Surah Luqman 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

الٓمٓ

Transliteration alif-lam-meem

English Alif, Lām, Meem.

1. الٓمٓalif-lam-meemAlif Lam Meem

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

Transliteration til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-ḥakīmi

English These are verses of the wise Book,

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
2. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are) Verses
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
4. ٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmithe Wise

هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration hudan waraḥmatan lil'muḥ'sinīna

English As guidance and mercy for the doers of good

1. هُدًۭىhudanA guidance
2. وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand a mercy
3. لِّلْمُحْسِنِينَlil'muḥ'sinīnafor the good-doers

ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna yuqīmūna l-ṣalata wayu'tūna l-zakata wahum bil-ākhirati hum yūqinūna

English Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and they, of the Hereafter, are certain [in faith].

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يُقِيمُونَyuqīmūnaestablish
3. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4. وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
5. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
6. وَهُمwahumand they
7. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
8. هُمْhum[they]
9. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnabelieve firmly

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Transliteration ulāika ʿalā hudan min rabbihim wa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

English Those are on [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
3. هُدًۭىhudanguidance
4. مِّنminfrom
5. رَّبِّهِمْ ۖrabbihimtheir Lord
6. وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
7. هُمُhumu[they]
8. ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna(are) the successful

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِى لَهْوَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Transliteration wamina l-nāsi man yashtarī lahwa l-ḥadīthi liyuḍilla ʿan sabīli l-lahi bighayri ʿil'min wayattakhidhahā huzuwan ulāika lahum ʿadhābun muhīnun

English And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allāh without knowledge and who takes it [i.e., His way] in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

1. وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
2. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
3. مَنman(is he) who
4. يَشْتَرِىyashtarīpurchases
5. لَهْوَlahwaidle tales
6. ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthiidle tales
7. لِيُضِلَّliyuḍillato mislead
8. عَنʿanfrom
9. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) path
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
11. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
12. عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
13. وَيَتَّخِذَهَاwayattakhidhahāand takes it
14. هُزُوًا ۚhuzuwan(in) ridicule
15. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
16. لَهُمْlahumfor them
17. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
18. مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِىٓ أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā wallā mus'takbiran ka-an lam yasmaʿhā ka-anna fī udhunayhi waqran fabashir'hu biʿadhābin alīmin

English And when Our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. وَلَّىٰwallāhe turns away
6. مُسْتَكْبِرًۭاmus'takbiranarrogantly
7. كَأَنka-anas if
8. لَّمْlamnot
9. يَسْمَعْهَاyasmaʿhāhe (had) heard them
10. كَأَنَّka-annaas if
11. فِىٓfīin
12. أُذُنَيْهِudhunayhihis ears
13. وَقْرًۭا ۖwaqran(is) deafness
14. فَبَشِّرْهُfabashir'huSo give him tidings
15. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment
16. أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātu l-naʿīmi

English Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
6. لَهُمْlahumfor them
7. جَنَّـٰتُjannātu(are) Gardens
8. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Delight

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration khālidīna fīhā waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqan wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

English Wherein they abide eternally; [it is] the promise of Allāh [which is] truth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

1. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(To) abide forever
2. فِيهَا ۖfīhāin it
3. وَعْدَwaʿda(The) Promise of Allah
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(The) Promise of Allah
5. حَقًّۭا ۚḥaqqan(is) true
6. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
7. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
8. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ۖ وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration khalaqa l-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā wa-alqā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wabatha fīhā min kulli dābbatin wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin

English He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

1. خَلَقَkhalaqaHe created
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
3. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
4. عَمَدٍۢʿamadinpillars
5. تَرَوْنَهَا ۖtarawnahāthat you see
6. وَأَلْقَىٰwa-alqāand has cast
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
9. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
10. أَنanlest
11. تَمِيدَtamīdait (might) shake
12. بِكُمْbikumwith you
13. وَبَثَّwabathaand He dispersed
14. فِيهَاfīhāin it
15. مِنminfrom
16. كُلِّkullievery
17. دَآبَّةٍۢ ۚdābbatincreature
18. وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāAnd We sent down
19. مِنَminafrom
20. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
21. مَآءًۭmāanwater
22. فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāthen We caused to grow
23. فِيهَاfīhātherein
24. مِنminof
25. كُلِّkullievery
26. زَوْجٍۢzawjinkind
27. كَرِيمٍkarīminnoble

هَـٰذَا خَلْقُ ٱللَّهِ فَأَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۚ بَلِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration hādhā khalqu l-lahi fa-arūnī mādhā khalaqa alladhīna min dūnihi bali l-ẓālimūna fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English This is the creation of Allāh. So show Me what those other than Him have created. Rather, the wrongdoers are in clear error.

