Surah Āli `Imrān (Family of Imran) in English

1. إن الذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم أموالهم ولا أولادهم من الله شيئا وأولئك هم وقود النار

   10

   As for the faithless, neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them anything against Allah; it is they who will be fuel for the Fire;

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū lan tughniya ʿanhum ʾamwāluhum wa-lā ʾawlāduhum mina llāhi shayʾan wa-ʾulāʾika hum waqūdu n-nāri

2. كدأب آل فرعون والذين من قبلهم كذبوا بآياتنا فأخذهم الله بذنوبهم والله شديد العقاب

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   as in the case of Pharaoh’s clan and those who were before them, who denied Our signs. So Allah seized them for their sins, and Allah is severe in retribution.

   ka-daʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wa-lladhīna min qablihim kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā fa-ʾakhadhahumu llāhu bi-dhunūbihim wa-llāhu shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

3. قل للذين كفروا ستغلبون وتحشرون إلى جهنم وبئس المهاد

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   Say to the faithless, ‘You shall be overcome and mustered toward hell, and it is an evil resting place.’

   qul li-lladhīna kafarū sa-tughlabūna wa-tuḥsharūna ʾilā jahannama wa-biʾsa l-mihādu

4. قد كان لكم آية في فئتين التقتا فئة تقاتل في سبيل الله وأخرى كافرة يرونهم مثليهم رأي العين والله يؤيد بنصره من يشاء إن في ذلك لعبرة لأولي الأبصار

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   There was certainly a sign for you in the two hosts that met: one host fighting in the way of Allah and the other faithless, who saw them as visibly twice as many. Allah strengthens whomever He wishes with His help. There is indeed a moral in that for those who have insight.

   qad kāna lakum ʾāyatun fī fiʾatayni ltaqatā fiʾatun tuqātilu fī sabīli llāhi wa-ʾukhrā kāfiratun yarawnahum mithlayhim raʾya l-ʿayni wa-llāhu yuʾayyidu bi-naṣrihī man yashāʾu ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʿibratan li-ʾulī l-ʾabṣāri

5. زين للناس حب الشهوات من النساء والبنين والقناطير المقنطرة من الذهب والفضة والخيل المسومة والأنعام والحرث ذلك متاع الحياة الدنيا والله عنده حسن المآب

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   The love of [worldly] allures, including women and children, accumulated piles of gold and silver, horses of mark, livestock, and farms has been made to seem decorous to mankind. Those are the wares of the life of this world, but the goodness of one’s ultimate destination lies near Allah.

   zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu sh-shahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina dh-dhahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-khayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʾanʿāmi wa-l-ḥarthi dhālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʿindahū ḥusnu l-maʾābi

6. قل أؤنبئكم بخير من ذلكم للذين اتقوا عند ربهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها وأزواج مطهرة ورضوان من الله والله بصير بالعباد

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   Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who are Godwary there will be gardens near their Lord, with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], and chaste mates, and Allah’s pleasure.’ And Allah watches His servants.

   qul ʾa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-khayrin min dhālikum li-lladhīna ttaqaw ʿinda rabbihim jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-ʾazwājun muṭahharatun wa-riḍwānun mina llāhi wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-l-ʿibādi