Surah As-Saffat 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

وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا

Transliteration wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffan

English By those [angels] lined up in rows

1. وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِwal-ṣāfātiBy those lined
2. صَفًّۭاṣaffan(in) rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

Transliteration fal-zājirāti zajran

English And those who drive [the clouds]

1. فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِfal-zājirātiAnd those who drive
2. زَجْرًۭاzajranstrongly

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

Transliteration fal-tāliyāti dhik'ran

English And those who recite the message,

1. فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِfal-tāliyātiAnd those who recite
2. ذِكْرًاdhik'ran(the) Message

إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

Transliteration inna ilāhakum lawāḥidun

English Indeed, your God is One,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. إِلَـٰهَكُمْilāhakumyour Lord
3. لَوَٰحِدٌۭlawāḥidun(is) surely One

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ

Transliteration rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriqi

English Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

1. رَّبُّrabbuLord
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
4. وَمَاwamāand what
5. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
6. وَرَبُّwarabbuand Lord
7. ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِl-mashāriqi(of) each point of sunrise

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

Transliteration innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākibi

English Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. زَيَّنَّاzayyannā[We] adorned
3. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe sky
4. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the world]
5. بِزِينَةٍbizīnatinwith an adornment
6. ٱلْكَوَاكِبِl-kawākibi(of) the stars

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

Transliteration waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridin

English And as protection against every rebellious devil

1. وَحِفْظًۭاwaḥif'ẓanAnd (to) guard
2. مِّنminagainst
3. كُلِّkullievery
4. شَيْطَـٰنٍۢshayṭānindevil
5. مَّارِدٍۢmāridinrebellious

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

Transliteration lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibin

English [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يَسَّمَّعُونَyassammaʿūnathey may listen
3. إِلَىilāto
4. ٱلْمَلَإِl-mala-ithe assembly
5. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlā[the] exalted
6. وَيُقْذَفُونَwayuq'dhafūnaare pelted
7. مِنminfrom
8. كُلِّkullievery
9. جَانِبٍۢjānibinside

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

Transliteration duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun

English Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

1. دُحُورًۭا ۖduḥūranRepelled
2. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
3. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
4. وَاصِبٌwāṣibunperpetual

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Transliteration illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

English Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنْman(him) who
3. خَطِفَkhaṭifasnatches
4. ٱلْخَطْفَةَl-khaṭfata(by) theft
5. فَأَتْبَعَهُۥfa-atbaʿahubut follows him
6. شِهَابٌۭshihābuna burning flame
7. ثَاقِبٌۭthāqibunpiercing

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

Transliteration fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin

English Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

1. فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْfa-is'taftihimThen ask them
2. أَهُمْahumAre they
3. أَشَدُّashaddua stronger
4. خَلْقًاkhalqancreation
5. أَمamor
6. مَّنْman(those) whom
7. خَلَقْنَآ ۚkhalaqnāWe have created
8. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
9. خَلَقْنَـٰهُمkhalaqnāhumcreated them
10. مِّنminfrom
11. طِينٍۢṭīnina clay
12. لَّازِبٍۭlāzibinsticky

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Transliteration bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūna

English But you wonder, while they mock,

1. بَلْbalNay
2. عَجِبْتَʿajib'tayou wonder
3. وَيَسْخَرُونَwayaskharūnawhile they mock

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūna

English And when they are reminded, they remember not.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey are reminded
3. لَاlānot
4. يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey receive admonition

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūna

English And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey see
3. ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
4. يَسْتَسْخِرُونَyastaskhirūnathey mock

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun

English And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. إِنْinNot
3. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
6. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Transliteration a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

English When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

1. أَءِذَاa-idhāIs it when
2. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe are dead
3. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand have become
4. تُرَابًۭاturābandust
5. وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
6. أَءِنَّاa-innāshall we then
7. لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnabe certainly resurrected

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Transliteration awaābāunā l-awalūna

English And our forefathers [as well]?"

1. أَوَءَابَآؤُنَاawaābāunāOr our fathers
2. ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnaformer

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

Transliteration qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūna

English Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. نَعَمْnaʿamYes
3. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
4. دَٰخِرُونَdākhirūna(will be) humiliated

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūna

English It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

1. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāThen only
2. هِىَhiyait
3. زَجْرَةٌۭzajratun(will be) a cry
4. وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatunsingle
5. فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen, behold
6. هُمْhumThey
7. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnawill see

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīni

English They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
2. يَـٰوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāO woe to us
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
4. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
5. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Recompense

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

English [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
3. ٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣli(of) Judgment
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
5. كُنتُمkuntumyou used to
6. بِهِۦbihi[of it]
7. تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

Transliteration uḥ'shurū alladhīna ẓalamū wa-azwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūna

English [The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship

1. ۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟uḥ'shurūGather
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
4. وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْwa-azwājahumand their kinds
5. وَمَاwamāand what
6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
7. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnaworship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration min dūni l-lahi fa-ih'dūhum ilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīmi

English Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

1. مِنminBesides
2. دُونِdūniBesides
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
4. فَٱهْدُوهُمْfa-ih'dūhumthen lead them
5. إِلَىٰilāto
6. صِرَٰطِṣirāṭi(the) Path
7. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

Transliteration waqifūhum innahum masūlūna

English And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

1. وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖwaqifūhumAnd stop them
2. إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they
3. مَّسْـُٔولُونَmasūlūna(are) to be questioned

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

Transliteration mā lakum lā tanāṣarūna

English [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"

1. مَاmāWhat
2. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
3. لَاlā(Why) not
4. تَنَاصَرُونَtanāṣarūnayou help one another

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

Transliteration bal humu l-yawma mus'taslimūna

English But they, that Day, are in surrender.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. هُمُhumuthey
3. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma(on) that Day
4. مُسْتَسْلِمُونَmus'taslimūna(will) surrender

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Transliteration wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna

English And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.

1. وَأَقْبَلَwa-aqbalaAnd will approach
2. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
3. عَلَىٰʿalāto
4. بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
5. يَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnaquestioning one another

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīni

English They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey will say
2. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
3. كُنتُمْkuntum[you] used (to)
4. تَأْتُونَنَاtatūnanācome (to) us
5. عَنِʿanifrom
6. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīna

English They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
2. بَلbalNay
3. لَّمْlamnot
4. تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou were
5. مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ

Transliteration wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna

English And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. كَانَkānawas
3. لَنَاlanāfor us
4. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
5. مِّنminany
6. سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖsul'ṭāninauthority
7. بَلْbalNay
8. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
9. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
10. طَـٰغِينَṭāghīnatransgressing

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

Transliteration faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāiqūna

English So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

1. فَحَقَّfaḥaqqaSo has been proved true
2. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst us
3. قَوْلُqawlu(the) Word
4. رَبِّنَآ ۖrabbinā(of) our Lord
5. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
6. لَذَآئِقُونَladhāiqūna(will) certainly taste

فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ

Transliteration fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīna

English And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

1. فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْfa-aghwaynākumSo we led you astray
2. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
3. كُنَّاkunnāwere
4. غَـٰوِينَghāwīnaastray

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

Transliteration fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna

English So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

1. فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumThen indeed, they
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
5. مُشْتَرِكُونَmush'tarikūna(will be) sharers

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

English Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
3. نَفْعَلُnafʿaluWe deal
4. بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَbil-muj'rimīnawith the criminals

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Transliteration innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūna

English Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. كَانُوٓا۟kānūwere
3. إِذَاidhāwhen
4. قِيلَqīlait was said
5. لَهُمْlahumto them
6. لَآlā(There is) no
7. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
10. يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnawere arrogant

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

Transliteration wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin

English And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

1. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
2. أَئِنَّاa-innāAre we
3. لَتَارِكُوٓا۟latārikūto leave
4. ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
5. لِشَاعِرٍۢlishāʿirinfor a poet
6. مَّجْنُونٍۭmajnūninmad

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīna

English Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. جَآءَjāahe has brought
3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
4. وَصَدَّقَwaṣaddaqaand confirmed
5. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

Transliteration innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīmi

English Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

1. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
2. لَذَآئِقُوا۟ladhāiqū(will) surely taste
3. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
4. ٱلْأَلِيمِl-alīmipainful

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

English And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. مَاmāwhat
5. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
6. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

English But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) slaves
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen ones

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Transliteration ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmun

English Those will have a provision determined -

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. لَهُمْlahumfor them
3. رِزْقٌۭriz'qun(will be) a provision
4. مَّعْلُومٌۭmaʿlūmundetermined

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

Transliteration fawākihu wahum muk'ramūna

English Fruits; and they will be honored

1. فَوَٰكِهُ ۖfawākihuFruits
2. وَهُمwahumand they
3. مُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūna(will) be honored

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

English In gardens of pleasure

1. فِىfīIn
2. جَنَّـٰتِjannātiGardens
3. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Delight

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Transliteration ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

English On thrones facing one another.

1. عَلَىٰʿalāOn
2. سُرُرٍۢsururinthrones
3. مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīnafacing each other

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

Transliteration yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīnin

English There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,

1. يُطَافُyuṭāfuWill be circulated
2. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimamong them
3. بِكَأْسٍۢbikasina cup
4. مِّنminfrom
5. مَّعِينٍۭmaʿīnina flowing spring

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

Transliteration bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīna

English White and delicious to the drinkers;

1. بَيْضَآءَbayḍāaWhite
2. لَذَّةٍۢladhatindelicious
3. لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīnafor the drinkers

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

Transliteration lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūna

English No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.

1. لَاlāNot
2. فِيهَاfīhāin it
3. غَوْلٌۭghawlun(is) bad effect
4. وَلَاwalāand not
5. هُمْhumthey
6. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
7. يُنزَفُونَyunzafūnawill be intoxicated

وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

Transliteration waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīnun

English And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,

1. وَعِندَهُمْwaʿindahumAnd with them
2. قَـٰصِرَٰتُqāṣirātu(will be) companions of modest gaze
3. ٱلطَّرْفِl-ṭarfi(will be) companions of modest gaze
4. عِينٌۭʿīnun(having) beautiful eyes

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

Transliteration ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnun

English As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

1. كَأَنَّهُنَّka-annahunnaAs if they were
2. بَيْضٌۭbayḍuneggs
3. مَّكْنُونٌۭmaknūnunwell protected

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Transliteration fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna

English And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

1. فَأَقْبَلَfa-aqbalaAnd (will) approach
2. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
3. عَلَىٰʿalāto
4. بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
5. يَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnaquestioning one another

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

Transliteration qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnun

English A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].

1. قَالَqālaWill say
2. قَآئِلٌۭqāiluna speaker
3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
4. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
5. كَانَkānahad
6. لِىlīfor me
7. قَرِينٌۭqarīnuna companion

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

Transliteration yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīna

English Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

1. يَقُولُyaqūluWho (would) say
2. أَءِنَّكَa-innakaAre you indeed
3. لَمِنَlaminasurely of
4. ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَl-muṣadiqīnathose who believe

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

Transliteration a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna

English That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"

1. أَءِذَاa-idhāIs (it) when
2. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe have died
3. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand become
4. تُرَابًۭاturābandust
5. وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
6. أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
7. لَمَدِينُونَlamadīnūnasurely be brought to Judgment

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

Transliteration qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūna

English He will say, "Would you [care to] look?"

1. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
2. هَلْhalWill
3. أَنتُمantumyou
4. مُّطَّلِعُونَmuṭṭaliʿūnabe looking

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīmi

English And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

1. فَٱطَّلَعَfa-iṭṭalaʿaThen he (will) look
2. فَرَءَاهُfaraāhuand see him
3. فِىfīin
4. سَوَآءِsawāi(the) midst
5. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

Transliteration qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīni

English He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.

1. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
3. إِنinverily
4. كِدتَّkidttayou almost
5. لَتُرْدِينِlatur'dīniruined me

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

Transliteration walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna

English If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

1. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
2. نِعْمَةُniʿ'matu(for the) Grace
3. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
4. لَكُنتُlakuntucertainly, I (would) have been
5. مِنَminaamong
6. ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīnathose brought

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

Transliteration afamā naḥnu bimayyitīna

English Then, are we not to die

1. أَفَمَاafamāThen are not
2. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
3. بِمَيِّتِينَbimayyitīna(to) die

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Transliteration illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

English Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَوْتَتَنَاmawtatanāour death
3. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
4. وَمَاwamāand not
5. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
6. بِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīnawill be punished

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Transliteration inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

English Indeed, this is the great attainment.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
3. لَهُوَlahuwasurely
4. ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the attainment
5. ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmugreat

لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ

Transliteration limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūna

English For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.

1. لِمِثْلِlimith'liFor (the) like
2. هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
3. فَلْيَعْمَلِfalyaʿmalilet work
4. ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَl-ʿāmilūnathe workers

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Transliteration adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūmi

English Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?

1. أَذَٰلِكَadhālikaIs that
2. خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
3. نُّزُلًاnuzulan(as) hospitality
4. أَمْamor
5. شَجَرَةُshajaratu(the) tree
6. ٱلزَّقُّومِl-zaqūmi(of) Zaqqum

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīna

English Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. جَعَلْنَـٰهَاjaʿalnāhā[We] have made it
3. فِتْنَةًۭfit'natana trial
4. لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīmi

English Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

1. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
2. شَجَرَةٌۭshajaratun(is) a tree
3. تَخْرُجُtakhrujuthat grows
4. فِىٓfīin
5. أَصْلِaṣli(the) bottom
6. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ

Transliteration ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīni

English Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

1. طَلْعُهَاṭalʿuhāIts emerging fruit
2. كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahu(is) as if it
3. رُءُوسُruūsu(was) heads
4. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīni(of) the devils

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

Transliteration fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

English And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

1. فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumAnd indeed, they
2. لَـَٔاكِلُونَlaākilūna(will) surely eat
3. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
4. فَمَالِـُٔونَfamāliūnaand fill
5. مِنْهَاmin'hāwith it
6. ٱلْبُطُونَl-buṭūna(their) bellies

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

Transliteration thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmin

English Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّinnaindeed
3. لَهُمْlahumfor them
4. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāin it
5. لَشَوْبًۭاlashawban(is) a mixture
6. مِّنْminof
7. حَمِيمٍۢḥamīminboiling water

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīmi

English Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّinnaindeed
3. مَرْجِعَهُمْmarjiʿahumtheir return
4. لَإِلَىla-ilā(will) surely be to
5. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

Transliteration innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīna

English Indeed they found their fathers astray.

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. أَلْفَوْا۟alfawfound
3. ءَابَآءَهُمْābāahumtheir fathers
4. ضَآلِّينَḍāllīnaastray

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

Transliteration fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūna

English So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

1. فَهُمْfahumSo they
2. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
3. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْāthārihimtheir footsteps
4. يُهْرَعُونَyuh'raʿūnathey hastened

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīna

English And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ضَلَّḍallawent astray
3. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
4. أَكْثَرُaktharumost
5. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

Transliteration walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīna

English And We had already sent among them warners.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. فِيهِمfīhimamong them
4. مُّنذِرِينَmundhirīnawarners

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Transliteration fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīna

English Then look how was the end of those who were warned -

1. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen see
2. كَيْفَkayfahow
3. كَانَkānawas
4. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
5. ٱلْمُنذَرِينَl-mundharīna(of) those who were warned

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

English But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) slaves
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen ones

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ

Transliteration walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūna

English And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. نَادَىٰنَاnādānācalled Us
3. نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
4. فَلَنِعْمَfalaniʿ'maand Best
5. ٱلْمُجِيبُونَl-mujībūna(are We as) Responders

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

English And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

1. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuAnd We saved him
2. وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuand his family
3. مِنَminafrom
4. ٱلْكَرْبِl-karbithe distress
5. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe great

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

Transliteration wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīna

English And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
2. ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥdhurriyyatahuhis offspring
3. هُمُhumu[they]
4. ٱلْبَاقِينَl-bāqīnathe survivors

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

English And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

1. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We left
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
3. فِىfīamong
4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later generations

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīna

English "Peace upon Noah among the worlds."

1. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace be
2. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
3. نُوحٍۢnūḥinNuh
4. فِىfīamong
5. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
3. نَجْزِىnajzī[We] reward
4. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

English Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
2. مِنْmin(was) of
3. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnabelieving

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Transliteration thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna

English Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. أَغْرَقْنَاaghraqnāWe drowned
3. ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَl-ākharīnathe others

۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Transliteration wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīma

English And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,

1. ۞ وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. مِنminamong
3. شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis kind
4. لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَla-ib'rāhīma(was) surely Ibrahim

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

Transliteration idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīmin

English When he came to his Lord with a sound heart

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. جَآءَjāahe came
3. رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
4. بِقَلْبٍۢbiqalbinwith a heart
5. سَلِيمٍsalīminsound

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Transliteration idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna

English [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālahe said
3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
4. وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
5. مَاذَاmādhāWhat is it
6. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

Transliteration a-if'kan ālihatan dūna l-lahi turīdūna

English Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?

1. أَئِفْكًاa-if'kanIs it falsehood
2. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
3. دُونَdūnaother than
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. تُرِيدُونَturīdūna(that) you desire

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīna

English Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"

1. فَمَاfamāThen what
2. ظَنُّكُمẓannukum(do) you think
3. بِرَبِّbirabbiabout (the) Lord
4. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ

Transliteration fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūmi

English And he cast a look at the stars.

1. فَنَظَرَfanaẓaraThen he glanced
2. نَظْرَةًۭnaẓratana glance
3. فِىfīat
4. ٱلنُّجُومِl-nujūmithe stars

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

Transliteration faqāla innī saqīmun

English And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."

1. فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he said
2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
3. سَقِيمٌۭsaqīmunsick

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

Transliteration fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīna

English So they turned away from him, departing.

1. فَتَوَلَّوْا۟fatawallawSo they turned away
2. عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
3. مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnadeparting

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Transliteration farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūna

English Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?

1. فَرَاغَfarāghaThen he turned
2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
3. ءَالِهَتِهِمْālihatihimtheir gods
4. فَقَالَfaqālaand said
5. أَلَاalāDo not
6. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

Transliteration mā lakum lā tanṭiqūna

English What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?".

1. مَاmāWhat (is)
2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
3. لَاlānot
4. تَنطِقُونَtanṭiqūnayou speak

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīni

English And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.

1. فَرَاغَfarāghaThen he turned
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
3. ضَرْبًۢاḍarbanstriking
4. بِٱلْيَمِينِbil-yamīniwith the right hand

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

Transliteration fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūna

English Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.

1. فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟fa-aqbalūThen they advanced
2. إِلَيْهِilayhitowards him
3. يَزِفُّونَyaziffūnahastening

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

Transliteration qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūna

English He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَتَعْبُدُونَataʿbudūnaDo you worship
3. مَاmāwhat
4. تَنْحِتُونَtanḥitūnayou carve

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūna

English While Allāh created you and that which you do?"

1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuWhile Allah
2. خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou make

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi

English They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. ٱبْنُوا۟ib'nūBuild
3. لَهُۥlahufor him
4. بُنْيَـٰنًۭاbun'yānana structure
5. فَأَلْقُوهُfa-alqūhuand throw him
6. فِىfīinto
7. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe blazing Fire

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

Transliteration fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna

English And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.

1. فَأَرَادُوا۟fa-arādūAnd they intended
2. بِهِۦbihifor him
3. كَيْدًۭاkaydana plot
4. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumubut We made them
5. ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَl-asfalīnathe lowest

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

Transliteration waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīni

English And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
3. ذَاهِبٌdhāhibungoing
4. إِلَىٰilāto
5. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
6. سَيَهْدِينِsayahdīniHe will guide me

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

1. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
2. هَبْhabgrant
3. لِىlīme
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

Transliteration fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīmin

English So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

1. فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُfabasharnāhuSo We gave him the glad tidings
2. بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
3. حَلِيمٍۢḥalīminforbearing

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

Transliteration falammā balagha maʿahu l-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fī l-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fa-unẓur mādhā tarā qāla yāabati if'ʿal mā tu'maru satajidunī in shāa l-lahu mina l-ṣābirīna

English And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
2. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
3. مَعَهُmaʿahuthe (age of) working with him
4. ٱلسَّعْىَl-saʿyathe (age of) working with him
5. قَالَqālahe said
6. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
7. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
8. أَرَىٰarāhave seen
9. فِىfīin
10. ٱلْمَنَامِl-manāmithe dream
11. أَنِّىٓannīthat I am
12. أَذْبَحُكَadhbaḥukasacrificing you
13. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurso look
14. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
15. تَرَىٰ ۚtarāyou see
16. قَالَqālaHe said
17. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
18. ٱفْعَلْif'ʿalDo
19. مَاmāwhat
20. تُؤْمَرُ ۖtu'maruyou are commanded
21. سَتَجِدُنِىٓsatajidunīYou will find me
22. إِنinif
23. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
24. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wills
25. مِنَminaof
26. ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe patient ones

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

Transliteration falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīni

English And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
2. أَسْلَمَاaslamāboth of them had submitted
3. وَتَلَّهُۥwatallahuand he put him down
4. لِلْجَبِينِlil'jabīniupon his forehead

وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Transliteration wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīmu

English We called to him, "O Abraham,

1. وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُwanādaynāhuAnd We called out to him
2. أَنanthat
3. يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmuO Ibrahim

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration qad ṣaddaqta l-ru'yā innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

1. قَدْqadVerily
2. صَدَّقْتَṣaddaqtayou have fulfilled
3. ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚl-ru'yāthe vision
4. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
5. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
6. نَجْزِىnajzī[We] reward
7. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Transliteration inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīnu

English Indeed, this was the clear trial.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
3. لَهُوَlahuwa(was) surely [it]
4. ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟l-balāuthe trial
5. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīmin

English And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

1. وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُwafadaynāhuAnd We ransomed him
2. بِذِبْحٍbidhib'ḥinwith a sacrifice
3. عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

English And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

1. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We left
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
3. فِىfīamong
4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later generations

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Transliteration salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīma

English "Peace upon Abraham."

1. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace be
2. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
3. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
2. نَجْزِىnajzīWe reward
3. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

English Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (was)
2. مِنْminof
3. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnabelieving

وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.

1. وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُwabasharnāhuAnd We gave him glad tidings
2. بِإِسْحَـٰقَbi-is'ḥāqaof Isaac
3. نَبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet
4. مِّنَminaamong
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ

Transliteration wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā is'ḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥ'sinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīnun

English And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].

1. وَبَـٰرَكْنَاwabāraknāAnd We blessed
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhihim
3. وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand [on]
4. إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚis'ḥāqaIsaac
5. وَمِنwaminAnd of
6. ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَاdhurriyyatihimātheir offspring
7. مُحْسِنٌۭmuḥ'sinun(are) good-doers
8. وَظَالِمٌۭwaẓālimunand unjust
9. لِّنَفْسِهِۦlinafsihito himself
10. مُبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

Transliteration walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūna

English And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. مَنَنَّاmanannāWe conferred Favor
3. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
4. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
5. وَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Harun

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

English And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

1. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَاwanajjaynāhumāAnd We saved both of them
2. وَقَوْمَهُمَاwaqawmahumāand their people
3. مِنَminafrom
4. ٱلْكَرْبِl-karbithe distress
5. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe great

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

Transliteration wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīna

English And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

1. وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْwanaṣarnāhumAnd We helped them
2. فَكَانُوا۟fakānūso they became
3. هُمُhumuso they became
4. ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَl-ghālibīnathe victors

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

Transliteration waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīna

English And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],

1. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَاwaātaynāhumāAnd We gave both of them
2. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
3. ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَl-mus'tabīnathe clear

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Transliteration wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma

English And We guided them on the straight path.

1. وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَاwahadaynāhumāAnd We guided both of them
2. ٱلصِّرَٰطَl-ṣirāṭa(to) the Path
3. ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَl-mus'taqīmathe Straight

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīna

English And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

1. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We left
2. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāfor both of them
3. فِىfīamong
4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later generations

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

Transliteration salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūna

English "Peace upon Moses and Aaron."

1. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace be
2. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. وَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Harun

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
3. نَجْزِىnajzīreward
4. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration innahumā min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

English Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.

1. إِنَّهُمَاinnahumāIndeed, both of them
2. مِنْmin(were) of
3. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnabelieving

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wa-inna il'yāsa lamina l-mur'salīna

English And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. إِلْيَاسَil'yāsaElijah
3. لَمِنَlamina(was) surely of
4. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Transliteration idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūna

English When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālahe said
3. لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
4. أَلَاalāWill not
5. تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnayou fear

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

Transliteration atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīna

English Do you call upon Baʿl and leave the best of creators -

1. أَتَدْعُونَatadʿūnaDo you call
2. بَعْلًۭاbaʿlanBaal
3. وَتَذَرُونَwatadharūnaand you forsake
4. أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) Best
5. ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna(of) Creators

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration al-laha rabbakum warabba ābāikumu l-awalīna

English Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"

1. ٱللَّهَal-lahaAllah
2. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
3. وَرَبَّwarabbaand (the) Lord
4. ءَابَآئِكُمُābāikumu(of) your forefathers
5. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) your forefathers

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

Transliteration fakadhabūhu fa-innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna

English And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],

1. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
2. فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumso indeed, they
3. لَمُحْضَرُونَlamuḥ'ḍarūna(will) surely be brought

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

English Except the chosen servants of Allāh.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) slaves
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen ones

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

English And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

1. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd We left
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
3. فِىfīamong
4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later generations

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

Transliteration salāmun ʿalā il yāsīna

English "Peace upon Elias."

1. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace be
2. عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
3. إِلْ يَاسِينَil yāsīnaElijah

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
3. نَجْزِىnajzīreward
4. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

English Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (was)
2. مِنْminof
3. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnabelieving

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wa-inna lūṭan lamina l-mur'salīna

English And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. لُوطًۭاlūṭanLut
3. لَّمِنَlamina(was) of
4. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration idh najjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna

English [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. نَجَّيْنَـٰهُnajjaynāhuWe saved him
3. وَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his family
4. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

English Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عَجُوزًۭاʿajūzanan old woman
3. فِىfī(was) among
4. ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remained behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Transliteration thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna

English Then We destroyed the others.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. دَمَّرْنَاdammarnāWe destroyed
3. ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَl-ākharīnathe others

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

Transliteration wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīna

English And indeed, you pass by them in the morning

1. وَإِنَّكُمْwa-innakumAnd indeed, you
2. لَتَمُرُّونَlatamurrūnasurely pass
3. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimby them
4. مُّصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(in the) morning

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūna

English And at night. Then will you not use reason?

1. وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗwabi-al-layliAnd at night
2. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
3. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīna

English And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. يُونُسَyūnusaYunus
3. لَمِنَlamina(was) surely of
4. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

Transliteration idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

English [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. أَبَقَabaqahe ran away
3. إِلَىilāto
4. ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship
5. ٱلْمَشْحُونِl-mashḥūniladen

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

Transliteration fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīna

English And he drew lots and was among the losers.

1. فَسَاهَمَfasāhamaThen he drew lots
2. فَكَانَfakānaand was
3. مِنَminaof
4. ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَl-mud'ḥaḍīnathe losers

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

Transliteration fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmun

English Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

1. فَٱلْتَقَمَهُfal-taqamahuThen swallowed him
2. ٱلْحُوتُl-ḥūtuthe fish
3. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
4. مُلِيمٌۭmulīmun(was) blameworthy

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

Transliteration falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīna

English And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

1. فَلَوْلَآfalawlāAnd if not
2. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
3. كَانَkānawas
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَl-musabiḥīnathose who glorify

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Transliteration lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

English He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.

1. لَلَبِثَlalabithaCertainly, he (would have) remained
2. فِىfīin
3. بَطْنِهِۦٓbaṭnihiits belly
4. إِلَىٰilāuntil
5. يَوْمِyawmithe Day
6. يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are resurrected

۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

Transliteration fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmun

English But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

1. ۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُfanabadhnāhuBut We cast him
2. بِٱلْعَرَآءِbil-ʿarāionto the open shore
3. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
4. سَقِيمٌۭsaqīmun(was) ill

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ

Transliteration wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin

English And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.

1. وَأَنۢبَتْنَاwa-anbatnāAnd We caused to grow
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
3. شَجَرَةًۭshajaratana plant
4. مِّنminof
5. يَقْطِينٍۢyaqṭīningourd

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

Transliteration wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūna

English And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

1. وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُwa-arsalnāhuAnd We sent him
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. مِا۟ئَةِmi-atia hundred
4. أَلْفٍalfinthousand
5. أَوْawor
6. يَزِيدُونَyazīdūnamore

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin

English And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.

1. فَـَٔامَنُوا۟faāmanūAnd they believed
2. فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْfamattaʿnāhumso We gave them enjoyment
3. إِلَىٰilāfor
4. حِينٍۢḥīnina while

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

Transliteration fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūna

English So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?

1. فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْfa-is'taftihimThen ask them
2. أَلِرَبِّكَalirabbikaDoes your Lord
3. ٱلْبَنَاتُl-banātu(have) daughters
4. وَلَهُمُwalahumuwhile for them
5. ٱلْبَنُونَl-banūna(are) sons

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ

Transliteration am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna

English Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

1. أَمْamOr
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnādid We create
3. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
4. إِنَـٰثًۭاināthanfemales
5. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
6. شَـٰهِدُونَshāhidūna(were) witnesses

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Transliteration alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūna

English Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

1. أَلَآalāNo doubt
2. إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they
3. مِّنْminof
4. إِفْكِهِمْif'kihimtheir falsehood
5. لَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūna[they] say

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

Transliteration walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūna

English "Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

1. وَلَدَwaladaAllah has begotten
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has begotten
3. وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed, they
4. لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnasurely (are) liars

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

Transliteration aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna

English Has He chosen daughters over sons?

1. أَصْطَفَىaṣṭafāHas He chosen
2. ٱلْبَنَاتِl-banāti[the] daughters
3. عَلَىʿalāover
4. ٱلْبَنِينَl-banīnasons

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

Transliteration mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna

English What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

1. مَاmāWhat is with you
2. لَكُمْlakumWhat is with you
3. كَيْفَkayfaHow
4. تَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūnayou judge

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration afalā tadhakkarūna

English Then will you not be reminded?

1. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
2. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou pay heed

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnun

English Or do you have a clear authority?

1. أَمْamOr
2. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
3. سُلْطَـٰنٌۭsul'ṭānunan authority
4. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

1. فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
2. بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْbikitābikumyour book
3. إِنinif
4. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
5. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna

English And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].

1. وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they have made
2. بَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween Him
3. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
4. ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
5. نَسَبًۭا ۚnasabana relationship
6. وَلَقَدْwalaqadbut certainly
7. عَلِمَتِʿalimatiknow
8. ٱلْجِنَّةُl-jinatuthe jinn
9. إِنَّهُمْinnahumthat they
10. لَمُحْضَرُونَlamuḥ'ḍarūna(will) surely be brought

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Transliteration sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna

English Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,

1. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
3. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
4. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

English Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) slaves
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Transliteration fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūna

English So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,

1. فَإِنَّكُمْfa-innakumSo indeed, you
2. وَمَاwamāand what
3. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ

Transliteration mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīna

English You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

1. مَآmāNot
2. أَنتُمْantumyou
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifrom Him
4. بِفَـٰتِنِينَbifātinīnacan tempt away (anyone)

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration illā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīmi

English Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنْmanwho
3. هُوَhuwahe
4. صَالِṣāli(is) to burn
5. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(in) the Hellfire

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Transliteration wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūmun

English [The angels say], "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. مِنَّآminnāamong us
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. لَهُۥlahufor him
5. مَقَامٌۭmaqāmun(is) a position
6. مَّعْلُومٌۭmaʿlūmunknown

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

Transliteration wa-innā lanaḥnu l-ṣāfūna

English And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].

1. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
2. لَنَحْنُlanaḥnusurely, [we]
3. ٱلصَّآفُّونَl-ṣāfūnastand in rows

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

Transliteration wa-innā lanaḥnu l-musabiḥūna

English And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."

1. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
2. لَنَحْنُlanaḥnusurely, [we]
3. ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَl-musabiḥūnaglorify (Allah)

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

Transliteration wa-in kānū layaqūlūna

English And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
2. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
3. لَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūnasay

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīna

English "If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

1. لَوْlawIf
2. أَنَّannathat
3. عِندَنَاʿindanāwe had
4. ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana reminder
5. مِّنَminafrom
6. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

English We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."

1. لَكُنَّاlakunnāCertainly, we (would) have been
2. عِبَادَʿibādaslaves
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūna

English But they disbelieved in it, so they are going to know.

1. فَكَفَرُوا۟fakafarūBut they disbelieved
2. بِهِۦ ۖbihiin it
3. فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
4. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will know

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā l-mur'salīna

English And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. سَبَقَتْsabaqathas preceded
3. كَلِمَتُنَاkalimatunāOur Word
4. لِعِبَادِنَاliʿibādināfor Our slaves
5. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

Transliteration innahum lahumu l-manṣūrūna

English [That] indeed, they would be those given victory

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed they
2. لَهُمُlahumusurely they
3. ٱلْمَنصُورُونَl-manṣūrūna(would be) the victorious

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

Transliteration wa-inna jundanā lahumu l-ghālibūna

English And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. جُندَنَاjundanāOur host
3. لَهُمُlahumusurely, they
4. ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(will be) those who overcome

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

English So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.

1. فَتَوَلَّfatawallaSo turn away
2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
3. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
4. حِينٍۢḥīnina time

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-abṣir'hum fasawfa yub'ṣirūna

English And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.

1. وَأَبْصِرْهُمْwa-abṣir'humAnd see them
2. فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
3. يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey will see

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Transliteration afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

English Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

1. أَفَبِعَذَابِنَاafabiʿadhābināThen is (it) for Our punishment
2. يَسْتَعْجِلُونَyastaʿjilūnathey hasten

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Transliteration fa-idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīna

English But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
2. نَزَلَnazalait descends
3. بِسَاحَتِهِمْbisāḥatihimin their territory
4. فَسَآءَfasāathen evil (will be)
5. صَبَاحُṣabāḥu(the) morning
6. ٱلْمُنذَرِينَl-mundharīna(for) those who were warned

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration watawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

English And leave them for a time.

1. وَتَوَلَّwatawallaSo turn away
2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
3. حَتَّىٰḥattāfor
4. حِينٍۢḥīnina time

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-abṣir fasawfa yub'ṣirūna

English And see, for they are going to see.

1. وَأَبْصِرْwa-abṣirAnd see
2. فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
3. يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey will see

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Transliteration sub'ḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizati ʿammā yaṣifūna

English Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.

1. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory
2. رَبِّكَrabbika(be to) your Lord
3. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
4. ٱلْعِزَّةِl-ʿizati(of) Honor
5. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
6. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Transliteration wasalāmun ʿalā l-mur'salīna

English And peace upon the messengers.

1. وَسَلَـٰمٌwasalāmunAnd peace be
2. عَلَىʿalāupon
3. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wal-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

1. وَٱلْحَمْدُwal-ḥamduAnd all praise
2. لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
3. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
4. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds