Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

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

1. الم

   1

   Alif, Lam, Meem.

   a-l-m (ʾalif lām mīm)

2. أحسب الناس أن يتركوا أن يقولوا آمنا وهم لا يفتنون

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   Do the people suppose that they will be let off because they say, ‘We have faith,’ and they will not be tested?

   ʾa-ḥasiba n-nāsu ʾan yutrakū ʾan yaqūlū ʾāmannā wa-hum lā yuftanūna

3. ولقد فتنا الذين من قبلهم فليعلمن الله الذين صدقوا وليعلمن الكاذبين

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   Certainly We tested those who were before them. So Allah shall surely ascertain those who are truthful, and He shall surely ascertain the liars.

   wa-la-qad fatannā lladhīna min qablihim fa-la-yaʿlamanna llāhu lladhīna ṣadaqū wa-la-yaʿlamanna l-kādhibīna

4. أم حسب الذين يعملون السيئات أن يسبقونا ساء ما يحكمون

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   Do those who commit misdeeds suppose that they can outmaneuver Us? Evil is the judgement that they make.

   ʾam ḥasiba lladhīna yaʿmalūna s-sayyiʾāti ʾan yasbiqūnā sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna

5. من كان يرجو لقاء الله فإن أجل الله لآت وهو السميع العليم

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   Whoever expects to encounter Allah [should know that] Allah’s [appointed] time will indeed come, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

   man kāna yarjū liqāʾa llāhi fa-ʾinna ʾajala llāhi la-ʾātin wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

6. ومن جاهد فإنما يجاهد لنفسه إن الله لغني عن العالمين

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   Whoever strives, strives only for his own sake. Indeed Allah has no need of the creatures.

   wa-man jāhada fa-ʾinnamā yujāhidu li-nafsihī ʾinna llāha la-ghaniyyun ʿani l-ʿālamīna