Surah Al-'An`ām (The Cattle) in English

1. ولو جعلناه ملكا لجعلناه رجلا وللبسنا عليهم ما يلبسون

   9

   Had We made him an angel, We would have surely made him a man, and We would have surely confounded them just as they confound [the truth now].

   wa-law jaʿalnāhu malakan la-jaʿalnāhu rajulan wa-la-labasnā ʿalayhim mā yalbisūna

2. ولقد استهزئ برسل من قبلك فحاق بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون

   10

   Apostles were certainly derided before you. Then those who ridiculed them were besieged by what they used to deride.

   wa-la-qadi stuhziʾa bi-rusulin min qablika fa-ḥāqa bi-lladhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

3. قل سيروا في الأرض ثم انظروا كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين

   11

   Say, ‘Travel over the land, and then observe how was the fate of the deniers.’

   qul sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi thumma nẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhdhibīna

4. قل لمن ما في السماوات والأرض قل لله كتب على نفسه الرحمة ليجمعنكم إلى يوم القيامة لا ريب فيه الذين خسروا أنفسهم فهم لا يؤمنون

   12

   Say, ‘To whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘To Allah. He has made mercy incumbent upon Himself. He will surely gather you on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. Those who have ruined their souls will not have faith.’

   qul li-man mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi qul li-llāhi kataba ʿalā nafsihi r-raḥmata la-yajmaʿannakum ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi lladhīna khasirū ʾanfusahum fa-hum lā yuʾminūna

5. وله ما سكن في الليل والنهار وهو السميع العليم

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   To Him belongs whatever abides in the night and the day, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

   wa-lahū mā sakana fī l-layli wa-n-nahāri wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

6. قل أغير الله أتخذ وليا فاطر السماوات والأرض وهو يطعم ولا يطعم قل إني أمرت أن أكون أول من أسلم ولا تكونن من المشركين

   14

   Say, ‘Shall I take for guardian [anyone] other than Allah, the originator of the heavens and the earth, who feeds and is not fed?’ Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit [to Allah], and [told,] “Never be one of the polytheists.” ’

   qul ʾa-ghayra llāhi ʾattakhidhu waliyyan fāṭiri s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa yuṭʿimu wa-lā yuṭʿamu qul ʾinnī ʾumirtu ʾan ʾakūna ʾawwala man ʾaslama wa-lā takūnanna mina l-mushrikīna

7. قل إني أخاف إن عصيت ربي عذاب يوم عظيم

   15

   Say, ‘Indeed, should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.’

   qul ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾin ʿaṣaytu rabbi ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

8. من يصرف عنه يومئذ فقد رحمه وذلك الفوز المبين

   16

   Whoever is spared of it on that day, He has certainly been merciful to him, and that is manifest success.

   man yuṣraf ʿanhu yawmaʾidhin fa-qad raḥimahū wa-dhālika l-fawzu l-mubīnu

9. وإن يمسسك الله بضر فلا كاشف له إلا هو وإن يمسسك بخير فهو على كل شيء قدير

   17

   Should Allah visit you with some distress there is no one to remove it except Him; and should He bring you some good, then He has power over all things.

   wa-ʾin yamsaska llāhu bi-ḍurrin fa-lā kāshifa lahū ʾillā huwa wa-ʾin yamsaska bi-khayrin fa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

10. وهو القاهر فوق عباده وهو الحكيم الخبير

    18

    And He is the All-dominant over His servants, and He is the All-wise, the All-aware.

    wa-huwa l-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādihī wa-huwa l-ḥakīmu l-khabīru