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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.

  1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
  2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
  4. 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.

  1. ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praises
  2. لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
  3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One to Whom belongs
  4. لَهُۥlahuthe One to Whom belongs
  5. مَاmāwhatever
  6. فِىfī(is) in
  7. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  8. وَمَاwamāand whatever
  9. فِىfī(is) in
  10. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  11. وَلَهُwalahuand for Him
  12. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu(are) all praises
  13. فِىfīin
  14. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  15. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  16. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu(is) the All-Wise
  17. 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.

  1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. يَلِجُyalijupenetrates
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  6. وَمَاwamāand what
  7. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes out
  8. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  9. وَمَاwamāand what
  10. يَنزِلُyanziludescends
  11. مِنَminafrom
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  13. وَمَاwamāand what
  14. يَعْرُجُyaʿrujuascends
  15. فِيهَا ۚfīhātherein
  16. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  17. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu(is) the Most Merciful
  18. 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 -

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaBut say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  4. لَاlāNot
  5. تَأْتِينَاtatīnāwill come to us
  6. ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖl-sāʿatuthe Hour
  7. قُلْqulSay
  8. بَلَىٰbalāNay
  9. وَرَبِّىwarabbīby my Lord
  10. لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْlatatiyannakumsurely it will come to you
  11. عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(He is the) Knower
  12. ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
  13. لَاlāNot
  14. يَعْزُبُyaʿzubuescapes
  15. عَنْهُʿanhufrom Him
  16. مِثْقَالُmith'qālu(the) weight
  17. ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atom
  18. فِىfīin
  19. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  20. وَلَاwalāand not
  21. فِىfīin
  22. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  23. وَلَآwalāand not
  24. أَصْغَرُaṣgharusmaller
  25. مِنminthan
  26. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  27. وَلَآwalāand not
  28. أَكْبَرُakbarugreater
  29. إِلَّاillābut
  30. فِىfī(is) in
  31. كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
  32. 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.

  1. لِّيَجْزِىَliyajziyaThat He may reward
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
  5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۚl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
  6. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  7. لَهُمlahumfor them
  8. مَّغْفِرَةٌۭmaghfiratun(will be) forgiveness
  9. وَرِزْقٌۭwariz'qunand a provision
  10. 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.

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
  2. سَعَوْsaʿawstrive
  3. فِىٓfīagainst
  4. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
  5. مُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīna(to) cause failure
  6. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  7. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  8. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  9. مِّنminof
  10. رِّجْزٍrij'zinfoul nature
  11. 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.

  1. وَيَرَىwayarāAnd see
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. أُوتُوا۟ūtūhave been given
  4. ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
  5. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(that) what
  6. أُنزِلَunzilais revealed
  7. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
  10. هُوَhuwa[it]
  11. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa(is) the Truth
  12. وَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīand it guides
  13. إِلَىٰilāto
  14. صِرَٰطِṣirāṭi(the) Path
  15. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
  16. 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?

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaBut say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  4. هَلْhalShall
  5. نَدُلُّكُمْnadullukumwe direct you
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  7. رَجُلٍۢrajulina man
  8. يُنَبِّئُكُمْyunabbi-ukumwho informs you
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. مُزِّقْتُمْmuzziq'tumyou have disintegrated
  11. كُلَّkulla(in) total
  12. مُمَزَّقٍmumazzaqindisintegration
  13. إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed you
  14. لَفِىlafīsurely (will be) in
  15. خَلْقٍۢkhalqina creation
  16. 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.

  1. أَفْتَرَىٰaftarāHas he invented
  2. عَلَىʿalāabout
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  4. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  5. أَمamor
  6. بِهِۦbihiin him
  7. جِنَّةٌۢ ۗjinnatun(is) madness
  8. بَلِbaliNay
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. لَاlā(do) not
  11. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  12. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
  13. فِىfī(will be) in
  14. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  15. وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِwal-ḍalāliand error
  16. 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].

  1. أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. إِلَىٰilātowards
  4. مَاmāwhat
  5. بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
  6. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
  7. وَمَاwamāand what
  8. خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
  9. مِّنَminaof
  10. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  11. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  12. إِنinIf
  13. نَّشَأْnashaWe will
  14. نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
  15. بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
  16. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  17. أَوْawor
  18. نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
  19. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  20. كِسَفًۭاkisafanfragments
  21. مِّنَminafrom
  22. ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
  23. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  24. فِىfīin
  25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  26. لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
  27. لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
  28. عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
  29. 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,

  1. ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
  3. دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
  4. مِنَّاminnāfrom Us
  5. فَضْلًۭا ۖfaḍlanBounty
  6. يَـٰجِبَالُyājibāluO mountains
  7. أَوِّبِىawwibīRepeat praises
  8. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
  9. وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۖwal-ṭayraand the birds
  10. وَأَلَنَّاwa-alannāAnd We made pliable
  11. لَهُlahufor him
  12. 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."

  1. أَنِaniThat
  2. ٱعْمَلْiʿ'malmake
  3. سَـٰبِغَـٰتٍۢsābighātinfull coats of mail
  4. وَقَدِّرْwaqaddirand measure precisely
  5. فِىfī[of]
  6. ٱلسَّرْدِ ۖl-sardithe links (of armor)
  7. وَٱعْمَلُوا۟wa-iʿ'malūand work
  8. صَـٰلِحًا ۖṣāliḥanrighteousness
  9. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I Am
  10. بِمَاbimāof what
  11. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
  12. 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.

  1. وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَwalisulaymānaAnd to Sulaiman
  2. ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
  3. غُدُوُّهَاghuduwwuhāits morning course
  4. شَهْرٌۭshahrun(was) a month
  5. وَرَوَاحُهَاwarawāḥuhāand its afternoon course
  6. شَهْرٌۭ ۖshahrun(was) a month
  7. وَأَسَلْنَاwa-asalnāand We caused to flow
  8. لَهُۥlahufor him
  9. عَيْنَʿaynaa spring
  10. ٱلْقِطْرِ ۖl-qiṭ'ri(of) molten copper
  11. وَمِنَwaminaAnd [of]
  12. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
  13. مَنmanwho
  14. يَعْمَلُyaʿmaluworked
  15. بَيْنَbaynabefore him
  16. يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore him
  17. بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby the permission
  18. رَبِّهِۦ ۖrabbihi(of) his Lord
  19. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  20. يَزِغْyazighdeviated
  21. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  22. عَنْʿanfrom
  23. أَمْرِنَاamrināOur Command
  24. نُذِقْهُnudhiq'huWe will make him taste
  25. مِنْminof
  26. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
  27. 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.

  1. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaThey worked
  2. لَهُۥlahufor him
  3. مَاmāwhat
  4. يَشَآءُyashāuhe willed
  5. مِنminof
  6. مَّحَـٰرِيبَmaḥārībaelevated chambers
  7. وَتَمَـٰثِيلَwatamāthīlaand statues
  8. وَجِفَانٍۢwajifāninand bowls
  9. كَٱلْجَوَابِkal-jawābilike reservoirs
  10. وَقُدُورٍۢwaqudūrinand cooking-pots
  11. رَّاسِيَـٰتٍ ۚrāsiyātinfixed
  12. ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟iʿ'malūWork
  13. ءَالَālaO family
  14. دَاوُۥدَdāwūda(of) Dawood
  15. شُكْرًۭا ۚshuk'ran(in) gratitude
  16. وَقَلِيلٌۭwaqalīlunBut few
  17. مِّنْminof
  18. عِبَادِىَʿibādiyaMy slaves
  19. 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.

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  2. قَضَيْنَاqaḍaynāWe decreed
  3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
  5. مَاmānot
  6. دَلَّهُمْdallahumindicated to them
  7. عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
  8. مَوْتِهِۦٓmawtihihis death
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. دَآبَّةُdābbatua creature
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
  12. تَأْكُلُtakulueating
  13. مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖminsa-atahuhis staff
  14. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  15. خَرَّkharrahe fell down
  16. تَبَيَّنَتِtabayyanatibecame clear
  17. ٱلْجِنُّl-jinu(to) the jinn
  18. أَنanthat
  19. لَّوْlawif
  20. كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
  21. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknown
  22. ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
  23. مَاmānot
  24. لَبِثُوا۟labithūthey (would have) remained
  25. فِىfīin
  26. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  27. 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."

  1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. كَانَkāna(there) was
  3. لِسَبَإٍۢlisaba-infor Saba
  4. فِىfīin
  5. مَسْكَنِهِمْmaskanihimtheir dwelling place
  6. ءَايَةٌۭ ۖāyatuna sign:
  7. جَنَّتَانِjannatāniTwo gardens
  8. عَنʿanon
  9. يَمِينٍۢyamīnin(the) right
  10. وَشِمَالٍۢ ۖwashimālinand (on the) left
  11. كُلُوا۟kulūEat
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. رِّزْقِriz'qi(the) provision
  14. رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
  15. وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be grateful
  16. لَهُۥ ۚlahuto Him
  17. بَلْدَةٌۭbaldatunA land
  18. طَيِّبَةٌۭṭayyibatungood
  19. وَرَبٌّwarabbunand a Lord
  20. 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.

  1. فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍūBut they turned away
  2. فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāso We sent
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  4. سَيْلَsayla(the) flood
  5. ٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimi(of) the dam
  6. وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمwabaddalnāhumand We changed for them
  7. بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhimtheir two gardens
  8. جَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni(with) two gardens
  9. ذَوَاتَىْdhawātayproducing fruit
  10. أُكُلٍukulinproducing fruit
  11. خَمْطٍۢkhamṭinbitter
  12. وَأَثْلٍۢwa-athlinand tamarisks
  13. وَشَىْءٍۢwashayinand (some)thing
  14. مِّنminof
  15. سِدْرٍۢsid'rinlote trees
  16. 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?

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. جَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhumWe recompensed them
  3. بِمَاbimābecause
  4. كَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarūthey disbelieved
  5. وَهَلْwahalAnd not
  6. نُجَـٰزِىٓnujāzīWe recompense
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. 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."

  1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
  2. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
  3. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
  4. ٱلْقُرَىl-qurāthe towns
  5. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  6. بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe had blessed
  7. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  8. قُرًۭىqurantowns
  9. ظَـٰهِرَةًۭẓāhiratanvisible
  10. وَقَدَّرْنَاwaqaddarnāAnd We determined
  11. فِيهَاfīhābetween them
  12. ٱلسَّيْرَ ۖl-sayrathe journey
  13. سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
  14. فِيهَاfīhābetween them
  15. لَيَالِىَlayāliya(by) night
  16. وَأَيَّامًاwa-ayyāmanand (by) day
  17. 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.

  1. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūBut they said
  2. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  3. بَـٰعِدْbāʿidlengthen (the distance)
  4. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  5. أَسْفَارِنَاasfārināour journeys
  6. وَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūAnd they wronged
  7. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  8. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumso We made them
  9. أَحَادِيثَaḥādīthanarrations
  10. وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumand We dispersed them
  11. كُلَّkulla(in) a total
  12. مُمَزَّقٍ ۚmumazzaqindispersion
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  16. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
  17. لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
  18. صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārinpatient
  19. 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.

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. صَدَّقَṣaddaqafound true
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
  4. إِبْلِيسُib'līsuIblis
  5. ظَنَّهُۥẓannahuhis assumption
  6. فَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuso they followed him
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
  9. مِّنَminaof
  10. 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.

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawas
  3. لَهُۥlahufor him
  4. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
  5. مِّنminany
  6. سُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninauthority
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We (might) make evident
  9. مَنmanwho
  10. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
  11. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
  12. مِمَّنْmimmanfrom (one) who
  13. هُوَhuwa[he]
  14. مِنْهَاmin'hāabout it
  15. فِىfī(is) in
  16. شَكٍّۢ ۗshakkindoubt
  17. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
  18. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  19. كُلِّkulliall
  20. شَىْءٍshayinthings
  21. 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.

  1. قُلِquliSay
  2. ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall upon
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
  4. زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claim
  5. مِّنminbesides
  6. دُونِdūnibesides
  7. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  8. لَاlāNot
  9. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
  10. مِثْقَالَmith'qāla(the) weight
  11. ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atom
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  14. وَلَاwalāand not
  15. فِىfīin
  16. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  17. وَمَاwamāand not
  18. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  19. فِيهِمَاfīhimāin both of them
  20. مِنminany
  21. شِرْكٍۢshir'kinpartnership
  22. وَمَاwamāand not
  23. لَهُۥlahufor Him
  24. مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
  25. مِّنminany
  26. 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.

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  2. تَنفَعُtanfaʿubenefits
  3. ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuthe intercession
  4. عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
  5. إِلَّاillāexcept
  6. لِمَنْlimanfor (one) whom
  7. أَذِنَadhinaHe permits
  8. لَهُۥ ۚlahufor him
  9. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  10. إِذَاidhāwhen
  11. فُزِّعَfuzziʿafear is removed
  12. عَنʿanon
  13. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  14. قَالُوا۟qālūthey will say
  15. مَاذَاmādhāWhat is that
  16. قَالَqālayour Lord has said
  17. رَبُّكُمْ ۖrabbukumyour Lord has said
  18. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
  19. ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqaThe truth
  20. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  21. ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
  22. 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."

  1. ۞ قُلْqulSay
  2. مَنmanWho
  3. يَرْزُقُكُمyarzuqukumprovides (for) you
  4. مِّنَminafrom
  5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. قُلِquliSay
  8. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
  9. وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed, we
  10. أَوْawor
  11. إِيَّاكُمْiyyākumyou
  12. لَعَلَىٰlaʿalā(are) surely upon
  13. هُدًىhudanguidance
  14. أَوْawor
  15. فِىfīin
  16. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
  17. 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."

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّاlāNot
  3. تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou will be asked
  4. عَمَّآʿammāabout what
  5. أَجْرَمْنَاajramnāsins we committed
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. نُسْـَٔلُnus'aluwe will be asked
  8. عَمَّاʿammāabout what
  9. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. يَجْمَعُyajmaʿuWill gather
  3. بَيْنَنَاbaynanāus together
  4. رَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lord
  5. ثُمَّthummathen
  6. يَفْتَحُyaftaḥuHe will judge
  7. بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
  8. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
  9. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  10. ٱلْفَتَّاحُl-fatāḥu(is) the Judge
  11. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَرُونِىَarūniyaShow me
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
  4. أَلْحَقْتُمalḥaqtumyou have joined
  5. بِهِۦbihiwith Him
  6. شُرَكَآءَ ۖshurakāa(as) partners
  7. كَلَّا ۚkallāBy no means
  8. بَلْbalNay
  9. هُوَhuwaHe
  10. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  11. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
  12. 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.

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
  3. إِلَّاillāexcept
  4. كَآفَّةًۭkāffatancomprehensively
  5. لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsito mankind
  6. بَشِيرًۭاbashīran(as) a giver of glad tidings
  7. وَنَذِيرًۭاwanadhīranand (as) a warner
  8. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
  9. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  10. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people
  11. لَاlā(do) not
  12. 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?"

  1. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
  2. مَتَىٰmatāWhen
  3. هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
  4. ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿdupromise
  5. إِنinif
  6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  7. 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]."

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّكُمlakumFor you
  3. مِّيعَادُmīʿādu(is the) appointment
  4. يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
  5. لَّاlānot
  6. تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَtastakhirūnayou can postpone
  7. عَنْهُʿanhu[of] it
  8. سَاعَةًۭsāʿatan(for) an hour
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. 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."

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  4. لَنlanNever will
  5. نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe believe
  6. بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
  7. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
  8. وَلَاwalāand not
  9. بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin (that) which
  10. بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
  11. يَدَيْهِ ۗyadayhi(was) before it
  12. وَلَوْwalawBut if
  13. تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
  14. إِذِidhiwhen
  15. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
  16. مَوْقُوفُونَmawqūfūnawill be made to stand
  17. عِندَʿindabefore
  18. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
  19. يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuwill throw back
  20. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
  21. إِلَىٰilāto
  22. بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
  23. ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe word
  24. يَقُولُyaqūluWill say
  25. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  26. ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
  27. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  28. ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
  29. لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
  30. أَنتُمْantum(for) you
  31. لَكُنَّاlakunnācertainly we (would) have been
  32. 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."

  1. قَالَqālaWill say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
  4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
  5. ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwho were oppressed
  6. أَنَحْنُanaḥnuDid we
  7. صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākumavert you
  8. عَنِʿanifrom
  9. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
  10. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  11. إِذْidhwhen
  12. جَآءَكُم ۖjāakumit had come to you
  13. بَلْbalNay
  14. كُنتُمkuntumyou were
  15. 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?

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
  4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  5. ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
  6. بَلْbalNay
  7. مَكْرُmakru(it was) a plot
  8. ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(by) night
  9. وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand (by) day
  10. إِذْidhwhen
  11. تَأْمُرُونَنَآtamurūnanāyou were ordering us
  12. أَنanthat
  13. نَّكْفُرَnakfurawe disbelieve
  14. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  15. وَنَجْعَلَwanajʿalaand we set up
  16. لَهُۥٓlahufor Him
  17. أَندَادًۭا ۚandādanequals
  18. وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūBut they will conceal
  19. ٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmatathe regret
  20. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  21. رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey see
  22. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  23. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We will put
  24. ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَl-aghlālashackles
  25. فِىٓfīon
  26. أَعْنَاقِaʿnāqi(the) necks
  27. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  28. كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarūdisbelieved
  29. هَلْhalWill
  30. يُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnathey be recompensed
  31. إِلَّاillāexcept
  32. مَاmā(for) what
  33. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  34. 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."

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
  3. فِىfīto
  4. قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
  5. مِّنminany
  6. نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
  7. إِلَّاillābut
  8. قَالَqālasaid
  9. مُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhāits wealthy ones
  10. إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
  11. بِمَآbimāin what
  12. أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou have been sent
  13. بِهِۦbihiwith
  14. 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."

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  3. أَكْثَرُaktharu(have) more
  4. أَمْوَٰلًۭاamwālanwealth
  5. وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭاwa-awlādanand children
  6. وَمَاwamāand not
  7. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  8. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  4. يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
  5. ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
  6. لِمَنlimanfor whom
  7. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  8. وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
  9. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
  10. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  11. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people
  12. لَاlā(do) not
  13. 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].

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
  3. وَلَآwalāand not
  4. أَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukumyour children
  5. بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī[that]
  6. تُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukumwill bring you close
  7. عِندَنَاʿindanāto Us
  8. زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā(in) position
  9. إِلَّاillābut
  10. مَنْmanwhoever
  11. ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
  12. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
  13. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousness
  14. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  15. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  16. جَزَآءُjazāu(will be) reward
  17. ٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fitwo-fold
  18. بِمَاbimāfor what
  19. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
  20. وَهُمْwahumand they
  21. فِىfī(will be) in
  22. ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufātithe high dwellings
  23. 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].

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. يَسْعَوْنَyasʿawnastrive
  3. فِىٓfīagainst
  4. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
  5. مُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīna(to) cause failure
  6. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  7. فِىfīinto
  8. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  9. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  4. يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
  5. ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
  6. لِمَنlimanfor whom
  7. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  8. مِنْminof
  9. عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
  10. وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand restricts
  11. لَهُۥ ۚlahufor him
  12. وَمَآwamāBut what
  13. أَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou spend
  14. مِّنminof
  15. شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
  16. فَهُوَfahuwathen He
  17. يُخْلِفُهُۥ ۖyukh'lifuhuwill compensate it
  18. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  19. خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
  20. 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?"

  1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
  2. يَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe will gather them
  3. جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
  4. ثُمَّthummathen
  5. يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
  6. لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
  7. أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāiWere these you
  8. إِيَّاكُمْiyyākumWere these you
  9. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  10. 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."

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
  2. سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
  3. أَنتَantaYou
  4. وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
  5. مِنminnot them
  6. دُونِهِم ۖdūnihimnot them
  7. بَلْbalNay
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
  9. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna(to) worship
  10. ٱلْجِنَّ ۖl-jinathe jinn
  11. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
  12. بِهِمbihimin them
  13. 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."

  1. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaBut today
  2. لَاlānot
  3. يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess power
  4. بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
  5. لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinon others
  6. نَّفْعًۭاnafʿanto benefit
  7. وَلَاwalāand not
  8. ضَرًّۭاḍarranto harm
  9. وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand We will say
  10. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
  11. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
  12. ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
  13. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  14. ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
  15. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  16. كُنتُمkuntumyou used
  17. بِهَاbihāto [it]
  18. 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."

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
  5. بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
  6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
  7. مَاmāNot
  8. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  9. إِلَّاillābut
  10. رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
  11. يُرِيدُyurīduwho wishes
  12. أَنanto
  13. يَصُدَّكُمْyaṣuddakumhinder you
  14. عَمَّاʿammāfrom what
  15. كَانَkānaused
  16. يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu(to) worship
  17. ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour forefathers
  18. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  19. مَاmāNot
  20. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  21. إِلَّآillāexcept
  22. إِفْكٌۭif'kuna lie
  23. مُّفْتَرًۭى ۚmuf'taraninvented
  24. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
  25. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  26. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  27. لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiabout the truth
  28. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  29. جَآءَهُمْjāahumit came to them
  30. إِنْinNot
  31. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  32. إِلَّاillāexcept
  33. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
  34. 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.

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumWe (had) given them
  3. مِّنminany
  4. كُتُبٍۢkutubinScriptures
  5. يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖyadrusūnahāwhich they could study
  6. وَمَآwamāand not
  7. أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
  8. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  9. قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
  10. مِنminany
  11. 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.

  1. وَكَذَّبَwakadhabaAnd denied
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. مِنmin(were) before them
  4. قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
  5. وَمَاwamāand not
  6. بَلَغُوا۟balaghūthey have attained
  7. مِعْشَارَmiʿ'shāraa tenth
  8. مَآmā(of) what
  9. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumWe (had) given them
  10. فَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūBut they denied
  11. رُسُلِى ۖrusulīMy Messengers
  12. فَكَيْفَfakayfaso how
  13. كَانَkānawas
  14. 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.

  1. ۞ قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
  3. أَعِظُكُمaʿiẓukumI advise you
  4. بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖbiwāḥidatinfor one (thing)
  5. أَنanthat
  6. تَقُومُوا۟taqūmūyou stand
  7. لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
  8. مَثْنَىٰmathnā(in) pairs
  9. وَفُرَٰدَىٰwafurādāand (as) individuals
  10. ثُمَّthummathen
  11. تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚtatafakkarūreflect
  12. مَاmāNot
  13. بِصَاحِبِكُمbiṣāḥibikum(is in) your companion
  14. مِّنminany
  15. جِنَّةٍ ۚjinnatinmadness
  16. إِنْinNot
  17. هُوَhuwahe
  18. إِلَّاillā(is) except
  19. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
  20. لَّكُمlakumfor you
  21. بَيْنَbaynabefore
  22. يَدَىْyadaybefore
  23. عَذَابٍۢʿadhābina punishment
  24. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. مَاmāNot
  3. سَأَلْتُكُمsa-altukumI ask you
  4. مِّنْminfor
  5. أَجْرٍۢajrinany payment
  6. فَهُوَfahuwabut it (is)
  7. لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
  8. إِنْinNot
  9. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my payment
  10. إِلَّاillābut
  11. عَلَىʿalāfrom
  12. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  13. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  14. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) over
  15. كُلِّkulliall
  16. شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
  17. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  4. يَقْذِفُyaqdhifuprojects
  5. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
  6. عَلَّـٰمُʿallāmu(the) All-Knower
  7. 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]."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. جَآءَjāaHas come
  3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
  4. وَمَاwamāand not
  5. يُبْدِئُyub'di-u(can) originate
  6. ٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
  7. وَمَاwamāand not
  8. 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."

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنinIf
  3. ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI err
  4. فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāthen only
  5. أَضِلُّaḍilluI will err
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
  7. نَفْسِى ۖnafsīmyself
  8. وَإِنِwa-iniBut if
  9. ٱهْتَدَيْتُih'tadaytuI am guided
  10. فَبِمَاfabimāthen it is by what
  11. يُوحِىٓyūḥīreveals
  12. إِلَىَّilayyato me
  13. رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
  14. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  15. سَمِيعٌۭsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
  16. 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.

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
  3. إِذْidhwhen
  4. فَزِعُوا۟faziʿūthey will be terrified
  5. فَلَاfalābut (there will be) no
  6. فَوْتَfawtaescape
  7. وَأُخِذُوا۟wa-ukhidhūand they will be seized
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. مَّكَانٍۢmakānina place
  10. 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?

  1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they will say
  2. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
  3. بِهِۦbihiin it
  4. وَأَنَّىٰwa-annāBut how
  5. لَهُمُlahumufor them
  6. ٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushu(will be) the receiving
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
  9. 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.

  1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
  2. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
  3. بِهِۦbihiin it
  4. مِنminbefore
  5. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  6. وَيَقْذِفُونَwayaqdhifūnaAnd they utter conjectures
  7. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiabout the unseen
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
  10. 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].

  1. وَحِيلَwaḥīlaAnd a barrier will be placed
  2. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
  3. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
  4. مَاmāwhat
  5. يَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire
  6. كَمَاkamāas
  7. فُعِلَfuʿilawas done
  8. بِأَشْيَاعِهِمbi-ashyāʿihimwith their kind
  9. مِّنminbefore
  10. قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
  11. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  13. فِىfīin
  14. شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
  15. 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.