Surah Al-'Anbyā (The Prophets) in English

1. فجعلهم جذاذا إلا كبيرا لهم لعلهم إليه يرجعون

   58

   So he broke them into pieces—all except the biggest of them—so that they might come back to it.

   fa-jaʿalahum judhādhan ʾillā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ʾilayhi yarjiʿūna

2. قالوا من فعل هذا بآلهتنا إنه لمن الظالمين

   59

   They said, ‘Whoever has done this to Our gods?! He is indeed a wrongdoer!’

   qālū man faʿala hādhā bi-ʾālihatinā ʾinnahū la-mina ẓ-ẓālimīna

3. قالوا سمعنا فتى يذكرهم يقال له إبراهيم

   60

   They said, ‘We heard a young man mentioning them. He is called ‘‘Abraham.’’ ’

   qālū samiʿnā fatan yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahū ʾibrāhīmu

4. قالوا فأتوا به على أعين الناس لعلهم يشهدون

   61

   They said, ‘Bring him before the people’s eyes so that they may bear witness [against him].’

   qālū fa-ʾtū bihī ʿalā ʾaʿyuni n-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūna

5. قالوا أأنت فعلت هذا بآلهتنا يا إبراهيم

   62

   They said, ‘Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?’

   qālū ʾa-ʾanta faʿalta hādhā bi-ʾālihatinā yā-ʾibrāhīmu

6. قال بل فعله كبيرهم هذا فاسألوهم إن كانوا ينطقون

   63

   He said, ‘No, it was this biggest one of them who did it! Ask them, if they can speak.’

   qāla bal faʿalahū kabīruhum hādhā fa-sʾalūhum ʾin kānū yanṭiqūna

7. فرجعوا إلى أنفسهم فقالوا إنكم أنتم الظالمون

   64

   Thereat they came to themselves and said [to one another], ‘Indeed it is you who are the wrongdoers!’

   fa-rajaʿū ʾilā ʾanfusihim fa-qālū ʾinnakum ʾantumu ẓ-ẓālimūna

8. ثم نكسوا على رءوسهم لقد علمت ما هؤلاء ينطقون

   65

   Then they hung their heads. [However, they said,] ‘You certainly know that they cannot speak.’

   thumma nukisū ʿalā ruʾūsihim la-qad ʿalimta mā hāʾulāʾi yanṭiqūna

9. قال أفتعبدون من دون الله ما لا ينفعكم شيئا ولا يضركم

   66

   He said, ‘Then, do you worship besides Allah that which cannot cause you any benefit or harm?

   qāla ʾa-fa-taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayʾan wa-lā yaḍurrukum

10. أف لكم ولما تعبدون من دون الله أفلا تعقلون

    67

    Fie on you and what you worship besides Allah! Do you not exercise your reason?’

    ʾuffin lakum wa-li-mā taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

11. قالوا حرقوه وانصروا آلهتكم إن كنتم فاعلين

    68

    They said, ‘Burn him, and help your gods, if you are to do anything!’

    qālū ḥarriqūhu wa-nṣurū ʾālihatakum ʾin kuntum fāʿilīna

12. قلنا يا نار كوني بردا وسلاما على إبراهيم

    69

    We said, ‘O fire! Be cool and safe for Abraham!’

    qulnā yā-nāru kūnī bardan wa-salāman ʿalā ʾibrāhīma

13. وأرادوا به كيدا فجعلناهم الأخسرين

    70

    They plotted to harm him, but We made them the biggest losers.

    wa-ʾarādū bihī kaydan fa-jaʿalnāhumu l-ʾakhsarīna

14. ونجيناه ولوطا إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها للعالمين

    71

    We delivered him and Lot toward the land, which We have blessed for all nations.

    wa-najjaynāhu wa-lūṭan ʾilā l-ʾarḍi llatī bāraknā fīhā li-l-ʿālamīna

15. ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب نافلة وكلا جعلنا صالحين

    72

    And We gave him Isaac, and Jacob as well for a grandson, and each of them We made righteous.

    wa-wahabnā lahū ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba nāfilatan wa-kullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīna