Surah An-Naml 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

طسٓ ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration tta-seen til'ka āyātu l-qur'āni wakitābin mubīnin

English Ṭā, Seen. These are the verses of the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] and a clear Book

1. طسٓ ۚtta-seenTa Seen
2. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
3. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are the) Verses
4. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni(of) the Quran
5. وَكِتَابٍۢwakitābinand a Book
6. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

هُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration hudan wabush'rā lil'mu'minīna

English As guidance and good tidings for the believers

1. هُدًۭىhudanA guidance
2. وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand glad tidings
3. لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers

ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna yuqīmūna l-ṣalata wayu'tūna l-zakata wahum bil-ākhirati hum yūqinūna

English Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يُقِيمُونَyuqīmūnaestablish
3. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4. وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
5. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
6. وَهُمwahumand they
7. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
8. هُمْhum[they]
9. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnabelieve with certainty

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati zayyannā lahum aʿmālahum fahum yaʿmahūna

English Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. لَاlā(do) not
4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
5. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
6. زَيَّنَّاzayyannāWe have made fair-seeming
7. لَهُمْlahumto them
8. أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
9. فَهُمْfahumso they
10. يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūnawander blindly

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna lahum sūu l-ʿadhābi wahum fī l-ākhirati humu l-akhsarūna

English Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
3. لَهُمْlahumfor them
4. سُوٓءُsūu(is) an evil
5. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] punishment
6. وَهُمْwahumand they
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
9. هُمُhumu[they]
10. ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَl-akhsarūna(will be) the greatest losers

وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Transliteration wa-innaka latulaqqā l-qur'āna min ladun ḥakīmin ʿalīmin

English And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you receive the Qur’ān from one Wise and Knowing.

1. وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
2. لَتُلَقَّىlatulaqqāsurely, receive
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. مِنminfrom [near]
5. لَّدُنْladunfrom [near]
6. حَكِيمٍḥakīminthe All-Wise
7. عَلِيمٍʿalīminthe All-Knower

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

Transliteration idh qāla mūsā li-ahlihi innī ānastu nāran saātīkum min'hā bikhabarin aw ātīkum bishihābin qabasin laʿallakum taṣṭalūna

English [Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves."

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. لِأَهْلِهِۦٓli-ahlihito his family
5. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
6. ءَانَسْتُānastuperceive
7. نَارًۭاnārana fire
8. سَـَٔاتِيكُمsaātīkumI will bring you
9. مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
10. بِخَبَرٍbikhabarinsome information
11. أَوْawor
12. ءَاتِيكُمātīkumI will bring you
13. بِشِهَابٍۢbishihābina torch
14. قَبَسٍۢqabasinburning
15. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
16. تَصْطَلُونَtaṣṭalūnawarm yourselves

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِىَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration falammā jāahā nūdiya an būrika man fī l-nāri waman ḥawlahā wasub'ḥāna l-lahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English But when he came to it, he was called, "Blessed is whoever is at the fire and whoever is around it. And exalted is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. جَآءَهَاjāahāhe came to it
3. نُودِىَnūdiyahe was called
4. أَنۢan[that]
5. بُورِكَbūrikaBlessed is
6. مَنmanwho
7. فِىfī(is) at
8. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe fire
9. وَمَنْwamanand whoever
10. حَوْلَهَاḥawlahā(is) around it
11. وَسُبْحَـٰنَwasub'ḥānaAnd glory be
12. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
13. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
14. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration yāmūsā innahu anā l-lahu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

English O Moses, indeed it is I - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

1. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
2. إِنَّهُۥٓinnahuIndeed
3. أَنَاanāI Am
4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
5. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
6. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Transliteration wa-alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayya l-mur'salūna

English And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

1. وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd, "Throw
2. عَصَاكَ ۚʿaṣākayour staff
3. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
4. رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
5. تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
6. كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
7. جَآنٌّۭjānnun(were) a snake
8. وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned back
9. مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran(in) flight
10. وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
11. يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqiblook back
12. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
13. لَاlā(Do) not
14. تَخَفْtakhaffear
15. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
16. لَاlā(do) not
17. يَخَافُyakhāfufear
18. لَدَىَّladayya(in) My presence
19. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe Messengers

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration illā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥus'nan baʿda sūin fa-innī ghafūrun raḥīmun

English Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنmanwho
3. ظَلَمَẓalamawrongs
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. بَدَّلَbaddalasubstitutes
6. حُسْنًۢاḥus'nangood
7. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
8. سُوٓءٍۢsūinevil
9. فَإِنِّىfa-innīthen indeed, I Am
10. غَفُورٌۭghafūrunOft-Forgiving
11. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ۖ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَـٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration wa-adkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin fī tis'ʿi āyātin ilā fir'ʿawna waqawmihi innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

English And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

1. وَأَدْخِلْwa-adkhilAnd enter
2. يَدَكَyadakayour hand
3. فِىfīinto
4. جَيْبِكَjaybikayour bosom
5. تَخْرُجْtakhrujit will come forth
6. بَيْضَآءَbayḍāawhite
7. مِنْminwithout
8. غَيْرِghayriwithout
9. سُوٓءٍۢ ۖsūinharm
10. فِىfī(These are) among
11. تِسْعِtis'ʿinine
12. ءَايَـٰتٍāyātinsigns
13. إِلَىٰilāto
14. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
15. وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚwaqawmihiand his people
16. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
17. كَانُوا۟kānūare
18. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
19. فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration falammā jāathum āyātunā mub'ṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

English But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcame to them
3. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Signs
4. مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratanvisible
5. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
6. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
7. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) a magic
8. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunmanifest

وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا ۚ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Transliteration wajaḥadū bihā wa-is'tayqanathā anfusuhum ẓul'man waʿuluwwan fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-muf'sidīna

English And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

1. وَجَحَدُوا۟wajaḥadūAnd they rejected
2. بِهَاbihāthem
3. وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآwa-is'tayqanathāthough were convinced with them (signs)
4. أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumthemselves
5. ظُلْمًۭاẓul'man(out of) injustice
6. وَعُلُوًّۭا ۚwaʿuluwwanand haughtiness
7. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo see
8. كَيْفَkayfahow
9. كَانَkānawas
10. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
11. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ عِلْمًا ۖ وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā dāwūda wasulaymāna ʿil'man waqālā l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī faḍḍalanā ʿalā kathīrin min ʿibādihi l-mu'minīna

English And We had certainly given to David and Solomon knowledge, and they said, "Praise [is due] to Allāh, who has favored us over many of His believing servants."

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
4. وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Sulaiman
5. عِلْمًۭا ۖʿil'manknowledge
6. وَقَالَاwaqālāand they said
7. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduPraise be
8. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
9. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
10. فَضَّلَنَاfaḍḍalanāhas favored us
11. عَلَىٰʿalāover
12. كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmany
13. مِّنْminof
14. عِبَادِهِʿibādihiHis servants
15. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Transliteration wawaritha sulaymānu dāwūda waqāla yāayyuhā l-nāsu ʿullim'nā manṭiqa l-ṭayri waūtīnā min kulli shayin inna hādhā lahuwa l-faḍlu l-mubīnu

English And Solomon inherited David. He said, "O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty."

1. وَوَرِثَwawarithaAnd inherited
2. سُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
3. دَاوُۥدَ ۖdāwūdaDawood
4. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
5. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
6. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsupeople
7. عُلِّمْنَاʿullim'nāWe have been taught
8. مَنطِقَmanṭiqa(the) language
9. ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayri(of) the birds
10. وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāand we have been given
11. مِنminfrom
12. كُلِّkullievery
13. شَىْءٍ ۖshayinthing
14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
15. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
16. لَهُوَlahuwasurely, it
17. ٱلْفَضْلُl-faḍlu(is) the favor
18. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuevident

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

Transliteration waḥushira lisulaymāna junūduhu mina l-jini wal-insi wal-ṭayri fahum yūzaʿūna

English And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows

1. وَحُشِرَwaḥushiraAnd were gathered
2. لِسُلَيْمَـٰنَlisulaymānafor Sulaiman
3. جُنُودُهُۥjunūduhuhis hosts
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinijinn
6. وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the men
7. وَٱلطَّيْرِwal-ṭayriand the birds
8. فَهُمْfahumand they
9. يُوزَعُونَyūzaʿūna(were) set in rows

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration ḥattā idhā ataw ʿalā wādi l-namli qālat namlatun yāayyuhā l-namlu ud'khulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wajunūduhu wahum lā yashʿurūna

English Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَآidhāwhen
3. أَتَوْا۟atawthey came
4. عَلَىٰʿalāto
5. وَادِwādi(the) valley
6. ٱلنَّمْلِl-namli(of) the ants
7. قَالَتْqālatsaid
8. نَمْلَةٌۭnamlatunan ant
9. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
10. ٱلنَّمْلُl-namluants
11. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
12. مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْmasākinakumyour dwellings
13. لَاlālest not crush you
14. يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْyaḥṭimannakumlest not crush you
15. سُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
16. وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
17. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
18. لَاlā(do) not perceive
19. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna(do) not perceive

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِّن قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِى بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِى عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration fatabassama ḍāḥikan min qawlihā waqāla rabbi awziʿ'nī an ashkura niʿ'mataka allatī anʿamta ʿalayya waʿalā wālidayya wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa-adkhil'nī biraḥmatika fī ʿibādika l-ṣāliḥīna

English So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."

1. فَتَبَسَّمَfatabassamaSo he smiled
2. ضَاحِكًۭاḍāḥikanlaughing
3. مِّنminat
4. قَوْلِهَاqawlihāher speech
5. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
6. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
7. أَوْزِعْنِىٓawziʿ'nīGrant me (the) power
8. أَنْanthat
9. أَشْكُرَashkuraI may thank You
10. نِعْمَتَكَniʿ'mataka(for) Your Favor
11. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
12. أَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaYou have bestowed
13. عَلَىَّʿalayyaon me
14. وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand on
15. وَٰلِدَىَّwālidayyamy parents
16. وَأَنْwa-anand that
17. أَعْمَلَaʿmalaI may do
18. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
19. تَرْضَىٰهُtarḍāhuthat will please You
20. وَأَدْخِلْنِىwa-adkhil'nīAnd admit me
21. بِرَحْمَتِكَbiraḥmatikaby Your Mercy
22. فِىfīamong
23. عِبَادِكَʿibādikaYour slaves
24. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnarighteous

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

Transliteration watafaqqada l-ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā arā l-hud'huda am kāna mina l-ghāibīna

English And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?

1. وَتَفَقَّدَwatafaqqadaAnd he inspected
2. ٱلطَّيْرَl-ṭayrathe birds
3. فَقَالَfaqālaand said
4. مَاmāWhy
5. لِىَliyaWhy
6. لَآlānot
7. أَرَىarāI see
8. ٱلْهُدْهُدَl-hud'hudathe hoopoe
9. أَمْamor
10. كَانَkānais he
11. مِنَminafrom
12. ٱلْغَآئِبِينَl-ghāibīnathe absent

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration la-uʿadhibannahu ʿadhāban shadīdan aw laādh'baḥannahu aw layatiyannī bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

English I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."

1. لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥla-uʿadhibannahuI will surely punish him
2. عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
3. شَدِيدًاshadīdansevere
4. أَوْawor
5. لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓlaādh'baḥannahuI will surely slaughter him
6. أَوْawunless
7. لَيَأْتِيَنِّىlayatiyannīhe brings me
8. بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭānina reason
9. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ

Transliteration famakatha ghayra baʿīdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihi waji'tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqīnin

English But he [i.e., the hoopoe] stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.

1. فَمَكَثَfamakathaSo he stayed
2. غَيْرَghayranot
3. بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinlong
4. فَقَالَfaqālaand he said
5. أَحَطتُaḥaṭtuI have encompassed
6. بِمَاbimāthat which
7. لَمْlamnot
8. تُحِطْtuḥiṭyou have encompassed
9. بِهِۦbihiit
10. وَجِئْتُكَwaji'tukaand I have come to you
11. مِنminfrom
12. سَبَإٍۭsaba-inSaba
13. بِنَبَإٍۢbinaba-inwith news
14. يَقِينٍyaqīnincertain

إِنِّى وَجَدتُّ ٱمْرَأَةً تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَأُوتِيَتْ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration innī wajadttu im'ra-atan tamlikuhum waūtiyat min kulli shayin walahā ʿarshun ʿaẓīmun

English Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.

1. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
2. وَجَدتُّwajadttufound
3. ٱمْرَأَةًۭim'ra-atana woman
4. تَمْلِكُهُمْtamlikuhumruling them
5. وَأُوتِيَتْwaūtiyatand she has been given
6. مِنminof
7. كُلِّkullievery
8. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
9. وَلَهَاwalahāand for her
10. عَرْشٌʿarshun(is) a throne
11. عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration wajadttuhā waqawmahā yasjudūna lilshamsi min dūni l-lahi wazayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿani l-sabīli fahum lā yahtadūna

English I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allāh, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

1. وَجَدتُّهَاwajadttuhāAnd I found her
2. وَقَوْمَهَاwaqawmahāand her people
3. يَسْجُدُونَyasjudūnaprostrating
4. لِلشَّمْسِlilshamsito the sun
5. مِنmininstead of Allah
6. دُونِdūniinstead of Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiinstead of Allah
8. وَزَيَّنَwazayyanaand has made fair-seeming
9. لَهُمُlahumuto them
10. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
11. أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
12. فَصَدَّهُمْfaṣaddahumand averted them
13. عَنِʿanifrom
14. ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe Way
15. فَهُمْfahumso they
16. لَاlā(are) not
17. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaguided

أَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى يُخْرِجُ ٱلْخَبْءَ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ

Transliteration allā yasjudū lillahi alladhī yukh'riju l-khaba-a fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wayaʿlamu mā tukh'fūna wamā tuʿ'linūna

English [And] so they do not prostrate to Allāh, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -

1. أَلَّاallāThat not
2. يَسْجُدُوا۟yasjudūthey prostrate
3. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
5. يُخْرِجُyukh'rijubrings forth
6. ٱلْخَبْءَl-khaba-athe hidden
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
9. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
10. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand knows
11. مَاmāwhat
12. تُخْفُونَtukh'fūnayou conceal
13. وَمَاwamāand what
14. تُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūnayou declare

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۩

Transliteration al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi

English Allāh - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."

1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
2. لَآlā(there is) no
3. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
4. إِلَّاillābut
5. هُوَhuwaHe
6. رَبُّrabbu(the) Lord
7. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
8. ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۩‏l-ʿaẓīmithe Great

۞ قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Transliteration qāla sananẓuru aṣadaqta am kunta mina l-kādhibīna

English [Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

1. ۞ قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَنَنظُرُsananẓuruWe will see
3. أَصَدَقْتَaṣadaqtawhether you speak (the) truth
4. أَمْamor
5. كُنتَkuntayou are
6. مِنَminaof
7. ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَـٰبِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration idh'hab bikitābī hādhā fa-alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum fa-unẓur mādhā yarjiʿūna

English Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."

1. ٱذْهَبidh'habGo
2. بِّكِتَـٰبِىbikitābīwith my letter
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
4. فَأَلْقِهْfa-alqihand deliver it
5. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
6. ثُمَّthummaThen
7. تَوَلَّtawallaturn away
8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
9. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurand see
10. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
11. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnathey return

قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَـٰبٌ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u innī ul'qiya ilayya kitābun karīmun

English She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
3. ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
4. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed [I]
5. أُلْقِىَul'qiyais delivered
6. إِلَىَّilayyato me
7. كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābuna letter
8. كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble

إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَإِنَّهُۥ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration innahu min sulaymāna wa-innahu bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is [i.e., reads]: 'In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
2. مِنmin(is) from
3. سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSulaiman
4. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed it (is)
5. بِسْمِbis'miIn the name
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
7. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
8. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

أَلَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration allā taʿlū ʿalayya watūnī mus'limīna

English Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].'"

1. أَلَّاallāThat not
2. تَعْلُوا۟taʿlūexalt yourselves
3. عَلَىَّʿalayyaagainst me
4. وَأْتُونِىwatūnībut come to me
5. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna(in) submission

قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ

Transliteration qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u aftūnī fī amrī mā kuntu qāṭiʿatan amran ḥattā tashhadūni

English She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
3. ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
4. أَفْتُونِىaftūnīAdvise me
5. فِىٓfīin
6. أَمْرِىamrīmy affair
7. مَاmāNot
8. كُنتُkuntuI would be
9. قَاطِعَةًqāṭiʿatanthe one to decide
10. أَمْرًاamranany matter
11. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
12. تَشْهَدُونِtashhadūniyou are present with me

قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ

Transliteration qālū naḥnu ulū quwwatin wa-ulū basin shadīdin wal-amru ilayki fa-unẓurī mādhā tamurīna

English They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
3. أُو۟لُوا۟ulū(are) possessors
4. قُوَّةٍۢquwwatin(of) strength
5. وَأُو۟لُوا۟wa-ulūand possessors
6. بَأْسٍۢbasin(of) might
7. شَدِيدٍۢshadīdingreat
8. وَٱلْأَمْرُwal-amruand the command
9. إِلَيْكِilayki(is) up to you
10. فَٱنظُرِىfa-unẓurīso look
11. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
12. تَأْمُرِينَtamurīnayou will command

قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration qālat inna l-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wajaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillatan wakadhālika yafʿalūna

English She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
3. ٱلْمُلُوكَl-mulūkathe kings
4. إِذَاidhāwhen
5. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enter
6. قَرْيَةًqaryatana town
7. أَفْسَدُوهَاafsadūhāthey ruin it
8. وَجَعَلُوٓا۟wajaʿalūand make
9. أَعِزَّةَaʿizzata(the) most honorable
10. أَهْلِهَآahlihā(of) its people
11. أَذِلَّةًۭ ۖadhillatan(the) lowest
12. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
13. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do

وَإِنِّى مُرْسِلَةٌ إِلَيْهِم بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنَاظِرَةٌۢ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Transliteration wa-innī mur'silatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanāẓiratun bima yarjiʿu l-mur'salūna

English But indeed, I will send to them a gift and see with what [reply] the messengers will return."

1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīBut indeed, I am
2. مُرْسِلَةٌmur'silatungoing to send
3. إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
4. بِهَدِيَّةٍۢbihadiyyatina gift
5. فَنَاظِرَةٌۢfanāẓiratunand see
6. بِمَbimawith what
7. يَرْجِعُyarjiʿureturn
8. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe messengers

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُم بَلْ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ

Transliteration falammā jāa sulaymāna qāla atumiddūnani bimālin famā ātāniya l-lahu khayrun mimmā ātākum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥūna

English So when they came to Solomon, he said, "Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allāh has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymāna(to) Sulaiman
4. قَالَqālahe said
5. أَتُمِدُّونَنِatumiddūnaniWill you provide me
6. بِمَالٍۢbimālinwith wealth
7. فَمَآfamāBut what
8. ءَاتَىٰنِۦَātāniyaAllah has given me
9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has given me
10. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
11. مِّمَّآmimmāthan what
12. ءَاتَىٰكُمātākumHe has given you
13. بَلْbalNay
14. أَنتُمantumyou
15. بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْbihadiyyatikumin your gift
16. تَفْرَحُونَtafraḥūnarejoice

ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَـٰغِرُونَ

Transliteration ir'jiʿ ilayhim falanatiyannahum bijunūdin lā qibala lahum bihā walanukh'rijannahum min'hā adhillatan wahum ṣāghirūna

English Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."

1. ٱرْجِعْir'jiʿReturn
2. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
3. فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمfalanatiyannahumsurely, we will come to them
4. بِجُنُودٍۢbijunūdinwith hosts
5. لَّاlānot
6. قِبَلَqibala(is) resistance
7. لَهُمlahumfor them
8. بِهَاbihāof it
9. وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُمwalanukh'rijannahumand surely, we will drive them out
10. مِّنْهَآmin'hāfrom there
11. أَذِلَّةًۭadhillatan(in) humiliation
12. وَهُمْwahumand they
13. صَـٰغِرُونَṣāghirūna(will be) abased

قَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration qāla yāayyuhā l-mala-u ayyukum yatīnī biʿarshihā qabla an yatūnī mus'limīna

English [Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
3. ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
4. أَيُّكُمْayyukumWhich of you
5. يَأْتِينِىyatīnīwill bring me
6. بِعَرْشِهَاbiʿarshihāher throne
7. قَبْلَqablabefore
8. أَنanthat
9. يَأْتُونِىyatūnīthey come to me
10. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna(in) submission

قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ ۖ وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ

Transliteration qāla ʿif'rītun mina l-jini anā ātīka bihi qabla an taqūma min maqāmika wa-innī ʿalayhi laqawiyyun amīnun

English A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. عِفْرِيتٌۭʿif'rītuna strong one
3. مِّنَminaof
4. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
5. أَنَا۠anāI
6. ءَاتِيكَātīkawill bring it to you
7. بِهِۦbihiwill bring it to you
8. قَبْلَqablabefore
9. أَنan[that]
10. تَقُومَtaqūmayou rise
11. مِنminfrom
12. مَّقَامِكَ ۖmaqāmikayour place
13. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I am
14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
15. لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyunsurely, strong
16. أَمِينٌۭamīnuntrustworthy

قَالَ ٱلَّذِى عِندَهُۥ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّى غَنِىٌّ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration qāla alladhī ʿindahu ʿil'mun mina l-kitābi anā ātīka bihi qabla an yartadda ilayka ṭarfuka falammā raāhu mus'taqirran ʿindahu qāla hādhā min faḍli rabbī liyabluwanī a-ashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fa-innamā yashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fa-inna rabbī ghaniyyun karīmun

English Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīone who
3. عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith him
4. عِلْمٌۭʿil'mun(was) knowledge
5. مِّنَminaof
6. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Scripture
7. أَنَا۠anāI
8. ءَاتِيكَātīkawill bring it to you
9. بِهِۦbihiwill bring it to you
10. قَبْلَqablabefore
11. أَنan[that]
12. يَرْتَدَّyartaddareturns
13. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
14. طَرْفُكَ ۚṭarfukayour glance
15. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
16. رَءَاهُraāhuhe saw it
17. مُسْتَقِرًّاmus'taqirranplaced
18. عِندَهُۥʿindahubefore him
19. قَالَqālahe said
20. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
21. مِنmin(is) from
22. فَضْلِfaḍli(the) Favor
23. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
24. لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓliyabluwanīto test me
25. ءَأَشْكُرُa-ashkuruwhether I am grateful
26. أَمْamor
27. أَكْفُرُ ۖakfuruI am ungrateful
28. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
29. شَكَرَshakara(is) grateful
30. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
31. يَشْكُرُyashkuruhe is grateful
32. لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖlinafsihifor his own soul
33. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
34. كَفَرَkafara(is) ungrateful
35. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
36. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
37. غَنِىٌّۭghaniyyun(is) Self-sufficient
38. كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunNoble

قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration qāla nakkirū lahā ʿarshahā nanẓur atahtadī am takūnu mina alladhīna lā yahtadūna

English He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. نَكِّرُوا۟nakkirūDisguise
3. لَهَاlahāfor her
4. عَرْشَهَاʿarshahāher throne
5. نَنظُرْnanẓurwe will see
6. أَتَهْتَدِىٓatahtadīwhether she will be guided
7. أَمْamor
8. تَكُونُtakūnuwill be
9. مِنَminaof
10. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
11. لَاlāare not guided
12. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaare not guided

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَـٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration falammā jāat qīla ahākadhā ʿarshuki qālat ka-annahu huwa waūtīnā l-ʿil'ma min qablihā wakunnā mus'limīna

English So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. جَآءَتْjāatshe came
3. قِيلَqīlait was said
4. أَهَـٰكَذَاahākadhāIs like this
5. عَرْشُكِ ۖʿarshukiyour throne
6. قَالَتْqālatShe said
7. كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuIt is like
8. هُوَ ۚhuwait
9. وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāAnd we were given
10. ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
11. مِنminbefore her
12. قَبْلِهَاqablihābefore her
13. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we have been
14. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

Transliteration waṣaddahā mā kānat taʿbudu min dūni l-lahi innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīna

English And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

1. وَصَدَّهَاwaṣaddahāAnd has averted her
2. مَاmāwhat
3. كَانَتkānatshe used (to)
4. تَّعْبُدُtaʿbuduworship
5. مِنminbesides
6. دُونِdūnibesides
7. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
8. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, she
9. كَانَتْkānatwas
10. مِنminfrom
11. قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
12. كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnawho disbelieve

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration qīla lahā ud'khulī l-ṣarḥa falammā ra-athu ḥasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

1. قِيلَqīlaIt was said
2. لَهَاlahāto her
3. ٱدْخُلِىud'khulīEnter
4. ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖl-ṣarḥathe palace
5. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
6. رَأَتْهُra-athushe saw it
7. حَسِبَتْهُḥasibathushe thought it
8. لُجَّةًۭlujjatan(was) a pool
9. وَكَشَفَتْwakashafatand she uncovered
10. عَنʿan[on]
11. سَاقَيْهَا ۚsāqayhāher shins
12. قَالَqālaHe said
13. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
14. صَرْحٌۭṣarḥun(is) a palace
15. مُّمَرَّدٌۭmumarradunmade smooth
16. مِّنminof
17. قَوَارِيرَ ۗqawārīraglass
18. قَالَتْqālatShe said
19. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
20. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I
21. ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
22. نَفْسِىnafsīmyself
23. وَأَسْلَمْتُwa-aslamtuand I submit
24. مَعَmaʿawith
25. سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSulaiman
26. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
27. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
28. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Transliteration walaqad arsalnā ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan ani uʿ'budū l-laha fa-idhā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimūna

English And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
5. أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
6. صَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSalih
7. أَنِanithat
8. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
10. فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
11. هُمْhumThey
12. فَرِيقَانِfarīqāni(became) two parties
13. يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnaquarreling

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bil-sayi-ati qabla l-ḥasanati lawlā tastaghfirūna l-laha laʿallakum tur'ḥamūna

English He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. لِمَlimaWhy
4. تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūna(do) you seek to hasten
5. بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atithe evil
6. قَبْلَqablabefore
7. ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖl-ḥasanatithe good
8. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
9. تَسْتَغْفِرُونَtastaghfirūnayou ask forgiveness
10. ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
11. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
12. تُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūnareceive mercy

قَالُوا۟ ٱطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَـٰٓئِرُكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ

Transliteration qālū iṭṭayyarnā bika wabiman maʿaka qāla ṭāirukum ʿinda l-lahi bal antum qawmun tuf'tanūna

English They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. ٱطَّيَّرْنَاiṭṭayyarnāWe consider you a bad omen
3. بِكَbikaWe consider you a bad omen
4. وَبِمَنwabimanand those
5. مَّعَكَ ۚmaʿakawith you
6. قَالَqālaHe said
7. طَـٰٓئِرُكُمْṭāirukumYour bad omen
8. عِندَʿinda(is) with
9. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
10. بَلْbalNay
11. أَنتُمْantumyou
12. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
13. تُفْتَنُونَtuf'tanūnabeing tested

وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Transliteration wakāna fī l-madīnati tis'ʿatu rahṭin yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūna

English And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

1. وَكَانَwakānaAnd were
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
4. تِسْعَةُtis'ʿatunine
5. رَهْطٍۢrahṭinfamily heads
6. يُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūnathey were spreading corruption
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
9. وَلَاwalāand not
10. يُصْلِحُونَyuṣ'liḥūnareforming

قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

Transliteration qālū taqāsamū bil-lahi lanubayyitannahu wa-ahlahu thumma lanaqūlanna liwaliyyihi mā shahid'nā mahlika ahlihi wa-innā laṣādiqūna

English They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. تَقَاسَمُوا۟taqāsamūSwear to each other
3. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
4. لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥlanubayyitannahusurely, we will attack him by night
5. وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuand his family
6. ثُمَّthummaThen
7. لَنَقُولَنَّlanaqūlannawe will surely say
8. لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihito his heir
9. مَاmāNot
10. شَهِدْنَاshahid'nāwe witnessed
11. مَهْلِكَmahlika(the) destruction
12. أَهْلِهِۦahlihi(of) his family
13. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
14. لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna(are) surely truthful

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration wamakarū makran wamakarnā makran wahum lā yashʿurūna

English And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.

1. وَمَكَرُوا۟wamakarūSo they plotted
2. مَكْرًۭاmakrana plot
3. وَمَكَرْنَاwamakarnāand We planned
4. مَكْرًۭاmakrana plan
5. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
6. لَاlā(did) not
7. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum waqawmahum ajmaʿīna

English Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

1. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen see
2. كَيْفَkayfahow
3. كَانَkānawas
4. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
5. مَكْرِهِمْmakrihim(of) their plot
6. أَنَّاannāthat We
7. دَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْdammarnāhumdestroyed them
8. وَقَوْمَهُمْwaqawmahumand their people
9. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration fatil'ka buyūtuhum khāwiyatan bimā ẓalamū inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yaʿlamūna

English So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

1. فَتِلْكَfatil'kaSo, these
2. بُيُوتُهُمْbuyūtuhum(are) their houses
3. خَاوِيَةًۢkhāwiyatanruined
4. بِمَاbimābecause
5. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗẓalamūthey wronged
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. فِىfīin
8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
9. لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a sign
10. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
11. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawho know

وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Transliteration wa-anjaynā alladhīna āmanū wakānū yattaqūna

English And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

1. وَأَنجَيْنَاwa-anjaynāAnd We saved
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand used (to)
5. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūnafear (Allah)

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration walūṭan idh qāla liqawmihi atatūna l-fāḥishata wa-antum tub'ṣirūna

English And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?

1. وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lut
2. إِذْidhwhen
3. قَالَqālahe said
4. لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
5. أَتَأْتُونَatatūnaDo you commit
6. ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality
7. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
8. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnasee

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Transliteration a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun tajhalūna

English Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

1. أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumWhy do you
2. لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
3. ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
4. شَهْوَةًۭshahwatan(with) lust
5. مِّنmininstead of
6. دُونِdūniinstead of
7. ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
8. بَلْbalNay
9. أَنتُمْantumyou
10. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
11. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Transliteration famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijū āla lūṭin min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna

English But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

1. ۞ فَمَاfamāBut not
2. كَانَkānawas
3. جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
4. قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
5. إِلَّآillāexcept
6. أَنanthat
7. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
8. أَخْرِجُوٓا۟akhrijūDrive out
9. ءَالَāla(the) family
10. لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut
11. مِّنminfrom
12. قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖqaryatikumyour town
13. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
14. أُنَاسٌۭunāsun(are) people
15. يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūnawho keep clean and pure

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَـٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Transliteration fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnāhā mina l-ghābirīna

English So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

1. فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuSo We saved him
2. وَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his family
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife
5. قَدَّرْنَـٰهَاqaddarnāhāWe destined her
6. مِنَmina(to be) of
7. ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remained behind

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Transliteration wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna

English And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

1. وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāAnd We rained
2. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
3. مَّطَرًۭا ۖmaṭarana rain
4. فَسَآءَfasāaand was evil
5. مَطَرُmaṭaru(the) rain
6. ٱلْمُنذَرِينَl-mundharīna(on) those who were warned

قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration quli l-ḥamdu lillahi wasalāmun ʿalā ʿibādihi alladhīna iṣ'ṭafā āllahu khayrun ammā yush'rikūna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Praise be to Allāh, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allāh better or what they associate with Him?"

1. قُلِquliSay
2. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise (be)
3. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
4. وَسَلَـٰمٌwasalāmunand peace (be)
5. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
6. عِبَادِهِʿibādihiHis slaves
7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
8. ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗiṣ'ṭafāHe has chosen
9. ءَآللَّهُāllahuIs Allah
10. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
11. أَمَّاammāor what
12. يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)

أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ

Transliteration amman khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa-anzala lakum mina l-samāi māan fa-anbatnā bihi ḥadāiqa dhāta bahjatin mā kāna lakum an tunbitū shajarahā a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal hum qawmun yaʿdilūna

English [More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

1. أَمَّنْammanOr Who
2. خَلَقَkhalaqahas created
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent down
6. لَكُمlakumfor you
7. مِّنَminafrom
8. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
9. مَآءًۭmāanwater
10. فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāAnd We caused to grow
11. بِهِۦbihithereby
12. حَدَآئِقَḥadāiqagardens
13. ذَاتَdhātaof beauty (and delight)
14. بَهْجَةٍۢbahjatinof beauty (and delight)
15. مَّاmānot
16. كَانَkānait is
17. لَكُمْlakumfor you
18. أَنanthat
19. تُنۢبِتُوا۟tunbitūyou cause to grow
20. شَجَرَهَآ ۗshajarahātheir trees
21. أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
22. مَّعَmaʿawith
23. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
24. بَلْbalNay
25. هُمْhumthey
26. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
27. يَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnawho ascribe equals

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَـٰلَهَآ أَنْهَـٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration amman jaʿala l-arḍa qarāran wajaʿala khilālahā anhāran wajaʿala lahā rawāsiya wajaʿala bayna l-baḥrayni ḥājizan a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

English Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.

1. أَمَّنammanOr Who
2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
3. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
4. قَرَارًۭاqarārana firm abode
5. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
6. خِلَـٰلَهَآkhilālahā(in) its midst
7. أَنْهَـٰرًۭاanhāranrivers
8. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
9. لَهَاlahāfor it
10. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
11. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
12. بَيْنَbaynabetween
13. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥraynithe two seas
14. حَاجِزًا ۗḥājizana barrier
15. أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
16. مَّعَmaʿawith
17. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
18. بَلْbalNay
19. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
20. لَاlā(do) not
21. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration amman yujību l-muḍ'ṭara idhā daʿāhu wayakshifu l-sūa wayajʿalukum khulafāa l-arḍi a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna

English Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allāh? Little do you remember.

1. أَمَّنammanOr Who
2. يُجِيبُyujīburesponds
3. ٱلْمُضْطَرَّl-muḍ'ṭara(to) the distressed one
4. إِذَاidhāwhen
5. دَعَاهُdaʿāhuhe calls Him
6. وَيَكْشِفُwayakshifuand He removes
7. ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evil
8. وَيَجْعَلُكُمْwayajʿalukumand makes you
9. خُلَفَآءَkhulafāainheritors
10. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍi(of) the earth
11. أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
12. مَّعَmaʿawith
13. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
14. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlanLittle
15. مَّاmā(is) what
16. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou remember

أَمَّن يَهْدِيكُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَن يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ تَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration amman yahdīkum fī ẓulumāti l-bari wal-baḥri waman yur'silu l-riyāḥa bush'ran bayna yaday raḥmatihi a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi taʿālā l-lahu ʿammā yush'rikūna

English Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allāh? High is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

1. أَمَّنammanOr Who
2. يَهْدِيكُمْyahdīkumguides you
3. فِىfīin
4. ظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumāti(the) darkness[es]
5. ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
6. وَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea
7. وَمَنwamanand Who
8. يُرْسِلُyur'silusends
9. ٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe winds
10. بُشْرًۢاbush'ran(as) glad tidings
11. بَيْنَbaynabefore
12. يَدَىْyadaybefore
13. رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗraḥmatihiHis Mercy
14. أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
15. مَّعَmaʿawith
16. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
17. تَعَـٰلَىtaʿālāHigh is
18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
19. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
20. يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)

أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration amman yabda-u l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhu waman yarzuqukum mina l-samāi wal-arḍi a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi qul hātū bur'hānakum in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allāh? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

1. أَمَّنammanOr Who
2. يَبْدَؤُا۟yabda-uoriginates
3. ٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creation
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. يُعِيدُهُۥyuʿīduhurepeats it
6. وَمَنwamanand Who
7. يَرْزُقُكُمyarzuqukumprovides you
8. مِّنَminafrom
9. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavens
10. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
11. أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
12. مَّعَmaʿawith
13. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
14. قُلْqulSay
15. هَاتُوا۟hātūBring forth
16. بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumyour proof
17. إِنinif
18. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
19. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

Transliteration qul lā yaʿlamu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi l-ghayba illā l-lahu wamā yashʿurūna ayyāna yub'ʿathūna

English Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allāh, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."

1. قُلqulSay
2. لَّاlāNo (one)
3. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
4. مَنmanwhoever
5. فِىfī(is) in
6. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
7. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
8. ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba(of) the unseen
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
11. وَمَاwamāand not
12. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive
13. أَيَّانَayyānawhen
14. يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey will be resurrected

بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ

Transliteration bali iddāraka ʿil'muhum fī l-ākhirati bal hum fī shakkin min'hā bal hum min'hā ʿamūna

English Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.

1. بَلِbaliNay
2. ٱدَّٰرَكَiddārakais arrested
3. عِلْمُهُمْʿil'muhumtheir knowledge
4. فِىfīof
5. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
6. بَلْbalNay
7. هُمْhumthey
8. فِىfī(are) in
9. شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
10. مِّنْهَا ۖmin'hāabout it
11. بَلْbalNay
12. هُمhumthey
13. مِّنْهَاmin'hāabout it
14. عَمُونَʿamūna(are) blind

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū a-idhā kunnā turāban waābāunā a-innā lamukh'rajūna

English And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat, when
5. كُنَّاkunnāwe have become
6. تُرَٰبًۭاturābandust
7. وَءَابَآؤُنَآwaābāunāand our forefathers
8. أَئِنَّاa-innāwill we
9. لَمُخْرَجُونَlamukh'rajūnasurely be brought out

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration laqad wuʿid'nā hādhā naḥnu waābāunā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

English We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
2. وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
4. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
5. وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
6. مِنminbefore
7. قَبْلُqablubefore
8. إِنْinNot
9. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
10. إِلَّآillāexcept
11. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīrutales
12. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-muj'rimīna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
5. فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
6. كَيْفَkayfahow
7. كَانَkānawas
8. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
9. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna(of) the criminals

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

Transliteration walā taḥzan ʿalayhim walā takun fī ḍayqin mimmā yamkurūna

English And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تَحْزَنْtaḥzangrieve
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
4. وَلَاwalāand not
5. تَكُنtakunbe
6. فِىfīin
7. ضَيْقٍۢḍayqindistress
8. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
9. يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

1. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
2. مَتَىٰmatāWhen
3. هَـٰذَاhādhā(will) this
4. ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿdupromise (be fulfilled)
5. إِنinif
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
7. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Transliteration qul ʿasā an yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍu alladhī tastaʿjilūna

English Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.

1. قُلْqulSay
2. عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
3. أَنanthat
4. يَكُونَyakūnais
5. رَدِفَradifaclose behind
6. لَكُمlakumyou
7. بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
8. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
9. تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou seek to hasten

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Transliteration wa-inna rabbaka ladhū faḍlin ʿalā l-nāsi walākinna aktharahum lā yashkurūna

English And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful."

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
3. لَذُوladhū(is) full of Bounty
4. فَضْلٍfaḍlin(is) full of Bounty
5. عَلَىʿalāfor
6. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
7. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
8. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
9. لَاlā(are) not
10. يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

Transliteration wa-inna rabbaka layaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wamā yuʿ'linūna

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

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
3. لَيَعْلَمُlayaʿlamusurely knows
4. مَاmāwhat
5. تُكِنُّtukinnuconceals
6. صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir breasts
7. وَمَاwamāand what
8. يُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare

وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration wamā min ghāibatin fī l-samāi wal-arḍi illā fī kitābin mubīnin

English And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)
2. مِنْminany (thing)
3. غَآئِبَةٍۢghāibatinhidden
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
7. إِلَّاillābut
8. فِىfī(is) in
9. كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
10. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكْثَرَ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Transliteration inna hādhā l-qur'āna yaquṣṣu ʿalā banī is'rāīla akthara alladhī hum fīhi yakhtalifūna

English Indeed, this Qur’ān relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they disagree.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'āna[the] Quran
4. يَقُصُّyaquṣṣurelates
5. عَلَىٰʿalāto
6. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
8. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
9. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that
10. هُمْhumthey
11. فِيهِfīhiin it
12. يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnadiffer

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration wa-innahu lahudan waraḥmatun lil'mu'minīna

English And indeed, it is guidance and mercy for the believers.

1. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
2. لَهُدًۭىlahudan(is) surely a guidance
3. وَرَحْمَةٌۭwaraḥmatunand a mercy
4. لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration inna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum biḥuk'mihi wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

English Indeed, your Lord will judge between them by His [wise] judgement. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
3. يَقْضِىyaqḍīwill judge
4. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
5. بِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚbiḥuk'mihiby His Judgment
6. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
7. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
8. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration fatawakkal ʿalā l-lahi innaka ʿalā l-ḥaqi l-mubīni

English So rely upon Allāh; indeed, you are upon the clear truth.

1. فَتَوَكَّلْfatawakkalSo put your trust
2. عَلَىʿalāin
3. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
4. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
5. عَلَىʿalā(are) on
6. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
7. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnimanifest

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Transliteration innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīna

English Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.

1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
2. لَاlā(can) not
3. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
4. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
5. وَلَاwalāand not
6. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucan you cause to hear
7. ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
8. ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
9. إِذَاidhāwhen
10. وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn back
11. مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating

وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَـٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

Transliteration wamā anta bihādī l-ʿum'yi ʿan ḍalālatihim in tus'miʿu illā man yu'minu biāyātinā fahum mus'limūna

English And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh].

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَنتَanta(can) you
3. بِهَـٰدِىbihādīguide
4. ٱلْعُمْىِl-ʿum'yithe blind
5. عَنʿanfrom
6. ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖḍalālatihimtheir error
7. إِنinNot
8. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿuyou can cause to hear
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. مَنman(those) who
11. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
12. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Signs
13. فَهُمfahumso they
14. مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(are) Muslims

۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā waqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatan mina l-arḍi tukallimuhum anna l-nāsa kānū biāyātinā lā yūqinūna

English And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

1. ۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. وَقَعَwaqaʿa(is) fulfilled
3. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
4. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
5. أَخْرَجْنَاakhrajnāWe will bring forth
6. لَهُمْlahumfor them
7. دَآبَّةًۭdābbatana creature
8. مِّنَminafrom
9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
10. تُكَلِّمُهُمْtukallimuhumspeaking to them
11. أَنَّannathat
12. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
13. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
14. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināof Our Signs
15. لَاlānot
16. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnacertain

وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

Transliteration wayawma naḥshuru min kulli ummatin fawjan mimman yukadhibu biāyātinā fahum yūzaʿūna

English And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. نَحْشُرُnaḥshuruWe will gather
3. مِنminfrom
4. كُلِّkullievery
5. أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
6. فَوْجًۭاfawjana troop
7. مِّمَّنmimmanof (those) who
8. يُكَذِّبُyukadhibudeny
9. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
10. فَهُمْfahumand they
11. يُوزَعُونَyūzaʿūnawill be set in rows

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration ḥattā idhā jāū qāla akadhabtum biāyātī walam tuḥīṭū bihā ʿil'man ammādhā kuntum taʿmalūna

English Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. جَآءُوjāūthey come
4. قَالَqālaHe will say
5. أَكَذَّبْتُمakadhabtumDid you deny
6. بِـَٔايَـٰتِىbiāyātīMy Signs
7. وَلَمْwalamwhile not
8. تُحِيطُوا۟tuḥīṭūyou encompassed
9. بِهَاbihāthem
10. عِلْمًاʿil'man(in) knowledge
11. أَمَّاذَاammādhāor what
12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
13. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration wawaqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim bimā ẓalamū fahum lā yanṭiqūna

English And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

1. وَوَقَعَwawaqaʿaAnd (will be) fulfilled
2. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
3. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst them
4. بِمَاbimābecause
5. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
6. فَهُمْfahumand they
7. لَاlā(will) not
8. يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūnaspeak

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration alam yaraw annā jaʿalnā al-layla liyaskunū fīhi wal-nahāra mub'ṣiran inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

English Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
3. أَنَّاannāthat We
4. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā[We] have made
5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
6. لِيَسْكُنُوا۟liyaskunūthat they may rest
7. فِيهِfīhiin it
8. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
9. مُبْصِرًا ۚmub'ṣirangiving visibility
10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
11. فِىfīin
12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
13. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
14. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
15. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ

Transliteration wayawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fafaziʿa man fī l-samāwāti waman fī l-arḍi illā man shāa l-lahu wakullun atawhu dākhirīna

English And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allāh wills. And all will come to Him humbled.

1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
2. يُنفَخُyunfakhuwill be blown
3. فِىfī[in]
4. ٱلصُّورِl-ṣūrithe trumpet
5. فَفَزِعَfafaziʿaand will be terrified
6. مَنmanwhoever
7. فِىfī(is) in
8. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
9. وَمَنwamanand whoever
10. فِىfī(is) in
11. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. مَنmanwhom
14. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
15. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah wills
16. وَكُلٌّwakullunAnd all
17. أَتَوْهُatawhu(will) come to Him
18. دَٰخِرِينَdākhirīnahumbled

وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration watarā l-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wahiya tamurru marra l-saḥābi ṣun'ʿa l-lahi alladhī atqana kulla shayin innahu khabīrun bimā tafʿalūna

English And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.

1. وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you see
2. ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
3. تَحْسَبُهَاtaḥsabuhāthinking them
4. جَامِدَةًۭjāmidatanfirmly fixed
5. وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
6. تَمُرُّtamurruwill pass
7. مَرَّmarra(as the) passing
8. ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚl-saḥābi(of) the clouds
9. صُنْعَṣun'ʿa(The) Work
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
11. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīWho
12. أَتْقَنَatqanaperfected
13. كُلَّkullaall
14. شَىْءٍ ۚshayinthings
15. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
16. خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
17. بِمَاbimāof what
18. تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ

Transliteration man jāa bil-ḥasanati falahu khayrun min'hā wahum min fazaʿin yawma-idhin āminūna

English Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

1. مَنmanWhoever
2. جَآءَjāacomes
3. بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith the good
4. فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
5. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(will be) better
6. مِّنْهَاmin'hāthan it
7. وَهُمwahumand they
8. مِّنminfrom
9. فَزَعٍۢfazaʿin(the) terror
10. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhin(of) that Day
11. ءَامِنُونَāminūna(will be) safe

وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration waman jāa bil-sayi-ati fakubbat wujūhuhum fī l-nāri hal tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

English And whoever comes with an evil deed - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. جَآءَjāacomes
3. بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atiwith the evil
4. فَكُبَّتْfakubbatwill be cast down
5. وُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhumtheir faces
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
8. هَلْhalAre
9. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou recompensed
10. إِلَّاillāexcept
11. مَاmā(for) what
12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
13. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْبَلْدَةِ ٱلَّذِى حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُۥ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration innamā umir'tu an aʿbuda rabba hādhihi l-baldati alladhī ḥarramahā walahu kullu shayin wa-umir'tu an akūna mina l-mus'limīna

English [Say, O Muḥammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh].

1. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
2. أُمِرْتُumir'tuI am commanded
3. أَنْanthat
4. أَعْبُدَaʿbudaI worship
5. رَبَّrabba(the) Lord
6. هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) this
7. ٱلْبَلْدَةِl-baldaticity
8. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
9. حَرَّمَهَاḥarramahāmade it sacred
10. وَلَهُۥwalahuand to Him (belongs)
11. كُلُّkulluall
12. شَىْءٍۢ ۖshayinthings
13. وَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tuAnd I am commanded
14. أَنْanthat
15. أَكُونَakūnaI be
16. مِنَminaof
17. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe Muslims

وَأَنْ أَتْلُوَا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

Transliteration wa-an atluwā l-qur'āna famani ih'tadā fa-innamā yahtadī linafsihi waman ḍalla faqul innamā anā mina l-mundhirīna

English And to recite the Qur’ān." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."

1. وَأَنْwa-anAnd that
2. أَتْلُوَا۟atluwāI recite
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۖl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. فَمَنِfamaniAnd whoever
5. ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadāaccepts guidance
6. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
7. يَهْتَدِىyahtadīhe accepts guidance
8. لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖlinafsihifor himself
9. وَمَنwamanand whoever
10. ضَلَّḍallagoes astray
11. فَقُلْfaqulthen say
12. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
13. أَنَا۠anāI am
14. مِنَminaof
15. ٱلْمُنذِرِينَl-mundhirīnathe warners

وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration waquli l-ḥamdu lillahi sayurīkum āyātihi fataʿrifūnahā wamā rabbuka bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

English And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."

1. وَقُلِwaquliAnd say
2. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise (be)
3. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
4. سَيُرِيكُمْsayurīkumHe will show you
5. ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Signs
6. فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا ۚfataʿrifūnahāand you will recognize them
7. وَمَاwamāAnd your Lord is not
8. رَبُّكَrabbukaAnd your Lord is not
9. بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
10. عَمَّاʿammāof what
11. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do