Surah Al-'Anbyā (The Prophets) in English

1. ومن الشياطين من يغوصون له ويعملون عملا دون ذلك وكنا لهم حافظين

   82

   Among the devils were some who dived for him and performed tasks other than that, and We were watchful over them.

   wa-mina sh-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahū wa-yaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wa-kunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīna

2. وأيوب إذ نادى ربه أني مسني الضر وأنت أرحم الراحمين

   83

   And [remember] Job, when he called out to his Lord, ‘Indeed distress has befallen me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful.’

   wa-ʾayyūba ʾidh nādā rabbahū ʾannī massaniya ḍ-ḍurru wa-ʾanta ʾarḥamu r-rāḥimīna

3. فاستجبنا له فكشفنا ما به من ضر وآتيناه أهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة من عندنا وذكرى للعابدين

   84

   So We answered his prayer and removed his distress, and We gave him [back] his family along with others like them, as a mercy from Us and an admonition for the devout.

   fa-stajabnā lahū fa-kashafnā mā bihī min ḍurrin wa-ʾātaynāhu ʾahlahū wa-mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan min ʿindinā wa-dhikrā li-l-ʿābidīna

4. وإسماعيل وإدريس وذا الكفل كل من الصابرين

   85

   And [remember] Ishmael, Idris, and Dhul-Kifl—each of them was among the patient.

   wa-ʾismāʿīla wa-ʾidrīsa wa-dhā l-kifli kullun mina ṣ-ṣābirīna

5. وأدخلناهم في رحمتنا إنهم من الصالحين

   86

   We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were among the righteous.

   wa-ʾadkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā ʾinnahum mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

6. وذا النون إذ ذهب مغاضبا فظن أن لن نقدر عليه فنادى في الظلمات أن لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين

   87

   And [remember] the Man of the Fish, when he left in a rage, thinking that We would not put him to hardship. Then he cried out in the darkness, ‘There is no god except You! You are immaculate! I have indeed been among the wrongdoers!’

   wa-dhā n-nūni ʾidh dhahaba mughāḍiban fa-ẓanna ʾan lan naqdira ʿalayhi fa-nādā fī ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka ʾinnī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīna

7. فاستجبنا له ونجيناه من الغم وكذلك ننجي المؤمنين

   88

   So We answered his prayer and delivered him from the agony; and thus do We deliver the faithful.

   fa-stajabnā lahū wa-najjaynāhu mina l-ghammi wa-ka-dhālika nunjī l-muʾminīna

8. وزكريا إذ نادى ربه رب لا تذرني فردا وأنت خير الوارثين

   89

   And [remember] Zechariah, when he cried out to his Lord, ‘My Lord! Do not leave me without an heir, and You are the best of inheritors.’

   wa-zakariyyā ʾidh nādā rabbahū rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-ʾanta khayru l-wārithīna

9. فاستجبنا له ووهبنا له يحيى وأصلحنا له زوجه إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا وكانوا لنا خاشعين

   90

   So We answered his prayer, and gave him John, and cured for him his wife [of infertility]. Indeed, they were active in [performing] good works, and they would supplicate Us with eagerness and awe and were humble before Us.

   fa-stajabnā lahū wa-wahabnā lahū yaḥyā wa-ʾaṣlaḥnā lahū zawjahū ʾinnahum kānū yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wa-yadʿūnanā raghaban wa-rahaban wa-kānū lanā khāshiʿīna