Surah Al-'Anbyā (The Prophets) in English

1. وإذا رآك الذين كفروا إن يتخذونك إلا هزوا أهذا الذي يذكر آلهتكم وهم بذكر الرحمن هم كافرون

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   Whenever the faithless see you they only take you in derision: ‘Is this the one who remembers your gods?’ while they remain defiant towards the remembrance of the All-beneficent.

   wa-ʾidhā raʾāka lladhīna kafarū ʾin yattakhidhūnaka ʾillā huzuwan ʾa-hādhā lladhī yadhkuru ʾālihatakum wa-hum bi-dhikri r-raḥmāni hum kāfirūna

2. خلق الإنسان من عجل سأريكم آياتي فلا تستعجلون

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   Man is a creature of haste. Soon I will show you My signs. So do not ask Me to hasten.

   khuliqa l-ʾinsānu min ʿajalin sa-ʾurīkum ʾāyātī fa-lā tastaʿjilūni

3. ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين

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   And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’

   wa-yaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

4. لو يعلم الذين كفروا حين لا يكفون عن وجوههم النار ولا عن ظهورهم ولا هم ينصرون

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   If only the faithless knew about the time when they will not be able to keep the Fire off their faces and their backs, nor will they be helped!

   law yaʿlamu lladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu n-nāra wa-lā ʿan ẓuhūrihim wa-lā hum yunṣarūna

5. بل تأتيهم بغتة فتبهتهم فلا يستطيعون ردها ولا هم ينظرون

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   Indeed, it will overtake them suddenly, dumbfounding them. So they will neither be able to avert it, nor will they be granted any respite.

   bal taʾtīhim baghtatan fa-tabhatuhum fa-lā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā wa-lā hum yunẓarūna

6. ولقد استهزئ برسل من قبلك فحاق بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون

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   Apostles were certainly derided before you; but those who ridiculed them were besieged by what they had been deriding.

   wa-la-qadi stuhziʾa bi-rusulin min qablika fa-ḥāqa bi-lladhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

7. قل من يكلؤكم بالليل والنهار من الرحمن بل هم عن ذكر ربهم معرضون

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   Say, ‘Who can guard you, day and night, against [the punishment of] the All-beneficent [should He want to punish you]?’ Indeed, they are disregardful of their Lord’s remembrance.

   qul man yaklaʾukum bi-l-layli wa-n-nahāri mina r-raḥmāni bal hum ʿan dhikri rabbihim muʿriḍūna

8. أم لهم آلهة تمنعهم من دوننا لا يستطيعون نصر أنفسهم ولا هم منا يصحبون

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   Do they have gods besides Us to defend them? Neither can they help themselves, nor can they shield [the idolaters] from Us.

   ʾam lahum ʾālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra ʾanfusihim wa-lā hum minnā yuṣḥabūna

9. بل متعنا هؤلاء وآباءهم حتى طال عليهم العمر أفلا يرون أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها أفهم الغالبون

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   Indeed, We have provided for them and their fathers until they lived on for long years. Do they not see how We visit the land diminishing it at its edges? Are they the ones who will prevail?

   bal mattaʿnā hāʾulāʾi wa-ʾābāʾahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru ʾa-fa-lā yarawna ʾannā naʾtī l-ʾarḍa nanquṣuhā min ʾaṭrāfihā ʾa-fa-humu l-ghālibūna