Surah Saba in English: word by word, transliteration
Surah 34 · سبإ · Sheba · 54 verses · 883 words
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Bismillah
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.
- بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
Verse 1
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ
Transliteration al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi walahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ākhirati wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-khabīru
English [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Him belongs [all] praise in the Hereafter. And He is the Wise, the Aware.
- ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praises
- لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One to Whom belongs
- لَهُۥlahuthe One to Whom belongs
- مَاmāwhatever
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَمَاwamāand whatever
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَلَهُwalahuand for Him
- ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu(are) all praises
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu(is) the All-Wise
- ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe All-Aware
Verse 2
يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلْغَفُورُ
Transliteration yaʿlamu mā yaliju fī l-arḍi wamā yakhruju min'hā wamā yanzilu mina l-samāi wamā yaʿruju fīhā wahuwa l-raḥīmu l-ghafūru
English He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- مَاmāwhat
- يَلِجُyalijupenetrates
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَمَاwamāand what
- يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes out
- مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
- وَمَاwamāand what
- يَنزِلُyanziludescends
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- وَمَاwamāand what
- يَعْرُجُyaʿrujuascends
- فِيهَا ۚfīhātherein
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu(is) the Most Merciful
- ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving
Verse 3
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَأْتِينَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّى لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَـٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَآ أَصْغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū lā tatīnā l-sāʿatu qul balā warabbī latatiyannakum ʿālimi l-ghaybi lā yaʿzubu ʿanhu mith'qālu dharratin fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi walā aṣgharu min dhālika walā akbaru illā fī kitābin mubīnin
English But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allāh is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -
- وَقَالَwaqālaBut say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- لَاlāNot
- تَأْتِينَاtatīnāwill come to us
- ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖl-sāʿatuthe Hour
- قُلْqulSay
- بَلَىٰbalāNay
- وَرَبِّىwarabbīby my Lord
- لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْlatatiyannakumsurely it will come to you
- عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(He is the) Knower
- ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
- لَاlāNot
- يَعْزُبُyaʿzubuescapes
- عَنْهُʿanhufrom Him
- مِثْقَالُmith'qālu(the) weight
- ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atom
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَلَاwalāand not
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَصْغَرُaṣgharusmaller
- مِنminthan
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَكْبَرُakbarugreater
- إِلَّاillābut
- فِىfī(is) in
- كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
- مُّبِينٍۢmubīninClear
Verse 4
لِّيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
Transliteration liyajziya alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti ulāika lahum maghfiratun wariz'qun karīmun
English That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.
- لِّيَجْزِىَliyajziyaThat He may reward
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۚl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مَّغْفِرَةٌۭmaghfiratun(will be) forgiveness
- وَرِزْقٌۭwariz'qunand a provision
- كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble
Verse 5
وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna saʿaw fī āyātinā muʿājizīna ulāika lahum ʿadhābun min rij'zin alīmun
English But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
- سَعَوْsaʿawstrive
- فِىٓfīagainst
- ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
- مُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīna(to) cause failure
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- مِّنminof
- رِّجْزٍrij'zinfoul nature
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
Verse 6
وَيَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Transliteration wayarā alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma alladhī unzila ilayka min rabbika huwa l-ḥaqa wayahdī ilā ṣirāṭi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi
English And those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.
- وَيَرَىwayarāAnd see
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūhave been given
- ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(that) what
- أُنزِلَunzilais revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- هُوَhuwa[it]
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa(is) the Truth
- وَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīand it guides
- إِلَىٰilāto
- صِرَٰطِṣirāṭi(the) Path
- ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
- ٱلْحَمِيدِl-ḥamīdithe Praiseworthy
Verse 7
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū hal nadullukum ʿalā rajulin yunabbi-ukum idhā muzziq'tum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafī khalqin jadīdin
English But those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you [that] when you have disintegrated in complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a new creation?
- وَقَالَwaqālaBut say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- هَلْhalShall
- نَدُلُّكُمْnadullukumwe direct you
- عَلَىٰʿalāto
- رَجُلٍۢrajulina man
- يُنَبِّئُكُمْyunabbi-ukumwho informs you
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- مُزِّقْتُمْmuzziq'tumyou have disintegrated
- كُلَّkulla(in) total
- مُمَزَّقٍmumazzaqindisintegration
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed you
- لَفِىlafīsurely (will be) in
- خَلْقٍۢkhalqina creation
- جَدِيدٍjadīdinnew
Verse 8
أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ ۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ
Transliteration aftarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban am bihi jinnatun bali alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati fī l-ʿadhābi wal-ḍalāli l-baʿīdi
English Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.
- أَفْتَرَىٰaftarāHas he invented
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
- أَمamor
- بِهِۦbihiin him
- جِنَّةٌۢ ۗjinnatun(is) madness
- بَلِbaliNay
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- فِىfī(will be) in
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِwal-ḍalāliand error
- ٱلْبَعِيدِl-baʿīdifar
Verse 9
أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Transliteration afalam yaraw ilā mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum mina l-samāi wal-arḍi in nasha nakhsif bihimu l-arḍa aw nus'qiṭ ʿalayhim kisafan mina l-samāi inna fī dhālika laāyatan likulli ʿabdin munībin
English Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].
- أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- إِلَىٰilātowards
- مَاmāwhat
- بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
- أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
- وَمَاwamāand what
- خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
- إِنinIf
- نَّشَأْnashaWe will
- نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
- بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- أَوْawor
- نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
- كِسَفًۭاkisafanfragments
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
- لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
- عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
- مُّنِيبٍۢmunībinwho turns (to Allah)
Verse 10
۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا ۖ يَـٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِى مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۖ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ
Transliteration walaqad ātaynā dāwūda minnā faḍlan yājibālu awwibī maʿahu wal-ṭayra wa-alannā lahu l-ḥadīda
English And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,
- ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
- دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
- مِنَّاminnāfrom Us
- فَضْلًۭا ۖfaḍlanBounty
- يَـٰجِبَالُyājibāluO mountains
- أَوِّبِىawwibīRepeat praises
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۖwal-ṭayraand the birds
- وَأَلَنَّاwa-alannāAnd We made pliable
- لَهُlahufor him
- ٱلْحَدِيدَl-ḥadīda[the] iron
Verse 11
أَنِ ٱعْمَلْ سَـٰبِغَـٰتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِى ٱلسَّرْدِ ۖ وَٱعْمَلُوا۟ صَـٰلِحًا ۖ إِنِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
Transliteration ani iʿ'mal sābighātin waqaddir fī l-sardi wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
English [Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail and calculate [precisely] the links, and work [all of you] righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."
- أَنِaniThat
- ٱعْمَلْiʿ'malmake
- سَـٰبِغَـٰتٍۢsābighātinfull coats of mail
- وَقَدِّرْwaqaddirand measure precisely
- فِىfī[of]
- ٱلسَّرْدِ ۖl-sardithe links (of armor)
- وَٱعْمَلُوا۟wa-iʿ'malūand work
- صَـٰلِحًا ۖṣāliḥanrighteousness
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I Am
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrunAll-Seer
Verse 12
وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ ۖ وَأَسَلْنَا لَهُۥ عَيْنَ ٱلْقِطْرِ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ مَن يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَمَن يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Transliteration walisulaymāna l-rīḥa ghuduwwuhā shahrun warawāḥuhā shahrun wa-asalnā lahu ʿayna l-qiṭ'ri wamina l-jini man yaʿmalu bayna yadayhi bi-idh'ni rabbihi waman yazigh min'hum ʿan amrinā nudhiq'hu min ʿadhābi l-saʿīri
English And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.
- وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَwalisulaymānaAnd to Sulaiman
- ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
- غُدُوُّهَاghuduwwuhāits morning course
- شَهْرٌۭshahrun(was) a month
- وَرَوَاحُهَاwarawāḥuhāand its afternoon course
- شَهْرٌۭ ۖshahrun(was) a month
- وَأَسَلْنَاwa-asalnāand We caused to flow
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- عَيْنَʿaynaa spring
- ٱلْقِطْرِ ۖl-qiṭ'ri(of) molten copper
- وَمِنَwaminaAnd [of]
- ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
- مَنmanwho
- يَعْمَلُyaʿmaluworked
- بَيْنَbaynabefore him
- يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore him
- بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby the permission
- رَبِّهِۦ ۖrabbihi(of) his Lord
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَزِغْyazighdeviated
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- عَنْʿanfrom
- أَمْرِنَاamrināOur Command
- نُذِقْهُnudhiq'huWe will make him taste
- مِنْminof
- عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
- ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze
Verse 13
يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُۥ مَا يَشَآءُ مِن مَّحَـٰرِيبَ وَتَمَـٰثِيلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَٱلْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَّاسِيَـٰتٍ ۚ ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ دَاوُۥدَ شُكْرًا ۚ وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِىَ ٱلشَّكُورُ
Transliteration yaʿmalūna lahu mā yashāu min maḥārība watamāthīla wajifānin kal-jawābi waqudūrin rāsiyātin iʿ'malū āla dāwūda shuk'ran waqalīlun min ʿibādiya l-shakūru
English They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaThey worked
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشَآءُyashāuhe willed
- مِنminof
- مَّحَـٰرِيبَmaḥārībaelevated chambers
- وَتَمَـٰثِيلَwatamāthīlaand statues
- وَجِفَانٍۢwajifāninand bowls
- كَٱلْجَوَابِkal-jawābilike reservoirs
- وَقُدُورٍۢwaqudūrinand cooking-pots
- رَّاسِيَـٰتٍ ۚrāsiyātinfixed
- ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟iʿ'malūWork
- ءَالَālaO family
- دَاوُۥدَdāwūda(of) Dawood
- شُكْرًۭا ۚshuk'ran(in) gratitude
- وَقَلِيلٌۭwaqalīlunBut few
- مِّنْminof
- عِبَادِىَʿibādiyaMy slaves
- ٱلشَّكُورُl-shakūru(are) grateful
Verse 14
فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
Transliteration falammā qaḍaynā ʿalayhi l-mawta mā dallahum ʿalā mawtihi illā dābbatu l-arḍi takulu minsa-atahu falammā kharra tabayyanati l-jinu an law kānū yaʿlamūna l-ghayba mā labithū fī l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni
English And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- قَضَيْنَاqaḍaynāWe decreed
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
- ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
- مَاmānot
- دَلَّهُمْdallahumindicated to them
- عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
- مَوْتِهِۦٓmawtihihis death
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- دَآبَّةُdābbatua creature
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
- تَأْكُلُtakulueating
- مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖminsa-atahuhis staff
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- خَرَّkharrahe fell down
- تَبَيَّنَتِtabayyanatibecame clear
- ٱلْجِنُّl-jinu(to) the jinn
- أَنanthat
- لَّوْlawif
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknown
- ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
- مَاmānot
- لَبِثُوا۟labithūthey (would have) remained
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- ٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīnihumiliating
Verse 15
لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِى مَسْكَنِهِمْ ءَايَةٌ ۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۚ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ
Transliteration laqad kāna lisaba-in fī maskanihim āyatun jannatāni ʿan yamīnin washimālin kulū min riz'qi rabbikum wa-ush'kurū lahu baldatun ṭayyibatun warabbun ghafūrun
English There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
- لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
- كَانَkāna(there) was
- لِسَبَإٍۢlisaba-infor Saba
- فِىfīin
- مَسْكَنِهِمْmaskanihimtheir dwelling place
- ءَايَةٌۭ ۖāyatuna sign:
- جَنَّتَانِjannatāniTwo gardens
- عَنʿanon
- يَمِينٍۢyamīnin(the) right
- وَشِمَالٍۢ ۖwashimālinand (on the) left
- كُلُوا۟kulūEat
- مِنminfrom
- رِّزْقِriz'qi(the) provision
- رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
- وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be grateful
- لَهُۥ ۚlahuto Him
- بَلْدَةٌۭbaldatunA land
- طَيِّبَةٌۭṭayyibatungood
- وَرَبٌّwarabbunand a Lord
- غَفُورٌۭghafūrunOft-Forgiving
Verse 16
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ
Transliteration fa-aʿraḍū fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim sayla l-ʿarimi wabaddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭin wa-athlin washayin min sid'rin qalīlin
English But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
- فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍūBut they turned away
- فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāso We sent
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
- سَيْلَsayla(the) flood
- ٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimi(of) the dam
- وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمwabaddalnāhumand We changed for them
- بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhimtheir two gardens
- جَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni(with) two gardens
- ذَوَاتَىْdhawātayproducing fruit
- أُكُلٍukulinproducing fruit
- خَمْطٍۢkhamṭinbitter
- وَأَثْلٍۢwa-athlinand tamarisks
- وَشَىْءٍۢwashayinand (some)thing
- مِّنminof
- سِدْرٍۢsid'rinlote trees
- قَلِيلٍۢqalīlinfew
Verse 17
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَـٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ
Transliteration dhālika jazaynāhum bimā kafarū wahal nujāzī illā l-kafūra
English [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- جَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhumWe recompensed them
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarūthey disbelieved
- وَهَلْwahalAnd not
- نُجَـٰزِىٓnujāzīWe recompense
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْكَفُورَl-kafūrathe ungrateful
Verse 18
وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَـٰهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيْرَ ۖ سِيرُوا۟ فِيهَا لَيَالِىَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ
Transliteration wajaʿalnā baynahum wabayna l-qurā allatī bāraknā fīhā quran ẓāhiratan waqaddarnā fīhā l-sayra sīrū fīhā layāliya wa-ayyāman āminīna
English And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety."
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
- بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
- وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
- ٱلْقُرَىl-qurāthe towns
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe had blessed
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- قُرًۭىqurantowns
- ظَـٰهِرَةًۭẓāhiratanvisible
- وَقَدَّرْنَاwaqaddarnāAnd We determined
- فِيهَاfīhābetween them
- ٱلسَّيْرَ ۖl-sayrathe journey
- سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
- فِيهَاfīhābetween them
- لَيَالِىَlayāliya(by) night
- وَأَيَّامًاwa-ayyāmanand (by) day
- ءَامِنِينَāminīnasafely
Verse 19
فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَـٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
Transliteration faqālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā waẓalamū anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha wamazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin
English But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
- فَقَالُوا۟faqālūBut they said
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- بَـٰعِدْbāʿidlengthen (the distance)
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- أَسْفَارِنَاasfārināour journeys
- وَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūAnd they wronged
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumso We made them
- أَحَادِيثَaḥādīthanarrations
- وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumand We dispersed them
- كُلَّkulla(in) a total
- مُمَزَّقٍ ۚmumazzaqindispersion
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
- لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
- صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārinpatient
- شَكُورٍۢshakūrin(and) grateful
Verse 20
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration walaqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ib'līsu ẓannahu fa-ittabaʿūhu illā farīqan mina l-mu'minīna
English And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- صَدَّقَṣaddaqafound true
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
- إِبْلِيسُib'līsuIblis
- ظَنَّهُۥẓannahuhis assumption
- فَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuso they followed him
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
Verse 21
وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى شَكٍّ ۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ
Transliteration wamā kāna lahu ʿalayhim min sul'ṭānin illā linaʿlama man yu'minu bil-ākhirati mimman huwa min'hā fī shakkin warabbuka ʿalā kulli shayin ḥafīẓun
English And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
- مِّنminany
- سُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninauthority
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We (might) make evident
- مَنmanwho
- يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
- بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
- مِمَّنْmimmanfrom (one) who
- هُوَhuwa[he]
- مِنْهَاmin'hāabout it
- فِىfī(is) in
- شَكٍّۢ ۗshakkindoubt
- وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- كُلِّkulliall
- شَىْءٍshayinthings
- حَفِيظٌۭḥafīẓun(is) a Guardian
Verse 22
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْهُم مِّن ظَهِيرٍ
Transliteration quli id'ʿū alladhīna zaʿamtum min dūni l-lahi lā yamlikūna mith'qāla dharratin fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi wamā lahum fīhimā min shir'kin wamā lahu min'hum min ẓahīrin
English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allāh." They do not possess an atom's weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant.
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall upon
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claim
- مِّنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
- لَاlāNot
- يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
- مِثْقَالَmith'qāla(the) weight
- ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atom
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَلَاwalāand not
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- فِيهِمَاfīhimāin both of them
- مِنminany
- شِرْكٍۢshir'kinpartnership
- وَمَاwamāand not
- لَهُۥlahufor Him
- مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
- مِّنminany
- ظَهِيرٍۢẓahīrinsupporter
Verse 23
وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Transliteration walā tanfaʿu l-shafāʿatu ʿindahu illā liman adhina lahu ḥattā idhā fuzziʿa ʿan qulūbihim qālū mādhā qāla rabbukum qālū l-ḥaqa wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-kabīru
English And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- تَنفَعُtanfaʿubenefits
- ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuthe intercession
- عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- لِمَنْlimanfor (one) whom
- أَذِنَadhinaHe permits
- لَهُۥ ۚlahufor him
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- فُزِّعَfuzziʿafear is removed
- عَنʿanon
- قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey will say
- مَاذَاmādhāWhat is that
- قَالَqālayour Lord has said
- رَبُّكُمْ ۖrabbukumyour Lord has said
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
- ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqaThe truth
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
- ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe Most Great
Verse 24
۞ قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَإِنَّآ أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًى أَوْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
Transliteration qul man yarzuqukum mina l-samāwāti wal-arḍi quli l-lahu wa-innā aw iyyākum laʿalā hudan aw fī ḍalālin mubīnin
English Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allāh. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error."
- ۞ قُلْqulSay
- مَنmanWho
- يَرْزُقُكُمyarzuqukumprovides (for) you
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
- وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed, we
- أَوْawor
- إِيَّاكُمْiyyākumyou
- لَعَلَىٰlaʿalā(are) surely upon
- هُدًىhudanguidance
- أَوْawor
- فِىfīin
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
- مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear
Verse 25
قُل لَّا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّآ أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration qul lā tus'alūna ʿammā ajramnā walā nus'alu ʿammā taʿmalūna
English Say, "You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do."
- قُلqulSay
- لَّاlāNot
- تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou will be asked
- عَمَّآʿammāabout what
- أَجْرَمْنَاajramnāsins we committed
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نُسْـَٔلُnus'aluwe will be asked
- عَمَّاʿammāabout what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
Verse 26
قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُوَ ٱلْفَتَّاحُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration qul yajmaʿu baynanā rabbunā thumma yaftaḥu baynanā bil-ḥaqi wahuwa l-fatāḥu l-ʿalīmu
English Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge."
- قُلْqulSay
- يَجْمَعُyajmaʿuWill gather
- بَيْنَنَاbaynanāus together
- رَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lord
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَفْتَحُyaftaḥuHe will judge
- بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلْفَتَّاحُl-fatāḥu(is) the Judge
- ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing
Verse 27
قُلْ أَرُونِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَلْحَقْتُم بِهِۦ شُرَكَآءَ ۖ كَلَّا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Transliteration qul arūniya alladhīna alḥaqtum bihi shurakāa kallā bal huwa l-lahu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
English Say, "Show me those whom you have attached to Him as partners. No! Rather, He [alone] is Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
- قُلْqulSay
- أَرُونِىَarūniyaShow me
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- أَلْحَقْتُمalḥaqtumyou have joined
- بِهِۦbihiwith Him
- شُرَكَآءَ ۖshurakāa(as) partners
- كَلَّا ۚkallāBy no means
- بَلْbalNay
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
- ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
- ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise
Verse 28
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration wamā arsalnāka illā kāffatan lilnnāsi bashīran wanadhīran walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
English And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كَآفَّةًۭkāffatancomprehensively
- لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsito mankind
- بَشِيرًۭاbashīran(as) a giver of glad tidings
- وَنَذِيرًۭاwanadhīranand (as) a warner
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 29
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Transliteration wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna
English And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
- مَتَىٰmatāWhen
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
- ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿdupromise
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
Verse 30
قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
Transliteration qul lakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastakhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan walā tastaqdimūna
English Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."
- قُلqulSay
- لَّكُمlakumFor you
- مِّيعَادُmīʿādu(is the) appointment
- يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
- لَّاlānot
- تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَtastakhirūnayou can postpone
- عَنْهُʿanhu[of] it
- سَاعَةًۭsāʿatan(for) an hour
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تَسْتَقْدِمُونَtastaqdimūna(can) you precede (it)
Verse 31
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration waqāla alladhīna kafarū lan nu'mina bihādhā l-qur'āni walā bi-alladhī bayna yadayhi walaw tarā idhi l-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin l-qawla yaqūlu alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū lawlā antum lakunnā mu'minīna
English And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- لَنlanNever will
- نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe believe
- بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
- وَلَاwalāand not
- بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin (that) which
- بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
- يَدَيْهِ ۗyadayhi(was) before it
- وَلَوْwalawBut if
- تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
- إِذِidhiwhen
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
- مَوْقُوفُونَmawqūfūnawill be made to stand
- عِندَʿindabefore
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuwill throw back
- بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
- إِلَىٰilāto
- بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
- ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe word
- يَقُولُyaqūluWill say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
- لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
- أَنتُمْantum(for) you
- لَكُنَّاlakunnācertainly we (would) have been
- مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
Verse 32
قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم ۖ بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ
Transliteration qāla alladhīna is'takbarū lilladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū anaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda idh jāakum bal kuntum muj'rimīna
English Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."
- قَالَqālaWill say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
- ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwho were oppressed
- أَنَحْنُanaḥnuDid we
- صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākumavert you
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَآءَكُم ۖjāakumit had come to you
- بَلْbalNay
- كُنتُمkuntumyou were
- مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals
Verse 33
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا ۚ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Transliteration waqāla alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū bal makru al-layli wal-nahāri idh tamurūnanā an nakfura bil-lahi wanajʿala lahu andādan wa-asarrū l-nadāmata lammā ra-awū l-ʿadhāba wajaʿalnā l-aghlāla fī aʿnāqi alladhīna kafarū hal yuj'zawna illā mā kānū yaʿmalūna
English Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
- بَلْbalNay
- مَكْرُmakru(it was) a plot
- ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(by) night
- وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand (by) day
- إِذْidhwhen
- تَأْمُرُونَنَآtamurūnanāyou were ordering us
- أَنanthat
- نَّكْفُرَnakfurawe disbelieve
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- وَنَجْعَلَwanajʿalaand we set up
- لَهُۥٓlahufor Him
- أَندَادًۭا ۚandādanequals
- وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūBut they will conceal
- ٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmatathe regret
- لَمَّاlammāwhen
- رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey see
- ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We will put
- ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَl-aghlālashackles
- فِىٓfīon
- أَعْنَاقِaʿnāqi(the) necks
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarūdisbelieved
- هَلْhalWill
- يُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnathey be recompensed
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmā(for) what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
Verse 34
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ
Transliteration wamā arsalnā fī qaryatin min nadhīrin illā qāla mut'rafūhā innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna
English And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- فِىfīto
- قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
- مِّنminany
- نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
- إِلَّاillābut
- قَالَqālasaid
- مُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhāits wealthy ones
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
- بِمَآbimāin what
- أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou have been sent
- بِهِۦbihiwith
- كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
Verse 35
وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَـٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Transliteration waqālū naḥnu aktharu amwālan wa-awlādan wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
English And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
- أَكْثَرُaktharu(have) more
- أَمْوَٰلًۭاamwālanwealth
- وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭاwa-awlādanand children
- وَمَاwamāand not
- نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
- بِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīnawill be punished
Verse 36
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration qul inna rabbī yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
English Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
Verse 37
وَمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ
Transliteration wamā amwālukum walā awlādukum bi-allatī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zul'fā illā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika lahum jazāu l-ḍiʿ'fi bimā ʿamilū wahum fī l-ghurufāti āminūna
English And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukumyour children
- بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī[that]
- تُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukumwill bring you close
- عِندَنَاʿindanāto Us
- زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā(in) position
- إِلَّاillābut
- مَنْmanwhoever
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
- وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
- صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousness
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- جَزَآءُjazāu(will be) reward
- ٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fitwo-fold
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
- وَهُمْwahumand they
- فِىfī(will be) in
- ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufātithe high dwellings
- ءَامِنُونَāminūnasecure
Verse 38
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ
Transliteration wa-alladhīna yasʿawna fī āyātinā muʿājizīna ulāika fī l-ʿadhābi muḥ'ḍarūna
English And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يَسْعَوْنَyasʿawnastrive
- فِىٓfīagainst
- ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
- مُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīna(to) cause failure
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
- فِىfīinto
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- مُحْضَرُونَmuḥ'ḍarūna(will be) brought
Verse 39
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُۥ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
Transliteration qul inna rabbī yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lahu wamā anfaqtum min shayin fahuwa yukh'lifuhu wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna
English Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers."
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
- ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
- لِمَنlimanfor whom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- مِنْminof
- عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
- وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
- لَهُۥ ۚlahufor him
- وَمَآwamāBut what
- أَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou spend
- مِّنminof
- شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
- فَهُوَfahuwathen He
- يُخْلِفُهُۥ ۖyukh'lifuhuwill compensate it
- وَهُوَwahuwaand He
- خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
- ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the Providers
Verse 40
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
Transliteration wayawma yaḥshuruhum jamīʿan thumma yaqūlu lil'malāikati ahāulāi iyyākum kānū yaʿbudūna
English And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"
- وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
- يَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe will gather them
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
- لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
- أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāiWere these you
- إِيَّاكُمْiyyākumWere these you
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnaworshipping
Verse 41
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ
Transliteration qālū sub'ḥānaka anta waliyyunā min dūnihim bal kānū yaʿbudūna l-jina aktharuhum bihim mu'minūna
English They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
- سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
- أَنتَantaYou
- وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
- مِنminnot them
- دُونِهِم ۖdūnihimnot them
- بَلْbalNay
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
- يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna(to) worship
- ٱلْجِنَّ ۖl-jinathe jinn
- أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
- بِهِمbihimin them
- مُّؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(were) believers
Verse 42
فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
Transliteration fal-yawma lā yamliku baʿḍukum libaʿḍin nafʿan walā ḍarran wanaqūlu lilladhīna ẓalamū dhūqū ʿadhāba l-nāri allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūna
English But today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."
- فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaBut today
- لَاlānot
- يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess power
- بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
- لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinon others
- نَّفْعًۭاnafʿanto benefit
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ضَرًّۭاḍarranto harm
- وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand We will say
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
- ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- كُنتُمkuntumyou used
- بِهَاbihāto [it]
- تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny
Verse 43
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Transliteration wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā rajulun yurīdu an yaṣuddakum ʿammā kāna yaʿbudu ābāukum waqālū mā hādhā illā if'kun muf'taran waqāla alladhīna kafarū lil'ḥaqqi lammā jāahum in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun
English And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
- بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- مَاmāNot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّاillābut
- رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
- يُرِيدُyurīduwho wishes
- أَنanto
- يَصُدَّكُمْyaṣuddakumhinder you
- عَمَّاʿammāfrom what
- كَانَkānaused
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu(to) worship
- ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour forefathers
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- مَاmāNot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِفْكٌۭif'kuna lie
- مُّفْتَرًۭى ۚmuf'taraninvented
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiabout the truth
- لَمَّاlammāwhen
- جَآءَهُمْjāahumit came to them
- إِنْinNot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
- مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunobvious
Verse 44
وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍ
Transliteration wamā ātaynāhum min kutubin yadrusūnahā wamā arsalnā ilayhim qablaka min nadhīrin
English And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muḥammad], any warner.
- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumWe (had) given them
- مِّنminany
- كُتُبٍۢkutubinScriptures
- يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖyadrusūnahāwhich they could study
- وَمَآwamāand not
- أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
- إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
- قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
- مِنminany
- نَّذِيرٍۢnadhīrinwarner
Verse 45
وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا۟ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ رُسُلِى ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
Transliteration wakadhaba alladhīna min qablihim wamā balaghū miʿ'shāra mā ātaynāhum fakadhabū rusulī fakayfa kāna nakīri
English And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.
- وَكَذَّبَwakadhabaAnd denied
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
- وَمَاwamāand not
- بَلَغُوا۟balaghūthey have attained
- مِعْشَارَmiʿ'shāraa tenth
- مَآmā(of) what
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumWe (had) given them
- فَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūBut they denied
- رُسُلِى ۖrusulīMy Messengers
- فَكَيْفَfakayfaso how
- كَانَkānawas
- نَكِيرِnakīriMy rejection
Verse 46
۞ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُم بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖ أَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَىٰ وَفُرَٰدَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُم بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ
Transliteration qul innamā aʿiẓukum biwāḥidatin an taqūmū lillahi mathnā wafurādā thumma tatafakkarū mā biṣāḥibikum min jinnatin in huwa illā nadhīrun lakum bayna yaday ʿadhābin shadīdin
English Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allāh, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.
- ۞ قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أَعِظُكُمaʿiẓukumI advise you
- بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖbiwāḥidatinfor one (thing)
- أَنanthat
- تَقُومُوا۟taqūmūyou stand
- لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
- مَثْنَىٰmathnā(in) pairs
- وَفُرَٰدَىٰwafurādāand (as) individuals
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚtatafakkarūreflect
- مَاmāNot
- بِصَاحِبِكُمbiṣāḥibikum(is in) your companion
- مِّنminany
- جِنَّةٍ ۚjinnatinmadness
- إِنْinNot
- هُوَhuwahe
- إِلَّاillā(is) except
- نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
- لَّكُمlakumfor you
- بَيْنَbaynabefore
- يَدَىْyadaybefore
- عَذَابٍۢʿadhābina punishment
- شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinsevere
Verse 47
قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Transliteration qul mā sa-altukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun
English Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allāh, and He is, over all things, Witness."
- قُلْqulSay
- مَاmāNot
- سَأَلْتُكُمsa-altukumI ask you
- مِّنْminfor
- أَجْرٍۢajrinany payment
- فَهُوَfahuwabut it (is)
- لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
- إِنْinNot
- أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my payment
- إِلَّاillābut
- عَلَىʿalāfrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- عَلَىٰʿalā(is) over
- كُلِّkulliall
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
- شَهِيدٌۭshahīduna Witness
Verse 48
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
Transliteration qul inna rabbī yaqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi
English Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth, Knower of the unseen."
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- يَقْذِفُyaqdhifuprojects
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
- عَلَّـٰمُʿallāmu(the) All-Knower
- ٱلْغُيُوبِl-ghuyūbi(of) the unseen
Verse 49
قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ
Transliteration qul jāa l-ḥaqu wamā yub'di-u l-bāṭilu wamā yuʿīdu
English Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."
- قُلْqulSay
- جَآءَjāaHas come
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- وَمَاwamāand not
- يُبْدِئُyub'di-u(can) originate
- ٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
- وَمَاwamāand not
- يُعِيدُyuʿīdurepeat
Verse 50
قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ
Transliteration qul in ḍalaltu fa-innamā aḍillu ʿalā nafsī wa-ini ih'tadaytu fabimā yūḥī ilayya rabbī innahu samīʿun qarībun
English Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنinIf
- ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI err
- فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāthen only
- أَضِلُّaḍilluI will err
- عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
- نَفْسِى ۖnafsīmyself
- وَإِنِwa-iniBut if
- ٱهْتَدَيْتُih'tadaytuI am guided
- فَبِمَاfabimāthen it is by what
- يُوحِىٓyūḥīreveals
- إِلَىَّilayyato me
- رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- سَمِيعٌۭsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
- قَرِيبٌۭqarībunEver-Near
Verse 51
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
Transliteration walaw tarā idh faziʿū falā fawta wa-ukhidhū min makānin qarībin
English And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
- إِذْidhwhen
- فَزِعُوا۟faziʿūthey will be terrified
- فَلَاfalābut (there will be) no
- فَوْتَfawtaescape
- وَأُخِذُوا۟wa-ukhidhūand they will be seized
- مِنminfrom
- مَّكَانٍۢmakānina place
- قَرِيبٍۢqarībinnear
Verse 52
وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Transliteration waqālū āmannā bihi wa-annā lahumu l-tanāwushu min makānin baʿīdin
English And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?
- وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they will say
- ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- وَأَنَّىٰwa-annāBut how
- لَهُمُlahumufor them
- ٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushu(will be) the receiving
- مِنminfrom
- مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
- بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar off
Verse 53
وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Transliteration waqad kafarū bihi min qablu wayaqdhifūna bil-ghaybi min makānin baʿīdin
English And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.
- وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- مِنminbefore
- قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
- وَيَقْذِفُونَwayaqdhifūnaAnd they utter conjectures
- بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiabout the unseen
- مِنminfrom
- مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
- بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar off
Verse 54
وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍۭ
Transliteration waḥīla baynahum wabayna mā yashtahūna kamā fuʿila bi-ashyāʿihim min qablu innahum kānū fī shakkin murībin
English And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting doubt [i.e., denial].
- وَحِيلَwaḥīlaAnd a barrier will be placed
- بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
- وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire
- كَمَاkamāas
- فُعِلَfuʿilawas done
- بِأَشْيَاعِهِمbi-ashyāʿihimwith their kind
- مِّنminbefore
- قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
- كَانُوا۟kānūwere
- فِىfīin
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مُّرِيبٍۭmurībindisquieting
Word by word and transliteration: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.