Surah Maryam 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

كٓهيعٓصٓ

Transliteration kaf-ha-ya-ain-sad

English Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.

1. كٓهيعٓصٓkaf-ha-ya-ain-sadKaaf Ha Ya Ain Sad

ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

Transliteration dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyyā

English [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

1. ذِكْرُdhik'ru(A) mention
2. رَحْمَتِraḥmati(of the) Mercy
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
4. عَبْدَهُۥʿabdahu(to) His servant
5. زَكَرِيَّآzakariyyāZakariya

إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

Transliteration idh nādā rabbahu nidāan khafiyyan

English When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. نَادَىٰnādāhe called
3. رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
4. نِدَآءًnidāana call
5. خَفِيًّۭاkhafiyyansecret

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

Transliteration qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan

English He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
4. وَهَنَwahana(have) weakened
5. ٱلْعَظْمُl-ʿaẓmumy bones
6. مِنِّىminnīmy bones
7. وَٱشْتَعَلَwa-ish'taʿalaand flared
8. ٱلرَّأْسُl-rasu(my) head
9. شَيْبًۭاshayban(with) white
10. وَلَمْwalamand not
11. أَكُنۢakunI have been
12. بِدُعَآئِكَbiduʿāikain (my) supplication (to) You
13. رَبِّrabbimy Lord
14. شَقِيًّۭاshaqiyyanunblessed

وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا

Transliteration wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan

English And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
2. خِفْتُkhif'tu[I] fear
3. ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَl-mawāliyathe successors
4. مِنminafter me
5. وَرَآءِىwarāīafter me
6. وَكَانَتِwakānatiand is
7. ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
8. عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
9. فَهَبْfahabSo give
10. لِىlī[to] me
11. مِنminfrom
12. لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
13. وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanan heir

يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

Transliteration yarithunī wayarithu min āli yaʿqūba wa-ij'ʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyan

English Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

1. يَرِثُنِىyarithunīWho will inherit me
2. وَيَرِثُwayarithuand inherit
3. مِنْminfrom
4. ءَالِāli(the) family
5. يَعْقُوبَ ۖyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub
6. وَٱجْعَلْهُwa-ij'ʿalhuAnd make him
7. رَبِّrabbimy Lord
8. رَضِيًّۭاraḍiyyanpleasing

يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

Transliteration yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyyan

English [He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

1. يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآyāzakariyyāO Zakariya
2. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
3. نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[We] give you glad tidings
4. بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
5. ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuhis name
6. يَحْيَىٰyaḥyā(will be) Yahya
7. لَمْlamnot
8. نَجْعَلnajʿalWe (have) assigned
9. لَّهُۥlahu[for] it
10. مِنminbefore
11. قَبْلُqablubefore
12. سَمِيًّۭاsamiyyan(this) name

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

Transliteration qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

English He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. أَنَّىٰannāHow
4. يَكُونُyakūnucan
5. لِىlīI have
6. غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna boy
7. وَكَانَتِwakānatiwhile is
8. ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
9. عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
10. وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
11. بَلَغْتُbalaghtuI have reached
12. مِنَminaof
13. ٱلْكِبَرِl-kibarithe old age
14. عِتِيًّۭاʿitiyyanextreme

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا

Transliteration qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shayan

English [An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
3. قَالَqālasaid
4. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
5. هُوَhuwa'It
6. عَلَىَّʿalayya(is) easy for Me
7. هَيِّنٌۭhayyinun(is) easy for Me
8. وَقَدْwaqadand certainly
9. خَلَقْتُكَkhalaqtukaI (have) created you
10. مِنminbefore
11. قَبْلُqablubefore
12. وَلَمْwalamwhile not
13. تَكُtakuyou were
14. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything.'

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا

Transliteration qāla rabbi ij'ʿal lī āyatan qāla āyatuka allā tukallima l-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

English [Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMake
4. لِّىٓlīfor me
5. ءَايَةًۭ ۚāyatana sign
6. قَالَqālaHe said
7. ءَايَتُكَāyatukaYour sign
8. أَلَّاallā(is) that not
9. تُكَلِّمَtukallimayou will speak
10. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the people
11. ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
12. لَيَالٍۢlayālinnights
13. سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyansound

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا

Transliteration fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi mina l-miḥ'rābi fa-awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū buk'ratan waʿashiyyan

English So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.

1. فَخَرَجَfakharajaThen he came out
2. عَلَىٰʿalāto
3. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
4. مِنَminafrom
5. ٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābithe prayer chamber
6. فَأَوْحَىٰٓfa-awḥāand he signaled
7. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
8. أَنanto
9. سَبِّحُوا۟sabbiḥūglorify (Allah)
10. بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratan(in) the morning
11. وَعَشِيًّۭاwaʿashiyyanand (in) the evening

يَـٰيَحْيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا

Transliteration yāyaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba biquwwatin waātaynāhu l-ḥuk'ma ṣabiyyan

English [Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

1. يَـٰيَحْيَىٰyāyaḥyāO Yahya
2. خُذِkhudhiHold
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
4. بِقُوَّةٍۢ ۖbiquwwatinwith strength
5. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd We gave him
6. ٱلْحُكْمَl-ḥuk'ma[the] wisdom
7. صَبِيًّۭاṣabiyyan(when he was) a child

وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا

Transliteration waḥanānan min ladunnā wazakatan wakāna taqiyyan

English And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh

1. وَحَنَانًۭاwaḥanānanAnd affection
2. مِّنminfrom
3. لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
4. وَزَكَوٰةًۭ ۖwazakatanand purity
5. وَكَانَwakānaand he was
6. تَقِيًّۭاtaqiyyanrighteous

وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا

Transliteration wabarran biwālidayhi walam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyan

English And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

1. وَبَرًّۢاwabarranAnd dutiful
2. بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhito his parents
3. وَلَمْwalamand not
4. يَكُنyakunhe was
5. جَبَّارًاjabbārana tyrant
6. عَصِيًّۭاʿaṣiyyandisobedient

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا

Transliteration wasalāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamūtu wayawma yub'ʿathu ḥayyan

English And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.

1. وَسَلَـٰمٌwasalāmunAnd peace be
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
3. يَوْمَyawma(the) day
4. وُلِدَwulidahe was born
5. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) day
6. يَمُوتُyamūtuhe dies
7. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) day
8. يُبْعَثُyub'ʿathuhe will be raised
9. حَيًّۭاḥayyanalive

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا

Transliteration wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi maryama idhi intabadhat min ahlihā makānan sharqiyyan

English And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

1. وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
4. مَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryam
5. إِذِidhiwhen
6. ٱنتَبَذَتْintabadhatshe withdrew
7. مِنْminfrom
8. أَهْلِهَاahlihāher family
9. مَكَانًۭاmakānan(to) a place
10. شَرْقِيًّۭاsharqiyyaneastern

فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

Transliteration fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathala lahā basharan sawiyyan

English And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

1. فَٱتَّخَذَتْfa-ittakhadhatThen she took
2. مِنminfrom them
3. دُونِهِمْdūnihimfrom them
4. حِجَابًۭاḥijābana screen
5. فَأَرْسَلْنَآfa-arsalnāThen We sent
6. إِلَيْهَاilayhāto her
7. رُوحَنَاrūḥanāOur Spirit
8. فَتَمَثَّلَfatamathalathen he assumed for her the likeness
9. لَهَاlahāthen he assumed for her the likeness
10. بَشَرًۭاbasharan(of) a man
11. سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyanwell-proportioned

قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا

Transliteration qālat innī aʿūdhu bil-raḥmāni minka in kunta taqiyyan

English She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allāh."

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
3. أَعُوذُaʿūdhu[I] seek refuge
4. بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniwith the Most Gracious
5. مِنكَminkafrom you
6. إِنinif
7. كُنتَkuntayou are
8. تَقِيًّۭاtaqiyyanGod fearing

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًا زَكِيًّا

Transliteration qāla innamā anā rasūlu rabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyan

English He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son]."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
3. أَنَا۠anāI am
4. رَسُولُrasūlua Messenger
5. رَبِّكِrabbiki(from) your Lord
6. لِأَهَبَli-ahabathat I (may) bestow
7. لَكِlakion you
8. غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāmana son
9. زَكِيًّۭاzakiyyanpure

قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

Transliteration qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun walam yamsasnī basharun walam aku baghiyyan

English She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. أَنَّىٰannāHow
3. يَكُونُyakūnucan be
4. لِىlīfor me
5. غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna son
6. وَلَمْwalamwhen not
7. يَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnīhas touched me
8. بَشَرٌۭbasharuna man
9. وَلَمْwalamand not
10. أَكُakuI am
11. بَغِيًّۭاbaghiyyanunchaste

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا

Transliteration qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyinun walinajʿalahu āyatan lilnnāsi waraḥmatan minnā wakāna amran maqḍiyyan

English He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
3. قَالَqālasaid
4. رَبُّكِrabbukiyour Lord
5. هُوَhuwa'It
6. عَلَىَّʿalayya(is) for Me
7. هَيِّنٌۭ ۖhayyinuneasy
8. وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓwalinajʿalahuand so that We will make him
9. ءَايَةًۭāyatana sign
10. لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
11. وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand a Mercy
12. مِّنَّا ۚminnāfrom Us
13. وَكَانَwakānaAnd (it) is
14. أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
15. مَّقْضِيًّۭاmaqḍiyyandecreed.'

۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

Transliteration faḥamalathu fa-intabadhat bihi makānan qaṣiyyan

English So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

1. ۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُfaḥamalathuSo she conceived him
2. فَٱنتَبَذَتْfa-intabadhatand she withdrew
3. بِهِۦbihiwith him
4. مَكَانًۭاmakānan(to) a place
5. قَصِيًّۭاqaṣiyyanremote

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا

Transliteration fa-ajāahā l-makhāḍu ilā jidh'ʿi l-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan

English And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

1. فَأَجَآءَهَاfa-ajāahāThen drove her
2. ٱلْمَخَاضُl-makhāḍuthe pains of childbirth
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. جِذْعِjidh'ʿi(the) trunk
5. ٱلنَّخْلَةِl-nakhlati(of) the date-palm
6. قَالَتْqālatShe said
7. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO! I wish
8. مِتُّmittuI (had) died
9. قَبْلَqablabefore
10. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
11. وَكُنتُwakuntuand I was
12. نَسْيًۭاnasyan(in) oblivion
13. مَّنسِيًّۭاmansiyyanforgotten

فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا

Transliteration fanādāhā min taḥtihā allā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyan

English But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

1. فَنَادَىٰهَاfanādāhāSo cried to her
2. مِنminfrom
3. تَحْتِهَآtaḥtihābeneath her
4. أَلَّاallāThat (do) not
5. تَحْزَنِىtaḥzanīgrieve
6. قَدْqadverily
7. جَعَلَjaʿala(has) placed
8. رَبُّكِrabbukiyour Lord
9. تَحْتَكِtaḥtakibeneath you
10. سَرِيًّۭاsariyyana stream

وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَـٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

Transliteration wahuzzī ilayki bijidh'ʿi l-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyan

English And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

1. وَهُزِّىٓwahuzzīAnd shake
2. إِلَيْكِilaykitowards you
3. بِجِذْعِbijidh'ʿi(the) trunk
4. ٱلنَّخْلَةِl-nakhlati(of) the date-palm
5. تُسَـٰقِطْtusāqiṭit will drop
6. عَلَيْكِʿalaykiupon you
7. رُطَبًۭاruṭabanfresh dates
8. جَنِيًّۭاjaniyyanripe

فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا

Transliteration fakulī wa-ish'rabī waqarrī ʿaynan fa-immā tarayinna mina l-bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lilrraḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallima l-yawma insiyyan

English So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"

1. فَكُلِىfakulīSo eat
2. وَٱشْرَبِىwa-ish'rabīand drink
3. وَقَرِّىwaqarrīand cool
4. عَيْنًۭا ۖʿaynan(your) eyes
5. فَإِمَّاfa-immāAnd if
6. تَرَيِنَّtarayinnayou see
7. مِنَminafrom
8. ٱلْبَشَرِl-basharihuman being
9. أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone
10. فَقُولِىٓfaqūlīthen say
11. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
12. نَذَرْتُnadhartu[I] have vowed
13. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
14. صَوْمًۭاṣawmana fast
15. فَلَنْfalanso not
16. أُكَلِّمَukallimaI will speak
17. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
18. إِنسِيًّۭاinsiyyan(to any) human being

فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا

Transliteration fa-atat bihi qawmahā taḥmiluhu qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji'ti shayan fariyyan

English Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

1. فَأَتَتْfa-atatThen she came
2. بِهِۦbihiwith him
3. قَوْمَهَاqawmahā(to) her people
4. تَحْمِلُهُۥ ۖtaḥmiluhucarrying him
5. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
6. يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamuO Maryam
7. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
8. جِئْتِji'tiyou (have) brought
9. شَيْـًۭٔاshayanan amazing thing
10. فَرِيًّۭاfariyyanan amazing thing

يَـٰٓأُخْتَ هَـٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا

Transliteration yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyyan

English O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

1. يَـٰٓأُخْتَyāukh'taO sister
2. هَـٰرُونَhārūna(of) Harun
3. مَاmāNot
4. كَانَkānawas
5. أَبُوكِabūkiyour father
6. ٱمْرَأَim'ra-aan evil man
7. سَوْءٍۢsawinan evil man
8. وَمَاwamāand not
9. كَانَتْkānatwas
10. أُمُّكِummukiyour mother
11. بَغِيًّۭاbaghiyyanunchaste

فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

Transliteration fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

English So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

1. فَأَشَارَتْfa-ashāratThen she pointed
2. إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito him
3. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
4. كَيْفَkayfaHow
5. نُكَلِّمُnukallimu(can) we speak
6. مَنman(to one) who
7. كَانَkānais
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdithe cradle
10. صَبِيًّۭاṣabiyyana child

قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا

Transliteration qāla innī ʿabdu l-lahi ātāniya l-kitāba wajaʿalanī nabiyyan

English [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
3. عَبْدُʿabdua slave
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
5. ءَاتَىٰنِىَātāniyaHe gave me
6. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
7. وَجَعَلَنِىwajaʿalanīand made me
8. نَبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَـٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا

Transliteration wajaʿalanī mubārakan ayna mā kuntu wa-awṣānī bil-ṣalati wal-zakati mā dum'tu ḥayyan

English And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive

1. وَجَعَلَنِىwajaʿalanīAnd He (has) made me
2. مُبَارَكًاmubārakanblessed
3. أَيْنَaynawherever
4. مَاmāwherever
5. كُنتُkuntuI am
6. وَأَوْصَـٰنِىwa-awṣānīand has enjoined (on) me
7. بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِbil-ṣalati[of] the prayer
8. وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِwal-zakatiand zakah
9. مَاmāas long as I am
10. دُمْتُdum'tuas long as I am
11. حَيًّۭاḥayyanalive

وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا

Transliteration wabarran biwālidatī walam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyan

English And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

1. وَبَرًّۢاwabarranAnd dutiful
2. بِوَٰلِدَتِىbiwālidatīto my mother
3. وَلَمْwalamand not
4. يَجْعَلْنِىyajʿalnīHe (has) made me
5. جَبَّارًۭاjabbāraninsolent
6. شَقِيًّۭاshaqiyyanunblessed

وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا

Transliteration wal-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulidttu wayawma amūtu wayawma ub'ʿathu ḥayyan

English And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

1. وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُwal-salāmuAnd peace (be)
2. عَلَىَّʿalayyaon me
3. يَوْمَyawma(the) day
4. وُلِدتُّwulidttuI was born
5. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) day
6. أَمُوتُamūtuI will die
7. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) Day
8. أُبْعَثُub'ʿathuI will be raised
9. حَيًّۭاḥayyanalive

ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

Transliteration dhālika ʿīsā ub'nu maryama qawla l-ḥaqi alladhī fīhi yamtarūna

English That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. عِيسَىʿīsā(was) Isa
3. ٱبْنُub'nu(the) son
4. مَرْيَمَ ۚmaryama(of) Maryam
5. قَوْلَqawlaa statement
6. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi(of) truth
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
8. فِيهِfīhiabout it
9. يَمْتَرُونَyamtarūnathey dispute

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Transliteration mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

English It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

1. مَاmāNot
2. كَانَkāna(it) is
3. لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
4. أَنanthat
5. يَتَّخِذَyattakhidhaHe should take
6. مِنminany son
7. وَلَدٍۢ ۖwaladinany son
8. سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him
9. إِذَاidhāWhen
10. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
11. أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
12. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
13. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
14. لَهُۥlahuto it
15. كُنkunBe
16. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is

وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

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

English [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
3. رَبِّىrabbī(is) my Lord
4. وَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumand your Lord
5. فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚfa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Him
6. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
7. صِرَٰطٌۭṣirāṭun(is) a path
8. مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭmus'taqīmunstraight

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration fa-ikh'talafa l-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min mashhadi yawmin ʿaẓīmin

English Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

1. فَٱخْتَلَفَfa-ikh'talafaBut differed
2. ٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābuthe sects
3. مِنۢminfrom among them
4. بَيْنِهِمْ ۖbaynihimfrom among them
5. فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunso woe
6. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
7. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
8. مِنminfrom
9. مَّشْهَدِmashhadi(the) witnessing
10. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
11. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat

أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَـٰكِنِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration asmiʿ bihim wa-abṣir yawma yatūnanā lākini l-ẓālimūna l-yawma fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

1. أَسْمِعْasmiʿHow they will hear
2. بِهِمْbihimHow they will hear
3. وَأَبْصِرْwa-abṣirand how (they will) see
4. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
5. يَأْتُونَنَا ۖyatūnanāthey will come to Us
6. لَـٰكِنِlākinibut
7. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
8. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
9. فِىfī(are) in
10. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
11. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration wa-andhir'hum yawma l-ḥasrati idh quḍiya l-amru wahum fī ghaflatin wahum lā yu'minūna

English And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

1. وَأَنذِرْهُمْwa-andhir'humAnd warn them
2. يَوْمَyawma(of the) Day
3. ٱلْحَسْرَةِl-ḥasrati(of) the Regret
4. إِذْidhwhen
5. قُضِىَquḍiyahas been decided
6. ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
7. وَهُمْwahumAnd they
8. فِىfī(are) in
9. غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
10. وَهُمْwahumand they
11. لَاlā(do) not
12. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Transliteration innā naḥnu narithu l-arḍa waman ʿalayhā wa-ilaynā yur'jaʿūna

English Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. نَحْنُnaḥnu[We]
3. نَرِثُnarithu[We] will inherit
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. وَمَنْwamanand whoever
6. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā(is) on it
7. وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Us
8. يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will be returned

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا

Transliteration wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi ib'rāhīma innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

English And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

1. وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚib'rāhīmaIbrahim
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
6. كَانَkānawas
7. صِدِّيقًۭاṣiddīqana man of truth
8. نَّبِيًّاnabiyyana Prophet

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

Transliteration idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan

English [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālahe said
3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
4. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
5. لِمَlimaWhy
6. تَعْبُدُtaʿbudu(do) you worship
7. مَاmāthat which
8. لَاlānot
9. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhears
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يُبْصِرُyub'ṣirusees
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. يُغْنِىyugh'nībenefits
14. عَنكَʿanka[to] you
15. شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything

يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى قَدْ جَآءَنِى مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓ أَهْدِكَ صِرَٰطًا سَوِيًّا

Transliteration yāabati innī qad jāanī mina l-ʿil'mi mā lam yatika fa-ittabiʿ'nī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyan

English O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

1. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
3. قَدْqadverily
4. جَآءَنِىjāanī(has) come to me
5. مِنَminaof
6. ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
7. مَاmāwhat
8. لَمْlamnot
9. يَأْتِكَyatikacame to you
10. فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓfa-ittabiʿ'nīso follow me
11. أَهْدِكَahdikaI will guide you
12. صِرَٰطًۭاṣirāṭan(to) the path
13. سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyaneven

يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَصِيًّا

Transliteration yāabati lā taʿbudi l-shayṭāna inna l-shayṭāna kāna lilrraḥmāni ʿaṣiyyan

English O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

1. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تَعْبُدِtaʿbudiworship
4. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
5. إِنَّinnaIndeed
6. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
7. كَانَkānais
8. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
9. عَصِيًّۭاʿaṣiyyandisobedient

يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَـٰنِ وَلِيًّا

Transliteration yāabati innī akhāfu an yamassaka ʿadhābun mina l-raḥmāni fatakūna lilshayṭāni waliyyan

English O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

1. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
2. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
3. أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
4. أَنanthat
5. يَمَسَّكَyamassakawill touch you
6. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
7. مِّنَminafrom
8. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
9. فَتَكُونَfatakūnaso you would be
10. لِلشَّيْطَـٰنِlilshayṭānito the Shaitaan
11. وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyana friend

قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّا

Transliteration qāla arāghibun anta ʿan ālihatī yāib'rāhīmu la-in lam tantahi la-arjumannaka wa-uh'jur'nī maliyyan

English [His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَرَاغِبٌarāghibunDo you hate
3. أَنتَantaDo you hate
4. عَنْʿan(from)
5. ءَالِهَتِىālihatīmy gods
6. يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖyāib'rāhīmuO Ibrahim
7. لَئِنla-inSurely, if
8. لَّمْlamnot
9. تَنتَهِtantahiyou desist
10. لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖla-arjumannakasurely, I will stone you
11. وَٱهْجُرْنِىwa-uh'jur'nīso leave me
12. مَلِيًّۭاmaliyyan(for) a prolonged time

قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ ۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّا

Transliteration qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa-astaghfiru laka rabbī innahu kāna bī ḥafiyyan

English [Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace (be)
3. عَلَيْكَ ۖʿalaykaon you
4. سَأَسْتَغْفِرُsa-astaghfiruI will ask forgiveness
5. لَكَlakafor you
6. رَبِّىٓ ۖrabbī(from) my Lord
7. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
8. كَانَkānais
9. بِىbīto me
10. حَفِيًّۭاḥafiyyanEver Gracious

وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّى شَقِيًّا

Transliteration wa-aʿtazilukum wamā tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi wa-adʿū rabbī ʿasā allā akūna biduʿāi rabbī shaqiyyan

English And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."

1. وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْwa-aʿtazilukumAnd I will leave you
2. وَمَاwamāand what
3. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou invoke
4. مِنminbesides
5. دُونِdūnibesides
6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
7. وَأَدْعُوا۟wa-adʿūand I will invoke
8. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
9. عَسَىٰٓʿasāMay be
10. أَلَّآallāthat not
11. أَكُونَakūnaI will be
12. بِدُعَآءِbiduʿāiin invocation
13. رَبِّىrabbī(to) my Lord
14. شَقِيًّۭاshaqiyyanunblessed

فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا

Transliteration falammā iʿ'tazalahum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi wahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wakullan jaʿalnā nabiyyan

English So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْiʿ'tazalahumhe left them
3. وَمَاwamāand what
4. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worshipped
5. مِنminbesides Allah
6. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
8. وَهَبْنَاwahabnā[and] We bestowed
9. لَهُۥٓlahu[to] him
10. إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
11. وَيَعْقُوبَ ۖwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
12. وَكُلًّۭاwakullanand each (of them)
13. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
14. نَبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّا

Transliteration wawahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā wajaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣid'qin ʿaliyyan

English And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.

1. وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We bestowed
2. لَهُمlahumto them
3. مِّنminof
4. رَّحْمَتِنَاraḥmatināOur Mercy
5. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
6. لَهُمْlahumfor them
7. لِسَانَlisānaa truthful mention
8. صِدْقٍṣid'qina truthful mention
9. عَلِيًّۭاʿaliyyanhigh

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًا وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا

Transliteration wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi mūsā innahu kāna mukh'laṣan wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan

English And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

1. وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
4. مُوسَىٰٓ ۚmūsāMusa
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
6. كَانَkānawas
7. مُخْلَصًۭاmukh'laṣanchosen
8. وَكَانَwakānaand was
9. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
10. نَّبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُ نَجِيًّا

Transliteration wanādaynāhu min jānibi l-ṭūri l-aymani waqarrabnāhu najiyyan

English And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him].

1. وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُwanādaynāhuAnd We called him
2. مِنminfrom
3. جَانِبِjānibi(the) side
4. ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) the Mount
5. ٱلْأَيْمَنِl-aymanithe right
6. وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُwaqarrabnāhuand brought him near
7. نَجِيًّۭاnajiyyan(for) conversation

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ نَبِيًّا

Transliteration wawahabnā lahu min raḥmatinā akhāhu hārūna nabiyyan

English And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

1. وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We bestowed
2. لَهُۥlahu[to] him
3. مِنminfrom
4. رَّحْمَتِنَآraḥmatināOur Mercy
5. أَخَاهُakhāhuhis brother
6. هَـٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
7. نَبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا

Transliteration wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi is'māʿīla innahu kāna ṣādiqa l-waʿdi wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan

English And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

1. وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
4. إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ ۚis'māʿīlaIshmael
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
6. كَانَkānawas
7. صَادِقَṣādiqatrue
8. ٱلْوَعْدِl-waʿdi(to his) promise
9. وَكَانَwakānaand was
10. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
11. نَّبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّا

Transliteration wakāna yamuru ahlahu bil-ṣalati wal-zakati wakāna ʿinda rabbihi marḍiyyan

English And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].

1. وَكَانَwakānaAnd he used
2. يَأْمُرُyamuru(to) enjoin
3. أَهْلَهُۥahlahu(on) his people
4. بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِbil-ṣalatithe prayer
5. وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِwal-zakatiand zakah
6. وَكَانَwakānaand was
7. عِندَʿindanear
8. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
9. مَرْضِيًّۭاmarḍiyyanpleasing

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا

Transliteration wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi id'rīsa innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

English And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

1. وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
2. فِىfīin
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
4. إِدْرِيسَ ۚid'rīsaIdris
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
6. كَانَkānawas
7. صِدِّيقًۭاṣiddīqantruthful
8. نَّبِيًّۭاnabiyyana Prophet

وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا

Transliteration warafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyan

English And We raised him to a high station.

1. وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُwarafaʿnāhuAnd We raised him
2. مَكَانًاmakānan(to) a position
3. عَلِيًّاʿaliyyanhigh

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا ۩

Transliteration ulāika alladhīna anʿama l-lahu ʿalayhim mina l-nabiyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wamimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin wamin dhurriyyati ib'rāhīma wa-is'rāīla wamimman hadaynā wa-ij'tabaynā idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātu l-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wabukiyyan

English Those were the ones upon whom Allāh bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(were) the ones whom
3. أَنْعَمَanʿamaAllah bestowed favor
4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah bestowed favor
5. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
6. مِّنَminafrom (among)
7. ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe Prophets
8. مِنminof
9. ذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyati(the) offspring
10. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
11. وَمِمَّنْwamimmanand of those
12. حَمَلْنَاḥamalnāWe carried
13. مَعَmaʿawith
14. نُوحٍۢnūḥinNuh
15. وَمِنwaminand of
16. ذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyati(the) offspring
17. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
18. وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَwa-is'rāīlaand Israel
19. وَمِمَّنْwamimmanand of (those) whom
20. هَدَيْنَاhadaynāWe guided
21. وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚwa-ij'tabaynāand We chose
22. إِذَاidhāWhen
23. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāwere recited
24. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
25. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(the) Verses
26. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
27. خَرُّوا۟kharrūthey fell
28. سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
29. وَبُكِيًّۭا ۩wabukiyyanand weeping

۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا

Transliteration fakhalafa min baʿdihim khalfun aḍāʿū l-ṣalata wa-ittabaʿū l-shahawāti fasawfa yalqawna ghayyan

English But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

1. ۞ فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
2. مِنۢminafter them
3. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
4. خَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors
5. أَضَاعُوا۟aḍāʿūwho neglected
6. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
7. وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they followed
8. ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖl-shahawātithe lusts
9. فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
10. يَلْقَوْنَyalqawnathey will meet
11. غَيًّاghayyanevil

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا

Transliteration illā man tāba waāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika yadkhulūna l-janata walā yuẓ'lamūna shayan

English Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنman(one) who
3. تَابَtābarepented
4. وَءَامَنَwaāmanaand believed
5. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand did
6. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥangood (deeds)
7. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
8. يَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnawill enter
9. ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wronged
12. شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything

جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّا

Transliteration jannāti ʿadnin allatī waʿada l-raḥmānu ʿibādahu bil-ghaybi innahu kāna waʿduhu matiyyan

English [Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been eminent.

1. جَنَّـٰتِjannātiGardens
2. عَدْنٍʿadnin(of) Eden
3. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
4. وَعَدَwaʿadapromised
5. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
6. عِبَادَهُۥʿibādahu(to) His slaves
7. بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚbil-ghaybiin the unseen
8. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [it]
9. كَانَkānais
10. وَعْدُهُۥwaʿduhuHis promise
11. مَأْتِيًّۭاmatiyyansure to come

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَـٰمًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا

Transliteration lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan illā salāman walahum riz'quhum fīhā buk'ratan waʿashiyyan

English They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hear
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. لَغْوًاlaghwanvain talk
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāmanpeace
7. وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them
8. رِزْقُهُمْriz'quhum(is) their provision
9. فِيهَاfīhātherein
10. بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratanmorning
11. وَعَشِيًّۭاwaʿashiyyanand evening

تِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِى نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّا

Transliteration til'ka l-janatu allatī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyan

English That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allāh.

1. تِلْكَtil'kaThis
2. ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatu(is) Paradise
3. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
4. نُورِثُnūrithuWe give (as) inheritance
5. مِنْmin[of] (to)
6. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
7. مَنman(the one) who
8. كَانَkānais
9. تَقِيًّۭاtaqiyyanrighteous

وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَهُۥ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا

Transliteration wamā natanazzalu illā bi-amri rabbika lahu mā bayna aydīnā wamā khalfanā wamā bayna dhālika wamā kāna rabbuka nasiyyan

English [Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. نَتَنَزَّلُnatanazzaluwe descend
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. بِأَمْرِbi-amriby (the) Command
5. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(of) your Lord
6. لَهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)
7. مَاmāwhat
8. بَيْنَbayna(is) before us
9. أَيْدِينَاaydīnā(is) before us
10. وَمَاwamāand what
11. خَلْفَنَاkhalfanā(is) behind us
12. وَمَاwamāand what
13. بَيْنَbayna(is) between
14. ذَٰلِكَ ۚdhālikathat
15. وَمَاwamāAnd not
16. كَانَkānais
17. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
18. نَسِيًّۭاnasiyyanforgetful

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَـٰدَتِهِۦ ۚ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّا

Transliteration rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā fa-uʿ'bud'hu wa-iṣ'ṭabir liʿibādatihi hal taʿlamu lahu samiyyan

English Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

1. رَّبُّrabbuLord
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
4. وَمَاwamāand whatever
5. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
6. فَٱعْبُدْهُfa-uʿ'bud'huso worship Him
7. وَٱصْطَبِرْwa-iṣ'ṭabirand be constant
8. لِعِبَـٰدَتِهِۦ ۚliʿibādatihiin His worship
9. هَلْhalDo
10. تَعْلَمُtaʿlamuyou know
11. لَهُۥlahufor Him
12. سَمِيًّۭاsamiyyanany similarity

وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا

Transliteration wayaqūlu l-insānu a-idhā mā mittu lasawfa ukh'raju ḥayyan

English And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

1. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluAnd says
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
3. أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat! When
4. مَاmāWhat! When
5. مِتُّmittuI am dead
6. لَسَوْفَlasawfasurely will
7. أُخْرَجُukh'rajuI be brought forth
8. حَيًّاḥayyanalive

أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

Transliteration awalā yadhkuru l-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min qablu walam yaku shayan

English Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

1. أَوَلَاawalāDoes not
2. يَذْكُرُyadhkururemember
3. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
4. أَنَّاannāthat We
5. خَلَقْنَـٰهُkhalaqnāhuWe created him
6. مِنminbefore
7. قَبْلُqablubefore
8. وَلَمْwalamwhile not
9. يَكُyakuhe was
10. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّا

Transliteration fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wal-shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥ'ḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyan

English So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.

1. فَوَرَبِّكَfawarabbikaSo by your Lord
2. لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْlanaḥshurannahumsurely, We will gather them
3. وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَwal-shayāṭīnaand the devils
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْlanuḥ'ḍirannahumsurely, We will bring them
6. حَوْلَḥawlaaround
7. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
8. جِثِيًّۭاjithiyyanbent (on) knees

ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عِتِيًّا

Transliteration thumma lananziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ayyuhum ashaddu ʿalā l-raḥmāni ʿitiyyan

English Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. لَنَنزِعَنَّlananziʿannasurely, We will drag out
3. مِنminfrom
4. كُلِّkullievery
5. شِيعَةٍshīʿatinsect
6. أَيُّهُمْayyuhumthose of them
7. أَشَدُّashaddu(who were) worst
8. عَلَىʿalāagainst
9. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
10. عِتِيًّۭاʿitiyyan(in) rebellion

ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيًّا

Transliteration thumma lanaḥnu aʿlamu bi-alladhīna hum awlā bihā ṣiliyyan

English Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. لَنَحْنُlanaḥnusurely, We
3. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
4. بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīna[of] those who
5. هُمْhum[they]
6. أَوْلَىٰawlā(are) most worthy
7. بِهَاbihātherein
8. صِلِيًّۭاṣiliyyan(of) being burnt

وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا

Transliteration wa-in minkum illā wāriduhā kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyan

English And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd (there is) not
2. مِّنكُمْminkum(any) of you
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. وَارِدُهَا ۚwāriduhā(will be) passing over it
5. كَانَkāna(This) is
6. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
7. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
8. حَتْمًۭاḥatmanan inevitability
9. مَّقْضِيًّۭاmaqḍiyyandecreed

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا

Transliteration thumma nunajjī alladhīna ittaqaw wanadharu l-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyan

English Then We will save those who feared Allāh and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. نُنَجِّىnunajjīWe will deliver
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. ٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawfeared (Allah)
5. وَّنَذَرُwanadharuand We will leave
6. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
7. فِيهَاfīhātherein
8. جِثِيًّۭاjithiyyanbent (on) knees

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا

Transliteration wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ayyu l-farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-aḥsanu nadiyyan

English And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
6. قَالَqālasay
7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
8. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
9. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
10. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieved
11. أَىُّayyuWhich
12. ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni(of) the two groups
13. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
14. مَّقَامًۭاmaqāman(in) position
15. وَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand best
16. نَدِيًّۭاnadiyyan(in) assembly

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

Transliteration wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'yan

English And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
3. قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
4. مِّنminof
5. قَرْنٍqarnina generation
6. هُمْhumthey
7. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(were) better
8. أَثَـٰثًۭاathāthan(in) possessions
9. وَرِءْيًۭاwari'yanand appearance

قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَدًّا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًا

Transliteration qul man kāna fī l-ḍalālati falyamdud lahu l-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna immā l-ʿadhāba wa-immā l-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-aḍʿafu jundan

English Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. مَنmanWhoever
3. كَانَkānais
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةِl-ḍalālati[the] error
6. فَلْيَمْدُدْfalyamdudthen surely will extend
7. لَهُlahufor him
8. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
9. مَدًّا ۚmaddanan extension
10. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
11. إِذَاidhāwhen
12. رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey see
13. مَاmāwhat
14. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey were promised
15. إِمَّاimmāeither
16. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
17. وَإِمَّاwa-immāor
18. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
19. فَسَيَعْلَمُونَfasayaʿlamūnathen they will know
20. مَنْmanwho
21. هُوَhuwa[he]
22. شَرٌّۭsharrun(is) worst
23. مَّكَانًۭاmakānan(in) position
24. وَأَضْعَفُwa-aḍʿafuand weaker
25. جُندًۭاjundan(in) forces

وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًى ۗ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ مَّرَدًّا

Transliteration wayazīdu l-lahu alladhīna ih'tadaw hudan wal-bāqiyātu l-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun maraddan

English And Allāh increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.

1. وَيَزِيدُwayazīduAnd Allah increases
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah increases
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
4. ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ih'tadawaccept guidance
5. هُدًۭى ۗhudan(in) guidance
6. وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُwal-bāqiyātuAnd the everlasting
7. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُl-ṣāliḥātugood deeds
8. خَيْرٌkhayrun(are) better
9. عِندَʿindanear
10. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
11. ثَوَابًۭاthawāban(for) reward
12. وَخَيْرٌۭwakhayrunand better
13. مَّرَدًّاmaraddan(for) return

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

Transliteration afara-ayta alladhī kafara biāyātinā waqāla laūtayanna mālan wawaladan

English Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]"?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتَafara-aytaThen, have you seen
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīhe who
3. كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
5. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
6. لَأُوتَيَنَّlaūtayannaSurely, I will be given
7. مَالًۭاmālanwealth
8. وَوَلَدًاwawaladanand children

أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا

Transliteration aṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba ami ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

English Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

1. أَطَّلَعَaṭṭalaʿaHas he looked
2. ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba(into) the unseen
3. أَمِamior
4. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas he taken
5. عِندَʿindafrom
6. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
7. عَهْدًۭاʿahdana promise

كَلَّا ۚ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّا

Transliteration kallā sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahu mina l-ʿadhābi maddan

English No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.

1. كَلَّا ۚkallāNay
2. سَنَكْتُبُsanaktubuWe will record
3. مَاmāwhat
4. يَقُولُyaqūluhe says
5. وَنَمُدُّwanamudduand We will extend
6. لَهُۥlahufor him
7. مِنَminafrom
8. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
9. مَدًّۭاmaddanextensively

وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا

Transliteration wanarithuhu mā yaqūlu wayatīnā fardan

English And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone.

1. وَنَرِثُهُۥwanarithuhuAnd We will inherit (from) him
2. مَاmāwhat
3. يَقُولُyaqūluhe says
4. وَيَأْتِينَاwayatīnāand he will come to Us
5. فَرْدًۭاfardanalone

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا

Transliteration wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan

English And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

1. وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhūAnd they have taken
2. مِنminbesides Allah
3. دُونِdūnibesides Allah
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
5. ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
6. لِّيَكُونُوا۟liyakūnūthat they may be
7. لَهُمْlahumfor them
8. عِزًّۭاʿizzanan honor

كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا

Transliteration kallā sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wayakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddan

English No! They [i.e., those "gods"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

1. كَلَّا ۚkallāNay
2. سَيَكْفُرُونَsayakfurūnathey will deny
3. بِعِبَادَتِهِمْbiʿibādatihimtheir worship (of them)
4. وَيَكُونُونَwayakūnūnaand they will be
5. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
6. ضِدًّاḍiddanopponents

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا

Transliteration alam tara annā arsalnā l-shayāṭīna ʿalā l-kāfirīna ta-uzzuhum azzan

English Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them [to evil] with [constant] incitement?

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. تَرَtarayou see
3. أَنَّآannāthat We
4. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] have sent
5. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devils
6. عَلَىʿalāupon
7. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
8. تَؤُزُّهُمْta-uzzuhuminciting them
9. أَزًّۭاazzan(with) incitement

فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا

Transliteration falā taʿjal ʿalayhim innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddan

English So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.

1. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
2. تَعْجَلْtaʿjalmake haste
3. عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhimagainst them
4. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
5. نَعُدُّnaʿudduWe count
6. لَهُمْlahumfor them
7. عَدًّۭاʿaddana number

يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَفْدًا

Transliteration yawma naḥshuru l-mutaqīna ilā l-raḥmāni wafdan

English On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. نَحْشُرُnaḥshuruWe will gather
3. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous
4. إِلَىilāto
5. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
6. وَفْدًۭاwafdan(as) a delegation

وَنَسُوقُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا

Transliteration wanasūqu l-muj'rimīna ilā jahannama wir'dan

English And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

1. وَنَسُوقُwanasūquAnd We will drive
2. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
5. وِرْدًۭاwir'danthirsty

لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا

Transliteration lā yamlikūna l-shafāʿata illā mani ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

English None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey will have the power
3. ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَl-shafāʿata(of) the intercession
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. مَنِmani(he) who
6. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas taken
7. عِندَʿindafrom
8. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
9. عَهْدًۭاʿahdana covenant

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا

Transliteration waqālū ittakhadha l-raḥmānu waladan

English And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaHas taken
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
4. وَلَدًۭاwaladana son

لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّا

Transliteration laqad ji'tum shayan iddan

English You have done an atrocious thing.

1. لَّقَدْlaqadVerily
2. جِئْتُمْji'tumyou have put forth
3. شَيْـًٔاshayana thing
4. إِدًّۭاiddanatrocious

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا

Transliteration takādu l-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min'hu watanshaqqu l-arḍu watakhirru l-jibālu haddan

English The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

1. تَكَادُtakāduAlmost
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
3. يَتَفَطَّرْنَyatafaṭṭarnaget torn
4. مِنْهُmin'hutherefrom
5. وَتَنشَقُّwatanshaqquand splits asunder
6. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
7. وَتَخِرُّwatakhirruand collapse
8. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountain
9. هَدًّاhaddan(in) devastation

أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًا

Transliteration an daʿaw lilrraḥmāni waladan

English That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

1. أَنanThat
2. دَعَوْا۟daʿawthey invoke
3. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
4. وَلَدًۭاwaladana son

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا

Transliteration wamā yanbaghī lilrraḥmāni an yattakhidha waladan

English And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīis appropriate
3. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
4. أَنanthat
5. يَتَّخِذَyattakhidhaHe should take
6. وَلَدًاwaladana son

إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَبْدًا

Transliteration in kullu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi illā ātī l-raḥmāni ʿabdan

English There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

1. إِنinNot
2. كُلُّkulluall
3. مَنmanwho
4. فِىfī(are) in
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
7. إِلَّآillābut
8. ءَاتِىātī(will) come
9. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(to) the Most Gracious
10. عَبْدًۭاʿabdan(as) a slave

لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا

Transliteration laqad aḥṣāhum waʿaddahum ʿaddan

English He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.

1. لَّقَدْlaqadVerily
2. أَحْصَىٰهُمْaḥṣāhumHe has enumerated them
3. وَعَدَّهُمْwaʿaddahumand counted them
4. عَدًّۭاʿaddana counting

وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَرْدًا

Transliteration wakulluhum ātīhi yawma l-qiyāmati fardan

English And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.

1. وَكُلُّهُمْwakulluhumAnd all of them
2. ءَاتِيهِātīhi(will) come (to) Him
3. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
4. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
5. فَرْدًاfardanalone

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sayajʿalu lahumu l-raḥmānu wuddan

English Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātigood deeds
6. سَيَجْعَلُsayajʿaluwill bestow
7. لَهُمُlahumufor them
8. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
9. وُدًّۭاwuddanaffection

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا

Transliteration fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashira bihi l-mutaqīna watundhira bihi qawman luddan

English So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

1. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāSo, only
2. يَسَّرْنَـٰهُyassarnāhuWe (have) made it easy
3. بِلِسَانِكَbilisānikain your tongue
4. لِتُبَشِّرَlitubashirathat you may give glad tidings
5. بِهِbihiwith it
6. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna(to) the righteous
7. وَتُنذِرَwatundhiraand warn
8. بِهِۦbihiwith it
9. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
10. لُّدًّۭاluddanhostile

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

Transliteration wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'zan

English And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe (have) destroyed
3. قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
4. مِّنminof
5. قَرْنٍqarnina generation
6. هَلْhalCan
7. تُحِسُّtuḥissuyou perceive
8. مِنْهُمmin'humof them
9. مِّنْminany
10. أَحَدٍaḥadinone
11. أَوْawor
12. تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuhear
13. لَهُمْlahumfrom them
14. رِكْزًۢاrik'zana sound