In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
We have made it an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason,
Inna jaAAalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona
And it is in the foundation of the Writ, with Us, exalted and wise.
Wa-innahu fee ommi alkitabi ladaynalaAAaliyyun hakeem
Shall We then turn the remembrance away from you because you are a people committing excess?
Afanadribu AAankumu aththikrasafhan an kuntum qawman musrifeen
And how many a prophet did We send to the former peoples!
Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin feeal-awwaleen
But there came not to them a prophet save they mocked him.
Wama ya/teehim min nabiyyin illakanoo bihi yastahzi-oon
And We destroyed stronger than them in might; and the example of the former peoples has gone before.
Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen
And if thou askest them who created the heavens and the earth, they will say: “There created them the Exalted in Might, the Knowing––”
Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezualAAaleem
Who made the earth a bed for you, and made roads for you therein that you might be guided;
Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoon
And who sent down water from the sky in measure — and We resurrected thereby a dead land; thus will you be brought forth —
Wallathee nazzala mina assama-imaan biqadarin faansharna bihi baldatan maytan kathalikatukhrajoon
And who created the pairs, all of them, and made for you of ships and cattle that whereon you ride,
Wallathee khalaqa al-azwajakullaha wajaAAala lakum mina alfulki wal-anAAamima tarkaboon
That you might settle yourselves upon their backs; then remember the favour of your Lord when you have settled yourselves thereon, and say: “Glory be to Him who made this subject for us when we were not equal to it!
Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihithumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytumAAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lanahatha wama kunna lahu muqrineen
“And to our Lord are we returning.”
Wa-inna ila rabbinalamunqaliboon
But they have appointed for Him, from among His servants, a portion; man is an obvious ingrate.
WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juz-aninna al-insana lakafoorun mubeen
If He has taken of what He creates daughters, and chosen for you sons,
Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqubanatin waasfakum bilbaneen
(But when one of them is given glad tidings of that which he strikes for the Almighty as a similitude, his face turns black and he suppresses grief:
Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem
“What — one brought up among ornaments and in conflict not seen!”)
Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyatiwahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeen
And they have made the angels, who are the servants of the Almighty, females: — did they witness their creation? Their witness will be recorded; and they will be questioned.
WajaAAaloo almala-ikata allatheenahum AAibadu arrahmani inathanashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayus-aloon
And they say: “Had the Almighty willed, we would not have served them.” They have no knowledge of that; they are only guessing.
Waqaloo law shaa arrahmanuma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika minAAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoon
If We gave them a Writ before it to which they are holding:
Am ataynahum kitabanmin qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoon
The truth is, they say: “We found our fathers upon a community, and we in their footsteps are guided.”
Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuhtadoon
And thus We sent not before thee into a city any warner save its opulent ones said: “We found our fathers upon a community, and we are following in their footsteps.”
Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon
He said: “What — though I bring you better guidance than what you found your fathers upon?” They said: “We are deniers of that wherewith you have been sent,”
Qala awa law ji/tukum bi-ahdamimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qalooinna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroon
So We took vengeance on them; then see thou how was the final outcome of the deniers.
Fantaqamna minhum fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeen
And when Abraham said to his father and his people: “I am quit of what you serve,
Wa-ith qala ibraheemuli-abeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoon
“Save Him who originated me; and He will guide me,”.
Illa allathee fataraneefa-innahu sayahdeen
And He made it a word enduring among his posterity, that they might return.
WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatanfee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoon
The truth is, I gave these and their fathers enjoyment, until there came to them the truth and a clear messenger.
Bal mattaAAtu haola-i waabaahumhatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolunmubeen
And when the truth came to them, they said: “This is sorcery, and we are deniers thereof.”
Walamma jaahumu alhaqquqaloo hatha sihrun wa-inna bihi kafiroon
And they said: “Oh, that this Qur’an had but been sent down upon a great man of the two cities!”
Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hathaalqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheem
Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We have distributed among them their livelihood in the life of this world and raised some of them above others in degree, that some of them might take others in service; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than what they amass.
Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnuqasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayatiaddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqabaAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhumbaAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimmayajmaAAoon
And were it not that mankind would be one community, We would have appointed for him who denies the Almighty — for their houses — roofs of silver, and stairs whereon to ascend,
Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon
And for their houses doors, and couches whereon to recline,
Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururanAAalayha yattaki-oon
And ornaments of gold. But all that is but the enjoyment of the life of this world; and the Hereafter with your Lord is for those of prudent fear.
Wazukhrufan wa-in kullu thalika lammamataAAu alhayati addunya wal-akhiratuAAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeen
And he who is blind to the remembrance of the Almighty, We assign to him a satan and he is to him a companion,
Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri arrahmaninuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareen
And they turn them away from the path, while they think that they are guided.
Wa-innahum layasuddoonahum AAani assabeeliwayahsaboona annahum muhtadoon
When he has come to Us, he will say: “Would that between me and thee had been the distance of the two Easts!” And evil is the companion.
Hatta itha jaanaqala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqaynifabi/sa alqareen
“And it benefits you not this day, when you have done wrong, that you are sharers in the punishment!”
Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtumannakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoon
Wilt thou make the deaf to hear, or wilt thou guide the blind or him who is in manifest error?
Afaanta tusmiAAu assumma awtahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalinmubeen
And whether We take thee away — then will We take vengeance on them —
Fa-imma nathhabanna bikafa-inna minhum muntaqimoon
Or We show thee that which We have promised them: — We are omnipotent over them —
Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahumfa-inna AAalayhim muqtadiroon
Hold thou fast that which is revealed to thee; thou art on a straight path.
Fastamsik billatheeoohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratinmustaqeem
And it is a remembrance for thee and for thy people; and you will be questioned.
Wa-innahu lathikrun laka waliqawmikawasawfa tus-aloon
And ask thou of Our messengers We sent before thee: appointed We, besides the Almighty, gods to be served?
Was-al man arsalna minqablika min rusulina ajaAAalna min dooni arrahmanialihatan yuAAbadoon
And We sent Moses with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his eminent ones, and he said: “I am the messenger of the Lord of All Creation.”
Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinaila firAAawna wamala-ihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbialAAalameen
And when he came to them with Our proofs, then they laughed at them.
Falamma jaahum bi-ayatinaitha hum minha yadhakoon
And We showed them no proof save it was greater than its sister; and We seized them with the punishment, that they might return.
Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
And they said: “O thou sorcerer: call thou to thy Lord for us by what He has made in covenant with thee — we will be guided!”
Waqaloo ya ayyuha asahiruodAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innanalamuhtadoon
But when We removed from them the punishment, then they reneged.
Falamma kashafna AAanhumualAAathaba itha hum yankuthoon
And Pharaoh called to his people, saying: “O my people: is not the dominion of Egypt mine, and these rivers flowing beneath me — do you then not see! —
Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qalaya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihial-anharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroon
“Or am I better than this, who is despised and barely makes himself clear?
Am ana khayrun min hatha allatheehuwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeen
“Oh, that armlets of gold had but been cast upon him! Or angels had but come with him in conjunction!”
Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen
So he swayed his people, and they obeyed him; they were a perfidious people.
Fastakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohuinnahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen
And when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all together,
Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen
And made them a precedent and an example for those who came later.
FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen
And when the son of Mary is struck as a similitude, then thy people clamour thereat,
Walamma duriba ibnu maryamamathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoon
And they say: “Are our gods better or is he?” They strike it for thee only by way of contention. The truth is, they are a contentious people.
Waqaloo aalihatunakhayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illajadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoon
He was only a servant whom We favoured, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.
In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamnaAAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee isra-eel
And had We willed, We would have appointed among you angels to be successors in the earth.
Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkummala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoon
And it is knowledge pertaining to the Hour; doubt not concerning it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
Wa-innahu laAAilmun lissaAAatifala tamtarunna biha wattabiAAooni hathasiratun mustaqeem
And let not the satan divert you; he is to you an open enemy.
Wala yasuddannakumu ashshaytanuinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen
And when Jesus came with the clear signs, he said: “I have come to you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning that wherein you differ; so be in prudent fear of God, and obey me.
Walamma jaa AAeesa bilbayyinatiqala qad ji/tukum bilhikmati wali-obayyinalakum baAAda allathee takhtalifoona feehi fattaqooAllaha waateeAAoon
“God, He is my Lord and your Lord; so serve Him. This is a straight path.”
Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem
Then the parties among them differed; so woe to those who did wrong from the punishment of a painful day!
Fakhtalafa al-ahzabumin baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoomin AAathabi yawmin aleem
Look they save for the Hour to come upon them unexpectedly when they perceive not!
Hal yanthuroona illa assaAAataan ta/tiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon
Friends, that day, will be enemies to one another save those of prudent fear.
Al-akhillao yawma-ithin baAAduhumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeen
“O My servants: you need not fear this day, nor will you grieve!
Ya AAibadi la khawfunAAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoon
“Those who believed in Our proofs and were submitting:
Allatheena amanoo bi-ayatinawakanoo muslimeen
“Enter the Garden, you and your wives rejoicing!”
Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukumtuhbaroon
— Circulated among them will be plates and cups of gold; and therein is what the souls desire and the eyes delight in — “And therein will you abide eternally.
Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafinmin thahabin waakwabin wafeeha matashtaheehi al-anfusu watalaththu al-aAAyunu waantum feehakhalidoon
“And that is the Garden which you are made to inherit for what you did.
Watilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumoohabima kuntum taAAmaloon
“For you therein is abundant fruit, whereof you will eat.”
Lakum feeha fakihatunkatheeratun minha ta/kuloon
The lawbreakers in the punishment of Gehenna abide eternally:
Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabijahannama khalidoon
It will not be abated for them, and they are therein in despair;
La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehimublisoon
And We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers.
Wama thalamnahumwalakin kanoo humu aththalimeen
And they will call out: “O Mālik: let thy Lord make an end of us!” He will say: “Indeed, you will remain.”
Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdiAAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoon
We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse to the truth.
Laqad ji/nakum bilhaqqiwalakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoon
If they determine any matter: then do We determine.
Am abramoo amran fa-inna mubrimoon
If they think that We cannot hear their secret thought and their private conversation: verily, Our messengers are with them recording.
Am yahsaboona anna lanasmaAAu sirrahum wanajwahum bala warusulunaladayhim yaktuboon
Say thou: “If the Almighty had a son, then would I be first of those who serve.”
Qul in kana lirrahmaniwaladun faana awwalu alAAabideen
Glory be to the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth, the Lord of the Throne, above what they describe!
Subhana rabbi assamawatiwal-ardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon
So leave thou them alone to discourse vainly and play until they meet their day which they are promised.
Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon
And He it is who in heaven is God and in earth is God; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
Wahuwa allathee fee assama-iilahun wafee al-ardi ilahun wahuwa alhakeemualAAaleem
And blessed be He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour! And to Him will you be returned.
Watabaraka allathee lahu mulkuassamawati wal-ardi wamabaynahuma waAAindahu AAilmu assaAAatiwa-ilayhi turjaAAoon
And those to whom they call, besides Him, possess no intercession save whoso bore witness to the truth, and they know.
Wala yamliku allatheenayadAAoona min doonihi ashshafaAAata illaman shahida bilhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoon
And if thou askest them who created them, they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?
Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahumlayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon
And his saying was: “O my Lord: these are a people who do not believe!”
Waqeelihi ya rabbi inna haola-iqawmun la yu/minoon
So overlook thou them, and say thou: “Peace!” Then will they come to know!
Fasfah AAanhum waqulsalamun fasawfa yaAAlamoon