Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

1. فما كان جواب قومه إلا أن قالوا اقتلوه أو حرقوه فأنجاه الله من النار إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يؤمنون

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   But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Kill him, or burn him.’ Then Allah delivered him from the fire. There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith.

   fa-mā kāna jawāba qawmihī ʾillā ʾan qālū qtulūhu ʾaw ḥarriqūhu fa-ʾanjāhu llāhu mina n-nāri ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yuʾminūna

2. وقال إنما اتخذتم من دون الله أوثانا مودة بينكم في الحياة الدنيا ثم يوم القيامة يكفر بعضكم ببعض ويلعن بعضكم بعضا ومأواكم النار وما لكم من ناصرين

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   He said, ‘You have taken idols [for worship] besides Allah for the sake of [mutual] affection amongst yourselves in the life of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will disown one another and curse one another, and the Fire will be your abode, and you will not have any helpers.’

   wa-qāla ʾinnamā ttakhadhtum min dūni llāhi ʾawthānan mawaddata baynikum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā thumma yawma l-qiyāmati yakfuru baʿḍukum bi-baʿḍin wa-yalʿanu baʿḍukum baʿḍan wa-maʾwākumu n-nāru wa-mā lakum min nāṣirīna

3. فآمن له لوط وقال إني مهاجر إلى ربي إنه هو العزيز الحكيم

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   Thereupon Lot believed in him, and he said, ‘Indeed I am migrating toward my Lord. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.’

   fa-ʾāmana lahū lūṭun wa-qāla ʾinnī muhājirun ʾilā rabbī ʾinnahū huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

4. ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب وجعلنا في ذريته النبوة والكتاب وآتيناه أجره في الدنيا وإنه في الآخرة لمن الصالحين

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   And We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and We ordained among his descendants prophethood and the Book, and We gave him his reward in this world, and in the Hereafter he will indeed be among the Righteous.

   wa-wahabnā lahū ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba wa-jaʿalnā fī dhurriyyatihi n-nubuwwata wa-l-kitāba wa-ʾātaynāhu ʾajrahū fī d-dunyā wa-ʾinnahū fī l-ʾākhirati la-mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

5. ولوطا إذ قال لقومه إنكم لتأتون الفاحشة ما سبقكم بها من أحد من العالمين

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   And Lot, when he said to his people, ‘You indeed commit an indecency none in the world has ever committed before you!

   wa-lūṭan ʾidh qāla li-qawmihī ʾinnakum la-taʾtūna l-fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min ʾaḥadin mina l-ʿālamīna

6. أئنكم لتأتون الرجال وتقطعون السبيل وتأتون في ناديكم المنكر فما كان جواب قومه إلا أن قالوا ائتنا بعذاب الله إن كنت من الصادقين

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   What! Do you come to men, and cut off the way, and commit outrages in your gatherings?’ But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Bring down us Allah’s punishment, if you are truthful.’

   ʾa-ʾinnakum la-taʾtūna r-rijāla wa-taqṭaʿūna s-sabīla wa-taʾtūna fī nādīkumu l-munkara fa-mā kāna jawāba qawmihī ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾtinā bi-ʿadhābi llāhi ʾin kunta mina ṣ-ṣādiqīna

7. قال رب انصرني على القوم المفسدين

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   He said, ‘My Lord! Help me against this corruptive lot.’

   qāla rabbi nṣurnī ʿalā l-qawmi l-mufsidīna