Surah Al-'Anbyā (The Prophets) in English

1. لا يسمعون حسيسها وهم في ما اشتهت أنفسهم خالدون

   102

   They will not hear even its faint sound and they will remain [forever] in what their souls desire.

   lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā wa-hum fī mā shtahat ʾanfusuhum khālidūna

2. لا يحزنهم الفزع الأكبر وتتلقاهم الملائكة هذا يومكم الذي كنتم توعدون

   103

   The Great Terror will not upset them, and the angels will receive them [saying]: ‘This is your day which you were promised.’

   lā yaḥzunuhumu l-fazaʿu l-ʾakbaru wa-tatalaqqāhumu l-malāʾikatu hādhā yawmukumu lladhī kuntum tūʿadūna

3. يوم نطوي السماء كطي السجل للكتب كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده وعدا علينا إنا كنا فاعلين

   104

   The day We shall roll up the heaven, like rolling of the scrolls [meant] for writings. We will bring it back just as We began the first creation—a promise [binding] on Us. [That] indeed We will do.

   yawma naṭwī s-samāʾa ka-ṭayyi s-sijilli li-l-kutubi ka-mā badaʾnā ʾawwala khalqin nuʿīduhū waʿdan ʿalaynā ʾinnā kunnā fāʿilīna

4. ولقد كتبنا في الزبور من بعد الذكر أن الأرض يرثها عبادي الصالحون

   105

   Certainly We wrote in the Psalms, after the Torah: ‘Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the earth.’

   wa-la-qad katabnā fī z-zabūri min baʿdi dh-dhikri ʾanna l-ʾarḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya ṣ-ṣāliḥūna

5. إن في هذا لبلاغا لقوم عابدين

   106

   There is indeed in this a proclamation for a devout people.

   ʾinna fī hādhā la-balāghan li-qawmin ʿābidīna

6. وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين

   107

   We did not send you but as a mercy to all the nations.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnāka ʾillā raḥmatan li-l-ʿālamīna

7. قل إنما يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد فهل أنتم مسلمون

   108

   Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So will you submit?’

   qul ʾinnamā yūḥā ʾilayya ʾannamā ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-hal ʾantum muslimūna

8. فإن تولوا فقل آذنتكم على سواء وإن أدري أقريب أم بعيد ما توعدون

   109

   But if they turn away, say, ‘I have proclaimed to you all alike, and I do not know whether what you have been promised is far or near.

   fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-qul ʾādhantukum ʿalā sawāʾin wa-ʾin ʾadrī ʾa-qarībun ʾam baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna

9. إنه يعلم الجهر من القول ويعلم ما تكتمون

   110

   Indeed He knows whatever is spoken aloud, and He knows whatever you conceal.

   ʾinnahū yaʿlamu l-jahra mina l-qawli wa-yaʿlamu mā taktumūna

10. وإن أدري لعله فتنة لكم ومتاع إلى حين

    111

    I do not know—maybe it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a while.’

    wa-ʾin ʾadrī laʿallahū fitnatun lakum wa-matāʿun ʾilā ḥīnin

11. قال رب احكم بالحق وربنا الرحمن المستعان على ما تصفون

    112

    He said, ‘My Lord! Judge [between us and the polytheists] with justice.’ ‘Our Lord is the All-beneficent; [He is our] resort against what you allege.’

    qāla rabbi ḥkum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-rabbunā r-raḥmānu l-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna