Surah Taha in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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

طه

Transliteration tta-ha

English Ṭā, Hā.

1. طهtta-haTa Ha

مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓ

Transliteration mā anzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna litashqā

English We have not sent down to you the Qur’ān that you be distressed

1. مَآmāNot
2. أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe (have) sent down
3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
4. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
5. لِتَشْقَىٰٓlitashqāthat you be distressed

إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration illā tadhkiratan liman yakhshā

English But only as a reminder for those who fear [Allāh] -

1. إِلَّاillā(But)
2. تَذْكِرَةًۭtadhkiratan(as) a reminder
3. لِّمَنlimanfor (those) who
4. يَخْشَىٰyakhshāfear

تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى

Transliteration tanzīlan mimman khalaqa l-arḍa wal-samāwāti l-ʿulā

English A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

1. تَنزِيلًۭاtanzīlanA revelation
2. مِّمَّنْmimmanfrom (He) Who
3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِwal-samāwātiand the heavens
6. ٱلْعُلَىl-ʿulā[the] high

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ

Transliteration al-raḥmānu ʿalā l-ʿarshi is'tawā

English The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.

1. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُal-raḥmānuThe Most Gracious
2. عَلَىʿalāover
3. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
4. ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāis established

لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ

Transliteration lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wamā baynahumā wamā taḥta l-tharā

English To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil.

1. لَهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)
2. مَاmāwhatever
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
6. فِىfī(is) in
7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
8. وَمَاwamāand whatever
9. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
10. وَمَاwamāand whatever
11. تَحْتَtaḥta(is) under
12. ٱلثَّرَىٰl-tharāthe soil

وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى

Transliteration wa-in tajhar bil-qawli fa-innahu yaʿlamu l-sira wa-akhfā

English And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2. تَجْهَرْtajharyou speak aloud
3. بِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawlithe word
4. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, He
5. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
6. ٱلسِّرَّl-sirathe secret
7. وَأَخْفَىwa-akhfāand the more hidden

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Transliteration al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa lahu l-asmāu l-ḥus'nā

English Allāh - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
2. لَآlā(there is) no
3. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. هُوَ ۖhuwaHim
6. لَهُlahuTo Him (belong)
7. ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe Names
8. ٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful

وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Transliteration wahal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

English And has the story of Moses reached you? -

1. وَهَلْwahalAnd has
2. أَتَىٰكَatākacome to you
3. حَدِيثُḥadīthuthe narration
4. مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa

إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى

Transliteration idh raā nāran faqāla li-ahlihi um'kuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum min'hā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalā l-nāri hudan

English When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. رَءَاraāhe saw
3. نَارًۭاnārana fire
4. فَقَالَfaqālathen he said
5. لِأَهْلِهِli-ahlihito his family
6. ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟um'kuthūStay here
7. إِنِّىٓinnīindeed, I
8. ءَانَسْتُānastu[I] perceived
9. نَارًۭاnārana fire
10. لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīperhaps I (can)
11. ءَاتِيكُمātīkumbring you
12. مِّنْهَاmin'hātherefrom
13. بِقَبَسٍbiqabasina burning brand
14. أَوْawor
15. أَجِدُajiduI find
16. عَلَىʿalāat
17. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe fire
18. هُدًۭىhudanguidance

فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ

Transliteration falammā atāhā nūdiya yāmūsā

English And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
2. أَتَىٰهَاatāhāhe came to it
3. نُودِىَnūdiyahe was called
4. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa

إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Transliteration innī anā rabbuka fa-ikh'laʿ naʿlayka innaka bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwan

English Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of Ṭuwā.

1. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, [I]
2. أَنَا۠anāI Am
3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
4. فَٱخْلَعْfa-ikh'laʿso remove
5. نَعْلَيْكَ ۖnaʿlaykayour shoes
6. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
7. بِٱلْوَادِbil-wādi(are) in the valley
8. ٱلْمُقَدَّسِl-muqadasithe sacred
9. طُوًۭىṭuwan(of) Tuwa

وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ

Transliteration wa-anā ikh'tartuka fa-is'tamiʿ limā yūḥā

English And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

1. وَأَنَاwa-anāAnd I
2. ٱخْتَرْتُكَikh'tartuka(have) chosen you
3. فَٱسْتَمِعْfa-is'tamiʿso listen
4. لِمَاlimāto what
5. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed

إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

Transliteration innanī anā l-lahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-uʿ'bud'nī wa-aqimi l-ṣalata lidhik'rī

English Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

1. إِنَّنِىٓinnanīIndeed, [I]
2. أَنَاanāI Am
3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4. لَآlā(There is) no
5. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
6. إِلَّآillābut
7. أَنَا۠anāI
8. فَٱعْبُدْنِىfa-uʿ'bud'nīso worship Me
9. وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand establish
10. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
11. لِذِكْرِىٓlidhik'rīfor My remembrance

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration inna l-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukh'fīhā lituj'zā kullu nafsin bimā tasʿā

English Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
3. ءَاتِيَةٌātiyatun(will be) coming
4. أَكَادُakāduI almost
5. أُخْفِيهَاukh'fīhā[I] hide it
6. لِتُجْزَىٰlituj'zāthat may be recompensed
7. كُلُّkulluevery
8. نَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul
9. بِمَاbimāfor what
10. تَسْعَىٰtasʿāit strives

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

Transliteration falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā man lā yu'minu bihā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu fatardā

English So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

1. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
2. يَصُدَّنَّكَyaṣuddannaka(let) avert you
3. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
4. مَنman(one) who
5. لَّاlā(does) not
6. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
7. بِهَاbihāin it
8. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
9. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
10. فَتَرْدَىٰfatardālest you perish

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration wamā til'ka biyamīnika yāmūsā

English And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

1. وَمَاwamāAnd what
2. تِلْكَtil'ka(is) that
3. بِيَمِينِكَbiyamīnikain your right hand
4. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

Transliteration qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakka-u ʿalayhā wa-ahushu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maāribu ukh'rā

English He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هِىَhiyaIt
3. عَصَاىَʿaṣāya(is) my staff
4. أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakka-uI lean
5. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
6. وَأَهُشُّwa-ahushuand I bring down leaves
7. بِهَاbihāwith it
8. عَلَىٰʿalāfor
9. غَنَمِىghanamīmy sheep
10. وَلِىَwaliyaand for me
11. فِيهَاfīhāin it
12. مَـَٔارِبُmaāribu(are) uses
13. أُخْرَىٰukh'rāother

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration qāla alqihā yāmūsā

English [Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَلْقِهَاalqihāThrow it down
3. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration fa-alqāhā fa-idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā

English So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

1. فَأَلْقَىٰهَاfa-alqāhāSo he threw it down
2. فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold
3. هِىَhiyaIt
4. حَيَّةٌۭḥayyatun(was) a snake
5. تَسْعَىٰtasʿāmoving swiftly

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Transliteration qāla khudh'hā walā takhaf sanuʿīduhā sīratahā l-ūlā

English [Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. خُذْهَاkhudh'hāSeize it
3. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
4. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
5. سَنُعِيدُهَاsanuʿīduhāWe will return it
6. سِيرَتَهَاsīratahā(to) its state
7. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe former

وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Transliteration wa-uḍ'mum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin āyatan ukh'rā

English And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

1. وَٱضْمُمْwa-uḍ'mumAnd draw near
2. يَدَكَyadakayour hand
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. جَنَاحِكَjanāḥikayour side
5. تَخْرُجْtakhrujit will come out
6. بَيْضَآءَbayḍāawhite
7. مِنْminwithout any
8. غَيْرِghayriwithout any
9. سُوٓءٍsūindisease
10. ءَايَةًāyatan(as) a sign
11. أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ٱلْكُبْرَى

Transliteration linuriyaka min āyātinā l-kub'rā

English That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

1. لِنُرِيَكَlinuriyakaThat We may show you
2. مِنْminof
3. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
4. ٱلْكُبْرَىl-kub'rāthe Greatest

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Transliteration idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā

English Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."

1. ٱذْهَبْidh'habGo
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
5. طَغَىٰṭaghā(has) transgressed

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى

Transliteration qāla rabbi ish'raḥ lī ṣadrī

English [Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. ٱشْرَحْish'raḥExpand
4. لِىlīfor me
5. صَدْرِىṣadrīmy breast

وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى

Transliteration wayassir lī amrī

English And ease for me my task

1. وَيَسِّرْwayassirAnd ease
2. لِىٓlīfor me
3. أَمْرِىamrīmy task

وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى

Transliteration wa-uḥ'lul ʿuq'datan min lisānī

English And untie the knot from my tongue

1. وَٱحْلُلْwa-uḥ'lulAnd untie
2. عُقْدَةًۭʿuq'datan(the) knot
3. مِّنminfrom
4. لِّسَانِىlisānīmy tongue

يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى

Transliteration yafqahū qawlī

English That they may understand my speech.

1. يَفْقَهُوا۟yafqahūThat they may understand
2. قَوْلِىqawlīmy speech

وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى

Transliteration wa-ij'ʿal lī wazīran min ahlī

English And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -

1. وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿalAnd appoint
2. لِّىlīfor me
3. وَزِيرًۭاwazīrana minister
4. مِّنْminfrom
5. أَهْلِىahlīmy family

هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى

Transliteration hārūna akhī

English Aaron, my brother.

1. هَـٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
2. أَخِىakhīmy brother

ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى

Transliteration ush'dud bihi azrī

English Increase through him my strength

1. ٱشْدُدْush'dudReinforce
2. بِهِۦٓbihithrough him
3. أَزْرِىazrīmy strength

وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى

Transliteration wa-ashrik'hu fī amrī

English And let him share my task

1. وَأَشْرِكْهُwa-ashrik'huAnd make him share
2. فِىٓfī[in]
3. أَمْرِىamrīmy task

كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا

Transliteration kay nusabbiḥaka kathīran

English That we may exalt You much

1. كَىْkayThat
2. نُسَبِّحَكَnusabbiḥakawe may glorify You
3. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch

وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا

Transliteration wanadhkuraka kathīran

English And remember You much.

1. وَنَذْكُرَكَwanadhkurakaAnd [we] remember You
2. كَثِيرًاkathīranmuch

إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

Transliteration innaka kunta binā baṣīran

English Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, [You]
2. كُنتَkuntaYou are
3. بِنَاbināof us
4. بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer

قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration qāla qad ūtīta su'laka yāmūsā

English [Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. قَدْqadVerily
3. أُوتِيتَūtītayou are granted
4. سُؤْلَكَsu'lakayour request
5. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓ

Transliteration walaqad manannā ʿalayka marratan ukh'rā

English And We had already conferred favor upon you another time,

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
2. مَنَنَّاmanannāWe conferred a favor
3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
4. مَرَّةًmarratananother time
5. أُخْرَىٰٓukh'rāanother time

إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ

Transliteration idh awḥaynā ilā ummika mā yūḥā

English When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe inspired
3. إِلَىٰٓilāto
4. أُمِّكَummikayour mother
5. مَاmāwhat
6. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis inspired

أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

Transliteration ani iq'dhifīhi fī l-tābūti fa-iq'dhifīhi fī l-yami falyul'qihi l-yamu bil-sāḥili yakhudh'hu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu wa-alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣ'naʿa ʿalā ʿaynī

English [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].

1. أَنِaniThat
2. ٱقْذِفِيهِiq'dhifīhicast him
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلتَّابُوتِl-tābūtithe chest
5. فَٱقْذِفِيهِfa-iq'dhifīhithen cast it
6. فِىfīin
7. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe river
8. فَلْيُلْقِهِfalyul'qihithen let cast it
9. ٱلْيَمُّl-yamuthe river
10. بِٱلسَّاحِلِbil-sāḥilion the bank
11. يَأْخُذْهُyakhudh'huwill take him
12. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
13. لِّىlīto Me
14. وَعَدُوٌّۭwaʿaduwwunand an enemy
15. لَّهُۥ ۚlahuto him
16. وَأَلْقَيْتُwa-alqaytuAnd I cast
17. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaover you
18. مَحَبَّةًۭmaḥabbatanlove
19. مِّنِّىminnīfrom Me
20. وَلِتُصْنَعَwalituṣ'naʿaand that you may be brought up
21. عَلَىٰʿalāunder
22. عَيْنِىٓʿaynīMy eye

إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration idh tamshī ukh'tuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā man yakfuluhu farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina l-ghami wafatannāka futūnan falabith'ta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma ji'ta ʿalā qadarin yāmūsā

English [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. تَمْشِىٓtamshīwas going
3. أُخْتُكَukh'tukayour sister
4. فَتَقُولُfataqūluand she said
5. هَلْhalShall
6. أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumI show you
7. عَلَىٰʿalā[to]
8. مَنman(one) who
9. يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖyakfuluhuwill nurse and rear him
10. فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَfarajaʿnākaSo We returned you
11. إِلَىٰٓilāto
12. أُمِّكَummikayour mother
13. كَىْkaythat
14. تَقَرَّtaqarramay be cooled
15. عَيْنُهَاʿaynuhāher eyes
16. وَلَاwalāand not
17. تَحْزَنَ ۚtaḥzanashe grieves
18. وَقَتَلْتَwaqataltaAnd you killed
19. نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
20. فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَfanajjaynākabut We saved you
21. مِنَminafrom
22. ٱلْغَمِّl-ghamithe distress
23. وَفَتَنَّـٰكَwafatannākaand We tried you
24. فُتُونًۭا ۚfutūnan(with) a trial
25. فَلَبِثْتَfalabith'taThen you remained
26. سِنِينَsinīna(some) years
27. فِىٓfīwith
28. أَهْلِahli(the) people
29. مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
30. ثُمَّthummaThen
31. جِئْتَji'tayou came
32. عَلَىٰʿalāat
33. قَدَرٍۢqadarinthe decreed (time)
34. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى

Transliteration wa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtuka linafsī

English And I produced you for Myself.

1. وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَwa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtukaAnd I (have) chosen you
2. لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor Myself

ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِى

Transliteration idh'hab anta wa-akhūka biāyātī walā taniyā fī dhik'rī

English Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance.

1. ٱذْهَبْidh'habGo
2. أَنتَantayou
3. وَأَخُوكَwa-akhūkaand your brother
4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِىbiāyātīwith My Signs
5. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
6. تَنِيَاtaniyāslacken
7. فِىfīin
8. ذِكْرِىdhik'rīMy remembrance

ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Transliteration idh'habā ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā

English Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

1. ٱذْهَبَآidh'habāGo, both of you
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
5. طَغَىٰṭaghā(has) transgressed

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration faqūlā lahu qawlan layyinan laʿallahu yatadhakkaru aw yakhshā

English And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allāh]."

1. فَقُولَاfaqūlāAnd speak
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
4. لَّيِّنًۭاlayyinangentle
5. لَّعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuperhaps he
6. يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkarumay take heed
7. أَوْawor
8. يَخْشَىٰyakhshāfear

قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ

Transliteration qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu an yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw an yaṭghā

English They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

1. قَالَاqālāThey said
2. رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
3. إِنَّنَاinnanāIndeed, we
4. نَخَافُnakhāfufear
5. أَنanthat
6. يَفْرُطَyafruṭahe will hasten
7. عَلَيْنَآʿalaynāagainst us
8. أَوْawor
9. أَنanthat
10. يَطْغَىٰyaṭghāhe will transgress

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ

Transliteration qāla lā takhāfā innanī maʿakumā asmaʿu wa-arā

English [Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تَخَافَآ ۖtakhāfāfear
4. إِنَّنِىinnanīIndeed, I Am
5. مَعَكُمَآmaʿakumāwith you both
6. أَسْمَعُasmaʿuI hear
7. وَأَرَىٰwa-arāand I see

فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

Transliteration fatiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika fa-arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla walā tuʿadhib'hum qad ji'nāka biāyatin min rabbika wal-salāmu ʿalā mani ittabaʿa l-hudā

English So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.

1. فَأْتِيَاهُfatiyāhuSo go to him
2. فَقُولَآfaqūlāand say
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. رَسُولَاrasūlāboth (are) Messengers
5. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
6. فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilso send
7. مَعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
8. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
9. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
10. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
11. تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖtuʿadhib'humtorment them
12. قَدْqadVerily
13. جِئْنَـٰكَji'nākawe came to you
14. بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatinwith a Sign
15. مِّنminfrom
16. رَّبِّكَ ۖrabbikayour Lord
17. وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُwal-salāmuAnd peace
18. عَلَىٰʿalāon
19. مَنِmani(one) who
20. ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollows
21. ٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudāthe Guidance

إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Transliteration innā qad ūḥiya ilaynā anna l-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhaba watawallā

English Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
2. قَدْqadverily
3. أُوحِىَūḥiyait has been revealed
4. إِلَيْنَآilaynāto us
5. أَنَّannathat
6. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
7. عَلَىٰʿalā(will be) on
8. مَنman(one) who
9. كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
10. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāand turns away

قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration qāla faman rabbukumā yāmūsā

English [Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَمَنfamanThen who
3. رَّبُّكُمَاrabbukumā(is) your Lord
4. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ

Transliteration qāla rabbunā alladhī aʿṭā kulla shayin khalqahu thumma hadā

English He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
3. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
4. أَعْطَىٰaʿṭāgave
5. كُلَّkulla(to) every
6. شَىْءٍshayinthing
7. خَلْقَهُۥkhalqahuits form
8. ثُمَّthummathen
9. هَدَىٰhadāHe guided (it)

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Transliteration qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-ūlā

English [Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَمَاfamāThen what
3. بَالُbālu(is the) case
4. ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūni(of) the generations
5. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā(of) the former

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

Transliteration qāla ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitābin lā yaḍillu rabbī walā yansā

English [Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāIts knowledge
3. عِندَʿinda(is) with
4. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
5. فِىfīin
6. كِتَـٰبٍۢ ۖkitābina Record
7. لَّاlāNot
8. يَضِلُّyaḍilluerrs
9. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يَنسَىyansāforgets

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

Transliteration alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wasalaka lakum fīhā subulan wa-anzala mina l-samāi māan fa-akhrajnā bihi azwājan min nabātin shattā

English [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
3. لَكُمُlakumufor you
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. مَهْدًۭاmahdan(as) a bed
6. وَسَلَكَwasalakaand inserted
7. لَكُمْlakumfor you
8. فِيهَاfīhātherein
9. سُبُلًۭاsubulanways
10. وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent down
11. مِنَminafrom
12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
13. مَآءًۭmāanwater
14. فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen We (have) brought forth
15. بِهِۦٓbihiwith it
16. أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanpairs
17. مِّنminof
18. نَّبَاتٍۢnabātinplants
19. شَتَّىٰshattādiverse

كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

Transliteration kulū wa-ir'ʿaw anʿāmakum inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuhā

English Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

1. كُلُوا۟kulūEat
2. وَٱرْعَوْا۟wa-ir'ʿawand pasture
3. أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗanʿāmakumyour cattle
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. فِىfīin
6. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
7. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
8. لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor possessors
9. ٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā(of) intelligence

۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Transliteration min'hā khalaqnākum wafīhā nuʿīdukum wamin'hā nukh'rijukum tāratan ukh'rā

English From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

1. ۞ مِنْهَاmin'hāFrom it
2. خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumWe created you
3. وَفِيهَاwafīhāand in it
4. نُعِيدُكُمْnuʿīdukumWe will return you
5. وَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand from it
6. نُخْرِجُكُمْnukh'rijukumWe will bring you out
7. تَارَةًtāratantime
8. أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother

وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ

Transliteration walaqad araynāhu āyātinā kullahā fakadhaba wa-abā

English And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. أَرَيْنَـٰهُaraynāhuWe showed him
3. ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
4. كُلَّهَاkullahāall of them
5. فَكَذَّبَfakadhababut he denied
6. وَأَبَىٰwa-abāand refused

قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration qāla aji'tanā litukh'rijanā min arḍinā bisiḥ'rika yāmūsā

English He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāHave you come to us
3. لِتُخْرِجَنَاlitukh'rijanāto drive us out
4. مِنْminof
5. أَرْضِنَاarḍināour land
6. بِسِحْرِكَbisiḥ'rikawith your magic
7. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

Transliteration falanatiyannaka bisiḥ'rin mith'lihi fa-ij'ʿal baynanā wabaynaka mawʿidan lā nukh'lifuhu naḥnu walā anta makānan suwan

English Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

1. فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَfalanatiyannakaThen we will surely produce for you
2. بِسِحْرٍۢbisiḥ'rinmagic
3. مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike it
4. فَٱجْعَلْfa-ij'ʿalSo make
5. بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
6. وَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaand between you
7. مَوْعِدًۭاmawʿidanan appointment
8. لَّاlānot
9. نُخْلِفُهُۥnukh'lifuhuwe will fail it
10. نَحْنُnaḥnu[we]
11. وَلَآwalāand not
12. أَنتَantayou
13. مَكَانًۭاmakānan(in) a place
14. سُوًۭىsuwaneven

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى

Transliteration qāla mawʿidukum yawmu l-zīnati wa-an yuḥ'shara l-nāsu ḍuḥan

English [Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. مَوْعِدُكُمْmawʿidukumYour appointment
3. يَوْمُyawmu(is on the) day
4. ٱلزِّينَةِl-zīnati(of) the festival
5. وَأَنwa-anand that
6. يُحْشَرَyuḥ'sharawill be assembled
7. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
8. ضُحًۭىḍuḥan(at) forenoon

فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ

Transliteration fatawallā fir'ʿawnu fajamaʿa kaydahu thumma atā

English So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

1. فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāThen went away
2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
3. فَجَمَعَfajamaʿaand put together
4. كَيْدَهُۥkaydahuhis plan
5. ثُمَّthummathen
6. أَتَىٰatācame

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ

Transliteration qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban fayus'ḥitakum biʿadhābin waqad khāba mani if'tarā

English Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. لَهُمlahumto them
3. مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. وَيْلَكُمْwaylakumWoe to you
5. لَاlā(Do) not
6. تَفْتَرُوا۟taftarūinvent
7. عَلَىʿalāagainst
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
9. كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
10. فَيُسْحِتَكُمfayus'ḥitakumlest He will destroy you
11. بِعَذَابٍۢ ۖbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
12. وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
13. خَابَkhābahe failed
14. مَنِmaniwho
15. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ

Transliteration fatanāzaʿū amrahum baynahum wa-asarrū l-najwā

English So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

1. فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟fatanāzaʿūThen they disputed
2. أَمْرَهُمamrahum(in) their affair
3. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong them
4. وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūand they kept secret
5. ٱلنَّجْوَىٰl-najwāthe private conversation

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ

Transliteration qālū in hādhāni lasāḥirāni yurīdāni an yukh'rijākum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihimā wayadhhabā biṭarīqatikumu l-muth'lā

English They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. إِنْinIndeed
3. هَـٰذَٰنِhādhānithese two
4. لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِlasāḥirāni[two] magicians
5. يُرِيدَانِyurīdānithey intend
6. أَنanthat
7. يُخْرِجَاكُمyukh'rijākumthey drive you out
8. مِّنْminof
9. أَرْضِكُمarḍikumyour land
10. بِسِحْرِهِمَاbisiḥ'rihimāwith their magic
11. وَيَذْهَبَاwayadhhabāand do away
12. بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُbiṭarīqatikumuwith your way
13. ٱلْمُثْلَىٰl-muth'lāthe exemplary

فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ

Transliteration fa-ajmiʿū kaydakum thumma i'tū ṣaffan waqad aflaḥa l-yawma mani is'taʿlā

English So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."

1. فَأَجْمِعُوا۟fa-ajmiʿūSo put together
2. كَيْدَكُمْkaydakumyour plan
3. ثُمَّthummathen
4. ٱئْتُوا۟i'tūcome
5. صَفًّۭا ۚṣaffan(in) a line
6. وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
7. أَفْلَحَaflaḥa(will be) successful
8. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
9. مَنِmaniwho
10. ٱسْتَعْلَىٰis'taʿlāovercomes

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

Transliteration qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alqā

English They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
3. إِمَّآimmāEither
4. أَنan[that]
5. تُلْقِىَtul'qiyayou throw
6. وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
7. أَنan[that]
8. نَّكُونَnakūnawe will be
9. أَوَّلَawwalathe first
10. مَنْmanwho
11. أَلْقَىٰalqāthrows

قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration qāla bal alqū fa-idhā ḥibāluhum waʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥ'rihim annahā tasʿā

English He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. بَلْbalNay
3. أَلْقُوا۟ ۖalqūyou throw
4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
5. حِبَالُهُمْḥibāluhumTheir ropes
6. وَعِصِيُّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyuhumand their staffs
7. يُخَيَّلُyukhayyaluseemed
8. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
9. مِنminby
10. سِحْرِهِمْsiḥ'rihimtheir magic
11. أَنَّهَاannahāthat they
12. تَسْعَىٰtasʿā(were) moving

فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

Transliteration fa-awjasa fī nafsihi khīfatan mūsā

English And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

1. فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasaSo sensed
2. فِىfīin
3. نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
4. خِيفَةًۭkhīfatana fear
5. مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa

قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Transliteration qul'nā lā takhaf innaka anta l-aʿlā

English We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.

1. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تَخَفْtakhaffear
4. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
5. أَنتَantayou
6. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlā(will be) superior

وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

Transliteration wa-alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥirin walā yuf'liḥu l-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā

English And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

1. وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd throw
2. مَاmāwhat
3. فِىfī(is) in
4. يَمِينِكَyamīnikayour right hand
5. تَلْقَفْtalqafit will swallow up
6. مَاmāwhat
7. صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖṣanaʿūthey have made
8. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
9. صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey (have) made
10. كَيْدُkaydua trick
11. سَـٰحِرٍۢ ۖsāḥirin(of) a magician
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill be successful
14. ٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiruthe magician
15. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
16. أَتَىٰatāhe comes

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū āmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā

English So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

1. فَأُلْقِىَfa-ul'qiyaSo were thrown down
2. ٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratuthe magicians
3. سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
4. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
5. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
6. بِرَبِّbirabbiin (the) Lord
7. هَـٰرُونَhārūna(of) Harun
8. وَمُوسَىٰwamūsāand Musa

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

Transliteration qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra fala-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum fī judhūʿi l-nakhli walataʿlamunna ayyunā ashaddu ʿadhāban wa-abqā

English [Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. ءَامَنتُمْāmantumYou believe
3. لَهُۥlahu[to] him
4. قَبْلَqablabefore
5. أَنْan[that]
6. ءَاذَنَādhanaI gave permission
7. لَكُمْ ۖlakumto you
8. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
9. لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu(is) your chief
10. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
11. عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumutaught you
12. ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖl-siḥ'rathe magic
13. فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّfala-uqaṭṭiʿannaSo surely I will cut off
14. أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
15. وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumand your feet
16. مِّنْminof
17. خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfinopposite sides
18. وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakumand surely I will crucify you
19. فِىfīon
20. جُذُوعِjudhūʿi(the) trunks
21. ٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhli(of) date-palms
22. وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunnaand surely you will know
23. أَيُّنَآayyunāwhich of us
24. أَشَدُّashaddu(is) more severe
25. عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(in) punishment
26. وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting

قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

Transliteration qālū lan nu'thiraka ʿalā mā jāanā mina l-bayināti wa-alladhī faṭaranā fa-iq'ḍi mā anta qāḍin innamā taqḍī hādhihi l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

English They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. لَنlanNever
3. نُّؤْثِرَكَnu'thirakawe will prefer you
4. عَلَىٰʿalāover
5. مَاmāwhat
6. جَآءَنَاjāanāhas come to us
7. مِنَminaof
8. ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayinātithe clear proofs
9. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīand the One Who
10. فَطَرَنَا ۖfaṭaranācreated us
11. فَٱقْضِfa-iq'ḍiSo decree
12. مَآmāwhatever
13. أَنتَantayou
14. قَاضٍ ۖqāḍin(are) decreeing
15. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
16. تَقْضِىtaqḍīyou can decree
17. هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(for) this
18. ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatalife
19. ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world

إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Transliteration innā āmannā birabbinā liyaghfira lanā khaṭāyānā wamā akrahtanā ʿalayhi mina l-siḥ'ri wal-lahu khayrun wa-abqā

English Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring."

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, [we]
2. ءَامَنَّاāmannāwe believe
3. بِرَبِّنَاbirabbināin our Lord
4. لِيَغْفِرَliyaghfirathat He may forgive
5. لَنَاlanāfor us
6. خَطَـٰيَـٰنَاkhaṭāyānāour sins
7. وَمَآwamāand what
8. أَكْرَهْتَنَاakrahtanāyou compelled us
9. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
10. مِنَminaof
11. ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗl-siḥ'rithe magic
12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
13. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) Best
14. وَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqāand Ever Lasting

إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Transliteration innahu man yati rabbahu muj'riman fa-inna lahu jahannama lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

English Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
2. مَنmanwho
3. يَأْتِyaticomes
4. رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
5. مُجْرِمًۭاmuj'riman(as) a criminal
6. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(is) Hell
9. لَاlāNot
10. يَمُوتُyamūtuhe will die
11. فِيهَاfīhāin it
12. وَلَاwalāand not
13. يَحْيَىٰyaḥyālive

وَمَن يَأْتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُ ٱلْعُلَىٰ

Transliteration waman yatihi mu'minan qad ʿamila l-ṣāliḥāti fa-ulāika lahumu l-darajātu l-ʿulā

English But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:

1. وَمَنwamanBut whoever
2. يَأْتِهِۦyatihicomes to Him
3. مُؤْمِنًۭاmu'minan(as) a believer
4. قَدْqadverily
5. عَمِلَʿamilahe has done
6. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds
7. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
8. لَهُمُlahumufor them
9. ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُl-darajātu(will be) the ranks
10. ٱلْعُلَىٰl-ʿulā[the] high

جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Transliteration jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā wadhālika jazāu man tazakkā

English Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.

1. جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens
2. عَدْنٍۢʿadnin(of) Eden
3. تَجْرِىtajrīflows
4. مِنminfrom
5. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
6. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
7. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaabiding forever
8. فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
9. وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
10. جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the reward
11. مَنman(for him) who
12. تَزَكَّىٰtazakkāpurifies himself

وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَـٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration walaqad awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī fa-iḍ'rib lahum ṭarīqan fī l-baḥri yabasan lā takhāfu darakan walā takhshā

English And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe inspired
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
5. أَنْanthat
6. أَسْرِasriTravel by night
7. بِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīwith My slaves
8. فَٱضْرِبْfa-iḍ'riband strike
9. لَهُمْlahumfor them
10. طَرِيقًۭاṭarīqana path
11. فِىfīin
12. ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
13. يَبَسًۭاyabasandry
14. لَّاlānot
15. تَخَـٰفُtakhāfufearing
16. دَرَكًۭاdarakanto be overtaken
17. وَلَاwalāand not
18. تَخْشَىٰtakhshābeing afraid

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

Transliteration fa-atbaʿahum fir'ʿawnu bijunūdihi faghashiyahum mina l-yami mā ghashiyahum

English So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

1. فَأَتْبَعَهُمْfa-atbaʿahumThen followed them
2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
3. بِجُنُودِهِۦbijunūdihiwith his forces
4. فَغَشِيَهُمfaghashiyahumbut covered them
5. مِّنَminafrom
6. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
7. مَاmāwhat
8. غَشِيَهُمْghashiyahumcovered them

وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

Transliteration wa-aḍalla fir'ʿawnu qawmahu wamā hadā

English And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

1. وَأَضَلَّwa-aḍallaAnd led astray
2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
3. قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
4. وَمَاwamāand (did) not
5. هَدَىٰhadāguide them

يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ

Transliteration yābanī is'rāīla qad anjaynākum min ʿaduwwikum wawāʿadnākum jāniba l-ṭūri l-aymana wanazzalnā ʿalaykumu l-mana wal-salwā

English O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

1. يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children of Israel
2. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaO Children of Israel
3. قَدْqadVerily
4. أَنجَيْنَـٰكُمanjaynākumWe delivered you
5. مِّنْminfrom
6. عَدُوِّكُمْʿaduwwikumyour enemy
7. وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْwawāʿadnākumand We made a covenant with you
8. جَانِبَjānibaon (the) side
9. ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) the Mount
10. ٱلْأَيْمَنَl-aymanathe right
11. وَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāand We sent down
12. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
13. ٱلْمَنَّl-manathe Manna
14. وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰwal-salwāand the quails

كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ

Transliteration kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum walā taṭghaw fīhi fayaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabī waman yaḥlil ʿalayhi ghaḍabī faqad hawā

English [Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished]."

1. كُلُوا۟kulūEat
2. مِنminof
3. طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good things
4. مَاmāwhich
5. رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumWe have provided you
6. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
7. تَطْغَوْا۟taṭghawtransgress
8. فِيهِfīhitherein
9. فَيَحِلَّfayaḥillalest should descend
10. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
11. غَضَبِى ۖghaḍabīMy Anger
12. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
13. يَحْلِلْyaḥlilon whom descends
14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion whom descends
15. غَضَبِىghaḍabīMy Anger
16. فَقَدْfaqadindeed
17. هَوَىٰhawāhe (has) perished

وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

Transliteration wa-innī laghaffārun liman tāba waāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan thumma ih'tadā

English But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.

1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīBut indeed, I Am
2. لَغَفَّارٌۭlaghaffārunthe Perpetual Forgiver
3. لِّمَنlimanof whoever
4. تَابَtābarepents
5. وَءَامَنَwaāmanaand believes
6. وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
7. صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
8. ثُمَّthummathen
9. ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadāremains guided

۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Transliteration wamā aʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yāmūsā

English [Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

1. ۞ وَمَآwamāAnd what
2. أَعْجَلَكَaʿjalakamade you hasten
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. قَوْمِكَqawmikayour people
5. يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa

قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

Transliteration qāla hum ulāi ʿalā atharī waʿajil'tu ilayka rabbi litarḍā

English He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هُمْhumThey
3. أُو۟لَآءِulāi(are) close
4. عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
5. أَثَرِىatharīmy tracks
6. وَعَجِلْتُwaʿajil'tuand I hastened
7. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
8. رَبِّrabbimy Lord
9. لِتَرْضَىٰlitarḍāthat You be pleased

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

Transliteration qāla fa-innā qad fatannā qawmaka min baʿdika wa-aḍallahumu l-sāmiriyu

English [Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī has led them astray."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَإِنَّاfa-innāBut indeed, We
3. قَدْqad[verily]
4. فَتَنَّاfatannāWe (have) tried
5. قَوْمَكَqawmakayour people
6. مِنۢminafter you
7. بَعْدِكَbaʿdikaafter you
8. وَأَضَلَّهُمُwa-aḍallahumuand has led them astray
9. ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyuthe Samiri

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى

Transliteration farajaʿa mūsā ilā qawmihi ghaḍbāna asifan qāla yāqawmi alam yaʿid'kum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanan afaṭāla ʿalaykumu l-ʿahdu am aradttum an yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabun min rabbikum fa-akhlaftum mawʿidī

English So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

1. فَرَجَعَfarajaʿaThen Musa returned
2. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāThen Musa returned
3. إِلَىٰilāto
4. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
5. غَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaangry
6. أَسِفًۭا ۚasifan(and) sorrowful
7. قَالَqālaHe said
8. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
9. أَلَمْalamDid not
10. يَعِدْكُمْyaʿid'kumpromise you
11. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
12. وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
13. حَسَنًا ۚḥasanangood
14. أَفَطَالَafaṭālaThen, did seem long
15. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
16. ٱلْعَهْدُl-ʿahduthe promise
17. أَمْamor
18. أَرَدتُّمْaradttumdid you desire
19. أَنanthat
20. يَحِلَّyaḥilladescend
21. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
22. غَضَبٌۭghaḍabun(the) Anger
23. مِّنminof
24. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
25. فَأَخْلَفْتُمfa-akhlaftumso you broke
26. مَّوْعِدِىmawʿidī(the) promise to me

قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

Transliteration qālū mā akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummil'nā awzāran min zīnati l-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika alqā l-sāmiriyu

English They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. مَآmāNot
3. أَخْلَفْنَاakhlafnāwe broke
4. مَوْعِدَكَmawʿidakapromise to you
5. بِمَلْكِنَاbimalkināby our will
6. وَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnābut we
7. حُمِّلْنَآḥummil'nā[we] were made to carry
8. أَوْزَارًۭاawzāranburdens
9. مِّنminfrom
10. زِينَةِzīnatiornaments
11. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people
12. فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَاfaqadhafnāhāso we threw them
13. فَكَذَٰلِكَfakadhālikaand thus
14. أَلْقَىalqāthrew
15. ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyuthe Samiri

فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

Transliteration fa-akhraja lahum ʿij'lan jasadan lahu khuwārun faqālū hādhā ilāhukum wa-ilāhu mūsā fanasiya

English And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

1. فَأَخْرَجَfa-akhrajaThen he brought forth
2. لَهُمْlahumfor them
3. عِجْلًۭاʿij'lana calf's
4. جَسَدًۭاjasadanbody
5. لَّهُۥlahuit had
6. خُوَارٌۭkhuwāruna lowing sound
7. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said
8. هَـٰذَآhādhāThis
9. إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukum(is) your god
10. وَإِلَـٰهُwa-ilāhuand the god
11. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
12. فَنَسِىَfanasiyabut he forgot

أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

Transliteration afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿan

English Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

1. أَفَلَاafalāThen, did not
2. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
3. أَلَّاallāthat not
4. يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuit (could) return
5. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
6. قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
7. وَلَاwalāand not
8. يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess
9. لَهُمْlahumfor them
10. ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harm
11. وَلَاwalāand not
12. نَفْعًۭاnafʿanany benefit

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى

Transliteration walaqad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yāqawmi innamā futintum bihi wa-inna rabbakumu l-raḥmānu fa-ittabiʿūnī wa-aṭīʿū amrī

English And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. قَالَqāla(had) said
3. لَهُمْlahumto them
4. هَـٰرُونُhārūnuHarun
5. مِنminbefore
6. قَبْلُqablubefore
7. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
8. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
9. فُتِنتُمfutintumyou are being tested
10. بِهِۦ ۖbihiby it
11. وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
12. رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
13. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
14. فَٱتَّبِعُونِىfa-ittabiʿūnīso follow me
15. وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
16. أَمْرِىamrīmy order

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

Transliteration qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ilaynā mūsā

English They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. لَنlanNever
3. نَّبْرَحَnabraḥawe will cease
4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhibeing devoted to it
5. عَـٰكِفِينَʿākifīnabeing devoted to it
6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
7. يَرْجِعَyarjiʿareturns
8. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
9. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa

قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟

Transliteration qāla yāhārūnu mā manaʿaka idh ra-aytahum ḍallū

English [Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰهَـٰرُونُyāhārūnuO Harun
3. مَاmāWhat
4. مَنَعَكَmanaʿakaprevented you
5. إِذْidhwhen
6. رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumyou saw them
7. ضَلُّوٓا۟ḍallūgoing astray

أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

Transliteration allā tattabiʿani afaʿaṣayta amrī

English From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"

1. أَلَّاallāThat not
2. تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖtattabiʿaniyou follow me
3. أَفَعَصَيْتَafaʿaṣaytaThen, have you disobeyed
4. أَمْرِىamrīmy order

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى

Transliteration qāla yabna-umma lā takhudh biliḥ'yatī walā birasī innī khashītu an taqūla farraqta bayna banī is'rāīla walam tarqub qawlī

English [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَبْنَؤُمَّyabna-ummaO son of my mother
3. لَاlā(Do) not
4. تَأْخُذْtakhudhseize (me)
5. بِلِحْيَتِىbiliḥ'yatīby my beard
6. وَلَاwalāand not
7. بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖbirasīby my head
8. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
9. خَشِيتُkhashītu[I] feared
10. أَنanthat
11. تَقُولَtaqūlayou would say
12. فَرَّقْتَfarraqtaYou caused division
13. بَيْنَbaynabetween
14. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
15. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
16. وَلَمْwalamand not
17. تَرْقُبْtarqubyou respect
18. قَوْلِىqawlīmy word

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ

Transliteration qāla famā khaṭbuka yāsāmiriyyu

English [Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Sāmirī?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَمَاfamāThen what
3. خَطْبُكَkhaṭbuka(is) your case
4. يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّyāsāmiriyyuO Samiri

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى

Transliteration qāla baṣur'tu bimā lam yabṣurū bihi faqabaḍtu qabḍatan min athari l-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wakadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī

English He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. بَصُرْتُbaṣur'tuI perceived
3. بِمَاbimāwhat
4. لَمْlamnot
5. يَبْصُرُوا۟yabṣurūthey perceive
6. بِهِۦbihiin it
7. فَقَبَضْتُfaqabaḍtuso I took
8. قَبْضَةًۭqabḍatana handful
9. مِّنْminfrom
10. أَثَرِathari(the) track
11. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli(of) the Messenger
12. فَنَبَذْتُهَاfanabadhtuhāthen threw it
13. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaand thus
14. سَوَّلَتْsawwalatsuggested
15. لِىlīto me
16. نَفْسِىnafsīmy soul

قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

Transliteration qāla fa-idh'hab fa-inna laka fī l-ḥayati an taqūla lā misāsa wa-inna laka mawʿidan lan tukh'lafahu wa-unẓur ilā ilāhika alladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan lanuḥarriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fī l-yami nasfan

English [Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. فَٱذْهَبْfa-idh'habThen go
3. فَإِنَّfa-innaAnd indeed
4. لَكَlakafor you
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
7. أَنanthat
8. تَقُولَtaqūlayou will say
9. لَاlā(Do) not
10. مِسَاسَ ۖmisāsatouch
11. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
12. لَكَlakafor you
13. مَوْعِدًۭاmawʿidan(is) an appointment
14. لَّنlannever
15. تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖtukh'lafahuyou will fail to (keep) it
16. وَٱنظُرْwa-unẓurAnd look
17. إِلَىٰٓilāat
18. إِلَـٰهِكَilāhikayour god
19. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
20. ظَلْتَẓaltayou have remained
21. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito it
22. عَاكِفًۭا ۖʿākifandevoted
23. لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥlanuḥarriqannahuSurely we will burn it
24. ثُمَّthummathen
25. لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥlanansifannahucertainly we will scatter it
26. فِىfīin
27. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
28. نَسْفًاnasfan(in) particles

إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

Transliteration innamā ilāhukumu l-lahu alladhī lā ilāha illā huwa wasiʿa kulla shayin ʿil'man

English Your god is only Allāh, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."

1. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
2. إِلَـٰهُكُمُilāhukumuyour God
3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One
5. لَآlā(there is) no
6. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
7. إِلَّاillābut
8. هُوَ ۚhuwaHe
9. وَسِعَwasiʿaHe has encompassed
10. كُلَّkullaall
11. شَىْءٍshayinthings
12. عِلْمًۭاʿil'man(in) knowledge

كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا

Transliteration kadhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāi mā qad sabaqa waqad ātaynāka min ladunnā dhik'ran

English Thus, [O Muḥammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
2. نَقُصُّnaquṣṣuWe relate
3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
4. مِنْminfrom
5. أَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news
6. مَاmā(of) what
7. قَدْqadhas preceded
8. سَبَقَ ۚsabaqahas preceded
9. وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
10. ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَātaynākaWe have given you
11. مِنminfrom
12. لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
13. ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana Reminder

مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وِزْرًا

Transliteration man aʿraḍa ʿanhu fa-innahu yaḥmilu yawma l-qiyāmati wiz'ran

English Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin],

1. مَّنْmanWhoever
2. أَعْرَضَaʿraḍaturns away
3. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
4. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
5. يَحْمِلُyaḥmiluwill bear
6. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
7. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
8. وِزْرًاwiz'rana burden

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ حِمْلًا

Transliteration khālidīna fīhi wasāa lahum yawma l-qiyāmati ḥim'lan

English [Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

1. خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaAbiding forever
2. فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
3. وَسَآءَwasāaand evil
4. لَهُمْlahumfor them
5. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
6. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
7. حِمْلًۭاḥim'lan(as) a load

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

Transliteration yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri wanaḥshuru l-muj'rimīna yawma-idhin zur'qan

English The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يُنفَخُyunfakhuwill be blown
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلصُّورِ ۚl-ṣūrithe Trumpet
5. وَنَحْشُرُwanaḥshuruand We will gather
6. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
7. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
8. زُرْقًۭاzur'qanblue-eyed

يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا

Transliteration yatakhāfatūna baynahum in labith'tum illā ʿashran

English They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

1. يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَyatakhāfatūnaThey are murmuring
2. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
3. إِنinNot
4. لَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou remained
5. إِلَّاillāexcept (for)
6. عَشْرًۭاʿashranten

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

Transliteration naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan in labith'tum illā yawman

English We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

1. نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
3. بِمَاbimāwhat
4. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey will say
5. إِذْidhwhen
6. يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
7. أَمْثَلُهُمْamthaluhum(the) best of them
8. طَرِيقَةًṭarīqatan(in) conduct
9. إِنinNot
10. لَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou remained
11. إِلَّاillāexcept (for)
12. يَوْمًۭاyawmana day

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا

Transliteration wayasalūnaka ʿani l-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfan

English And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.

1. وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
2. عَنِʿaniabout
3. ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
4. فَقُلْfaqulso say
5. يَنسِفُهَاyansifuhāWill blast them
6. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
7. نَسْفًۭاnasfan(into) particles

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

Transliteration fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafan

English And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

1. فَيَذَرُهَاfayadharuhāThen He will leave it
2. قَاعًۭاqāʿana level
3. صَفْصَفًۭاṣafṣafanplain

لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا

Transliteration lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajan walā amtan

English You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

1. لَّاlāNot
2. تَرَىٰtarāyou will see
3. فِيهَاfīhāin it
4. عِوَجًۭاʿiwajanany crookedness
5. وَلَآwalāand not
6. أَمْتًۭاamtanany curve

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

Transliteration yawma-idhin yattabiʿūna l-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lahu wakhashaʿati l-aṣwātu lilrraḥmāni falā tasmaʿu illā hamsan

English That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

1. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinOn that Day
2. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey will follow
3. ٱلدَّاعِىَl-dāʿiyathe caller
4. لَاlāno
5. عِوَجَʿiwajadeviation
6. لَهُۥ ۖlahufrom it
7. وَخَشَعَتِwakhashaʿatiAnd (will be) humbled
8. ٱلْأَصْوَاتُl-aṣwātuthe voices
9. لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
10. فَلَاfalāso not
11. تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuyou will hear
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. هَمْسًۭاhamsana faint sound

يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًا

Transliteration yawma-idhin lā tanfaʿu l-shafāʿatu illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waraḍiya lahu qawlan

English That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.

1. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(On) that Day
2. لَّاlānot
3. تَنفَعُtanfaʿuwill benefit
4. ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuthe intercession
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. مَنْman(to) whom
7. أَذِنَadhinahas given permission
8. لَهُlahu[to him]
9. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
10. وَرَضِىَwaraḍiyaand He has accepted
11. لَهُۥlahufor him
12. قَوْلًۭاqawlana word

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًا

Transliteration yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿil'man

English He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.

1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
2. مَاmāwhat
3. بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
4. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
5. وَمَاwamāand what
6. خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(is) behind them
7. وَلَاwalāwhile not
8. يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnathey encompass
9. بِهِۦbihiit
10. عِلْمًۭاʿil'man(in) knowledge

۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

Transliteration waʿanati l-wujūhu lil'ḥayyi l-qayūmi waqad khāba man ḥamala ẓul'man

English And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

1. ۞ وَعَنَتِwaʿanatiAnd (will be) humbled
2. ٱلْوُجُوهُl-wujūhuthe faces
3. لِلْحَىِّlil'ḥayyibefore the Ever-Living
4. ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖl-qayūmithe Self-Subsisting
5. وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
6. خَابَkhābawill have failed
7. مَنْman(he) who
8. حَمَلَḥamalacarried
9. ظُلْمًۭاẓul'manwrongdoing

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًا

Transliteration waman yaʿmal mina l-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa mu'minun falā yakhāfu ẓul'man walā haḍman

English But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation.

1. وَمَنwamanBut (he) who
2. يَعْمَلْyaʿmaldoes
3. مِنَminaof
4. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds
5. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
6. مُؤْمِنٌۭmu'minun(is) a believer
7. فَلَاfalāthen not
8. يَخَافُyakhāfuhe will fear
9. ظُلْمًۭاẓul'maninjustice
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. هَضْمًۭاhaḍmandeprivation

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا

Transliteration wakadhālika anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan waṣarrafnā fīhi mina l-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna aw yuḥ'dithu lahum dhik'ran

English And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have sent it down
3. قُرْءَانًاqur'ānan(the) Quran
4. عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan(in) Arabic
5. وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāand We have explained
6. فِيهِfīhiin it
7. مِنَminaof
8. ٱلْوَعِيدِl-waʿīdithe warnings
9. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
10. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūnafear
11. أَوْawor
12. يُحْدِثُyuḥ'dithuit may cause
13. لَهُمْlahum[for] them
14. ذِكْرًۭاdhik'ranremembrance

فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا

Transliteration fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu walā taʿjal bil-qur'āni min qabli an yuq'ḍā ilayka waḥyuhu waqul rabbi zid'nī ʿil'man

English So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

1. فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālāSo high (above all)
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
3. ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe King
4. ٱلْحَقُّ ۗl-ḥaquthe True
5. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
6. تَعْجَلْtaʿjalhasten
7. بِٱلْقُرْءَانِbil-qur'āniwith the Quran
8. مِنminbefore
9. قَبْلِqablibefore
10. أَنan[that]
11. يُقْضَىٰٓyuq'ḍāis completed
12. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
13. وَحْيُهُۥ ۖwaḥyuhuits revelation
14. وَقُلwaquland say
15. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
16. زِدْنِىzid'nīIncrease me
17. عِلْمًۭاʿil'man(in) knowledge

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُۥ عَزْمًا

Transliteration walaqad ʿahid'nā ilā ādama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu ʿazman

English And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
2. عَهِدْنَآʿahid'nāWe made a covenant
3. إِلَىٰٓilāwith
4. ءَادَمَādamaAdam
5. مِنminbefore
6. قَبْلُqablubefore
7. فَنَسِىَfanasiyabut he forgot
8. وَلَمْwalamand not
9. نَجِدْnajidWe found
10. لَهُۥlahuin him
11. عَزْمًۭاʿazmandetermination

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ

Transliteration wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa abā

English And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.

1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
3. لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
4. ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
5. لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam
6. فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūthen they prostrated
7. إِلَّآillāexcept
8. إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
9. أَبَىٰabāhe refused

فَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ

Transliteration faqul'nā yāādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukh'rijannakumā mina l-janati fatashqā

English So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

1. فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāThen We said
2. يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamuO Adam
3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
4. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
5. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
6. لَّكَlakato you
7. وَلِزَوْجِكَwalizawjikaand to your wife
8. فَلَاfalāSo not
9. يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَاyukh'rijannakumā(let) him drive you both
10. مِنَminafrom
11. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
12. فَتَشْقَىٰٓfatashqāso (that) you would suffer

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ

Transliteration inna laka allā tajūʿa fīhā walā taʿrā

English Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. لَكَlakafor you
3. أَلَّاallāthat not
4. تَجُوعَtajūʿayou will be hungry
5. فِيهَاfīhātherein
6. وَلَاwalāand not
7. تَعْرَىٰtaʿrāyou will be unclothed

وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ

Transliteration wa-annaka lā taẓma-u fīhā walā taḍḥā

English And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."

1. وَأَنَّكَwa-annakaAnd that you
2. لَاlānot
3. تَظْمَؤُا۟taẓma-uwill suffer from thirst
4. فِيهَاfīhātherein
5. وَلَاwalāand not
6. تَضْحَىٰtaḍḥāexposed to the sun's heat

فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰ

Transliteration fawaswasa ilayhi l-shayṭānu qāla yāādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajarati l-khul'di wamul'kin lā yablā

English Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

1. فَوَسْوَسَfawaswasaThen whispered
2. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
3. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaan
4. قَالَqālahe said
5. يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamuO Adam
6. هَلْhalShall
7. أَدُلُّكَadullukaI direct you
8. عَلَىٰʿalāto
9. شَجَرَةِshajarati(the) tree
10. ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'di(of) the Eternity
11. وَمُلْكٍۢwamul'kinand a kingdom
12. لَّاlānot
13. يَبْلَىٰyablā(that will) deteriorate

فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ

Transliteration fa-akalā min'hā fabadat lahumā sawātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-janati waʿaṣā ādamu rabbahu faghawā

English And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

1. فَأَكَلَاfa-akalāThen they both ate
2. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
3. فَبَدَتْfabadatso became apparent
4. لَهُمَاlahumāto them
5. سَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumātheir shame
6. وَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqāand they began
7. يَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifāni(to) fasten
8. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon themselves
9. مِنminfrom
10. وَرَقِwaraqi(the) leaves
11. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚl-janati(of) Paradise
12. وَعَصَىٰٓwaʿaṣāAnd Adam disobeyed
13. ءَادَمُādamuAnd Adam disobeyed
14. رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord
15. فَغَوَىٰfaghawāand erred

ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ

Transliteration thumma ij'tabāhu rabbuhu fatāba ʿalayhi wahadā

English Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. ٱجْتَبَـٰهُij'tabāhuchose him
3. رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
4. فَتَابَfatābaand turned
5. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
6. وَهَدَىٰwahadāand guided (him)

قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

Transliteration qāla ih'biṭā min'hā jamīʿan baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun fa-immā yatiyannakum minnī hudan famani ittabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu walā yashqā

English [Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. ٱهْبِطَاih'biṭāGo down
3. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
4. جَمِيعًۢا ۖjamīʿanall
5. بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
6. لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto others
7. عَدُوٌّۭ ۖʿaduwwun(as) enemy
8. فَإِمَّاfa-immāThen if
9. يَأْتِيَنَّكُمyatiyannakumcomes to you
10. مِّنِّىminnīfrom Me
11. هُدًۭىhudanguidance
12. فَمَنِfamanithen whoever
13. ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollows
14. هُدَاىَhudāyaMy guidance
15. فَلَاfalāthen not
16. يَضِلُّyaḍilluhe will go astray
17. وَلَاwalāand not
18. يَشْقَىٰyashqāsuffer

وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ

Transliteration waman aʿraḍa ʿan dhik'rī fa-inna lahu maʿīshatan ḍankan wanaḥshuruhu yawma l-qiyāmati aʿmā

English And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

1. وَمَنْwamanAnd whoever
2. أَعْرَضَaʿraḍaturns away
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. ذِكْرِىdhik'rīMy remembrance
5. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
6. لَهُۥlahufor him
7. مَعِيشَةًۭmaʿīshatan(is) a life
8. ضَنكًۭاḍankanstraitened
9. وَنَحْشُرُهُۥwanaḥshuruhuand We will gather him
10. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
11. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
12. أَعْمَىٰaʿmāblind

قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

Transliteration qāla rabbi lima ḥashartanī aʿmā waqad kuntu baṣīran

English He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

1. قَالَqālaHe will say
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. لِمَlimaWhy
4. حَشَرْتَنِىٓḥashartanīYou raised me
5. أَعْمَىٰaʿmāblind
6. وَقَدْwaqadwhile [verily]
7. كُنتُkuntuI had
8. بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīransight

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰ

Transliteration qāla kadhālika atatka āyātunā fanasītahā wakadhālika l-yawma tunsā

English [Allāh] will say, "Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot [i.e., disregarded] them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten."

1. قَالَqālaHe will say
2. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
3. أَتَتْكَatatkacame to you
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Signs
5. فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖfanasītahābut you forgot them
6. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaand thus
7. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
8. تُنسَىٰtunsāyou will be forgotten

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Transliteration wakadhālika najzī man asrafa walam yu'min biāyāti rabbihi walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati ashaddu wa-abqā

English And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
3. مَنْman(he) who
4. أَسْرَفَasrafatransgresses
5. وَلَمْwalamand not
6. يُؤْمِنۢyu'minbelieves
7. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs
8. رَبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihi(of) his Lord
9. وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely (the) punishment
10. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
11. أَشَدُّashaddu(is) more severe
12. وَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqāand more lasting

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

Transliteration afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuhā

English Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

1. أَفَلَمْafalamThen has not
2. يَهْدِyahdiit guided
3. لَهُمْlahum[for] them
4. كَمْkamhow many
5. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe (have) destroyed
6. قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
7. مِّنَminaof
8. ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
9. يَمْشُونَyamshūna(as) they walk
10. فِىfīin
11. مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗmasākinihimtheir dwellings
12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
13. فِىfīin
14. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
15. لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
16. لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor possessors
17. ٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā(of) intelligence

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

Transliteration walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika lakāna lizāman wa-ajalun musamman

English And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

1. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
2. كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun(for) a Word
3. سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
4. مِنminfrom
5. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
6. لَكَانَlakānasurely (would) have been
7. لِزَامًۭاlizāmanan obligation
8. وَأَجَلٌۭwa-ajalunand a term
9. مُّسَمًّۭىmusammandetermined

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا ۖ وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ

Transliteration fa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi l-shamsi waqabla ghurūbihā wamin ānāi al-layli fasabbiḥ wa-aṭrāfa l-nahāri laʿallaka tarḍā

English So be patient over what they say and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.

1. فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
2. عَلَىٰʿalāover
3. مَاmāwhat
4. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
5. وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify
6. بِحَمْدِbiḥamdiwith praise
7. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
8. قَبْلَqablabefore
9. طُلُوعِṭulūʿi(the) rising
10. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
11. وَقَبْلَwaqablaand before
12. غُرُوبِهَا ۖghurūbihāits setting
13. وَمِنْwaminand from
14. ءَانَآئِānāi(the) hours
15. ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
16. فَسَبِّحْfasabbiḥand glorify
17. وَأَطْرَافَwa-aṭrāfa(at the) ends
18. ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
19. لَعَلَّكَlaʿallakaso that you may
20. تَرْضَىٰtarḍābe satisfied

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

Transliteration walā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum zahrata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā linaftinahum fīhi wariz'qu rabbika khayrun wa-abqā

English And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.

1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2. تَمُدَّنَّtamuddannaextend
3. عَيْنَيْكَʿaynaykayour eyes
4. إِلَىٰilātowards
5. مَاmāwhat
6. مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāWe have given for enjoyment
7. بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
8. أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanpairs
9. مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
10. زَهْرَةَzahrata(the) splendor
11. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
12. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
13. لِنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahumthat We may test them
14. فِيهِ ۚfīhiin it
15. وَرِزْقُwariz'quAnd (the) provision
16. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
17. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
18. وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting

وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ

Transliteration wamur ahlaka bil-ṣalati wa-iṣ'ṭabir ʿalayhā lā nasaluka riz'qan naḥnu narzuquka wal-ʿāqibatu lilttaqwā

English And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

1. وَأْمُرْwamurAnd enjoin
2. أَهْلَكَahlaka(on) your family
3. بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِbil-ṣalatithe prayer
4. وَٱصْطَبِرْwa-iṣ'ṭabirand be steadfast
5. عَلَيْهَا ۖʿalayhātherein
6. لَاlāNot
7. نَسْـَٔلُكَnasalukaWe ask you
8. رِزْقًۭا ۖriz'qan(for) provision
9. نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
10. نَرْزُقُكَ ۗnarzuqukaprovide (for) you
11. وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُwal-ʿāqibatuand the outcome
12. لِلتَّقْوَىٰlilttaqwā(is) for the righteous[ness]

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Transliteration waqālū lawlā yatīnā biāyatin min rabbihi awalam tatihim bayyinatu mā fī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

English And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
2. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
3. يَأْتِينَاyatīnāhe brings us
4. بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina sign
5. مِّنminfrom
6. رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚrabbihihis Lord
7. أَوَلَمْawalamHas not
8. تَأْتِهِمtatihimcome to them
9. بَيِّنَةُbayyinatuevidence
10. مَاmā(of) what
11. فِىfī(was) in
12. ٱلصُّحُفِl-ṣuḥufithe Scriptures
13. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe former

وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

Transliteration walaw annā ahlaknāhum biʿadhābin min qablihi laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wanakhzā

English And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. أَنَّآannāWe
3. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمahlaknāhum(had) destroyed them
4. بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
5. مِّنminbefore him
6. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore him
7. لَقَالُوا۟laqālūsurely they (would) have said
8. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
9. لَوْلَآlawlāwhy not
10. أَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sent
11. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
12. رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
13. فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could) have followed
14. ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour signs
15. مِنminbefore
16. قَبْلِqablibefore
17. أَنan[that]
18. نَّذِلَّnadhillawe were humiliated
19. وَنَخْزَىٰwanakhzāand disgraced

قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

Transliteration qul kullun mutarabbiṣun fatarabbaṣū fasataʿlamūna man aṣḥābu l-ṣirāṭi l-sawiyi wamani ih'tadā

English Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. كُلٌّۭkullunEach
3. مُّتَرَبِّصٌۭmutarabbiṣun(is) waiting
4. فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖfatarabbaṣūso await
5. فَسَتَعْلَمُونَfasataʿlamūnaThen you will know
6. مَنْmanwho
7. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
8. ٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭi(of) the way
9. ٱلسَّوِىِّl-sawiyi[the] even
10. وَمَنِwamaniand who
11. ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadāis guided