Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English
- Revelation
- Meccan
- Revelation order
- 85
- Pages
- 396–404
- Yuz
- 20
Prostrations
- No prostration
فأنجيناه وأصحاب السفينة وجعلناها آية للعالمين
15Then We delivered him and those who were in the Ark, and made it a sign for all the nations.
fa-ʾanjaynāhu wa-ʾaṣḥāba s-safīnati wa-jaʿalnāhā ʾāyatan li-l-ʿālamīna
وإبراهيم إذ قال لقومه اعبدوا الله واتقوه ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمون
16And Abraham, when he said to his people, ‘Worship Allah and be wary of Him. That is better for you, should you know.
wa-ʾibrāhīma ʾidh qāla li-qawmihi ʿbudū llāha wa-ttaqūhu dhālikum khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna
إنما تعبدون من دون الله أوثانا وتخلقون إفكا إن الذين تعبدون من دون الله لا يملكون لكم رزقا فابتغوا عند الله الرزق واعبدوه واشكروا له إليه ترجعون
17What you worship instead of Allah are mere idols, and you invent a lie. Indeed those whom you worship besides Allah have no control over your provision. So seek all [your] provision from Allah, and worship Him and thank Him, and to Him you shall be brought back.’
ʾinnamā taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi ʾawthānan wa-takhluqūna ʾifkan ʾinna lladhīna taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi lā yamlikūna lakum rizqan fa-btaghū ʿinda llāhi r-rizqa wa-ʿbudūhu wa-shkurū lahū ʾilayhi turjaʿūna
وإن تكذبوا فقد كذب أمم من قبلكم وما على الرسول إلا البلاغ المبين
18If you impugn [the Apostle’s teaching], then [other] nations have impugned [likewise] before you, and the Apostle’s duty is only to communicate in clear terms.
wa-ʾin tukadhdhibū fa-qad kadhdhaba ʾumamun min qablikum wa-mā ʿalā r-rasūli ʾillā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
أولم يروا كيف يبدئ الله الخلق ثم يعيده إن ذلك على الله يسير
19Have they not regarded how Allah originates the creation? Then He will bring it back. That is indeed easy for Allah.
ʾa-wa-lam yaraw kayfa yubdiʾu llāhu l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū ʾinna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun
قل سيروا في الأرض فانظروا كيف بدأ الخلق ثم الله ينشئ النشأة الآخرة إن الله على كل شيء قدير
20Say, ‘Travel over the land and observe how He has originated the creation.’ Then Allah will bring about the genesis of the Hereafter. Indeed Allah has power over all things.
qul sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-nẓurū kayfa badaʾa l-khalqa thumma llāhu yunshiʾu n-nashʾata l-ʾākhirata ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
يعذب من يشاء ويرحم من يشاء وإليه تقلبون
21He will punish whomever He wishes and have mercy on whomever He wishes, and to Him you will be returned.
yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-yarḥamu man yashāʾu wa-ʾilayhi tuqlabūna
وما أنتم بمعجزين في الأرض ولا في السماء وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصير
22You cannot frustrate Him on the earth or in the sky, nor do you have besides Allah any guardian or helper.
wa-mā ʾantum bi-muʿjizīna fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī s-samāʾi wa-mā lakum min dūni llāhi min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin
والذين كفروا بآيات الله ولقائه أولئك يئسوا من رحمتي وأولئك لهم عذاب أليم
23Those who deny the signs of Allah and the encounter with Him—they have despaired of My mercy, and for such there is a painful punishment.
wa-lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-liqāʾihī ʾulāʾika yaʾisū min raḥmatī wa-ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun