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

1. وما على الذين يتقون من حسابهم من شيء ولكن ذكرى لعلهم يتقون

   69

   Those who are Godwary are in no way accountable for them, but this is merely for admonition’s sake, so that they may beware.

   wa-mā ʿalā lladhīna yattaqūna min ḥisābihim min shayʾin wa-lākin dhikrā laʿallahum yattaqūna

2. وذر الذين اتخذوا دينهم لعبا ولهوا وغرتهم الحياة الدنيا وذكر به أن تبسل نفس بما كسبت ليس لها من دون الله ولي ولا شفيع وإن تعدل كل عدل لا يؤخذ منها أولئك الذين أبسلوا بما كسبوا لهم شراب من حميم وعذاب أليم بما كانوا يكفرون

   70

   Leave alone those who take their religion for play and diversion and whom the life of this world has deceived, and admonish with it, lest any soul should perish because of what it has earned: It shall not have any guardian besides Allah, nor any intercessor; and though it should offer every kind of ransom, it shall not be accepted from it. They are the ones who perish because of what they have earned; they shall have boiling water for drink and a painful punishment because of what they used to defy.

   wa-dhari lladhīna ttakhadhū dīnahum laʿiban wa-lahwan wa-gharrathumu l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wa-dhakkir bihī ʾan tubsala nafsun bi-mā kasabat laysa lahā min dūni llāhi waliyyun wa-lā shafīʿun wa-ʾin taʿdil kulla ʿadlin lā yuʾkhadh minhā ʾulāʾika lladhīna ʾubsilū bi-mā kasabū lahum sharābun min ḥamīmin wa-ʿadhābun ʾalīmun bi-mā kānū yakfurūna

3. قل أندعو من دون الله ما لا ينفعنا ولا يضرنا ونرد على أعقابنا بعد إذ هدانا الله كالذي استهوته الشياطين في الأرض حيران له أصحاب يدعونه إلى الهدى ائتنا قل إن هدى الله هو الهدى وأمرنا لنسلم لرب العالمين

   71

   Say, ‘Shall we invoke besides Allah that which can neither benefit us nor harm us, and turn back on our heels after Allah has guided us, like someone seduced by the devils and bewildered on the earth, who has companions that invite him to guidance, [saying,] ‘‘Come to us!’’?’ Say, ‘Indeed it is the guidance of Allah which is [true] guidance. And we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds,

   qul ʾa-nadʿū min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿunā wa-lā yaḍurrunā wa-nuraddu ʿalā ʾaʿqābinā baʿda ʾidh hadānā llāhu ka-lladhī stahwathu sh-shayāṭīnu fī l-ʾarḍi ḥayrāna lahū ʾaṣḥābun yadʿūnahū ʾilā l-hudā ʾtinā qul ʾinna hudā llāhi huwa l-hudā wa-ʾumirnā li-nuslima li-rabbi l-ʿālamīna

4. وأن أقيموا الصلاة واتقوه وهو الذي إليه تحشرون

   72

   and that ‘‘Maintain the prayer and be wary of Him, and it is He toward whom you will be gathered.’’ ’

   wa-ʾan ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ttaqūhu wa-huwa lladhī ʾilayhi tuḥsharūna

5. وهو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض بالحق ويوم يقول كن فيكون قوله الحق وله الملك يوم ينفخ في الصور عالم الغيب والشهادة وهو الحكيم الخبير

   73

   It is He who created the heavens and the earth with reason, and the day He says [to something], ‘Be!’ it is. His word is the truth, and to Him belongs all sovereignty on the day when the Trumpet will be blown. Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, He is the All-wise, the All-aware.

   wa-huwa lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-yawma yaqūlu kun fa-yakūnu qawluhu l-ḥaqqu wa-lahu l-mulku yawma yunfakhu fī ṣ-ṣūri ʿālimu l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādati wa-huwa l-ḥakīmu l-khabīru