Surah As-Saf 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

سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration sabbaḥa lillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

English Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allāh, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. سَبَّحَsabbaḥaGlorifies
2. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
3. مَاmāwhatever
4. فِىfī(is) in
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَمَاwamāand whatever
7. فِىfī(is) in
8. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍithe earth
9. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
10. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
11. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lima taqūlūna mā lā tafʿalūna

English O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. لِمَlimaWhy
5. تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna(do) you say
6. مَاmāwhat
7. لَاlānot
8. تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration kabura maqtan ʿinda l-lahi an taqūlū mā lā tafʿalūna

English Greatly hateful in the sight of Allāh is that you say what you do not do.

1. كَبُرَkaburaGreat is
2. مَقْتًاmaqtanhatred
3. عِندَʿindawith
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. أَنanthat
6. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
7. مَاmāwhat
8. لَاlānot
9. تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَـٰنٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ

Transliteration inna l-laha yuḥibbu alladhīna yuqātilūna fī sabīlihi ṣaffan ka-annahum bun'yānun marṣūṣun

English Indeed, Allāh loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
5. يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnafight
6. فِىfīin
7. سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis Way
8. صَفًّۭاṣaffan(in) a row
9. كَأَنَّهُمka-annahumas if they
10. بُنْيَـٰنٌۭbun'yānun(were) a structure
11. مَّرْصُوصٌۭmarṣūṣunjoined firmly

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِى وَقَد تَّعْلَمُونَ أَنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا زَاغُوٓا۟ أَزَاغَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration wa-idh qāla mūsā liqawmihi yāqawmi lima tu'dhūnanī waqad taʿlamūna annī rasūlu l-lahi ilaykum falammā zāghū azāgha l-lahu qulūbahum wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

English And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, why do you harm me while you certainly know that I am the messenger of Allāh to you?" And when they deviated, Allāh caused their hearts to deviate. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihito his people
5. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
6. لِمَlimaWhy
7. تُؤْذُونَنِىtu'dhūnanīdo you hurt me
8. وَقَدwaqadwhile certainly
9. تَّعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
10. أَنِّىannīthat I am
11. رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
12. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
13. إِلَيْكُمْ ۖilaykumto you
14. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
15. زَاغُوٓا۟zāghūthey deviated
16. أَزَاغَazāgha(was caused to) deviate
17. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
18. قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚqulūbahumtheir hearts
19. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
20. لَاlā(does) not
21. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
22. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
23. ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَمُبَشِّرًۢا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِى ٱسْمُهُۥٓ أَحْمَدُ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration wa-idh qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama yābanī is'rāīla innī rasūlu l-lahi ilaykum muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayya mina l-tawrāti wamubashiran birasūlin yatī min baʿdī us'muhu aḥmadu falammā jāahum bil-bayināti qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

English And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allāh to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Aḥmad." But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
4. ٱبْنُub'nuson
5. مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
6. يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
8. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
9. رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
11. إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
12. مُّصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
13. لِّمَاlimāthat which
14. بَيْنَbayna(was) between
15. يَدَىَّyadayyamy hands
16. مِنَminaof
17. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Taurat
18. وَمُبَشِّرًۢاwamubashiranand bringing glad tidings
19. بِرَسُولٍۢbirasūlin(of) a Messenger
20. يَأْتِىyatīto come
21. مِنۢminfrom
22. بَعْدِىbaʿdīafter me
23. ٱسْمُهُۥٓus'muhuwhose name (will be)
24. أَحْمَدُ ۖaḥmaduAhmad
25. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
26. جَآءَهُمjāahumhe came to them
27. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
28. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
29. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
30. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) a magic
31. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wahuwa yud'ʿā ilā l-is'lāmi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

English And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh untruth while he is being invited to Islām. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
2. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrong
3. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
4. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
5. عَلَىʿalāupon
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
7. ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
8. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
9. يُدْعَىٰٓyud'ʿāis invited
10. إِلَىilāto
11. ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۚl-is'lāmiIslam
12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
13. لَاlā(does) not
14. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
15. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
16. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoers

يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration yurīdūna liyuṭ'fiū nūra l-lahi bi-afwāhihim wal-lahu mutimmu nūrihi walaw kariha l-kāfirūna

English They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

1. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey intend
2. لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟liyuṭ'fiūto put out
3. نُورَnūra(the) light
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
5. بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
6. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allah
7. مُتِمُّmutimmuwill perfect
8. نُورِهِۦnūrihiHis Light
9. وَلَوْwalawalthough
10. كَرِهَkarihadislike
11. ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration huwa alladhī arsala rasūlahu bil-hudā wadīni l-ḥaqi liyuẓ'hirahu ʿalā l-dīni kullihi walaw kariha l-mush'rikūna

English It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although those who associate others with Allāh dislike it.

1. هُوَhuwaHe
2. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
3. أَرْسَلَarsalasent
4. رَسُولَهُۥrasūlahuHis Messenger
5. بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāwith guidance
6. وَدِينِwadīniand (the) religion
7. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi(of) the truth
8. لِيُظْهِرَهُۥliyuẓ'hirahuto make it prevail
9. عَلَىʿalāover
10. ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
11. كُلِّهِۦkullihiall of them
12. وَلَوْwalawalthough
13. كَرِهَkarihadislike (it)
14. ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَl-mush'rikūnathe polytheists

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ تِجَـٰرَةٍ تُنجِيكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū hal adullukum ʿalā tijāratin tunjīkum min ʿadhābin alīmin

English O you who have believed, shall I guide you to a transaction that will save you from a painful punishment?

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. هَلْhalShall
5. أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumI guide you
6. عَلَىٰʿalāto
7. تِجَـٰرَةٍۢtijāratina transaction
8. تُنجِيكُمtunjīkum(that) will save you
9. مِّنْminfrom
10. عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
11. أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُجَـٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمْوَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration tu'minūna bil-lahi warasūlihi watujāhidūna fī sabīli l-lahi bi-amwālikum wa-anfusikum dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna

English [It is that] you believe in Allāh and His Messenger and strive in the cause of Allāh with your wealth and your lives. That is best for you, if you only knew.

1. تُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūnaBelieve
2. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
3. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
4. وَتُجَـٰهِدُونَwatujāhidūnaand strive
5. فِىfīin
6. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
8. بِأَمْوَٰلِكُمْbi-amwālikumwith your wealth
9. وَأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚwa-anfusikumand your lives
10. ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
11. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
12. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
13. إِنinif
14. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
15. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلْكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ وَمَسَـٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِى جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Transliteration yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wayud'khil'kum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru wamasākina ṭayyibatan fī jannāti ʿadnin dhālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

English He will forgive for you your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence. That is the great attainment.

1. يَغْفِرْyaghfirHe will forgive
2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
3. ذُنُوبَكُمْdhunūbakumyour sins
4. وَيُدْخِلْكُمْwayud'khil'kumand admit you
5. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātin(in) Gardens
6. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
7. مِنminfrom
8. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
9. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
10. وَمَسَـٰكِنَwamasākinaand dwellings
11. طَيِّبَةًۭṭayyibatanpleasant
12. فِىfīin
13. جَنَّـٰتِjannātiGardens
14. عَدْنٍۢ ۚʿadnin(of) Eternity
15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
16. ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the success
17. ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great

وَأُخْرَىٰ تُحِبُّونَهَا ۖ نَصْرٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration wa-ukh'rā tuḥibbūnahā naṣrun mina l-lahi wafatḥun qarībun wabashiri l-mu'minīna

English And [you will obtain] another [favor] that you love - victory from Allāh and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers.

1. وَأُخْرَىٰwa-ukh'rāAnd another
2. تُحِبُّونَهَا ۖtuḥibbūnahāthat you love
3. نَصْرٌۭnaṣruna help
4. مِّنَminafrom
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
6. وَفَتْحٌۭwafatḥunand a victory
7. قَرِيبٌۭ ۗqarībunnear
8. وَبَشِّرِwabashiriand give glad tidings
9. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوٓا۟ أَنصَارَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ مَنْ أَنصَارِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَـَٔامَنَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَكَفَرَت طَّآئِفَةٌ ۖ فَأَيَّدْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ ظَـٰهِرِينَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū anṣāra l-lahi kamā qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama lil'ḥawāriyyīna man anṣārī ilā l-lahi qāla l-ḥawāriyūna naḥnu anṣāru l-lahi faāmanat ṭāifatun min banī is'rāīla wakafarat ṭāifatun fa-ayyadnā alladhīna āmanū ʿalā ʿaduwwihim fa-aṣbaḥū ẓāhirīna

English O you who have believed, be supporters of Allāh, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allāh?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allāh." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. كُونُوٓا۟kūnūBe
5. أَنصَارَanṣārahelpers
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
7. كَمَاkamāas
8. قَالَqālasaid
9. عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
10. ٱبْنُub'nuson
11. مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
12. لِلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَlil'ḥawāriyyīnato the disciples
13. مَنْmanWho
14. أَنصَارِىٓanṣārī(are) my helpers
15. إِلَىilāfor
16. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
17. قَالَqālaSaid
18. ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples
19. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
20. أَنصَارُanṣāru(are) the helpers
21. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
22. فَـَٔامَنَتfaāmanatThen believed
23. طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
24. مِّنۢminof
25. بَنِىٓbanīChildren
26. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
27. وَكَفَرَتwakafaratand disbelieved
28. طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ۖṭāifatuna group
29. فَأَيَّدْنَاfa-ayyadnāSo We supported
30. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
31. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
32. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
33. عَدُوِّهِمْʿaduwwihimtheir enemy
34. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūand they became
35. ظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnadominant