Surah Āli `Imrān (Family of Imran) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. الم

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   Alif, Lam, Mim.

   a-l-m (ʾalif lām mīm)

2. الله لا إله إلا هو الحي القيوم

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   Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Living One, the All-sustainer.

   allāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūmu

3. نزل عليك الكتاب بالحق مصدقا لما بين يديه وأنزل التوراة والإنجيل

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   He has sent down to you the Book with the truth, confirming what was [revealed] before it, and He had sent down the Torah and the Evangel

   nazzala ʿalayka l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi muṣaddiqan li-mā bayna yadayhi wa-ʾanzala t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla

4. من قبل هدى للناس وأنزل الفرقان إن الذين كفروا بآيات الله لهم عذاب شديد والله عزيز ذو انتقام

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   before as guidance for mankind, and He has sent down the Criterion. Indeed, there is a severe punishment for those who deny the signs of Allah, and Allah is all-mighty, avenger.

   min qablu hudan li-n-nāsi wa-ʾanzala l-furqāna ʾinna lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun wa-llāhu ʿazīzun dhū ntiqāmin

5. إن الله لا يخفى عليه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء

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   Nothing is indeed hidden from Allah in the earth or in the sky.

   ʾinna llāha lā yakhfā ʿalayhi shayʾun fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī s-samāʾi

6. هو الذي يصوركم في الأرحام كيف يشاء لا إله إلا هو العزيز الحكيم

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   It is He who forms you in the wombs [of your mothers] however He wishes. There is no god except Him, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   huwa lladhī yuṣawwirukum fī l-ʾarḥāmi kayfa yashāʾu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

7. هو الذي أنزل عليك الكتاب منه آيات محكمات هن أم الكتاب وأخر متشابهات فأما الذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ما تشابه منه ابتغاء الفتنة وابتغاء تأويله وما يعلم تأويله إلا الله والراسخون في العلم يقولون آمنا به كل من عند ربنا وما يذكر إلا أولو الألباب

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   It is He who has sent down to you the Book. Parts of it are definitive verses, which are the mother of the Book, while others are metaphorical. As for those in whose hearts is deviance, they pursue what is metaphorical in it, courting temptation, and seeking its interpretation. But no one knows its interpretation except Allah and those firmly grounded in knowledge; they say, ‘We believe in it; all of it is from our Lord.’ And none takes admonition except those who possess intellect.

   huwa lladhī ʾanzala ʿalayka l-kitāba minhu ʾāyātun muḥkamātun hunna ʾummu l-kitābi wa-ʾukharu mutashābihātun fa-ʾammā lladhīna fī qulūbihim zayghun fa-yattabiʿūna mā tashābaha minhu btighāʾa l-fitnati wa-btighāʾa taʾwīlihī wa-mā yaʿlamu taʾwīlahū ʾillā llāhu wa-r-rāsikhūna fī l-ʿilmi yaqūlūna ʾāmannā bihī kullun min ʿindi rabbinā wa-mā yadhdhakkaru ʾillā ʾulū l-ʾalbābi

8. ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة إنك أنت الوهاب

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   [They say,] ‘Our Lord! Do not make our hearts swerve after You have guided us, and bestow Your mercy on us. Indeed, You are the All-munificent.

   rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda ʾidh hadaytanā wa-hab lanā min ladunka raḥmatan ʾinnaka ʾanta l-wahhābu

9. ربنا إنك جامع الناس ليوم لا ريب فيه إن الله لا يخلف الميعاد

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   Our Lord! You will indeed gather mankind on a day in which there is no doubt. Indeed Allah does not break His promise.’

   rabbanā ʾinnaka jāmiʿu n-nāsi li-yawmin lā rayba fīhi ʾinna llāha lā yukhlifu l-mīʿāda