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

1. ذلكم الله ربكم لا إله إلا هو خالق كل شيء فاعبدوه وهو على كل شيء وكيل

   102

   That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god except Him, the creator of all things; so worship Him. He watches over all things.

   dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa khāliqu kulli shayʾin fa-ʿbudūhu wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin wakīlun

2. لا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار وهو اللطيف الخبير

   103

   The sights do not apprehend Him, yet He apprehends the sights, and He is the All-attentive, the All-aware.

   lā tudrikuhu l-ʾabṣāru wa-huwa yudriku l-ʾabṣāra wa-huwa l-laṭīfu l-khabīru

3. قد جاءكم بصائر من ربكم فمن أبصر فلنفسه ومن عمي فعليها وما أنا عليكم بحفيظ

   104

   [Say,] ‘Certainly insights have come to you from your Lord. So whoever sees, it is to the benefit of his own soul, and whoever remains blind, it is to its detriment, and I am not a keeper over you.’

   qad jāʾakum baṣāʾiru min rabbikum fa-man ʾabṣara fa-li-nafsihī wa-man ʿamiya fa-ʿalayhā wa-mā ʾana ʿalaykum bi-ḥafīẓin

4. وكذلك نصرف الآيات وليقولوا درست ولنبينه لقوم يعلمون

   105

   Thus do We paraphrase the signs variously, lest they should say, ‘You have received instruction,’ and so that We may make it clear for a people who have knowledge.

   wa-ka-dhālika nuṣarrifu l-ʾāyāti wa-li-yaqūlū darasta wa-li-nubayyinahū li-qawmin yaʿlamūna

5. اتبع ما أوحي إليك من ربك لا إله إلا هو وأعرض عن المشركين

   106

   Follow that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, there is no god except Him, and turn away from the polytheists.

   ittabiʿ mā ʾūḥiya ʾilayka min rabbika lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa wa-ʾaʿriḍ ʿani l-mushrikīna

6. ولو شاء الله ما أشركوا وما جعلناك عليهم حفيظا وما أنت عليهم بوكيل

   107

   Had Allah wished they would not have ascribed partners [to Him]. We have not made you a caretaker for them, nor is it your duty to watch over them.

   wa-law shāʾa llāhu mā ʾashrakū wa-mā jaʿalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan wa-mā ʾanta ʿalayhim bi-wakīlin

7. ولا تسبوا الذين يدعون من دون الله فيسبوا الله عدوا بغير علم كذلك زينا لكل أمة عملهم ثم إلى ربهم مرجعهم فينبئهم بما كانوا يعملون

   108

   Do not abuse those whom they invoke besides Allah, lest they should abuse Allah out of hostility, without any knowledge. That is how to every people We have made their conduct seem decorous. Then their return will be to their Lord and He will inform them concerning what they used to do.

   wa-lā tasubbū lladhīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi fa-yasubbū llāha ʿadwan bi-ghayri ʿilmin ka-dhālika zayyannā li-kulli ʾummatin ʿamalahum thumma ʾilā rabbihim marjiʿuhum fa-yunabbiʾuhum bi-mā kānū yaʿmalūna

8. وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمانهم لئن جاءتهم آية ليؤمنن بها قل إنما الآيات عند الله وما يشعركم أنها إذا جاءت لا يؤمنون

   109

   They swear by Allah with solemn oaths that were a sign to come to them they would surely believe in it. Say, ‘These signs are only from Allah,’ and what will bring home to you that they will not believe even if they came?

   wa-ʾaqsamū bi-llāhi jahda ʾaymānihim la-ʾin jāʾathum ʾāyatun la-yuʾminunna bihā qul ʾinnamā l-ʾāyātu ʿinda llāhi wa-mā yushʿirukum ʾannahā ʾidhā jāʾat lā yuʾminūna

9. ونقلب أفئدتهم وأبصارهم كما لم يؤمنوا به أول مرة ونذرهم في طغيانهم يعمهون

   110

   We transform their hearts and their visions as they did not believe in it the first time, and We leave them bewildered in their rebellion.

   wa-nuqallibu ʾafʾidatahum wa-ʾabṣārahum ka-mā lam yuʾminū bihī ʾawwala marratin wa-nadharuhum fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna