Surah Hud 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

الٓر ۚ كِتَـٰبٌ أُحْكِمَتْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ

Transliteration alif-lam-ra kitābun uḥ'kimat āyātuhu thumma fuṣṣilat min ladun ḥakīmin khabīrin

English Alif, Lām, Rā. [This is] a Book whose verses are perfected and then presented in detail from [one who is] Wise and Aware

1. الٓر ۚalif-lam-raAlif Lam Ra
2. كِتَـٰبٌkitābun(This is) a Book
3. أُحْكِمَتْuḥ'kimatare perfected
4. ءَايَـٰتُهُۥāyātuhuits Verses
5. ثُمَّthummamoreover
6. فُصِّلَتْfuṣṣilatexplained in detail
7. مِنminfrom (he One Who)
8. لَّدُنْladunfrom (he One Who)
9. حَكِيمٍḥakīmin(is) All-Wise
10. خَبِيرٍkhabīrinAll-Aware

أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ

Transliteration allā taʿbudū illā l-laha innanī lakum min'hu nadhīrun wabashīrun

English [Through a messenger, saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings,"

1. أَلَّاallāThat "Not
2. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. ٱللَّهَ ۚl-lahaAllah
5. إِنَّنِىinnanīIndeed, I am
6. لَكُمlakumto you
7. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
8. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
9. وَبَشِيرٌۭwabashīrunand a bearer of glad tidings

وَأَنِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَـٰعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِى فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ كَبِيرٍ

Transliteration wa-ani is'taghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi yumattiʿ'kum matāʿan ḥasanan ilā ajalin musamman wayu'ti kulla dhī faḍlin faḍlahu wa-in tawallaw fa-innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin kabīrin

English And [saying], "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor [i.e., reward]. But if you turn away, then indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a great Day.

1. وَأَنِwa-aniAnd that
2. ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirūSeek forgiveness
3. رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
4. ثُمَّthummaand
5. تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
6. إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
7. يُمَتِّعْكُمyumattiʿ'kumHe will let you
8. مَّتَـٰعًاmatāʿanenjoy
9. حَسَنًاḥasanana good
10. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
11. أَجَلٍۢajalina term
12. مُّسَمًّۭىmusammanappointed
13. وَيُؤْتِwayu'tiAnd give
14. كُلَّkulla(to) every
15. ذِىdhīowner
16. فَضْلٍۢfaḍlin(of) grace
17. فَضْلَهُۥ ۖfaḍlahuHis Grace
18. وَإِنwa-inBut if
19. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou turn away
20. فَإِنِّىٓfa-innīthen indeed, I
21. أَخَافُakhāfufear
22. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
23. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
24. يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Great Day
25. كَبِيرٍkabīrin(of) a Great Day

إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration ilā l-lahi marjiʿukum wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

English To Allāh is your return, and He is over all things competent."

1. إِلَىilāTo
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
3. مَرْجِعُكُمْ ۖmarjiʿukum(is) your return
4. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
5. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
6. كُلِّkullievery
7. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
8. قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Transliteration alā innahum yathnūna ṣudūrahum liyastakhfū min'hu alā ḥīna yastaghshūna thiyābahum yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

English Unquestionably, they [i.e., the disbelievers] turn away their breasts to hide themselves from him. Unquestionably, [even] when they cover themselves in their clothing, He [i.e., Allāh] knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

1. أَلَآalāNo doubt
2. إِنَّهُمْinnahumThey
3. يَثْنُونَyathnūnafold up
4. صُدُورَهُمْṣudūrahumtheir breasts
5. لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟liyastakhfūthat they may hide
6. مِنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom Him
7. أَلَاalāSurely
8. حِينَḥīnawhen
9. يَسْتَغْشُونَyastaghshūnathey cover (themselves)
10. ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garments
11. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
12. مَاmāwhat
13. يُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey conceal
14. وَمَاwamāand what
15. يُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūnathey reveal
16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
17. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
18. بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
19. ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts

۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚ كُلٌّ فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration wamā min dābbatin fī l-arḍi illā ʿalā l-lahi riz'quhā wayaʿlamu mus'taqarrahā wamus'tawdaʿahā kullun fī kitābin mubīnin

English And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allāh is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage. All is in a clear register.

1. ۞ وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. مِنminany
3. دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creature
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
6. إِلَّاillābut
7. عَلَىʿalāon
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
9. رِزْقُهَاriz'quhā(is) its provision
10. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knows
11. مُسْتَقَرَّهَاmus'taqarrahāits dwelling place
12. وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚwamus'tawdaʿahāand its place of storage
13. كُلٌّۭkullunAll
14. فِىfī(is) in
15. كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
16. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration wahuwa alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin wakāna ʿarshuhu ʿalā l-māi liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wala-in qul'ta innakum mabʿūthūna min baʿdi l-mawti layaqūlanna alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun

English And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
6. فِىfīin
7. سِتَّةِsittatisix
8. أَيَّامٍۢayyāminepochs
9. وَكَانَwakānaand His throne was
10. عَرْشُهُۥʿarshuhuand His throne was
11. عَلَىʿalāon
12. ٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water
13. لِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumthat He might test [you]
14. أَيُّكُمْayyukumwhich of you
15. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
16. عَمَلًۭا ۗʿamalan(in) deed
17. وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
18. قُلْتَqul'tayou say
19. إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
20. مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected
21. مِنۢminafter
22. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
23. ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death
24. لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely would say
25. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
26. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
27. إِنْinThis is not
28. هَـٰذَآhādhāThis is not
29. إِلَّاillābut
30. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
31. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Transliteration wala-in akharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ilā ummatin maʿdūdatin layaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhu alā yawma yatīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

English And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
2. أَخَّرْنَاakharnāWe delay
3. عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
4. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
5. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
6. أُمَّةٍۢummatina time
7. مَّعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatindetermined
8. لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will surely say
9. مَاmāWhat
10. يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗyaḥbisuhudetains it
11. أَلَاalāNo doubt
12. يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
13. يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to them
14. لَيْسَlaysanot
15. مَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfan(will be) averted
16. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
17. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand will surround
18. بِهِمbihimthem
19. مَّاmāwhat
20. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
21. بِهِۦbihimock at [it]
22. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at [it]

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَـٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌ كَفُورٌ

Transliteration wala-in adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā min'hu innahu layaūsun kafūrun

English And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.

1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
2. أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe give man a taste
3. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaWe give man a taste
4. مِنَّاminnā(of) Mercy from Us
5. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(of) Mercy from Us
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. نَزَعْنَـٰهَاnazaʿnāhāWe withdraw it
8. مِنْهُmin'hufrom him
9. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, he
10. لَيَـُٔوسٌۭlayaūsun(is) despairing
11. كَفُورٌۭkafūrun(and) ungrateful

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ

Transliteration wala-in adhaqnāhu naʿmāa baʿda ḍarrāa massathu layaqūlanna dhahaba l-sayiātu ʿannī innahu lafariḥun fakhūrun

English But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -

1. وَلَئِنْwala-inBut if
2. أَذَقْنَـٰهُadhaqnāhuWe give him a taste
3. نَعْمَآءَnaʿmāa(of) favor
4. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
5. ضَرَّآءَḍarrāahardship
6. مَسَّتْهُmassathu(has) touched him
7. لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely, he will say
8. ذَهَبَdhahabaHave gone
9. ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُl-sayiātuthe evils
10. عَنِّىٓ ۚʿannīfrom me
11. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
12. لَفَرِحٌۭlafariḥun(is) exultant
13. فَخُورٌfakhūrun(and) boastful

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

Transliteration illā alladhīna ṣabarū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti ulāika lahum maghfiratun wa-ajrun kabīrun

English Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds
6. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
7. لَهُمlahumfor them
8. مَّغْفِرَةٌۭmaghfiratun(will be) forgiveness
9. وَأَجْرٌۭwa-ajrunand a reward
10. كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat

فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ ۚ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

Transliteration falaʿallaka tārikun baʿḍa mā yūḥā ilayka waḍāiqun bihi ṣadruka an yaqūlū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi kanzun aw jāa maʿahu malakun innamā anta nadhīrun wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin wakīlun

English Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allāh is Disposer of all things.

1. فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen possibly you
2. تَارِكٌۢtārikun(may) give up
3. بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
4. مَاmā(of) what
5. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
6. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
7. وَضَآئِقٌۢwaḍāiqunand straitened
8. بِهِۦbihiby it
9. صَدْرُكَṣadrukayour breast
10. أَنanbecause
11. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
12. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
13. أُنزِلَunzilais sent down
14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
15. كَنزٌkanzuna treasure
16. أَوْawor
17. جَآءَjāahas come
18. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
19. مَلَكٌ ۚmalakunan Angel
20. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
21. أَنتَantayou
22. نَذِيرٌۭ ۚnadhīrun(are) a warner
23. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
24. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
25. كُلِّkullievery
26. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
27. وَكِيلٌwakīluna Guardian

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū biʿashri suwarin mith'lihi muf'tarayātin wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."

1. أَمْamOr
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
3. افْتَرَاهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has fabricated it
4. قُلْqulSay
5. فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
6. بِعَشْرِbiʿashriten
7. سُوَرٍۢsuwarinSurahs
8. مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike it
9. مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍۢmuf'tarayātinfabricated
10. وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand call
11. مَنِmaniwhoever
12. ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtumyou can
13. مِّنminbesides Allah
14. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
15. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
16. إِنinif
17. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
18. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

Transliteration fa-illam yastajībū lakum fa-iʿ'lamū annamā unzila biʿil'mi l-lahi wa-an lā ilāha illā huwa fahal antum mus'limūna

English And if they do not respond to you - then know that it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was revealed with the knowledge of Allāh and that there is no deity except Him. Then, would you [not] be Muslims?

1. فَإِلَّمْfa-illamThen if not
2. يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey respond
3. لَكُمْlakumto you
4. فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know
5. أَنَّمَآannamāthat
6. أُنزِلَunzilait was sent down
7. بِعِلْمِbiʿil'miwith the knowledge of Allah
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiwith the knowledge of Allah
9. وَأَنwa-anand that
10. لَّآlā(there is) no
11. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. هُوَ ۖhuwaHim
14. فَهَلْfahalThen, would
15. أَنتُمantumyou
16. مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(be) Muslims

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ

Transliteration man kāna yurīdu l-ḥayata l-dun'yā wazīnatahā nuwaffi ilayhim aʿmālahum fīhā wahum fīhā lā yub'khasūna

English Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived.

1. مَنmanWhoever [is]
2. كَانَkānaWhoever [is]
3. يُرِيدُyurīdudesires
4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
6. وَزِينَتَهَاwazīnatahāand its adornments
7. نُوَفِّnuwaffiWe will repay in full
8. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
9. أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum(for) their deeds
10. فِيهَاfīhātherein
11. وَهُمْwahumand they
12. فِيهَاfīhāin it
13. لَاlāwill not be lessened
14. يُبْخَسُونَyub'khasūnawill not be lessened

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna laysa lahum fī l-ākhirati illā l-nāru waḥabiṭa mā ṣanaʿū fīhā wabāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna

English Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
3. لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
4. لَهُمْlahumfor them
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. ٱلنَّارُ ۖl-nāruthe Fire
9. وَحَبِطَwaḥabiṭaAnd (has) gone in vain
10. مَاmāwhat
11. صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey did
12. فِيهَاfīhātherein
13. وَبَـٰطِلٌۭwabāṭilunand (is) worthless
14. مَّاmāwhat
15. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
16. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْهُ وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ فَٱلنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُۥ ۚ فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbihi wayatlūhu shāhidun min'hu wamin qablihi kitābu mūsā imāman waraḥmatan ulāika yu'minūna bihi waman yakfur bihi mina l-aḥzābi fal-nāru mawʿiduhu falā taku fī mir'yatin min'hu innahu l-ḥaqu min rabbika walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yu'minūna

English So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness from Him follows it, and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions - the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe.

1. أَفَمَنafamanThen is he who
2. كَانَkānais
3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
4. بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
5. مِّنminfrom
6. رَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
7. وَيَتْلُوهُwayatlūhuand recites it
8. شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
9. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
10. وَمِنwaminand before it
11. قَبْلِهِۦqablihiand before it
12. كِتَـٰبُkitābu(was) a Book
13. مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
14. إِمَامًۭاimāman(as) a guide
15. وَرَحْمَةً ۚwaraḥmatanand (as) mercy
16. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
17. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
18. بِهِۦ ۚbihiin it
19. وَمَنwamanBut whoever
20. يَكْفُرْyakfurdisbelieves
21. بِهِۦbihiin it
22. مِنَminaamong
23. ٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe sects
24. فَٱلنَّارُfal-nāruthen the Fire
25. مَوْعِدُهُۥ ۚmawʿiduhu(will be) his promised (meeting) place
26. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
27. تَكُtakube
28. فِىfīin
29. مِرْيَةٍۢmir'yatindoubt
30. مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huabout it
31. إِنَّهُinnahuIndeed, it
32. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
33. مِنminfrom
34. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
35. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
36. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
37. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
38. لَاlā(do) not
39. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban ulāika yuʿ'raḍūna ʿalā rabbihim wayaqūlu l-ashhādu hāulāi alladhīna kadhabū ʿalā rabbihim alā laʿnatu l-lahi ʿalā l-ẓālimīna

English And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh? Those will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allāh is upon the wrongdoers.

1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
2. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
3. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) who
4. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
5. عَلَىʿalāagainst
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
7. كَذِبًا ۚkadhibana lie
8. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
9. يُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūnawill be presented
10. عَلَىٰʿalābefore
11. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
12. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
13. ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُl-ashhāduthe witnesses
14. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese (are)
15. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
16. كَذَبُوا۟kadhabūlied
17. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
18. رَبِّهِمْ ۚrabbihimtheir Lord
19. أَلَاalāNo doubt
20. لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu(The) curse of Allah
21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(The) curse of Allah
22. عَلَىʿalā(is) on
23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi wayabghūnahā ʿiwajan wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūna

English Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnahinder
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
6. وَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand seek (in) it
7. عِوَجًۭاʿiwajancrookedness
8. وَهُمwahumwhile they
9. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
10. هُمْhum[they]
11. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَـٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration ulāika lam yakūnū muʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā kāna lahum min dūni l-lahi min awliyāa yuḍāʿafu lahumu l-ʿadhābu mā kānū yastaṭīʿūna l-samʿa wamā kānū yub'ṣirūna

English Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. لَمْlamnot
3. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūwill be
4. مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(able to) escape
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
7. وَمَاwamāand not
8. كَانَkānais
9. لَهُمlahumfor them
10. مِّنminbesides
11. دُونِdūnibesides
12. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
13. مِنْminany
14. أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘawliyāaprotectors
15. يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuAnd will be doubled
16. لَهُمُlahumufor them
17. ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
18. مَاmāNot
19. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
20. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
21. ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(to) hear
22. وَمَاwamāand not
23. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
24. يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnasee

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

English Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
3. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(have) lost
4. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir souls
5. وَضَلَّwaḍallaand lost
6. عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
7. مَّاmā(is) what
8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
9. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna(to) invent

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

Transliteration lā jarama annahum fī l-ākhirati humu l-akhsarūna

English Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.

1. لَاlāNo
2. جَرَمَjaramadoubt
3. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
6. هُمُhumu[they]
7. ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَl-akhsarūna(will be) the greatest losers

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wa-akhbatū ilā rabbihim ulāika aṣḥābu l-janati hum fīhā khālidūna

English Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātigood deeds
6. وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟wa-akhbatūand humble themselves
7. إِلَىٰilābefore
8. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
9. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
10. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
11. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
12. هُمْhumthey
13. فِيهَاfīhāin it
14. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

۞ مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration mathalu l-farīqayni kal-aʿmā wal-aṣami wal-baṣīri wal-samīʿi hal yastawiyāni mathalan afalā tadhakkarūna

English The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?

1. ۞ مَثَلُmathalu(The) example
2. ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni(of) the two parties
3. كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰkal-aʿmā(is) like the blind
4. وَٱلْأَصَمِّwal-aṣamiand the deaf
5. وَٱلْبَصِيرِwal-baṣīriand the seer
6. وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚwal-samīʿiand the hearer
7. هَلْhalAre
8. يَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyānithey equal
9. مَثَلًا ۚmathalan(in) comparison
10. أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
11. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi innī lakum nadhīrun mubīnun

English And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. نُوحًاnūḥanNuh
4. إِلَىٰilāto
5. قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people
6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
7. لَكُمْlakumto you
8. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
9. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration an lā taʿbudū illā l-laha innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin alīmin

English That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."

1. أَنanThat
2. لَّاlā(do) not
3. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. ٱللَّهَ ۖl-lahaAllah
6. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
7. أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
8. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
9. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
10. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
11. أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ

Transliteration faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā narāka illā basharan mith'lanā wamā narāka ittabaʿaka illā alladhīna hum arādhilunā bādiya l-rayi wamā narā lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin bal naẓunnukum kādhibīna

English So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."

1. فَقَالَfaqālaSo said
2. ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. مِنminfrom
6. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
7. مَاmāNot
8. نَرَىٰكَnarākawe see you
9. إِلَّاillābut
10. بَشَرًۭاbasharana man
11. مِّثْلَنَاmith'lanālike us
12. وَمَاwamāand not
13. نَرَىٰكَnarākawe see you
14. ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿakafollowed [you]
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
17. هُمْhum[they]
18. أَرَاذِلُنَاarādhilunā(are) the lowest of us
19. بَادِىَbādiyaimmature in opinion
20. ٱلرَّأْىِl-rayiimmature in opinion
21. وَمَاwamāAnd not
22. نَرَىٰnarāwe see
23. لَكُمْlakumin you
24. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover us
25. مِنminany
26. فَضْلٍۭfaḍlinmerit
27. بَلْbalnay
28. نَظُنُّكُمْnaẓunnukumwe think you
29. كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna(are) liars

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَـٰرِهُونَ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī raḥmatan min ʿindihi faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anul'zimukumūhā wa-antum lahā kārihūna

English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
4. إِنinif
5. كُنتُkuntuI was
6. عَلَىٰʿalāon
7. بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatin(the) clear proof
8. مِّنminfrom
9. رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
10. وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīwhile He has given me
11. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
12. مِّنْminfrom
13. عِندِهِۦʿindihiHimself
14. فَعُمِّيَتْfaʿummiyatbut (it) has been obscured
15. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you
16. أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَاanul'zimukumūhāshould We compel you (to accept) it
17. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you (are)
18. لَهَاlahāaverse to it
19. كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūnaaverse to it

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

Transliteration wayāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi mālan in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wamā anā biṭāridi alladhīna āmanū innahum mulāqū rabbihim walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna

English And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allāh. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. لَآlānot
3. أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask (of) you
4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
5. مَالًا ۖmālanany wealth
6. إِنْinNot
7. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. عَلَىʿalāfrom
10. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
11. وَمَآwamāAnd not
12. أَنَا۠anāI am
13. بِطَارِدِbiṭāridigoing to drive away
14. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
15. ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚāmanūbelieved
16. إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they
17. مُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqū(will) be meeting
18. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
19. وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut I
20. أَرَىٰكُمْarākumsee you
21. قَوْمًۭاqawman(are) a people
22. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration wayāqawmi man yanṣurunī mina l-lahi in ṭaradttuhum afalā tadhakkarūna

English And O my people, who would protect me from Allāh if I drove them away? Then will you not be reminded?

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. مَنmanWho
3. يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunīwould help me
4. مِنَminaagainst
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
6. إِنinif
7. طَرَدتُّهُمْ ۚṭaradttuhumI drove them away
8. أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
9. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration walā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu innī malakun walā aqūlu lilladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lan yu'tiyahumu l-lahu khayran l-lahu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

English And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."

1. وَلَآwalāAnd not
2. أَقُولُaqūluI say
3. لَكُمْlakumto you
4. عِندِىʿindī(that) with me
5. خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
7. وَلَآwalāand not
8. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI know
9. ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
10. وَلَآwalāand not
11. أَقُولُaqūluI say
12. إِنِّىinnīthat I am
13. مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
14. وَلَآwalāand not
15. أَقُولُaqūluI say
16. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whom
17. تَزْدَرِىٓtazdarīlook down upon
18. أَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukumyour eyes
19. لَنlannever
20. يُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumuwill Allah give them
21. ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah give them
22. خَيْرًا ۖkhayranany good
23. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
24. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
25. بِمَاbimāwhat
26. فِىٓfī(is) in
27. أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihimtheir souls
28. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
29. إِذًۭاidhanthen
30. لَّمِنَlamina(will be) surely of
31. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰنُوحُ قَدْ جَـٰدَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qālū yānūḥu qad jādaltanā fa-aktharta jidālanā fatinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

English They said, "O Noah, you have disputed [i.e., opposed] us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us what you threaten us, if you should be of the truthful."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
3. قَدْqadIndeed
4. جَـٰدَلْتَنَاjādaltanāyou disputed with us
5. فَأَكْثَرْتَfa-akthartaand you (have been) frequent
6. جِدَٰلَنَاjidālanā(in) dispute with us
7. فَأْتِنَاfatināSo bring us
8. بِمَاbimāwhat
9. تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou threaten us (with)
10. إِنinif
11. كُنتَkuntayou are
12. مِنَminaof
13. ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

Transliteration qāla innamā yatīkum bihi l-lahu in shāa wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīna

English He said, "Allāh will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
3. يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwill bring it (on) you
4. بِهِbihiwill bring it (on) you
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
6. إِنinif
7. شَآءَshāaHe wills
8. وَمَآwamāand not
9. أَنتُمantumyou (are)
10. بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaone who (can) escape (it)

وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration walā yanfaʿukum nuṣ'ḥī in aradttu an anṣaḥa lakum in kāna l-lahu yurīdu an yugh'wiyakum huwa rabbukum wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

English And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (will) not
2. يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
3. نُصْحِىٓnuṣ'ḥīmy advice
4. إِنْin(even) if
5. أَرَدتُّaradttuI wish
6. أَنْanto
7. أَنصَحَanṣaḥa[I] advise
8. لَكُمْlakum[to] you
9. إِنinif
10. كَانَkānait was Allah's
11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuit was Allah's
12. يُرِيدُyurīduwill
13. أَنanto
14. يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚyugh'wiyakumlet you go astray
15. هُوَhuwaHe (is)
16. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
17. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
18. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ

Transliteration am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūna

English Or do they say [about Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], "He invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, then upon me is [the consequence of] my crime; but I am innocent of what [crimes] you commit."

1. أَمْamOr
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
3. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has invented it
4. قُلْqulSay
5. إِنِiniIf
6. ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI have invented it
7. فَعَلَىَّfaʿalayyathen on me
8. إِجْرَامِىij'rāmī(is) my crime
9. وَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I am
10. بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīoninnocent
11. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
12. تُجْرِمُونَtuj'rimūnacrimes you commit

وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration waūḥiya ilā nūḥin annahu lan yu'mina min qawmika illā man qad āmana falā tabta-is bimā kānū yafʿalūna

English And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.

1. وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiyaAnd it was revealed
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. نُوحٍnūḥinNuh
4. أَنَّهُۥannahuThat
5. لَنlanwill never
6. يُؤْمِنَyu'minabelieve
7. مِنminfrom
8. قَوْمِكَqawmikayour people
9. إِلَّاillāexcept
10. مَنman(those) who
11. قَدْqadhave already
12. ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
13. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
14. تَبْتَئِسْtabta-is(be) distressed
15. بِمَاbimāby what
16. كَانُوا۟kānūthey have been
17. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing

وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

Transliteration wa-iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna

English And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."

1. وَٱصْنَعِwa-iṣ'naʿiAnd construct
2. ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
3. بِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyunināunder Our Eyes
4. وَوَحْيِنَاwawaḥyināand Our inspiration
5. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
6. تُخَـٰطِبْنِىtukhāṭib'nīaddress Me
7. فِىfīconcerning
8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
9. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚẓalamūwronged
10. إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they (are)
11. مُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūnathe ones (to be) drowned

وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ

Transliteration wayaṣnaʿu l-ful'ka wakullamā marra ʿalayhi mala-on min qawmihi sakhirū min'hu qāla in taskharū minnā fa-innā naskharu minkum kamā taskharūna

English And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.

1. وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿuAnd he was constructing
2. ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
3. وَكُلَّمَاwakullamāand every time
4. مَرَّmarrapassed
5. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiby him
6. مَلَأٌۭmala-on(the) chiefs
7. مِّنminof
8. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
9. سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūthey ridiculed
10. مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu[of] him
11. قَالَqālaHe said
12. إِنinIf
13. تَسْخَرُوا۟taskharūyou ridicule
14. مِنَّاminnāus
15. فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen we
16. نَسْخَرُnaskharucan ridicule
17. مِنكُمْminkumyou
18. كَمَاkamāas
19. تَسْخَرُونَtaskharūnayou ridicule

فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

Transliteration fasawfa taʿlamūna man yatīhi ʿadhābun yukh'zīhi wayaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābun muqīmun

English And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

1. فَسَوْفَfasawfaAnd soon
2. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
3. مَنman(on) whom
4. يَأْتِيهِyatīhiwill come
5. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
6. يُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhi(that) will disgrace him
7. وَيَحِلُّwayaḥilluand will descend
8. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
9. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
10. مُّقِيمٌmuqīmunlasting

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

Transliteration ḥattā idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru qul'nā iḥ'mil fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu waman āmana wamā āmana maʿahu illā qalīlun

English [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon it [i.e., the ship] of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word [i.e., decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.

1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāTill
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. جَآءَjāacame
4. أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
5. وَفَارَwafāraand overflowed
6. ٱلتَّنُّورُl-tanūruthe oven
7. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
8. ٱحْمِلْiḥ'milLoad
9. فِيهَاfīhāin it
10. مِنminof
11. كُلٍّۢkullinevery kind
12. زَوْجَيْنِzawjaynia pair
13. ٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo
14. وَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaand your family
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. مَنmanwho
17. سَبَقَsabaqahas preceded
18. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him
19. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
20. وَمَنْwamanand whoever
21. ءَامَنَ ۚāmanabelieved
22. وَمَآwamāAnd not
23. ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
24. مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him
25. إِلَّاillāexcept
26. قَلِيلٌۭqalīluna few

۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration waqāla ir'kabū fīhā bis'mi l-lahi majrahā wamur'sāhā inna rabbī laghafūrun raḥīmun

English And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allāh [are] its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

1. ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
2. ٱرْكَبُوا۟ir'kabūEmbark
3. فِيهَاfīhāin it
4. بِسْمِbis'miin the name
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiof Allah
6. مَجْر۪ىٰهَاmajrahā(is) its course
7. وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚwamur'sāhāand its anchorage
8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
9. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
10. لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun(is) certainly Oft-Forgiving
11. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍ يَـٰبُنَىَّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Transliteration wahiya tajrī bihim fī mawjin kal-jibāli wanādā nūḥun ib'nahu wakāna fī maʿzilin yābunayya ir'kab maʿanā walā takun maʿa l-kāfirīna

English And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."

1. وَهِىَwahiyaAnd it
2. تَجْرِىtajrīsailed
3. بِهِمْbihimwith them
4. فِىfīon
5. مَوْجٍۢmawjinthe waves
6. كَٱلْجِبَالِkal-jibālilike mountains
7. وَنَادَىٰwanādāand Nuh called out
8. نُوحٌnūḥunand Nuh called out
9. ٱبْنَهُۥib'nahu(to) his son
10. وَكَانَwakānaand he was
11. فِىfī[in]
12. مَعْزِلٍۢmaʿzilinapart
13. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
14. ٱرْكَبir'kabEmbark
15. مَّعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
16. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
17. تَكُنtakunbe
18. مَّعَmaʿawith
19. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ

Transliteration qāla saāwī ilā jabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min amri l-lahi illā man raḥima waḥāla baynahumā l-mawju fakāna mina l-mugh'raqīna

English [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَـَٔاوِىٓsaāwīI will betake myself
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. جَبَلٍۢjabalina mountain
5. يَعْصِمُنِىyaʿṣimunī(that) will save me
6. مِنَminafrom
7. ٱلْمَآءِ ۚl-māithe water
8. قَالَqālaHe said
9. لَاlā(There is) no
10. عَاصِمَʿāṣimaprotector
11. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
12. مِنْminfrom
13. أَمْرِamrithe Command of Allah
14. ٱللَّهِl-lahithe Command of Allah
15. إِلَّاillāexcept
16. مَنman(on) whom
17. رَّحِمَ ۚraḥimaHe has mercy
18. وَحَالَwaḥālaAnd came
19. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(in) between them
20. ٱلْمَوْجُl-mawjuthe waves
21. فَكَانَfakānaso he was
22. مِنَminaamong
23. ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَl-mugh'raqīnathe drowned

وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration waqīla yāarḍu ib'laʿī māaki wayāsamāu aqliʿī waghīḍa l-māu waquḍiya l-amru wa-is'tawat ʿalā l-jūdiyi waqīla buʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna

English And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."

1. وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said
2. يَـٰٓأَرْضُyāarḍuO earth
3. ٱبْلَعِىib'laʿīSwallow
4. مَآءَكِmāakiyour water
5. وَيَـٰسَمَآءُwayāsamāuand O sky
6. أَقْلِعِىaqliʿīWithhold
7. وَغِيضَwaghīḍaAnd subsided
8. ٱلْمَآءُl-māuthe water
9. وَقُضِىَwaquḍiyaand was fulfilled
10. ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe Command
11. وَٱسْتَوَتْwa-is'tawatAnd it rested
12. عَلَىʿalāon
13. ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖl-jūdiyithe Judi
14. وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said
15. بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danAway
16. لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmiwith the people
17. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبْنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ

Transliteration wanādā nūḥun rabbahu faqāla rabbi inna ib'nī min ahlī wa-inna waʿdaka l-ḥaqu wa-anta aḥkamu l-ḥākimīna

English And Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of judges!"

1. وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd Nuh called
2. نُوحٌۭnūḥunAnd Nuh called
3. رَّبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
4. فَقَالَfaqālaand said
5. رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. ٱبْنِىib'nīmy son
8. مِنْmin(is) of
9. أَهْلِىahlīmy family
10. وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
11. وَعْدَكَwaʿdakaYour promise
12. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) true
13. وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
14. أَحْكَمُaḥkamu(are) the Most Just
15. ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges

قَالَ يَـٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَـٰلِحٍ ۖ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Transliteration qāla yānūḥu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu ʿamalun ghayru ṣāliḥin falā tasalni mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun innī aʿiẓuka an takūna mina l-jāhilīna

English He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
3. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
4. لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
5. مِنْminof
6. أَهْلِكَ ۖahlikayour family
7. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, [he]
8. عَمَلٌʿamalun(his) deed
9. غَيْرُghayru(is) other than
10. صَـٰلِحٍۢ ۖṣāliḥinrighteous
11. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
12. تَسْـَٔلْنِtasalniask Me
13. مَاmā(about) what
14. لَيْسَlaysanot
15. لَكَlakayou have
16. بِهِۦbihiof it
17. عِلْمٌ ۖʿil'munany knowledge
18. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
19. أَعِظُكَaʿiẓukaadmonish you
20. أَنanlest
21. تَكُونَtakūnayou be
22. مِنَminaamong
23. ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

Transliteration qāla rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-illā taghfir lī watarḥamnī akun mina l-khāsirīna

English [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
3. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
4. أَعُوذُaʿūdhuseek refuge
5. بِكَbikain You
6. أَنْanthat
7. أَسْـَٔلَكَasalakaI (should) ask You
8. مَاmāwhat
9. لَيْسَlaysanot
10. لِىlīI have
11. بِهِۦbihiof it
12. عِلْمٌۭ ۖʿil'munknowledge
13. وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
14. تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
15. لِىlīme
16. وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓwatarḥamnīand You have mercy on me
17. أَكُنakunI will be
18. مِّنَminaamong
19. ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers

قِيلَ يَـٰنُوحُ ٱهْبِطْ بِسَلَـٰمٍ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَـٰتٍ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ ۚ وَأُمَمٌ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration qīla yānūḥu ih'biṭ bisalāmin minnā wabarakātin ʿalayka waʿalā umamin mimman maʿaka wa-umamun sanumattiʿuhum thumma yamassuhum minnā ʿadhābun alīmun

English It was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment."

1. قِيلَqīlaIt was said
2. يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥuO Nuh
3. ٱهْبِطْih'biṭGo down
4. بِسَلَـٰمٍۢbisalāminwith peace
5. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
6. وَبَرَكَـٰتٍwabarakātinand blessings
7. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
8. وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand on
9. أُمَمٍۢumaminthe nations
10. مِّمَّنmimmanfrom those
11. مَّعَكَ ۚmaʿakawith you
12. وَأُمَمٌۭwa-umamunBut (to other) nations
13. سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْsanumattiʿuhumWe will grant enjoyment
14. ثُمَّthummathen
15. يَمَسُّهُمyamassuhumwill touch them
16. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
17. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
18. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَا ۖ فَٱصْبِرْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَـٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration til'ka min anbāi l-ghaybi nūḥīhā ilayka mā kunta taʿlamuhā anta walā qawmuka min qabli hādhā fa-iṣ'bir inna l-ʿāqibata lil'muttaqīna

English That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThis
2. مِنْmin(is) from
3. أَنۢبَآءِanbāithe news
4. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
5. نُوحِيهَآnūḥīhā(which) We reveal
6. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
7. مَاmāNot
8. كُنتَkuntayou were
9. تَعْلَمُهَآtaʿlamuhāknowing it
10. أَنتَantayou
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. قَوْمُكَqawmukayour people
13. مِنminfrom
14. قَبْلِqablibefore
15. هَـٰذَا ۖhādhāthis
16. فَٱصْبِرْ ۖfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
17. إِنَّinnaindeed
18. ٱلْعَـٰقِبَةَl-ʿāqibatathe end
19. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna(is) for the God fearing

وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ

Transliteration wa-ilā ʿādin akhāhum hūdan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu in antum illā muf'tarūna

English And to ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].

1. وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
2. عَادٍʿādinAad
3. أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
4. هُودًۭا ۚhūdanHud
5. قَالَqālaHe said
6. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
7. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
9. مَاmānot
10. لَكُمlakum(is) for you
11. مِّنْminany
12. إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
13. غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖghayruhuother than Him
14. إِنْinNot
15. أَنتُمْantumyou
16. إِلَّاillā(are) but
17. مُفْتَرُونَmuf'tarūnainventors

يَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration yāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran in ajriya illā ʿalā alladhī faṭaranī afalā taʿqilūna

English O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?

1. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
2. لَآlāNot
3. أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
5. أَجْرًا ۖajranany reward
6. إِنْinNot
7. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. عَلَىʿalāfrom
10. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
11. فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚfaṭaranīcreated me
12. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
13. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration wayāqawmi is'taghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi yur'sili l-samāa ʿalaykum mid'rāran wayazid'kum quwwatan ilā quwwatikum walā tatawallaw muj'rimīna

English And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirūAsk forgiveness
3. رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
6. إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
7. يُرْسِلِyur'siliHe will send
8. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(from) the sky (rain)
9. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
10. مِّدْرَارًۭاmid'rāran(in) abundance
11. وَيَزِدْكُمْwayazid'kumand increase you
12. قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strength
13. إِلَىٰilā(added) to
14. قُوَّتِكُمْquwwatikumyour strength
15. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
16. تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawturn away
17. مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna(as) criminals

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration qālū yāhūdu mā ji'tanā bibayyinatin wamā naḥnu bitārikī ālihatinā ʿan qawlika wamā naḥnu laka bimu'minīna

English They said, "O Hūd, you have not brought us clear evidence, and we are not ones to leave our gods on your say-so. Nor are we believers in you.

