Surah Al-Qalam in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

Transliteration noon wal-qalami wamā yasṭurūna

English Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,

1. نٓ ۚnoonNun
2. وَٱلْقَلَمِwal-qalamiBy the pen
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. يَسْطُرُونَyasṭurūnathey write

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Transliteration mā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bimajnūnin

English You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

1. مَآmāNot
2. أَنتَantayou (are)
3. بِنِعْمَةِbiniʿ'matiby (the) Grace
4. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
5. بِمَجْنُونٍۢbimajnūnina madman

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

Transliteration wa-inna laka la-ajran ghayra mamnūnin

English And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. لَكَlakafor you
3. لَأَجْرًاla-ajransurely (is) a reward
4. غَيْرَghayrawithout
5. مَمْنُونٍۢmamnūninend

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration wa-innaka laʿalā khuluqin ʿaẓīmin

English And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

1. وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
2. لَعَلَىٰlaʿalāsurely (are)
3. خُلُقٍkhuluqin(of) a moral character
4. عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration fasatub'ṣiru wayub'ṣirūna

English So you will see and they will see.

1. فَسَتُبْصِرُfasatub'ṣiruSo you will see
2. وَيُبْصِرُونَwayub'ṣirūnaand they will see

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

Transliteration bi-ayyikumu l-maftūnu

English Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

1. بِأَييِّكُمُbi-ayyikumuWhich of you
2. ٱلْمَفْتُونُl-maftūnu(is) the afflicted one

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Transliteration inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna

English Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
3. هُوَhuwaHe
4. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
5. بِمَنbimanof (he) who
6. ضَلَّḍallahas strayed
7. عَنʿanfrom
8. سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
9. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
10. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
11. بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Transliteration falā tuṭiʿi l-mukadhibīna

English Then do not obey the deniers.

1. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
2. تُطِعِtuṭiʿiobey
3. ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Transliteration waddū law tud'hinu fayud'hinūna

English They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

1. وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
2. لَوْlawthat
3. تُدْهِنُtud'hinuyou should compromise
4. فَيُدْهِنُونَfayud'hinūnaso they would compromise

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

Transliteration walā tuṭiʿ kulla ḥallāfin mahīnin

English And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تُطِعْtuṭiʿobey
3. كُلَّkullaevery
4. حَلَّافٍۢḥallāfinhabitual swearer
5. مَّهِينٍmahīninworthless

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ

Transliteration hammāzin mashāin binamīmin

English [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

1. هَمَّازٍۢhammāzinDefamer
2. مَّشَّآءٍۭmashāingoing about
3. بِنَمِيمٍۢbinamīminwith malicious gossip

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Transliteration mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin athīmin

English A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

1. مَّنَّاعٍۢmannāʿinA preventer
2. لِّلْخَيْرِlil'khayriof (the) good
3. مُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressor
4. أَثِيمٍathīminsinful

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Transliteration ʿutullin baʿda dhālika zanīmin

English Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

1. عُتُلٍّۭʿutullinCruel
2. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
3. ذَٰلِكَdhālika(all) that
4. زَنِيمٍzanīminutterly useless

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

Transliteration an kāna dhā mālin wabanīna

English Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

1. أَنanBecause
2. كَانَkāna(he) is
3. ذَاdhāa possessor
4. مَالٍۢmālin(of) wealth
5. وَبَنِينَwabanīnaand children

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

English When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. قَالَqālahe says
6. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

Transliteration sanasimuhu ʿalā l-khur'ṭūmi

English We will brand him upon the snout.

1. سَنَسِمُهُۥsanasimuhuWe will brand him
2. عَلَىʿalāon
3. ٱلْخُرْطُومِl-khur'ṭūmithe snout

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

Transliteration innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīna

English Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْbalawnāhumhave tried them
3. كَمَاkamāas
4. بَلَوْنَآbalawnāWe tried
5. أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companions
6. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) the garden
7. إِذْidhwhen
8. أَقْسَمُوا۟aqsamūthey swore
9. لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَاlayaṣrimunnahāto pluck its fruit
10. مُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(in the) morning

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

Transliteration walā yastathnūna

English Without making exception.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. يَسْتَثْنُونَyastathnūnamaking exception

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Transliteration faṭāfa ʿalayhā ṭāifun min rabbika wahum nāimūna

English So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

1. فَطَافَfaṭāfaSo there came
2. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
3. طَآئِفٌۭṭāifuna visitation
4. مِّنminfrom
5. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
6. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
7. نَآئِمُونَnāimūnawere asleep

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

Transliteration fa-aṣbaḥat kal-ṣarīmi

English And it became as though reaped.

1. فَأَصْبَحَتْfa-aṣbaḥatSo it became
2. كَٱلصَّرِيمِkal-ṣarīmias if reaped

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

Transliteration fatanādaw muṣ'biḥīna

English And they called one another at morning,

1. فَتَنَادَوْا۟fatanādawAnd they called one another
2. مُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(at) morning

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ

Transliteration ani igh'dū ʿalā ḥarthikum in kuntum ṣārimīna

English [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

1. أَنِaniThat
2. ٱغْدُوا۟igh'dūGo early
3. عَلَىٰʿalāto
4. حَرْثِكُمْḥarthikumyour crop
5. إِنinif
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou would
7. صَـٰرِمِينَṣārimīnapluck (the) fruit

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ

Transliteration fa-inṭalaqū wahum yatakhāfatūna

English So they set out, while lowering their voices,

1. فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟fa-inṭalaqūSo they went
2. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
3. يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَyatakhāfatūnalowered (their) voices

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

Transliteration an lā yadkhulannahā l-yawma ʿalaykum mis'kīnun

English [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

1. أَنanThat
2. لَّاlāNot
3. يَدْخُلَنَّهَاyadkhulannahāwill enter it
4. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
5. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
6. مِّسْكِينٌۭmis'kīnunany poor person

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ

Transliteration waghadaw ʿalā ḥardin qādirīna

English And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

1. وَغَدَوْا۟waghadawAnd they went early
2. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
3. حَرْدٍۢḥardindetermination
4. قَـٰدِرِينَqādirīnaable

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

Transliteration falammā ra-awhā qālū innā laḍāllūna

English But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. رَأَوْهَاra-awhāthey saw it
3. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
4. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
5. لَضَآلُّونَlaḍāllūna(are) surely lost

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Transliteration bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

English Rather, we have been deprived."

1. بَلْbalNay
2. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
3. مَحْرُومُونَmaḥrūmūna(are) deprived

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Transliteration qāla awsaṭuhum alam aqul lakum lawlā tusabbiḥūna

English The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. أَوْسَطُهُمْawsaṭuhum(the) most moderate of them
3. أَلَمْalamDid not
4. أَقُلaqulI tell
5. لَّكُمْlakumyou
6. لَوْلَاlawlā'Why not
7. تُسَبِّحُونَtusabbiḥūnayou glorify (Allah)?'

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū sub'ḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

English They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
3. رَبِّنَآrabbinā(to) our Lord
4. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
5. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
6. ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ

Transliteration fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatalāwamūna

English Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

1. فَأَقْبَلَfa-aqbalaThen approached
2. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
3. عَلَىٰʿalāto
4. بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
5. يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَyatalāwamūnablaming each other

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ

Transliteration qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ṭāghīna

English They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
5. طَـٰغِينَṭāghīnatransgressors

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

Transliteration ʿasā rabbunā an yub'dilanā khayran min'hā innā ilā rabbinā rāghibūna

English Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

1. عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
2. رَبُّنَآrabbunāour Lord
3. أَنan[that]
4. يُبْدِلَنَاyub'dilanāwill substitute for us
5. خَيْرًۭاkhayrana better
6. مِّنْهَآmin'hāthan it
7. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
8. إِلَىٰilāto
9. رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lord
10. رَٰغِبُونَrāghibūnaturn devoutly

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration kadhālika l-ʿadhābu walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūna

English Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
2. ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖl-ʿadhābu(is) the punishment
3. وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely the punishment
4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
5. أَكْبَرُ ۚakbaru(is) greater
6. لَوْlawif
7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey
8. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration inna lil'muttaqīna ʿinda rabbihim jannāti l-naʿīmi

English Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous
3. عِندَʿindawith
4. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
5. جَنَّـٰتِjannāti(are) Gardens
6. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Delight

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration afanajʿalu l-mus'limīna kal-muj'rimīna

English Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

1. أَفَنَجْعَلُafanajʿaluThen will We treat
2. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe Muslims
3. كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَkal-muj'rimīnalike the criminals

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

Transliteration mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna

English What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?

1. مَاmāWhat
2. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
3. كَيْفَkayfaHow
4. تَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūna(do) you judge

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Transliteration am lakum kitābun fīhi tadrusūna

English Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

1. أَمْamOr
2. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
3. كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābuna book
4. فِيهِfīhiwherein
5. تَدْرُسُونَtadrusūnayou learn

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

Transliteration inna lakum fīhi lamā takhayyarūna

English That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
3. فِيهِfīhiin it
4. لَمَاlamāwhat
5. تَخَيَّرُونَtakhayyarūnayou choose

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Transliteration am lakum aymānun ʿalaynā bālighatun ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati inna lakum lamā taḥkumūna

English Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?

1. أَمْamOr
2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
3. أَيْمَـٰنٌaymānunoaths
4. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfrom us
5. بَـٰلِغَةٌbālighatunreaching
6. إِلَىٰilāto
7. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
8. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
9. إِنَّinnaindeed
10. لَكُمْlakumfor you
11. لَمَاlamā(is) what
12. تَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūnayou judge

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Transliteration salhum ayyuhum bidhālika zaʿīmun

English Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

1. سَلْهُمْsalhumAsk them
2. أَيُّهُمayyuhumwhich of them
3. بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikafor that
4. زَعِيمٌzaʿīmun(is) responsible

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration am lahum shurakāu falyatū bishurakāihim in kānū ṣādiqīna

English Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

1. أَمْamOr
2. لَهُمْlahum(are) for them
3. شُرَكَآءُshurakāupartners
4. فَلْيَأْتُوا۟falyatūThen let them bring
5. بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْbishurakāihimtheir partners
6. إِنinif
7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
8. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Transliteration yawma yuk'shafu ʿan sāqin wayud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi falā yastaṭīʿūna

English The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يُكْشَفُyuk'shafuwill be uncovered
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. سَاقٍۢsāqinthe shin
5. وَيُدْعَوْنَwayud'ʿawnaand they will be called
6. إِلَىilāto
7. ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrate
8. فَلَاfalābut not
9. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey will be able

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun waqad kānū yud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi wahum sālimūna

English Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

1. خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbled
2. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
3. تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover them
4. ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖdhillatunhumiliation
5. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
7. يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalled
8. إِلَىilāto
9. ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrate
10. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
11. سَـٰلِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration fadharnī waman yukadhibu bihādhā l-ḥadīthi sanastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā yaʿlamūna

English So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.

1. فَذَرْنِىfadharnīSo leave Me
2. وَمَنwamanand whoever
3. يُكَذِّبُyukadhibudenies
4. بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāthis
5. ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖl-ḥadīthiStatement
6. سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمsanastadrijuhumWe will progressively lead them
7. مِّنْminfrom
8. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
9. لَاlānot
10. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

Transliteration wa-um'lī lahum inna kaydī matīnun

English And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

1. وَأُمْلِىwa-um'līAnd I will give respite
2. لَهُمْ ۚlahumto them
3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
4. كَيْدِىkaydīMy plan
5. مَتِينٌmatīnun(is) firm

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Transliteration am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna

English Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

1. أَمْamOr
2. تَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask them
3. أَجْرًۭاajrana payment
4. فَهُمfahumso they
5. مِّنminfrom
6. مَّغْرَمٍۢmaghramin(the) debt
7. مُّثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna(are) burdened

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Transliteration am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūna

English Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

1. أَمْamOr
2. عِندَهُمُʿindahumu(is) with them
3. ٱلْغَيْبُl-ghaybuthe unseen
4. فَهُمْfahumso they
5. يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite it

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

Transliteration fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā takun kaṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wahuwa makẓūmun

English Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

1. فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
2. لِحُكْمِliḥuk'mifor (the) decision
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
4. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
5. تَكُنtakunbe
6. كَصَاحِبِkaṣāḥibilike (the) companion
7. ٱلْحُوتِl-ḥūti(of) the fish
8. إِذْidhwhen
9. نَادَىٰnādāhe called out
10. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
11. مَكْظُومٌۭmakẓūmun(was) distressed

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Transliteration lawlā an tadārakahu niʿ'matun min rabbihi lanubidha bil-ʿarāi wahuwa madhmūmun

English If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

1. لَّوْلَآlawlāIf not
2. أَنanthat
3. تَدَٰرَكَهُۥtadārakahuovertook him
4. نِعْمَةٌۭniʿ'matuna Favor
5. مِّنminfrom
6. رَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
7. لَنُبِذَlanubidhasurely he would have been thrown
8. بِٱلْعَرَآءِbil-ʿarāionto (the) naked shore
9. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
10. مَذْمُومٌۭmadhmūmun(was) blamed

فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration fa-ij'tabāhu rabbuhu fajaʿalahu mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

1. فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُfa-ij'tabāhuBut chose him
2. رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
3. فَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuand made him
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Transliteration wa-in yakādu alladhīna kafarū layuz'liqūnaka bi-abṣārihim lammā samiʿū l-dhik'ra wayaqūlūna innahu lamajnūnun

English And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
2. يَكَادُyakāduwould almost
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
5. لَيُزْلِقُونَكَlayuz'liqūnakasurely make you slip
6. بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْbi-abṣārihimwith their look
7. لَمَّاlammāwhen
8. سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey hear
9. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
10. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
11. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
12. لَمَجْنُونٌۭlamajnūnun(is) surely mad

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wamā huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

English But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. هُوَhuwait (is)
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. ذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa Reminder
5. لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds