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

1. يسألك الناس عن الساعة قل إنما علمها عند الله وما يدريك لعل الساعة تكون قريبا

   63

   The people question you concerning the Hour. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah.’ What do you know, maybe the Hour is near.

   yasʾaluka n-nāsu ʿani s-sāʿati qul ʾinnamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda llāhi wa-mā yudrīka laʿalla s-sāʿata takūnu qarīban

2. إن الله لعن الكافرين وأعد لهم سعيرا

   64

   Indeed Allah has cursed the faithless and prepared for them a blaze,

   ʾinna llāha laʿana l-kāfirīna wa-ʾaʿadda lahum saʿīran

3. خالدين فيها أبدا لا يجدون وليا ولا نصيرا

   65

   in which they will remain forever, and will not find any guardian or helper.

   khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan lā yajidūna waliyyan wa-lā naṣīran

4. يوم تقلب وجوههم في النار يقولون يا ليتنا أطعنا الله وأطعنا الرسولا

   66

   The day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say, ‘We wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Apostle!’

   yawma tuqallabu wujūhuhum fī n-nāri yaqūlūna yā-laytanā ʾaṭaʿnā llāha wa-ʾaṭaʿnā r-rasūla

5. وقالوا ربنا إنا أطعنا سادتنا وكبراءنا فأضلونا السبيلا

   67

   They will say, ‘Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elders, and they led us astray from the way.’

   wa-qālū rabbanā ʾinnā ʾaṭaʿnā sādatanā wa-kubarāʾanā fa-ʾaḍallūnā s-sabīla

6. ربنا آتهم ضعفين من العذاب والعنهم لعنا كبيرا

   68

   Our Lord! Give them a double punishment and curse them with a mighty curse.’

   rabbanā ʾātihim ḍiʿfayni mina l-ʿadhābi wa-lʿanhum laʿnan kabīran

7. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تكونوا كالذين آذوا موسى فبرأه الله مما قالوا وكان عند الله وجيها

   69

   O you who have faith! Do not be like those who offended Moses, whereat Allah cleared him of what they alleged, and he was distinguished in Allah’s sight.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā takūnū ka-lladhīna ʾādhaw mūsā fa-barraʾahu llāhu mimmā qālū wa-kāna ʿinda llāhi wajīhan

8. يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا

   70

   O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah, and speak upright words.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ttaqū llāha wa-qūlū qawlan sadīdan

9. يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيما

   71

   He will rectify your conduct for you and forgive you your sins. Whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle will certainly achieve a great success.

   yuṣliḥ lakum ʾaʿmālakum wa-yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wa-man yuṭiʿi llāha wa-rasūlahū fa-qad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīman

10. إنا عرضنا الأمانة على السماوات والأرض والجبال فأبين أن يحملنها وأشفقن منها وحملها الإنسان إنه كان ظلوما جهولا

    72

    Indeed We presented the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to undertake it and were apprehensive of it; but man undertook it. Indeed he is most unjust and ignorant.

    ʾinnā ʿaraḍnā l-ʾamānata ʿalā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-l-jibāli fa-ʾabayna ʾan yaḥmilnahā wa-ʾashfaqna minhā wa-ḥamalahā l-ʾinsānu ʾinnahū kāna ẓalūman jahūlan

11. ليعذب الله المنافقين والمنافقات والمشركين والمشركات ويتوب الله على المؤمنين والمؤمنات وكان الله غفورا رحيما

    73

    Allah will surely punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the polytheists, men and women, and Allah will turn clemently to the faithful, men and women, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

    li-yuʿadhdhiba llāhu l-munāfiqīna wa-l-munāfiqāti wa-l-mushrikīna wa-l-mushrikāti wa-yatūba llāhu ʿalā l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināti wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman