Surah Al-'Anbyā (The Prophets) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. اقترب للناس حسابهم وهم في غفلة معرضون

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   Mankind’s reckoning has drawn near to them, yet they are disregardful in [their] obliviousness.

   iqtaraba li-n-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa-hum fī ghaflatin muʿriḍūna

2. ما يأتيهم من ذكر من ربهم محدث إلا استمعوه وهم يلعبون

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   There does not come to them any new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it as they play around,

   mā yaʾtīhim min dhikrin min rabbihim muḥdathin ʾillā stamaʿūhu wa-hum yalʿabūna

3. لاهية قلوبهم وأسروا النجوى الذين ظلموا هل هذا إلا بشر مثلكم أفتأتون السحر وأنتم تبصرون

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   their hearts set on diversions. The wrongdoers secretly whisper together, [saying], ‘Is this [man] not a human being like yourselves? Will you give in to magic with open eyes?’

   lāhiyatan qulūbuhum wa-ʾasarrū n-najwā lladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum ʾa-fa-taʾtūna s-siḥra wa-ʾantum tubṣirūna

4. قال ربي يعلم القول في السماء والأرض وهو السميع العليم

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   He said, ‘My Lord knows every word [spoken] in the sky and on the earth, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.’

   qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fī s-samāʾi wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

5. بل قالوا أضغاث أحلام بل افتراه بل هو شاعر فليأتنا بآية كما أرسل الأولون

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   But they said, ‘[They are] muddled dreams!’ ‘Indeed, he has fabricated it!’ ‘Indeed, he is a poet!’ ‘Let him bring us a sign, like those sent to the former generations.’

   bal qālū ʾaḍghāthu ʾaḥlāmin bali ftarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun fa-l-yaʾtinā bi-ʾāyatin ka-mā ʾursila l-ʾawwalūna

6. ما آمنت قبلهم من قرية أهلكناها أفهم يؤمنون

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   No town that We destroyed before them believed. Will these then have faith [if they are sent signs]?

   mā ʾāmanat qablahum min qaryatin ʾahlaknāhā ʾa-fa-hum yuʾminūna

7. وما أرسلنا قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون

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   We did not send [any apostles] before you except as men to whom We revealed. Ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā qablaka ʾillā rijālan nūḥī ʾilayhim fa-sʾalū ʾahla dh-dhikri ʾin kuntum lā taʿlamūna

8. وما جعلناهم جسدا لا يأكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين

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   We did not make them bodies that did not eat food, nor were they immortal.

   wa-mā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yaʾkulūna ṭ-ṭaʿāma wa-mā kānū khālidīna

9. ثم صدقناهم الوعد فأنجيناهم ومن نشاء وأهلكنا المسرفين

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   Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, and We delivered them and whomever We wished, and We destroyed the transgressors.

   thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa-ʾanjaynāhum wa-man nashāʾu wa-ʾahlaknā l-musrifīna

10. لقد أنزلنا إليكم كتابا فيه ذكركم أفلا تعقلون

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    Certainly We have sent down to you a Book in which there is an admonition for you. Do you not exercise your reason?

    la-qad ʾanzalnā ʾilaykum kitāban fīhi dhikrukum ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna