay, you would hate it
26. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear Allah
27. ٱللَّهَ ۚl-lahaAnd fear Allah
28. إِنَّinnaindeed
29. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
30. تَوَّابٌۭtawwābun(is) Oft-Returning
31. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ

Transliteration yāayyuhā l-nāsu innā khalaqnākum min dhakarin wa-unthā wajaʿalnākum shuʿūban waqabāila litaʿārafū inna akramakum ʿinda l-lahi atqākum inna l-laha ʿalīmun khabīrun

English O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
2. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
4. خَلَقْنَـٰكُمkhalaqnākumcreated you
5. مِّنminfrom
6. ذَكَرٍۢdhakarina male
7. وَأُنثَىٰwa-unthāand a female
8. وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْwajaʿalnākumand We made you
9. شُعُوبًۭاshuʿūbannations
10. وَقَبَآئِلَwaqabāilaand tribes
11. لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚlitaʿārafūthat you may know one another
12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
13. أَكْرَمَكُمْakramakum(the) most noble of you
14. عِندَʿindanear
15. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
16. أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚatqākum(is the) most righteous of you
17. إِنَّinnaIndeed
18. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
19. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
20. خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrunAll-Aware

۞ قَالَتِ ٱلْأَعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا ۖ قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَلَـٰكِن قُولُوٓا۟ أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَا يَلِتْكُم مِّنْ أَعْمَـٰلِكُمْ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration qālati l-aʿrābu āmannā qul lam tu'minū walākin qūlū aslamnā walammā yadkhuli l-īmānu fī qulūbikum wa-in tuṭīʿū l-laha warasūlahu lā yalit'kum min aʿmālikum shayan inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

English The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allāh and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

1. ۞ قَالَتِqālatiSay
2. ٱلْأَعْرَابُl-aʿrābuthe Bedouins
3. ءَامَنَّا ۖāmannāWe believe
4. قُلqulSay
5. لَّمْlamNot
6. تُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou believe
7. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
8. قُولُوٓا۟qūlūsay
9. أَسْلَمْنَاaslamnāWe have submitted
10. وَلَمَّاwalammāand has not yet
11. يَدْخُلِyadkhulientered
12. ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُl-īmānuthe faith
13. فِىfīin
14. قُلُوبِكُمْ ۖqulūbikumyour hearts
15. وَإِنwa-inBut if
16. تُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou obey
17. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
18. وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
19. لَاlānot
20. يَلِتْكُمyalit'kumHe will deprive you
21. مِّنْminof
22. أَعْمَـٰلِكُمْaʿmālikumyour deeds
23. شَيْـًٔا ۚshayananything
24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
25. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
26. غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
27. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتَابُوا۟ وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقُونَ

Transliteration innamā l-mu'minūna alladhīna āmanū bil-lahi warasūlihi thumma lam yartābū wajāhadū bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim fī sabīli l-lahi ulāika humu l-ṣādiqūna

English The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allāh and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allāh. It is those who are the truthful.

1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
2. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
4. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
6. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
7. ثُمَّthummathen
8. لَمْlam(do) not
9. يَرْتَابُوا۟yartābūdoubt
10. وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟wajāhadūbut strive
11. بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealth
12. وَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives
13. فِىfīin
14. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
15. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
16. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
17. هُمُhumu[they]
18. ٱلصَّـٰدِقُونَl-ṣādiqūna(are) the truthful

قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration qul atuʿallimūna l-laha bidīnikum wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wal-lahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

English Say, "Would you acquaint Allāh with your religion while Allāh knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allāh is Knowing of all things?"

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَتُعَلِّمُونَatuʿallimūnaWill you acquaint
3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
4. بِدِينِكُمْbidīnikumwith your religion
5. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
6. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
7. مَاmāwhat
8. فِىfī(is) in
9. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
10. وَمَاwamāand what
11. فِىfī(is) in
12. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
14. بِكُلِّbikulliof every
15. شَىْءٍshayinthing
16. عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ ۖ قُل لَّا تَمُنُّوا۟ عَلَىَّ إِسْلَـٰمَكُم ۖ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَىٰكُمْ لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration yamunnūna ʿalayka an aslamū qul lā tamunnū ʿalayya is'lāmakum bali l-lahu yamunnu ʿalaykum an hadākum lil'īmāni in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islām. Say, "Do not consider your Islām a favor to me. Rather, Allāh has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."

1. يَمُنُّونَyamunnūnaThey consider (it) a favor
2. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
3. أَنْanthat
4. أَسْلَمُوا۟ ۖaslamūthey have accepted Islam
5. قُلqulSay
6. لَّاlā(Do) not
7. تَمُنُّوا۟tamunnūconsider a favor
8. عَلَىَّʿalayyaon me
9. إِسْلَـٰمَكُم ۖis'lāmakumyour Islam
10. بَلِbaliNay
11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
12. يَمُنُّyamunnuhas conferred a favor
13. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
14. أَنْanthat
15. هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe has guided you
16. لِلْإِيمَـٰنِlil'īmānito the faith
17. إِنinif
18. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
19. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration inna l-laha yaʿlamu ghayba l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu baṣīrun bimā taʿmalūna

English Indeed, Allāh knows the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
4. غَيْبَghayba(the) unseen
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
7. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
8. بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
9. بِمَاbimāof what
10. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do