Surah Az-Zukhruf 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

حمٓ

Transliteration hha-meem

English Ḥā, Meem.

1. حمٓhha-meemHa Meem

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration wal-kitābi l-mubīni

English By the clear Book,

1. وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiBy the Book
2. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration innā jaʿalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna

English Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhu(have) made it
3. قُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānana Quran
4. عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan(in) Arabic
5. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
6. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnaunderstand

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِىٓ أُمِّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-innahu fī ummi l-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

English And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

1. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
2. فِىٓfī(is) in
3. أُمِّummi(the) Mother
4. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
5. لَدَيْنَاladaynāwith Us
6. لَعَلِىٌّlaʿaliyyunsurely exalted
7. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunfull of wisdom

أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration afanaḍribu ʿankumu l-dhik'ra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawman mus'rifīna

English Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

1. أَفَنَضْرِبُafanaḍribuThen should We take away
2. عَنكُمُʿankumufrom you
3. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Reminder
4. صَفْحًاṣafḥandisregarding (you)
5. أَنanbecause
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
7. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
8. مُّسْرِفِينَmus'rifīnatransgressing

وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِىٍّ فِى ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fī l-awalīna

English And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. مِنminof
4. نَّبِىٍّۢnabiyyina Prophet
5. فِىfīamong
6. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Transliteration wamā yatīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

English But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. يَأْتِيهِمyatīhimcame to them
3. مِّنminany Prophet
4. نَّبِىٍّnabiyyinany Prophet
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
7. بِهِۦbihimock at him
8. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at him

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

English And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

1. فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknāThen We destroyed
2. أَشَدَّashaddastronger
3. مِنْهُمmin'humthan them
4. بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan(in) power
5. وَمَضَىٰwamaḍāand has passed
6. مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunna l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

English And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
3. مَّنْmanWho
4. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
7. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaThey will surely say
8. خَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunnaCreated them
9. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
10. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wajaʿala lakum fīhā subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna

English [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
3. لَكُمُlakumufor you
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. مَهْدًۭاmahdana bed
6. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
7. لَكُمْlakumfor you
8. فِيهَاfīhātherein
9. سُبُلًۭاsubulanroads
10. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
11. تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided

وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhī nazzala mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-ansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika tukh'rajūna

English And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Who
2. نَزَّلَnazzalasends down
3. مِنَminafrom
4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
5. مَآءًۢmāanwater
6. بِقَدَرٍۢbiqadarinin (due) measure
7. فَأَنشَرْنَاfa-ansharnāthen We revive
8. بِهِۦbihiwith it
9. بَلْدَةًۭbaldatana land
10. مَّيْتًۭا ۚmaytandead
11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
12. تُخْرَجُونَtukh'rajūnayou will be brought forth

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina l-ful'ki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūna

English And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Who
2. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
3. ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَl-azwājathe pairs
4. كُلَّهَاkullahāall of them
5. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
6. لَكُمlakumfor you
7. مِّنَmina[of]
8. ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ships
9. وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand the cattle
10. مَاmāwhat
11. تَرْكَبُونَtarkabūnayou ride

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

Transliteration litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna

English That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

1. لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūThat you may sit firmly
2. عَلَىٰʿalāon
3. ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihitheir backs
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūremember
6. نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor
7. رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
8. إِذَاidhāwhen
9. ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumyou sit firmly
10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
11. وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūand say
12. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be (to)
13. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
14. سَخَّرَsakhara(has) subjected
15. لَنَاlanāto us
16. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
17. وَمَاwamāand not
18. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
19. لَهُۥlahuof it
20. مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīnacapable

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

Transliteration wa-innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūna

English And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

1. وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed, we
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lord
4. لَمُنقَلِبُونَlamunqalibūnawill surely return

وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration wajaʿalū lahu min ʿibādihi juz'an inna l-insāna lakafūrun mubīnun

English But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

1. وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūBut they attribute
2. لَهُۥlahuto Him
3. مِنْminfrom
4. عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
5. جُزْءًا ۚjuz'ana portion
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
8. لَكَفُورٌۭlakafūrunsurely (is) clearly ungrateful
9. مُّبِينٌmubīnunsurely (is) clearly ungrateful

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ

Transliteration ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa-aṣfākum bil-banīna

English Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

1. أَمِamiOr
2. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas He taken
3. مِمَّاmimmāof what
4. يَخْلُقُyakhluquHe has created
5. بَنَاتٍۢbanātindaughters
6. وَأَصْفَىٰكُمwa-aṣfākumand He has chosen (for) you
7. بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmun

English And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. بُشِّرَbushirais given good news
3. أَحَدُهُمaḥaduhum(to) one of them
4. بِمَاbimāof what
5. ضَرَبَḍarabahe sets up
6. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
7. مَثَلًۭاmathalan(as) a likeness
8. ظَلَّẓallabecomes
9. وَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuhis face
10. مُسْوَدًّۭاmus'waddandark
11. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
12. كَظِيمٌkaẓīmun(is) filled with grief

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ

Transliteration awaman yunasha-u fī l-ḥil'yati wahuwa fī l-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīnin

English So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]?

1. أَوَمَنawamanThen (is one) who
2. يُنَشَّؤُا۟yunasha-uis brought up
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْحِلْيَةِl-ḥil'yatiornaments
5. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmithe dispute
8. غَيْرُghayru(is) not
9. مُبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَـٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalū l-malāikata alladhīna hum ʿibādu l-raḥmāni ināthan ashahidū khalqahum satuk'tabu shahādatuhum wayus'alūna

English And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

1. وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they made
2. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. هُمْhumthemselves
5. عِبَـٰدُʿibādu(are) slaves
6. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
7. إِنَـٰثًا ۚināthanfemales
8. أَشَهِدُوا۟ashahidūDid they witness
9. خَلْقَهُمْ ۚkhalqahumtheir creation
10. سَتُكْتَبُsatuk'tabuWill be recorded
11. شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْshahādatuhumtheir testimony
12. وَيُسْـَٔلُونَwayus'alūnaand they will be questioned

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

Transliteration waqālū law shāa l-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yakhruṣūna

English And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. لَوْlawIf
3. شَآءَshāahad willed
4. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
5. مَاmāwe would not have worshipped them
6. عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗʿabadnāhumwe would not have worshipped them
7. مَّاmāNot
8. لَهُمlahumthey have
9. بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaabout that
10. مِنْminany
11. عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
12. إِنْinNothing
13. هُمْhumthey (do)
14. إِلَّاillābut
15. يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnalie

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

Transliteration am ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mus'tamsikūna

English Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

1. أَمْamOr
2. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumhave We given them
3. كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana book
4. مِّنminbefore it
5. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
6. فَهُمfahumso they
7. بِهِۦbihito it
8. مُسْتَمْسِكُونَmus'tamsikūna(are) holding fast

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna

English Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

1. بَلْbalNay
2. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
5. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
7. أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
8. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
9. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
10. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
11. مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are) guided

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

Transliteration wakadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nadhīrin illā qāla mut'rafūhā innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muq'tadūna

English And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. مَآmānot
3. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
4. مِنminbefore you
5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
6. فِىfīin
7. قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
8. مِّنminany
9. نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
10. إِلَّاillāexcept
11. قَالَqālasaid
12. مُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhā(the) wealthy ones of it
13. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
14. وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
15. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
16. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
17. أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
18. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
19. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
20. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
21. مُّقْتَدُونَmuq'tadūna(are) following

۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi-ahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāakum qālū innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna

English [Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

1. ۞ قَـٰلَqālaHe said
2. أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
3. جِئْتُكُمji'tukumI brought you
4. بِأَهْدَىٰbi-ahdābetter guidance
5. مِمَّاmimmāthan what
6. وَجَدتُّمْwajadttumyou found
7. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
8. ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖābāakumyour forefathers
9. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
10. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
11. بِمَآbimāwith what
12. أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou are sent
13. بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
14. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Transliteration fa-intaqamnā min'hum fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna

English So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

1. فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāSo We took retribution
2. مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humfrom them
3. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen see
4. كَيْفَkayfahow
5. كَانَkānawas
6. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
7. ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna(of) the deniers

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

Transliteration wa-idh qāla ib'rāhīmu li-abīhi waqawmihi innanī barāon mimmā taʿbudūna

English And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālaIbrahim Said
3. إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim Said
4. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
5. وَقَوْمِهِۦٓwaqawmihiand his people
6. إِنَّنِىinnanīIndeed, I (am)
7. بَرَآءٌۭbarāondisassociated
8. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
9. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ

Transliteration illā alladhī faṭaranī fa-innahu sayahdīni

English Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
3. فَطَرَنِىfaṭaranīcreated me
4. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuand indeed, He
5. سَيَهْدِينِsayahdīniwill guide me

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

English And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

1. وَجَعَلَهَاwajaʿalahāAnd he made it
2. كَلِمَةًۢkalimatana word
3. بَاقِيَةًۭbāqiyatanlasting
4. فِىfīamong
5. عَقِبِهِۦʿaqibihihis descendents
6. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
7. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration bal mattaʿtu hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu l-ḥaqu warasūlun mubīnun

English However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. مَتَّعْتُmattaʿtuI gave enjoyment
3. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
4. وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
5. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
6. جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
7. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
8. وَرَسُولٌۭwarasūlunand a Messenger
9. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration walammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu qālū hādhā siḥ'run wa-innā bihi kāfirūna

English But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
5. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
6. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) magic
7. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
8. بِهِۦbihiof it
9. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulin mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīmin

English And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
3. نُزِّلَnuzzilawas sent down
4. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
5. ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
6. عَلَىٰʿalāto
7. رَجُلٍۢrajulina man
8. مِّنَminafrom
9. ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِl-qaryataynithe two towns
10. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

Transliteration ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbika naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā warafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātin liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukh'riyyan waraḥmatu rabbika khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna

English Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

1. أَهُمْahumDo they
2. يَقْسِمُونَyaqsimūnadistribute
3. رَحْمَتَraḥmata(the) Mercy
4. رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika(of) your Lord
5. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
6. قَسَمْنَاqasamnā[We] distribute
7. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumamong them
8. مَّعِيشَتَهُمْmaʿīshatahumtheir livelihood
9. فِىfīin
10. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
11. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
12. وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raise
13. بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of them
14. فَوْقَfawqaabove
15. بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
16. دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) degrees
17. لِّيَتَّخِذَliyattakhidhaso that may take
18. بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
19. بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍanothers
20. سُخْرِيًّۭا ۗsukh'riyyan(for) service
21. وَرَحْمَتُwaraḥmatuBut (the) Mercy
22. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
23. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
24. مِّمَّاmimmāthan what
25. يَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūnathey accumulate

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

Transliteration walawlā an yakūna l-nāsu ummatan wāḥidatan lajaʿalnā liman yakfuru bil-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufan min fiḍḍatin wamaʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūna

English And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

1. وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
2. أَنanthat
3. يَكُونَyakūna(would) become
4. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] mankind
5. أُمَّةًۭummatana community
6. وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
7. لَّجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāWe (would have) made
8. لِمَنlimanfor (one) who
9. يَكْفُرُyakfurudisbelieves
10. بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniin the Most Gracious
11. لِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimfor their houses
12. سُقُفًۭاsuqufanroofs
13. مِّنminof
14. فِضَّةٍۢfiḍḍatinsilver
15. وَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaand stairways
16. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon which
17. يَظْهَرُونَyaẓharūnathey mount

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

Transliteration walibuyūtihim abwāban wasururan ʿalayhā yattakiūna

English And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

1. وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْwalibuyūtihimAnd for their houses
2. أَبْوَٰبًۭاabwābandoors
3. وَسُرُرًاwasururanand couches
4. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon which
5. يَتَّكِـُٔونَyattakiūnathey recline

وَزُخْرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration wazukh'rufan wa-in kullu dhālika lammā matāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lil'muttaqīna

English And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

1. وَزُخْرُفًۭا ۚwazukh'rufanAnd ornaments of gold
2. وَإِنwa-inAnd not (is)
3. كُلُّkulluall
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
5. لَمَّاlammābut
6. مَتَـٰعُmatāʿuan enjoyment
7. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
8. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
9. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuAnd the Hereafter
10. عِندَʿindawith
11. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
12. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna(is) for the righteous

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ

Transliteration waman yaʿshu ʿan dhik'ri l-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahu shayṭānan fahuwa lahu qarīnun

English And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. يَعْشُyaʿshuturns away
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
5. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
6. نُقَيِّضْnuqayyiḍWe appoint
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. شَيْطَـٰنًۭاshayṭānana devil
9. فَهُوَfahuwathen he
10. لَهُۥlahu(is) to him
11. قَرِينٌۭqarīnuna companion

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration wa-innahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿani l-sabīli wayaḥsabūna annahum muh'tadūna

English And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

1. وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumAnd indeed, they
2. لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْlayaṣuddūnahumsurely, turn them
3. عَنِʿanifrom
4. ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe Path
5. وَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūnaand they think
6. أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
7. مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are) guided

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

Transliteration ḥattā idhā jāanā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿ'da l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīnu

English Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. جَآءَنَاjāanāhe comes to Us
4. قَالَqālahe says
5. يَـٰلَيْتَyālaytaO would that
6. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
7. وَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaand between you
8. بُعْدَbuʿ'da(were the) distance
9. ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayni(of) the East and the West
10. فَبِئْسَfabi'saHow wretched is
11. ٱلْقَرِينُl-qarīnuthe companion

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

Transliteration walan yanfaʿakumu l-yawma idh ẓalamtum annakum fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna

English And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

1. وَلَنwalanAnd never
2. يَنفَعَكُمُyanfaʿakumuwill benefit you
3. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathe Day
4. إِذidhwhen
5. ظَّلَمْتُمْẓalamtumyou have wronged
6. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
7. فِىfī(will be) in
8. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
9. مُشْتَرِكُونَmush'tarikūnasharing

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma aw tahdī l-ʿum'ya waman kāna fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

1. أَفَأَنتَafa-antaThen can you
2. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
3. ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
4. أَوْawor
5. تَهْدِىtahdīguide
6. ٱلْعُمْىَl-ʿum'yathe blind
7. وَمَنwamanand (one) who
8. كَانَkānais
9. فِىfīin
10. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
11. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

Transliteration fa-immā nadhhabanna bika fa-innā min'hum muntaqimūna

English And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

1. فَإِمَّاfa-immāAnd whether
2. نَذْهَبَنَّnadhhabannaWe take you away
3. بِكَbikaWe take you away
4. فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen indeed, We
5. مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
6. مُّنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna(will) take retribution

أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَـٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

Transliteration aw nuriyannaka alladhī waʿadnāhum fa-innā ʿalayhim muq'tadirūna

English Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

1. أَوْawOr
2. نُرِيَنَّكَnuriyannakaWe show you
3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
4. وَعَدْنَـٰهُمْwaʿadnāhumWe have promised them
5. فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen indeed, We
6. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
7. مُّقْتَدِرُونَmuq'tadirūnahave full power

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Transliteration fa-is'tamsik bi-alladhī ūḥiya ilayka innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

English So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

1. فَٱسْتَمْسِكْfa-is'tamsikSo hold fast
2. بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīto that which
3. أُوحِىَūḥiyais revealed
4. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
5. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
6. عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
7. صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭina Path
8. مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

Transliteration wa-innahu ladhik'run laka waliqawmika wasawfa tus'alūna

English And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

1. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
2. لَذِكْرٌۭladhik'run(is) surely, a Reminder
3. لَّكَlakafor you
4. وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖwaliqawmikaand your people
5. وَسَوْفَwasawfaand soon
6. تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou will be questioned

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

Transliteration wasal man arsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūni l-raḥmāni ālihatan yuʿ'badūna

English And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

1. وَسْـَٔلْwasalAnd ask
2. مَنْman(those) whom
3. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
4. مِنminbefore you
5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
6. مِنminof
7. رُّسُلِنَآrusulināOur Messengers
8. أَجَعَلْنَاajaʿalnādid We make
9. مِنminbesides
10. دُونِdūnibesides
11. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
12. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
13. يُعْبَدُونَyuʿ'badūnato be worshipped

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration walaqad arsalnā mūsā biāyātinā ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi faqāla innī rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināwith Our Signs
5. إِلَىٰilāto
6. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
7. وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs
8. فَقَالَfaqālaand he said
9. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
10. رَسُولُrasūlua Messenger
11. رَبِّrabbi(of the) Lord
12. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ

Transliteration falammā jāahum biāyātinā idhā hum min'hā yaḍḥakūna

English But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. جَآءَهُمjāahumhe came to them
3. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināwith Our Signs
4. إِذَاidhābehold
5. هُمhumThey
6. مِّنْهَاmin'hāat them
7. يَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnalaughed

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukh'tihā wa-akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

English And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. نُرِيهِمnurīhimWe showed them
3. مِّنْminof
4. ءَايَةٍāyatina Sign
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. هِىَhiyait
7. أَكْبَرُakbaru(was) greater
8. مِنْminthan
9. أُخْتِهَا ۖukh'tihāits sister
10. وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمwa-akhadhnāhumand We seized them
11. بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiwith the punishment
12. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
13. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration waqālū yāayyuha l-sāḥiru ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuh'tadūna

English And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَyāayyuhaO
3. ٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiru[the] magician
4. ٱدْعُud'ʿuInvoke
5. لَنَاlanāfor us
6. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
7. بِمَاbimāby what
8. عَهِدَʿahidaHe has made covenant
9. عِندَكَʿindakawith you
10. إِنَّنَاinnanāIndeed, we
11. لَمُهْتَدُونَlamuh'tadūna(will) surely be guided

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

Transliteration falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba idhā hum yankuthūna

English But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe removed
3. عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
4. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
5. إِذَاidhābehold
6. هُمْhumThey
7. يَنكُثُونَyankuthūnabroke (their word)

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration wanādā fir'ʿawnu fī qawmihi qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mul'ku miṣ'ra wahādhihi l-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī afalā tub'ṣirūna

English And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

1. وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd called out
2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
3. فِىfīamong
4. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
5. قَالَqālahe said
6. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
7. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
8. لِىlīfor me
9. مُلْكُmul'ku(the) kingdom
10. مِصْرَmiṣ'ra(of) Egypt
11. وَهَـٰذِهِwahādhihiand these
12. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāru[the] rivers
13. تَجْرِىtajrīflowing
14. مِنminunderneath me
15. تَحْتِىٓ ۖtaḥtīunderneath me
16. أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
17. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou see

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ

Transliteration am anā khayrun min hādhā alladhī huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yubīnu

English Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

1. أَمْamOr
2. أَنَا۠anāam I
3. خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
4. مِّنْminthan
5. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
6. ٱلَّذِىalladhīone who
7. هُوَhuwahe
8. مَهِينٌۭmahīnun(is) insignificant
9. وَلَاwalāand hardly
10. يَكَادُyakāduand hardly
11. يُبِينُyubīnuclear

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

Transliteration falawlā ul'qiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min dhahabin aw jāa maʿahu l-malāikatu muq'tarinīna

English Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

1. فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why not
2. أُلْقِىَul'qiyaare placed
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
4. أَسْوِرَةٌۭaswiratunbracelets
5. مِّنminof
6. ذَهَبٍdhahabingold
7. أَوْawor
8. جَآءَjāacome
9. مَعَهُmaʿahuwith him
10. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
11. مُقْتَرِنِينَmuq'tarinīnaaccompanying (him)

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration fa-is'takhaffa qawmahu fa-aṭāʿūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

English So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

1. فَٱسْتَخَفَّfa-is'takhaffaSo he bluffed
2. قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
3. فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚfa-aṭāʿūhuand they obeyed him
4. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
5. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
6. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
7. فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration falammā āsafūnā intaqamnā min'hum fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna

English And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāSo when
2. ءَاسَفُونَاāsafūnāthey angered Us
3. ٱنتَقَمْنَاintaqamnāWe took retribution
4. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
5. فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumand We drowned them
6. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lil'ākhirīna

English And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

1. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them
2. سَلَفًۭاsalafana precedent
3. وَمَثَلًۭاwamathalanand an example
4. لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَlil'ākhirīnafor the later (generations)

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ

Transliteration walammā ḍuriba ub'nu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka min'hu yaṣiddūna

English And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

1. ۞ وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. ضُرِبَḍuribais presented
3. ٱبْنُub'nu(the) son
4. مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
5. مَثَلًاmathalan(as) an example
6. إِذَاidhābehold
7. قَوْمُكَqawmukaYour people
8. مِنْهُmin'huabout it
9. يَصِدُّونَyaṣiddūnalaughed aloud

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

Transliteration waqālū aālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalan bal hum qawmun khaṣimūna

English And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said
2. ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَاaālihatunāAre our gods
3. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
4. أَمْamor
5. هُوَ ۚhuwahe
6. مَاmāNot
7. ضَرَبُوهُḍarabūhuthey present it
8. لَكَlakato you
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. جَدَلًۢا ۚjadalan(for) argument
11. بَلْbalNay
12. هُمْhumthey
13. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
14. خَصِمُونَkhaṣimūnaargumentative

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Transliteration in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla

English He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

1. إِنْinNot
2. هُوَhuwahe
3. إِلَّاillā(was) except
4. عَبْدٌʿabduna slave
5. أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestowed Our favor
6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
7. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuand We made him
8. مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
9. لِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children of Israel
10. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlafor (the) Children of Israel

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

Transliteration walaw nashāu lajaʿalnā minkum malāikatan fī l-arḍi yakhlufūna

English And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
3. لَجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāsurely We (could have) made
4. مِنكُمminkumamong you
5. مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭmalāikatanAngels
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
8. يَخْلُفُونَyakhlufūnasucceeding

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-innahu laʿil'mun lilssāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wa-ittabiʿūni hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

English And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

1. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
2. لَعِلْمٌۭlaʿil'munsurely (is) a knowledge
3. لِّلسَّاعَةِlilssāʿatiof the Hour
4. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
5. تَمْتَرُنَّtamtarunna(be) doubtful
6. بِهَاbihāabout it
7. وَٱتَّبِعُونِ ۚwa-ittabiʿūniand follow Me
8. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
9. صِرَٰطٌۭṣirāṭun(is the) Path
10. مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭmus'taqīmunStraight

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration walā yaṣuddannakumu l-shayṭānu innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

English And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
2. يَصُدَّنَّكُمُyaṣuddannakumuavert you
3. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ۖl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
5. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
6. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
7. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Transliteration walammā jāa ʿīsā bil-bayināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-ḥik'mati wali-ubayyina lakum baʿḍa alladhī takhtalifūna fīhi fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

English And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. عِيسَىٰʿīsāIsa
4. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
5. قَالَqālahe said
6. قَدْqadVerily
7. جِئْتُكُمji'tukumI have come to you
8. بِٱلْحِكْمَةِbil-ḥik'matiwith wisdom
9. وَلِأُبَيِّنَwali-ubayyinaand that I make clear
10. لَكُمlakumto you
11. بَعْضَbaʿḍasome
12. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
13. تَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnayou differ
14. فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
15. فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
16. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
17. وَأَطِيعُونِwa-aṭīʿūniand obey me

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Transliteration inna l-laha huwa rabbī warabbukum fa-uʿ'budūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

English Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. هُوَhuwaHe
4. رَبِّىrabbī(is) my Lord
5. وَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumand your Lord
6. فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚfa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Him
7. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
8. صِرَٰطٌۭṣirāṭun(is) a Path
9. مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭmus'taqīmunStraight

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration fa-ikh'talafa l-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīmin

English But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

1. فَٱخْتَلَفَfa-ikh'talafaBut differed
2. ٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābuthe factions
3. مِنۢminfrom
4. بَيْنِهِمْ ۖbaynihimamong them
5. فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunso woe
6. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
7. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
8. مِنْminfrom
9. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
10. يَوْمٍyawmin(of the) Day
11. أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration hal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

English Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

1. هَلْhalAre
2. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waiting
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata(for) the Hour
5. أَنanthat
6. تَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahumit should come on them
7. بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatansuddenly
8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
9. لَاlā(do) not
10. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration al-akhilāu yawma-idhin baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illā l-mutaqīna

English Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

1. ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُal-akhilāuFriends
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
3. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
4. لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto others
5. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(will be) enemies
6. إِلَّاillāexcept
7. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous

يَـٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

Transliteration yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu l-yawma walā antum taḥzanūna

English [To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

1. يَـٰعِبَادِyāʿibādiO My slaves
2. لَاlāNo
3. خَوْفٌkhawfunfear
4. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuon you
5. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathis Day
6. وَلَآwalāand not
7. أَنتُمْantumyou
8. تَحْزَنُونَtaḥzanūnawill grieve

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

Transliteration alladhīna āmanū biāyātinā wakānū mus'limīna

English [You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
3. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
4. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand were
5. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnasubmissive

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ

Transliteration ud'khulū l-janata antum wa-azwājukum tuḥ'barūna

English Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

1. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
2. ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
3. أَنتُمْantumyou
4. وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumand your spouses
5. تُحْبَرُونَtuḥ'barūnadelighted

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min dhahabin wa-akwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhi l-anfusu wataladhu l-aʿyunu wa-antum fīhā khālidūna

English Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

1. يُطَافُyuṭāfuWill be circulated
2. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimfor them
3. بِصِحَافٍۢbiṣiḥāfinplates
4. مِّنminof
5. ذَهَبٍۢdhahabingold
6. وَأَكْوَابٍۢ ۖwa-akwābinand cups
7. وَفِيهَاwafīhāAnd therein
8. مَاmā(is) what
9. تَشْتَهِيهِtashtahīhidesires
10. ٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusuthe souls
11. وَتَلَذُّwataladhuand delights
12. ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖl-aʿyunuthe eyes
13. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
14. فِيهَاfīhātherein
15. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration watil'ka l-janatu allatī ūrith'tumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

English And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
2. ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatu(is) the Paradise
3. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
4. أُورِثْتُمُوهَاūrith'tumūhāyou are made to inherit
5. بِمَاbimāfor what
6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
7. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Transliteration lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratun min'hā takulūna

English For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

1. لَكُمْlakumFor you
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. فَـٰكِهَةٌۭfākihatun(are) fruits
4. كَثِيرَةٌۭkathīratunabundant
5. مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
6. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou will eat

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration inna l-muj'rimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūna

English Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
3. فِىfī(will be) in
4. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
5. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
6. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnaabiding forever

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

Transliteration lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mub'lisūna

English It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

1. لَاlāNot
2. يُفَتَّرُyufattaruwill it subside
3. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfor them
4. وَهُمْwahumand they
5. فِيهِfīhiin it
6. مُبْلِسُونَmub'lisūna(will) despair

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu l-ẓālimīna

English And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumWe wronged them
3. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
4. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
5. هُمُhumuthemselves
6. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnawrongdoers

وَنَادَوْا۟ يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ

Transliteration wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūna

English And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

1. وَنَادَوْا۟wanādawAnd they will call
2. يَـٰمَـٰلِكُyāmālikuO Malik
3. لِيَقْضِliyaqḍiLet put an end
4. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
5. رَبُّكَ ۖrabbukayour Lord
6. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
7. إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
8. مَّـٰكِثُونَmākithūna(will) remain

لَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ

Transliteration laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharakum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna

English We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
2. جِئْنَـٰكُمji'nākumWe have brought you
3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
4. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
5. أَكْثَرَكُمْaktharakummost of you
6. لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqito the truth
7. كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna(are) averse

أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ

Transliteration am abramū amran fa-innā mub'rimūna

English Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

1. أَمْamOr
2. أَبْرَمُوٓا۟abramūhave they determined
3. أَمْرًۭاamranan affair
4. فَإِنَّاfa-innāThen indeed, We
5. مُبْرِمُونَmub'rimūna(are) determined

أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Transliteration am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūna

English Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

1. أَمْamOr
2. يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūna(do) they think
3. أَنَّاannāthat We
4. لَاlā(can) not
5. نَسْمَعُnasmaʿuhear
6. سِرَّهُمْsirrahumtheir secret(s)
7. وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚwanajwāhumand their private counsel(s)
8. بَلَىٰbalāNay
9. وَرُسُلُنَاwarusulunāand Our Messengers
10. لَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith them
11. يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnaare recording

قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ

Transliteration qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنinIf
3. كَانَkānahad
4. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānithe Most Gracious
5. وَلَدٌۭwaladuna son
6. فَأَنَا۠fa-anāThen, I
7. أَوَّلُawwalu(would be the) first
8. ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَl-ʿābidīna(of) the worshippers

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Transliteration sub'ḥāna rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna

English Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

1. سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
2. رَبِّrabbi(to the) Lord
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
5. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
6. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
7. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
8. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey ascribe

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna

English So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

1. فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave them
2. يَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍū(to) converse vainly
3. وَيَلْعَبُوا۟wayalʿabūand play
4. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
5. يُلَـٰقُوا۟yulāqūthey meet
6. يَوْمَهُمُyawmahumutheir Day
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
8. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَـٰهٌ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَـٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī fī l-samāi ilāhun wafī l-arḍi ilāhun wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

English And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
5. إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhunGod
6. وَفِىwafīand in
7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
8. إِلَـٰهٌۭ ۚilāhunGod
9. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
10. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu(is) the All-Wise
11. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration watabāraka alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā waʿindahu ʿil'mu l-sāʿati wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

English And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

1. وَتَبَارَكَwatabārakaAnd blessed (is)
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
3. لَهُۥlahuto Whom
4. مُلْكُmul'ku(belongs the) dominion
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
7. وَمَاwamāand whatever
8. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
9. وَعِندَهُۥwaʿindahuand with Him
10. عِلْمُʿil'mu(is the) knowledge
11. ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati(of) the Hour
12. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
13. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration walā yamliku alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi l-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqi wahum yaʿlamūna

English And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. يَمْلِكُyamlikuhave power
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
4. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
5. مِنminbesides Him
6. دُونِهِdūnihibesides Him
7. ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَl-shafāʿata(for) the intercession
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. مَنmanwho
10. شَهِدَshahidatestifies
11. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqito the truth
12. وَهُمْwahumand they
13. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Transliteration wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna

English And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
3. مَّنْmanwho
4. خَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahumcreated them
5. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will certainly say
6. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
7. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
8. يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration waqīlihi yārabbi inna hāulāi qawmun lā yu'minūna

English And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

1. وَقِيلِهِۦwaqīlihiAnd his saying
2. يَـٰرَبِّyārabbiO my Lord
3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
4. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
5. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
6. لَّاlā(who do) not
7. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration fa-iṣ'faḥ ʿanhum waqul salāmun fasawfa yaʿlamūna

English So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

1. فَٱصْفَحْfa-iṣ'faḥSo turn away
2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
3. وَقُلْwaquland say
4. سَلَـٰمٌۭ ۚsalāmunPeace
5. فَسَوْفَfasawfaBut soon
6. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will know