Transliteration

Alif-Laaam-Meeem

Translation

Alif Lām Mīm[1].

Transliteration

Tanzeelul Kitaabi laa raiba feehi mir rabbil 'aalameen

Translation

The revelation of the Book, about which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of the worlds.

Transliteration

Am yaqooloonaf taraahu bal huwal haqqu mir rabbika litunzira qawma maaa ataahum min nazeerim min qablika la'allahum yahtadoon

Translation

Or do they say, “He has fabricated it.”? No, it is the truth from your Lord so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, in order that they may be guided.

Transliteration

Allaahul lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaa fee sittati ayyaamin thummas tawaa 'alal 'arsh; maa lakum min doonihee minw-waliyyinw-wala shafee'; afalaa tatazakkaroon

Translation

It is Allah Who created the heavens and earth and all that is between them in six Days, then rose over the Throne[2]. You have no protector or intercessor other than Him. Will you not then take heed?

Transliteration

Yudabbirul amra minas samaaa'i ilal ardi thumma ya'ruju ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhooo alfa sanatim mimmaa ta'uddoon

Translation

He manages every matter from the heaven to the earth, then everything ascends to Him on a Day the length of which is a thousand years by your reckoning.

Transliteration

Zaalika 'aalimul ghaybi wash shahaadatil 'azeezur raheem

Translation

Such is the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful,

Transliteration

Allazee ahsana kulla shai in khalaqa; wa bada a khalqal insaani min teen

Translation

Who perfected everything He created, and initiated the creation of man[3] from clay.

Transliteration

Thumma ja'ala naslahoo min sulaalatim mim maaa'immaheen

Translation

Then He made his progeny from the extract of a worthless fluid.

Transliteration

Thumma sawwaahu wa nafakha feehi mir roohihih; wa ja'ala lakumus sam'a wal-absaara wal-af'idah; qaleelam maa tashkuroon

Translation

Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His spirit[4]. He granted you hearing, sight and intellect; yet little it is that you give thanks.

Transliteration

Wa qaalooo 'a-izaa dalalnaa fil ardi 'a-innaa lafee khalqin jadeed; bal hum biliqaaa'i rabbihim kaafiroon

Translation

They say, “What! Is it that when we are disintegrated into the earth, will we then be created anew?” Rather, they deny the meeting with their Lord.

Transliteration

Qul yatawaffaakum malakul mawtil lazee wukkila bikum Thumma ilaa rabbikum turja'oon (section 1)

Translation

Say, “The angel of death, who is in charge of you, will take your souls, then to your Lord you will be brought back.”

Transliteration

Wa law taraaa izil mujrimoona naakisoo ru'oosihim 'inda rabbihim rabbanaaa absarnaa wa sami'naa farji'naa na'mal saalihan innaa mooqinoon

Translation

If only you could see the wicked lowering their heads before their Lord, “Our Lord, we have now seen and heard. Send us back; we will do righteous deeds. Now we truly have faith.”

Transliteration

Wa law shi'naa la-aatainaa kulla nafsin hudaahaa wa laakin haqqal qawlu minnee la amla'anna jahannama minal jinnati wannaasi ajma'een

Translation

If We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but My Word[5] will be fulfilled: “I will certainly fill up Hell with jinn and men all together.”

Transliteration

Fazooqoo bimaa naseetum liqaaa'a yawmikum haaza innaa naseenaakum wa zooqoo 'azaabal khuldi bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

So taste [the punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours. We have likewise forgotten you. Taste the eternal punishment for what you used to do.”

Transliteration

Innamaa yu'minu bi aayaatinal lazeena izaa zukkiroo bihaa kharroo sujjadanw wa sabbahoo bihamdi rabbihim wa hum laa yastakbiroon (make sajda)

Translation

The true believers in Our verses are only those who, when they are reminded of them, fall in prostration and glorify their Lord with praise, and they do not show arrogance.

Transliteration

Tatajaafaa junoobuhum 'anil madaaji'i yad'oona rabbahum khawfanw wa tama'anw wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqoon

Translation

They forsake their beds, invoking their Lord with fear and hope, and spend[6] out of what We have provided for them.

Transliteration

Falaa ta'lamu nafsum maaa ukhfiya lahum min qurrati a'yunin jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

No soul knows what delights are kept hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.

Transliteration

Afaman kaana mu'minan kaman kaana faasiqaa; laa yasta woon

Translation

Is one who is a believer like one who is an evildoer? They are not equal.

Transliteration

Ammal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati falahum jannaatul ma'waa nuzulam bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, they will have gardens to dwell in, as an accommodation for what they used to do.

Transliteration

Wa ammal lazeena fasaqoo fama'waahumun Naaru kullamaaa araadooo any yakhrujoo minhaaa u'eedoo feehaa wa qeela lahum zooqoo 'azaaaban Naaril lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

Translation

But those who are rebellious, their abode will be the Fire. Every time they try to escape from it, they will be driven back into it, and it will be said to them, “Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny.”

Transliteration

Wa lanuzeeqan nahum minal 'azaabil adnaa doonal 'azaabil akbari la'allahum yarji'oon

Translation

We will certainly make them taste some minor punishment[7] prior to the greater punishment[8], so that they may return.

Transliteration

Wa man azlamu mimman zukkira bi aayaati rabbihee summa a'rada 'anhaa; innaa minal mujrimeena muntaqimoon (section 2)

Translation

Who does greater wrong than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord, then turns away from them? We will surely take vengeance upon the wicked.

Transliteration

Wa laqad aatainaa Moosal Kitaaba falaa takun fee miryatim mil liqaaa'ihee wa ja'alnaahu hudal li Baneee Israaa'eel

Translation

We gave Moses the Scripture, so do not doubt about meeting him[9], and We made it a guide for the Children of Israel.

Transliteration

Wa ja'alnaa minhum a'immatany yahdoona bi amrinaa lammaa sabaroo wa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yooqinoon

Translation

We made some of them leaders[10], guiding by Our command, because they observed patience and firmly believed in Our signs.

Transliteration

Inna rabbaka huwa yafsilu bainahum yawmal qiyaamati feemaa kaanoo feehi yakhtalifoon

Translation

Indeed, it is your Lord Who will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

Transliteration

Awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaa min qablihim minal qurooni yamshoona fee masaakinihim; inna fee zaalika la aayaatin afalaa yasma'oon

Translation

Is it not yet clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they now walk about? Indeed, there are signs in this. Do they not then listen?

Transliteration

Awalam yaraw annaa nasooqul maaa'a ilal ardil juruzi fanukhriju bihee zar'an ta'kulu minhu an'aamuhum wa anfusuhum afalaa yubsiroon

Translation

Do they not see that We drive water to parched land, producing thereby crops of which their cattle and they themselves eat? Do they not then see?

Transliteration

Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal fath hu in kuntum saadiqeen

Translation

They say, “When will this Decision[11] be if you are truthful?”

Transliteration

Qul yawmal fath hi laa yanfa'ul lazeena kafarooo eemaanuhum wa laa hum yunzaroon

Translation

Say, “On the Day of Decision the belief of those who disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be given any respite.”

Transliteration

Fa a'rid 'anhum wantazir innahum muntaziroon

Translation

So turn away from them and wait; they too are waiting.