Surah Al-Isra in English: word by word, transliteration
Surah 17 · الإسراء · The Night Journey · 111 verses · 1556 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
سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَـٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
Transliteration sub'ḥāna alladhī asrā biʿabdihi laylan mina l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ilā l-masjidi l-aqṣā alladhī bāraknā ḥawlahu linuriyahu min āyātinā innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-baṣīru
English Exalted is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
- سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaExalted
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
- أَسْرَىٰasrātook
- بِعَبْدِهِۦbiʿabdihiHis servant
- لَيْلًۭاlaylan(by) night
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid Al-Haraam
- ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Masjid Al-Haraam
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid Al-Aqsa
- ٱلْأَقْصَاl-aqṣāAl-Masjid Al-Aqsa
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
- بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe blessed
- حَوْلَهُۥḥawlahuits surroundings
- لِنُرِيَهُۥlinuriyahuthat We may show him
- مِنْminof
- ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚāyātināOur Signs
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
- ٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīruthe All-Seer
Verse 2
وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًا
Transliteration waātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wajaʿalnāhu hudan libanī is'rāīla allā tattakhidhū min dūnī wakīlan
English And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,
- وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
- مُوسَىmūsāMusa
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuand made it
- هُدًۭىhudana guidance
- لِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor the Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- أَلَّاallāThat not
- تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou take
- مِنminother than Me
- دُونِىdūnīother than Me
- وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan(as) a Disposer of affairs
Verse 3
ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا
Transliteration dhurriyyata man ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin innahu kāna ʿabdan shakūran
English O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.
- ذُرِّيَّةَdhurriyyataOffsprings
- مَنْman(of one) who
- حَمَلْنَاḥamalnāWe carried
- مَعَmaʿawith
- نُوحٍ ۚnūḥinNuh
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- كَانَkānawas
- عَبْدًۭاʿabdana servant
- شَكُورًۭاshakūrangrateful
Verse 4
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
Transliteration waqaḍaynā ilā banī is'rāīla fī l-kitābi latuf'sidunna fī l-arḍi marratayni walataʿlunna ʿuluwwan kabīran
English And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."
- وَقَضَيْنَآwaqaḍaynāAnd We decreed
- إِلَىٰilāfor
- بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- لَتُفْسِدُنَّlatuf'sidunnaSurely you will cause corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مَرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice
- وَلَتَعْلُنَّwalataʿlunnaand surely you will reach
- عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwanhaughtiness
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 5
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا
Transliteration fa-idhā jāa waʿdu ūlāhumā baʿathnā ʿalaykum ʿibādan lanā ulī basin shadīdin fajāsū khilāla l-diyāri wakāna waʿdan mafʿūlan
English So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
- جَآءَjāacame
- وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
- أُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā(for) the first of the two
- بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe raised
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
- عِبَادًۭاʿibādanservants
- لَّنَآlanāof Ours
- أُو۟لِىulīthose of great military might
- بَأْسٍۢbasinthose of great military might
- شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinthose of great military might
- فَجَاسُوا۟fajāsūand they entered
- خِلَـٰلَkhilālathe inner most part
- ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚl-diyāri(of) the homes
- وَكَانَwakānaand (it) was
- وَعْدًۭاwaʿdana promise
- مَّفْعُولًۭاmafʿūlanfulfilled
Verse 6
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا
Transliteration thumma radadnā lakumu l-karata ʿalayhim wa-amdadnākum bi-amwālin wabanīna wajaʿalnākum akthara nafīran
English Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- رَدَدْنَاradadnāWe gave back
- لَكُمُlakumuto you
- ٱلْكَرَّةَl-karatathe return victory
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
- وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُمwa-amdadnākumAnd We reinforced you
- بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢbi-amwālinwith the wealth
- وَبَنِينَwabanīnaand sons
- وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْwajaʿalnākumand made you
- أَكْثَرَaktharamore
- نَفِيرًاnafīrannumerous
Verse 7
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا
Transliteration in aḥsantum aḥsantum li-anfusikum wa-in asatum falahā fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati liyasūū wujūhakum waliyadkhulū l-masjida kamā dakhalūhu awwala marratin waliyutabbirū mā ʿalaw tatbīran
English [And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
- إِنْinIf
- أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
- أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
- لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖli-anfusikumfor yourselves
- وَإِنْwa-inand if
- أَسَأْتُمْasatumyou do evil
- فَلَهَا ۚfalahāthen it is for it
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
- جَآءَjāacame
- وَعْدُwaʿdupromise
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last
- لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟liyasūūto sadden
- وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
- وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulūand to enter
- ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe Masjid
- كَمَاkamājust as
- دَخَلُوهُdakhalūhuthey (had) entered it
- أَوَّلَawwalafirst
- مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
- وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirūand to destroy
- مَاmāwhat
- عَلَوْا۟ʿalawthey had conquered
- تَتْبِيرًاtatbīran(with) destruction
Verse 8
عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا
Transliteration ʿasā rabbukum an yarḥamakum wa-in ʿudttum ʿud'nā wajaʿalnā jahannama lil'kāfirīna ḥaṣīran
English [Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."
- عَسَىٰʿasā(It) may be
- رَبُّكُمْrabbukumthat your Lord
- أَنanthat your Lord
- يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚyarḥamakum(may) have mercy upon you
- وَإِنْwa-inBut if
- عُدتُّمْʿudttumyou return
- عُدْنَا ۘʿud'nāWe will return
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
- حَصِيرًاḥaṣīrana prison-bed
Verse 9
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا
Transliteration inna hādhā l-qur'āna yahdī lillatī hiya aqwamu wayubashiru l-mu'minīna alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran kabīran
English Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
- يَهْدِىyahdīguides
- لِلَّتِىlillatīto that
- هِىَhiyawhich
- أَقْوَمُaqwamu(is) most straight
- وَيُبَشِّرُwayubashiruand gives glad tidings
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnato the believers
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds
- أَنَّannathat
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- أَجْرًۭاajran(is) a reward
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 10
وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Transliteration wa-anna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāban alīman
English And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.
- وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāWe have prepared
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
- أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful
Verse 11
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا
Transliteration wayadʿu l-insānu bil-shari duʿāahu bil-khayri wakāna l-insānu ʿajūlan
English And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
- وَيَدْعُwayadʿuAnd prays
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
- بِٱلشَّرِّbil-sharifor evil
- دُعَآءَهُۥduʿāahu(as) he prays
- بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖbil-khayrifor the good
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
- عَجُولًۭاʿajūlanever hasty
Verse 12
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا
Transliteration wajaʿalnā al-layla wal-nahāra āyatayni famaḥawnā āyata al-layli wajaʿalnā āyata l-nahāri mub'ṣiratan litabtaghū faḍlan min rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadada l-sinīna wal-ḥisāba wakulla shayin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlan
English And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
- ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
- وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
- ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖāyatayni(as) two signs
- فَمَحَوْنَآfamaḥawnāThen We erased
- ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
- ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
- وَجَعَلْنَآwajaʿalnāand We made
- ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
- ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
- مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratanvisible
- لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
- فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanbounty
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟walitaʿlamūand that you may know
- عَدَدَʿadada(the) number
- ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna(of) the years
- وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚwal-ḥisābaand the account
- وَكُلَّwakullaAnd every
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- فَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhuWe have explained it
- تَفْصِيلًۭاtafṣīlan(in) detail
Verse 13
وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا
Transliteration wakulla insānin alzamnāhu ṭāirahu fī ʿunuqihi wanukh'riju lahu yawma l-qiyāmati kitāban yalqāhu manshūran
English And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.
- وَكُلَّwakullaAnd (for) every
- إِنسَـٰنٍinsāninman
- أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُalzamnāhuWe have fastened to him
- طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥṭāirahuhis fate
- فِىfīin
- عُنُقِهِۦ ۖʿunuqihihis neck
- وَنُخْرِجُwanukh'rijuand We will bring forth
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana record
- يَلْقَىٰهُyalqāhuwhich he will find
- مَنشُورًاmanshūranwide open
Verse 14
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
Transliteration iq'ra kitābaka kafā binafsika l-yawma ʿalayka ḥasīban
English [It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."
- ٱقْرَأْiq'raRead
- كِتَـٰبَكَkitābakayour record
- كَفَىٰkafāSufficient
- بِنَفْسِكَbinafsika(is) yourself
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaagainst you
- حَسِيبًۭاḥasīban(as) accountant
Verse 15
مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا
Transliteration mani ih'tadā fa-innamā yahtadī linafsihi waman ḍalla fa-innamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā walā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā wamā kunnā muʿadhibīna ḥattā nabʿatha rasūlan
English Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
- مَّنِmaniWhoever
- ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā(is) guided
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- يَهْتَدِىyahtadīhe is guided
- لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖlinafsihifor his soul
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- ضَلَّḍallagoes astray
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- يَضِلُّyaḍilluhe goes astray
- عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhāagainst it
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- تَزِرُtaziruwill bear
- وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratuna bearer of burden
- وِزْرَwiz'raburden
- أُخْرَىٰ ۗukh'rā(of) another
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كُنَّاkunnāWe
- مُعَذِّبِينَmuʿadhibīnaare to punish
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- نَبْعَثَnabʿathaWe have sent
- رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
Verse 16
وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا
Transliteration wa-idhā aradnā an nuh'lika qaryatan amarnā mut'rafīhā fafasaqū fīhā faḥaqqa ʿalayhā l-qawlu fadammarnāhā tadmīran
English And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَرَدْنَآaradnāWe intend
- أَنanthat
- نُّهْلِكَnuh'likaWe destroy
- قَرْيَةًqaryatana town
- أَمَرْنَاamarnāWe order
- مُتْرَفِيهَاmut'rafīhāits wealthy people
- فَفَسَقُوا۟fafasaqūbut they defiantly disobey
- فِيهَاfīhātherein
- فَحَقَّfaḥaqqaso (is) proved true
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāagainst it
- ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
- فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَاfadammarnāhāand We destroy it
- تَدْمِيرًۭاtadmīran(with) destruction
Verse 17
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Transliteration wakam ahlaknā mina l-qurūni min baʿdi nūḥin wakafā birabbika bidhunūbi ʿibādihi khabīran baṣīran
English And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.
- وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
- أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- نُوحٍۢ ۗnūḥinNuh
- وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
- بِرَبِّكَbirabbika(is) your Lord
- بِذُنُوبِbidhunūbiconcerning the sins
- عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihi(of) His servants
- خَبِيرًۢاkhabīranAll-Aware
- بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer
Verse 18
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا
Transliteration man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahu fīhā mā nashāu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahu jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran
English Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.
- مَّنmanWhoever
- كَانَkānashould
- يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
- ٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilatathe immediate
- عَجَّلْنَاʿajjalnāWe hasten
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- مَاmāwhat
- نَشَآءُnashāuWe will
- لِمَنlimanto whom
- نُّرِيدُnurīduWe intend
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- يَصْلَىٰهَاyaṣlāhāhe will burn
- مَذْمُومًۭاmadhmūmandisgraced
- مَّدْحُورًۭاmadḥūranrejected
Verse 19
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا
Transliteration waman arāda l-ākhirata wasaʿā lahā saʿyahā wahuwa mu'minun fa-ulāika kāna saʿyuhum mashkūran
English But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].
- وَمَنْwamanAnd whoever
- أَرَادَarādadesires
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter
- وَسَعَىٰwasaʿāand exerts
- لَهَاlahāfor it
- سَعْيَهَاsaʿyahāthe effort
- وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
- مُؤْمِنٌۭmu'minun(is) a believer
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- كَانَkāna[are]
- سَعْيُهُمsaʿyuhumtheir effort
- مَّشْكُورًۭاmashkūran(is) appreciated
Verse 20
كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
Transliteration kullan numiddu hāulāi wahāulāi min ʿaṭāi rabbika wamā kāna ʿaṭāu rabbika maḥẓūran
English To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.
- كُلًّۭاkullan(To) each
- نُّمِدُّnumidduWe extend
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
- وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِwahāulāiand (to) these
- مِنْminfrom
- عَطَآءِʿaṭāi(the) gift
- رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika(of) your Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānais
- عَطَآءُʿaṭāu(the) gift
- رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
- مَحْظُورًاmaḥẓūranrestricted
Verse 21
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا
Transliteration unẓur kayfa faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin walalākhiratu akbaru darajātin wa-akbaru tafḍīlan
English Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.
- ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe preferred
- بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of them
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍinothers
- وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُwalalākhiratuAnd surely the Hereafter
- أَكْبَرُakbaru(is) greater
- دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) degrees
- وَأَكْبَرُwa-akbaruand greater
- تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan(in) excellence
Verse 22
لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا
Transliteration lā tajʿal maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fataqʿuda madhmūman makhdhūlan
English Do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
- لَّاlā(Do) not
- تَجْعَلْtajʿalmake
- مَعَmaʿawith
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِلَـٰهًاilāhangod
- ءَاخَرَākharaanother
- فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿudalest you will sit
- مَذْمُومًۭاmadhmūmandisgraced
- مَّخْذُولًۭاmakhdhūlanforsaken
Verse 23
۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
Transliteration waqaḍā rabbuka allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu wabil-wālidayni iḥ'sānan immā yablughanna ʿindaka l-kibara aḥaduhumā aw kilāhumā falā taqul lahumā uffin walā tanharhumā waqul lahumā qawlan karīman
English And your Lord has decreed that you worship not except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.
- ۞ وَقَضَىٰwaqaḍāAnd has decreed
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- أَلَّاallāthat (do) not
- تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim Alone
- وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parents
- إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚiḥ'sānan(be) good
- إِمَّاimmāWhether
- يَبْلُغَنَّyablughannareach
- عِندَكَʿindakawith you
- ٱلْكِبَرَl-kibarathe old age
- أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of them
- أَوْawor
- كِلَاهُمَاkilāhumāboth of them
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تَقُلtaqulsay
- لَّهُمَآlahumāto both of them
- أُفٍّۢuffina word of disrespect
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَنْهَرْهُمَاtanharhumārepel them
- وَقُلwaqulbut speak
- لَّهُمَاlahumāto them
- قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
- كَرِيمًۭاkarīmannoble
Verse 24
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا
Transliteration wa-ikh'fiḍ lahumā janāḥa l-dhuli mina l-raḥmati waqul rabbi ir'ḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīran
English And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
- وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lower
- لَهُمَاlahumāto them
- جَنَاحَjanāḥa(the) wing
- ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli(of) humility
- مِنَmina(out) of
- ٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati[the] mercy
- وَقُلwaquland say
- رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
- ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumāHave mercy on both of them
- كَمَاkamāas
- رَبَّيَانِىrabbayānīthey brought me up
- صَغِيرًۭاṣaghīran(when I was) small
Verse 25
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَـٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا
Transliteration rabbukum aʿlamu bimā fī nufūsikum in takūnū ṣāliḥīna fa-innahu kāna lil'awwābīna ghafūran
English Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.
- رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lord
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
- بِمَاbimāof what
- فِىfī(is) in
- نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚnufūsikumyourselves
- إِنinIf
- تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou are
- صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous
- فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, He
- كَانَkānais
- لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَlil'awwābīnato those who often turn (to Him)
- غَفُورًۭاghafūranMost Forgiving
Verse 26
وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا
Transliteration waāti dhā l-qur'bā ḥaqqahu wal-mis'kīna wa-ib'na l-sabīli walā tubadhir tabdhīran
English And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.
- وَءَاتِwaātiAnd give
- ذَاdhāthe relatives
- ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relatives
- حَقَّهُۥḥaqqahuhis right
- وَٱلْمِسْكِينَwal-mis'kīnaand the needy
- وَٱبْنَwa-ib'naand the wayfarer
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliand the wayfarer
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تُبَذِّرْtubadhirspend
- تَبْذِيرًاtabdhīranwastefully
Verse 27
إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًا
Transliteration inna l-mubadhirīna kānū ikh'wāna l-shayāṭīni wakāna l-shayṭānu lirabbihi kafūran
English Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَl-mubadhirīnathe spendthrifts
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūare
- إِخْوَٰنَikh'wānabrothers
- ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖl-shayāṭīni(of) the devils
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- لِرَبِّهِۦlirabbihito his Lord
- كَفُورًۭاkafūranungrateful
Verse 28
وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّيْسُورًا
Transliteration wa-immā tuʿ'riḍanna ʿanhumu ib'tighāa raḥmatin min rabbika tarjūhā faqul lahum qawlan maysūran
English And if you [must] turn away from them [i.e., the needy] awaiting mercy from your Lord which you expect, then speak to them a gentle word.
- وَإِمَّاwa-immāAnd if
- تُعْرِضَنَّtuʿ'riḍannayou turn away
- عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
- ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
- رَحْمَةٍۢraḥmatinmercy
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- تَرْجُوهَاtarjūhāwhich you expect
- فَقُلfaqulthen say
- لَّهُمْlahumto them
- قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
- مَّيْسُورًۭاmaysūrangentle
Verse 29
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا
Transliteration walā tajʿal yadaka maghlūlatan ilā ʿunuqika walā tabsuṭ'hā kulla l-basṭi fataqʿuda malūman maḥsūran
English And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَجْعَلْtajʿalmake
- يَدَكَyadakayour hand
- مَغْلُولَةًmaghlūlatanchained
- إِلَىٰilāto
- عُنُقِكَʿunuqikayour neck
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تَبْسُطْهَاtabsuṭ'hāextend it
- كُلَّkulla(to its) utmost
- ٱلْبَسْطِl-basṭireach
- فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿudaso that you sit
- مَلُومًۭاmalūmanblameworthy
- مَّحْسُورًاmaḥsūraninsolvent
Verse 30
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Transliteration inna rabbaka yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru innahu kāna biʿibādihi khabīran baṣīran
English Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيَقْدِرُ ۚwayaqdiruand straitens
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- كَانَkānais
- بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His slaves
- خَبِيرًۢاkhabīranAll-Aware
- بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer
Verse 31
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا
Transliteration walā taqtulū awlādakum khashyata im'lāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-iyyākum inna qatlahum kāna khiṭ'an kabīran
English And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
- أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakumyour children
- خَشْيَةَkhashyata(for) fear
- إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖim'lāqin(of) poverty
- نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
- نَرْزُقُهُمْnarzuquhum(We) provide for them
- وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚwa-iyyākumand for you
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- قَتْلَهُمْqatlahumtheir killing
- كَانَkānais
- خِطْـًۭٔاkhiṭ'ana sin
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 32
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا
Transliteration walā taqrabū l-zinā innahu kāna fāḥishatan wasāa sabīlan
English And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
- ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖl-zināadultery
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
- كَانَkānais
- فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanan immorality
- وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlanway
Verse 33
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًا
Transliteration walā taqtulū l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi waman qutila maẓlūman faqad jaʿalnā liwaliyyihi sul'ṭānan falā yus'rif fī l-qatli innahu kāna manṣūran
English And do not kill the soul [i.e., person] which Allāh has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
- ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- حَرَّمَḥarramaAllah has forbidden
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has forbidden
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqiby right
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- قُتِلَqutila(is) killed
- مَظْلُومًۭاmaẓlūmanwrongfully
- فَقَدْfaqadverily
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
- لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihifor his heir
- سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
- فَلَاfalābut not
- يُسْرِفyus'rifhe should exceed
- فِّىfīin
- ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖl-qatlithe killing
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- كَانَkānais
- مَنصُورًۭاmanṣūranhelped
Verse 34
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًا
Transliteration walā taqrabū māla l-yatīmi illā bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu ḥattā yablugha ashuddahu wa-awfū bil-ʿahdi inna l-ʿahda kāna masūlan
English And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūcome near
- مَالَmāla(the) wealth
- ٱلْيَتِيمِl-yatīmi(of) the orphan
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīwith what
- هِىَhiya[it] is
- أَحْسَنُaḥsanubest
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَبْلُغَyablughahe reaches
- أَشُدَّهُۥ ۚashuddahuhis maturity
- وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd fulfil
- بِٱلْعَهْدِ ۖbil-ʿahdithe covenant
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْعَهْدَl-ʿahdathe covenant
- كَانَkānawill be
- مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlanquestioned
Verse 35
وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا
Transliteration wa-awfū l-kayla idhā kil'tum wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi dhālika khayrun wa-aḥsanu tawīlan
English And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.
- وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd give full
- ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- كِلْتُمْkil'tumyou measure
- وَزِنُوا۟wazinūand weigh
- بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِbil-qis'ṭāsiwith the balance
- ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚl-mus'taqīmithe straight
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) good
- وَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand best
- تَأْوِيلًۭاtawīlan(in) result
Verse 36
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًا
Transliteration walā taqfu mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun inna l-samʿa wal-baṣara wal-fuāda kullu ulāika kāna ʿanhu masūlan
English And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْفُtaqfupursue
- مَاmāwhat
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لَكَlakayou have
- بِهِۦbihiof it
- عِلْمٌ ۚʿil'munany knowledge
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearing
- وَٱلْبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
- وَٱلْفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
- كُلُّkulluall
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- كَانَkānawill be
- عَنْهُʿanhu[about it]
- مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlanquestioned
Verse 37
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًا
Transliteration walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan innaka lan takhriqa l-arḍa walan tablugha l-jibāla ṭūlan
English And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَمْشِtamshiwalk
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مَرَحًا ۖmaraḥan(with) insolence
- إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
- لَنlanwill never
- تَخْرِقَtakhriqatear
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- وَلَنwalanand will never
- تَبْلُغَtablughareach
- ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
- طُولًۭاṭūlan(in) height
Verse 38
كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًا
Transliteration kullu dhālika kāna sayyi-uhu ʿinda rabbika makrūhan
English All that [i.e., the aforementioned] - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.
- كُلُّkulluAll
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- كَانَkānais
- سَيِّئُهُۥsayyi-uhu[its] evil
- عِندَʿindanear
- رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- مَكْرُوهًۭاmakrūhanhateful
Verse 39
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا
Transliteration dhālika mimmā awḥā ilayka rabbuka mina l-ḥik'mati walā tajʿal maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatul'qā fī jahannama malūman madḥūran
English That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- مِمَّآmimmā(is) from what
- أَوْحَىٰٓawḥā(was) revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- رَبُّكَrabbuka(from) your Lord
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗl-ḥik'matithe wisdom
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَجْعَلْtajʿalmake
- مَعَmaʿawith
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِلَـٰهًاilāhangod
- ءَاخَرَākharaother
- فَتُلْقَىٰfatul'qālest you should be thrown
- فِىfīin
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- مَلُومًۭاmalūmanblameworthy
- مَّدْحُورًاmadḥūranabandoned
Verse 40
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
Transliteration afa-aṣfākum rabbukum bil-banīna wa-ittakhadha mina l-malāikati ināthan innakum lataqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīman
English Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
- أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْafa-aṣfākumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
- رَبُّكُمrabbukumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
- بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons
- وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaand He has taken
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
- إِنَـٰثًا ۚināthandaughters
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- لَتَقُولُونَlataqūlūnasurely say
- قَوْلًاqawlana word
- عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangrave
Verse 41
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
Transliteration walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni liyadhakkarū wamā yazīduhum illā nufūran
English And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
- لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟liyadhakkarūthat they may take heed
- وَمَاwamābut not
- يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- نُفُورًۭاnufūran(in) aversion
Verse 42
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا
Transliteration qul law kāna maʿahu ālihatun kamā yaqūlūna idhan la-ib'taghaw ilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīlan
English Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."
- قُلqulSay
- لَّوْlawIf
- كَانَkāna(there) were
- مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith Him
- ءَالِهَةٌۭālihatungods
- كَمَاkamāas
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟la-ib'taghawsurely they (would) have sought
- إِلَىٰilāto
- ذِىdhī(the) Owner
- ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
Verse 43
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
Transliteration sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīran
English Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.
- سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
- وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand Exalted is He
- عَمَّاʿammāabove what
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwan(by) height
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 44
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا
Transliteration tusabbiḥu lahu l-samāwātu l-sabʿu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna wa-in min shayin illā yusabbiḥu biḥamdihi walākin lā tafqahūna tasbīḥahum innahu kāna ḥalīman ghafūran
English The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving.
- تُسَبِّحُtusabbiḥuGlorify
- لَهُlahu[to] Him
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe seven heavens
- ٱلسَّبْعُl-sabʿuthe seven heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
- وَمَنwamanand whatever
- فِيهِنَّ ۚfīhinna(is) in them
- وَإِنwa-inAnd (there is) not
- مِّنminany
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥuglorifies
- بِحَمْدِهِۦbiḥamdihiHis Praise
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- لَّاlānot
- تَفْقَهُونَtafqahūnayou understand
- تَسْبِيحَهُمْ ۗtasbīḥahumtheir glorification
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- كَانَkānais
- حَلِيمًاḥalīmanEver-Forbearing
- غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
Verse 45
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا
Transliteration wa-idhā qarata l-qur'āna jaʿalnā baynaka wabayna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ḥijāban mastūran
English And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- قَرَأْتَqaratayou recite
- ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe place
- بَيْنَكَbaynakabetween you
- وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- حِجَابًۭاḥijābana barrier
- مَّسْتُورًۭاmastūranhidden
Verse 46
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَـٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
Transliteration wajaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqran wa-idhā dhakarta rabbaka fī l-qur'āni waḥdahu wallaw ʿalā adbārihim nufūran
English And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have placed
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
- أَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings
- أَنanlest
- يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it
- وَفِىٓwafīand in
- ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
- وَقْرًۭا ۚwaqrandeafness
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- ذَكَرْتَdhakartayou mention
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
- وَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuAlone
- وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- أَدْبَـٰرِهِمْadbārihimtheir backs
- نُفُورًۭاnufūran(in) aversion
Verse 47
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
Transliteration naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihi idh yastamiʿūna ilayka wa-idh hum najwā idh yaqūlu l-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulan masḥūran
English We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
- نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
- بِمَاbimā[of] what
- يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen
- بِهِۦٓbihito [it]
- إِذْidhwhen
- يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- وَإِذْwa-idhand when
- هُمْhumthey
- نَجْوَىٰٓnajwā(are) in private conversation
- إِذْidhwhen
- يَقُولُyaqūlusay
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
- إِنinNot
- تَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūnayou follow
- إِلَّاillābut
- رَجُلًۭاrajulana man
- مَّسْحُورًاmasḥūranbewitched
Verse 48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ 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.
- ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
- لَكَlakafor you
- ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
- فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
- فَلَاfalāso not
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(find) a way
Verse 49
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Transliteration waqālū a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan a-innā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
English And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
- وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
- أَءِذَاa-idhāIs it when
- كُنَّاkunnāwe are
- عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
- وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand crumbled particles
- أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
- لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely (be) resurrected
- خَلْقًۭاkhalqan(as) a creation
- جَدِيدًۭاjadīdannew
Verse 50
۞ قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا
Transliteration qul kūnū ḥijāratan aw ḥadīdan
English Say, "Be you stones or iron
- ۞ قُلْqulSay
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- حِجَارَةًḥijāratanstones
- أَوْawor
- حَدِيدًاḥadīdaniron
Verse 51
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
Transliteration aw khalqan mimmā yakburu fī ṣudūrikum fasayaqūlūna man yuʿīdunā quli alladhī faṭarakum awwala marratin fasayun'ghiḍūna ilayka ruūsahum wayaqūlūna matā huwa qul ʿasā an yakūna qarīban
English Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -
- أَوْawOr
- خَلْقًۭاkhalqana creation
- مِّمَّاmimmāof what
- يَكْبُرُyakburu(is) great
- فِىfīin
- صُدُورِكُمْ ۚṣudūrikumyour breasts
- فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnaThen they will say
- مَنmanWho
- يُعِيدُنَا ۖyuʿīdunāwill restore us
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīHe Who
- فَطَرَكُمْfaṭarakumcreated you
- أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
- مَرَّةٍۢ ۚmarratintime
- فَسَيُنْغِضُونَfasayun'ghiḍūnaThen they will shake
- إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
- رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir heads
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
- مَتَىٰmatāWhen (will)
- هُوَ ۖhuwait (be)
- قُلْqulSay
- عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
- أَنanthat
- يَكُونَyakūna(it) will be
- قَرِيبًۭاqarībansoon
Verse 52
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Transliteration yawma yadʿūkum fatastajībūna biḥamdihi wataẓunnūna in labith'tum illā qalīlan
English On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."
- يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
- يَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkumHe will call you
- فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَfatastajībūnaand you will respond
- بِحَمْدِهِۦbiḥamdihiwith His Praise
- وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūnaand you will think
- إِنinnot
- لَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou had remained
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little (while)
Verse 53
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا
Transliteration waqul liʿibādī yaqūlū allatī hiya aḥsanu inna l-shayṭāna yanzaghu baynahum inna l-shayṭāna kāna lil'insāni ʿaduwwan mubīnan
English And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.
- وَقُلwaqulAnd say
- لِّعِبَادِىliʿibādīto My slaves
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū(to) say
- ٱلَّتِىallatīthat
- هِىَhiyawhich
- أَحْسَنُ ۚaḥsanu(is) best
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
- يَنزَغُyanzaghusows discord
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
- كَانَkānais
- لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito the man
- عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
- مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear
Verse 54
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا
Transliteration rabbukum aʿlamu bikum in yasha yarḥamkum aw in yasha yuʿadhib'kum wamā arsalnāka ʿalayhim wakīlan
English Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a manager.
- رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lord
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
- بِكُمْ ۖbikumof you
- إِنinIf
- يَشَأْyashaHe wills
- يَرْحَمْكُمْyarḥamkumHe will have mercy on you
- أَوْawor
- إِنinif
- يَشَأْyashaHe wills
- يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
- وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan(as) a guardian
Verse 55
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًا
Transliteration warabbuka aʿlamu biman fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walaqad faḍḍalnā baʿḍa l-nabiyīna ʿalā baʿḍin waātaynā dāwūda zabūran
English And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
- وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
- بِمَنbimanof whoever
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe have preferred
- بَعْضَbaʿḍasome
- ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīna(of) the Prophets
- عَلَىٰʿalāto
- بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍinothers
- وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
- دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
- زَبُورًۭاzabūranZaboor
Verse 56
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا
Transliteration quli id'ʿū alladhīna zaʿamtum min dūnihi falā yamlikūna kashfa l-ḍuri ʿankum walā taḥwīlan
English Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claimed
- مِّنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- فَلَاfalā[then] not
- يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
- كَشْفَkashfa(to) remove
- ٱلضُّرِّl-ḍurithe misfortunes
- عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlan(to) transfer (it)
Verse 57
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا
Transliteration ulāika alladhīna yadʿūna yabtaghūna ilā rabbihimu l-wasīlata ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjūna raḥmatahu wayakhāfūna ʿadhābahu inna ʿadhāba rabbika kāna maḥdhūran
English Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhom
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey call
- يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
- إِلَىٰilāto
- رَبِّهِمُrabbihimutheir Lord
- ٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlatathe means of access
- أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
- أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearest
- وَيَرْجُونَwayarjūnaand they hope
- رَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahu(for) His mercy
- وَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūnaand fear
- عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚʿadhābahuHis punishment
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
- كَانَkānais
- مَحْذُورًۭاmaḥdhūran(ever) feared
Verse 58
وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَسْطُورًا
Transliteration wa-in min qaryatin illā naḥnu muh'likūhā qabla yawmi l-qiyāmati aw muʿadhibūhā ʿadhāban shadīdan kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi masṭūran
English And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.
