سورة العنكبوت

29. Surah Al-'Ankabut
The Spider

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

alif lām mīm

الٓمٓ ۠

Alif-lam-meem

Do men think they will be left to say: “We believe,” and will not be subjected to means of denial?

اَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ اَنْ يُتْرَكُٓوا اَنْ يَقُولُٓوا اٰمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

Ahasiba annasu anyutrakoo an yaqooloo amanna wahum layuftanoon

And We subjected to means of denial those before them; and God will know those who are truthful, and He will know the liars.

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Walaqad fatanna allatheena minqablihim falayaAAlamanna Allahu allatheena sadaqoowalayaAAlamanna alkathibeen

If those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us: evil is what they judge.

اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ يَسْبِقُونَاۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

Am hasiba allatheenayaAAmaloona assayyi-ati an yasbiqoona saama yahkumoon

Whoso looks to the meeting with God: the term of God is coming; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

مَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا لِقَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ فَاِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ لَاٰتٍۜ وَهُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Man kana yarjoo liqaa Allahifa-inna ajala Allahi laatin wahuwa assameeAAualAAaleem

And whoso strives, strives but for himself; God is free from need of all mankind.

وَمَنْ جَاهَدَ فَاِنَّمَا يُجَاهِدُ لِنَفْسِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Waman jahada fa-innama yujahidulinafsihi inna Allaha laghaniyyun AAani alAAalameen

And those who heed warning and do righteous deeds, We will remove from them their evil deeds, and reward them for the best of what they did.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ اَحْسَنَ الَّذ۪ي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lanukaffirannaAAanhum sayyi-atihim walanajziyannahum ahsana allatheekanoo yaAAmaloon

And We enjoined upon man goodness to his parents; but if they strive to make thee ascribe a partnership with Me to that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey thou them not; unto Me is your return, and I will inform you of what you did.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْناًۜ وَاِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ ب۪ي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِه۪ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَاۜ اِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَاُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Wawassayna al-insana biwalidayhihusnan wa-in jahadaka litushrika bee malaysa laka bihi AAilmun fala tutiAAhumailayya marjiAAukum faonabbi-okum bima kuntum taAAmaloon

And those who heed warning and do righteous deeds, We will make them enter among the righteous.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِي الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lanudkhilannahum feeassaliheen

And among men is he who says: “We believe in God,” but when he is hindered for God, he makes the means of denial of men as the punishment of God. But if help comes from thy Lord, he will say: “We were with you!” Does not God best know what is in the breasts of all mankind?

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ فَاِذَٓا اُو۫ذِيَ فِي اللّٰهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ النَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ اللّٰهِۜ وَلَئِنْ جَٓاءَ نَصْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْۜ اَوَلَيْسَ اللّٰهُ بِاَعْلَمَ بِمَا ف۪ي صُدُورِ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Wamina annasi man yaqoolu amannabillahi fa-itha oothiya fee AllahijaAAala fitnata annasi kaAAathabi Allahiwala-in jaa nasrun min rabbika layaqoolunna innakunna maAAakum awa laysa Allahu bi-aAAlama bimafee sudoori alAAalameen

And God will know those who heed warning, and He will know the waverers.

وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ

WalayaAAlamanna Allahu allatheenaamanoo walayaAAlamanna almunafiqeen

And those who ignore warning say to those who heed warning: “Follow our path and we will bear your offences.” But they will not bear anything of their offences; they are liars.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّبِعُوا سَب۪يلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَايَاكُمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِحَامِل۪ينَ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroolillatheena amanoo ittabiAAoo sabeelanawalnahmil khatayakum wama hum bihamileenamin khatayahum min shay-in innahum lakathiboon

And they will bear their loads — and loads besides their loads — and they will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they invented.

وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ اَثْقَالَهُمْ وَاَثْقَالاً مَعَ اَثْقَالِهِمْۘ وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Walayahmilunna athqalahumwaathqalan maAAa athqalihim walayus-alunna yawmaalqiyamati AAamma kanoo yaftaroon

And We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years save fifty years; and the Flood took them when they were wrongdoers.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَلَبِثَ ف۪يهِمْ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ اِلَّا خَمْس۪ينَ عَاماًۜ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi falabitha feehim alfa sanatin illa khamseena AAamanfaakhathahumu attoofanu wahum thalimoon

But We delivered him and those with him in the ship; and We made it a proof for all mankind.

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَاَصْحَابَ السَّف۪ينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَٓا اٰيَةً لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ

Faanjaynahu waas-haba assafeenatiwajaAAalnaha ayatan lilAAalameen

And Abraham: when he said to his people: “Serve God, and be in prudent fear of Him; that is best for you, if you would know.

وَاِبْرٰه۪يمَ اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاتَّقُوهُۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-ibraheema ith qalaliqawmihi oAAbudoo Allaha wattaqoohu thalikumkhayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoon

“You but serve, other than God, idols, and create falsehood; those whom you serve, besides God, possess for you no provision. So seek provision with God, and serve Him. And be grateful to Him; to Him will you be returned.

اِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْثَاناً وَتَخْلُقُونَ اِفْكاًۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقاً فَابْتَغُوا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الرِّزْقَ وَاعْبُدُوهُ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُۜ اِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Innama taAAbudoona min dooni Allahiawthanan watakhluqoona ifkan inna allatheenataAAbudoona min dooni Allahi la yamlikoona lakumrizqan fabtaghoo AAinda Allahi arrizqa waAAbudoohuwashkuroo lahu ilayhi turjaAAoon

“But if you deny, then communities have denied before you; and upon the Messenger is only the clear notification.”

وَاِنْ تُكَذِّبُوا فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اُمَمٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْۜ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Wa-in tukaththiboo faqad kaththabaomamun min qablikum wama AAala arrasooliilla albalaghu almubeen

(Have they not seen how God originates creation, then repeats it? That is easy for God.

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ اللّٰهُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَس۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw kayfa yubdi-o Allahualkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu inna thalika AAala Allahiyaseer

Say thou: “Travel in the earth and see how He originated creation; then will God produce the latter creation; God is over all things powerful.

قُلْ س۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَاَ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ اللّٰهُ يُنْشِئُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌۚ

Qul seeroo fee al-ardi fanthurookayfa badaa alkhalqa thumma Allahu yunshi-o annash-ataal-akhirata inna Allaha AAala kulli shay-inqadeer

“He punishes whom He wills, and shows mercy to whom He wills; and to Him will you be returned.

يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

YuAAaththibu man yashao wayarhamuman yashao wa-ilayhi tuqlaboon

“And you cannot escape in the earth or in the heaven; and you have, besides God, neither ally nor helper.”

وَمَٓا اَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِز۪ينَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۘ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَص۪يرٍ۟

Wama antum bimuAAjizeena fee al-ardiwala fee assama-i wama lakum mindooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseer

And those who deny the proofs of God and the meeting with Him: those despair of My mercy; and those will have a painful punishment.)

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَلِقَٓائِه۪ٓ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَـئِسُوا مِنْ رَحْمَت۪ي وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatiAllahi waliqa-ihi ola-ika ya-isoo min rahmateewaola-ika lahum AAathabun aleem

Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Kill him, or burn him!” But God delivered him from the fire; in that are proofs for people who believe.

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا اقْتُلُوهُ اَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَاَنْجٰيهُ اللّٰهُ مِنَ النَّارِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Fama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo oqtuloohu aw harriqoohufaanjahu Allahu mina annari inna feethalika laayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

And he said: “You have but taken, besides God, idols as love between you in the life of this world. Then on the Day of Resurrection will you deny each other, and curse each other; and your shelter will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.”

وَقَالَ اِنَّمَا اتَّخَذْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْثَاناًۙ مَوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاًۘ وَمَأْوٰيكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَۗ

Waqala innama ittakhathtummin dooni Allahi awthanan mawaddata baynikum fee alhayatiaddunya thumma yawma alqiyamati yakfurubaAAdukum bibaAAdin wayalAAanu baAAdukumbaAAdan wama-wakumu annaru wamalakum min nasireen

Then Lot believed him. And he said: “I will emigrate to my Lord; He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”

فَاٰمَنَ لَهُ لُوطٌۢ وَقَالَ اِنّ۪ي مُهَاجِرٌ اِلٰى رَبّ۪يۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Faamana lahu lootun waqalainnee muhajirun ila rabbee innahu huwa alAAazeezualhakeem

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and We placed among his progeny prophethood and the Writ. And We gave him his reward in the World, and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

وَوَهَبْنَا لَـهُٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ اَجْرَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Wawahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihi annubuwwatawalkitaba waataynahu ajrahu fee addunyawa-innahu fee al-akhirati lamina assaliheen

(And Lot: when he said to his people: “You commit sexual immorality, that none among all mankind has preceded you:

وَلُوطاً اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَۘ مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Walootan ith qalaliqawmihi innakum lata/toona alfahishata masabaqakum biha min ahadin mina alAAalameen

“Do you approach men, and cut off the way, and commit perversity in your assemblies?” Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Bring thou us the punishment of God, if thou be of the truthful.”

اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ السَّب۪يلَ وَتَأْتُونَ ف۪ي نَاد۪يكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَۜ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

A-innakum lata/toona arrijalawataqtaAAoona assabeela wata/toona fee nadeekumualmunkara fama kana jawaba qawmihi illaan qaloo i/tina biAAathabi Allahi inkunta mina assadiqeen

He said: “My Lord: help Thou me against the people who work corruption.”)

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْن۪ي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Qala rabbi onsurnee AAalaalqawmi almufsideen

And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the glad tidings, they said: “We will destroy the people of this city; its people are wrongdoers.”

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُـنَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمَ بِالْبُشْرٰىۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا مُهْلِكُٓوا اَهْلِ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِۚ اِنَّ اَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِم۪ينَۚ

Walamma jaat rusulunaibraheema bilbushra qaloo innamuhlikoo ahli hathihi alqaryati inna ahlaha kanoothalimeen

He said: “Therein is Lot!” They said: “We best know who is therein. We will deliver him and his household save his wife; she is of those who stay behind.”

قَالَ اِنَّ ف۪يهَا لُـوطاًۜ قَالُوا نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ف۪يهَاۘ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَاَهْلَـهُٓ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهُۘ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِر۪ينَ

Qala inna feeha lootanqaloo nahnu aAAlamu biman feehalanunajjiyannahu waahlahu illa imraatahu kanat minaalghabireen

And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them, and felt unable to protect them. And they said: “Fear thou not, nor grieve. We will deliver thee and thy household save thy wife; she is of those who stay behind.

وَلَمَّٓا اَنْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُـوطاً س۪ٓيءَ بِهِمْ وَضَـاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعاً وَقَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ۠ اِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِر۪ينَ

Walamma an jaat rusulunalootan see-a bihim wadaqa bihim tharAAan waqaloola takhaf wala tahzan inna munajjookawaahlaka illa imraataka kanat mina alghabireen

“We will send upon the people of this city a scourge from the sky because they were perfidious.”

اِنَّا مُنْزِلُونَ عَلٰٓى اَهْلِ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Inna munziloona AAala ahli hathihialqaryati rijzan mina assama-i bima kanooyafsuqoon

And We have left thereof a proof as clear evidence for people who reason.

وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْنَا مِنْهَٓا اٰيَةً بَيِّنَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Walaqad tarakna minha ayatanbayyinatan liqawmin yaAAqiloon

And to Madyan their brother Shuʿayb: he said: “O my people: serve God and expect the Last Day, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۙ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَارْجُوا الْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allahawarjoo alyawma al-akhira wala taAAthaw feeal-ardi mufsideen

Then they denied him, and the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying prone in their home.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۘ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathat-humuarrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeen

And ʿĀd and Thamūd: — and it has become clear to you from their dwellings — (and the satan made their deeds fair to them, and turned them away from the path when they were endowed with perception)

وَعَاداً وَثَمُودَا۬ وَقَدْ تَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ مِنْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ۠ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِ وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِر۪ينَۙ

WaAAadan wathamooda waqad tabayyanalakum min masakinihim wazayyana lahumu ashshaytanuaAAmalahum fasaddahum AAani assabeeli wakanoomustabsireen

And Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān: — and Moses had come to them with clear signs — and they had waxed proud in the earth, but they did not outrun.

وَقَارُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مُوسٰى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا سَابِق۪ينَۚ

Waqaroona wafirAAawna wahamanawalaqad jaahum moosa bilbayyinati fastakbaroofee al-ardi wama kanoo sabiqeen

And each We took for his transgression; and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

فَكُلاًّ اَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِه۪ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَـلَيْهِ حَـاصِباًۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَغْرَقْنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Fakullan akhathna bithanbihifaminhum man arsalna AAalayhi hasiban waminhum manakhathat-hu assayhatu waminhum mankhasafna bihi al-arda waminhum man aghraqnawama kana Allahu liyathlimahumwalakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

The likeness of those who take allies, besides God, is as the likeness of the spider that takes a house; and the weakest of houses is the house of the spider, did they but know.

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِۚ اِتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتاًۜ وَاِنَّ اَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Mathalu allatheena ittakhathoomin dooni Allahi awliyaa kamathali alAAankabootiittakhathat baytan wa-inna awhana albuyooti labaytualAAankabooti law kanoo yaAAlamoon

God knows to whatever thing they call besides Him; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Inna Allaha yaAAlamu mayadAAoona min doonihi min shay-in wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, but none will understand them save those of knowledge.

وَتِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا يَعْقِلُـهَٓا اِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ

Watilka al-amthalu nadribuhalinnasi wama yaAAqiluha illaalAAalimoon

God created the heavens and the earth in truth; in that is a proof for the believers.

خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

Khalaqa Allahu assamawatiwal-arda bilhaqqi inna fee thalikalaayatan lilmu-mineen

Recite thou what has been revealed to thee of the Writ, and uphold thou the duty; the duty forbids sexual immorality and perversity; and the remembrance of God is greater; and God knows what you do.

اُتْلُ مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَاَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّ الصَّلٰوةَ تَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَذِكْرُ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ

Otlu ma oohiya ilayka minaalkitabi waaqimi assalata inna assalatatanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalathikru Allahi akbaru wallahuyaAAlamu ma tasnaAAoon

And dispute not with the doctors of the Law save with what is better — save those who do wrong among them — and say: “We believe in that which was sent down to us and sent down to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him we are submitting.”

وَلَا تُجَادِلُٓوا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ اِلَّا بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُۗ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ وَقُولُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِالَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْنَا وَاُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ وَاِلٰهُنَا وَاِلٰهُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ

Wala tujadiloo ahla alkitabiilla billatee hiya ahsanu illa allatheenathalamoo minhum waqooloo amanna billatheeonzila ilayna waonzila ilaykum wa-ilahunawa-ilahukum wahidun wanahnu lahu muslimoon

And thus sent We down the Writ to thee. And those to whom We gave the Writ believe in it; and among those are some who believe in it. And none rejects Our proofs but the false claimers of guidance.

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِه۪ۚ وَمِنْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِه۪ۜ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلَّا الْكَافِرُونَ

Wakathalika anzalna ilaykaalkitaba fallatheena ataynahumualkitaba yu/minoona bihi wamin haola-i manyu/minu bihi wama yajhadu bi-ayatinailla alkafiroon

And thou didst not recite any Writ before it, nor didst thou inscribe one with thy right hand; then might the creators of vanity have doubted.

وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَم۪ينِكَ اِذاً لَارْتَابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Wama kunta tatloo min qablihi min kitabinwala takhuttuhu biyameenika ithan lartabaalmubtiloon

The truth is, it is clear proofs in the breasts of those given knowledge. And none rejects Our proofs but the wrongdoers.

بَلْ هُوَ اٰيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ ف۪ي صُدُورِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَۜ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلَّا الظَّالِمُونَ

Bal huwa ayatun bayyinatunfee sudoori allatheena ootoo alAAilma wamayajhadu bi-ayatina illa aththalimoon

And they say: “Oh, that proofs were but sent down upon him from his Lord!” Say thou: “The proofs are only with God, and I am only a clear warner.”

وَقَالُوا لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اٰيَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ۜ قُلْ اِنَّمَا الْاٰيَاتُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Waqaloo lawla onzila AAalayhi ayatunmin rabbihi qul innama al-ayatu AAinda Allahiwa-innama ana natheerun mubeen

Does it not suffice them that We have sent down upon thee the Writ recited to them? In that is a mercy and a reminder for people who believe.

اَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ اَنَّٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ يُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَرَحْمَةً وَذِكْرٰى لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ۟

Awa lam yakfihim anna anzalnaAAalayka alkitaba yutla AAalayhim inna fee thalikalarahmatan wathikra liqawmin yu/minoon

Say thou: “God is sufficient between me and you as witness.” He knows what is in the heavens and the earth; and those who believe in vanity and deny God, it is they who are the losers.

قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَه۪يداًۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ وَكَفَرُوا بِاللّٰهِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Qul kafa billahibaynee wabaynakum shaheedan yaAAlamu ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi wallatheena amanoobilbatili wakafaroo billahi ola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

And they ask thee to hasten the punishment! And were it not for a stated term, the punishment would have come upon them; and it will come upon them unexpectedly, when they perceive not.

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِۜ وَلَوْلَٓا اَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى لَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْعَذَابُۜ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

WayastaAAjiloonaka bilAAathabiwalawla ajalun musamman lajaahumu alAAathabuwalaya/tiyannahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon

They ask thee to hasten the punishment! And Gehenna will encompass the false claimers of guidance

يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِۜ وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُح۪يطَةٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَۙ

YastaAAjiloonaka bilAAathabiwa-inna jahannama lamuheetatun bilkafireen

The day the punishment covers them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say: “Taste what you did!”

يَوْمَ يَغْشٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Yawma yaghshahumu alAAathabumin fawqihim wamin tahti arjulihim wayaqoolu thooqooma kuntum taAAmaloon

O My servants who heed warning: My earth is spacious; so Me — serve you Me.

يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ اَرْض۪ي وَاسِعَةٌ فَاِيَّايَ فَاعْبُدُونِ

Ya AAibadiya allatheenaamanoo inna ardee wasiAAatun fa-iyyayafaAAbudoon

Every soul will taste death; then to Us will you be returned.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَٓائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ اِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Kullu nafsin tha-iqatu almawti thummailayna turjaAAoon

And those who heed warning and do righteous deeds, We will settle them in high chambers of the Garden beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein. Excellent is the reward of those who act,

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفاً تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ نِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعَامِل۪ينَۗ

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lanubawwi-annahummina aljannati ghurafan tajree min tahtiha al-anharukhalideena feeha niAAma ajru alAAamileen

Those who are patient, and in their Lord place their trust.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Allatheena sabaroo waAAalarabbihim yatawakkaloon

And how many a creature bears not its provision! God provides for it and for you; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ لَا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَاۗ اَللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَاِيَّاكُمْۘ وَهُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wakaayyin min dabbatin la tahmilurizqaha Allahu yarzuquha wa-iyyakumwahuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

And if thou askest them: “Who created the heavens and the earth and made subject the sun and the moon?” they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۚ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamaralayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

God expands provision for whom He wills of His servants, and He straitens for him; God knows all things.

اَللّٰهُ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Allahu yabsutu arrizqaliman yashao min AAibadihi wayaqdiru lahu inna Allahabikulli shay-in AAaleem

And if thou askest them: “Who sends down water from the sky, and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?” they will say: “God.” Say thou: “Praise belongs to God.” The truth is, most of them do not reason.

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۜ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ۟

Wala-in saaltahum man nazzala mina assama-imaan faahya bihi al-arda min baAAdimawtiha layaqoolunna Allahu quli alhamdulillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

And the life of this world is only play and games; and the abode of the Hereafter: that is Life, did they but know.

وَمَا هٰذِهِ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌۜ وَاِنَّ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wama hathihi alhayatuaddunya illa lahwun walaAAibun wa-inna addaraal-akhirata lahiya alhayawanu law kanooyaAAlamoon

Then when they embark on the ship, they call to God, sincere to Him in doctrine; but when He delivers them to the land, then they ascribe a partnership,

فَاِذَا رَكِبُوا فِي الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ

Fa-itha rakiboo fee alfulki daAAawooAllaha mukhliseena lahu addeena falammanajjahum ila albarri itha hum yushrikoon

That they might deny what We gave them, and enjoy themselves. But they will come to know!

لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْۙ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۠ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Liyakfuroo bima ataynahumwaliyatamattaAAoo fasawfa yaAAlamoon

Have they not considered that We appointed a sanctuary secure, while men were swept away round about them? Do they then believe in vanity, and deny the favour of God?

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَماً اٰمِناً وَيُتَخَطَّفُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْۜ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ يَكْفُرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw anna jaAAalna haramanaminan wayutakhattafu annasu min hawlihimafabilbatili yu/minoona wabiniAAmati Allahiyakfuroon

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies the truth when it comes to him? Is then there not in Gehenna a home for the false claimers of guidance?

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُۜ اَلَيْسَ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththaba bilhaqqilamma jaahu alaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilkafireen

And those who strive for Us: We will guide them to Our paths; and God is with the doers of good.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ جَاهَدُوا ف۪ينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَاۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wallatheena jahadoofeena lanahdiyannahum subulana wa-inna AllahalamaAAa almuhsineen