Surah Al-'Aĥqāf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills) in English

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

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem.

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. تنزيل الكتاب من الله العزيز الحكيم

   2

   The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

3. ما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إلا بالحق وأجل مسمى والذين كفروا عما أنذروا معرضون

   3

   We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with consummate wisdom and for a specified term. Yet the faithless are disregardful of what they are warned.

   mā khalaqnā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾajalin musamman wa-lladhīna kafarū ʿammā ʾundhirū muʿriḍūna

4. قل أرأيتم ما تدعون من دون الله أروني ماذا خلقوا من الأرض أم لهم شرك في السماوات ائتوني بكتاب من قبل هذا أو أثارة من علم إن كنتم صادقين

   4

   Say, ‘Tell me about those you invoke besides Allah. Show me what [part] of the earth have they created. Do they have any share in the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this, or some vestige of [divine] knowledge, if you are truthful.’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi ʾarūnī mādhā khalaqū mina l-ʾarḍi ʾam lahum shirkun fī s-samāwāti ʾtūnī bi-kitābin min qabli hādhā ʾaw ʾathāratin min ʿilmin ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

5. ومن أضل ممن يدعو من دون الله من لا يستجيب له إلى يوم القيامة وهم عن دعائهم غافلون

   5

   Who is more astray than him who invokes besides Allah such [entities] as would not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and who are oblivious of their invocation?

   wa-man ʾaḍallu mimman yadʿū min dūni llāhi man lā yastajību lahū ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wa-hum ʿan duʿāʾihim ghāfilūna