- وَإِنwa-inAnd not
- مِّنmin(is) any
- قَرْيَةٍqaryatintown
- إِلَّاillābut
- نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
- مُهْلِكُوهَاmuh'likūhā(will) destroy it
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- أَوْawor
- مُعَذِّبُوهَاmuʿadhibūhāpunish it
- عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanwith a punishment
- شَدِيدًۭا ۚshadīdansevere
- كَانَkānaThat is
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat is
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- مَسْطُورًۭاmasṭūranwritten
Verse 59
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا
Transliteration wamā manaʿanā an nur'sila bil-āyāti illā an kadhaba bihā l-awalūna waātaynā thamūda l-nāqata mub'ṣiratan faẓalamū bihā wamā nur'silu bil-āyāti illā takhwīfan
English And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- مَنَعَنَآmanaʿanāstopped Us
- أَنanthat
- نُّرْسِلَnur'silaWe send
- بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātithe Signs
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
- بِهَاbihāthem
- ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚl-awalūnathe former (people)
- وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
- ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
- ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
- مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratan(as) a visible sign
- فَظَلَمُوا۟faẓalamūbut they wronged
- بِهَا ۚbihāher
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- نُرْسِلُnur'siluWe send
- بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātithe Signs
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- تَخْوِيفًۭاtakhwīfan(as) a warning
Verse 60
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَـٰنًا كَبِيرًا
Transliteration wa-idh qul'nā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bil-nāsi wamā jaʿalnā l-ru'yā allatī araynāka illā fit'natan lilnnāsi wal-shajarata l-malʿūnata fī l-qur'āni wanukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭugh'yānan kabīran
English And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- لَكَlakato you
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- أَحَاطَaḥāṭahas encompassed
- بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚbil-nāsithe mankind
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
- ٱلرُّءْيَاl-ru'yāthe vision
- ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
- أَرَيْنَـٰكَaraynākaWe showed you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan(as) a trial
- لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
- وَٱلشَّجَرَةَwal-shajarataand the tree
- ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَl-malʿūnatathe accursed
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚl-qur'ānithe Quran
- وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْwanukhawwifuhumAnd We threaten them
- فَمَاfamābut not
- يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- طُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan(in) transgression
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 61
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا
Transliteration wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa qāla a-asjudu liman khalaqta ṭīnan
English And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
- ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
- لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam
- فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūSo they prostrated
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
- قَالَqālaHe said
- ءَأَسْجُدُa-asjuduShall I prostrate
- لِمَنْlimanto (one) whom
- خَلَقْتَkhalaqtaYou created
- طِينًۭاṭīnan(from) clay
Verse 62
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Transliteration qāla ara-aytaka hādhā alladhī karramta ʿalayya la-in akhartani ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati la-aḥtanikanna dhurriyyatahu illā qalīlan
English [Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me [i.e., my death] until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- أَرَءَيْتَكَara-aytakaDo You see
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhom
- كَرَّمْتَkarramtaYou have honored
- عَلَىَّʿalayyaabove me
- لَئِنْla-inIf
- أَخَّرْتَنِakhartaniYou give me respite
- إِلَىٰilātill
- يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّla-aḥtanikannaI will surely destroy
- ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓdhurriyyatahuhis offspring
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
Verse 63
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُورًا
Transliteration qāla idh'hab faman tabiʿaka min'hum fa-inna jahannama jazāukum jazāan mawfūran
English [Allāh] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of [all of] you - an ample recompense.
- قَالَqālaHe said
- ٱذْهَبْidh'habGo
- فَمَنfamanand whoever
- تَبِعَكَtabiʿakafollows you
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
- جَزَآؤُكُمْjazāukum(is) your recompense
- جَزَآءًۭjazāana recompense
- مَّوْفُورًۭاmawfūranample
Verse 64
وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ ۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Transliteration wa-is'tafziz mani is'taṭaʿta min'hum biṣawtika wa-ajlib ʿalayhim bikhaylika warajilika washārik'hum fī l-amwāli wal-awlādi waʿid'hum wamā yaʿiduhumu l-shayṭānu illā ghurūran
English And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them." But Satan does not promise them except delusion.
- وَٱسْتَفْزِزْwa-is'tafzizAnd incite
- مَنِmaniwhoever
- ٱسْتَطَعْتَis'taṭaʿtayou can
- مِنْهُمmin'humamong them
- بِصَوْتِكَbiṣawtikawith your voice
- وَأَجْلِبْwa-ajliband assault
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim[on] them
- بِخَيْلِكَbikhaylikawith your cavalry
- وَرَجِلِكَwarajilikaand infantry
- وَشَارِكْهُمْwashārik'humand be a partner
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِl-amwālithe wealth
- وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِwal-awlādiand the children
- وَعِدْهُمْ ۚwaʿid'humand promise them
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَعِدُهُمُyaʿiduhumupromises them
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- غُرُورًاghurūrandelusion
Verse 65
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا
Transliteration inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun wakafā birabbika wakīlan
English Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لَكَlakafor you
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
- سُلْطَـٰنٌۭ ۚsul'ṭānunany authority
- وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
- بِرَبِّكَbirabbika(is) your Lord
- وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan(as) a Guardian
Verse 66
رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا
Transliteration rabbukumu alladhī yuz'jī lakumu l-ful'ka fī l-baḥri litabtaghū min faḍlihi innahu kāna bikum raḥīman
English It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.
- رَّبُّكُمُrabbukumuYour Lord
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- يُزْجِىyuz'jīdrives
- لَكُمُlakumufor you
- ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
- لِتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
- مِنminof
- فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚfaḍlihiHis Bounty
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- كَانَkānais
- بِكُمْbikumto you
- رَحِيمًۭاraḥīmanEver Merciful
Verse 67
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ كَفُورًا
Transliteration wa-idhā massakumu l-ḍuru fī l-baḥri ḍalla man tadʿūna illā iyyāhu falammā najjākum ilā l-bari aʿraḍtum wakāna l-insānu kafūran
English And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- مَسَّكُمُmassakumutouches you
- ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe hardship
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
- ضَلَّḍallalost
- مَنman(are) who
- تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِيَّاهُ ۖiyyāhuHim Alone
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- نَجَّىٰكُمْnajjākumHe delivers you
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
- أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚaʿraḍtumyou turn away
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
- كَفُورًاkafūranungrateful
Verse 68
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا
Transliteration afa-amintum an yakhsifa bikum jāniba l-bari aw yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban thumma lā tajidū lakum wakīlan
English Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.
- أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintumDo you then feel secure
- أَنanthat (not)
- يَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallow
- بِكُمْbikumyou
- جَانِبَjānibaside
- ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
- أَوْawor
- يُرْسِلَyur'silasend
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
- حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana storm of stones
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- لَاlānot
- تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou will find
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian
Verse 69
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا
Transliteration am amintum an yuʿīdakum fīhi tāratan ukh'rā fayur'sila ʿalaykum qāṣifan mina l-rīḥi fayugh'riqakum bimā kafartum thumma lā tajidū lakum ʿalaynā bihi tabīʿan
English Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into it [i.e., the sea] another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.
- أَمْamOr
- أَمِنتُمْamintumdo you feel secure
- أَنanthat (not)
- يُعِيدَكُمْyuʿīdakumHe will send you back
- فِيهِfīhiinto it
- تَارَةًtāratananother time
- أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother time
- فَيُرْسِلَfayur'silaand send
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- قَاصِفًۭاqāṣifana hurricane
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلرِّيحِl-rīḥithe wind
- فَيُغْرِقَكُمfayugh'riqakumand drown you
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كَفَرْتُمْ ۙkafartumyou disbelieved
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- لَاlānot
- تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou will find
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst Us
- بِهِۦbihitherein
- تَبِيعًۭاtabīʿanan avenger
Verse 70
۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا
Transliteration walaqad karramnā banī ādama waḥamalnāhum fī l-bari wal-baḥri warazaqnāhum mina l-ṭayibāti wafaḍḍalnāhum ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqnā tafḍīlan
English And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.
- ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- كَرَّمْنَاkarramnāWe have honored
- بَنِىٓbanī(the) children of Adam
- ءَادَمَādama(the) children of Adam
- وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْwaḥamalnāhumand We carried them
- فِىfīon
- ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
- وَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea
- وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We have provided them
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
- وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmany
- مِّمَّنْmimmanof those whom
- خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe have created
- تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan(with) preference
Verse 71
يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَـٰمِهِمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَـٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
Transliteration yawma nadʿū kulla unāsin bi-imāmihim faman ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fa-ulāika yaqraūna kitābahum walā yuẓ'lamūna fatīlan
English [Mention, O Muḥammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds]. Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed].
- يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
- نَدْعُوا۟nadʿūWe will call
- كُلَّkullaall
- أُنَاسٍۭunāsinhuman beings
- بِإِمَـٰمِهِمْ ۖbi-imāmihimwith their record
- فَمَنْfamanthen whoever
- أُوتِىَūtiyais given
- كِتَـٰبَهُۥkitābahuhis record
- بِيَمِينِهِۦbiyamīnihiin his right hand
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- يَقْرَءُونَyaqraūnawill read
- كِتَـٰبَهُمْkitābahumtheir records
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wronged
- فَتِيلًۭاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date seed
Verse 72
وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Transliteration waman kāna fī hādhihi aʿmā fahuwa fī l-ākhirati aʿmā wa-aḍallu sabīlan
English And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- كَانَkānais
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithis (world)
- أَعْمَىٰaʿmāblind
- فَهُوَfahuwathen he
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- أَعْمَىٰaʿmā(will be) blind
- وَأَضَلُّwa-aḍalluand more astray
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(from the) path
Verse 73
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ ۖ وَإِذًا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا
Transliteration wa-in kādū layaftinūnaka ʿani alladhī awḥaynā ilayka litaftariya ʿalaynā ghayrahu wa-idhan la-ittakhadhūka khalīlan
English And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.
- وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
- كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about (to)
- لَيَفْتِنُونَكَlayaftinūnakatempt you away
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthat which
- أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- لِتَفْتَرِىَlitaftariyathat you invent
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāabout Us
- غَيْرَهُۥ ۖghayrahuother (than) it
- وَإِذًۭاwa-idhanAnd then
- لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَla-ittakhadhūkasurely they would take you
- خَلِيلًۭاkhalīlan(as) a friend
Verse 74
وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَـٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًٔا قَلِيلًا
Transliteration walawlā an thabbatnāka laqad kidtta tarkanu ilayhim shayan qalīlan
English And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.
- وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
- أَنan[that]
- ثَبَّتْنَـٰكَthabbatnākaWe (had) strengthened you
- لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
- كِدتَّkidttayou almost
- تَرْكَنُtarkanu(would) have inclined
- إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) something
- قَلِيلًاqalīlana little
Verse 75
إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَـٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا
Transliteration idhan la-adhaqnāka ḍiʿ'fa l-ḥayati waḍiʿ'fa l-mamāti thumma lā tajidu laka ʿalaynā naṣīran
English Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.
- إِذًۭاidhanThen
- لَّأَذَقْنَـٰكَla-adhaqnākaWe (would) have made you taste
- ضِعْفَḍiʿ'fadouble
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(in) the life
- وَضِعْفَwaḍiʿ'faand double
- ٱلْمَمَاتِl-mamāti(after) the death
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- لَاlānot
- تَجِدُtajiduyou (would) have found
- لَكَlakafor you
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst Us
- نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīranany helper
Verse 76
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَـٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Transliteration wa-in kādū layastafizzūnaka mina l-arḍi liyukh'rijūka min'hā wa-idhan lā yalbathūna khilāfaka illā qalīlan
English And indeed, they were about to provoke [i.e., drive] you from the land [i.e., Makkah] to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.
- وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
- كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about
- لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَlayastafizzūnaka(to) scare you
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- لِيُخْرِجُوكَliyukh'rijūkathat they evict you
- مِنْهَا ۖmin'hāfrom it
- وَإِذًۭاwa-idhanBut then
- لَّاlānot
- يَلْبَثُونَyalbathūnathey (would) have stayed
- خِلَـٰفَكَkhilāfakaafter you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
Verse 77
سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا
Transliteration sunnata man qad arsalnā qablaka min rusulinā walā tajidu lisunnatinā taḥwīlan
English [That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration.
- سُنَّةَsunnata(Such is Our) Way
- مَنman(for) whom
- قَدْqad[verily]
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
- مِنminof
- رُّسُلِنَا ۖrusulināOur Messengers
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- تَجِدُtajiduyou will find
- لِسُنَّتِنَاlisunnatinā(in) Our way
- تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlanany alteration
Verse 78
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
Transliteration aqimi l-ṣalata lidulūki l-shamsi ilā ghasaqi al-layli waqur'āna l-fajri inna qur'āna l-fajri kāna mashhūdan
English Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
- أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- لِدُلُوكِlidulūkiat the decline
- ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
- إِلَىٰilātill
- غَسَقِghasaqi(the) darkness
- ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
- وَقُرْءَانَwaqur'ānaand Quran
- ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖl-fajriat dawn
- إِنَّinnaindeed
- قُرْءَانَqur'ānathe Quran
- ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(at) the dawn
- كَانَkānais
- مَشْهُودًۭاmashhūdanever witnessed
Verse 79
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا
Transliteration wamina al-layli fatahajjad bihi nāfilatan laka ʿasā an yabʿathaka rabbuka maqāman maḥmūdan
English And from [part of] the night, pray with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān] as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.
- وَمِنَwaminaAnd from
- ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
- فَتَهَجَّدْfatahajjadarise from sleep for prayer
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- نَافِلَةًۭnāfilatan(as) additional
- لَّكَlakafor you
- عَسَىٰٓʿasāit may be
- أَنanthat
- يَبْعَثَكَyabʿathakawill raise you
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- مَقَامًۭاmaqāman(to) a station
- مَّحْمُودًۭاmaḥmūdanpraiseworthy
Verse 80
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَـٰنًا نَّصِيرًا
Transliteration waqul rabbi adkhil'nī mud'khala ṣid'qin wa-akhrij'nī mukh'raja ṣid'qin wa-ij'ʿal lī min ladunka sul'ṭānan naṣīran
English And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority."
- وَقُلwaqulAnd say
- رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَدْخِلْنِىadkhil'nīCause me to enter
- مُدْخَلَmud'khalaan entrance
- صِدْقٍۢṣid'qinsound
- وَأَخْرِجْنِىwa-akhrij'nīand cause me to exit
- مُخْرَجَmukh'rajaan exit
- صِدْقٍۢṣid'qinsound
- وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿaland make
- لِّىlīfor me
- مِنminfrom
- لَّدُنكَladunkanear You
- سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
- نَّصِيرًۭاnaṣīranhelping
Verse 81
وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا
Transliteration waqul jāa l-ḥaqu wazahaqa l-bāṭilu inna l-bāṭila kāna zahūqan
English And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."
- وَقُلْwaqulAnd say
- جَآءَjāaHas come
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- وَزَهَقَwazahaqaand perished
- ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilathe falsehood
- كَانَkānais
- زَهُوقًۭاzahūqan(bound) to perish
Verse 82
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Transliteration wanunazzilu mina l-qur'āni mā huwa shifāon waraḥmatun lil'mu'minīna walā yazīdu l-ẓālimīna illā khasāran
English And We send down of the Qur’ān that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.
- وَنُنَزِّلُwanunazziluAnd We reveal
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
- مَاmāthat
- هُوَhuwait
- شِفَآءٌۭshifāon(is) a healing
- وَرَحْمَةٌۭwaraḥmatunand a mercy
- لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙlil'mu'minīnafor the believers
- وَلَاwalābut not
- يَزِيدُyazīduit increases
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- خَسَارًۭاkhasāran(in) loss
Verse 83
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا
Transliteration wa-idhā anʿamnā ʿalā l-insāni aʿraḍa wanaā bijānibihi wa-idhā massahu l-sharu kāna yaūsan
English And when We bestow favor upon man [i.e., the disbeliever], he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestow favor
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
- أَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turns away
- وَنَـَٔاwanaāand becomes remote
- بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖbijānibihion his side
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
- ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
- كَانَkānahe is
- يَـُٔوسًۭاyaūsan(in) despair
Verse 84
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا
Transliteration qul kullun yaʿmalu ʿalā shākilatihi farabbukum aʿlamu biman huwa ahdā sabīlan
English Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way."
- قُلْqulSay
- كُلٌّۭkullunEach
- يَعْمَلُyaʿmaluworks
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- شَاكِلَتِهِۦshākilatihihis manner
- فَرَبُّكُمْfarabbukumbut your Lord
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
- بِمَنْbimanof who
- هُوَhuwa[he]
- أَهْدَىٰahdā(is) best guided
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(in) way
Verse 85
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Transliteration wayasalūnaka ʿani l-rūḥi quli l-rūḥu min amri rabbī wamā ūtītum mina l-ʿil'mi illā qalīlan
English And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."
- وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
- عَنِʿaniconcerning
- ٱلرُّوحِ ۖl-rūḥithe soul
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuThe soul
- مِنْmin(is) of
- أَمْرِamri(the) affair
- رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أُوتِيتُمūtītumyou have been given
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
Verse 86
وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا
Transliteration wala-in shi'nā lanadhhabanna bi-alladhī awḥaynā ilayka thumma lā tajidu laka bihi ʿalaynā wakīlan
English And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us.
- وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
- شِئْنَاshi'nāWe willed
- لَنَذْهَبَنَّlanadhhabannaWe (would) have surely taken away
- بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīthat which
- أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- لَاlānot
- تَجِدُtajiduyou would find
- لَكَlakafor you
- بِهِۦbihiconcerning it
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst Us
- وَكِيلًاwakīlanany advocate
Verse 87
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا
Transliteration illā raḥmatan min rabbika inna faḍlahu kāna ʿalayka kabīran
English Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great.
- إِلَّاillāExcept
- رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatana mercy
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbikayour Lord
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فَضْلَهُۥfaḍlahuHis Bounty
- كَانَkānais
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon you
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
Verse 88
قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
Transliteration qul la-ini ij'tamaʿati l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā an yatū bimith'li hādhā l-qur'āni lā yatūna bimith'lihi walaw kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīran
English Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
- قُلqulSay
- لَّئِنِla-iniIf
- ٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿatigathered
- ٱلْإِنسُl-insuthe mankind
- وَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinuand the jinn
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
- أَنan[that]
- يَأْتُوا۟yatūbring
- بِمِثْلِbimith'lithe like
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
- لَاlānot
- يَأْتُونَyatūnathey (could) bring
- بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihithe like of it
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- كَانَkānawere
- بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
- لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinto some others
- ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīranassistants
Verse 89
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
Transliteration walaqad ṣarrafnā lilnnāsi fī hādhā l-qur'āni min kulli mathalin fa-abā aktharu l-nāsi illā kufūran
English And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example, but most of the people refused except disbelief.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito mankind
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
- مِنminfrom
- كُلِّkullievery
- مَثَلٍۢmathalinexample
- فَأَبَىٰٓfa-abābut refused
- أَكْثَرُaktharumost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كُفُورًۭاkufūrandisbelief
Verse 90
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا
Transliteration waqālū lan nu'mina laka ḥattā tafjura lanā mina l-arḍi yanbūʿan
English And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- لَنlanNever
- نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
- لَكَlakain you
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تَفْجُرَtafjurayou cause to gush forth
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- يَنۢبُوعًاyanbūʿana spring
Verse 91
أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَ خِلَـٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا
Transliteration aw takūna laka jannatun min nakhīlin waʿinabin fatufajjira l-anhāra khilālahā tafjīran
English Or [until] you have a garden of palm trees and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]
- أَوْawOr
- تَكُونَtakūnayou have
- لَكَlakafor you
- جَنَّةٌۭjannatuna garden
- مِّنminof
- نَّخِيلٍۢnakhīlindate-palms
- وَعِنَبٍۢwaʿinabinand grapes
- فَتُفَجِّرَfatufajjiraand cause to gush forth
- ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَl-anhārathe rivers
- خِلَـٰلَهَاkhilālahāwithin them
- تَفْجِيرًاtafjīranabundantly
Verse 92
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا
Transliteration aw tus'qiṭa l-samāa kamā zaʿamta ʿalaynā kisafan aw tatiya bil-lahi wal-malāikati qabīlan
English Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allāh and the angels before [us]
- أَوْawOr
- تُسْقِطَtus'qiṭayou cause to fall
- ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe sky
- كَمَاkamāas
- زَعَمْتَzaʿamtayou have claimed
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
- كِسَفًاkisafan(in) pieces
- أَوْawor
- تَأْتِىَtatiyayou bring
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiAllah
- وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the Angels
- قَبِيلًاqabīlanbefore (us)
Verse 93
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَـٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
Transliteration aw yakūna laka baytun min zukh'rufin aw tarqā fī l-samāi walan nu'mina liruqiyyika ḥattā tunazzila ʿalaynā kitāban naqra-uhu qul sub'ḥāna rabbī hal kuntu illā basharan rasūlan
English Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"
- أَوْawOr
- يَكُونَyakūnais
- لَكَlakafor you
- بَيْتٌۭbaytuna house
- مِّنminof
- زُخْرُفٍzukh'rufinornament
- أَوْawor
- تَرْقَىٰtarqāyou ascend
- فِىfīinto
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
- وَلَنwalanAnd never
- نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
- لِرُقِيِّكَliruqiyyikain your ascension
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring down
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
- كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana book
- نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗnaqra-uhuwe could read it
- قُلْqulSay
- سُبْحَانَsub'ḥānaGlorified (is)
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- هَلْhalWhat
- كُنتُkuntuam I
- إِلَّاillābut
- بَشَرًۭاbasharana human
- رَّسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
Verse 94
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
Transliteration wamā manaʿa l-nāsa an yu'minū idh jāahumu l-hudā illā an qālū abaʿatha l-lahu basharan rasūlan
English And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"
- وَمَاwamāAnd what
- مَنَعَmanaʿaprevented
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
- أَنanthat
- يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minūthey believe
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
- ٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudāthe guidance
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
- أَبَعَثَabaʿathaHas Allah sent
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuHas Allah sent
- بَشَرًۭاbasharana human
- رَّسُولًۭاrasūlanMessenger
Verse 95
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا
Transliteration qul law kāna fī l-arḍi malāikatun yamshūna muṭ'ma-innīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim mina l-samāi malakan rasūlan
English Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."
- قُلqulSay
- لَّوْlawIf
- كَانَkāna(there) were
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌۭmalāikatunAngels
- يَمْشُونَyamshūnawalking
- مُطْمَئِنِّينَmuṭ'ma-innīnasecurely
- لَنَزَّلْنَاlanazzalnāsurely We (would) have sent down
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- مَلَكًۭاmalakanan Angel
- رَّسُولًۭاrasūlan(as) a Messenger
Verse 96
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Transliteration qul kafā bil-lahi shahīdan baynī wabaynakum innahu kāna biʿibādihi khabīran baṣīran
English Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."
- قُلْqulSay
- كَفَىٰkafāSufficient is
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiAllah
- شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan(as) a witness
- بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
- وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚwabaynakumand between you
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- كَانَkānais
- بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His slaves
- خَبِيرًۢاkhabīranAll-Aware
- بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer
Verse 97
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا
Transliteration waman yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadi waman yuḍ'lil falan tajida lahum awliyāa min dūnihi wanaḥshuruhum yawma l-qiyāmati ʿalā wujūhihim ʿum'yan wabuk'man waṣumman mawāhum jahannamu kullamā khabat zid'nāhum saʿīran
English And whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides, We increase [for] them blazing fire.
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَهْدِyahdiAllah guides
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guides
- فَهُوَfahuwathen he (is)
- ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadithe guided one
- وَمَنwamanand whoever
- يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
- فَلَنfalanthen never
- تَجِدَtajidayou will find
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦ ۖdūnihibesides Him
- وَنَحْشُرُهُمْwanaḥshuruhumAnd We will gather them
- يَوْمَyawma(on) the Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
- عُمْيًۭاʿum'yanblind
- وَبُكْمًۭاwabuk'manand dumb
- وَصُمًّۭا ۖwaṣummanand deaf
- مَّأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumTheir abode
- جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
- كُلَّمَاkullamāevery time
- خَبَتْkhabatit subsides
- زِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhumWe (will) increase (for) them
- سَعِيرًۭاsaʿīranthe blazing fire
Verse 98
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Transliteration dhālika jazāuhum bi-annahum kafarū biāyātinā waqālū a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan a-innā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
English That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- جَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhum(is) their recompense
- بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
- وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand said
- أَءِذَاa-idhāWhen
- كُنَّاkunnāwe are
- عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
- وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand crumbled particles
- أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
- لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely (be) resurrected
- خَلْقًۭاkhalqan(as) a creation
- جَدِيدًاjadīdannew
Verse 99
۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
Transliteration awalam yaraw anna l-laha alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa qādirun ʿalā an yakhluqa mith'lahum wajaʿala lahum ajalan lā rayba fīhi fa-abā l-ẓālimūna illā kufūran
English Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse except disbelief.
- ۞ أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- أَنَّannathat
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
- قَادِرٌqādirun(is) Able
- عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
- أَنanto
- يَخْلُقَyakhluqacreate
- مِثْلَهُمْmith'lahumthe like of them
- وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He has made
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- أَجَلًۭاajalana term
- لَّاlāno
- رَيْبَraybadoubt
- فِيهِfīhiin it
- فَأَبَىfa-abāBut refused
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كُفُورًۭاkufūrandisbelief
Verse 100
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ قَتُورًا
Transliteration qul law antum tamlikūna khazāina raḥmati rabbī idhan la-amsaktum khashyata l-infāqi wakāna l-insānu qatūran
English Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.
- قُلqulSay
- لَّوْlawIf
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūnapossess
- خَزَآئِنَkhazāinathe treasures
- رَحْمَةِraḥmati(of) the Mercy
- رَبِّىٓrabbī(of) my Lord
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْla-amsaktumsurely you would withhold
- خَشْيَةَkhashyata(out of) fear
- ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚl-infāqi(of) spending
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
- قَتُورًۭاqatūranstingy
Verse 101
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ ۖ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا
Transliteration walaqad ātaynā mūsā tis'ʿa āyātin bayyinātin fasal banī is'rāīla idh jāahum faqāla lahu fir'ʿawnu innī la-aẓunnuka yāmūsā masḥūran
English And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic."
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe had given
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- تِسْعَtis'ʿanine
- ءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinSigns
- بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ ۖbayyinātinclear
- فَسْـَٔلْfasalso ask
- بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَآءَهُمْjāahumhe came to them
- فَقَالَfaqālathen said
- لَهُۥlahuto him
- فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
- لَأَظُنُّكَla-aẓunnuka[I] think you
- يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
- مَسْحُورًۭاmasḥūran(you are) bewitched
Verse 102
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا
Transliteration qāla laqad ʿalim'ta mā anzala hāulāi illā rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi baṣāira wa-innī la-aẓunnuka yāfir'ʿawnu mathbūran
English [Moses] said, "You have already known that none has sent down these [signs] except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed I think, O Pharaoh, that you are destroyed."
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou have known
- مَآmānone
- أَنزَلَanzalahas sent down
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- رَبُّrabbu(the) Lord
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
- بَصَآئِرَbaṣāira(as) evidence
- وَإِنِّىwa-innīand indeed, I
- لَأَظُنُّكَla-aẓunnuka[I] surely think you
- يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُyāfir'ʿawnuO Firaun
- مَثْبُورًۭاmathbūran(you are) destroyed
Verse 103
فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا
Transliteration fa-arāda an yastafizzahum mina l-arḍi fa-aghraqnāhu waman maʿahu jamīʿan
English So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.
- فَأَرَادَfa-arādaSo he intended
- أَنanto
- يَسْتَفِزَّهُمyastafizzahumdrive them out
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُfa-aghraqnāhubut We drowned him
- وَمَنwamanand who
- مَّعَهُۥmaʿahu(were) with him
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
Verse 104
وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا
Transliteration waqul'nā min baʿdihi libanī is'rāīla us'kunū l-arḍa fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati ji'nā bikum lafīfan
English And We said after him [i.e., Pharaoh] to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise [i.e., appointment] of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."
- وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
- مِنۢminafter him
- بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
- لِبَنِىٓlibanīto the Children of Israel
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlato the Children of Israel
- ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunūDwell
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(in) the land
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen when
- جَآءَjāacomes
- وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
- جِئْنَاji'nāWe will bring
- بِكُمْbikumyou
- لَفِيفًۭاlafīfan(as) a mixed crowd
Verse 105
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ۗ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا
Transliteration wabil-ḥaqi anzalnāhu wabil-ḥaqi nazala wamā arsalnāka illā mubashiran wanadhīran
English And with the truth We have sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
- وَبِٱلْحَقِّwabil-ḥaqiAnd with the truth
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe sent it down
- وَبِٱلْحَقِّwabil-ḥaqiand with the truth
- نَزَلَ ۗnazalait descended
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe sent you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مُبَشِّرًۭاmubashiran(as) a bearer of glad tidings
- وَنَذِيرًۭاwanadhīranand a warner
Verse 106
وَقُرْءَانًا فَرَقْنَـٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَـٰهُ تَنزِيلًا
Transliteration waqur'ānan faraqnāhu litaqra-ahu ʿalā l-nāsi ʿalā muk'thin wanazzalnāhu tanzīlan
English And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.
- وَقُرْءَانًۭاwaqur'ānanAnd the Quran
- فَرَقْنَـٰهُfaraqnāhuWe have divided
- لِتَقْرَأَهُۥlitaqra-ahuthat you might recite it
- عَلَىʿalāto
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
- عَلَىٰʿalāat
- مُكْثٍۢmuk'thinintervals
- وَنَزَّلْنَـٰهُwanazzalnāhuAnd We have revealed it
- تَنزِيلًۭاtanzīlan(in) stages
Verse 107
قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا
Transliteration qul āminū bihi aw lā tu'minū inna alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma min qablihi idhā yut'lā ʿalayhim yakhirrūna lil'adhqāni sujjadan
English Say, "Believe in it or do not believe." Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,
- قُلْqulSay
- ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
- بِهِۦٓbihiin it
- أَوْawor
- لَاlā(do) not
- تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚtu'minūbelieve
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
- مِنminbefore it
- قَبْلِهِۦٓqablihibefore it
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- يُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recited
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- يَخِرُّونَyakhirrūnathey fall
- لِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion their faces
- سُجَّدًۭاsujjadan(in) prostration
Verse 108
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا
Transliteration wayaqūlūna sub'ḥāna rabbinā in kāna waʿdu rabbinā lamafʿūlan
English And they say, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled."
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
- سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be to
- رَبِّنَآrabbināour Lord
- إِنinIndeed
- كَانَkānais
- وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
- رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
- لَمَفْعُولًۭاlamafʿūlansurely fulfilled
Verse 109
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ۩
Transliteration wayakhirrūna lil'adhqāni yabkūna wayazīduhum khushūʿan
English And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it [i.e., the Qur’ān] increases them in humble submission.
- وَيَخِرُّونَwayakhirrūnaAnd they fall
- لِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion their faces
- يَبْكُونَyabkūnaweeping
- وَيَزِيدُهُمْwayazīduhumand it increases them
- خُشُوعًۭا ۩khushūʿan(in) humility
Verse 110
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
Transliteration quli id'ʿū l-laha awi id'ʿū l-raḥmāna ayyan mā tadʿū falahu l-asmāu l-ḥus'nā walā tajhar biṣalātika walā tukhāfit bihā wa-ib'taghi bayna dhālika sabīlan
English Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūInvoke
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- أَوِawior
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūinvoke
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
- أَيًّۭاayyanBy whatever (name)
- مَّاmāBy whatever (name)
- تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūyou invoke
- فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
- ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
- ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَجْهَرْtajharbe loud
- بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تُخَافِتْtukhāfitbe silent
- بِهَاbihātherein
- وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
Verse 111
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا
Transliteration waquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī lam yattakhidh waladan walam yakun lahu sharīkun fī l-mul'ki walam yakun lahu waliyyun mina l-dhuli wakabbir'hu takbīran
English And say, "Praise to Allāh, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."
- وَقُلِwaquliAnd say
- ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll Praise
- لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- لَمْlamhas not taken
- يَتَّخِذْyattakhidhhas not taken
- وَلَدًۭاwaladana son
- وَلَمْwalamand not
- يَكُنyakunis
- لَّهُۥlahufor Him
- شَرِيكٌۭsharīkuna partner
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe dominion
- وَلَمْwalamand not
- يَكُنyakunis
- لَّهُۥlahufor Him
- وَلِىٌّۭwaliyyunany protector
- مِّنَminaout of
- ٱلذُّلِّ ۖl-dhuliweakness
- وَكَبِّرْهُwakabbir'huAnd magnify Him
- تَكْبِيرًۢاtakbīran(with all) magnificence
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.