Surah Al-Jathiyah 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

حمٓ

Transliteration hha-meem

English Ḥā, Meem.

1. حمٓhha-meemHa Meem

تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

Transliteration tanzīlu l-kitābi mina l-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

English The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. تَنزِيلُtanzīlu(The) revelation
2. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
3. مِنَmina(is) from
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
6. ٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmithe All-Wise

إِنَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration inna fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi laāyātin lil'mu'minīna

English Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
5. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
6. لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers

وَفِى خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Transliteration wafī khalqikum wamā yabuthu min dābbatin āyātun liqawmin yūqinūna

English And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
2. خَلْقِكُمْkhalqikumyour creation
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. يَبُثُّyabuthuHe disperses
5. مِنminof
6. دَآبَّةٍdābbatin(the) moving creatures
7. ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(are) Signs
8. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
9. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnawho are certain

وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَـٰحِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration wa-ikh'tilāfi al-layli wal-nahāri wamā anzala l-lahu mina l-samāi min riz'qin fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wataṣrīfi l-riyāḥi āyātun liqawmin yaʿqilūna

English And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

1. وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiAnd (in the) alternation
2. ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
3. وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
4. وَمَآwamāand what
5. أَنزَلَanzalaAllah sends down
6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sends down
7. مِنَminafrom
8. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
9. مِنminof
10. رِّزْقٍۢriz'qin(the) provision
11. فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
12. بِهِbihithereby
13. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
14. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
15. مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
16. وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfiand (in) directing
17. ٱلرِّيَـٰحِl-riyāḥi(the) winds
18. ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(are) Signs
19. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
20. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho reason

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration til'ka āyātu l-lahi natlūhā ʿalayka bil-ḥaqi fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿda l-lahi waāyātihi yu'minūna

English These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allāh and His verses will they believe?

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
2. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are the) Verses
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. نَتْلُوهَاnatlūhāWe recite them
5. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
6. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
7. فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiThen in what
8. حَدِيثٍۭḥadīthinstatement
9. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
11. وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦwaāyātihiand His Verses
12. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawill they believe

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

Transliteration waylun likulli affākin athīmin

English Woe to every sinful liar

1. وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoe
2. لِّكُلِّlikullito every
3. أَفَّاكٍaffākinliar
4. أَثِيمٍۢathīminsinful

يَسْمَعُ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration yasmaʿu āyāti l-lahi tut'lā ʿalayhi thumma yuṣirru mus'takbiran ka-an lam yasmaʿhā fabashir'hu biʿadhābin alīmin

English Who hears the verses of Allāh recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

1. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuWho hears
2. ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. تُتْلَىٰtut'lārecited
5. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. يُصِرُّyuṣirrupersists
8. مُسْتَكْبِرًۭاmus'takbiranarrogantly
9. كَأَنka-anas if
10. لَّمْlamnot
11. يَسْمَعْهَا ۖyasmaʿhāhe heard them
12. فَبَشِّرْهُfabashir'huSo give him tidings
13. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin(of) a punishment
14. أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا شَيْـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Transliteration wa-idhā ʿalima min āyātinā shayan ittakhadhahā huzuwan ulāika lahum ʿadhābun muhīnun

English And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. عَلِمَʿalimahe knows
3. مِنْminof
4. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
5. شَيْـًٔاshayananything
6. ٱتَّخَذَهَاittakhadhahāhe takes them
7. هُزُوًا ۚhuzuwan(in) ridicule
8. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
9. لَهُمْlahumfor them
10. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
11. مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating

مِّن وَرَآئِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مَّا كَسَبُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration min warāihim jahannamu walā yugh'nī ʿanhum mā kasabū shayan walā mā ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi awliyāa walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

English Before them is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allāh as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

1. مِّنminBefore them
2. وَرَآئِهِمْwarāihimBefore them
3. جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
4. وَلَاwalāand not
5. يُغْنِىyugh'nīwill avail
6. عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
7. مَّاmāwhat
8. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey had earned
9. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. مَاmāwhat
12. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey had taken
13. مِنminbesides
14. دُونِdūnibesides
15. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
16. أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖawliyāa(as) protectors
17. وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them
18. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
19. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

هَـٰذَا هُدًى ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration hādhā hudan wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyāti rabbihim lahum ʿadhābun min rij'zin alīmun

English This [Qur’ān] is guidance. And those who have disbelieved in the verses of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. هُدًۭى ۖhudan(is) guidance
3. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
5. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Verses
6. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
7. لَهُمْlahumfor them
8. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
9. مِّنminof
10. رِّجْزٍrij'zinfilth
11. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِىَ ٱلْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Transliteration al-lahu alladhī sakhara lakumu l-baḥra litajriya l-ful'ku fīhi bi-amrihi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna

English It is Allāh who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

1. ۞ ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. سَخَّرَsakharasubjected
4. لَكُمُlakumuto you
5. ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
6. لِتَجْرِىَlitajriyathat may sail
7. ٱلْفُلْكُl-ful'kuthe ships
8. فِيهِfīhitherein
9. بِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His Command
10. وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you may seek
11. مِنminof
12. فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
13. وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
14. تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnagive thanks

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration wasakhara lakum mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan min'hu inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yatafakkarūna

English And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

1. وَسَخَّرَwasakharaAnd He has subjected
2. لَكُمlakumto you
3. مَّاmāwhatever
4. فِىfī(is) in
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَمَاwamāand whatever
7. فِىfī(is) in
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
9. جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
10. مِّنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom Him
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. فِىfīin
13. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
14. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely are Signs
15. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
16. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho give thought

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَغْفِرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ أَيَّامَ ٱللَّهِ لِيَجْزِىَ قَوْمًۢا بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Transliteration qul lilladhīna āmanū yaghfirū lilladhīna lā yarjūna ayyāma l-lahi liyajziya qawman bimā kānū yaksibūna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], to those who have believed that they [should] forgive those who expect not the days of Allāh [i.e., of His retribution] so that He may recompense a people for what they used to earn.

1. قُلqulSay
2. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. يَغْفِرُوا۟yaghfirū(to) forgive
5. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnathose who
6. لَاlā(do) not
7. يَرْجُونَyarjūnahope
8. أَيَّامَayyāma(for the) days
9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
10. لِيَجْزِىَliyajziyathat He may recompense
11. قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
12. بِمَاbimāfor what
13. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
14. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration man ʿamila ṣāliḥan falinafsihi waman asāa faʿalayhā thumma ilā rabbikum tur'jaʿūna

English Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against it [i.e., the self or soul]. Then to your Lord you will be returned.

1. مَنْmanWhoever
2. عَمِلَʿamiladoes
3. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥana righteous deed
4. فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖfalinafsihithen it is for his soul
5. وَمَنْwamanand whoever
6. أَسَآءَasāadoes evil
7. فَعَلَيْهَا ۖfaʿalayhāthen it (is) against it
8. ثُمَّthummaThen
9. إِلَىٰilāto
10. رَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
11. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā banī is'rāīla l-kitāba wal-ḥuk'ma wal-nubuwata warazaqnāhum mina l-ṭayibāti wafaḍḍalnāhum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

English And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
4. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
5. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
6. وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom
7. وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the Prophethood
8. وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We provided them
9. مِّنَminaof
10. ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
11. وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
12. عَلَىʿalāover
13. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم بَيِّنَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖ فَمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوٓا۟ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Transliteration waātaynāhum bayyinātin mina l-amri famā ikh'talafū illā min baʿdi mā jāahumu l-ʿil'mu baghyan baynahum inna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

English And We gave them clear proofs of the matter [of religion]. And they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

1. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhumAnd We gave them
2. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear proofs
3. مِّنَminaof
4. ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖl-amrithe matter
5. فَمَاfamāAnd not
6. ٱخْتَلَفُوٓا۟ikh'talafūthey differed
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. مِنۢminafter
9. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
10. مَاmā[what]
11. جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
12. ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muthe knowledge
13. بَغْيًۢاbaghyan(out of) envy
14. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween themselves
15. إِنَّinnaIndeed
16. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
17. يَقْضِىyaqḍīwill judge
18. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
19. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
20. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
21. فِيمَاfīmāabout what
22. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
23. فِيهِfīhitherein
24. يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnadiffer

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ فَٱتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration thumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā sharīʿatin mina l-amri fa-ittabiʿ'hā walā tattabiʿ ahwāa alladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

English Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. جَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnākaWe put you
3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
4. شَرِيعَةٍۢsharīʿatinan ordained way
5. مِّنَminaof
6. ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
7. فَٱتَّبِعْهَاfa-ittabiʿ'hāso follow it
8. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
9. تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
10. أَهْوَآءَahwāa(the) desires
11. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
12. لَاlā(do) not
13. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

إِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُوا۟ عَنكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ وَلِىُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration innahum lan yugh'nū ʿanka mina l-lahi shayan wa-inna l-ẓālimīna baʿḍuhum awliyāu baʿḍin wal-lahu waliyyu l-mutaqīna

English Indeed, they will never avail you against Allāh at all. And indeed, the wrongdoers are allies of one another; but Allāh is the protector of the righteous.

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. لَنlannever
3. يُغْنُوا۟yugh'nūwill avail
4. عَنكَʿankayou
5. مِنَminaagainst
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
7. شَيْـًۭٔا ۚshayan(in) anything
8. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
9. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
10. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
11. أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
12. بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍin(of) others
13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
14. وَلِىُّwaliyyu(is the) Protector
15. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna(of) the righteous

هَـٰذَا بَصَـٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Transliteration hādhā baṣāiru lilnnāsi wahudan waraḥmatun liqawmin yūqinūna

English This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who are certain [in faith].

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. بَصَـٰٓئِرُbaṣāiru(is) enlightenment
3. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
4. وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidance
5. وَرَحْمَةٌۭwaraḥmatunand mercy
6. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
7. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnawho are certain

أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

Transliteration am ḥasiba alladhīna ij'taraḥū l-sayiāti an najʿalahum ka-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sawāan maḥyāhum wamamātuhum sāa mā yaḥkumūna

English Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].

1. أَمْamDo
2. حَسِبَḥasibathink
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ij'taraḥūcommit
5. ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātievil deeds
6. أَنanthat
7. نَّجْعَلَهُمْnajʿalahumWe will make them
8. كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
9. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
10. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
11. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
12. سَوَآءًۭsawāanequal
13. مَّحْيَاهُمْmaḥyāhum(in) their life
14. وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚwamamātuhumand their death
15. سَآءَsāaEvil is
16. مَاmāwhat
17. يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge

وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Transliteration wakhalaqa l-lahu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqi walituj'zā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

English And Allāh created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

1. وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaAnd Allah created
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah created
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
6. وَلِتُجْزَىٰwalituj'zāand that may be recompensed
7. كُلُّkulluevery
8. نَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul
9. بِمَاbimāfor what
10. كَسَبَتْkasabatit has earned
11. وَهُمْwahumand they
12. لَاlāwill not be wronged
13. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnawill not be wronged

أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَـٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration afara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu wa-aḍallahu l-lahu ʿalā ʿil'min wakhatama ʿalā samʿihi waqalbihi wajaʿala ʿalā baṣarihi ghishāwatan faman yahdīhi min baʿdi l-lahi afalā tadhakkarūna

English Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allāh? Then will you not be reminded?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتَafara-aytaHave you seen
2. مَنِmani(he) who
3. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhatakes
4. إِلَـٰهَهُۥilāhahu(as) his god
5. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desire
6. وَأَضَلَّهُwa-aḍallahuand Allah lets him go astray
7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah lets him go astray
8. عَلَىٰʿalāknowingly
9. عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowingly
10. وَخَتَمَwakhatamaand He sets a seal
11. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
12. سَمْعِهِۦsamʿihihis hearing
13. وَقَلْبِهِۦwaqalbihiand his heart
14. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand puts
15. عَلَىٰʿalāover
16. بَصَرِهِۦbaṣarihihis vision
17. غِشَـٰوَةًۭghishāwatana veil
18. فَمَنfamanThen who
19. يَهْدِيهِyahdīhiwill guide him
20. مِنۢminafter
21. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
22. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
23. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
24. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou receive admonition

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Transliteration waqālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuh'likunā illā l-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yaẓunnūna

English And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. مَاmāNot
3. هِىَhiyait
4. إِلَّاillā(is) but
5. حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāour life
6. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
7. نَمُوتُnamūtuwe die
8. وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyāand we live
9. وَمَاwamāand not
10. يُهْلِكُنَآyuh'likunādestroys us
11. إِلَّاillāexcept
12. ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚl-dahruthe time
13. وَمَاwamāAnd not
14. لَهُمlahumfor them
15. بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaof that
16. مِنْminany
17. عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
18. إِنْinnot
19. هُمْhumthey
20. إِلَّاillā(do) but
21. يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnaguess

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum illā an qālū i'tū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
6. مَّاmānot
7. كَانَkānais
8. حُجَّتَهُمْḥujjatahumtheir argument
9. إِلَّآillāexcept
10. أَنanthat
11. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
12. ٱئْتُوا۟i'tūBring
13. بِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināour forefathers
14. إِنinif
15. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
16. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration quli l-lahu yuḥ'yīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

English Say, "Allāh causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."

1. قُلِquliSay
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
3. يُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumgives you life
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumcauses you to die
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. يَجْمَعُكُمْyajmaʿukumHe will gather you
8. إِلَىٰilāto
9. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
10. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
11. لَاlāno
12. رَيْبَraybadoubt
13. فِيهِfīhiabout it
14. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
15. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
16. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
17. لَاlā(do) not
18. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

Transliteration walillahi mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wayawma taqūmu l-sāʿatu yawma-idhin yakhsaru l-mub'ṭilūna

English And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

1. وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
2. مُلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
5. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) Day
6. تَقُومُtaqūmuis established
7. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour
8. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
9. يَخْسَرُyakhsaruwill lose
10. ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً ۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration watarā kulla ummatin jāthiyatan kullu ummatin tud'ʿā ilā kitābihā l-yawma tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

English And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

1. وَتَرَىٰwatarāAnd you will see
2. كُلَّkullaevery
3. أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
4. جَاثِيَةًۭ ۚjāthiyatankneeling
5. كُلُّkulluEvery
6. أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
7. تُدْعَىٰٓtud'ʿāwill be called
8. إِلَىٰilāto
9. كِتَـٰبِهَاkitābihāits record
10. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaToday
11. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
12. مَاmā(for) what
13. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
14. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

هَـٰذَا كِتَـٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration hādhā kitābunā yanṭiqu ʿalaykum bil-ḥaqi innā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum taʿmalūna

English This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed whatever you used to do."

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. كِتَـٰبُنَاkitābunāOur Record
3. يَنطِقُyanṭiquspeaks
4. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumabout you
5. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
6. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
7. كُنَّاkunnā[We] used to
8. نَسْتَنسِخُnastansikhutranscribe
9. مَاmāwhat
10. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
11. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Transliteration fa-ammā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti fayud'khiluhum rabbuhum fī raḥmatihi dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-mubīnu

English So as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is what is the clear attainment.

1. فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds
6. فَيُدْخِلُهُمْfayud'khiluhumwill admit them
7. رَبُّهُمْrabbuhumtheir Lord
8. فِىfīin(to)
9. رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihiHis mercy
10. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
11. هُوَhuwa[it]
12. ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the success
13. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَـٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration wa-ammā alladhīna kafarū afalam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fa-is'takbartum wakuntum qawman muj'rimīna

English But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a criminal people?

1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
4. أَفَلَمْafalamThen were not
5. تَكُنْtakunThen were not
6. ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Verses
7. تُتْلَىٰtut'lārecited
8. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
9. فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْfa-is'takbartumbut you were proud
10. وَكُنتُمْwakuntumand you became
11. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
12. مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā qīla inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun wal-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qul'tum mā nadrī mā l-sāʿatu in naẓunnu illā ẓannan wamā naḥnu bimus'tayqinīna

English And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. قِيلَqīlait was said
3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
4. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
6. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
7. وَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatuand the Hour
8. لَاlā(there is) no
9. رَيْبَraybadoubt
10. فِيهَاfīhāabout it
11. قُلْتُمqul'tumyou said
12. مَّاmāNot
13. نَدْرِىnadrīwe know
14. مَاmāwhat
15. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour (is)
16. إِنinNot
17. نَّظُنُّnaẓunnuwe think
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. ظَنًّۭاẓannanan assumption
20. وَمَاwamāand not
21. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
22. بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَbimus'tayqinīna(are) convinced

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Transliteration wabadā lahum sayyiātu mā ʿamilū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

English And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

1. وَبَدَاwabadāAnd (will) appear
2. لَهُمْlahumto them
3. سَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātu(the) evil
4. مَاmā(of) what
5. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
6. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand (will) envelop
7. بِهِمbihimthem
8. مَّاmāwhat
9. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
10. بِهِۦbihi[at it]
11. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna(to) mock

وَقِيلَ ٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

Transliteration waqīla l-yawma nansākum kamā nasītum liqāa yawmikum hādhā wamawākumu l-nāru wamā lakum min nāṣirīna

English And it will be said, "Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours, and your refuge is the Fire, and for you there are no helpers.

1. وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it will be said
2. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaToday
3. نَنسَىٰكُمْnansākumWe forget you
4. كَمَاkamāas
5. نَسِيتُمْnasītumyou forgot
6. لِقَآءَliqāa(the) meeting
7. يَوْمِكُمْyawmikum(of) this Day of yours
8. هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this Day of yours
9. وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُwamawākumuand your abode
10. ٱلنَّارُl-nāru(is) the Fire
11. وَمَاwamāand not
12. لَكُمlakumfor you
13. مِّنminany
14. نَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ ٱتَّخَذْتُمْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوًا وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

Transliteration dhālikum bi-annakumu ittakhadhtum āyāti l-lahi huzuwan wagharratkumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā fal-yawma lā yukh'rajūna min'hā walā hum yus'taʿtabūna

English That is because you took the verses of Allāh in ridicule, and worldly life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

1. ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumThat
2. بِأَنَّكُمُbi-annakumu(is) because you
3. ٱتَّخَذْتُمْittakhadhtumtook
4. ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
6. هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
7. وَغَرَّتْكُمُwagharratkumuand deceived you
8. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
9. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
10. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo this Day
11. لَاlānot
12. يُخْرَجُونَyukh'rajūnathey will be brought forth
13. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
14. وَلَاwalāand not
15. هُمْhumthey
16. يُسْتَعْتَبُونَyus'taʿtabūnawill be asked to appease

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْحَمْدُ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَرَبِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration falillahi l-ḥamdu rabbi l-samāwāti warabbi l-arḍi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English Then, to Allāh belongs [all] praise - Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds.

1. فَلِلَّهِfalillahiThen for Allah
2. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu(is) all the praise
3. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
5. وَرَبِّwarabbiand (the) Lord
6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
7. رَبِّrabbi(the) lord
8. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

وَلَهُ ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration walahu l-kib'riyāu fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

English And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. وَلَهُwalahuAnd for Him
2. ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُl-kib'riyāu(is) the greatness
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
6. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
7. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
8. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise