Surah Al-Qasas 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

طسٓمٓ

Transliteration tta-seen-meem

English Ṭā, Seen, Meem.

1. طسٓمٓtta-seen-meemTa Seem Meem

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

English These are verses of the clear Book.

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
2. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are the) Verses
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
4. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear

نَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration natlū ʿalayka min naba-i mūsā wafir'ʿawna bil-ḥaqi liqawmin yu'minūna

English We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe.

1. نَتْلُوا۟natlūWe recite
2. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
3. مِنminfrom
4. نَّبَإِnaba-i(the) news
5. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
6. وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaand Firaun
7. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
8. لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
9. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Transliteration inna fir'ʿawna ʿalā fī l-arḍi wajaʿala ahlahā shiyaʿan yastaḍʿifu ṭāifatan min'hum yudhabbiḥu abnāahum wayastaḥyī nisāahum innahu kāna mina l-muf'sidīna

English Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
3. عَلَاʿalāexalted himself
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
6. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
7. أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
8. شِيَعًۭاshiyaʿan(into) sects
9. يَسْتَضْعِفُyastaḍʿifuoppressing
10. طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatana group
11. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
12. يُذَبِّحُyudhabbiḥuslaughtering
13. أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sons
14. وَيَسْتَحْىِۦwayastaḥyīand letting live
15. نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahumtheir women
16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
17. كَانَkānawas
18. مِنَminaof
19. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters

وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Transliteration wanurīdu an namunna ʿalā alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū fī l-arḍi wanajʿalahum a-immatan wanajʿalahumu l-wārithīna

English And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

1. وَنُرِيدُwanurīduAnd We wanted
2. أَنanto
3. نَّمُنَّnamunnabestow a favor
4. عَلَىʿalāupon
5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
6. ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
9. وَنَجْعَلَهُمْwanajʿalahumand make them
10. أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatanleaders
11. وَنَجْعَلَهُمُwanajʿalahumuand make them
12. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīnathe inheritors

وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ

Transliteration wanumakkina lahum fī l-arḍi wanuriya fir'ʿawna wahāmāna wajunūdahumā min'hum mā kānū yaḥdharūna

English And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.

1. وَنُمَكِّنَwanumakkinaAnd [We] establish
2. لَهُمْlahumthem
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
5. وَنُرِىَwanuriyaand show
6. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
7. وَهَـٰمَـٰنَwahāmānaand Haman
8. وَجُنُودَهُمَاwajunūdahumāand their hosts
9. مِنْهُمmin'humthrough them
10. مَّاmāwhat
11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
12. يَحْذَرُونَyaḥdharūnafearing

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِى وَلَا تَحْزَنِىٓ ۖ إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wa-awḥaynā ilā ummi mūsā an arḍiʿīhi fa-idhā khif'ti ʿalayhi fa-alqīhi fī l-yami walā takhāfī walā taḥzanī innā rāddūhu ilayki wajāʿilūhu mina l-mur'salīna

English And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

1. وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
2. إِلَىٰٓilā[to]
3. أُمِّummi(the) mother
4. مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
5. أَنْanthat
6. أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖarḍiʿīhiSuckle him
7. فَإِذَاfa-idhābut when
8. خِفْتِkhif'tiyou fear
9. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
10. فَأَلْقِيهِfa-alqīhithen cast him
11. فِىfīin(to)
12. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe river
13. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
14. تَخَافِىtakhāfīfear
15. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
16. تَحْزَنِىٓ ۖtaḥzanīgrieve
17. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
18. رَآدُّوهُrāddūhu(will) restore him
19. إِلَيْكِilaykito you
20. وَجَاعِلُوهُwajāʿilūhuand (will) make him
21. مِنَminaof
22. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔينَ

Transliteration fal-taqaṭahu ālu fir'ʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwan waḥazanan inna fir'ʿawna wahāmāna wajunūdahumā kānū khāṭiīna

English And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

1. فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓfal-taqaṭahuThen picked him up
2. ءَالُālu(the) family
3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
4. لِيَكُونَliyakūnaso that he might become
5. لَهُمْlahumto them
6. عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
7. وَحَزَنًا ۗwaḥazananand a grief
8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
9. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
10. وَهَـٰمَـٰنَwahāmānaand Haman
11. وَجُنُودَهُمَاwajunūdahumāand their hosts
12. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
13. خَـٰطِـِٔينَkhāṭiīnasinners

وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration waqālati im'ra-atu fir'ʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī walaka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wahum lā yashʿurūna

English And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

1. وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
2. ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
4. قُرَّتُqurratuA comfort
5. عَيْنٍۢʿaynin(of the) eye
6. لِّىlīfor me
7. وَلَكَ ۖwalakaand for you
8. لَاlā(Do) not
9. تَقْتُلُوهُtaqtulūhukill him
10. عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
11. أَنan(that)
12. يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanāhe may benefit us
13. أَوْawor
14. نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe may take him
15. وَلَدًۭاwaladan(as) a son
16. وَهُمْwahumAnd they
17. لَاlā(did) not
18. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَـٰرِغًا ۖ إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration wa-aṣbaḥa fuādu ummi mūsā fārighan in kādat latub'dī bihi lawlā an rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā litakūna mina l-mu'minīna

English And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

1. وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd became
2. فُؤَادُfuādu(the) heart
3. أُمِّummi(of the) mother
4. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
5. فَـٰرِغًا ۖfārighanempty
6. إِنinThat
7. كَادَتْkādatshe was near
8. لَتُبْدِىlatub'dī(to) disclosing
9. بِهِۦbihiabout him
10. لَوْلَآlawlāif not
11. أَنanthat
12. رَّبَطْنَاrabaṭnāWe strengthened
13. عَلَىٰʿalā[over]
14. قَلْبِهَاqalbihāher heart
15. لِتَكُونَlitakūnaso that she would be
16. مِنَminaof
17. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration waqālat li-ukh'tihi quṣṣīhi fabaṣurat bihi ʿan junubin wahum lā yashʿurūna

English And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

1. وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd she said
2. لِأُخْتِهِۦli-ukh'tihito his sister
3. قُصِّيهِ ۖquṣṣīhiFollow him
4. فَبَصُرَتْfabaṣuratSo she watched
5. بِهِۦbihihim
6. عَنʿanfrom
7. جُنُبٍۢjunubina distance
8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
9. لَاlā(did) not
10. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَـٰصِحُونَ

Transliteration waḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytin yakfulūnahu lakum wahum lahu nāṣiḥūna

English And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

1. ۞ وَحَرَّمْنَاwaḥarramnāAnd We had forbidden
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
3. ٱلْمَرَاضِعَl-marāḍiʿathe wet nurses
4. مِنminbefore
5. قَبْلُqablubefore
6. فَقَالَتْfaqālatso she said
7. هَلْhalShall I
8. أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumdirect you
9. عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
10. أَهْلِahli(the) people
11. بَيْتٍۢbaytin(of) a house
12. يَكْفُلُونَهُۥyakfulūnahuwho will rear him
13. لَكُمْlakumfor you
14. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
15. لَهُۥlahuto him
16. نَـٰصِحُونَnāṣiḥūna(will be) sincere

فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration faradadnāhu ilā ummihi kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana walitaʿlama anna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

English So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allāh is true. But most of them [i.e., the people] do not know.

1. فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُfaradadnāhuSo We restored him
2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
3. أُمِّهِۦummihihis mother
4. كَىْkaythat
5. تَقَرَّtaqarramight be comforted
6. عَيْنُهَاʿaynuhāher eye
7. وَلَاwalāand not
8. تَحْزَنَtaḥzanashe may grieve
9. وَلِتَعْلَمَwalitaʿlamaand that she would know
10. أَنَّannathat
11. وَعْدَwaʿdathe Promise of Allah
12. ٱللَّهِl-lahithe Promise of Allah
13. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
14. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
15. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
16. لَاlā(do) not
17. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَٱسْتَوَىٰٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration walammā balagha ashuddahu wa-is'tawā ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wakadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English And when he attained his full strength and was [mentally] mature, We bestowed upon him judgement and knowledge. And thus do We reward the doers of good.

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
3. أَشُدَّهُۥashuddahuhis full strength
4. وَٱسْتَوَىٰٓwa-is'tawāand became mature
5. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuWe bestowed upon him
6. حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manwisdom
7. وَعِلْمًۭا ۚwaʿil'manand knowledge
8. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
9. نَجْزِىnajzīWe reward
10. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَـٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَـٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖ فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration wadakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatin min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihi wahādhā min ʿaduwwihi fa-is'taghāthahu alladhī min shīʿatihi ʿalā alladhī min ʿaduwwihi fawakazahu mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayhi qāla hādhā min ʿamali l-shayṭāni innahu ʿaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun

English And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

1. وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd he entered
2. ٱلْمَدِينَةَl-madīnatathe city
3. عَلَىٰʿalāat
4. حِينِḥīnia time
5. غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatin(of) inattention
6. مِّنْminof
7. أَهْلِهَاahlihāits people
8. فَوَجَدَfawajadaand found
9. فِيهَاfīhātherein
10. رَجُلَيْنِrajulaynitwo men
11. يَقْتَتِلَانِyaqtatilānifighting each other
12. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
13. مِنminof
14. شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
15. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
16. مِنْminof
17. عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖʿaduwwihihis enemy
18. فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُfa-is'taghāthahuAnd called him for help
19. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
20. مِنmin(was) from
21. شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
22. عَلَىʿalāagainst
23. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
24. مِنْmin(was) from
25. عَدُوِّهِۦʿaduwwihihis enemy
26. فَوَكَزَهُۥfawakazahuso Musa struck him with his fist
27. مُوسَىٰmūsāso Musa struck him with his fist
28. فَقَضَىٰfaqaḍāand killed him
29. عَلَيْهِ ۖʿalayhiand killed him
30. قَالَqālaHe said
31. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
32. مِنْminof
33. عَمَلِʿamali(the) deed
34. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖl-shayṭāni(of) Shaitaan
35. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
36. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
37. مُّضِلٌّۭmuḍillunone who misleads
38. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclearly

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-igh'fir lī faghafara lahu innahu huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

English He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
4. ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
5. نَفْسِىnafsīmy soul
6. فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgive
7. لِىlī[for] me
8. فَغَفَرَfaghafaraThen He forgave
9. لَهُۥٓ ۚlahu[for] him
10. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
11. هُوَhuwaHe (is)
12. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving
13. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration qāla rabbi bimā anʿamta ʿalayya falan akūna ẓahīran lil'muj'rimīna

English He said, "My Lord, for the favor You bestowed upon me, I will never be an assistant to the criminals."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. بِمَآbimāBecause
4. أَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaYou have favored
5. عَلَىَّʿalayya[on] me
6. فَلَنْfalanso not
7. أَكُونَakūnaI will be
8. ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīrana supporter
9. لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَlil'muj'rimīna(of) the criminals

فَأَصْبَحَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ ۚ قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration fa-aṣbaḥa fī l-madīnati khāifan yataraqqabu fa-idhā alladhī is'tanṣarahu bil-amsi yastaṣrikhuhu qāla lahu mūsā innaka laghawiyyun mubīnun

English And he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."

1. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaIn the morning he was
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
4. خَآئِفًۭاkhāifanfearful
5. يَتَرَقَّبُyataraqqabu(and) was vigilant
6. فَإِذَاfa-idhāwhen behold
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe one who
8. ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥis'tanṣarahusought his help
9. بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsithe previous day
10. يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ ۚyastaṣrikhuhucried out to him for help
11. قَالَqālaSaid
12. لَهُۥlahuto him
13. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
14. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
15. لَغَوِىٌّۭlaghawiyyun(are) surely a deviator
16. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ

Transliteration falammā an arāda an yabṭisha bi-alladhī huwa ʿaduwwun lahumā qāla yāmūsā aturīdu an taqtulanī kamā qatalta nafsan bil-amsi in turīdu illā an takūna jabbāran fī l-arḍi wamā turīdu an takūna mina l-muṣ'liḥīna

English And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
2. أَنْan[that]
3. أَرَادَarādahe wanted
4. أَنanto
5. يَبْطِشَyabṭishastrike
6. بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīthe one who
7. هُوَhuwa[he] (was)
8. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
9. لَّهُمَاlahumāto both of them
10. قَالَqālahe said
11. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
12. أَتُرِيدُaturīduDo you intend
13. أَنanto
14. تَقْتُلَنِىtaqtulanīkill me
15. كَمَاkamāas
16. قَتَلْتَqataltayou killed
17. نَفْسًۢاnafsana person
18. بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖbil-amsiyesterday
19. إِنinNot
20. تُرِيدُturīduyou want
21. إِلَّآillābut
22. أَنanthat
23. تَكُونَtakūnayou become
24. جَبَّارًۭاjabbārana tyrant
25. فِىfīin
26. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
27. وَمَاwamāand not
28. تُرِيدُturīduyou want
29. أَنanthat
30. تَكُونَtakūnayou be
31. مِنَminaof
32. ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīnathe reformers

وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ

Transliteration wajāa rajulun min aqṣā l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā inna l-mala-a yatamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fa-ukh'ruj innī laka mina l-nāṣiḥīna

English And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

1. وَجَآءَwajāaAnd came
2. رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
3. مِّنْminfrom
4. أَقْصَاaqṣā(the) farthest end
5. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnati(of) the city
6. يَسْعَىٰyasʿārunning
7. قَالَqālaHe said
8. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
10. ٱلْمَلَأَl-mala-athe chiefs
11. يَأْتَمِرُونَyatamirūnaare taking counsel
12. بِكَbikaabout you
13. لِيَقْتُلُوكَliyaqtulūkato kill you
14. فَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'rujso leave
15. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
16. لَكَlakato you
17. مِنَminaof
18. ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe sincere advisors

فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration fakharaja min'hā khāifan yataraqqabu qāla rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

English So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

1. فَخَرَجَfakharajaSo he left
2. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
3. خَآئِفًۭاkhāifanfearing
4. يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖyataraqqabu(and) vigilant
5. قَالَqālaHe said
6. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
7. نَجِّنِىnajjinīSave me
8. مِنَminafrom
9. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
10. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Transliteration walammā tawajjaha til'qāa madyana qāla ʿasā rabbī an yahdiyanī sawāa l-sabīli

English And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. تَوَجَّهَtawajjahahe turned his face
3. تِلْقَآءَtil'qāatowards
4. مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
5. قَالَqālahe said
6. عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
7. رَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lord
8. أَنan[that]
9. يَهْدِيَنِىyahdiyanīwill guide me
10. سَوَآءَsawāa(to the) sound
11. ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliway

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ

Transliteration walammā warada māa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatan mina l-nāsi yasqūna wawajada min dūnihimu im'ra-atayni tadhūdāni qāla mā khaṭbukumā qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣ'dira l-riʿāu wa-abūnā shaykhun kabīrun

English And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. وَرَدَwaradahe came
3. مَآءَmāa(to the) water
4. مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
5. وَجَدَwajadahe found
6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
7. أُمَّةًۭummatana group
8. مِّنَminaof
9. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsimen
10. يَسْقُونَyasqūnawatering
11. وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
12. مِنminbesides them
13. دُونِهِمُdūnihimubesides them
14. ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِim'ra-ataynitwo women
15. تَذُودَانِ ۖtadhūdānikeeping back
16. قَالَqālaHe said
17. مَاmāWhat
18. خَطْبُكُمَا ۖkhaṭbukumā(is the) matter with both of you
19. قَالَتَاqālatāThey said
20. لَاlāWe cannot water
21. نَسْقِىnasqīWe cannot water
22. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
23. يُصْدِرَyuṣ'diratake away
24. ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖl-riʿāuthe shepherds
25. وَأَبُونَاwa-abūnāand our father
26. شَيْخٌۭshaykhun(is) a very old man
27. كَبِيرٌۭkabīrun(is) a very old man

فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Transliteration fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā ilā l-ẓili faqāla rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīrun

English So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

1. فَسَقَىٰfasaqāSo he watered
2. لَهُمَاlahumāfor them
3. ثُمَّthummaThen
4. تَوَلَّىٰٓtawallāhe turned back
5. إِلَىilāto
6. ٱلظِّلِّl-ẓilithe shade
7. فَقَالَfaqālaand said
8. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
9. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
10. لِمَآlimāof whatever
11. أَنزَلْتَanzaltaYou send
12. إِلَىَّilayyato me
13. مِنْminof
14. خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
15. فَقِيرٌۭfaqīrun(in) need

فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى ٱسْتِحْيَآءٍ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِى يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ أَجْرَ مَا سَقَيْتَ لَنَا ۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration fajāathu iḥ'dāhumā tamshī ʿalā is'tiḥ'yāin qālat inna abī yadʿūka liyajziyaka ajra mā saqayta lanā falammā jāahu waqaṣṣa ʿalayhi l-qaṣaṣa qāla lā takhaf najawta mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

English Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."

1. فَجَآءَتْهُfajāathuThen came to him
2. إِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of the two women
3. تَمْشِىtamshīwalking
4. عَلَىʿalāwith
5. ٱسْتِحْيَآءٍۢis'tiḥ'yāinshyness
6. قَالَتْqālatShe said
7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
8. أَبِىabīmy father
9. يَدْعُوكَyadʿūkacalls you
10. لِيَجْزِيَكَliyajziyakathat he may reward you
11. أَجْرَajra(the) reward
12. مَاmā(for) what
13. سَقَيْتَsaqaytayou watered
14. لَنَا ۚlanāfor us
15. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
16. جَآءَهُۥjāahuhe came to him
17. وَقَصَّwaqaṣṣaand narrated
18. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
19. ٱلْقَصَصَl-qaṣaṣathe story
20. قَالَqālahe said
21. لَاlā(Do) not
22. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
23. نَجَوْتَnajawtaYou have escaped
24. مِنَminafrom
25. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
26. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

قَالَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ ۖ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْأَمِينُ

Transliteration qālat iḥ'dāhumā yāabati is'tajir'hu inna khayra mani is'tajarta l-qawiyu l-amīnu

English One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

1. قَالَتْqālatSaid
2. إِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of them
3. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
4. ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ ۖis'tajir'huHire him
5. إِنَّinnaIndeed
6. خَيْرَkhayra(the) best
7. مَنِmaniwhom
8. ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَis'tajartayou (can) hire
9. ٱلْقَوِىُّl-qawiyu(is) the strong
10. ٱلْأَمِينُl-amīnuthe trustworthy

قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَـٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَـٰنِىَ حِجَجٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ ۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration qāla innī urīdu an unkiḥaka iḥ'dā ib'natayya hātayni ʿalā an tajuranī thamāniya ḥijajin fa-in atmamta ʿashran famin ʿindika wamā urīdu an ashuqqa ʿalayka satajidunī in shāa l-lahu mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allāh wills, from among the righteous."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
3. أُرِيدُurīdu[I] wish
4. أَنْanto
5. أُنكِحَكَunkiḥakamarry you to
6. إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
7. ٱبْنَتَىَّib'natayya(of) my daughters
8. هَـٰتَيْنِhātayni(of) these two
9. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
10. أَنanthat
11. تَأْجُرَنِىtajuranīyou serve me
12. ثَمَـٰنِىَthamāniya(for) eight
13. حِجَجٍۢ ۖḥijajinyears
14. فَإِنْfa-inbut if
15. أَتْمَمْتَatmamtayou complete
16. عَشْرًۭاʿashranten
17. فَمِنْfaminthen from
18. عِندِكَ ۖʿindikayou
19. وَمَآwamāAnd not
20. أُرِيدُurīduI wish
21. أَنْanto
22. أَشُقَّashuqqamake it difficult
23. عَلَيْكَ ۚʿalaykafor you
24. سَتَجِدُنِىٓsatajidunīYou will find me
25. إِنinif
26. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
27. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wills
28. مِنَminaof
29. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ ۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ عَلَىَّ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

Transliteration qāla dhālika baynī wabaynaka ayyamā l-ajalayni qaḍaytu falā ʿud'wāna ʿalayya wal-lahu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīlun

English [Moses] said, "That is [established] between me and you. Whichever of the two terms I complete - there is no injustice to me, and Allāh, over what we say, is Witness."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
3. بَيْنِىbaynī(is) between me
4. وَبَيْنَكَ ۖwabaynakaand between you
5. أَيَّمَاayyamāWhichever
6. ٱلْأَجَلَيْنِl-ajalayni(of) the two terms
7. قَضَيْتُqaḍaytuI complete
8. فَلَاfalāthen no
9. عُدْوَٰنَʿud'wānainjustice
10. عَلَىَّ ۖʿalayyato me
11. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
12. عَلَىٰʿalāover
13. مَاmāwhat
14. نَقُولُnaqūluwe say
15. وَكِيلٌۭwakīlun(is) a Witness

۞ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

Transliteration falammā qaḍā mūsā l-ajala wasāra bi-ahlihi ānasa min jānibi l-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ahlihi um'kuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum min'hā bikhabarin aw jadhwatin mina l-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūna

English And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."

1. ۞ فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
2. قَضَىٰqaḍāMusa fulfilled
3. مُوسَىmūsāMusa fulfilled
4. ٱلْأَجَلَl-ajalathe term
5. وَسَارَwasāraand was traveling
6. بِأَهْلِهِۦٓbi-ahlihiwith his family
7. ءَانَسَānasahe saw
8. مِنminin
9. جَانِبِjānibi(the) direction
10. ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) Mount Tur
11. نَارًۭاnārana fire
12. قَالَqālaHe said
13. لِأَهْلِهِli-ahlihito his family
14. ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟um'kuthūStay here
15. إِنِّىٓinnīindeed, I
16. ءَانَسْتُānastu[I] perceive
17. نَارًۭاnārana fire
18. لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīPerhaps
19. ءَاتِيكُمātīkumI will bring you
20. مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom there
21. بِخَبَرٍbikhabarinsome information
22. أَوْawor
23. جَذْوَةٍۢjadhwatina burning wood
24. مِّنَminafrom
25. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe fire
26. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
27. تَصْطَلُونَtaṣṭalūnawarm yourselves

فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَـٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَـٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration falammā atāhā nūdiya min shāṭi-i l-wādi l-aymani fī l-buq'ʿati l-mubārakati mina l-shajarati an yāmūsā innī anā l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

English But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree, "O Moses, indeed I am Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
2. أَتَىٰهَاatāhāhe came (to) it
3. نُودِىَnūdiyahe was called
4. مِنminfrom
5. شَـٰطِئِshāṭi-i(the) side
6. ٱلْوَادِl-wādi(of) the valley
7. ٱلْأَيْمَنِl-aymanithe right
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْبُقْعَةِl-buq'ʿatithe place even
10. ٱلْمُبَـٰرَكَةِl-mubārakatiblessed
11. مِنَminafrom
12. ٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajaratithe tree
13. أَنanthat
14. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
15. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed
16. أَنَاanāI Am
17. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
18. رَبُّrabbu(the) Lord
19. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ

Transliteration wa-an alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā aqbil walā takhaf innaka mina l-āminīna

English And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

1. وَأَنْwa-anAnd [that]
2. أَلْقِalqithrow
3. عَصَاكَ ۖʿaṣākayour staff
4. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
5. رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
6. تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
7. كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
8. جَآنٌّۭjānnun(were) a snake
9. وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned
10. مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran(in) flight
11. وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
12. يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqibreturn
13. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
14. أَقْبِلْaqbilDraw near
15. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
16. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
17. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
18. مِنَmina(are) of
19. ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَl-āminīnathe secure

ٱسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ وَٱضْمُمْ إِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهْبِ ۖ فَذَٰنِكَ بُرْهَـٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration us'luk yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin wa-uḍ'mum ilayka janāḥaka mina l-rahbi fadhānika bur'hānāni min rabbika ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

English Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

1. ٱسْلُكْus'lukInsert
2. يَدَكَyadakayour hand
3. فِىfīin
4. جَيْبِكَjaybikayour bosom
5. تَخْرُجْtakhrujit will come forth
6. بَيْضَآءَbayḍāawhite
7. مِنْminwithout
8. غَيْرِghayriwithout
9. سُوٓءٍۢsūinany harm
10. وَٱضْمُمْwa-uḍ'mumAnd draw
11. إِلَيْكَilaykato yourselves
12. جَنَاحَكَjanāḥakayour hand
13. مِنَminaagainst
14. ٱلرَّهْبِ ۖl-rahbifear
15. فَذَٰنِكَfadhānikaSo these
16. بُرْهَـٰنَانِbur'hānāni(are) two evidences
17. مِنminfrom
18. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
19. إِلَىٰilāto
20. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
21. وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ ۚwamala-ihiand his chiefs
22. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
23. كَانُوا۟kānūare
24. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
25. فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

Transliteration qāla rabbi innī qataltu min'hum nafsan fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni

English He said, "My Lord, indeed I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed
4. قَتَلْتُqataltuI killed
5. مِنْهُمْmin'humof them
6. نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
7. فَأَخَافُfa-akhāfuand I fear
8. أَنanthat
9. يَقْتُلُونِyaqtulūnithey will kill me

وَأَخِى هَـٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

Transliteration wa-akhī hārūnu huwa afṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa-arsil'hu maʿiya rid'an yuṣaddiqunī innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni

English And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."

1. وَأَخِىwa-akhīAnd my brother
2. هَـٰرُونُhārūnuHarun
3. هُوَhuwahe
4. أَفْصَحُafṣaḥu(is) more eloquent
5. مِنِّىminnīthan me
6. لِسَانًۭاlisānan(in) speech
7. فَأَرْسِلْهُfa-arsil'huso send him
8. مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
9. رِدْءًۭاrid'an(as) a helper
10. يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ ۖyuṣaddiqunīwho will confirm me
11. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed
12. أَخَافُakhāfuI fear
13. أَنanthat
14. يُكَذِّبُونِyukadhibūnithey will deny me

قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَـٰنًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا ۚ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

Transliteration qāla sanashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi-akhīka wanajʿalu lakumā sul'ṭānan falā yaṣilūna ilaykumā biāyātinā antumā wamani ittabaʿakumā l-ghālibūna

English [Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَنَشُدُّsanashudduWe will strengthen
3. عَضُدَكَʿaḍudakayour arm
4. بِأَخِيكَbi-akhīkathrough your brother
5. وَنَجْعَلُwanajʿaluand We will make
6. لَكُمَاlakumāfor both of you
7. سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
8. فَلَاfalāso not
9. يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnathey will reach
10. إِلَيْكُمَا ۚilaykumāto both of you
11. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināThrough Our Signs
12. أَنتُمَاantumāyou two
13. وَمَنِwamaniand (those) who
14. ٱتَّبَعَكُمَاittabaʿakumāfollow you
15. ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(will) be the dominant

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration falammā jāahum mūsā biāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā siḥ'run muf'taran wamā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna

English But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
3. مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
5. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
7. مَاmāNot
8. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
11. مُّفْتَرًۭىmuf'taraninvented
12. وَمَاwamāand not
13. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heard
14. بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
15. فِىٓfīamong
16. ءَابَآئِنَاābāināour forefathers
17. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnaour forefathers

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنْ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration waqāla mūsā rabbī aʿlamu biman jāa bil-hudā min ʿindihi waman takūnu lahu ʿāqibatu l-dāri innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna

English And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Musa said
2. مُوسَىٰmūsāAnd Musa said
3. رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
4. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
5. بِمَنbimanof who
6. جَآءَjāahas come
7. بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāwith [the] guidance
8. مِنْminfrom Him
9. عِندِهِۦʿindihifrom Him
10. وَمَنwamanand who
11. تَكُونُtakūnuwill be
12. لَهُۥlahufor him
13. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuthe good end in the Hereafter
14. ٱلدَّارِ ۖl-dārithe good end in the Hereafter
15. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
16. لَاlānot
17. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill be successful
18. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجْعَل لِّى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Transliteration waqāla fir'ʿawnu yāayyuhā l-mala-u mā ʿalim'tu lakum min ilāhin ghayrī fa-awqid lī yāhāmānu ʿalā l-ṭīni fa-ij'ʿal lī ṣarḥan laʿallī aṭṭaliʿu ilā ilāhi mūsā wa-innī la-aẓunnuhu mina l-kādhibīna

English And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Firaun said
2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuAnd Firaun said
3. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO chiefs
4. ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uO chiefs
5. مَاmāNot
6. عَلِمْتُʿalim'tuI know
7. لَكُمlakumfor you
8. مِّنْminany
9. إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
10. غَيْرِىghayrīother than me
11. فَأَوْقِدْfa-awqidSo kindle
12. لِىlīfor me
13. يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُyāhāmānuO Haman
14. عَلَىʿalāUpon
15. ٱلطِّينِl-ṭīnithe clay
16. فَٱجْعَلfa-ij'ʿaland make
17. لِّىlīfor me
18. صَرْحًۭاṣarḥana lofty tower
19. لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīso that [I]
20. أَطَّلِعُaṭṭaliʿuI may look
21. إِلَىٰٓilāat
22. إِلَـٰهِilāhi(the) God
23. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
24. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
25. لَأَظُنُّهُۥla-aẓunnuhu[I] think that he
26. مِنَmina(is) of
27. ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration wa-is'takbara huwa wajunūduhu fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi waẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yur'jaʿūna

English And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

1. وَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbaraAnd he was arrogant
2. هُوَhuwaAnd he was arrogant
3. وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
6. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
7. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiright
8. وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
9. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
10. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
11. لَاlānot
12. يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnawill be returned

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-ẓālimīna

English So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

1. فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuSo We seized him
2. وَجُنُودَهُۥwajunūdahuand his hosts
3. فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْfanabadhnāhumand We threw them
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْيَمِّ ۖl-yamithe sea
6. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo see
7. كَيْفَkayfahow
8. كَانَkānawas
9. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
10. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(of) the wrongdoers

وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yadʿūna ilā l-nāri wayawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūna

English And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

1. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them
2. أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatanleaders
3. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnainviting
4. إِلَىilāto
5. ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
6. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
7. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
8. لَاlānot
9. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped

وَأَتْبَعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ

Transliteration wa-atbaʿnāhum fī hādhihi l-dun'yā laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati hum mina l-maqbūḥīna

English And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.

1. وَأَتْبَعْنَـٰهُمْwa-atbaʿnāhumAnd We caused to follow them
2. فِىfīin
3. هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
4. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāworld
5. لَعْنَةًۭ ۖlaʿnatana curse
6. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
7. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
8. هُمhumthey
9. مِّنَmina(will be) of
10. ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَl-maqbūḥīnathe despised

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba min baʿdi mā ahlaknā l-qurūna l-ūlā baṣāira lilnnāsi wahudan waraḥmatan laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

English And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. مُوسَىmūsāMusa
4. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
5. مِنۢminafter [what]
6. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter [what]
7. مَآmāafter [what]
8. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe had destroyed
9. ٱلْقُرُونَl-qurūnathe generations
10. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāformer
11. بَصَآئِرَbaṣāira(as) an enlightenment
12. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
13. وَهُدًۭىwahudanand a guidance
14. وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
15. لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
16. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

Transliteration wamā kunta bijānibi l-gharbiyi idh qaḍaynā ilā mūsā l-amra wamā kunta mina l-shāhidīna

English And you, [O Muḥammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. كُنتَkuntayou were
3. بِجَانِبِbijānibion (the) side
4. ٱلْغَرْبِىِّl-gharbiyiwestern
5. إِذْidhwhen
6. قَضَيْنَآqaḍaynāWe decreed
7. إِلَىٰilāto
8. مُوسَىmūsāMusa
9. ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe Commandment
10. وَمَاwamāand not
11. كُنتَkuntayou were
12. مِنَminaamong
13. ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

وَلَـٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Transliteration walākinnā anshanā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru wamā kunta thāwiyan fī ahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā walākinnā kunnā mur'silīna

English But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].

1. وَلَـٰكِنَّآwalākinnāBut We
2. أَنشَأْنَاanshanā[We] produced
3. قُرُونًۭاqurūnangenerations
4. فَتَطَاوَلَfataṭāwalaand prolonged
5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
6. ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚl-ʿumuruthe life
7. وَمَاwamāAnd not
8. كُنتَkuntayou were
9. ثَاوِيًۭاthāwiyana dweller
10. فِىٓfīamong
11. أَهْلِahli(the) people
12. مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
13. تَتْلُوا۟tatlūreciting
14. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
15. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
16. وَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnābut We
17. كُنَّاkunnā[We] were
18. مُرْسِلِينَmur'silīnathe Senders

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَـٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration wamā kunta bijānibi l-ṭūri idh nādaynā walākin raḥmatan min rabbika litundhira qawman mā atāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

English And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. كُنتَkuntayou were
3. بِجَانِبِbijānibiat (the) side
4. ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) the Tur
5. إِذْidhwhen
6. نَادَيْنَاnādaynāWe called
7. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
8. رَّحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
9. مِّنminfrom
10. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
11. لِتُنذِرَlitundhiraso that you warn
12. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
13. مَّآmānot
14. أَتَىٰهُمatāhum(had) come to them
15. مِّنminany
16. نَّذِيرٍۢnadhīrinwarner
17. مِّنminbefore you
18. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
19. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
20. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember

وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration walawlā an tuṣībahum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika wanakūna mina l-mu'minīna

English And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...

1. وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
2. أَنan[that]
3. تُصِيبَهُمtuṣībahumstruck them
4. مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatuna disaster
5. بِمَاbimāfor what
6. قَدَّمَتْqaddamathad sent forth
7. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
8. فَيَقُولُوا۟fayaqūlūand they would say
9. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
10. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
11. أَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sent
12. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
13. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
14. فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could have) followed
15. ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour Verses
16. وَنَكُونَwanakūnaand we (would) have been
17. مِنَminaof
18. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَـٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration falammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu min ʿindinā qālū lawlā ūtiya mith'la mā ūtiya mūsā awalam yakfurū bimā ūtiya mūsā min qablu qālū siḥ'rāni taẓāharā waqālū innā bikullin kāfirūna

English But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
4. مِنْminfrom Us
5. عِندِنَاʿindināfrom Us
6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
7. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
8. أُوتِىَūtiyahe was given
9. مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
10. مَآmā(of) what
11. أُوتِىَūtiyawas given
12. مُوسَىٰٓ ۚmūsā(to) Musa
13. أَوَلَمْawalamDid not
14. يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūthey disbelieve
15. بِمَآbimāin what
16. أُوتِىَūtiyawas given
17. مُوسَىٰmūsā(to) Musa
18. مِنminbefore
19. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
20. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
21. سِحْرَانِsiḥ'rāniTwo magic (works)
22. تَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharāsupporting each other
23. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said
24. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
25. بِكُلٍّۢbikullinin all
26. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qul fatū bikitābin min ʿindi l-lahi huwa ahdā min'humā attabiʿ'hu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
3. بِكِتَـٰبٍۢbikitābina Book
4. مِّنْminfrom Allah
5. عِندِʿindifrom Allah
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahifrom Allah
7. هُوَhuwawhich
8. أَهْدَىٰahdā(is) a better guide
9. مِنْهُمَآmin'humāthan both of them
10. أَتَّبِعْهُattabiʿ'huthat I may follow it
11. إِنinif
12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
13. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration fa-in lam yastajībū laka fa-iʿ'lam annamā yattabiʿūna ahwāahum waman aḍallu mimmani ittabaʿa hawāhu bighayri hudan mina l-lahi inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

English But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allāh? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

1. فَإِنfa-inBut if
2. لَّمْlamnot
3. يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey respond
4. لَكَlakato you
5. فَٱعْلَمْfa-iʿ'lamthen know
6. أَنَّمَاannamāthat only
7. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
8. أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚahwāahumtheir desires
9. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
10. أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
11. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
12. ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollows
13. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis own desire
14. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
15. هُدًۭىhudanguidance
16. مِّنَminafrom
17. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
18. إِنَّinnaIndeed
19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
20. لَاlā(does) not
21. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
22. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

۞ وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration walaqad waṣṣalnā lahumu l-qawla laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

English And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the word [i.e., the Qur’ān] that they might be reminded.

1. ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
2. وَصَّلْنَاwaṣṣalnāWe have conveyed
3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
4. ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe Word
5. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
6. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba min qablihi hum bihi yu'minūna

English Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it - they are believers in it.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe gave them
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
4. مِنminbefore it
5. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
6. هُمhumthey
7. بِهِۦbihiin it
8. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā yut'lā ʿalayhim qālū āmannā bihi innahu l-ḥaqu min rabbinā innā kunnā min qablihi mus'limīna

English And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. يُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recited
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
4. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
5. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
6. بِهِۦٓbihiin it
7. إِنَّهُinnahuIndeed, it
8. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
9. مِنminfrom
10. رَّبِّنَآrabbināour Lord
11. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
12. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
13. مِنminbefore it
14. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
15. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Transliteration ulāika yu'tawna ajrahum marratayni bimā ṣabarū wayadraūna bil-ḥasanati l-sayi-ata wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

English Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. يُؤْتَوْنَyu'tawnawill be given
3. أَجْرَهُمajrahumtheir reward
4. مَّرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice
5. بِمَاbimābecause
6. صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey are patient
7. وَيَدْرَءُونَwayadraūnaand they repel
8. بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith good
9. ٱلسَّيِّئَةَl-sayi-atathe evil
10. وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from what
11. رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumWe have provided them
12. يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend

وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā samiʿū l-laghwa aʿraḍū ʿanhu waqālū lanā aʿmālunā walakum aʿmālukum salāmun ʿalaykum lā nabtaghī l-jāhilīna

English And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey hear
3. ٱللَّغْوَl-laghwavain talk
4. أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūthey turn away
5. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
6. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand say
7. لَنَآlanāFor us
8. أَعْمَـٰلُنَاaʿmālunāour deeds
9. وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
10. أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukumyour deeds
11. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace (be)
12. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
13. لَاlānot
14. نَبْتَغِىnabtaghīwe seek
15. ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Transliteration innaka lā tahdī man aḥbabta walākinna l-laha yahdī man yashāu wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna

English Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
2. لَاlā(can) not
3. تَهْدِىtahdīguide
4. مَنْmanwhom
5. أَحْبَبْتَaḥbabtayou love
6. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
7. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
8. يَهْدِىyahdīguides
9. مَنmanwhom
10. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
11. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
12. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
13. بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna(of) the guided ones

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration waqālū in nattabiʿi l-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min arḍinā awalam numakkin lahum ḥaraman āminan yuj'bā ilayhi thamarātu kulli shayin riz'qan min ladunnā walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

English And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. إِنinIf
3. نَّتَّبِعِnattabiʿiwe follow
4. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
5. مَعَكَmaʿakawith you
6. نُتَخَطَّفْnutakhaṭṭafwe would be swept
7. مِنْminfrom
8. أَرْضِنَآ ۚarḍināour land
9. أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
10. نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe established
11. لَّهُمْlahumfor them
12. حَرَمًاḥaramana sanctuary
13. ءَامِنًۭاāminansecure
14. يُجْبَىٰٓyuj'bāare brought
15. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
16. ثَمَرَٰتُthamarātufruits
17. كُلِّkulli(of) all
18. شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
19. رِّزْقًۭاriz'qana provision
20. مِّنminfrom
21. لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
22. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
23. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
24. لَاlā(do) not
25. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Transliteration wakam ahlaknā min qaryatin baṭirat maʿīshatahā fatil'ka masākinuhum lam tus'kan min baʿdihim illā qalīlan wakunnā naḥnu l-wārithīna

English And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe have destroyed
3. مِنminof
4. قَرْيَةٍۭqaryatina town
5. بَطِرَتْbaṭiratwhich exulted
6. مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖmaʿīshatahā(in) its means of livelihood
7. فَتِلْكَfatil'kaAnd these
8. مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْmasākinuhum(are) their dwellings
9. لَمْlamnot
10. تُسْكَنtus'kanhave been inhabited
11. مِّنۢminafter them
12. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
13. إِلَّاillāexcept
14. قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlana little
15. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd indeed, [We]
16. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
17. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna(are) the inheritors

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration wamā kāna rabbuka muh'lika l-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī ummihā rasūlan yatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā wamā kunnā muh'likī l-qurā illā wa-ahluhā ẓālimūna

English And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. كَانَkānawas
3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
4. مُهْلِكَmuh'lika(the) one to destroy
5. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
7. يَبْعَثَyabʿathaHe (had) sent
8. فِىٓfīin
9. أُمِّهَاummihātheir mother (town)
10. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
11. يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
12. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
13. ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚāyātināOur Verses
14. وَمَاwamāAnd not
15. كُنَّاkunnāWe would be
16. مُهْلِكِىmuh'likī(the) one to destroy
17. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāthe towns
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile their people
20. ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers

وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا ۚ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration wamā ūtītum min shayin famatāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wazīnatuhā wamā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun wa-abqā afalā taʿqilūna

English And whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allāh is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?

1. وَمَآwamāAnd whatever
2. أُوتِيتُمūtītumyou have been given
3. مِّنminfrom
4. شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
5. فَمَتَـٰعُfamatāʿu(is) an enjoyment
6. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of the) life
7. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
8. وَزِينَتُهَا ۚwazīnatuhāand its adornment
9. وَمَاwamāAnd what
10. عِندَʿinda(is) with
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
12. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
13. وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚwa-abqāand more lasting
14. أَفَلَاafalāSo (will) not
15. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use intellect

أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَـٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُ مَتَـٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

Transliteration afaman waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fahuwa lāqīhi kaman mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna

English Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?

1. أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) whom
2. وَعَدْنَـٰهُwaʿadnāhuWe have promised him
3. وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
4. حَسَنًۭاḥasanangood
5. فَهُوَfahuwaand he
6. لَـٰقِيهِlāqīhi(will) meet it
7. كَمَنkamanlike (the one) whom
8. مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُmattaʿnāhuWe provided him
9. مَتَـٰعَmatāʿaenjoyment
10. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of the) life
11. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
12. ثُمَّthummathen
13. هُوَhuwahe
14. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
15. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
16. مِنَmina(will be) among
17. ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīnathose presented

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

Transliteration wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu ayna shurakāiya alladhīna kuntum tazʿumūna

English And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُنَادِيهِمْyunādīhimHe will call them
3. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluand say
4. أَيْنَaynaWhere
5. شُرَكَآءِىَshurakāiya(are) My partners
6. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhom
7. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
8. تَزْعُمُونَtazʿumūnaclaim

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغْوَيْنَآ أَغْوَيْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَا ۖ تَبَرَّأْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُونَ

Transliteration qāla alladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu rabbanā hāulāi alladhīna aghwaynā aghwaynāhum kamā ghawaynā tabarranā ilayka mā kānū iyyānā yaʿbudūna

English Those upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship [i.e., obey] us."

1. قَالَqāla(Will) say
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
3. حَقَّḥaqqa(has) come true
4. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst whom
5. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe Word
6. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
7. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those whom
9. أَغْوَيْنَآaghwaynāwe led astray
10. أَغْوَيْنَـٰهُمْaghwaynāhumWe led them astray
11. كَمَاkamāas
12. غَوَيْنَا ۖghawaynāwe were astray
13. تَبَرَّأْنَآtabarranāWe declare our innocence
14. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykabefore You
15. مَاmāNot
16. كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey used (to)
17. إِيَّانَاiyyānāworship us
18. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnaworship us

وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration waqīla id'ʿū shurakāakum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wara-awū l-ʿadhāba law annahum kānū yahtadūna

English And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners,'" and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

1. وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it will be said
2. ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
3. شُرَكَآءَكُمْshurakāakumyour partners
4. فَدَعَوْهُمْfadaʿawhumAnd they will call them
5. فَلَمْfalambut not
6. يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey will respond
7. لَهُمْlahumto them
8. وَرَأَوُا۟wara-awūand they will see
9. ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
10. لَوْlawIf only
11. أَنَّهُمْannahum[that] they
12. كَانُوا۟kānūhad been
13. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaguided

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu mādhā ajabtumu l-mur'salīna

English And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُنَادِيهِمْyunādīhimHe will call them
3. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluand say
4. مَاذَآmādhāWhat
5. أَجَبْتُمُajabtumudid you answer
6. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Transliteration faʿamiyat ʿalayhimu l-anbāu yawma-idhin fahum lā yatasāalūna

English But the information will be unapparent to them that Day, so they will not [be able to] ask one another.

1. فَعَمِيَتْfaʿamiyatBut (will) be obscure
2. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto them
3. ٱلْأَنۢبَآءُl-anbāuthe information
4. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat day
5. فَهُمْfahumso they
6. لَاlāwill not ask one another
7. يَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnawill not ask one another

فَأَمَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْلِحِينَ

Transliteration fa-ammā man tāba waāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan faʿasā an yakūna mina l-muf'liḥīna

English But as for one who had repented, believed, and done righteousness, it is expected [i.e., promised by Allāh] that he will be among the successful.

1. فَأَمَّاfa-ammāBut as for
2. مَنman(him) who
3. تَابَtābarepented
4. وَءَامَنَwaāmanaand believed
5. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand did
6. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousness
7. فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāthen perhaps
8. أَنan[that]
9. يَكُونَyakūnahe will be
10. مِنَminaof
11. ٱلْمُفْلِحِينَl-muf'liḥīnathe successful ones

وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ ۗ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration warabbuka yakhluqu mā yashāu wayakhtāru mā kāna lahumu l-khiyaratu sub'ḥāna l-lahi wataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

English And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allāh and high above what they associate with Him.

1. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
2. يَخْلُقُyakhluqucreates
3. مَاmāwhat
4. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
5. وَيَخْتَارُ ۗwayakhtāruand chooses
6. مَاmāNot
7. كَانَkānathey have
8. لَهُمُlahumufor them
9. ٱلْخِيَرَةُ ۚl-khiyaratuthe choice
10. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
12. وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand High is He
13. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
14. يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)

وَرَبُّكَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

Transliteration warabbuka yaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wamā yuʿ'linūna

English And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.

1. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
2. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
3. مَاmāwhat
4. تُكِنُّtukinnuconceals
5. صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir breasts
6. وَمَاwamāand what
7. يُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare

وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration wahuwa l-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ūlā wal-ākhirati walahu l-ḥuk'mu wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

English And He is Allāh; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned.

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
3. لَآlā(there is) no
4. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. هُوَ ۖhuwaHe
7. لَهُlahuTo Him
8. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu(are due) all praises
9. فِىfīin
10. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
11. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖwal-ākhiratiand the last
12. وَلَهُwalahuAnd for Him
13. ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the Decision
14. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
15. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ

Transliteration qul ara-aytum in jaʿala l-lahu ʿalaykumu al-layla sarmadan ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayru l-lahi yatīkum biḍiyāin afalā tasmaʿūna

English Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you seen
3. إِنinif
4. جَعَلَjaʿalaAllah made
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made
6. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
7. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
8. سَرْمَدًاsarmadancontinuous
9. إِلَىٰilātill
10. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
11. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
12. مَنْmanwho
13. إِلَـٰهٌilāhun(is the) god
14. غَيْرُghayrubesides
15. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
16. يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwho could bring you
17. بِضِيَآءٍ ۖbiḍiyāinlight
18. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
19. تَسْمَعُونَtasmaʿūnayou hear

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration qul ara-aytum in jaʿala l-lahu ʿalaykumu l-nahāra sarmadan ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayru l-lahi yatīkum bilaylin taskunūna fīhi afalā tub'ṣirūna

English Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"

1. قُلْqulSay
2. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you seen
3. إِنinif
4. جَعَلَjaʿalaAllah made
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made
6. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
7. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
8. سَرْمَدًاsarmadancontinuous
9. إِلَىٰilātill
10. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
11. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
12. مَنْmanwho
13. إِلَـٰهٌilāhun(is the) god
14. غَيْرُghayrubesides
15. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
16. يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwho could bring you
17. بِلَيْلٍۢbilaylinnight
18. تَسْكُنُونَtaskunūna(for) you (to) rest
19. فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
20. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
21. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou see

وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Transliteration wamin raḥmatihi jaʿala lakumu al-layla wal-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna

English And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.

1. وَمِنwaminAnd from
2. رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis Mercy
3. جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
6. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
7. لِتَسْكُنُوا۟litaskunūthat you may rest
8. فِيهِfīhitherein
9. وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you may seek
10. مِنminfrom
11. فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
12. وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand so that you may
13. تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnabe grateful

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

Transliteration wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu ayna shurakāiya alladhīna kuntum tazʿumūna

English And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُنَادِيهِمْyunādīhimHe will call them
3. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluand say
4. أَيْنَaynaWhere
5. شُرَكَآءِىَshurakāiya(are) My partners
6. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhom
7. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
8. تَزْعُمُونَtazʿumūnaclaim

وَنَزَعْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Transliteration wanazaʿnā min kulli ummatin shahīdan faqul'nā hātū bur'hānakum faʿalimū anna l-ḥaqa lillahi waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

English And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allāh, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.

1. وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnāAnd We will draw forth
2. مِنminfrom
3. كُلِّkullievery
4. أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
5. شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
6. فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāand We will say
7. هَاتُوا۟hātūBring
8. بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumyour proof
9. فَعَلِمُوٓا۟faʿalimūThen they will know
10. أَنَّannathat
11. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
12. لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
13. وَضَلَّwaḍallaand (will be) lost
14. عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
15. مَّاmāwhat
16. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
17. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent

۞ إِنَّ قَـٰرُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْكُنُوزِ مَآ إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُۥ لَتَنُوٓأُ بِٱلْعُصْبَةِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ لَا تَفْرَحْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَرِحِينَ

Transliteration inna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fabaghā ʿalayhim waātaynāhu mina l-kunūzi mā inna mafātiḥahu latanūu bil-ʿuṣ'bati ulī l-quwati idh qāla lahu qawmuhu lā tafraḥ inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-fariḥīna

English Indeed, Qārūn was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, "Do not exult. Indeed, Allāh does not like the exultant.

1. ۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. قَـٰرُونَqārūnaQarun
3. كَانَkānawas
4. مِنminfrom
5. قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
6. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
7. فَبَغَىٰfabaghābut he oppressed
8. عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhim[on] them
9. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd We gave him
10. مِنَminaof
11. ٱلْكُنُوزِl-kunūzithe treasures
12. مَآmāwhich
13. إِنَّinnaindeed
14. مَفَاتِحَهُۥmafātiḥahu(the) keys of it
15. لَتَنُوٓأُlatanūuwould burden
16. بِٱلْعُصْبَةِbil-ʿuṣ'batia company (of men)
17. أُو۟لِىulīpossessors of great strength
18. ٱلْقُوَّةِl-quwatipossessors of great strength
19. إِذْidhWhen
20. قَالَqālasaid
21. لَهُۥlahuto him
22. قَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis people
23. لَاlā(Do) not
24. تَفْرَحْ ۖtafraḥexult
25. إِنَّinnaIndeed
26. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
27. لَاlā(does) not
28. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
29. ٱلْفَرِحِينَl-fariḥīnathe exultant

وَٱبْتَغِ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۖ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَأَحْسِن كَمَآ أَحْسَنَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَلَا تَبْغِ ٱلْفَسَادَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Transliteration wa-ib'taghi fīmā ātāka l-lahu l-dāra l-ākhirata walā tansa naṣībaka mina l-dun'yā wa-aḥsin kamā aḥsana l-lahu ilayka walā tabghi l-fasāda fī l-arḍi inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-muf'sidīna

English But seek, through that which Allāh has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allāh has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allāh does not like corrupters."

1. وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghiBut seek
2. فِيمَآfīmāthrough what
3. ءَاتَىٰكَātākaAllah has given you
4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has given you
5. ٱلدَّارَl-dārathe home
6. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۖl-ākhirata(of) the Hereafter
7. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
8. تَنسَtansaforget
9. نَصِيبَكَnaṣībakayour share
10. مِنَminaof
11. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
12. وَأَحْسِنwa-aḥsinAnd do good
13. كَمَآkamāas
14. أَحْسَنَaḥsanaAllah has been good
15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has been good
16. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
17. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
18. تَبْغِtabghiseek
19. ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasādacorruption
20. فِىfīin
21. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍithe earth
22. إِنَّinnaIndeed
23. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
24. لَاlā(does) not
25. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
26. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

Transliteration qāla innamā ūtītuhu ʿalā ʿil'min ʿindī awalam yaʿlam anna l-laha qad ahlaka min qablihi mina l-qurūni man huwa ashaddu min'hu quwwatan wa-aktharu jamʿan walā yus'alu ʿan dhunūbihimu l-muj'rimūna

English He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
3. أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhuI have been given it
4. عَلَىٰʿalāon (account)
5. عِلْمٍʿil'min(of) knowledge
6. عِندِىٓ ۚʿindīI have
7. أَوَلَمْawalamDid not
8. يَعْلَمْyaʿlamhe know
9. أَنَّannathat
10. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
11. قَدْqadindeed
12. أَهْلَكَahlakadestroyed
13. مِنminbefore him
14. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore him
15. مِنَminaof
16. ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
17. مَنْmanwho
18. هُوَhuwa[they]
19. أَشَدُّashaddu(were) stronger
20. مِنْهُmin'huthan him
21. قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
22. وَأَكْثَرُwa-aktharuand greater
23. جَمْعًۭا ۚjamʿan(in) accumulation
24. وَلَاwalāAnd not
25. يُسْـَٔلُyus'aluwill be questioned
26. عَنʿanabout
27. ذُنُوبِهِمُdhunūbihimutheir sins
28. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فِى زِينَتِهِۦ ۖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا يَـٰلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ قَـٰرُونُ إِنَّهُۥ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi fī zīnatihi qāla alladhīna yurīdūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā yālayta lanā mith'la mā ūtiya qārūnu innahu ladhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin

English So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qārūn. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."

1. فَخَرَجَfakharajaSo he went forth
2. عَلَىٰʿalāto
3. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
4. فِىfīin
5. زِينَتِهِۦ ۖzīnatihihis adornment
6. قَالَqālaSaid
7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
8. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesire
9. ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
10. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
11. يَـٰلَيْتَyālaytaO! Would that
12. لَنَاlanāfor us
13. مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
14. مَآmā(of) what
15. أُوتِىَūtiyahas been given
16. قَـٰرُونُqārūnu(to) Qarun
17. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
18. لَذُوladhū(is the) owner
19. حَظٍّḥaẓẓin(of) fortune
20. عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma waylakum thawābu l-lahi khayrun liman āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan walā yulaqqāhā illā l-ṣābirūna

English But those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! The reward of Allāh is better for he who believes and does righteousness. And none are granted it except the patient."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaBut said
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
4. ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
5. وَيْلَكُمْwaylakumWoe to you
6. ثَوَابُthawābu(The) reward
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
8. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
9. لِّمَنْlimanfor (he) who
10. ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
11. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
12. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
13. وَلَاwalāAnd not
14. يُلَقَّىٰهَآyulaqqāhāit is granted
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَl-ṣābirūna(to) the patient ones

فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَ

Transliteration fakhasafnā bihi wabidārihi l-arḍa famā kāna lahu min fi-atin yanṣurūnahu min dūni l-lahi wamā kāna mina l-muntaṣirīna

English And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.

1. فَخَسَفْنَاfakhasafnāThen We caused to swallow up
2. بِهِۦbihihim
3. وَبِدَارِهِwabidārihiand his home
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. فَمَاfamāThen not
6. كَانَkānawas
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. مِنminany
9. فِئَةٍۢfi-atingroup
10. يَنصُرُونَهُۥyanṣurūnahu(to) help him
11. مِنminbesides
12. دُونِdūnibesides
13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
14. وَمَاwamāand not
15. كَانَkānawas
16. مِنَmina(he) of
17. ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَl-muntaṣirīnathose who (could) defend themselves

وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-aṣbaḥa alladhīna tamannaw makānahu bil-amsi yaqūlūna wayka-anna l-laha yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lawlā an manna l-lahu ʿalaynā lakhasafa binā wayka-annahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

English And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

1. وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd began
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. تَمَنَّوْا۟tamannaw(had) wished
4. مَكَانَهُۥmakānahuhis position
5. بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsithe day before
6. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(to) say
7. وَيْكَأَنَّwayka-annaAh! That
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
9. يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
10. ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
11. لِمَنlimanfor whom
12. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
13. مِنْminof
14. عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
15. وَيَقْدِرُ ۖwayaqdiruand restricts it
16. لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
17. أَنanthat
18. مَّنَّmannaAllah had favored
19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had favored
20. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā[to] us
21. لَخَسَفَlakhasafaHe would have caused it to swallow us
22. بِنَا ۖbināHe would have caused it to swallow us
23. وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahuAh! That
24. لَاlānot
25. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
26. ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًا ۚ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration til'ka l-dāru l-ākhiratu najʿaluhā lilladhīna lā yurīdūna ʿuluwwan fī l-arḍi walā fasādan wal-ʿāqibatu lil'muttaqīna

English That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThat
2. ٱلدَّارُl-dāruthe Home
3. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
4. نَجْعَلُهَاnajʿaluhāWe assign it
5. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
6. لَاlā(do) not
7. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesire
8. عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwanexaltedness
9. فِىfīin
10. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. فَسَادًۭا ۚfasādancorruption
13. وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُwal-ʿāqibatuAnd the good end
14. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna(is) for the righteous

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration man jāa bil-ḥasanati falahu khayrun min'hā waman jāa bil-sayi-ati falā yuj'zā alladhīna ʿamilū l-sayiāti illā mā kānū yaʿmalūna

English Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.

1. مَنmanWhoever
2. جَآءَjāacomes
3. بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith a good (deed)
4. فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
5. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(will be) better
6. مِّنْهَا ۖmin'hāthan it
7. وَمَنwamanand whoever
8. جَآءَjāacomes
9. بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atiwith an evil (deed)
10. فَلَاfalāthen not
11. يُجْزَىyuj'zāwill be recompensed
12. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
13. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūdo
14. ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil (deeds)
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. مَاmāwhat
17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
18. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَىٰ مَعَادٍ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration inna alladhī faraḍa ʿalayka l-qur'āna larādduka ilā maʿādin qul rabbī aʿlamu man jāa bil-hudā waman huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English Indeed, [O Muḥammad], He who imposed upon you the Qur’ān will take you back to a place of return. Say, "My Lord is most knowing of who brings guidance and who is in clear error."

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīHe Who
3. فَرَضَfaraḍaordained
4. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon you
5. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
6. لَرَآدُّكَlarādduka(will) surely take you back
7. إِلَىٰilāto
8. مَعَادٍۢ ۚmaʿādina place of return
9. قُلqulSay
10. رَّبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
11. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
12. مَنman(of him) who
13. جَآءَjāacomes
14. بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāwith the guidance
15. وَمَنْwamanand who
16. هُوَhuwahe
17. فِىfī(is) in
18. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
19. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninmanifest

وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Transliteration wamā kunta tarjū an yul'qā ilayka l-kitābu illā raḥmatan min rabbika falā takūnanna ẓahīran lil'kāfirīna

English And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. كُنتَkuntayou were
3. تَرْجُوٓا۟tarjūexpecting
4. أَنanthat
5. يُلْقَىٰٓyul'qāwould be sent down
6. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
7. ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
10. مِّنminfrom
11. رَّبِّكَ ۖrabbikayour Lord
12. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
13. تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
14. ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīranan assistant
15. لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers

وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Transliteration walā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan āyāti l-lahi baʿda idh unzilat ilayka wa-ud'ʿu ilā rabbika walā takūnanna mina l-mush'rikīna

English And never let them avert you from the verses of Allāh after they have been revealed to you. And invite [people] to your Lord. And never be of those who associate others with Allāh.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
2. يَصُدُّنَّكَyaṣuddunnakaavert you
3. عَنْʿanfrom
4. ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
6. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
7. إِذْidh[when]
8. أُنزِلَتْunzilatthey have been revealed
9. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
10. وَٱدْعُwa-ud'ʿuAnd invite (people)
11. إِلَىٰilāto
12. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbikayour Lord
13. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
14. تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
15. مِنَminaof
16. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration walā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā ilāha illā huwa kullu shayin hālikun illā wajhahu lahu l-ḥuk'mu wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

English And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تَدْعُtadʿuinvoke
3. مَعَmaʿawith
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. إِلَـٰهًاilāhangod
6. ءَاخَرَ ۘākharaother
7. لَآlā(There is) no
8. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. هُوَ ۚhuwaHim
11. كُلُّkulluEvery
12. شَىْءٍshayinthing
13. هَالِكٌhālikun(will be) destroyed
14. إِلَّاillāexcept
15. وَجْهَهُۥ ۚwajhahuHis Face
16. لَهُlahuTo Him
17. ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the Decision
18. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
19. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned