Surah Ar-Ra'd in English: word by word, transliteration
Surah 13 · الرعد · The Thunder · 43 verses · 853 words
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Bismillah
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.
- بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
Verse 1
الٓمٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Transliteration alif-lam-meem-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi wa-alladhī unzila ilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yu'minūna
English Alif, Lām, Meem, Rā. These are the verses of the Book; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most of the people do not believe.
- الٓمٓر ۚalif-lam-meem-raAlif Laam Mim Ra
- تِلْكَtil'kaThese
- ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are) the Verses
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗl-kitābi(of) the Book
- وَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhīAnd that which
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
Verse 2
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ۖ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ
Transliteration al-lahu alladhī rafaʿa l-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā thumma is'tawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi wasakhara l-shamsa wal-qamara kullun yajrī li-ajalin musamman yudabbiru l-amra yufaṣṣilu l-āyāti laʿallakum biliqāi rabbikum tūqinūna
English It is Allāh who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- رَفَعَrafaʿaraised
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
- عَمَدٍۢʿamadinpillars
- تَرَوْنَهَا ۖtarawnahāthat you see
- ثُمَّthummathen
- ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖl-ʿarshithe Throne
- وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand subjected
- ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
- وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamaraand the moon
- كُلٌّۭkulluneach
- يَجْرِىyajrīrunning
- لِأَجَلٍۢli-ajalinfor a term
- مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusammanappointed
- يُدَبِّرُyudabbiruHe arranges
- ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe matter
- يُفَصِّلُyufaṣṣiluHe details
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
- لَعَلَّكُمlaʿallakumso that you may
- بِلِقَآءِbiliqāiin the meeting
- رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(with) your Lord
- تُوقِنُونَtūqinūnabelieve with certainty
Verse 3
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَدَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا ۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Transliteration wahuwa alladhī madda l-arḍa wajaʿala fīhā rawāsiya wa-anhāran wamin kulli l-thamarāti jaʿala fīhā zawjayni ith'nayni yugh'shī al-layla l-nahāra inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yatafakkarūna
English And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- مَدَّmaddaspread
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand placed
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
- وَأَنْهَـٰرًۭا ۖwa-anhāranand rivers
- وَمِنwaminand from
- كُلِّkulliall
- ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti(of) the fruits
- جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- زَوْجَيْنِzawjaynipairs
- ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖith'naynitwo
- يُغْشِىyugh'shīHe covers
- ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
- ٱلنَّهَارَ ۚl-nahāra(with) the day
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho ponder
Verse 4
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُّتَجَـٰوِرَٰتٌ وَجَنَّـٰتٌ مِّنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَىٰ بِمَآءٍ وَٰحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلْأُكُلِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
Transliteration wafī l-arḍi qiṭaʿun mutajāwirātun wajannātun min aʿnābin wazarʿun wanakhīlun ṣin'wānun waghayru ṣin'wānin yus'qā bimāin wāḥidin wanufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fī l-ukuli inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna
English And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
- وَفِىwafīAnd in
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- قِطَعٌۭqiṭaʿunare tracks
- مُّتَجَـٰوِرَٰتٌۭmutajāwirātunneighboring
- وَجَنَّـٰتٌۭwajannātunand gardens
- مِّنْminof
- أَعْنَـٰبٍۢaʿnābingrapevines
- وَزَرْعٌۭwazarʿunand crops
- وَنَخِيلٌۭwanakhīlunand date-palms
- صِنْوَانٌۭṣin'wānuntrees (growing) from a single root
- وَغَيْرُwaghayruand not
- صِنْوَانٍۢṣin'wānintrees (growing) from a single root
- يُسْقَىٰyus'qāwatered
- بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
- وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone
- وَنُفَضِّلُwanufaḍḍilubut We cause to exceed
- بَعْضَهَاbaʿḍahāsome of them
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأُكُلِ ۚl-ukulithe fruit
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use reason
Verse 5
۞ وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
Transliteration wa-in taʿjab faʿajabun qawluhum a-idhā kunnā turāban a-innā lafī khalqin jadīdin ulāika alladhīna kafarū birabbihim wa-ulāika l-aghlālu fī aʿnāqihim wa-ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna
English And if you are astonished, [O Muḥammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
- ۞ وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تَعْجَبْtaʿjabyou (are) astonished
- فَعَجَبٌۭfaʿajabunthen astonishing
- قَوْلُهُمْqawluhum(is) their saying
- أَءِذَاa-idhāWhen
- كُنَّاkunnāwe are
- تُرَٰبًاturābandust
- أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
- لَفِىlafī(be) indeed, in
- خَلْقٍۢkhalqina creation
- جَدِيدٍ ۗjadīdinnew
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖbirabbihimin their Lord
- وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
- ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُl-aghlāluthe iron chains
- فِىٓfī(will be) in
- أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖaʿnāqihimtheir necks
- وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikathose
- أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
- ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
- هُمْhumthey
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever
Verse 6
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِمُ ٱلْمَثُلَـٰتُ ۗ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ ظُلْمِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ
Transliteration wayastaʿjilūnaka bil-sayi-ati qabla l-ḥasanati waqad khalat min qablihimu l-mathulātu wa-inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratin lilnnāsi ʿalā ẓul'mihim wa-inna rabbaka lashadīdu l-ʿiqābi
English They impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.
- وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَwayastaʿjilūnakaAnd they ask you to hasten
- بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atithe evil
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- ٱلْحَسَنَةِl-ḥasanatithe good
- وَقَدْwaqadand verily
- خَلَتْkhalathas occurred
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِهِمُqablihimubefore them
- ٱلْمَثُلَـٰتُ ۗl-mathulātu[the] similar punishments
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- لَذُوladhū(is) full
- مَغْفِرَةٍۢmaghfiratin(of) forgiveness
- لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
- عَلَىٰʿalāfor
- ظُلْمِهِمْ ۖẓul'mihimtheir wrongdoing
- وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- لَشَدِيدُlashadīdu(is) severe
- ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the penalty
Verse 7
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ
Transliteration wayaqūlu alladhīna kafarū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyatun min rabbihi innamā anta mundhirun walikulli qawmin hādin
English And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.
- وَيَقُولُwayaqūluAnd say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been sent down
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
- ءَايَةٌۭāyatuna sign
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۗrabbihihis Lord
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أَنتَantayou
- مُنذِرٌۭ ۖmundhirun(are) a warner
- وَلِكُلِّwalikulliand for every
- قَوْمٍqawminpeople
- هَادٍhādin(is) a guide
Verse 8
ٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ ٱلْأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ ۖ وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ عِندَهُۥ بِمِقْدَارٍ
Transliteration al-lahu yaʿlamu mā taḥmilu kullu unthā wamā taghīḍu l-arḥāmu wamā tazdādu wakullu shayin ʿindahu bimiq'dārin
English Allāh knows what every female carries and what the wombs lose [prematurely] or exceed. And everything with Him is by due measure.
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- مَاmāwhat
- تَحْمِلُtaḥmilucarries
- كُلُّkulluevery
- أُنثَىٰunthāfemale
- وَمَاwamāand what
- تَغِيضُtaghīḍufall short
- ٱلْأَرْحَامُl-arḥāmuthe womb
- وَمَاwamāand what
- تَزْدَادُ ۖtazdāduthey exceed
- وَكُلُّwakulluAnd every
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him
- بِمِقْدَارٍbimiq'dārin(is) in due proportion
Verse 9
عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ٱلْمُتَعَالِ
Transliteration ʿālimu l-ghaybi wal-shahādati l-kabīru l-mutaʿāli
English [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.
- عَـٰلِمُʿālimuKnower
- ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
- وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the witnessed
- ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe Most Great
- ٱلْمُتَعَالِl-mutaʿālithe Most High
Verse 10
سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ
Transliteration sawāon minkum man asarra l-qawla waman jahara bihi waman huwa mus'takhfin bi-al-layli wasāribun bil-nahāri
English It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.
- سَوَآءٌۭsawāon(It is) same (to Him)
- مِّنكُمminkum[of you]
- مَّنْman(one) who
- أَسَرَّasarraconceals
- ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe speech
- وَمَنwamanor (one) who
- جَهَرَjaharapublicizes
- بِهِۦbihiit
- وَمَنْwamanand (one) who
- هُوَhuwa[he]
- مُسْتَخْفٍۭmus'takhfin(is) hidden
- بِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliby night
- وَسَارِبٌۢwasāribunor goes freely
- بِٱلنَّهَارِbil-nahāriby day
Verse 11
لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ
Transliteration lahu muʿaqqibātun min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi yaḥfaẓūnahu min amri l-lahi inna l-laha lā yughayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-anfusihim wa-idhā arāda l-lahu biqawmin sūan falā maradda lahu wamā lahum min dūnihi min wālin
English For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
- لَهُۥlahuFor him
- مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌۭmuʿaqqibātun(are) successive (Angels)
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَيْنِbayni(before)
- يَدَيْهِyadayhi(him)
- وَمِنْwaminand from
- خَلْفِهِۦkhalfihiand behind him
- يَحْفَظُونَهُۥyaḥfaẓūnahuwho guard him
- مِنْminby
- أَمْرِamri(the) command
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يُغَيِّرُyughayyiruchange
- مَاmā(the condition)
- بِقَوْمٍbiqawminof a people
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُغَيِّرُوا۟yughayyirūthey change
- مَاmāwhat
- بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗbi-anfusihim(is) in themselves
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَرَادَarādawills
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِقَوْمٍۢbiqawminfor a people
- سُوٓءًۭاsūanmisfortune
- فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
- مَرَدَّmaraddaturning away
- لَهُۥ ۚlahuof it
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- مِنminany
- وَالٍwālinprotector
Verse 12
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرِيكُمُ ٱلْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ
Transliteration huwa alladhī yurīkumu l-barqa khawfan waṭamaʿan wayunshi-u l-saḥāba l-thiqāla
English It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- يُرِيكُمُyurīkumushows you
- ٱلْبَرْقَl-barqathe lightning
- خَوْفًۭاkhawfana fear
- وَطَمَعًۭاwaṭamaʿanand a hope
- وَيُنشِئُwayunshi-uand brings up
- ٱلسَّحَابَl-saḥābathe clouds
- ٱلثِّقَالَl-thiqālathe heavy
Verse 13
وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمْ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ
Transliteration wayusabbiḥu l-raʿdu biḥamdihi wal-malāikatu min khīfatihi wayur'silu l-ṣawāʿiqa fayuṣību bihā man yashāu wahum yujādilūna fī l-lahi wahuwa shadīdu l-miḥāli
English And the thunder exalts [Allāh] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allāh; and He is severe in assault.
- وَيُسَبِّحُwayusabbiḥuAnd glorifies
- ٱلرَّعْدُl-raʿduthe thunder
- بِحَمْدِهِۦbiḥamdihiwith his praise
- وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
- مِنْminfor
- خِيفَتِهِۦkhīfatihifear of Him
- وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluAnd He sends
- ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَl-ṣawāʿiqathe thunderbolts
- فَيُصِيبُfayuṣībuand strikes
- بِهَاbihāwith it
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَهُمْwahumyet they
- يُجَـٰدِلُونَyujādilūnadispute
- فِىfīabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) Mighty
- ٱلْمِحَالِl-miḥāli(in) Strength
Verse 14
لَهُۥ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَىْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَـٰسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا دُعَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ
Transliteration lahu daʿwatu l-ḥaqi wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi lā yastajībūna lahum bishayin illā kabāsiṭi kaffayhi ilā l-māi liyablugha fāhu wamā huwa bibālighihi wamā duʿāu l-kāfirīna illā fī ḍalālin
English To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].
- لَهُۥlahuTo Him
- دَعْوَةُdaʿwatu(is) supplication
- ٱلْحَقِّ ۖl-ḥaqi(of) the truth
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- لَاlānot
- يَسْتَجِيبُونَyastajībūnathey respond
- لَهُمlahumto them
- بِشَىْءٍbishayinwith a thing
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كَبَـٰسِطِkabāsiṭilike one who stretches
- كَفَّيْهِkaffayhihis hands
- إِلَىilātowards
- ٱلْمَآءِl-māiwater
- لِيَبْلُغَliyablughato reach
- فَاهُfāhuhis mouth
- وَمَاwamābut not
- هُوَhuwait
- بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚbibālighihireaches it
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- دُعَآءُduʿāu(is) the supplication
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
- إِلَّاillābut
- فِىfīin
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
Verse 15
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَـٰلُهُم بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩
Transliteration walillahi yasjudu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿan wakarhan waẓilāluhum bil-ghuduwi wal-āṣāli
English And to Allāh prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.
- وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to Allah
- يَسْجُدُyasjuduprostrates
- مَنmanwhoever
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
- طَوْعًۭاṭawʿanwillingly
- وَكَرْهًۭاwakarhanor unwillingly
- وَظِلَـٰلُهُمwaẓilāluhumand (so do) their shadows
- بِٱلْغُدُوِّbil-ghuduwiin the mornings
- وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩wal-āṣāliand in the afternoons
Verse 16
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ أَمْ جَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُوا۟ كَخَلْقِهِۦ فَتَشَـٰبَهَ ٱلْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ
Transliteration qul man rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi quli l-lahu qul afa-ittakhadhtum min dūnihi awliyāa lā yamlikūna li-anfusihim nafʿan walā ḍarran qul hal yastawī l-aʿmā wal-baṣīru am hal tastawī l-ẓulumātu wal-nūru am jaʿalū lillahi shurakāa khalaqū kakhalqihi fatashābaha l-khalqu ʿalayhim quli l-lahu khāliqu kulli shayin wahuwa l-wāḥidu l-qahāru
English Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."
- قُلْqulSay
- مَنmanWho
- رَّبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
- قُلْqulSay
- أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُمafa-ittakhadhtumHave you then taken
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- لَاlānot
- يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
- لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
- نَفْعًۭاnafʿan(to) benefit
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ضَرًّۭا ۚḍarran(to) harm
- قُلْqulSay
- هَلْhalIs
- يَسْتَوِىyastawīequal
- ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind
- وَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruand the seeing
- أَمْamOr
- هَلْhalis
- تَسْتَوِىtastawīequal
- ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُl-ẓulumātuthe darkness[es]
- وَٱلنُّورُ ۗwal-nūruand the light
- أَمْamOr
- جَعَلُوا۟jaʿalūthey attribute
- لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
- شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
- خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūwho created
- كَخَلْقِهِۦkakhalqihilike His creation
- فَتَشَـٰبَهَfatashābahaso that seemed alike
- ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalquthe creation
- عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- خَـٰلِقُkhāliqu(is) the Creator
- كُلِّkulliof all
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
- وَهُوَwahuwaand He
- ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥidu(is) the One
- ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُl-qahāruthe Irresistible
Verse 17
أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَالَتْ أَوْدِيَةٌۢ بِقَدَرِهَا فَٱحْتَمَلَ ٱلسَّيْلُ زَبَدًا رَّابِيًا ۚ وَمِمَّا يُوقِدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ٱبْتِغَآءَ حِلْيَةٍ أَوْ مَتَـٰعٍ زَبَدٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَٱلْبَـٰطِلَ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلزَّبَدُ فَيَذْهَبُ جُفَآءً ۖ وَأَمَّا مَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ
Transliteration anzala mina l-samāi māan fasālat awdiyatun biqadarihā fa-iḥ'tamala l-saylu zabadan rābiyan wamimmā yūqidūna ʿalayhi fī l-nāri ib'tighāa ḥil'yatin aw matāʿin zabadun mith'luhu kadhālika yaḍribu l-lahu l-ḥaqa wal-bāṭila fa-ammā l-zabadu fayadhhabu jufāan wa-ammā mā yanfaʿu l-nāsa fayamkuthu fī l-arḍi kadhālika yaḍribu l-lahu l-amthāla
English He sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allāh presents [the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allāh present examples.
- أَنزَلَanzalaHe sends down
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
- مَآءًۭmāanwater
- فَسَالَتْfasālatand flows
- أَوْدِيَةٌۢawdiyatunthe valleys
- بِقَدَرِهَاbiqadarihāaccording to their measure
- فَٱحْتَمَلَfa-iḥ'tamalaand carries
- ٱلسَّيْلُl-sayluthe torrent
- زَبَدًۭاzabadana foam
- رَّابِيًۭا ۚrābiyanrising
- وَمِمَّاwamimmāAnd from what
- يُوقِدُونَyūqidūnathey heat
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on] it
- فِىfīin
- ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe fire
- ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāain order to make
- حِلْيَةٍḥil'yatinornaments
- أَوْawor
- مَتَـٰعٍۢmatāʿinutensils
- زَبَدٌۭzabaduna foam
- مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚmith'luhulike it
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- يَضْرِبُyaḍribusets forth
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
- وَٱلْبَـٰطِلَ ۚwal-bāṭilaand the falsehood
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
- ٱلزَّبَدُl-zabaduthe foam
- فَيَذْهَبُfayadhhabuit passes away
- جُفَآءًۭ ۖjufāan(as) scum
- وَأَمَّاwa-ammāand as for
- مَاmāwhat
- يَنفَعُyanfaʿubenefits
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
- فَيَمْكُثُfayamkuthuremains
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- يَضْرِبُyaḍribuAllah sets forth
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sets forth
- ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
Verse 18
لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْحِسَابِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ
Transliteration lilladhīna is'tajābū lirabbihimu l-ḥus'nā wa-alladhīna lam yastajībū lahu law anna lahum mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan wamith'lahu maʿahu la-if'tadaw bihi ulāika lahum sūu l-ḥisābi wamawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-mihādu
English For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those who
- ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūresponded
- لِرَبِّهِمُlirabbihimuto their Lord
- ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nā(is) the bliss
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd for those who
- لَمْlam(did) not
- يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūrespond
- لَهُۥlahuto Him
- لَوْlawif
- أَنَّannathat
- لَهُمlahumthey had
- مَّاmāwhatever
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
- وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand like of it
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
- لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟la-if'tadawsurely they would offer ransom
- بِهِۦٓ ۚbihiwith it
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- سُوٓءُsūu(is) a terrible
- ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābireckoning
- وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumand their abode
- جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
- وَبِئْسَwabi'saand wretched
- ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu(is) the resting place
Verse 19
۞ أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
Transliteration afaman yaʿlamu annamā unzila ilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqu kaman huwa aʿmā innamā yatadhakkaru ulū l-albābi
English Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -
- ۞ أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) who
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- أَنَّمَآannamāthat which
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
- كَمَنْkamanlike (one) who
- هُوَhuwa[he]
- أَعْمَىٰٓ ۚaʿmā(is) blind
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkarupay heed
- أُو۟لُوا۟ulūmen
- ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
Verse 20
ٱلَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَنقُضُونَ ٱلْمِيثَـٰقَ
Transliteration alladhīna yūfūna biʿahdi l-lahi walā yanquḍūna l-mīthāqa
English Those who fulfill the covenant of Allāh and do not break the contract,
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- يُوفُونَyūfūnafulfill
- بِعَهْدِbiʿahdithe covenant
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَنقُضُونَyanquḍūnathey break
- ٱلْمِيثَـٰقَl-mīthāqathe contract
Verse 21
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُوٓءَ ٱلْحِسَابِ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna yaṣilūna mā amara l-lahu bihi an yūṣala wayakhshawna rabbahum wayakhāfūna sūa l-ḥisābi
English And those who join that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnajoin
- مَآmāwhat
- أَمَرَamara(has been) commanded
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- بِهِۦٓbihi[for it]
- أَنanto
- يُوصَلَyūṣalabe joined
- وَيَخْشَوْنَwayakhshawnaand fear
- رَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord
- وَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūnaand are afraid
- سُوٓءَsūa(of) the evil
- ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābithe account
Verse 22
وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna ṣabarū ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihim wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata wa-anfaqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirran waʿalāniyatan wayadraūna bil-ḥasanati l-sayi-ata ulāika lahum ʿuq'bā l-dāri
English And those who are patient, seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
- ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
- وَجْهِwajhi(the) Face
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
- وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand spend
- مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
- رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumWe have provided them
- سِرًّۭاsirransecretly
- وَعَلَانِيَةًۭwaʿalāniyatanand publicly
- وَيَدْرَءُونَwayadraūnaand they repel
- بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith the good
- ٱلسَّيِّئَةَl-sayi-atathe evil
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final attainment
- ٱلدَّارِl-dāri(of) the Home
Verse 23
جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْ ۖ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍ
Transliteration jannātu ʿadnin yadkhulūnahā waman ṣalaḥa min ābāihim wa-azwājihim wadhurriyyātihim wal-malāikatu yadkhulūna ʿalayhim min kulli bābin
English Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying],
- جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens
- عَدْنٍۢʿadninof Eden
- يَدْخُلُونَهَاyadkhulūnahāthey will enter them
- وَمَنwamanand whoever
- صَلَحَṣalaḥa(were) righteous
- مِنْminamong
- ءَابَآئِهِمْābāihimtheir fathers
- وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْwa-azwājihimand their spouses
- وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْ ۖwadhurriyyātihimand their offsprings
- وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuAnd the Angels
- يَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnawill enter
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
- مِّنminfrom
- كُلِّkullievery
- بَابٍۢbābingate
Verse 24
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُم بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ ۚ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
Transliteration salāmun ʿalaykum bimā ṣabartum faniʿ'ma ʿuq'bā l-dāri
English "Peace [i.e., security] be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home."
- سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun(Saying), "Peace
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum(be) upon you
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- صَبَرْتُمْ ۚṣabartumyou patiently endured
- فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'maAnd excellent
- عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final attainment
- ٱلدَّارِl-dāri(of) the Home
Verse 25
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna yanquḍūna ʿahda l-lahi min baʿdi mīthāqihi wayaqṭaʿūna mā amara l-lahu bihi an yūṣala wayuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi ulāika lahumu l-laʿnatu walahum sūu l-dāri
English But those who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يَنقُضُونَyanquḍūnabreak
- عَهْدَʿahdathe covenant
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مِيثَـٰقِهِۦmīthāqihicontracting it
- وَيَقْطَعُونَwayaqṭaʿūnaand sever
- مَآmāwhat
- أَمَرَamara(has been) commanded
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- بِهِۦٓbihifor it
- أَنanto
- يُوصَلَyūṣalabe joined
- وَيُفْسِدُونَwayuf'sidūnaand spread corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۙl-arḍithe earth
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- لَهُمُlahumufor them
- ٱللَّعْنَةُl-laʿnatu(is) the curse
- وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
- سُوٓءُsūu(is) an evil
- ٱلدَّارِl-dārihome
Verse 26
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعٌ
Transliteration al-lahu yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru wafariḥū bil-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā fī l-ākhirati illā matāʿun
English Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيَقْدِرُ ۚwayaqdiruand restricts
- وَفَرِحُوا۟wafariḥūAnd they rejoice
- بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِbil-ḥayatiin the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- وَمَاwamāand nothing
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāof the world
- فِىfīin (comparison to)
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَتَـٰعٌۭmatāʿunan enjoyment
Verse 27
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ أَنَابَ
Transliteration wayaqūlu alladhīna kafarū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyatun min rabbihi qul inna l-laha yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī ilayhi man anāba
English And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, Allāh leaves astray whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him] -
- وَيَقُولُwayaqūluAnd say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- لَوْلَآlawlāWhy has not
- أُنزِلَunzilabeen sent down
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
- ءَايَةٌۭāyatuna Sign
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِۦ ۗrabbihihis Lord
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- يُضِلُّyuḍillulets go astray
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīand guides
- إِلَيْهِilayhito Himself
- مَنْmanwhoever
- أَنَابَanābaturns back
Verse 28
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ
Transliteration alladhīna āmanū wataṭma-innu qulūbuhum bidhik'ri l-lahi alā bidhik'ri l-lahi taṭma-innu l-qulūbu
English Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allāh. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts are assured."
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- وَتَطْمَئِنُّwataṭma-innuand find satisfaction
- قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
- بِذِكْرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
- أَلَاalāNo doubt
- بِذِكْرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- تَطْمَئِنُّtaṭma-innufind satisfaction
- ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
Verse 29
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ
Transliteration alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti ṭūbā lahum waḥus'nu maābin
English Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
- طُوبَىٰṭūbāblessedness
- لَهُمْlahum(is) for them
- وَحُسْنُwaḥus'nuand a beautiful
- مَـَٔابٍۢmaābinplace of return
Verse 30
كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ فِىٓ أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ
Transliteration kadhālika arsalnāka fī ummatin qad khalat min qablihā umamun litatluwā ʿalayhimu alladhī awḥaynā ilayka wahum yakfurūna bil-raḥmāni qul huwa rabbī lā ilāha illā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ilayhi matābi
English Thus have We sent you to a community before which [other] communities have passed on so you might recite to them that which We revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Most Merciful. Say, "He is my Lord; there is no deity except Him. Upon Him I rely, and to Him is my return."
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
- فِىٓfīto
- أُمَّةٍۢummatina nation
- قَدْqadverily
- خَلَتْkhalathave passed away
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِهَآqablihābefore it
- أُمَمٌۭumamunnations
- لِّتَتْلُوَا۟litatluwāso that you might recite
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto them
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhat
- أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve
- بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚbil-raḥmāniin the Most Gracious
- قُلْqulSay
- هُوَhuwaHe
- رَبِّىrabbī(is) my Lord
- لَآlā(there is) no
- إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- هُوَhuwaHim
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiUpon Him
- تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuI put my trust
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- مَتَابِmatābi(is) my return
Verse 31
وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْءَانًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ ٱلْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۗ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ وَعْدُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ
Transliteration walaw anna qur'ānan suyyirat bihi l-jibālu aw quṭṭiʿat bihi l-arḍu aw kullima bihi l-mawtā bal lillahi l-amru jamīʿan afalam yāy'asi alladhīna āmanū an law yashāu l-lahu lahadā l-nāsa jamīʿan walā yazālu alladhīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun aw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yatiya waʿdu l-lahi inna l-laha lā yukh'lifu l-mīʿāda
English And if there was any Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak, [it would be this Qur’ān], but to Allāh belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allāh willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- أَنَّannathat was
- قُرْءَانًۭاqur'ānanany Quran
- سُيِّرَتْsuyyiratcould be moved
- بِهِbihiby it
- ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
- أَوْawor
- قُطِّعَتْquṭṭiʿatcould be cloven asunder
- بِهِbihiby it
- ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
- أَوْawor
- كُلِّمَkullimacould be made to speak
- بِهِbihiby it
- ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۗl-mawtāthe dead
- بَلbalNay
- لِّلَّهِlillahiwith Allah
- ٱلْأَمْرُl-amru(is) the command
- جَمِيعًا ۗjamīʿanall
- أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
- يَا۟يْـَٔسِyāy'asiknow
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
- أَنanthat
- لَّوْlawif
- يَشَآءُyashāuhad willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَهَدَىlahadāsurely, He would have guided
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaall
- جَمِيعًۭا ۗjamīʿanall of the mankind
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- يَزَالُyazāluwill cease
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- تُصِيبُهُمtuṣībuhumto strike them
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey did
- قَارِعَةٌqāriʿatuna disaster
- أَوْawor
- تَحُلُّtaḥulluit settles
- قَرِيبًۭاqarībanclose
- مِّنminfrom
- دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homes
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
- وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(will) not
- يُخْلِفُyukh'lifufail
- ٱلْمِيعَادَl-mīʿāda(in) the Promise
Verse 32
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ
Transliteration walaqadi us'tuh'zi-a birusulin min qablika fa-amlaytu lilladhīna kafarū thumma akhadhtuhum fakayfa kāna ʿiqābi
English And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
- وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd certainly
- ٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-awere mocked
- بِرُسُلٍۢbirusulinMessengers
- مِّنminfrom
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- فَأَمْلَيْتُfa-amlaytubut I granted respite
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- ثُمَّthummathen
- أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖakhadhtuhumI seized them
- فَكَيْفَfakayfaand how
- كَانَkānawas
- عِقَابِʿiqābiMy penalty
Verse 33
أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۗ وَجَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ ۚ أَمْ تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَم بِظَـٰهِرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۗ بَلْ زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مَكْرُهُمْ وَصُدُّوا۟ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ
Transliteration afaman huwa qāimun ʿalā kulli nafsin bimā kasabat wajaʿalū lillahi shurakāa qul sammūhum am tunabbiūnahu bimā lā yaʿlamu fī l-arḍi am biẓāhirin mina l-qawli bal zuyyina lilladhīna kafarū makruhum waṣuddū ʿani l-sabīli waman yuḍ'lili l-lahu famā lahu min hādin
English Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allāh they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent [i.e., alleged] of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allāh sends astray - there will be for him no guide.
- أَفَمَنْafamanIs then He Who
- هُوَhuwa(He)
- قَآئِمٌqāimun(is) a Maintainer
- عَلَىٰʿalāof
- كُلِّkullievery
- نَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- كَسَبَتْ ۗkasabatit has earned
- وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūYet they ascribe
- لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
- شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
- قُلْqulSay
- سَمُّوهُمْ ۚsammūhumName them
- أَمْamOr
- تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥtunabbiūnahu(do) you inform Him
- بِمَاbimāof what
- لَاlānot
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- أَمamor
- بِظَـٰهِرٍۢbiẓāhirinof the apparent
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْقَوْلِ ۗl-qawlithe words
- بَلْbalNay
- زُيِّنَzuyyina(is) made fair-seeming
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- مَكْرُهُمْmakruhumtheir plotting
- وَصُدُّوا۟waṣuddūand they are hindered
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗl-sabīlithe Path
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يُضْلِلِyuḍ'lili(by) Allah
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- مِنْminany
- هَادٍۢhādinguide
Verse 34
لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ
Transliteration lahum ʿadhābun fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati ashaqqu wamā lahum mina l-lahi min wāqin
English For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.
- لَّهُمْlahumFor them
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
- ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
- وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuand surely the punishment
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
- أَشَقُّ ۖashaqqu(is) harder
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنَminaagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مِنminany
- وَاقٍۢwāqindefender
Verse 35
۞ مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ أُكُلُهَا دَآئِمٌ وَظِلُّهَا ۚ تِلْكَ عُقْبَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ ۖ وَّعُقْبَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ٱلنَّارُ
Transliteration mathalu l-janati allatī wuʿida l-mutaqūna tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru ukuluhā dāimun waẓilluhā til'ka ʿuq'bā alladhīna ittaqaw waʿuq'bā l-kāfirīna l-nāru
English The example [i.e., description] of Paradise, which the righteous have been promised, is [that] beneath it rivers flow. Its fruit is lasting, and its shade. That is the consequence for the righteous, and the consequence for the disbelievers is the Fire.
- ۞ مَّثَلُmathaluThe example
- ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiof Paradise
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- وُعِدَwuʿida(is) promised
- ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖl-mutaqūna(to) the righteous
- تَجْرِىtajrīflows
- مِنminfrom
- تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
- ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖl-anhāruthe rivers
- أُكُلُهَاukuluhāIts food
- دَآئِمٌۭdāimun(is) everlasting
- وَظِلُّهَا ۚwaẓilluhāand its shade
- تِلْكَtil'kaThis
- عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is the) end
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaof those who
- ٱتَّقَوا۟ ۖittaqaw(are) righteous
- وَّعُقْبَىwaʿuq'bāand (the) end
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
- ٱلنَّارُl-nāru(is) the Fire
Verse 36
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ مَن يُنكِرُ بَعْضَهُۥ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَلَآ أُشْرِكَ بِهِۦٓ ۚ إِلَيْهِ أَدْعُوا۟ وَإِلَيْهِ مَـَٔابِ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yafraḥūna bimā unzila ilayka wamina l-aḥzābi man yunkiru baʿḍahu qul innamā umir'tu an aʿbuda l-laha walā ush'rika bihi ilayhi adʿū wa-ilayhi maābi
English And [the believers among] those to whom We have given the [previous] Scripture rejoice at what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], but among the [opposing] factions are those who deny part of it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship Allāh and not associate [anything] with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return."
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those (to) whom
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe have given them
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- يَفْرَحُونَyafraḥūnarejoice
- بِمَآbimāat what
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
- وَمِنَwaminabut among
- ٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe groups
- مَنman(those) who
- يُنكِرُyunkirudeny
- بَعْضَهُۥ ۚbaʿḍahua part of it
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أُمِرْتُumir'tuI have been commanded
- أَنْanthat
- أَعْبُدَaʿbudaI worship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أُشْرِكَush'rikaI associate partners
- بِهِۦٓ ۚbihiwith Him
- إِلَيْهِilayhiTo Him
- أَدْعُوا۟adʿūI call
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- مَـَٔابِmaābi(is) my return
Verse 37
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّا ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا وَاقٍ
Transliteration wakadhālika anzalnāhu ḥuk'man ʿarabiyyan wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum baʿdamā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi mā laka mina l-lahi min waliyyin walā wāqin
English And thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allāh any ally or any protector.
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have revealed it
- حُكْمًاḥuk'man(to be) a judgment of authority
- عَرَبِيًّۭا ۚʿarabiyyan(in) Arabic
- وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd if
- ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou follow
- أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
- بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamāafter what
- جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
- مَاmānot
- لَكَlakafor you
- مِنَminaagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مِنminany
- وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
- وَلَاwalāand not
- وَاقٍۢwāqindefender
Verse 38
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ
Transliteration walaqad arsalnā rusulan min qablika wajaʿalnā lahum azwājan wadhurriyyatan wamā kāna lirasūlin an yatiya biāyatin illā bi-idh'ni l-lahi likulli ajalin kitābun
English And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- رُسُلًۭاrusulanMessengers
- مِّنminfrom
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanwives
- وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚwadhurriyyatanand offspring
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinfor a Messenger
- أَنanthat
- يَأْتِىَyatiyahe comes
- بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a sign
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby the leave
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
- لِكُلِّlikulliFor everything
- أَجَلٍۢajalin(is) a time
- كِتَابٌۭkitābunprescribed
Verse 39
يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ ۖ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
Transliteration yamḥū l-lahu mā yashāu wayuth'bitu waʿindahu ummu l-kitābi
English Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
- يَمْحُوا۟yamḥū(Is) eliminated
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيُثْبِتُ ۖwayuth'bituand confirms
- وَعِندَهُۥٓwaʿindahuand with Him
- أُمُّummu(is) the Mother (of) the Book
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(is) the Mother (of) the Book
Verse 40
وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ وَعَلَيْنَا ٱلْحِسَابُ
Transliteration wa-in mā nuriyannaka baʿḍa alladhī naʿiduhum aw natawaffayannaka fa-innamā ʿalayka l-balāghu waʿalaynā l-ḥisābu
English And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.
- وَإِنwa-inAnd whether
- مَّاmā(what)
- نُرِيَنَّكَnuriyannakaWe show you
- بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) what
- نَعِدُهُمْnaʿiduhumWe have promised them
- أَوْawor
- نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَnatawaffayannakaWe cause you to die
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāso only
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
- ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghu(is) the conveyance
- وَعَلَيْنَاwaʿalaynāand on Us
- ٱلْحِسَابُl-ḥisābu(is) the reckoning
Verse 41
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
Transliteration awalam yaraw annā natī l-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā wal-lahu yaḥkumu lā muʿaqqiba liḥuk'mihi wahuwa sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
English Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allāh decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.
- أَوَلَمْawalamDid not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- أَنَّاannāthat We
- نَأْتِىnatīcome
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the land
- نَنقُصُهَاnanquṣuhāreducing it
- مِنْminfrom
- أَطْرَافِهَا ۚaṭrāfihāits borders
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- يَحْكُمُyaḥkumujudges
- لَاlā(there is) no
- مُعَقِّبَmuʿaqqibaadjuster
- لِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚliḥuk'mihi(of) His Judgment
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) Swift
- ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) the reckoning
Verse 42
وَقَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلْكُفَّـٰرُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
Transliteration waqad makara alladhīna min qablihim falillahi l-makru jamīʿan yaʿlamu mā taksibu kullu nafsin wasayaʿlamu l-kufāru liman ʿuq'bā l-dāri
English And those before them had plotted, but to Allāh belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.
- وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
- مَكَرَmakaraplotted
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) from
- قَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them
- فَلِلَّهِfalillahibut for Allah
- ٱلْمَكْرُl-makru(is) the plot
- جَمِيعًۭا ۖjamīʿanall
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- مَاmāwhat
- تَكْسِبُtaksibuearns
- كُلُّkulluevery
- نَفْسٍۢ ۗnafsinsoul
- وَسَيَعْلَمُwasayaʿlamuand will know
- ٱلْكُفَّـٰرُl-kufāruthe disbelievers
- لِمَنْlimanfor whom
- عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final
- ٱلدَّارِl-dārithe home
Verse 43
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَسْتَ مُرْسَلًا ۚ قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
Transliteration wayaqūlu alladhīna kafarū lasta mur'salan qul kafā bil-lahi shahīdan baynī wabaynakum waman ʿindahu ʿil'mu l-kitābi
English And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, [O Muḥammad], "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture."
- وَيَقُولُwayaqūluAnd say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- لَسْتَlastaYou are not
- مُرْسَلًۭا ۚmur'salana Messenger
- قُلْqulSay
- كَفَىٰkafāSufficient
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi(is) Allah
- شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan(as) a Witness
- بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
- وَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you
- وَمَنْwamanand whoever
- عِندَهُۥʿindahu[he] has
- عِلْمُʿil'muknowledge
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
Word by word and transliteration: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.