Surah Al-'Aĥzāb (The Combined Forces) in English

1. من المؤمنين رجال صدقوا ما عاهدوا الله عليه فمنهم من قضى نحبه ومنهم من ينتظر وما بدلوا تبديلا

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   Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, and some of them who still wait, and they have not changed in the least,

   mina l-muʾminīna rijālun ṣadaqū mā ʿāhadū llāha ʿalayhi fa-minhum man qaḍā naḥbahū wa-minhum man yantaẓiru wa-mā baddalū tabdīlan

2. ليجزي الله الصادقين بصدقهم ويعذب المنافقين إن شاء أو يتوب عليهم إن الله كان غفورا رحيما

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   that Allah may reward the true for their truthfulness, and punish the hypocrites, if He wishes, or accept their repentance. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   li-yajziya llāhu ṣ-ṣādiqīna bi-ṣidqihim wa-yuʿadhdhiba l-munāfiqīna ʾin shāʾa ʾaw yatūba ʿalayhim ʾinna llāha kāna ghafūran raḥīman

3. ورد الله الذين كفروا بغيظهم لم ينالوا خيرا وكفى الله المؤمنين القتال وكان الله قويا عزيزا

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   Allah sent back the faithless in their rage, without their attaining any advantage, and Allah spared the faithful of fighting, and Allah is all-strong, all-mighty.

   wa-radda llāhu lladhīna kafarū bi-ghayẓihim lam yanālū khayran wa-kafā llāhu l-muʾminīna l-qitāla wa-kāna llāhu qawiyyan ʿazīzan

4. وأنزل الذين ظاهروهم من أهل الكتاب من صياصيهم وقذف في قلوبهم الرعب فريقا تقتلون وتأسرون فريقا

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   And He dragged down from their strongholds those who had backed them from among the People of the Book, and He cast terror into their hearts, [so that] you killed a part of them, and took captive [another] part.

   wa-ʾanzala lladhīna ẓāharūhum min ʾahli l-kitābi min ṣayāṣīhim wa-qadhafa fī qulūbihimu r-ruʿba farīqan taqtulūna wa-taʾsirūna farīqan

5. وأورثكم أرضهم وديارهم وأموالهم وأرضا لم تطئوها وكان الله على كل شيء قديرا

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   He bequeathed you their land, their houses and their possessions, and a territory you had not trodden, and Allah has power over all things.

   wa-ʾawrathakum ʾarḍahum wa-diyārahum wa-ʾamwālahum wa-ʾarḍan lam taṭaʾūhā wa-kāna llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīran

6. يا أيها النبي قل لأزواجك إن كنتن تردن الحياة الدنيا وزينتها فتعالين أمتعكن وأسرحكن سراحا جميلا

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   O Prophet! Say to your wives, ‘If you desire the life of the world and its glitter, come, I will provide for you and release you in a graceful manner.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul li-ʾazwājika ʾin kuntunna turidna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā wa-zīnatahā fa-taʿālayna ʾumattiʿkunna wa-ʾusarriḥkunna sarāḥan jamīlan

7. وإن كنتن تردن الله ورسوله والدار الآخرة فإن الله أعد للمحسنات منكن أجرا عظيما

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   But if you desire Allah and His Apostle and the abode of the Hereafter, then Allah has indeed prepared a great reward for the virtuous among you.’

   wa-ʾin kuntunna turidna llāha wa-rasūlahū wa-d-dāra l-ʾākhirata fa-ʾinna llāha ʾaʿadda li-l-muḥsināti minkunna ʾajran ʿaẓīman

8. يا نساء النبي من يأت منكن بفاحشة مبينة يضاعف لها العذاب ضعفين وكان ذلك على الله يسيرا

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   O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits a gross indecency, her punishment shall be doubled, and that is easy for Allah.

   yā-nisāʾa n-nabiyyi man yaʾti minkunna bi-fāḥishatin mubayyinatin yuḍāʿaf lahā l-ʿadhābu ḍiʿfayni wa-kāna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīran