Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

1. والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لنكفرن عنهم سيئاتهم ولنجزينهم أحسن الذي كانوا يعملون

   7

   As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, We will absolve them of their misdeeds and We will surely reward them by the best of what they used to do.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti la-nukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa-la-najziyannahum ʾaḥsana lladhī kānū yaʿmalūna

2. ووصينا الإنسان بوالديه حسنا وإن جاهداك لتشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما إلي مرجعكم فأنبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

   8

   We have enjoined man to be good to his parents. But if they urge you to ascribe to Me as partner that of which you have no knowledge, then do not obey them. To Me will be your return, whereat I will inform you concerning what you used to do.

   wa-waṣṣaynā l-ʾinsāna bi-wālidayhi ḥusnan wa-ʾin jāhadāka li-tushrika bī mā laysa laka bihī ʿilmun fa-lā tuṭiʿhumā ʾilayya marjiʿukum fa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna

3. والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لندخلنهم في الصالحين

   9

   Those who have faith and do righteous deeds, We will surely admit them among the righteous.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti la-nudkhilannahum fī ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

4. ومن الناس من يقول آمنا بالله فإذا أوذي في الله جعل فتنة الناس كعذاب الله ولئن جاء نصر من ربك ليقولن إنا كنا معكم أوليس الله بأعلم بما في صدور العالمين

   10

   Among the people there are those who say, ‘We have faith in Allah,’ but if such a one is tormented in Allah’s cause, he takes persecution by the people for Allah’s punishment. Yet if there comes any help from your Lord, they will say, ‘We were indeed with you.’ Does not Allah know best what is in the breasts of the creatures?

   wa-mina n-nāsi man yaqūlu ʾāmannā bi-llāhi fa-ʾidhā ʾūdhiya fī llāhi jaʿala fitnata n-nāsi ka-ʿadhābi llāhi wa-la-ʾin jāʾa naṣrun min rabbika la-yaqūlunna ʾinnā kunnā maʿakum ʾa-wa-laysa llāhu bi-ʾaʿlama bi-mā fī ṣudūri l-ʿālamīna

5. وليعلمن الله الذين آمنوا وليعلمن المنافقين

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   Allah shall surely ascertain those who have faith, and He shall surely ascertain the hypocrites.

   wa-la-yaʿlamanna llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-la-yaʿlamanna l-munāfiqīna

6. وقال الذين كفروا للذين آمنوا اتبعوا سبيلنا ولنحمل خطاياكم وما هم بحاملين من خطاياهم من شيء إنهم لكاذبون

   12

   The faithless say to the faithful, ‘Follow our way and we will bear [responsibility for] your iniquities.’ They will not bear anything of their iniquities. They are indeed liars.

   wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū ttabiʿū sabīlanā wa-l-naḥmil khaṭāyākum wa-mā hum bi-ḥāmilīna min khaṭāyāhum min shayʾin ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna

7. وليحملن أثقالهم وأثقالا مع أثقالهم وليسألن يوم القيامة عما كانوا يفترون

   13

   But they will carry their own burdens and other burdens along with their own burdens, and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning that which they used to fabricate.

   wa-la-yaḥmilunna ʾathqālahum wa-ʾathqālan maʿa ʾathqālihim wa-la-yusʾalunna yawma l-qiyāmati ʿammā kānū yaftarūna

8. ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فلبث فيهم ألف سنة إلا خمسين عاما فأخذهم الطوفان وهم ظالمون

   14

   Certainly We sent Noah to his people, and he remained with them for a thousand-less-fifty years. Then the flood overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihī fa-labitha fīhim ʾalfa sanatin ʾillā khamsīna ʿāman fa-ʾakhadhahumu ṭ-ṭūfānu wa-hum ẓālimūna