Surah Al-Kahf word by word, transliteration and English

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

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ

Transliteration al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī anzala ʿalā ʿabdihi l-kitāba walam yajʿal lahu ʿiwajā

English [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.

1. ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll Praise
2. لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
3. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One Who
4. أَنزَلَanzala(has) revealed
5. عَلَىٰʿalāto
6. عَبْدِهِʿabdihiHis slave
7. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
8. وَلَمْwalamand not
9. يَجْعَلyajʿal(has) made
10. لَّهُۥlahuin it
11. عِوَجَاۜʿiwajāany crookedness

قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا

Transliteration qayyiman liyundhira basan shadīdan min ladun'hu wayubashira l-mu'minīna alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanan

English [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise].

1. قَيِّمًۭاqayyimanStraight
2. لِّيُنذِرَliyundhirato warn
3. بَأْسًۭاbasan(of) a punishment
4. شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevere
5. مِّنminfrom
6. لَّدُنْهُladun'hunear Him
7. وَيُبَشِّرَwayubashiraand give glad tidings
8. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers
9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
10. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
11. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
12. أَنَّannathat
13. لَهُمْlahumfor them
14. أَجْرًاajran(is) a good reward
15. حَسَنًۭاḥasanan(is) a good reward

مَّـٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا

Transliteration mākithīna fīhi abadan

English In which they will remain forever

1. مَّـٰكِثِينَmākithīna(They will) abide
2. فِيهِfīhiin it
3. أَبَدًۭاabadanforever

وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا

Transliteration wayundhira alladhīna qālū ittakhadha l-lahu waladan

English And to warn those who say, "Allāh has taken a son".

1. وَيُنذِرَwayundhiraAnd to warn
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. قَالُوا۟qālūsay
4. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaAllah has taken
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has taken
6. وَلَدًۭاwaladana son

مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

Transliteration mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min walā liābāihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim in yaqūlūna illā kadhiban

English They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

1. مَّاmāNot
2. لَهُمlahumthey have
3. بِهِۦbihiabout it
4. مِنْminany
5. عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
6. وَلَاwalāand not
7. لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚliābāihimtheir forefathers
8. كَبُرَتْkaburatGrave (is)
9. كَلِمَةًۭkalimatanthe word
10. تَخْرُجُtakhruju(that) comes out
11. مِنْminof
12. أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚafwāhihimtheir mouths
13. إِنinNot
14. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

Transliteration falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim in lam yu'minū bihādhā l-ḥadīthi asafan

English Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

1. فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen perhaps you would (be)
2. بَـٰخِعٌۭbākhiʿunthe one who kills
3. نَّفْسَكَnafsakayourself
4. عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
5. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْāthārihimtheir footsteps
6. إِنinif
7. لَّمْlamnot
8. يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe
9. بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
10. ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi[the] narration
11. أَسَفًاasafan(in) grief

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

Transliteration innā jaʿalnā mā ʿalā l-arḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ʿamalan

English Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
3. مَاmāwhat
4. عَلَىʿalā(is) on
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
6. زِينَةًۭzīnatanadornment
7. لَّهَاlahāfor it
8. لِنَبْلُوَهُمْlinabluwahumthat We may test [them]
9. أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
10. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
11. عَمَلًۭاʿamalan(in) deed

وَإِنَّا لَجَـٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا

Transliteration wa-innā lajāʿilūna mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿīdan juruzan

English And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

1. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
2. لَجَـٰعِلُونَlajāʿilūna(will) surely make
3. مَاmāwhat
4. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā(is) on it
5. صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdansoil
6. جُرُزًاjuruzanbarren

أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا

Transliteration am ḥasib'ta anna aṣḥāba l-kahfi wal-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā ʿajaban

English Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

1. أَمْamOr
2. حَسِبْتَḥasib'tahave you thought
3. أَنَّannathat
4. أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companions
5. ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfi(of) the cave
6. وَٱلرَّقِيمِwal-raqīmiand the inscription
7. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
8. مِنْminamong
9. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
10. عَجَبًاʿajabana wonder

إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

Transliteration idh awā l-fit'yatu ilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi lanā min amrinā rashadan

English [Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. أَوَىawāretreated
3. ٱلْفِتْيَةُl-fit'yatuthe youths
4. إِلَىilāto
5. ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
6. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said
7. رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
8. ءَاتِنَاātināGrant us
9. مِنminfrom
10. لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
11. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanMercy
12. وَهَيِّئْwahayyiand facilitate
13. لَنَاlanāfor us
14. مِنْmin[from]
15. أَمْرِنَاamrināour affair
16. رَشَدًۭاrashadan(in the) right way

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

Transliteration faḍarabnā ʿalā ādhānihim fī l-kahfi sinīna ʿadadan

English So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

1. فَضَرَبْنَاfaḍarabnāSo We cast
2. عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
3. ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
6. سِنِينَsinīnayears
7. عَدَدًۭاʿadadana number

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا

Transliteration thumma baʿathnāhum linaʿlama ayyu l-ḥiz'bayni aḥṣā limā labithū amadan

English Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them up
3. لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evident
4. أَىُّayyuwhich
5. ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِl-ḥiz'bayni(of) the two parties
6. أَحْصَىٰaḥṣābest calculated
7. لِمَاlimāfor what
8. لَبِثُوٓا۟labithū(they had) remained
9. أَمَدًۭاamadan(in) time

نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى

Transliteration naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka naba-ahum bil-ḥaqi innahum fit'yatun āmanū birabbihim wazid'nāhum hudan

English It is We who relate to you, [O Muḥammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

1. نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. نَقُصُّnaquṣṣunarrate
3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
4. نَبَأَهُمnaba-ahumtheir story
5. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
6. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they (were)
7. فِتْيَةٌfit'yatunyouths
8. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūwho believed
9. بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimin their Lord
10. وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْwazid'nāhumand We increased them
11. هُدًۭىhudan(in) guidance

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا

Transliteration warabaṭnā ʿalā qulūbihim idh qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nadʿuwā min dūnihi ilāhan laqad qul'nā idhan shaṭaṭan

English And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

1. وَرَبَطْنَاwarabaṭnāAnd We made firm
2. عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
3. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
4. إِذْidhwhen
5. قَامُوا۟qāmūthey stood up
6. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand said
7. رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
8. رَبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
9. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
10. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
11. لَنlanNever
12. نَّدْعُوَا۟nadʿuwāwe will invoke
13. مِنminbesides Him
14. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
15. إِلَـٰهًۭا ۖilāhanany god
16. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
17. قُلْنَآqul'nāwe would have said
18. إِذًۭاidhanthen
19. شَطَطًاshaṭaṭanan enormity

هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

Transliteration hāulāi qawmunā ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lawlā yatūna ʿalayhim bisul'ṭānin bayyinin faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban

English These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"

1. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
2. قَوْمُنَاqawmunāour people
3. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave taken
4. مِنminbesides Him
5. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
6. ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖālihatangods
7. لَّوْلَاlawlāWhy not
8. يَأْتُونَyatūnathey come
9. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
10. بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭbisul'ṭāninwith an authority
11. بَيِّنٍۢ ۖbayyininclear
12. فَمَنْfamanAnd who
13. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrong
14. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
15. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
16. عَلَىʿalāagainst
17. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
18. كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie

وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

Transliteration wa-idhi iʿ'tazaltumūhum wamā yaʿbudūna illā l-laha fawū ilā l-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyi lakum min amrikum mir'faqan

English [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

1. وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when
2. ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْiʿ'tazaltumūhumyou withdraw from them
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worship
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
7. فَأْوُۥٓا۟fawūthen retreat
8. إِلَىilāto
9. ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
10. يَنشُرْyanshurWill spread
11. لَكُمْlakumfor you
12. رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lord
13. مِّنminof
14. رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis Mercy
15. وَيُهَيِّئْwayuhayyiand will facilitate
16. لَكُمlakumfor you
17. مِّنْmin[from]
18. أَمْرِكُمamrikumyour affair
19. مِّرْفَقًۭاmir'faqan(in) ease

۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا

Transliteration watarā l-shamsa idhā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim dhāta l-yamīni wa-idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhāta l-shimāli wahum fī fajwatin min'hu dhālika min āyāti l-lahi man yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadi waman yuḍ'lil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mur'shidan

English And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

1. ۞ وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you (might) have seen
2. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
3. إِذَاidhāwhen
4. طَلَعَتṭalaʿatit rose
5. تَّزَٰوَرُtazāwaruinclining away
6. عَنʿanfrom
7. كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir cave
8. ذَاتَdhātato
9. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
10. وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
11. غَرَبَتgharabatit set
12. تَّقْرِضُهُمْtaqriḍuhumpassing away from them
13. ذَاتَdhātato
14. ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe left
15. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
16. فِىfī(lay) in
17. فَجْوَةٍۢfajwatinthe open space
18. مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huthereof
19. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
20. مِنْmin(was) from
21. ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
22. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
23. مَنmanWhoever
24. يَهْدِyahdiAllah guides
25. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guides
26. فَهُوَfahuwaand he
27. ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadi(is) the guided one
28. وَمَنwamanand whoever
29. يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
30. فَلَنfalanthen never
31. تَجِدَtajidayou will find
32. لَهُۥlahufor him
33. وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyana protector
34. مُّرْشِدًۭاmur'shidana guide

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا

Transliteration wataḥsabuhum ayqāẓan wahum ruqūdun wanuqallibuhum dhāta l-yamīni wadhāta l-shimāli wakalbuhum bāsiṭun dhirāʿayhi bil-waṣīdi lawi iṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhim lawallayta min'hum firāran walamuli'ta min'hum ruʿ'ban

English And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.

1. وَتَحْسَبُهُمْwataḥsabuhumAnd you (would) think them
2. أَيْقَاظًۭاayqāẓanawake
3. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
4. رُقُودٌۭ ۚruqūdun(were) asleep
5. وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْwanuqallibuhumAnd We turned them
6. ذَاتَdhātato
7. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
8. وَذَاتَwadhātaand to
9. ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖl-shimālithe left
10. وَكَلْبُهُمwakalbuhumwhile their dog
11. بَـٰسِطٌۭbāsiṭunstretched
12. ذِرَاعَيْهِdhirāʿayhihis two forelegs
13. بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚbil-waṣīdiat the entrance
14. لَوِlawiIf
15. ٱطَّلَعْتَiṭṭalaʿtayou had looked
16. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimat them
17. لَوَلَّيْتَlawallaytayou (would) have surely turned back
18. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
19. فِرَارًۭاfirāran(in) flight
20. وَلَمُلِئْتَwalamuli'taand surely you would have been filled
21. مِنْهُمْmin'humby them
22. رُعْبًۭاruʿ'ban(with) terror

وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا

Transliteration wakadhālika baʿathnāhum liyatasāalū baynahum qāla qāilun min'hum kam labith'tum qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin qālū rabbukum aʿlamu bimā labith'tum fa-ib'ʿathū aḥadakum biwariqikum hādhihi ilā l-madīnati falyanẓur ayyuhā azkā ṭaʿāman falyatikum biriz'qin min'hu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yush'ʿiranna bikum aḥadan

English And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd similarly
2. بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them
3. لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟liyatasāalūthat they might question
4. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumamong them
5. قَالَqālaSaid
6. قَآئِلٌۭqāiluna speaker
7. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
8. كَمْkamHow long
9. لَبِثْتُمْ ۖlabith'tumhave you remained
10. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
11. لَبِثْنَاlabith'nāWe have remained
12. يَوْمًاyawmana day
13. أَوْawor
14. بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
15. يَوْمٍۢ ۚyawmin(of) a day
16. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
17. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lord
18. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
19. بِمَاbimāhow long
20. لَبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou have remained
21. فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟fa-ib'ʿathūSo send
22. أَحَدَكُمaḥadakumone of you
23. بِوَرِقِكُمْbiwariqikumwith this silver coin of yours
24. هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiwith this silver coin of yours
25. إِلَىilāto
26. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
27. فَلْيَنظُرْfalyanẓurand let him see
28. أَيُّهَآayyuhāwhich is
29. أَزْكَىٰazkāthe purest
30. طَعَامًۭاṭaʿāmanfood
31. فَلْيَأْتِكُمfalyatikumand let him bring to you
32. بِرِزْقٍۢbiriz'qinprovision
33. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
34. وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْwalyatalaṭṭafand let him be cautious
35. وَلَاwalāAnd let not be aware
36. يُشْعِرَنَّyush'ʿirannaAnd let not be aware
37. بِكُمْbikumabout you
38. أَحَدًاaḥadananyone

إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا

Transliteration innahum in yaẓharū ʿalaykum yarjumūkum aw yuʿīdūkum fī millatihim walan tuf'liḥū idhan abadan

English Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, [they]
2. إِنinif
3. يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūthey come to know
4. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumabout you
5. يَرْجُمُوكُمْyarjumūkumthey will stone you
6. أَوْawor
7. يُعِيدُوكُمْyuʿīdūkumreturn you
8. فِىfīto
9. مِلَّتِهِمْmillatihimtheir religion
10. وَلَنwalanAnd never
11. تُفْلِحُوٓا۟tuf'liḥūwill you succeed
12. إِذًاidhanthen
13. أَبَدًۭاabadanever

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا

Transliteration wakadhālika aʿtharnā ʿalayhim liyaʿlamū anna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun wa-anna l-sāʿata lā rayba fīhā idh yatanāzaʿūna baynahum amrahum faqālū ib'nū ʿalayhim bun'yānan rabbuhum aʿlamu bihim qāla alladhīna ghalabū ʿalā amrihim lanattakhidhanna ʿalayhim masjidan

English And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allāh is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd similarly
2. أَعْثَرْنَاaʿtharnāWe made known
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
4. لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟liyaʿlamūthat they might know
5. أَنَّannathat
6. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
8. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
9. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
10. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata(about) the Hour
11. لَاlā(there is) no
12. رَيْبَraybadoubt
13. فِيهَآfīhāin it
14. إِذْidhWhen
15. يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَyatanāzaʿūnathey disputed
16. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
17. أَمْرَهُمْ ۖamrahumabout their affair
18. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said
19. ٱبْنُوا۟ib'nūConstruct
20. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
21. بُنْيَـٰنًۭا ۖbun'yānana structure
22. رَّبُّهُمْrabbuhumTheir Lord
23. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
24. بِهِمْ ۚbihimabout them
25. قَالَqālaSaid
26. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
27. غَلَبُوا۟ghalabūprevailed
28. عَلَىٰٓʿalāin
29. أَمْرِهِمْamrihimtheir matter
30. لَنَتَّخِذَنَّlanattakhidhannaSurely we will take
31. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
32. مَّسْجِدًۭاmasjidana place of worship

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًۢا بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَـٰهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

Transliteration sayaqūlūna thalāthatun rābiʿuhum kalbuhum wayaqūlūna khamsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rajman bil-ghaybi wayaqūlūna sabʿatun wathāminuhum kalbuhum qul rabbī aʿlamu biʿiddatihim mā yaʿlamuhum illā qalīlun falā tumāri fīhim illā mirāan ẓāhiran walā tastafti fīhim min'hum aḥadan

English They [i.e., people] will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."

1. سَيَقُولُونَsayaqūlūnaThey say
2. ثَلَـٰثَةٌۭthalāthatun(they were) three
3. رَّابِعُهُمْrābiʿuhumthe forth of them
4. كَلْبُهُمْkalbuhumtheir dog
5. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
6. خَمْسَةٌۭkhamsatun(they were) five
7. سَادِسُهُمْsādisuhumthe sixth of them
8. كَلْبُهُمْkalbuhumtheir dog
9. رَجْمًۢاrajmanguessing
10. بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖbil-ghaybiabout the unseen
11. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
12. سَبْعَةٌۭsabʿatun(they were) seven
13. وَثَامِنُهُمْwathāminuhumand the eight of them
14. كَلْبُهُمْ ۚkalbuhumtheir dog
15. قُلqulSay
16. رَّبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
17. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
18. بِعِدَّتِهِمbiʿiddatihimtheir number
19. مَّاmāNone
20. يَعْلَمُهُمْyaʿlamuhumknows them
21. إِلَّاillāexcept
22. قَلِيلٌۭ ۗqalīluna few
23. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
24. تُمَارِtumāriargue
25. فِيهِمْfīhimabout them
26. إِلَّاillāexcept
27. مِرَآءًۭmirāan(with) an argument
28. ظَـٰهِرًۭاẓāhiranobvious
29. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
30. تَسْتَفْتِtastaftiinquire
31. فِيهِمfīhimabout them
32. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
33. أَحَدًۭاaḥadan(from) anyone

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَا۟ىْءٍ إِنِّى فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا

Transliteration walā taqūlanna lishāy'in innī fāʿilun dhālika ghadan

English And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تَقُولَنَّtaqūlannasay
3. لِشَا۟ىْءٍlishāy'inof anything
4. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
5. فَاعِلٌۭfāʿilunwill do
6. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
7. غَدًاghadantomorrow

إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا

Transliteration illā an yashāa l-lahu wa-udh'kur rabbaka idhā nasīta waqul ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadan

English Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

1. إِلَّآillāExcept
2. أَنanIf
3. يَشَآءَyashāaAllah wills
4. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah wills
5. وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kurAnd remember
6. رَّبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
7. إِذَاidhāwhen
8. نَسِيتَnasītayou forget
9. وَقُلْwaquland say
10. عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
11. أَنan[that]
12. يَهْدِيَنِyahdiyaniwill guide me
13. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
14. لِأَقْرَبَli-aqrabato a nearer (way)
15. مِنْminthan
16. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
17. رَشَدًۭاrashadanright way

وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

Transliteration walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mi-atin sinīna wa-iz'dādū tis'ʿan

English And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

1. وَلَبِثُوا۟walabithūAnd they remained
2. فِىfīin
3. كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir cave
4. ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
5. مِا۟ئَةٍۢmi-atinhundred
6. سِنِينَsinīnayears
7. وَٱزْدَادُوا۟wa-iz'dādūand add
8. تِسْعًۭاtis'ʿannine

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ ۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا

Transliteration quli l-lahu aʿlamu bimā labithū lahu ghaybu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi abṣir bihi wa-asmiʿ mā lahum min dūnihi min waliyyin walā yush'riku fī ḥuk'mihi aḥadan

English Say, "Allāh is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."

1. قُلِquliSay
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
3. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
4. بِمَاbimāabout what (period)
5. لَبِثُوا۟ ۖlabithūthey remained
6. لَهُۥlahuFor Him
7. غَيْبُghaybu(is the) unseen
8. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
9. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
10. أَبْصِرْabṣirHow clearly He sees
11. بِهِۦbihi[of it]
12. وَأَسْمِعْ ۚwa-asmiʿAnd how clearly He hears
13. مَاmāNot
14. لَهُمlahumfor them
15. مِّنminbesides Him
16. دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
17. مِنminany
18. وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
19. وَلَاwalāand not
20. يُشْرِكُyush'rikuHe shares
21. فِىfī[in]
22. حُكْمِهِۦٓḥuk'mihiHis Commands
23. أَحَدًۭاaḥadan(with) anyone

وَٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا

Transliteration wa-ut'lu mā ūḥiya ilayka min kitābi rabbika lā mubaddila likalimātihi walan tajida min dūnihi mul'taḥadan

English And recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no changer of His words, and never will you find in other than Him a refuge.

1. وَٱتْلُwa-ut'luAnd recite
2. مَآmāwhat
3. أُوحِىَūḥiyahas been revealed
4. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
5. مِنminof
6. كِتَابِkitābithe Book
7. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(of) your Lord
8. لَاlāNone
9. مُبَدِّلَmubaddilacan change
10. لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦlikalimātihiHis Words
11. وَلَنwalanand never
12. تَجِدَtajidayou will find
13. مِنminbesides Him
14. دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
15. مُلْتَحَدًۭاmul'taḥadana refuge

وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا

Transliteration wa-iṣ'bir nafsaka maʿa alladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadati wal-ʿashiyi yurīdūna wajhahu walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahu ʿan dhik'rinā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭan

English And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

1. وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
2. نَفْسَكَnafsakayourself
3. مَعَmaʿawith
4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
5. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnacall
6. رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
7. بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadatiin the morning
8. وَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyiand the evening
9. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesiring
10. وَجْهَهُۥ ۖwajhahuHis Face
11. وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
12. تَعْدُtaʿdupass beyond
13. عَيْنَاكَʿaynākayour eyes
14. عَنْهُمْʿanhumover them
15. تُرِيدُturīdudesiring
16. زِينَةَzīnataadornment
17. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
18. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
19. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
20. تُطِعْtuṭiʿobey
21. مَنْmanwhom
22. أَغْفَلْنَاaghfalnāWe have made heedless
23. قَلْبَهُۥqalbahuhis heart
24. عَنʿanof
25. ذِكْرِنَاdhik'rināOur remembrance
26. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
27. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
28. وَكَانَwakānaand is
29. أَمْرُهُۥamruhuhis affair
30. فُرُطًۭاfuruṭan(in) excess

وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

Transliteration waquli l-ḥaqu min rabbikum faman shāa falyu'min waman shāa falyakfur innā aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā wa-in yastaghīthū yughāthū bimāin kal-muh'li yashwī l-wujūha bi'sa l-sharābu wasāat mur'tafaqan

English And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

1. وَقُلِwaquliAnd say
2. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquThe truth
3. مِنmin(is) from
4. رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
5. فَمَنfamanso whoever
6. شَآءَshāawills
7. فَلْيُؤْمِنfalyu'minlet him believe
8. وَمَنwamanand whoever
9. شَآءَshāawills
10. فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚfalyakfurlet him disbelieve
11. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
12. أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāhave prepared
13. لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
14. نَارًاnārana Fire
15. أَحَاطَaḥāṭawill surround
16. بِهِمْbihimthem
17. سُرَادِقُهَا ۚsurādiquhāits walls
18. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
19. يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟yastaghīthūthey call for relief
20. يُغَاثُوا۟yughāthūthey will be relieved
21. بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
22. كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'lilike molten brass
23. يَشْوِىyashwī(which) scalds
24. ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚl-wujūhathe faces
25. بِئْسَbi'saWretched
26. ٱلشَّرَابُl-sharābu(is) the drink
27. وَسَآءَتْwasāatand evil
28. مُرْتَفَقًاmur'tafaqan(is) the resting place

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍīʿu ajra man aḥsana ʿamalan

English Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds
6. إِنَّاinnāindeed, We
7. لَاlāwill not let go waste
8. نُضِيعُnuḍīʿuwill not let go waste
9. أَجْرَajra(the) reward
10. مَنْman(of one) who
11. أَحْسَنَaḥsanadoes good
12. عَمَلًاʿamalandeeds

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

Transliteration ulāika lahum jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihimu l-anhāru yuḥallawna fīhā min asāwira min dhahabin wayalbasūna thiyāban khuḍ'ran min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin muttakiīna fīhā ʿalā l-arāiki niʿ'ma l-thawābu waḥasunat mur'tafaqan

English Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. لَهُمْlahumfor them
3. جَنَّـٰتُjannātu(are) Gardens
4. عَدْنٍۢʿadninof Eden
5. تَجْرِىtajrīflows
6. مِنminfrom
7. تَحْتِهِمُtaḥtihimuunderneath them
8. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
9. يُحَلَّوْنَyuḥallawnaThey will be adorned
10. فِيهَاfīhātherein
11. مِنْmin[of] (with)
12. أَسَاوِرَasāwirabracelets
13. مِنminof
14. ذَهَبٍۢdhahabingold
15. وَيَلْبَسُونَwayalbasūnaand will wear
16. ثِيَابًاthiyābangarments
17. خُضْرًۭاkhuḍ'rangreen
18. مِّنminof
19. سُندُسٍۢsundusinfine silk
20. وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢwa-is'tabraqinand heavy brocade
21. مُّتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīnareclining
22. فِيهَاfīhātherein
23. عَلَىʿalāon
24. ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚl-arāikiadorned couches
25. نِعْمَniʿ'maExcellent
26. ٱلثَّوَابُl-thawābu(is) the reward
27. وَحَسُنَتْwaḥasunatand good
28. مُرْتَفَقًۭاmur'tafaqan(is) the resting place

۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

Transliteration wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaʿalnā li-aḥadihimā jannatayni min aʿnābin waḥafafnāhumā binakhlin wajaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿan

English And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

1. ۞ وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd set forth
2. لَهُمlahumto them
3. مَّثَلًۭاmathalanthe example
4. رَّجُلَيْنِrajulayniof two men:
5. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe provided
6. لِأَحَدِهِمَاli-aḥadihimāfor one of them
7. جَنَّتَيْنِjannataynitwo gardens
8. مِنْminof
9. أَعْنَـٰبٍۢaʿnābingrapes
10. وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَاwaḥafafnāhumāand We bordered them
11. بِنَخْلٍۢbinakhlinwith date-palms
12. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We placed
13. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of them
14. زَرْعًۭاzarʿancrops

كِلْتَا ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ ءَاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم مِّنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَـٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًا

Transliteration kil'tā l-janatayni ātat ukulahā walam taẓlim min'hu shayan wafajjarnā khilālahumā naharan

English Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and did not fall short thereof in anything. And We caused to gush forth within them a river.

1. كِلْتَاkil'tāEach
2. ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِl-janatayni(of) the two gardens
3. ءَاتَتْātatbrought forth
4. أُكُلَهَاukulahāits produce
5. وَلَمْwalamand not
6. تَظْلِمtaẓlimdid wrong
7. مِّنْهُmin'huof it
8. شَيْـًۭٔا ۚshayananything
9. وَفَجَّرْنَاwafajjarnāAnd We caused to gush forth
10. خِلَـٰلَهُمَاkhilālahumāwithin them
11. نَهَرًۭاnaharana river

وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا

Transliteration wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu anā aktharu minka mālan wa-aʿazzu nafaran

English And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."

1. وَكَانَwakānaAnd was
2. لَهُۥlahufor him
3. ثَمَرٌۭthamarunfruit
4. فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
5. لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion
6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
7. يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhu(was) talking with him
8. أَنَا۠anāI am
9. أَكْثَرُaktharugreater
10. مِنكَminkathan you
11. مَالًۭاmālan(in) wealth
12. وَأَعَزُّwa-aʿazzuand stronger
13. نَفَرًۭاnafaran(in) men

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا

Transliteration wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa ẓālimun linafsihi qāla mā aẓunnu an tabīda hādhihi abadan

English And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.

1. وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd he entered
2. جَنَّتَهُۥjannatahuhis garden
3. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
4. ظَالِمٌۭẓālimun(was) unjust
5. لِّنَفْسِهِۦlinafsihito himself
6. قَالَqālaHe said
7. مَآmāNot
8. أَظُنُّaẓunnuI think
9. أَنanthat
10. تَبِيدَtabīdawill perish
11. هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithis
12. أَبَدًۭاabadanever

وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا

Transliteration wamā aẓunnu l-sāʿata qāimatan wala-in rudidttu ilā rabbī la-ajidanna khayran min'hā munqalaban

English And I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَظُنُّaẓunnuI think
3. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
4. قَآئِمَةًۭqāimatanwill occur
5. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
6. رُّدِدتُّrudidttuI am brought back
7. إِلَىٰilāto
8. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
9. لَأَجِدَنَّla-ajidannaI will surely find
10. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
11. مِّنْهَاmin'hāthan this
12. مُنقَلَبًۭاmunqalaban(as) a return

قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

Transliteration qāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu akafarta bi-alladhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma sawwāka rajulan

English His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. صَاحِبُهُۥṣāḥibuhuhis companion
4. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
5. يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhuwas talking to him
6. أَكَفَرْتَakafartaDo you disbelieve
7. بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin One Who
8. خَلَقَكَkhalaqakacreated you
9. مِنminfrom
10. تُرَابٍۢturābindust
11. ثُمَّthummathen
12. مِنminfrom
13. نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina minute quantity of semen
14. ثُمَّthummathen
15. سَوَّىٰكَsawwākafashioned you
16. رَجُلًۭاrajulan(into) a man

لَّـٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

Transliteration lākinnā huwa l-lahu rabbī walā ush'riku birabbī aḥadan

English But as for me, He is Allāh, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.

1. لَّـٰكِنَّا۠lākinnāBut as for me
2. هُوَhuwaHe
3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
4. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
5. وَلَآwalāand not
6. أُشْرِكُush'rikuI associate
7. بِرَبِّىٓbirabbīwith my Lord
8. أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone

وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

Transliteration walawlā idh dakhalta jannataka qul'ta mā shāa l-lahu lā quwwata illā bil-lahi in tarani anā aqalla minka mālan wawaladan

English And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allāh willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allāh'? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,

1. وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd why (did you) not
2. إِذْidhwhen
3. دَخَلْتَdakhaltayou entered
4. جَنَّتَكَjannatakayour garden
5. قُلْتَqul'tasay
6. مَاmāWhat
7. شَآءَshāawills
8. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
9. لَاlā(there is) no
10. قُوَّةَquwwatapower
11. إِلَّاillāexcept
12. بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahiwith Allah
13. إِنinIf
14. تَرَنِtaraniyou see me
15. أَنَا۠anā(me)
16. أَقَلَّaqallalesser
17. مِنكَminkathan you
18. مَالًۭاmālan(in) wealth
19. وَوَلَدًۭاwawaladanand children

فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا

Transliteration faʿasā rabbī an yu'tiyani khayran min jannatika wayur'sila ʿalayhā ḥus'bānan mina l-samāi fatuṣ'biḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqan

English It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

1. فَعَسَىٰfaʿasāIt may be
2. رَبِّىٓrabbīthat my Lord
3. أَنanthat my Lord
4. يُؤْتِيَنِyu'tiyaniwill give me
5. خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
6. مِّنminthan
7. جَنَّتِكَjannatikayour garden
8. وَيُرْسِلَwayur'silaand will send
9. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
10. حُسْبَانًۭاḥus'bānana calamity
11. مِّنَminafrom
12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
13. فَتُصْبِحَfatuṣ'biḥathen it will become
14. صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdanground
15. زَلَقًاzalaqanslippery

أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا

Transliteration aw yuṣ'biḥa māuhā ghawran falan tastaṭīʿa lahu ṭalaban

English Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."

1. أَوْawOr
2. يُصْبِحَyuṣ'biḥawill become
3. مَآؤُهَاmāuhāits water
4. غَوْرًۭاghawransunken
5. فَلَنfalanso never
6. تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿayou will be able
7. لَهُۥlahuto find it
8. طَلَبًۭاṭalabanto find it

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

Transliteration wa-uḥīṭa bithamarihi fa-aṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi ʿalā mā anfaqa fīhā wahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ush'rik birabbī aḥadan

English And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."

1. وَأُحِيطَwa-uḥīṭaAnd were surrounded
2. بِثَمَرِهِۦbithamarihihis fruits
3. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaso he began
4. يُقَلِّبُyuqallibutwisting
5. كَفَّيْهِkaffayhihis hands
6. عَلَىٰʿalāover
7. مَآmāwhat
8. أَنفَقَanfaqahe (had) spent
9. فِيهَاfīhāon it
10. وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (had)
11. خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatuncollapsed
12. عَلَىٰʿalāon
13. عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits trellises
14. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand he said
15. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
16. لَمْlamI had not associated
17. أُشْرِكْush'rikI had not associated
18. بِرَبِّىٓbirabbīwith my Lord
19. أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone

وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا

Transliteration walam takun lahu fi-atun yanṣurūnahu min dūni l-lahi wamā kāna muntaṣiran

English And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor could he defend himself.

1. وَلَمْwalamAnd not
2. تَكُنtakunwas
3. لَّهُۥlahufor him
4. فِئَةٌۭfi-atuna group
5. يَنصُرُونَهُۥyanṣurūnahu(to) help him
6. مِنminother than
7. دُونِdūniother than
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
9. وَمَاwamāand not
10. كَانَkānawas
11. مُنتَصِرًاmuntaṣiran(he) supported

هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا

Transliteration hunālika l-walāyatu lillahi l-ḥaqi huwa khayrun thawāban wakhayrun ʿuq'ban

English There the authority is [completely] for Allāh, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.

1. هُنَالِكَhunālikaThere
2. ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُl-walāyatuthe protection
3. لِلَّهِlillahi(is) from Allah
4. ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqithe True
5. هُوَhuwaHe
6. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is the) best
7. ثَوَابًۭاthawāban(to) reward
8. وَخَيْرٌwakhayrunand (the) best
9. عُقْبًۭاʿuq'ban(for) the final end

وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا

Transliteration wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathala l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi fa-aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhu l-riyāḥu wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muq'tadiran

English And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.

1. وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd present
2. لَهُمlahumto them
3. مَّثَلَmathalathe example
4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
6. كَمَآءٍkamāinlike water
7. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwhich We send down
8. مِنَminafrom
9. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
10. فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭathen mingles
11. بِهِۦbihiwith it
12. نَبَاتُnabātu(the) vegetation
13. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
14. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥathen becomes
15. هَشِيمًۭاhashīmandry stalks
16. تَذْرُوهُtadhrūhuit (is) scattered
17. ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗl-riyāḥu(by) the winds
18. وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah
19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah
20. عَلَىٰʿalāover
21. كُلِّkullievery
22. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
23. مُّقْتَدِرًاmuq'tadiran(is) All Able

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا

Transliteration al-mālu wal-banūna zīnatu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wal-bāqiyātu l-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun amalan

English Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.

1. ٱلْمَالُal-māluThe wealth
2. وَٱلْبَنُونَwal-banūnaand children
3. زِينَةُzīnatu(are) adornment
4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
5. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
6. وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُwal-bāqiyātuBut the enduring
7. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُl-ṣāliḥātugood deeds
8. خَيْرٌkhayrun(are) better
9. عِندَʿindanear
10. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
11. ثَوَابًۭاthawāban(for) reward
12. وَخَيْرٌwakhayrunand better
13. أَمَلًۭاamalan(for) hope

وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

Transliteration wayawma nusayyiru l-jibāla watarā l-arḍa bārizatan waḥasharnāhum falam nughādir min'hum aḥadan

English And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd the Day
2. نُسَيِّرُnusayyiruWe will cause (to) move
3. ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
4. وَتَرَىwatarāand you will see
5. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
6. بَارِزَةًۭbārizatan(as) a leveled plain
7. وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْwaḥasharnāhumand We will gather them
8. فَلَمْfalamand not
9. نُغَادِرْnughādirWe will leave behind
10. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
11. أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone

وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا

Transliteration waʿuriḍū ʿalā rabbika ṣaffan laqad ji'tumūnā kamā khalaqnākum awwala marratin bal zaʿamtum allan najʿala lakum mawʿidan

English And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."

1. وَعُرِضُوا۟waʿuriḍūAnd they will be presented
2. عَلَىٰʿalābefore
3. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
4. صَفًّۭاṣaffan(in) rows
5. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
6. جِئْتُمُونَاji'tumūnāyou have come to Us
7. كَمَاkamāas
8. خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumWe created you
9. أَوَّلَawwalathe first
10. مَرَّةٍۭ ۚmarratintime
11. بَلْbalNay
12. زَعَمْتُمْzaʿamtumyou claimed
13. أَلَّنallanthat not
14. نَّجْعَلَnajʿalaWe made
15. لَكُمlakumfor you
16. مَّوْعِدًۭاmawʿidanan appointment

وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰهَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرًا ۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا

Transliteration wawuḍiʿa l-kitābu fatarā l-muj'rimīna mush'fiqīna mimmā fīhi wayaqūlūna yāwaylatanā māli hādhā l-kitābi lā yughādiru ṣaghīratan walā kabīratan illā aḥṣāhā wawajadū mā ʿamilū ḥāḍiran walā yaẓlimu rabbuka aḥadan

English And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.

1. وَوُضِعَwawuḍiʿaAnd (will) be placed
2. ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
3. فَتَرَىfatarāand you will see
4. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
5. مُشْفِقِينَmush'fiqīnafearful
6. مِمَّاmimmāof what
7. فِيهِfīhi(is) in it
8. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they will say
9. يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَاyāwaylatanāOh, woe to us
10. مَالِmāliWhat (is) for
11. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
12. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi[the] Book
13. لَاlānot
14. يُغَادِرُyughādiruleaves
15. صَغِيرَةًۭṣaghīratana small
16. وَلَاwalāand not
17. كَبِيرَةًkabīratana great
18. إِلَّآillāexcept
19. أَحْصَىٰهَا ۚaḥṣāhāhas enumerated it
20. وَوَجَدُوا۟wawajadūAnd they will find
21. مَاmāwhat
22. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
23. حَاضِرًۭا ۗḥāḍiranpresented
24. وَلَاwalāAnd not
25. يَظْلِمُyaẓlimudeals unjustly
26. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
27. أَحَدًۭاaḥadan(with) anyone

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا

Transliteration wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa kāna mina l-jini fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbihi afatattakhidhūnahu wadhurriyyatahu awliyāa min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduwwun bi'sa lilẓẓālimīna badalan

English And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
3. لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
4. ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
5. لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam
6. فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūso they prostrated
7. إِلَّآillāexcept
8. إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
9. كَانَkāna(He) was
10. مِنَminaof
11. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
12. فَفَسَقَfafasaqaand he rebelled
13. عَنْʿanagainst
14. أَمْرِamrithe Command
15. رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗrabbihi(of) his Lord
16. أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥafatattakhidhūnahuWill you then take him
17. وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓwadhurriyyatahuand his offspring
18. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) protectors
19. مِنminother than Me
20. دُونِىdūnīother than Me
21. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
22. لَكُمْlakum(are) to you
23. عَدُوٌّۢ ۚʿaduwwunenemies
24. بِئْسَbi'saWretched
25. لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
26. بَدَلًۭاbadalan(is) the exchange

۞ مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا

Transliteration mā ashhadttuhum khalqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhidha l-muḍilīna ʿaḍudan

English I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.

1. ۞ مَّآmāNot
2. أَشْهَدتُّهُمْashhadttuhumI made them witness
3. خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
6. وَلَاwalāand not
7. خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
8. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim(of) themselves
9. وَمَاwamāand not
10. كُنتُkuntuI Am
11. مُتَّخِذَmuttakhidhathe One to take
12. ٱلْمُضِلِّينَl-muḍilīnathe misleaders
13. عَضُدًۭاʿaḍudan(as) helper(s)

وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا۟ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقًا

Transliteration wayawma yaqūlu nādū shurakāiya alladhīna zaʿamtum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wajaʿalnā baynahum mawbiqan

English And [warn of] the Day when He will say, "Call My 'partners' whom you claimed," and they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them. And We will put between them [a valley of] destruction.

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd the Day
2. يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
3. نَادُوا۟nādūCall
4. شُرَكَآءِىَshurakāiyaMy partners
5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
6. زَعَمْتُمْzaʿamtumyou claimed
7. فَدَعَوْهُمْfadaʿawhumthen they will call them
8. فَلَمْfalambut not
9. يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey will respond
10. لَهُمْlahumto them
11. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We will make
12. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
13. مَّوْبِقًۭاmawbiqana barrier

وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

Transliteration waraā l-muj'rimūna l-nāra faẓannū annahum muwāqiʿūhā walam yajidū ʿanhā maṣrifan

English And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere.

1. وَرَءَاwaraāAnd will see
2. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals
3. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
4. فَظَنُّوٓا۟faẓannūand they (will be) certain
5. أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
6. مُّوَاقِعُوهَاmuwāqiʿūhāare to fall in it
7. وَلَمْwalamAnd not
8. يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey will find
9. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
10. مَصْرِفًۭاmaṣrifana way of escape

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا

Transliteration walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni lilnnāsi min kulli mathalin wakāna l-insānu akthara shayin jadalan

English And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
3. فِىfīin
4. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
5. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
6. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
7. مِنminof
8. كُلِّkullievery
9. مَثَلٍۢ ۚmathalinexample
10. وَكَانَwakānaBut is
11. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
12. أَكْثَرَakthara(in) most
13. شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
14. جَدَلًۭاjadalanquarrelsome

وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا

Transliteration wamā manaʿa l-nāsa an yu'minū idh jāahumu l-hudā wayastaghfirū rabbahum illā an tatiyahum sunnatu l-awalīna aw yatiyahumu l-ʿadhābu qubulan

English And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd nothing
2. مَنَعَmanaʿaprevents
3. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamen
4. أَنanthat
5. يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minūthey believe
6. إِذْidhwhen
7. جَآءَهُمُjāahumuhas come to them
8. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
9. وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wayastaghfirūand they ask forgiveness
10. رَبَّهُمْrabbahum(of) their Lord
11. إِلَّآillāexcept
12. أَنanthat
13. تَأْتِيَهُمْtatiyahumcomes to them
14. سُنَّةُsunnatu(the) way
15. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
16. أَوْawor
17. يَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumucomes to them
18. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
19. قُبُلًۭاqubulanbefore (them)

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا

Transliteration wamā nur'silu l-mur'salīna illā mubashirīna wamundhirīna wayujādilu alladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyud'ḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqa wa-ittakhadhū āyātī wamā undhirū huzuwan

English And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. نُرْسِلُnur'siluWe send
3. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. مُبَشِّرِينَmubashirīna(as) bearers of glad tidings
6. وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚwamundhirīnaand (as) warners
7. وَيُجَـٰدِلُwayujādiluAnd dispute
8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
9. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
10. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith falsehood
11. لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūto refute
12. بِهِbihithereby
13. ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqathe truth
14. وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟wa-ittakhadhūAnd they take
15. ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Verses
16. وَمَآwamāand what
17. أُنذِرُوا۟undhirūthey are warned
18. هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan(in) ridicule

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ ۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۖ وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا

Transliteration waman aẓlamu mimman dhukkira biāyāti rabbihi fa-aʿraḍa ʿanhā wanasiya mā qaddamat yadāhu innā jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqran wa-in tadʿuhum ilā l-hudā falan yahtadū idhan abadan

English And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.

1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
2. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrong
3. مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
4. ذُكِّرَdhukkirais reminded
5. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiof the Verses
6. رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) his Lord
7. فَأَعْرَضَfa-aʿraḍabut turns away
8. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom them
9. وَنَسِىَwanasiyaand forgets
10. مَاmāwhat
11. قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
12. يَدَاهُ ۚyadāhuhis hands
13. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
14. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā[We] have placed
15. عَلَىٰʿalāover
16. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
17. أَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings
18. أَنanlest
19. يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it
20. وَفِىٓwafīand in
21. ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
22. وَقْرًۭا ۖwaqran(is) deafness
23. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
24. تَدْعُهُمْtadʿuhumyou call them
25. إِلَىilāto
26. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
27. فَلَنfalanthen never
28. يَهْتَدُوٓا۟yahtadūthey will be guided
29. إِذًاidhanthen
30. أَبَدًۭاabadanever

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا

Transliteration warabbuka l-ghafūru dhū l-raḥmati law yuākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumu l-ʿadhāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yajidū min dūnihi mawilan

English And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

1. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
2. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Most Forgiving
3. ذُوdhūOwner
4. ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖl-raḥmati(of) the Mercy
5. لَوْlawIf
6. يُؤَاخِذُهُمyuākhidhuhumHe were to seize them
7. بِمَاbimāfor what
8. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
9. لَعَجَّلَlaʿajjalasurely, He (would) have hastened
10. لَهُمُlahumufor them
11. ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
12. بَلbalBut
13. لَّهُمlahumfor them
14. مَّوْعِدٌۭmawʿidun(is) an appointment
15. لَّنlannever
16. يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey will find
17. مِنminother than it
18. دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than it
19. مَوْئِلًۭاmawilanan escape

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

Transliteration watil'ka l-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidan

English And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
2. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā[the] towns
3. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
4. لَمَّاlammāwhen
5. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
6. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
7. لِمَهْلِكِهِمlimahlikihimfor their destruction
8. مَّوْعِدًۭاmawʿidanan appointed time

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا

Transliteration wa-idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿa l-baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuquban

English And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. لِفَتَىٰهُlifatāhuto his boy
5. لَآlāNot
6. أَبْرَحُabraḥuI will cease
7. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
8. أَبْلُغَablughaI reach
9. مَجْمَعَmajmaʿathe junction
10. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayni(of) the two seas
11. أَوْawor
12. أَمْضِىَamḍiyaI continue
13. حُقُبًۭاḥuquban(for) a long period

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

Transliteration falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri saraban

English But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. بَلَغَاbalaghāthey reached
3. مَجْمَعَmajmaʿathe junction
4. بَيْنِهِمَاbaynihimābetween them
5. نَسِيَاnasiyāthey forgot
6. حُوتَهُمَاḥūtahumātheir fish
7. فَٱتَّخَذَfa-ittakhadhaand it took
8. سَبِيلَهُۥsabīlahuits way
9. فِىfīinto
10. ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
11. سَرَبًۭاsarabanslipping away

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًا

Transliteration falammā jāwazā qāla lifatāhu ātinā ghadāanā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hādhā naṣaban

English So when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
2. جَاوَزَاjāwazāthey had passed beyond
3. قَالَqālahe said
4. لِفَتَىٰهُlifatāhuto his boy
5. ءَاتِنَاātināBring us
6. غَدَآءَنَاghadāanāour morning meal
7. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
8. لَقِينَاlaqīnāwe have suffered
9. مِنminin
10. سَفَرِنَاsafarināour journey
11. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
12. نَصَبًۭاnaṣabanfatigue

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

Transliteration qāla ara-ayta idh awaynā ilā l-ṣakhrati fa-innī nasītu l-ḥūta wamā ansānīhu illā l-shayṭānu an adhkurahu wa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri ʿajaban

English He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَرَءَيْتَara-aytaDid you see
3. إِذْidhwhen
4. أَوَيْنَآawaynāwe retired
5. إِلَىilāto
6. ٱلصَّخْرَةِl-ṣakhratithe rock
7. فَإِنِّىfa-innīThen indeed, I
8. نَسِيتُnasītu[I] forgot
9. ٱلْحُوتَl-ḥūtathe fish
10. وَمَآwamāAnd not
11. أَنسَىٰنِيهُansānīhumade me forget it
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
14. أَنْanthat
15. أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚadhkurahuI mention it
16. وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd it took
17. سَبِيلَهُۥsabīlahuits way
18. فِىfīinto
19. ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
20. عَجَبًۭاʿajabanamazingly

قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا

Transliteration qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabghi fa-ir'taddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣan

English [Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
3. مَاmā(is) what
4. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
5. نَبْغِ ۚnabghiseeking
6. فَٱرْتَدَّاfa-ir'taddāSo they returned
7. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
8. ءَاثَارِهِمَاāthārihimātheir footprints
9. قَصَصًۭاqaṣaṣanretracing

فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا

Transliteration fawajadā ʿabdan min ʿibādinā ātaynāhu raḥmatan min ʿindinā waʿallamnāhu min ladunnā ʿil'man

English And they found a servant from among Our servants [i.e., al-Khiḍr] to whom We had given mercy from Us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.

1. فَوَجَدَاfawajadāThen they found
2. عَبْدًۭاʿabdana servant
3. مِّنْminfrom
4. عِبَادِنَآʿibādināOur servants
5. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuwhom We had given
6. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
7. مِّنْminfrom
8. عِندِنَاʿindināUs
9. وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُwaʿallamnāhuand We had taught him
10. مِنminfrom
11. لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
12. عِلْمًۭاʿil'mana knowledge

قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا

Transliteration qāla lahu mūsā hal attabiʿuka ʿalā an tuʿallimani mimmā ʿullim'ta rush'dan

English Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. هَلْhalMay
5. أَتَّبِعُكَattabiʿukaI follow you
6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
7. أَنanthat
8. تُعَلِّمَنِtuʿallimaniyou teach me
9. مِمَّاmimmāof what
10. عُلِّمْتَʿullim'tayou have been taught
11. رُشْدًۭاrush'dan(of) right guidance

قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

Transliteration qāla innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

English He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
3. لَنlannever
4. تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
5. مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
6. صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience

وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا

Transliteration wakayfa taṣbiru ʿalā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihi khub'ran

English And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"

1. وَكَيْفَwakayfaAnd how can
2. تَصْبِرُtaṣbiruyou have patience
3. عَلَىٰʿalāfor
4. مَاmāwhat
5. لَمْlamnot
6. تُحِطْtuḥiṭyou encompass
7. بِهِۦbihiof it
8. خُبْرًۭاkhub'ranany knowledge

قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا

Transliteration qāla satajidunī in shāa l-lahu ṣābiran walā aʿṣī laka amran

English [Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allāh wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَتَجِدُنِىٓsatajidunīYou will find me
3. إِنinif
4. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wills
6. صَابِرًۭاṣābiranpatient
7. وَلَآwalāand not
8. أَعْصِىaʿṣīI will disobey
9. لَكَlakayour
10. أَمْرًۭاamranorder

قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا

Transliteration qāla fa-ini ittabaʿtanī falā tasalnī ʿan shayin ḥattā uḥ'ditha laka min'hu dhik'ran

English He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَإِنِfa-iniThen if
3. ٱتَّبَعْتَنِىittabaʿtanīyou follow me
4. فَلَاfalā(do) not
5. تَسْـَٔلْنِىtasalnīask me
6. عَنʿanabout
7. شَىْءٍshayinanything
8. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
9. أُحْدِثَuḥ'dithaI present
10. لَكَlakato you
11. مِنْهُmin'huof it
12. ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana mention

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

Transliteration fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā rakibā fī l-safīnati kharaqahā qāla akharaqtahā litugh'riqa ahlahā laqad ji'ta shayan im'ran

English So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

1. فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāSo they both set out
2. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
3. إِذَاidhāwhen
4. رَكِبَاrakibāthey had embarked
5. فِىfīon
6. ٱلسَّفِينَةِl-safīnatithe ship
7. خَرَقَهَا ۖkharaqahāhe made a hole in it
8. قَالَqālaHe said
9. أَخَرَقْتَهَاakharaqtahāHave you made a hole in it
10. لِتُغْرِقَlitugh'riqato drown
11. أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
12. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
13. جِئْتَji'tayou have done
14. شَيْـًٔاshayana thing
15. إِمْرًۭاim'rangrave

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

Transliteration qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

English [Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَلَمْalamDid not
3. أَقُلْaqulI say
4. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
5. لَنlannever
6. تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
7. مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
8. صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا

Transliteration qāla lā tuākhidh'nī bimā nasītu walā tur'hiq'nī min amrī ʿus'ran

English [Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تُؤَاخِذْنِىtuākhidh'nīblame me
4. بِمَاbimāfor what
5. نَسِيتُnasītuI forgot
6. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
7. تُرْهِقْنِىtur'hiq'nībe hard (upon) me
8. مِنْminin
9. أَمْرِىamrīmy affair
10. عُسْرًۭاʿus'ran(raising) difficulty

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

Transliteration fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji'ta shayan nuk'ran

English So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

1. فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāThen they both set out
2. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
3. إِذَاidhāwhen
4. لَقِيَاlaqiyāthey met
5. غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāmana boy
6. فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahuthen he killed him
7. قَالَqālaHe said
8. أَقَتَلْتَaqataltaHave you killed
9. نَفْسًۭاnafsana soul
10. زَكِيَّةًۢzakiyyatanpure
11. بِغَيْرِbighayrifor other than
12. نَفْسٍۢnafsina soul
13. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
14. جِئْتَji'tayou have done
15. شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
16. نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ranevil

۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

Transliteration qāla alam aqul laka innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

English [Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

1. ۞ قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَلَمْalamDid not
3. أَقُلaqulI say
4. لَّكَlakato you
5. إِنَّكَinnakathat you
6. لَنlannever
7. تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
8. مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
9. صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience

قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا

Transliteration qāla in sa-altuka ʿan shayin baʿdahā falā tuṣāḥib'nī qad balaghta min ladunnī ʿudh'ran

English [Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنinIf
3. سَأَلْتُكَsa-altukaI ask you
4. عَنʿanabout
5. شَىْءٍۭshayinanything
6. بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter it
7. فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
8. تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖtuṣāḥib'nīkeep me as a companion
9. قَدْqadVerily
10. بَلَغْتَbalaghtayou have reached
11. مِنminfrom me
12. لَّدُنِّىladunnīfrom me
13. عُذْرًۭاʿudh'ranan excuse

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا

Transliteration fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā atayā ahla qaryatin is'taṭʿamā ahlahā fa-abaw an yuḍayyifūhumā fawajadā fīhā jidāran yurīdu an yanqaḍḍa fa-aqāmahu qāla law shi'ta lattakhadhta ʿalayhi ajran

English So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."

1. فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāSo they set out
2. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
3. إِذَآidhāwhen
4. أَتَيَآatayāthey came
5. أَهْلَahla(to the) people
6. قَرْيَةٍqaryatin(of) a town
7. ٱسْتَطْعَمَآis'taṭʿamāthey asked for food
8. أَهْلَهَاahlahā(from) its people
9. فَأَبَوْا۟fa-abawbut they refused
10. أَنanto
11. يُضَيِّفُوهُمَاyuḍayyifūhumāoffer them hospitality
12. فَوَجَدَاfawajadāThen they found
13. فِيهَاfīhāin it
14. جِدَارًۭاjidārana wall
15. يُرِيدُyurīdu(that) want(ed)
16. أَنanto
17. يَنقَضَّyanqaḍḍacollapse
18. فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖfa-aqāmahuso he set it straight
19. قَالَqālaHe said
20. لَوْlawIf
21. شِئْتَshi'tayou wished
22. لَتَّخَذْتَlattakhadhtasurely you (could) have taken
23. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
24. أَجْرًۭاajrana payment

قَالَ هَـٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

Transliteration qāla hādhā firāqu baynī wabaynika sa-unabbi-uka bitawīli mā lam tastaṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran

English [Al-Khiḍr] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
3. فِرَاقُfirāqu(is) parting
4. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
5. وَبَيْنِكَ ۚwabaynikaand between you
6. سَأُنَبِّئُكَsa-unabbi-ukaI will inform you
7. بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīliof (the) interpretation
8. مَاmā(of) what
9. لَمْlamnot
10. تَسْتَطِعtastaṭiʿyou were able
11. عَّلَيْهِʿalayhion it
12. صَبْرًاṣabran(to have) patience

أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَـٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا

Transliteration ammā l-safīnatu fakānat limasākīna yaʿmalūna fī l-baḥri fa-aradttu an aʿībahā wakāna warāahum malikun yakhudhu kulla safīnatin ghaṣban

English As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

1. أَمَّاammāAs for
2. ٱلسَّفِينَةُl-safīnatuthe ship
3. فَكَانَتْfakānatit was
4. لِمَسَـٰكِينَlimasākīnaof (the) poor people
5. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaworking
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
8. فَأَرَدتُّfa-aradttuSo I intended
9. أَنْanthat
10. أَعِيبَهَاaʿībahāI cause defect (in) it
11. وَكَانَwakāna(as there) was
12. وَرَآءَهُمwarāahumafter them
13. مَّلِكٌۭmalikuna king
14. يَأْخُذُyakhudhuwho seized
15. كُلَّkullaevery
16. سَفِينَةٍsafīnatinship
17. غَصْبًۭاghaṣban(by) force

وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا

Transliteration wa-ammā l-ghulāmu fakāna abawāhu mu'minayni fakhashīnā an yur'hiqahumā ṭugh'yānan wakuf'ran

English And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.

1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
2. ٱلْغُلَـٰمُl-ghulāmuthe boy
3. فَكَانَfakānahis parents were
4. أَبَوَاهُabawāhuhis parents were
5. مُؤْمِنَيْنِmu'minaynibelievers
6. فَخَشِينَآfakhashīnāand we feared
7. أَنanthat
8. يُرْهِقَهُمَاyur'hiqahumāhe would overburden them
9. طُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan(by) transgression
10. وَكُفْرًۭاwakuf'ranand disbelief

فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا

Transliteration fa-aradnā an yub'dilahumā rabbuhumā khayran min'hu zakatan wa-aqraba ruḥ'man

English So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

1. فَأَرَدْنَآfa-aradnāSo we intended
2. أَنanthat
3. يُبْدِلَهُمَاyub'dilahumāwould change for them
4. رَبُّهُمَاrabbuhumātheir Lord
5. خَيْرًۭاkhayrana better
6. مِّنْهُmin'huthan him
7. زَكَوٰةًۭzakatan(in) purity
8. وَأَقْرَبَwa-aqrabaand nearer
9. رُحْمًۭاruḥ'man(in) affection

وَأَمَّا ٱلْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِى ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

Transliteration wa-ammā l-jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fī l-madīnati wakāna taḥtahu kanzun lahumā wakāna abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa-arāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbika wamā faʿaltuhu ʿan amrī dhālika tawīlu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran

English And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."

1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
2. ٱلْجِدَارُl-jidāruthe wall
3. فَكَانَfakānait was
4. لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِlighulāmaynifor two orphan boys
5. يَتِيمَيْنِyatīmaynifor two orphan boys
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe town
8. وَكَانَwakānaand was
9. تَحْتَهُۥtaḥtahuunderneath it
10. كَنزٌۭkanzuna treasure
11. لَّهُمَاlahumāfor them
12. وَكَانَwakānaand was
13. أَبُوهُمَاabūhumātheir father
14. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous
15. فَأَرَادَfa-arādaSo intended
16. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
17. أَنanthat
18. يَبْلُغَآyablughāthey reach
19. أَشُدَّهُمَاashuddahumātheir maturity
20. وَيَسْتَخْرِجَاwayastakhrijāand bring forth
21. كَنزَهُمَاkanzahumātheir treasure
22. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
23. مِّنminfrom
24. رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbikayour Lord
25. وَمَاwamāAnd not
26. فَعَلْتُهُۥfaʿaltuhuI did it
27. عَنْʿanon
28. أَمْرِى ۚamrīmy (own) accord
29. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
30. تَأْوِيلُtawīlu(is the) interpretation
31. مَاmā(of) what
32. لَمْlamnot
33. تَسْطِعtasṭiʿyou were able
34. عَّلَيْهِʿalayhion it
35. صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

Transliteration wayasalūnaka ʿan dhī l-qarnayni qul sa-atlū ʿalaykum min'hu dhik'ran

English And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."

1. وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
2. عَنʿanabout
3. ذِىdhīDhul-qarnain
4. ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖl-qarnayniDhul-qarnain
5. قُلْqulSay
6. سَأَتْلُوا۟sa-atlūI will recite
7. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you
8. مِّنْهُmin'huabout him
9. ذِكْرًاdhik'rana remembrance

إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ سَبَبًا

Transliteration innā makkannā lahu fī l-arḍi waātaynāhu min kulli shayin sababan

English Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. مَكَّنَّاmakkannā[We] established
3. لَهُۥlahu[for] him
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
6. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuand We gave him
7. مِنminof
8. كُلِّkullievery
9. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
10. سَبَبًۭاsababana means

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

Transliteration fa-atbaʿa sababan

English So he followed a way

1. فَأَتْبَعَfa-atbaʿaSo he followed
2. سَبَبًاsababana course

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا

Transliteration ḥattā idhā balagha maghriba l-shamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ʿaynin ḥami-atin wawajada ʿindahā qawman qul'nā yādhā l-qarnayni immā an tuʿadhiba wa-immā an tattakhidha fīhim ḥus'nan

English Until, when he reached the setting of the sun [i.e., the west], he found it [as if] setting in a body of dark water, and he found near it a people. We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
4. مَغْرِبَmaghriba(the) setting place
5. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
6. وَجَدَهَاwajadahāhe found it
7. تَغْرُبُtaghrubusetting
8. فِىfīin
9. عَيْنٍʿaynina spring
10. حَمِئَةٍۢḥami-atin(of) dark mud
11. وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
12. عِندَهَاʿindahānear it
13. قَوْمًۭا ۗqawmana community
14. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
15. يَـٰذَاyādhāO Dhul-qarnain
16. ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِl-qarnayniO Dhul-qarnain
17. إِمَّآimmāEither
18. أَنan[that]
19. تُعَذِّبَtuʿadhibayou punish
20. وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
21. أَنan[that]
22. تَتَّخِذَtattakhidhayou take
23. فِيهِمْfīhim[in] them
24. حُسْنًۭاḥus'nan(with) goodness

قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

Transliteration qāla ammā man ẓalama fasawfa nuʿadhibuhu thumma yuraddu ilā rabbihi fayuʿadhibuhu ʿadhāban nuk'ran

English He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَمَّاammāAs for
3. مَنman(one) who
4. ظَلَمَẓalamawrongs
5. فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
6. نُعَذِّبُهُۥnuʿadhibuhuwe will punish him
7. ثُمَّthummaThen
8. يُرَدُّyuradduhe will be returned
9. إِلَىٰilāto
10. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
11. فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥfayuʿadhibuhuand He will punish him
12. عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
13. نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ranterrible

وَأَمَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَهُۥ جَزَآءً ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا

Transliteration wa-ammā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan falahu jazāan l-ḥus'nā wasanaqūlu lahu min amrinā yus'ran

English But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of the best [i.e., Paradise], and we [i.e., Dhul-Qarnayn] will speak to him from our command with ease."

1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
2. مَنْman(one) who
3. ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
4. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
5. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
6. فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
7. جَزَآءًjazāan(is) a reward
8. ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖl-ḥus'nāgood
9. وَسَنَقُولُwasanaqūluAnd we will speak
10. لَهُۥlahuto him
11. مِنْminfrom
12. أَمْرِنَاamrināour command
13. يُسْرًۭاyus'ran(with) ease

ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

Transliteration thumma atbaʿa sababan

English Then he followed a way

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. أَتْبَعَatbaʿahe followed
3. سَبَبًاsababan(a) course

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

Transliteration ḥattā idhā balagha maṭliʿa l-shamsi wajadahā taṭluʿu ʿalā qawmin lam najʿal lahum min dūnihā sit'ran

English Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
4. مَطْلِعَmaṭliʿa(the) rising place
5. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
6. وَجَدَهَاwajadahāand he found it
7. تَطْلُعُtaṭluʿurising
8. عَلَىٰʿalāon
9. قَوْمٍۢqawmina community
10. لَّمْlamnot
11. نَجْعَلnajʿalWe made
12. لَّهُمlahumfor them
13. مِّنminagainst it
14. دُونِهَاdūnihāagainst it
15. سِتْرًۭاsit'ranany shelter

كَذَٰلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا

Transliteration kadhālika waqad aḥaṭnā bimā ladayhi khub'ran

English Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
2. وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
3. أَحَطْنَاaḥaṭnāWe encompassed
4. بِمَاbimāof what
5. لَدَيْهِladayhi(was) with him
6. خُبْرًۭاkhub'ran(of the) information

ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

Transliteration thumma atbaʿa sababan

English Then he followed a way.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. أَتْبَعَatbaʿahe followed
3. سَبَبًاsababana course

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا

Transliteration ḥattā idhā balagha bayna l-sadayni wajada min dūnihimā qawman lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlan

English Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
4. بَيْنَbaynabetween
5. ٱلسَّدَّيْنِl-sadaynithe two mountains
6. وَجَدَwajadahe found
7. مِنminbesides them
8. دُونِهِمَاdūnihimābesides them
9. قَوْمًۭاqawmana community
10. لَّاlānot
11. يَكَادُونَyakādūnawho would almost
12. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand
13. قَوْلًۭاqawlan(his) speech

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا

Transliteration qālū yādhā l-qarnayni inna yajūja wamajūja muf'sidūna fī l-arḍi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā an tajʿala baynanā wabaynahum saddan

English They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰذَاyādhāO Dhul-qarnain
3. ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِl-qarnayniO Dhul-qarnain
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. يَأْجُوجَyajūjaYajuj
6. وَمَأْجُوجَwamajūjaand Majuj
7. مُفْسِدُونَmuf'sidūna(are) corrupters
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
10. فَهَلْfahalSo may
11. نَجْعَلُnajʿaluwe make
12. لَكَlakafor you
13. خَرْجًاkharjanan expenditure
14. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
15. أَنanthat
16. تَجْعَلَtajʿalayou make
17. بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
18. وَبَيْنَهُمْwabaynahumand between them
19. سَدًّۭاsaddana barrier

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا

Transliteration qāla mā makkannī fīhi rabbī khayrun fa-aʿīnūnī biquwwatin ajʿal baynakum wabaynahum radman

English He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. مَاmāWhat
3. مَكَّنِّىmakkannīhas established me
4. فِيهِfīhi[in it]
5. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
6. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
7. فَأَعِينُونِىfa-aʿīnūnībut assist me
8. بِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith strength
9. أَجْعَلْajʿalI will make
10. بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
11. وَبَيْنَهُمْwabaynahumand between them
12. رَدْمًاradmana barrier

ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا

Transliteration ātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā idhā sāwā bayna l-ṣadafayni qāla unfukhū ḥattā idhā jaʿalahu nāran qāla ātūnī uf'righ ʿalayhi qiṭ'ran

English Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

1. ءَاتُونِىātūnīBring me
2. زُبَرَzubarasheets
3. ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖl-ḥadīdi(of) iron
4. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
5. إِذَاidhāwhen
6. سَاوَىٰsāwāhe (had) leveled
7. بَيْنَbaynabetween
8. ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِl-ṣadafaynithe two cliffs
9. قَالَqālahe said
10. ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖunfukhūBlow
11. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
12. إِذَاidhāwhen
13. جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuhe made it
14. نَارًۭاnāranfire
15. قَالَqālahe said
16. ءَاتُونِىٓātūnīBring me
17. أُفْرِغْuf'righI pour
18. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover it
19. قِطْرًۭاqiṭ'ranmolten copper

فَمَا ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا

Transliteration famā is'ṭāʿū an yaẓharūhu wamā is'taṭāʿū lahu naqban

English So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

1. فَمَاfamāSo not
2. ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟is'ṭāʿūthey were able
3. أَنanto
4. يَظْهَرُوهُyaẓharūhuscale it
5. وَمَاwamāand not
6. ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey were able
7. لَهُۥlahuin it
8. نَقْبًۭاnaqban(to do) any penetration

قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا

Transliteration qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī fa-idhā jāa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahu dakkāa wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqan

English [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
3. رَحْمَةٌۭraḥmatun(is) a mercy
4. مِّنminfrom
5. رَّبِّى ۖrabbīmy Lord
6. فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
7. جَآءَjāacomes
8. وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) Promise
9. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
10. جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuHe will make it
11. دَكَّآءَ ۖdakkāalevel
12. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
13. وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) Promise
14. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
15. حَقًّۭاḥaqqantrue

۞ وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ جَمْعًا

Transliteration wataraknā baʿḍahum yawma-idhin yamūju fī baʿḍin wanufikha fī l-ṣūri fajamaʿnāhum jamʿan

English And We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.

1. ۞ وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We (will) leave
2. بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of them
3. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(on) that Day
4. يَمُوجُyamūjuto surge
5. فِىfīover
6. بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍinothers
7. وَنُفِخَwanufikhaand (will be) blown
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلصُّورِl-ṣūrithe trumpet
10. فَجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْfajamaʿnāhumthen We (will) gather them
11. جَمْعًۭاjamʿanall together

وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَرْضًا

Transliteration waʿaraḍnā jahannama yawma-idhin lil'kāfirīna ʿarḍan

English And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -

1. وَعَرَضْنَاwaʿaraḍnāAnd We (will) present
2. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
3. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(on) that Day
4. لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers
5. عَرْضًاʿarḍan(on) display

ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا

Transliteration alladhīna kānat aʿyunuhum fī ghiṭāin ʿan dhik'rī wakānū lā yastaṭīʿūna samʿan

English Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
2. كَانَتْkānathad been
3. أَعْيُنُهُمْaʿyunuhumtheir eyes
4. فِىfīwithin
5. غِطَآءٍghiṭāina cover
6. عَنʿanfrom
7. ذِكْرِىdhik'rīMy remembrance
8. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand were
9. لَاlānot
10. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
11. سَمْعًاsamʿan(to) hear

أَفَحَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِىٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ نُزُلًا

Transliteration afaḥasiba alladhīna kafarū an yattakhidhū ʿibādī min dūnī awliyāa innā aʿtadnā jahannama lil'kāfirīna nuzulan

English Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

1. أَفَحَسِبَafaḥasibaDo then think
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. أَنanthat
5. يَتَّخِذُوا۟yattakhidhūthey (can) take
6. عِبَادِىʿibādīMy servants
7. مِنminbesides Me
8. دُونِىٓdūnībesides Me
9. أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚawliyāa(as) protectors
10. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
11. أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāWe have prepared
12. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
13. لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
14. نُزُلًۭاnuzulan(as) a lodging

قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـٰلًا

Transliteration qul hal nunabbi-ukum bil-akhsarīna aʿmālan

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?

1. قُلْqulSay
2. هَلْhalShall
3. نُنَبِّئُكُمnunabbi-ukumWe inform you
4. بِٱلْأَخْسَرِينَbil-akhsarīnaof the greatest losers
5. أَعْمَـٰلًاaʿmālan(as to their) deeds

ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

Transliteration alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥ'sinūna ṣun'ʿan

English [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
2. ضَلَّḍallais lost
3. سَعْيُهُمْsaʿyuhumtheir effort
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
6. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
7. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
8. يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnathink
9. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
10. يُحْسِنُونَyuḥ'sinūna(were) acquiring good
11. صُنْعًاṣun'ʿan(in) work

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَآئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَزْنًا

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna kafarū biāyāti rabbihim waliqāihi faḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum falā nuqīmu lahum yawma l-qiyāmati waznan

English Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance].

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin the Verses
5. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
6. وَلِقَآئِهِۦwaliqāihiand the meeting (with) Him
7. فَحَبِطَتْfaḥabiṭatSo (are) vain
8. أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds
9. فَلَاfalāso not
10. نُقِيمُnuqīmuWe will assign
11. لَهُمْlahumfor them
12. يَوْمَyawma(on) the Day
13. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
14. وَزْنًۭاwaznanany weight

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا

Transliteration dhālika jazāuhum jahannamu bimā kafarū wa-ittakhadhū āyātī warusulī huzuwan

English That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. جَزَآؤُهُمْjazāuhum(is) their recompense
3. جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell
4. بِمَاbimābecause
5. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
6. وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟wa-ittakhadhūand took
7. ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Verses
8. وَرُسُلِىwarusulīand My Messengers
9. هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātu l-fir'dawsi nuzulan

English Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
6. كَانَتْkānatfor them will be
7. لَهُمْlahumfor them will be
8. جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens
9. ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِl-fir'dawsi(of) the Paradise
10. نُزُلًاnuzulan(as) a lodging

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا

Transliteration khālidīna fīhā lā yabghūna ʿanhā ḥiwalan

English Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.

1. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaAbiding forever
2. فِيهَاfīhāin it
3. لَاlāNot
4. يَبْغُونَyabghūnathey will desire
5. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
6. حِوَلًۭاḥiwalanany transfer

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا

Transliteration qul law kāna l-baḥru midādan likalimāti rabbī lanafida l-baḥru qabla an tanfada kalimātu rabbī walaw ji'nā bimith'lihi madadan

English Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it in [continual] supplement."

1. قُلqulSay
2. لَّوْlawIf
3. كَانَkānawere
4. ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥruthe sea
5. مِدَادًۭاmidādanink
6. لِّكَلِمَـٰتِlikalimātifor (the) Words
7. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
8. لَنَفِدَlanafidasurely (would be) exhausted
9. ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥruthe sea
10. قَبْلَqablabefore
11. أَنan[that]
12. تَنفَدَtanfada(were) exhausted
13. كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu(the) Words
14. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
15. وَلَوْwalaweven if
16. جِئْنَاji'nāWe brought
17. بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihi(the) like (of) it
18. مَدَدًۭاmadadan(as) a supplement

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا

Transliteration qul innamā anā basharun mith'lukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun faman kāna yarjū liqāa rabbihi falyaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥan walā yush'rik biʿibādati rabbihi aḥadan

English Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
3. أَنَا۠anāI
4. بَشَرٌۭbasharun(am) a man
5. مِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumlike you
6. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāHas been revealed
7. إِلَىَّilayyato me
8. أَنَّمَآannamāthat
9. إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumyour God
10. إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) God
11. وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖwāḥidunOne
12. فَمَنfamanSo whoever
13. كَانَkānais
14. يَرْجُوا۟yarjūhoping
15. لِقَآءَliqāa(for the) meeting
16. رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(with) his Lord
17. فَلْيَعْمَلْfalyaʿmallet him do
18. عَمَلًۭاʿamalandeeds
19. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous
20. وَلَاwalāand not
21. يُشْرِكْyush'rikassociate
22. بِعِبَادَةِbiʿibādatiin (the) worship
23. رَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi(of) his Lord
24. أَحَدًۢاaḥadananyone