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰهُودُyāhūduO Hud
3. مَاmāYou have not brought us
4. جِئْتَنَاji'tanāYou have not brought us
5. بِبَيِّنَةٍۢbibayyinatinclear proofs
6. وَمَاwamāand not
7. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
8. بِتَارِكِىٓbitārikī(will) leave
9. ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
10. عَنʿanon
11. قَوْلِكَqawlikayour saying
12. وَمَاwamāand not
13. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)
14. لَكَlakain you
15. بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnabelievers

إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ ۗ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration in naqūlu illā iʿ'tarāka baʿḍu ālihatinā bisūin qāla innī ush'hidu l-laha wa-ish'hadū annī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna

English We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil [i.e., insanity]." He said, "Indeed, I call Allāh to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allāh

1. إِنinNot
2. نَّقُولُnaqūluwe say
3. إِلَّاillāexcept (that)
4. ٱعْتَرَىٰكَiʿ'tarākahave seized you
5. بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
6. ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā(of) our gods
7. بِسُوٓءٍۢ ۗbisūinwith evil
8. قَالَqālaHe said
9. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
10. أُشْهِدُush'hidu[I] call Allah to witness
11. ٱللَّهَl-laha[I] call Allah to witness
12. وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟wa-ish'hadūand (you) bear witness
13. أَنِّىannīthat I am
14. بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīoninnocent
15. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
16. تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate

مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ

Transliteration min dūnihi fakīdūnī jamīʿan thumma lā tunẓirūni

English Other than Him. So plot against me all together; then do not give me respite.

1. مِنminOther than Him
2. دُونِهِۦ ۖdūnihiOther than Him
3. فَكِيدُونِىfakīdūnīSo plot against me
4. جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall together
5. ثُمَّthummathen
6. لَاlā(do) not
7. تُنظِرُونِtunẓirūnigive me respite

إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم ۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Transliteration innī tawakkaltu ʿalā l-lahi rabbī warabbikum mā min dābbatin illā huwa ākhidhun bināṣiyatihā inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

English Indeed, I have relied upon Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds it by its forelock [i.e., controls it]. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight.

1. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
2. تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltu[I] put my trust
3. عَلَىʿalāupon
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
6. وَرَبِّكُم ۚwarabbikumand your Lord
7. مَّاmā(There is) not
8. مِنminof a moving creature
9. دَآبَّةٍdābbatinof a moving creature
10. إِلَّاillābut
11. هُوَhuwaHe
12. ءَاخِذٌۢākhidhunhas grasp
13. بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚbināṣiyatihāof its forelock
14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
15. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
16. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
17. صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭina path
18. مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminstraight

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ

Transliteration fa-in tawallaw faqad ablaghtukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi ilaykum wayastakhlifu rabbī qawman ghayrakum walā taḍurrūnahu shayan inna rabbī ʿalā kulli shayin ḥafīẓun

English But if you turn away, then I have already conveyed that with which I was sent to you. My Lord will give succession to a people other than you, and you will not harm Him at all. Indeed my Lord is, over all things, Guardian."

1. فَإِنfa-inSo if
2. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou turn away
3. فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
4. أَبْلَغْتُكُمablaghtukumI have conveyed to you
5. مَّآmāwhat
6. أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI was sent
7. بِهِۦٓbihiwith [it]
8. إِلَيْكُمْ ۚilaykumto you
9. وَيَسْتَخْلِفُwayastakhlifuAnd my Lord will give succession
10. رَبِّىrabbīAnd my Lord will give succession
11. قَوْمًاqawman(to) a people
12. غَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you
13. وَلَاwalāand not
14. تَضُرُّونَهُۥtaḍurrūnahuyou will harm Him
15. شَيْـًٔا ۚshayan(in) anything
16. إِنَّinnaIndeed
17. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
18. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
19. كُلِّkulliall
20. شَىْءٍshayinthings
21. حَفِيظٌۭḥafīẓuna Guardian

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

Transliteration walammā jāa amrunā najjaynā hūdan wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wanajjaynāhum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin

English And when Our command came, We saved Hūd and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a harsh punishment.

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
4. نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
5. هُودًۭاhūdanHud
6. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
7. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
8. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
9. بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
10. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
11. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمwanajjaynāhumand We saved them
12. مِّنْminfrom
13. عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
14. غَلِيظٍۢghalīẓinsevere

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Transliteration watil'ka ʿādun jaḥadū biāyāti rabbihim waʿaṣaw rusulahu wa-ittabaʿū amra kulli jabbārin ʿanīdin

English And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
2. عَادٌۭ ۖʿādun(was) Aad
3. جَحَدُوا۟jaḥadūthey rejected
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
5. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
6. وَعَصَوْا۟waʿaṣawand disobeyed
7. رُسُلَهُۥrusulahuHis Messengers
8. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
9. أَمْرَamra(the) command
10. كُلِّkulli(of) every
11. جَبَّارٍjabbārintyrant
12. عَنِيدٍۢʿanīdinobstinate

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ

Transliteration wa-ut'biʿū fī hādhihi l-dun'yā laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati alā inna ʿādan kafarū rabbahum alā buʿ'dan liʿādin qawmi hūdin

English And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, ʿAad denied their Lord; then away with ʿAad, the people of Hūd.

1. وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followed
2. فِىfīin
3. هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
4. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāworld
5. لَعْنَةًۭlaʿnatan(with) a curse
6. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
7. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
8. أَلَآalāNo doubt
9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
10. عَادًۭاʿādanAad
11. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
12. رَبَّهُمْ ۗrabbahumtheir Lord
13. أَلَاalāSo
14. بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
15. لِّعَادٍۢliʿādinwith Aad
16. قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
17. هُودٍۢhūdin(of) Hud

۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ

Transliteration wa-ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu huwa ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-is'taʿmarakum fīhā fa-is'taghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī qarībun mujībun

English And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

1. ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
2. ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
3. أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
4. صَـٰلِحًۭا ۚṣāliḥanSalih
5. قَالَqālaHe said
6. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
7. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
9. مَاmānot
10. لَكُمlakumyou have
11. مِّنْminany
12. إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
13. غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
14. هُوَhuwaHe
15. أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumproduced you
16. مِّنَminafrom
17. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
18. وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand settled you
19. فِيهَاfīhāin it
20. فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo ask forgiveness of Him
21. ثُمَّthummathen
22. تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
23. إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
25. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
26. قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near
27. مُّجِيبٌۭmujībunAll-Responsive

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۖ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ

Transliteration qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāunā wa-innanā lafī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murībin

English They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
3. قَدْqadVerily
4. كُنتَkuntayou were
5. فِينَاfīnāamong us
6. مَرْجُوًّۭاmarjuwwanthe one in whom hope was placed
7. قَبْلَqablabefore
8. هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhāthis
9. أَتَنْهَىٰنَآatanhānāDo you forbid us
10. أَنanthat
11. نَّعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worship
12. مَاmāwhat
13. يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduour forefathers worshipped
14. ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers worshipped
15. وَإِنَّنَاwa-innanāAnd indeed we
16. لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
17. شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
18. مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
19. تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
20. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
21. مُرِيبٍۢmurībinsuspicious

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī min'hu raḥmatan faman yanṣurunī mina l-lahi in ʿaṣaytuhu famā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīrin

English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allāh if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
4. إِنinif
5. كُنتُkuntuI am
6. عَلَىٰʿalāon
7. بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
8. مِّنminfrom
9. رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
10. وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He has given me
11. مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
12. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatana Mercy
13. فَمَنfamanthen who
14. يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī(can) help me
15. مِنَminaagainst
16. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
17. إِنْinif
18. عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖʿaṣaytuhuI (were to) disobey Him
19. فَمَاfamāSo not
20. تَزِيدُونَنِىtazīdūnanīyou would increase me
21. غَيْرَghayrabut
22. تَخْسِيرٍۢtakhsīrin(in) loss

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ

Transliteration wayāqawmi hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun

English And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
3. نَاقَةُnāqatushe-camel
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
5. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
6. ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
7. فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāso leave her
8. تَأْكُلْtakulto eat
9. فِىٓfīin
10. أَرْضِarḍithe earth
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
12. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
13. تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
14. بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūinwith harm
15. فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest will seize you
16. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
17. قَرِيبٌۭqarībunimpending

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

Transliteration faʿaqarūhā faqāla tamattaʿū fī dārikum thalāthata ayyāmin dhālika waʿdun ghayru makdhūbin

English But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."

1. فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāBut they hamstrung her
2. فَقَالَfaqālaSo he said
3. تَمَتَّعُوا۟tamattaʿūEnjoy (yourselves)
4. فِىfīin
5. دَارِكُمْdārikumyour home(s)
6. ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) three
7. أَيَّامٍۢ ۖayyāmindays
8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
9. وَعْدٌwaʿdun(is) a promise
10. غَيْرُghayrunot
11. مَكْذُوبٍۢmakdhūbin(to) be belied

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَـٰلِحًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْىِ يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ

Transliteration falammā jāa amrunā najjaynā ṣāliḥan wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wamin khiz'yi yawmi-idhin inna rabbaka huwa l-qawiyu l-ʿazīzu

English So when Our command came, We saved Ṣāliḥ and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and [saved them] from the disgrace of that day. Indeed, it is your Lord who is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
4. نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
5. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanSalih
6. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
7. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
8. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
9. بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
10. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
11. وَمِنْwaminand from
12. خِزْىِkhiz'yi(the) disgrace
13. يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗyawmi-idhin(of) that Day
14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
15. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
16. هُوَhuwaHe
17. ٱلْقَوِىُّl-qawiyu(is) All-Strong
18. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuAll-Mighty

وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ

Transliteration wa-akhadha alladhīna ẓalamū l-ṣayḥatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna

English And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

1. وَأَخَذَwa-akhadhaAnd seized
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
4. ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe thunderous blast
5. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
6. فِىfīin
7. دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
8. جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ

Transliteration ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā inna thamūdā kafarū rabbahum alā buʿ'dan lithamūda

English As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.

1. كَأَنka-anAs if
2. لَّمْlamnot
3. يَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey (had) prospered
4. فِيهَآ ۗfīhātherein
5. أَلَآalāNo doubt
6. إِنَّinnaindeed
7. ثَمُودَا۟thamūdāThamud
8. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
9. رَبَّهُمْ ۗrabbahum(in) their Lord
10. أَلَاalāso
11. بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
12. لِّثَمُودَlithamūdawith Thamud

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ ۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍ

Transliteration walaqad jāat rusulunā ib'rāhīma bil-bush'rā qālū salāman qāla salāmun famā labitha an jāa biʿij'lin ḥanīdhin

English And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. جَآءَتْjāatcame
3. رُسُلُنَآrusulunāOur messengers
4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Ibrahim
5. بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith glad tidings
6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
7. سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāmanPeace
8. قَالَqālaHe said
9. سَلَـٰمٌۭ ۖsalāmunPeace
10. فَمَاfamāand not he delayed
11. لَبِثَlabithaand not he delayed
12. أَنanto
13. جَآءَjāabring
14. بِعِجْلٍbiʿij'lina calf
15. حَنِيذٍۢḥanīdhinroasted

فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ

Transliteration falammā raā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmi lūṭin

English But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
2. رَءَآraāhe saw
3. أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
4. لَاlānot
5. تَصِلُtaṣilureaching
6. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
7. نَكِرَهُمْnakirahumhe felt unfamiliar of them
8. وَأَوْجَسَwa-awjasaand felt apprehension
9. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
10. خِيفَةًۭ ۚkhīfatan[a fear]
11. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
12. لَاlā(Do) not
13. تَخَفْtakhaffear
14. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
15. أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] have been sent
16. إِلَىٰilāto
17. قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
18. لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَا بِإِسْحَـٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَـٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ

Transliteration wa-im'ra-atuhu qāimatun faḍaḥikat fabasharnāhā bi-is'ḥāqa wamin warāi is'ḥāqa yaʿqūba

English And his wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

1. وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥwa-im'ra-atuhuAnd his wife
2. قَآئِمَةٌۭqāimatun(was) standing
3. فَضَحِكَتْfaḍaḥikatand she laughed
4. فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَاfabasharnāhāThen We gave her glad tidings
5. بِإِسْحَـٰقَbi-is'ḥāqaof Isaac
6. وَمِنwaminand after
7. وَرَآءِwarāiand after
8. إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
9. يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub

قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Transliteration qālat yāwaylatā a-alidu wa-anā ʿajūzun wahādhā baʿlī shaykhan inna hādhā lashayon ʿajībun

English She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
3. ءَأَلِدُa-aliduShall I bear a child
4. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāwhile I am
5. عَجُوزٌۭʿajūzunan old woman
6. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
7. بَعْلِىbaʿlīmy husband
8. شَيْخًا ۖshaykhan(is) an old man
9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
10. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
11. لَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) surely a thing
12. عَجِيبٌۭʿajībunamazing

قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ رَحْمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَـٰتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٌ مَّجِيدٌ

Transliteration qālū ataʿjabīna min amri l-lahi raḥmatu l-lahi wabarakātuhu ʿalaykum ahla l-bayti innahu ḥamīdun majīdun

English They said, "Are you amazed at the decree of Allāh? May the mercy of Allāh and His blessings be upon you, people of the house. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable."

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. أَتَعْجَبِينَataʿjabīnaAre you amazed
3. مِنْminat
4. أَمْرِamri(the) decree of Allah
5. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(the) decree of Allah
6. رَحْمَتُraḥmatuThe Mercy of Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiThe Mercy of Allah
8. وَبَرَكَـٰتُهُۥwabarakātuhuand His blessings
9. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum(be) upon you
10. أَهْلَahlapeople
11. ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚl-bayti(of) the house
12. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
13. حَمِيدٌۭḥamīdun(is) All-Praiseworthy
14. مَّجِيدٌۭmajīdunAll-Glorious

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَـٰدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ

Transliteration falammā dhahaba ʿan ib'rāhīma l-rawʿu wajāathu l-bush'rā yujādilunā fī qawmi lūṭin

English And when the fright had left Abraham and the good tidings had reached him, he began to argue [i.e., plead] with Us concerning the people of Lot.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
2. ذَهَبَdhahaba(had) gone away
3. عَنْʿanfrom
4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
5. ٱلرَّوْعُl-rawʿuthe fright
6. وَجَآءَتْهُwajāathuand had reached him
7. ٱلْبُشْرَىٰl-bush'rāthe glad tidings
8. يُجَـٰدِلُنَاyujādilunāhe argued with Us
9. فِىfīconcerning
10. قَوْمِqawmithe people
11. لُوطٍlūṭinof Lut

إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌ مُّنِيبٌ

Transliteration inna ib'rāhīma laḥalīmun awwāhun munībun

English Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving and [frequently] returning [to Allāh].

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
3. لَحَلِيمٌlaḥalīmun(was) certainly forbearing
4. أَوَّٰهٌۭawwāhunimploring
5. مُّنِيبٌۭmunībunand oft-returning

يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَإِنَّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ

Transliteration yāib'rāhīmu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā innahu qad jāa amru rabbika wa-innahum ātīhim ʿadhābun ghayru mardūdin

English [The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."

1. يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmuO Ibrahim
2. أَعْرِضْaʿriḍTurn away
3. عَنْʿanfrom
4. هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhāthis
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
6. قَدْqadcertainly
7. جَآءَjāahas come
8. أَمْرُamru(the) Command
9. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(of) your Lord
10. وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed, [they]
11. ءَاتِيهِمْātīhim(will) come (for) them
12. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
13. غَيْرُghayru(which) cannot
14. مَرْدُودٍۢmardūdin(be) repelled

وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌ

Transliteration walammā jāat rusulunā lūṭan sīa bihim waḍāqa bihim dharʿan waqāla hādhā yawmun ʿaṣībun

English And when Our messengers, [the angels], came to Lot, he was anguished for them and felt for them great discomfort and said, "This is a trying day."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَآءَتْjāatcame
3. رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
4. لُوطًۭاlūṭan(to) Lut
5. سِىٓءَsīahe was distressed
6. بِهِمْbihimfor them
7. وَضَاقَwaḍāqaand felt straitened
8. بِهِمْbihimfor them
9. ذَرْعًۭاdharʿan(and) uneasy
10. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
11. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
12. يَوْمٌyawmun(is) a day
13. عَصِيبٌۭʿaṣībundistressful

وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ

Transliteration wajāahu qawmuhu yuh'raʿūna ilayhi wamin qablu kānū yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti qāla yāqawmi hāulāi banātī hunna aṭharu lakum fa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni fī ḍayfī alaysa minkum rajulun rashīdun

English And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"

1. وَجَآءَهُۥwajāahuAnd came (to) him
2. قَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis people
3. يُهْرَعُونَyuh'raʿūnarushing
4. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
5. وَمِنwaminand before
6. قَبْلُqabluand before
7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey (had) been
8. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnadoing
9. ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚl-sayiātithe evil deeds
10. قَالَqālaHe said
11. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
12. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
13. بَنَاتِىbanātī(are) my daughters
14. هُنَّhunnathey
15. أَطْهَرُaṭharu(are) purer
16. لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
17. فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
18. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
19. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
20. تُخْزُونِtukh'zūnidisgrace me
21. فِىfīconcerning
22. ضَيْفِىٓ ۖḍayfīmy guests
23. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs (there) not
24. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
25. رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
26. رَّشِيدٌۭrashīdunright-minded

قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ

Transliteration qālū laqad ʿalim'ta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīdu

English They said, "You have already known that we have not concerning your daughters [i.e., women] any claim [i.e., desire], and indeed, you know what we want."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
3. عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
4. مَاmā(that) not
5. لَنَاlanāwe have
6. فِىfīconcerning
7. بَنَاتِكَbanātikayour daughters
8. مِنْminany
9. حَقٍّۢḥaqqinright
10. وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
11. لَتَعْلَمُlataʿlamusurely know
12. مَاmāwhat
13. نُرِيدُnurīduwe want

قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ

Transliteration qāla law anna lī bikum quwwatan aw āwī ilā ruk'nin shadīdin

English He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَوْlawIf
3. أَنَّannathat
4. لِىlīI had
5. بِكُمْbikumover you
6. قُوَّةًquwwatanpower
7. أَوْawor
8. ءَاوِىٓāwīI could take refuge
9. إِلَىٰilāin
10. رُكْنٍۢruk'nina support
11. شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinstrong

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ

Transliteration qālū yālūṭu innā rusulu rabbika lan yaṣilū ilayka fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun illā im'ra-ataka innahu muṣībuhā mā aṣābahum inna mawʿidahumu l-ṣub'ḥu alaysa l-ṣub'ḥu biqarībin

English They [the angels] said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰلُوطُyālūṭuO Lut
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. رُسُلُrusulu(are) messengers
5. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
6. لَنlannever
7. يَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilūthey will reach
8. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykayou
9. فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
10. بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
11. بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿinin a part
12. مِّنَminaof
13. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
14. وَلَاwalāand (let) not
15. يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlook back
16. مِنكُمْminkumanyone of you
17. أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone of you
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖim'ra-atakayour wife
20. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
21. مُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhāwill strike her
22. مَآmāwhat
23. أَصَابَهُمْ ۚaṣābahumwill strike them
24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
25. مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumutheir appointed time
26. ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚl-ṣub'ḥu(is) morning
27. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
28. ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥuthe morning
29. بِقَرِيبٍۢbiqarībinnear

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

Transliteration falammā jāa amrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin

English So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur Command
4. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
5. عَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits upside
6. سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits downside
7. وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand We rained
8. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon them
9. حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratanstones
10. مِّنminof
11. سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay
12. مَّنضُودٍۢmanḍūdin(in) layers

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ

Transliteration musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika wamā hiya mina l-ẓālimīna bibaʿīdin

English Marked from your Lord. And it [i.e., Allāh's punishment] is not from the wrongdoers [very] far.

1. مُّسَوَّمَةًmusawwamatanMarked
2. عِندَʿindafrom
3. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbikayour Lord
4. وَمَاwamāAnd not
5. هِىَhiyait
6. مِنَmina(is) from
7. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
8. بِبَعِيدٍۢbibaʿīdinfar

۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيطٍ

Transliteration wa-ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu walā tanquṣū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna innī arākum bikhayrin wa-innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin muḥīṭin

English And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.

1. ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
2. مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
3. أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
4. شُعَيْبًۭا ۚshuʿaybanShuaib
5. قَالَqālaHe said
6. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
7. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
9. مَاmānot
10. لَكُمlakum(is) for you
11. مِّنْminany
12. إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
13. غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
14. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
15. تَنقُصُوا۟tanquṣūdecrease
16. ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla(from) the measure
17. وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚwal-mīzānaand the scale
18. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
19. أَرَىٰكُمarākumsee you
20. بِخَيْرٍۢbikhayrinin prosperity
21. وَإِنِّىٓwa-innībut indeed, I
22. أَخَافُakhāfufear
23. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
24. عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
25. يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
26. مُّحِيطٍۢmuḥīṭinall-encompassing

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

Transliteration wayāqawmi awfū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna bil-qis'ṭi walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

English And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. أَوْفُوا۟awfūGive full
3. ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yālameasure
4. وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand weight
5. بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭiin justice
6. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
7. تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
8. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
9. أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum(of) their things
10. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
11. تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
12. فِىfīin
13. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
14. مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption

بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

Transliteration baqiyyatu l-lahi khayrun lakum in kuntum mu'minīna wamā anā ʿalaykum biḥafīẓin

English What remains [lawful] from Allāh is best for you, if you would be believers. But I am not a guardian over you."

1. بَقِيَّتُbaqiyyatu(What) remains
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(from) Allah
3. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
4. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
5. إِنinif
6. كُنتُمkuntumyou are
7. مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۚmu'minīnabelievers
8. وَمَآwamāAnd not
9. أَنَا۠anāI am
10. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
11. بِحَفِيظٍۢbiḥafīẓina guardian

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلْحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ

Transliteration qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalatuka tamuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāu innaka la-anta l-ḥalīmu l-rashīdu

English They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
3. أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatukaDoes your prayer
4. تَأْمُرُكَtamurukacommand you
5. أَنanthat
6. نَّتْرُكَnatrukawe leave
7. مَاmāwhat
8. يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworship
9. ءَابَآؤُنَآābāunāour forefathers
10. أَوْawor
11. أَنanthat
12. نَّفْعَلَnafʿalawe do
13. فِىٓfīconcerning
14. أَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālināour wealth
15. مَاmāwhat
16. نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖnashāuwe will
17. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed you
18. لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
19. ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmu(are) the forbearing
20. ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīduthe right-minded

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَرَزَقَنِى مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنْهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ ۚ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī warazaqanī min'hu riz'qan ḥasanan wamā urīdu an ukhālifakum ilā mā anhākum ʿanhu in urīdu illā l-iṣ'lāḥa mā is'taṭaʿtu wamā tawfīqī illā bil-lahi ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ilayhi unību

English He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...? And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you; I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allāh. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
4. إِنinif
5. كُنتُkuntuI am
6. عَلَىٰʿalāon
7. بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear evidence
8. مِّنminfrom
9. رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
10. وَرَزَقَنِىwarazaqanīand He has provided me
11. مِنْهُmin'hufrom Himself
12. رِزْقًاriz'qana good provision
13. حَسَنًۭا ۚḥasanana good provision
14. وَمَآwamāAnd not
15. أُرِيدُurīduI intend
16. أَنْanthat
17. أُخَالِفَكُمْukhālifakumI differ from you
18. إِلَىٰilāin
19. مَآmāwhat
20. أَنْهَىٰكُمْanhākumI forbid you
21. عَنْهُ ۚʿanhufrom it
22. إِنْinNot
23. أُرِيدُurīduI intend
24. إِلَّاillāexcept
25. ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَl-iṣ'lāḥathe reform
26. مَاmāas much as I am able
27. ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚis'taṭaʿtuas much as I am able
28. وَمَاwamāAnd not
29. تَوْفِيقِىٓtawfīqī(is) my success
30. إِلَّاillāexcept
31. بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahiwith Allah
32. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiUpon Him
33. تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuI trust
34. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
35. أُنِيبُunībuI turn

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِىٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَـٰلِحٍ ۚ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ

Transliteration wayāqawmi lā yajrimannakum shiqāqī an yuṣībakum mith'lu mā aṣāba qawma nūḥin aw qawma hūdin aw qawma ṣāliḥin wamā qawmu lūṭin minkum bibaʿīdin

English And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hūd or the people of Ṣāliḥ. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. لَاlā(Let) not cause you to sin
3. يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْyajrimannakum(Let) not cause you to sin
4. شِقَاقِىٓshiqāqīmy dissension
5. أَنanlest
6. يُصِيبَكُمyuṣībakumbefalls you
7. مِّثْلُmith'lusimilar
8. مَآmā(to) what
9. أَصَابَaṣābabefell
10. قَوْمَqawma(the) people of Nuh
11. نُوحٍnūḥin(the) people of Nuh
12. أَوْawor
13. قَوْمَqawma(the) people of Hud
14. هُودٍhūdin(the) people of Hud
15. أَوْawor
16. قَوْمَqawmapeople of Salih
17. صَـٰلِحٍۢ ۚṣāliḥinpeople of Salih
18. وَمَاwamāAnd not
19. قَوْمُqawmu(are the) people of Lut
20. لُوطٍۢlūṭin(are the) people of Lut
21. مِّنكُمminkumfrom you
22. بِبَعِيدٍۢbibaʿīdinfar off

وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ

Transliteration wa-is'taghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī raḥīmun wadūdun

English And ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."

1. وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wa-is'taghfirūAnd ask forgiveness
2. رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
3. ثُمَّthummathen
4. تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
5. إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
8. رَحِيمٌۭraḥīmun(is) Most Merciful
9. وَدُودٌۭwadūdunMost Loving

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا ۖ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ

Transliteration qālū yāshuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīran mimmā taqūlu wa-innā lanarāka fīnā ḍaʿīfan walawlā rahṭuka larajamnāka wamā anta ʿalaynā biʿazīzin

English They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
3. مَاmāNot
4. نَفْقَهُnafqahuwe understand
5. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
6. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
7. تَقُولُtaqūluyou say
8. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
9. لَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see you
10. فِينَاfīnāamong us
11. ضَعِيفًۭا ۖḍaʿīfanweak
12. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
13. رَهْطُكَrahṭukafor your family
14. لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَ ۖlarajamnākasurely we would have stoned you
15. وَمَآwamāand you are not
16. أَنتَantaand you are not
17. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst us
18. بِعَزِيزٍۢbiʿazīzinmighty

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum mina l-lahi wa-ittakhadhtumūhu warāakum ẓih'riyyan inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun

English He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. أَرَهْطِىٓarahṭīIs my family
4. أَعَزُّaʿazzumightier
5. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumon you
6. مِّنَminathan
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8. وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُwa-ittakhadhtumūhuAnd you have taken Him
9. وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind your
10. ظِهْرِيًّا ۖẓih'riyyanbacks
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
13. بِمَاbimāof what
14. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
15. مُحِيطٌۭmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَـٰمِلٌ ۖ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَـٰذِبٌ ۖ وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ

Transliteration wayāqawmi iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmilun sawfa taʿlamūna man yatīhi ʿadhābun yukh'zīhi waman huwa kādhibun wa-ir'taqibū innī maʿakum raqībun

English And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."

1. وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
2. ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork
3. عَلَىٰʿalā(according) to
4. مَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position
5. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
6. عَـٰمِلٌۭ ۖʿāmilunworking
7. سَوْفَsawfaSoon
8. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
9. مَنman(on) whom
10. يَأْتِيهِyatīhiwill come
11. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
12. يُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhi(that will) disgrace him
13. وَمَنْwamanand who
14. هُوَhuwa[he]
15. كَـٰذِبٌۭ ۖkādhibun(is) a liar
16. وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟wa-ir'taqibūAnd watch
17. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
18. مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
19. رَقِيبٌۭraqībuna watcher

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ

Transliteration walammā jāa amrunā najjaynā shuʿayban wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wa-akhadhati alladhīna ẓalamū l-ṣayḥatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna

English And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur Command
4. نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
5. شُعَيْبًۭاshuʿaybanShuaib
6. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
7. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
8. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
9. بِرَحْمَةٍۢbiraḥmatinby a Mercy
10. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
11. وَأَخَذَتِwa-akhadhatiAnd seized
12. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
13. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
14. ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe thunderous blast
15. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
16. فِىfīin
17. دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
18. جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ

Transliteration ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā buʿ'dan limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūdu

English As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.

1. كَأَنka-anAs if
2. لَّمْlamnot
3. يَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey (had) prospered
4. فِيهَآ ۗfīhātherein
5. أَلَاalāSo
6. بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'danaway
7. لِّمَدْيَنَlimadyanawith Madyan
8. كَمَاkamāas
9. بَعِدَتْbaʿidatwas taken away
10. ثَمُودُthamūduthe Thamud

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration walaqad arsalnā mūsā biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin

English And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
5. وَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢwasul'ṭāninand an authority
6. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۖ وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ

Transliteration ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-ittabaʿū amra fir'ʿawna wamā amru fir'ʿawna birashīdin

English To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.

1. إِلَىٰilāTo
2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
3. وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs
4. فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟fa-ittabaʿūbut they followed
5. أَمْرَamra(the) command of Firaun
6. فِرْعَوْنَ ۖfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
7. وَمَآwamāand not
8. أَمْرُamru(the) command of Firaun
9. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
10. بِرَشِيدٍۢbirashīdinwas right

يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ

Transliteration yaqdumu qawmahu yawma l-qiyāmati fa-awradahumu l-nāra wabi'sa l-wir'du l-mawrūdu

English He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.

1. يَقْدُمُyaqdumuHe will precede
2. قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
3. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
4. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
5. فَأَوْرَدَهُمُfa-awradahumuand lead them
6. ٱلنَّارَ ۖl-nāra(into) the Fire
7. وَبِئْسَwabi'saAnd wretched
8. ٱلْوِرْدُl-wir'du(is) the place
9. ٱلْمَوْرُودُl-mawrūduto which (they are) led

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ

Transliteration wa-ut'biʿū fī hādhihi laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati bi'sa l-rif'du l-marfūdu

English And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.

1. وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followed
2. فِىfīin
3. هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithis
4. لَعْنَةًۭlaʿnatan(by) a curse
5. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
6. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
7. بِئْسَbi'saWretched
8. ٱلرِّفْدُl-rif'du(is) the gift
9. ٱلْمَرْفُودُl-marfūduwhich (will) be given

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ

Transliteration dhālika min anbāi l-qurā naquṣṣuhu ʿalayka min'hā qāimun waḥaṣīdun

English That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. مِنْmin(is) from
3. أَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news
4. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(of) the cities
5. نَقُصُّهُۥnaquṣṣuhu(which) We relate
6. عَلَيْكَ ۖʿalaykato you
7. مِنْهَاmin'hāof them
8. قَآئِمٌۭqāimunsome are standing
9. وَحَصِيدٌۭwaḥaṣīdunand (some) mown

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ

Transliteration wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin ẓalamū anfusahum famā aghnat ʿanhum ālihatuhumu allatī yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi min shayin lammā jāa amru rabbika wamā zādūhum ghayra tatbībin

English And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allāh when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumWe wronged them
3. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
4. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
5. أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖanfusahumthemselves
6. فَمَآfamāSo not
7. أَغْنَتْaghnatavailed
8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
9. ءَالِهَتُهُمُālihatuhumutheir gods
10. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
11. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoked
12. مِنminother than Allah
13. دُونِdūniother than Allah
14. ٱللَّهِl-lahiother than Allah
15. مِنminany
16. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
17. لَّمَّاlammāwhen
18. جَآءَjāacame
19. أَمْرُamru(the) command (of) your Lord
20. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(the) command (of) your Lord
21. وَمَاwamāAnd not
22. زَادُوهُمْzādūhumthey increased them
23. غَيْرَghayraother than
24. تَتْبِيبٍۢtatbībinruin

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَـٰلِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ

Transliteration wakadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadha l-qurā wahiya ẓālimatun inna akhdhahu alīmun shadīdun

English And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. أَخْذُakhdhu(is) the seizure (of) your Lord
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(is) the seizure (of) your Lord
4. إِذَآidhāwhen
5. أَخَذَakhadhaHe seizes
6. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
7. وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
8. ظَـٰلِمَةٌ ۚẓālimatun(are) doing wrong
9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
10. أَخْذَهُۥٓakhdhahuHis seizure
11. أَلِيمٌۭalīmun(is) painful
12. شَدِيدٌshadīdun(and) severe

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ

Transliteration inna fī dhālika laāyatan liman khāfa ʿadhāba l-ākhirati dhālika yawmun majmūʿun lahu l-nāsu wadhālika yawmun mashhūdun

English Indeed in that is a sign for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِىfīin
3. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
4. لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
5. لِّمَنْlimanfor (those) who
6. خَافَkhāfafear
7. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
8. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
9. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
10. يَوْمٌۭyawmun(is) a Day
11. مَّجْمُوعٌۭmajmūʿun(will) be gathered
12. لَّهُlahuon it
13. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
14. وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaand that
15. يَوْمٌۭyawmun(is) a Day
16. مَّشْهُودٌۭmashhūdunwitnessed

وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ

Transliteration wamā nu-akhiruhu illā li-ajalin maʿdūdin

English And We do not delay it except for a limited term.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓnu-akhiruhuWe delay it
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. لِأَجَلٍۢli-ajalinfor a term
5. مَّعْدُودٍۢmaʿdūdinlimited

يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ

Transliteration yawma yati lā takallamu nafsun illā bi-idh'nihi famin'hum shaqiyyun wasaʿīdun

English The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَأْتِyati(it) comes
3. لَاlānot
4. تَكَلَّمُtakallamuwill speak
5. نَفْسٌnafsuna soul
6. إِلَّاillāexcept
7. بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚbi-idh'nihiby His leave
8. فَمِنْهُمْfamin'humThen among them
9. شَقِىٌّۭshaqiyyun(will be the) wretched
10. وَسَعِيدٌۭwasaʿīdunand (the) glad

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

Transliteration fa-ammā alladhīna shaqū fafī l-nāri lahum fīhā zafīrun washahīqun

English As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.

1. فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAs for
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. شَقُوا۟shaqūwere wretched
4. فَفِىfafīthen (they will be) in
5. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
6. لَهُمْlahumFor them
7. فِيهَاfīhātherein
8. زَفِيرٌۭzafīrun(is) sighing
9. وَشَهِيقٌwashahīqunand wailing

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Transliteration khālidīna fīhā mā dāmati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāa rabbuka inna rabbaka faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

English [They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.

1. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(Will be) abiding
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. مَاmāas long as remain
4. دَامَتِdāmatias long as remain
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. مَاmāwhat your Lord wills
9. شَآءَshāawhat your Lord wills
10. رَبُّكَ ۚrabbukawhat your Lord wills
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
13. فَعَّالٌۭfaʿʿālun(is) All-Accomplisher
14. لِّمَاlimāof what
15. يُرِيدُyurīduHe intends

۞ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۖ عَطَآءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ

Transliteration wa-ammā alladhīna suʿidū fafī l-janati khālidīna fīhā mā dāmati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāa rabbuka ʿaṭāan ghayra majdhūdhin

English And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.

1. ۞ وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. سُعِدُوا۟suʿidūwere glad
4. فَفِىfafīthen (they will be) in
5. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
6. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(will be) abiding
7. فِيهَاfīhātherein
8. مَاmāas long as remains
9. دَامَتِdāmatias long as remains
10. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
11. وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. مَاmāwhat your Lord wills
14. شَآءَshāawhat your Lord wills
15. رَبُّكَ ۖrabbukawhat your Lord wills
16. عَطَآءًʿaṭāana bestowal
17. غَيْرَghayranot
18. مَجْذُوذٍۢmajdhūdhininterrupted