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

1. وما كان لمؤمن ولا مؤمنة إذا قضى الله ورسوله أمرا أن يكون لهم الخيرة من أمرهم ومن يعص الله ورسوله فقد ضل ضلالا مبينا

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   A faithful man or woman may not have any option in their matter, when Allah and His Apostle have decided on a matter, and whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle has certainly strayed into manifest error.

   wa-mā kāna li-muʾminin wa-lā muʾminatin ʾidhā qaḍā llāhu wa-rasūluhū ʾamran ʾan yakūna lahumu l-khiyaratu min ʾamrihim wa-man yaʿṣi llāha wa-rasūlahū fa-qad ḍalla ḍalālan mubīnan

2. وإذ تقول للذي أنعم الله عليه وأنعمت عليه أمسك عليك زوجك واتق الله وتخفي في نفسك ما الله مبديه وتخشى الناس والله أحق أن تخشاه فلما قضى زيد منها وطرا زوجناكها لكي لا يكون على المؤمنين حرج في أزواج أدعيائهم إذا قضوا منهن وطرا وكان أمر الله مفعولا

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   When you said to him whom Allah had blessed, and whom you [too] had blessed, ‘Retain your wife for yourself, and be wary of Allah,’ and you had hidden in your heart what Allah was to divulge, and you feared the people though Allah is worthier that you should fear Him, so when Zayd had got through with her, We wedded her to you, so that there may be no blame on the faithful in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have got through with them, and Allah’s command is bound to be fulfilled.

   wa-ʾidh taqūlu li-lladhī ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayhi wa-ʾanʿamta ʿalayhi ʾamsik ʿalayka zawjaka wa-ttaqi llāha wa-tukhfī fī nafsika mā llāhu mubdīhi wa-takhshā n-nāsa wa-llāhu ʾaḥaqqu ʾan takhshāhu fa-lammā qaḍā zaydun minhā waṭaran zawwajnākahā li-kay lā yakūna ʿalā l-muʾminīna ḥarajun fī ʾazwāji ʾadʿiyāʾihim ʾidhā qaḍaw minhunna waṭaran wa-kāna ʾamru llāhi mafʿūlan

3. ما كان على النبي من حرج فيما فرض الله له سنة الله في الذين خلوا من قبل وكان أمر الله قدرا مقدورا

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   There is no blame on the Prophet in respect of that which Allah has made lawful for him: Allah’s precedent with those who passed away earlier (and Allah’s commands are ordained by a precise ordaining),

   mā kāna ʿalā n-nabiyyi min ḥarajin fī-mā faraḍa llāhu lahū sunnata llāhi fī lladhīna khalaw min qablu wa-kāna ʾamru llāhi qadaran maqdūran-i

4. الذين يبلغون رسالات الله ويخشونه ولا يخشون أحدا إلا الله وكفى بالله حسيبا

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   such as deliver the messages of Allah and fear Him, and fear no one except Allah, and Allah suffices as reckoner.

   alladhīna yuballighūna risālāti llāhi wa-yakhshawnahū wa-lā yakhshawna ʾaḥadan ʾillā llāha wa-kafā bi-llāhi ḥasīban

5. ما كان محمد أبا أحد من رجالكم ولكن رسول الله وخاتم النبيين وكان الله بكل شيء عليما

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   Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Apostle of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, and Allah has knowledge of all things.

   mā kāna muḥammadun ʾabā ʾaḥadin min rijālikum wa-lākin rasūla llāhi wa-khātama n-nabiyyīna wa-kāna llāhu bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīman

6. يا أيها الذين آمنوا اذكروا الله ذكرا كثيرا

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   O you who have faith! Remember Allah with frequent remembrance,

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū dhkurū llāha dhikran kathīran

7. وسبحوه بكرة وأصيلا

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   and glorify Him morning and evening.

   wa-sabbiḥūhu bukratan wa-ʾaṣīlan

8. هو الذي يصلي عليكم وملائكته ليخرجكم من الظلمات إلى النور وكان بالمؤمنين رحيما

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   It is He who blesses you—and so do His angels—that He may bring you out from darkness into light, and He is most merciful to the faithful.

   huwa lladhī yuṣallī ʿalaykum wa-malāʾikatuhū li-yukhrijakum mina ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾilā n-nūri wa-kāna bi-l-muʾminīna raḥīman