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

1. وهو الذي يتوفاكم بالليل ويعلم ما جرحتم بالنهار ثم يبعثكم فيه ليقضى أجل مسمى ثم إليه مرجعكم ثم ينبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

   60

   It is He who takes your souls by night, and He knows what you do by day, then He reanimates you therein so that a specified term may be completed. Then to Him will be your return, whereat He will inform you concerning what you used to do.

   wa-huwa lladhī yatawaffākum bi-l-layli wa-yaʿlamu mā jaraḥtum bi-n-nahāri thumma yabʿathukum fīhi li-yuqḍā ʾajalun musamman thumma ʾilayhi marjiʿukum thumma yunabbiʾukum bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna

2. وهو القاهر فوق عباده ويرسل عليكم حفظة حتى إذا جاء أحدكم الموت توفته رسلنا وهم لا يفرطون

   61

   He is the All-dominant over His servants, and He sends guards to [protect] you. When death approaches anyone of you, Our messengers take him away and they do not neglect [their duty].

   wa-huwa l-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādihī wa-yursilu ʿalaykum ḥafaẓatan ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾa ʾaḥadakumu l-mawtu tawaffathu rusulunā wa-hum lā yufarriṭūna

3. ثم ردوا إلى الله مولاهم الحق ألا له الحكم وهو أسرع الحاسبين

   62

   Then they are returned to Allah, their real master. Look! All judgement belongs to Him, and He is the swiftest of reckoners.

   thumma ruddū ʾilā llāhi mawlāhumu l-ḥaqqi ʾa-lā lahu l-ḥukmu wa-huwa ʾasraʿu l-ḥāsibīna

4. قل من ينجيكم من ظلمات البر والبحر تدعونه تضرعا وخفية لئن أنجانا من هذه لنكونن من الشاكرين

   63

   Say, ‘Who delivers you from the darkness of land and sea, [when] You invoke Him suppliantly and secretly: ‘‘If He delivers us from this, we will surely be among the grateful’’?’

   qul man yunajjīkum min ẓulumāti l-barri wa-l-baḥri tadʿūnahū taḍarruʿan wa-khufyatan la-ʾin ʾanjānā min hādhihī la-nakūnanna mina sh-shākirīna

5. قل الله ينجيكم منها ومن كل كرب ثم أنتم تشركون

   64

   Say, ‘It is Allah who delivers you from them and from every agony, [but] then you ascribe partners [to Him].’

   quli llāhu yunajjīkum minhā wa-min kulli karbin thumma ʾantum tushrikūna

6. قل هو القادر على أن يبعث عليكم عذابا من فوقكم أو من تحت أرجلكم أو يلبسكم شيعا ويذيق بعضكم بأس بعض انظر كيف نصرف الآيات لعلهم يفقهون

   65

   Say, ‘He is able to send upon you a punishment from above you or from under your feet, or confound you as [hostile] factions, and make you taste one another’s violence.’ Look, how We paraphrase the signs variously so that they may understand!

   qul huwa l-qādiru ʿalā ʾan yabʿatha ʿalaykum ʿadhāban min fawqikum ʾaw min taḥti ʾarjulikum ʾaw yalbisakum shiyaʿan wa-yudhīqa baʿḍakum baʾsa baʿḍin-i nẓur kayfa nuṣarrifu l-ʾāyāti laʿallahum yafqahūna

7. وكذب به قومك وهو الحق قل لست عليكم بوكيل

   66

   Your people have denied it, though it is the truth. Say, ‘It is not my business to watch over you.’

   wa-kadhdhaba bihī qawmuka wa-huwa l-ḥaqqu qul lastu ʿalaykum bi-wakīlin

8. لكل نبإ مستقر وسوف تعلمون

   67

   For every prophecy there is a [preordained] setting, and soon you will know.

   li-kulli nabaʾin mustaqarrun wa-sawfa taʿlamūna

9. وإذا رأيت الذين يخوضون في آياتنا فأعرض عنهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره وإما ينسينك الشيطان فلا تقعد بعد الذكرى مع القوم الظالمين

   68

   When you see those who gossip impiously about Our signs, avoid them until they engage in some other discourse; but if Satan makes you forget, then, after remembering, do not sit with the wrongdoing lot.

   wa-ʾidhā raʾayta lladhīna yakhūḍūna fī ʾāyātinā fa-ʾaʿriḍ ʿanhum ḥattā yakhūḍū fī ḥadīthin ghayrihī wa-ʾimmā yunsiyannaka sh-shayṭānu fa-lā taqʿud baʿda dh-dhikrā maʿa l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna