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

1. ولو أننا نزلنا إليهم الملائكة وكلمهم الموتى وحشرنا عليهم كل شيء قبلا ما كانوا ليؤمنوا إلا أن يشاء الله ولكن أكثرهم يجهلون

   111

   Even if We had sent down angels to them, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had gathered before them all things manifestly, they would [still] not believe unless Allah wished. But most of them are ignorant.

   wa-law ʾannanā nazzalnā ʾilayhimu l-malāʾikata wa-kallamahumu l-mawtā wa-ḥasharnā ʿalayhim kulla shayʾin qubulan mā kānū li-yuʾminū ʾillā ʾan yashāʾa llāhu wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum yajhalūna

2. وكذلك جعلنا لكل نبي عدوا شياطين الإنس والجن يوحي بعضهم إلى بعض زخرف القول غرورا ولو شاء ربك ما فعلوه فذرهم وما يفترون

   112

   That is how for every prophet We appointed as enemy the devils from among humans and jinn, who inspire each other with flashy words, deceptively. Had your Lord wished, they would not have done it. So leave them with what they fabricate,

   wa-ka-dhālika jaʿalnā li-kulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan shayāṭīna l-ʾinsi wa-l-jinni yūḥī baʿḍuhum ʾilā baʿḍin zukhrufa l-qawli ghurūran wa-law shāʾa rabbuka mā faʿalūhu fa-dharhum wa-mā yaftarūna

3. ولتصغى إليه أفئدة الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة وليرضوه وليقترفوا ما هم مقترفون

   113

   so that toward it may incline the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter, and so that they may be pleased with it and commit what they commit.

   wa-li-taṣghā ʾilayhi ʾafʾidatu lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati wa-li-yarḍawhu wa-li-yaqtarifū mā hum muqtarifūna

4. أفغير الله أبتغي حكما وهو الذي أنزل إليكم الكتاب مفصلا والذين آتيناهم الكتاب يعلمون أنه منزل من ربك بالحق فلا تكونن من الممترين

   114

   [Say,] ‘Shall I seek a judge other than Allah, while it is He who has sent down to you the Book, well-elaborated?’ Those whom We have given the Book know that it has been sent down from your Lord with the truth; so do not be one of the skeptics.

   ʾa-fa-ghayra llāhi ʾabtaghī ḥakaman wa-huwa lladhī ʾanzala ʾilaykumu l-kitāba mufaṣṣalan wa-lladhīna ʾātaynāhumu l-kitāba yaʿlamūna ʾannahū munazzalun min rabbika bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-lā takūnanna mina l-mumtarīna

5. وتمت كلمت ربك صدقا وعدلا لا مبدل لكلماته وهو السميع العليم

   115

   The word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice. Nothing can change His words, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

   wa-tammat kalimatu rabbika ṣidqan wa-ʿadlan lā mubaddila li-kalimātihī wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

6. وإن تطع أكثر من في الأرض يضلوك عن سبيل الله إن يتبعون إلا الظن وإن هم إلا يخرصون

   116

   If you obey most of those on the earth, they will lead you astray from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjectures and they do nothing but surmise.

   wa-ʾin tuṭiʿ ʾakthara man fī l-ʾarḍi yuḍillūka ʿan sabīli llāhi ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-ʾin hum ʾillā yakhruṣūna

7. إن ربك هو أعلم من يضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين

   117

   Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way; and He knows best those who are guided.

   ʾinna rabbaka huwa ʾaʿlamu man yaḍillu ʿan sabīlihī wa-huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-l-muhtadīna

8. فكلوا مما ذكر اسم الله عليه إن كنتم بآياته مؤمنين

   118

   Eat from that over which Allah’s Name has been mentioned, if you are believers in His signs.

   fa-kulū mimmā dhukira smu llāhi ʿalayhi ʾin kuntum bi-ʾāyātihī muʾminīna