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. خَلْقُkhalqu(is the) creation
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
4. فَأَرُونِىfa-arūnīSo show Me
5. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
6. خَلَقَkhalaqahave created
7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
8. مِنminbesides Him
9. دُونِهِۦ ۚdūnihibesides Him
10. بَلِbaliNay
11. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
12. فِىfī(are) in
13. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
14. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا لُقْمَـٰنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

Transliteration walaqad ātaynā luq'māna l-ḥik'mata ani ush'kur lillahi waman yashkur fa-innamā yashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fa-inna l-laha ghaniyyun ḥamīdun

English And We had certainly given Luqmān wisdom [and said], "Be grateful to Allāh." And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] - then indeed, Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
3. لُقْمَـٰنَluq'mānaLuqman
4. ٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'matathe wisdom
5. أَنِanithat
6. ٱشْكُرْush'kurBe grateful
7. لِلَّهِ ۚlillahito Allah
8. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
9. يَشْكُرْyashkur(is) grateful
10. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
11. يَشْكُرُyashkuruhe is grateful
12. لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖlinafsihifor himself
13. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
14. كَفَرَkafara(is) ungrateful
15. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
16. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
17. غَنِىٌّghaniyyun(is) Free of need
18. حَمِيدٌۭḥamīdunPraiseworthy

وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَـٰنُ لِٱبْنِهِۦ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-idh qāla luq'mānu li-ib'nihi wahuwa yaʿiẓuhu yābunayya lā tush'rik bil-lahi inna l-shir'ka laẓul'mun ʿaẓīmun

English And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Luqmān said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allāh. Indeed, association [with Him] is great injustice."

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. لُقْمَـٰنُluq'mānuLuqman
4. لِٱبْنِهِۦli-ib'nihito his son
5. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
6. يَعِظُهُۥyaʿiẓuhu(was) instructing him
7. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
8. لَاlā(Do) not
9. تُشْرِكْtush'rikassociate partners
10. بِٱللَّهِ ۖbil-lahiwith Allah
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. ٱلشِّرْكَl-shir'kaassociating partners
13. لَظُلْمٌlaẓul'mun(is) surely an injustice
14. عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ فِى عَامَيْنِ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَيْكَ إِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Transliteration wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi ḥamalathu ummuhu wahnan ʿalā wahnin wafiṣāluhu fī ʿāmayni ani ush'kur lī waliwālidayka ilayya l-maṣīru

English And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination.

1. وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(upon) man
3. بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhifor his parents
4. حَمَلَتْهُḥamalathucarried him
5. أُمُّهُۥummuhuhis mother
6. وَهْنًاwahnan(in) weakness
7. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
8. وَهْنٍۢwahninweakness
9. وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥwafiṣāluhuand his weaning
10. فِىfī(is) in
11. عَامَيْنِʿāmaynitwo years
12. أَنِanithat
13. ٱشْكُرْush'kurBe grateful
14. لِىlīto Me
15. وَلِوَٰلِدَيْكَwaliwālidaykaand to your parents
16. إِلَىَّilayyatowards Me
17. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the destination

وَإِن جَـٰهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۖ وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا ۖ وَٱتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنَابَ إِلَىَّ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration wa-in jāhadāka ʿalā an tush'rika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun falā tuṭiʿ'humā waṣāḥib'humā fī l-dun'yā maʿrūfan wa-ittabiʿ sabīla man anāba ilayya thumma ilayya marjiʿukum fa-unabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

English But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

1. وَإِنwa-inBut if
2. جَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadākathey strive against you
3. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
4. أَنanthat
5. تُشْرِكَtush'rikayou associate partners
6. بِىbīwith Me
7. مَاmāwhat
8. لَيْسَlaysanot
9. لَكَlakayou have
10. بِهِۦbihiof it
11. عِلْمٌۭʿil'munany knowledge
12. فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
13. تُطِعْهُمَا ۖtuṭiʿ'humāobey both of them
14. وَصَاحِبْهُمَاwaṣāḥib'humāBut accompany them
15. فِىfīin
16. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
17. مَعْرُوفًۭا ۖmaʿrūfan(with) kindness
18. وَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿand follow
19. سَبِيلَsabīla(the) path
20. مَنْman(of him) who
21. أَنَابَanābaturns
22. إِلَىَّ ۚilayyato Me
23. ثُمَّthummaThen
24. إِلَىَّilayyatowards Me
25. مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
26. فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukumthen I will inform you
27. بِمَاbimāof what
28. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
29. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

Transliteration yābunayya innahā in taku mith'qāla ḥabbatin min khardalin fatakun fī ṣakhratin aw fī l-samāwāti aw fī l-arḍi yati bihā l-lahu inna l-laha laṭīfun khabīrun

English [And Luqmān said], "O my son, indeed if it [i.e., a wrong] should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allāh will bring it forth. Indeed, Allāh is Subtle and Aware.

1. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
2. إِنَّهَآinnahāIndeed it
3. إِنinif
4. تَكُtakuit be
5. مِثْقَالَmith'qāla(the) weight
6. حَبَّةٍۢḥabbatin(of) a grain
7. مِّنْminof
8. خَرْدَلٍۢkhardalina mustard seed
9. فَتَكُنfatakunand it be
10. فِىfīin
11. صَخْرَةٍṣakhratina rock
12. أَوْawor
13. فِىfīin
14. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
15. أَوْawor
16. فِىfīin
17. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
18. يَأْتِyatiAllah will bring it forth
19. بِهَاbihāAllah will bring it forth
20. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah will bring it forth
21. إِنَّinnaIndeed
22. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
23. لَطِيفٌlaṭīfun(is) All-Subtle
24. خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrunAll-Aware

يَـٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱنْهَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ

Transliteration yābunayya aqimi l-ṣalata wamur bil-maʿrūfi wa-in'ha ʿani l-munkari wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā aṣābaka inna dhālika min ʿazmi l-umūri

English O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] resolve.

1. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
2. أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
3. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4. وَأْمُرْwamurand enjoin
5. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfi[with] the right
6. وَٱنْهَwa-in'haand forbid
7. عَنِʿanifrom
8. ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
9. وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birand be patient
10. عَلَىٰʿalāover
11. مَآmāwhat
12. أَصَابَكَ ۖaṣābakabefalls you
13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
14. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
15. مِنْmin(is) of
16. عَزْمِʿazmithe matters requiring determination
17. ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūrithe matters requiring determination

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

Transliteration walā tuṣaʿʿir khaddaka lilnnāsi walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu kulla mukh'tālin fakhūrin

English And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تُصَعِّرْtuṣaʿʿirturn
3. خَدَّكَkhaddakayour cheek
4. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifrom men
5. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
6. تَمْشِtamshiwalk
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
9. مَرَحًا ۖmaraḥanexultantly
10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
11. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
12. لَاlā(does) not
13. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulike
14. كُلَّkullaevery
15. مُخْتَالٍۢmukh'tālinself-conceited
16. فَخُورٍۢfakhūrinboaster

وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

Transliteration wa-iq'ṣid fī mashyika wa-ugh'ḍuḍ min ṣawtika inna ankara l-aṣwāti laṣawtu l-ḥamīri

English And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

1. وَٱقْصِدْwa-iq'ṣidAnd be moderate
2. فِىfīin
3. مَشْيِكَmashyikayour pace
4. وَٱغْضُضْwa-ugh'ḍuḍand lower
5. مِنmin[of]
6. صَوْتِكَ ۚṣawtikayour voice
7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
8. أَنكَرَankara(the) harshest
9. ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِl-aṣwāti(of all) sounds
10. لَصَوْتُlaṣawtu(is) surely (the) voice
11. ٱلْحَمِيرِl-ḥamīri(of) the donkeys

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُۥ ظَـٰهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ۗ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَـٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَـٰبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

Transliteration alam taraw anna l-laha sakhara lakum mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wa-asbagha ʿalaykum niʿamahu ẓāhiratan wabāṭinatan wamina l-nāsi man yujādilu fī l-lahi bighayri ʿil'min walā hudan walā kitābin munīrin

English Do you not see that Allāh has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him].

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. تَرَوْا۟tarawyou see
3. أَنَّannathat
4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
5. سَخَّرَsakharahas subjected
6. لَكُمlakumto you
7. مَّاmāwhatever
8. فِىfī(is) in
9. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
10. وَمَاwamāand whatever
11. فِىfī(is) in
12. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
13. وَأَسْبَغَwa-asbaghaand amply bestowed
14. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
15. نِعَمَهُۥniʿamahuHis Bounties
16. ظَـٰهِرَةًۭẓāhiratanapparent
17. وَبَاطِنَةًۭ ۗwabāṭinatanand hidden
18. وَمِنَwaminaBut of
19. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
20. مَنman(is he) who
21. يُجَـٰدِلُyujādiludisputes
22. فِىfīabout
23. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
24. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
25. عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
26. وَلَاwalāand not
27. هُدًۭىhudanguidance
28. وَلَاwalāand not
29. كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina book
30. مُّنِيرٍۢmunīrinenlightening

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Transliteration wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittabiʿū mā anzala l-lahu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna l-shayṭānu yadʿūhum ilā ʿadhābi l-saʿīri

English And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. قِيلَqīlait is said
3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
4. ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
5. مَآmāwhat
6. أَنزَلَanzalaAllah (has) revealed
7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) revealed
8. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
9. بَلْbalNay
10. نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe will follow
11. مَاmāwhat
12. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
13. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
14. ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanāour forefathers
15. أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
16. كَانَkānaShaitaan was
17. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaan was
18. يَدْعُوهُمْyadʿūhum(to) call them
19. إِلَىٰilāto
20. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
21. ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze

۞ وَمَن يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِ

Transliteration waman yus'lim wajhahu ilā l-lahi wahuwa muḥ'sinun faqadi is'tamsaka bil-ʿur'wati l-wuth'qā wa-ilā l-lahi ʿāqibatu l-umūri

English And whoever submits his face [i.e., self] to Allāh while he is a doer of good - then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold. And to Allāh will be the outcome of [all] matters.

1. ۞ وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. يُسْلِمْyus'limsubmits
3. وَجْهَهُۥٓwajhahuhis face
4. إِلَىilāto
5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
7. مُحْسِنٌۭmuḥ'sinun(is) a good-doer
8. فَقَدِfaqadithen indeed
9. ٱسْتَمْسَكَis'tamsakahe has grasped
10. بِٱلْعُرْوَةِbil-ʿur'watithe handhold
11. ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ ۗl-wuth'qāthe most trustworthy
12. وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd to
13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
14. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(is the) end
15. ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūri(of) the matters

وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُۥٓ ۚ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Transliteration waman kafara falā yaḥzunka kuf'ruhu ilaynā marjiʿuhum fanunabbi-uhum bimā ʿamilū inna l-laha ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

English And whoever has disbelieved - let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We will inform them of what they did. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. كَفَرَkafaradisbelieves
3. فَلَاfalālet not
4. يَحْزُنكَyaḥzunkagrieve you
5. كُفْرُهُۥٓ ۚkuf'ruhuhis disbelief
6. إِلَيْنَاilaynāTo Us
7. مَرْجِعُهُمْmarjiʿuhum(is) their return
8. فَنُنَبِّئُهُمfanunabbi-uhumthen We will inform them
9. بِمَاbimāof what
10. عَمِلُوٓا۟ ۚʿamilūthey did
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
13. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) the All-Knower
14. بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
15. ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts

نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

Transliteration numattiʿuhum qalīlan thumma naḍṭarruhum ilā ʿadhābin ghalīẓin

English We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

1. نُمَتِّعُهُمْnumattiʿuhumWe grant them enjoyment
2. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan(for) a little
3. ثُمَّthummathen
4. نَضْطَرُّهُمْnaḍṭarruhumWe will force them
5. إِلَىٰilāto
6. عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
7. غَلِيظٍۢghalīẓinsevere

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

English And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh"; but most of them do not know.

1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
3. مَّنْmanWho
4. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
7. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaThey will surely say
8. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
9. قُلِquliSay
10. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praises
11. لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(are) for Allah
12. بَلْbalBut
13. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
14. لَاlā(do) not
15. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

Transliteration lillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi inna l-laha huwa l-ghaniyu l-ḥamīdu

English To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

1. لِلَّهِlillahiTo Allah (belongs)
2. مَاmāwhatever
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
8. هُوَhuwaHe
9. ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu(is) Free of need
10. ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduthe Praiseworthy

وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَـٰمٌ وَٱلْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Transliteration walaw annamā fī l-arḍi min shajaratin aqlāmun wal-baḥru yamudduhu min baʿdihi sabʿatu abḥurin mā nafidat kalimātu l-lahi inna l-laha ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

English And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allāh would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. أَنَّمَاannamāwhatever
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
5. مِنminof
6. شَجَرَةٍshajaratin(the) trees
7. أَقْلَـٰمٌۭaqlāmun(were) pens
8. وَٱلْبَحْرُwal-baḥruand the sea
9. يَمُدُّهُۥyamudduhu(to) add to it
10. مِنۢminafter it
11. بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter it
12. سَبْعَةُsabʿatuseven
13. أَبْحُرٍۢabḥurinseas
14. مَّاmānot
15. نَفِدَتْnafidatwould be exhausted
16. كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu(the) Words
17. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
18. إِنَّinnaIndeed
19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
20. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
21. حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

Transliteration mā khalqukum walā baʿthukum illā kanafsin wāḥidatin inna l-laha samīʿun baṣīrun

English Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

1. مَّاmāNot
2. خَلْقُكُمْkhalqukum(is) your creation
3. وَلَاwalāand not
4. بَعْثُكُمْbaʿthukumyour resurrection
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. كَنَفْسٍۢkanafsinas a soul
7. وَٰحِدَةٍ ۗwāḥidatinsingle
8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
10. سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
11. بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

Transliteration alam tara anna l-laha yūliju al-layla fī l-nahāri wayūliju l-nahāra fī al-layli wasakhara l-shamsa wal-qamara kullun yajrī ilā ajalin musamman wa-anna l-laha bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun

English Do you not see [i.e., know] that Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allāh, of whatever you do, is Aware?

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. تَرَtarayou see
3. أَنَّannathat
4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
5. يُولِجُyūlijucauses to enter
6. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
7. فِىfīinto
8. ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day
9. وَيُولِجُwayūlijuand causes to enter
10. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
11. فِىfīinto
12. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
13. وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand has subjected
14. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
15. وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
16. كُلٌّۭkulluneach
17. يَجْرِىٓyajrīmoving
18. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
19. أَجَلٍۢajalina term
20. مُّسَمًّۭىmusammanappointed
21. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
22. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
23. بِمَاbimāof what
24. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
25. خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Transliteration dhālika bi-anna l-laha huwa l-ḥaqu wa-anna mā yadʿūna min dūnihi l-bāṭilu wa-anna l-laha huwa l-ʿaliyu l-kabīru

English That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that what they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
4. هُوَhuwaHe
5. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the Truth
6. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
7. مَاmāwhat
8. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey call
9. مِنminbesides Him
10. دُونِهِdūnihibesides Him
11. ٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭilu(is) [the] falsehood
12. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
13. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
14. هُوَhuwaHe
15. ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
16. ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe Most Great

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

Transliteration alam tara anna l-ful'ka tajrī fī l-baḥri biniʿ'mati l-lahi liyuriyakum min āyātihi inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

English Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allāh that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. تَرَtarayou see
3. أَنَّannathat
4. ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ships
5. تَجْرِىtajrīsail
6. فِىfīthrough
7. ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
8. بِنِعْمَتِbiniʿ'matiby (the) Grace
9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
10. لِيُرِيَكُمliyuriyakumthat He may show you
11. مِّنْminof
12. ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚāyātihiHis Signs
13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
14. فِىfīin
15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
16. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
17. لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
18. صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārin(who is) patient
19. شَكُورٍۢshakūringrateful

وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ

Transliteration wa-idhā ghashiyahum mawjun kal-ẓulali daʿawū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna falammā najjāhum ilā l-bari famin'hum muq'taṣidun wamā yajḥadu biāyātinā illā kullu khattārin kafūrin

English And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith]. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. غَشِيَهُمghashiyahumcovers them
3. مَّوْجٌۭmawjuna wave
4. كَٱلظُّلَلِkal-ẓulalilike canopies
5. دَعَوُا۟daʿawūthey call
6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
7. مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
8. لَهُlahuto Him
9. ٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) religion
10. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
11. نَجَّىٰهُمْnajjāhumHe delivers them
12. إِلَىilāto
13. ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
14. فَمِنْهُمfamin'humthen among them
15. مُّقْتَصِدٌۭ ۚmuq'taṣidun(some are) moderate
16. وَمَاwamāAnd not
17. يَجْحَدُyajḥadudeny
18. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināOur Signs
19. إِلَّاillāexcept
20. كُلُّkulluevery
21. خَتَّارٍۢkhattārintraitor
22. كَفُورٍۢkafūrinungrateful

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

Transliteration yāayyuhā l-nāsu ittaqū rabbakum wa-ikh'shaw yawman lā yajzī wālidun ʿan waladihi walā mawlūdun huwa jāzin ʿan wālidihi shayan inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun falā taghurrannakumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā walā yaghurrannakum bil-lahi l-gharūru

English O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
3. ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
4. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
5. وَٱخْشَوْا۟wa-ikh'shawand fear
6. يَوْمًۭاyawmana Day
7. لَّاlānot
8. يَجْزِىyajzīcan avail
9. وَالِدٌwāliduna father
10. عَنʿan[for]
11. وَلَدِهِۦwaladihihis son
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. مَوْلُودٌmawlūduna son
14. هُوَhuwahe
15. جَازٍjāzin(can) avail
16. عَنʿan[for]
17. وَالِدِهِۦwālidihihis father
18. شَيْـًٔا ۚshayananything
19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
20. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
22. حَقٌّۭ ۖḥaqqun(is) True
23. فَلَاfalāso let not deceive you
24. تَغُرَّنَّكُمُtaghurrannakumuso let not deceive you
25. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
26. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
27. وَلَاwalāand let not deceive you
28. يَغُرَّنَّكُمyaghurrannakumand let not deceive you
29. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
30. ٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe deceiver

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ ۖ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا ۖ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ

Transliteration inna l-laha ʿindahu ʿil'mu l-sāʿati wayunazzilu l-ghaytha wayaʿlamu mā fī l-arḥāmi wamā tadrī nafsun mādhā taksibu ghadan wamā tadrī nafsun bi-ayyi arḍin tamūtu inna l-laha ʿalīmun khabīrun

English Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him
4. عِلْمُʿil'mu(is the) knowledge
5. ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati(of) the Hour
6. وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluand He sends down
7. ٱلْغَيْثَl-ghaythathe rain
8. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand knows
9. مَاmāwhat
10. فِىfī(is) in
11. ٱلْأَرْحَامِ ۖl-arḥāmithe wombs
12. وَمَاwamāAnd not
13. تَدْرِىtadrīknows
14. نَفْسٌۭnafsunany soul
15. مَّاذَاmādhāwhat
16. تَكْسِبُtaksibuit will earn
17. غَدًۭا ۖghadantomorrow
18. وَمَاwamāand not
19. تَدْرِىtadrīknows
20. نَفْسٌۢnafsunany soul
21. بِأَىِّbi-ayyiin what
22. أَرْضٍۢarḍinland
23. تَمُوتُ ۚtamūtuit will die
24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
25. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
26. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
27. خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunAll-Aware