Surah Al-Jumu'ah 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

يُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

Transliteration yusabbiḥu lillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi l-maliki l-qudūsi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

English Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allāh, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥuGlorifies
2. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
3. مَاmāwhatever
4. فِىfī(is) in
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَمَاwamāand whatever
7. فِىfī(is) in
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
9. ٱلْمَلِكِl-malikithe Sovereign
10. ٱلْقُدُّوسِl-qudūsithe Holy
11. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
12. ٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmithe All-Wise

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration huwa alladhī baʿatha fī l-umiyīna rasūlan min'hum yatlū ʿalayhim āyātihi wayuzakkīhim wayuʿallimuhumu l-kitāba wal-ḥik'mata wa-in kānū min qablu lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

English It is He who has sent among the unlettered [Arabs] a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the sunnah] - although they were before in clear error -

1. هُوَhuwaHe
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. بَعَثَbaʿathasent
4. فِىfīamong
5. ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَl-umiyīnathe unlettered
6. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
7. مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themselves
8. يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
9. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
10. ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
11. وَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand purifying them
12. وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand teaching them
13. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
14. وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom
15. وَإِنwa-inalthough
16. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
17. مِنminfrom
18. قَبْلُqablubefore
19. لَفِىlafīsurely in
20. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
21. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَءَاخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا۟ بِهِمْ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration waākharīna min'hum lammā yalḥaqū bihim wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

English And [to] others of them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. وَءَاخَرِينَwaākharīnaAnd others
2. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
3. لَمَّاlammāwho have not yet
4. يَلْحَقُوا۟yalḥaqūjoined
5. بِهِمْ ۚbihimthem
6. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
7. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
8. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration dhālika faḍlu l-lahi yu'tīhi man yashāu wal-lahu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi

English That is the bounty of Allāh, which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. فَضْلُfaḍlu(is the) Bounty
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives it
5. مَنman(to) whom
6. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
7. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
8. ذُوdhū(is the) Possessor
9. ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli(of) Bounty
10. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great

مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration mathalu alladhīna ḥummilū l-tawrāta thumma lam yaḥmilūhā kamathali l-ḥimāri yaḥmilu asfāran bi'sa mathalu l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyāti l-lahi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

English The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

1. مَثَلُmathalu(The) likeness
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
3. حُمِّلُوا۟ḥummilūwere entrusted
4. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta(with) the Taurat
5. ثُمَّthummathen
6. لَمْlamnot
7. يَحْمِلُوهَاyaḥmilūhāthey bore it
8. كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
9. ٱلْحِمَارِl-ḥimārithe donkey
10. يَحْمِلُyaḥmiluwho carries
11. أَسْفَارًۢا ۚasfāranbooks
12. بِئْسَbi'saWretched is
13. مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
14. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people
15. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
16. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdeny
17. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
18. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
19. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
20. لَاlā(does) not
21. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
22. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوٓا۟ إِن زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qul yāayyuhā alladhīna hādū in zaʿamtum annakum awliyāu lillahi min dūni l-nāsi fatamannawū l-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Say, "O you who are Jews, if you claim that you are allies of Allāh, excluding the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
4. هَادُوٓا۟hādū(are) Jews
5. إِنinIf
6. زَعَمْتُمْzaʿamtumyou claim
7. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
8. أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
9. لِلَّهِlillahiof Allah
10. مِنminfrom
11. دُونِdūniexcluding
12. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
13. فَتَمَنَّوُا۟fatamannawūthen wish
14. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta(for) the death
15. إِنinif
16. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
17. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

وَلَا يَتَمَنَّوْنَهُۥٓ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration walā yatamannawnahu abadan bimā qaddamat aydīhim wal-lahu ʿalīmun bil-ẓālimīna

English But they will not wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

1. وَلَاwalāBut not
2. يَتَمَنَّوْنَهُۥٓyatamannawnahuthey will wish for it
3. أَبَدًۢاabadanever
4. بِمَاbimāfor what
5. قَدَّمَتْqaddamat(have) sent forth
6. أَيْدِيهِمْ ۚaydīhimtheir hands
7. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
8. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
9. بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْمَوْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَـٰقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَـٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration qul inna l-mawta alladhī tafirrūna min'hu fa-innahu mulāqīkum thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

English Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
3. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
5. تَفِرُّونَtafirrūnayou flee
6. مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
7. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen surely it
8. مُلَـٰقِيكُمْ ۖmulāqīkum(will) meet you
9. ثُمَّthummaThen
10. تُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou will be sent back
11. إِلَىٰilāto
12. عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(the) All-Knower
13. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
14. وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the witnessed
15. فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumand He will inform you
16. بِمَاbimā[of] what
17. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
18. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā nūdiya lilṣṣalati min yawmi l-jumuʿati fa-is'ʿaw ilā dhik'ri l-lahi wadharū l-bayʿa dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna

English O you who have believed, when [the adhān] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumuʿah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allāh and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
4. إِذَاidhāWhen
5. نُودِىَnūdiya(the) call is made
6. لِلصَّلَوٰةِlilṣṣalatifor (the) prayer
7. مِنminon
8. يَوْمِyawmi(the) day
9. ٱلْجُمُعَةِl-jumuʿati(of) Friday
10. فَٱسْعَوْا۟fa-is'ʿawthen hasten
11. إِلَىٰilāto
12. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
13. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
14. وَذَرُوا۟wadharūand leave
15. ٱلْبَيْعَ ۚl-bayʿathe business
16. ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
17. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
18. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
19. إِنinif
20. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
21. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Transliteration fa-idhā quḍiyati l-ṣalatu fa-intashirū fī l-arḍi wa-ib'taghū min faḍli l-lahi wa-udh'kurū l-laha kathīran laʿallakum tuf'liḥūna

English And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allāh, and remember Allāh often that you may succeed.

1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
2. قُضِيَتِquḍiyatiis concluded
3. ٱلصَّلَوٰةُl-ṣalatuthe prayer
4. فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟fa-intashirūthen disperse
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
7. وَٱبْتَغُوا۟wa-ib'taghūand seek
8. مِنminfrom
9. فَضْلِfaḍli(the) Bounty
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
11. وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember
12. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
13. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
14. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
15. تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūnasucceed

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ تِجَـٰرَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَـٰرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā ra-aw tijāratan aw lahwan infaḍḍū ilayhā watarakūka qāiman qul mā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun mina l-lahwi wamina l-tijārati wal-lahu khayru l-rāziqīna

English But [on one occasion] when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muḥammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allāh is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allāh is the best of providers."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey saw
3. تِجَـٰرَةًtijāratana transaction
4. أَوْawor
5. لَهْوًاlahwana sport
6. ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟infaḍḍūthey rushed
7. إِلَيْهَاilayhāto it
8. وَتَرَكُوكَwatarakūkaand left you
9. قَآئِمًۭا ۚqāimanstanding
10. قُلْqulSay
11. مَاmāWhat
12. عِندَʿinda(is) with
13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
14. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
15. مِّنَminathan
16. ٱللَّهْوِl-lahwithe sport
17. وَمِنَwaminaand from
18. ٱلتِّجَـٰرَةِ ۚl-tijārati(any) transaction
19. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
20. خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
21. ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the Providers