Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

1. ولما جاءت رسلنا إبراهيم بالبشرى قالوا إنا مهلكو أهل هذه القرية إن أهلها كانوا ظالمين

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   And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said, ‘We are indeed going to destroy the people of this town. Its people are indeed wrongdoers.’

   wa-lammā jāʾat rusulunā ʾibrāhīma bi-l-bushrā qālū ʾinnā muhlikū ʾahli hādhihi l-qaryati ʾinna ʾahlahā kānū ẓālimīna

2. قال إن فيها لوطا قالوا نحن أعلم بمن فيها لننجينه وأهله إلا امرأته كانت من الغابرين

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   He said, ‘Lot is in it.’ They said, ‘We know better those who are in it. We will surely deliver him and his family, except his wife: she shall be one of those who remain behind.’

   qāla ʾinna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-man fīhā la-nunajjiyannahū wa-ʾahlahū ʾillā mraʾatahū kānat mina l-ghābirīna

3. ولما أن جاءت رسلنا لوطا سيء بهم وضاق بهم ذرعا وقالوا لا تخف ولا تحزن إنا منجوك وأهلك إلا امرأتك كانت من الغابرين

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   And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed on their account and in a predicament for their sake. But they said, ‘Do not be afraid, nor grieve! We shall deliver you and your family, except your wife: she will be one of those who remain behind.

   wa-lammā ʾan jāʾat rusulunā lūṭan sīʾa bihim wa-ḍāqa bihim dharʿan wa-qālū lā takhaf wa-lā taḥzan ʾinnā munajjūka wa-ʾahlaka ʾillā mraʾataka kānat mina l-ghābirīna

4. إنا منزلون على أهل هذه القرية رجزا من السماء بما كانوا يفسقون

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   We are indeed going to bring down upon the people of this town a punishment from the sky because of the transgressions they used to commit.’

   ʾinnā munzilūna ʿalā ʾahli hādhihi l-qaryati rijzan mina s-samāʾi bi-mā kānū yafsuqūna

5. ولقد تركنا منها آية بينة لقوم يعقلون

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   Certainly We have left of it a manifest sign for people who exercise their reason.

   wa-la-qad taraknā minhā ʾāyatan bayyinatan li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

6. وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيبا فقال يا قوم اعبدوا الله وارجوا اليوم الآخر ولا تعثوا في الأرض مفسدين

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   And to Midian We sent Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah, and expect [to encounter] the Last Day, and do not act wickedly on the earth causing corruption.’

   wa-ʾilā madyana ʾakhāhum shuʿayban fa-qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha wa-rjū l-yawma l-ʾākhira wa-lā taʿthaw fī l-ʾarḍi mufsidīna

7. فكذبوه فأخذتهم الرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جاثمين

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   But they impugned him, whereupon the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.

   fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾakhadhathumu r-rajfatu fa-ʾaṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

8. وعادا وثمود وقد تبين لكم من مساكنهم وزين لهم الشيطان أعمالهم فصدهم عن السبيل وكانوا مستبصرين

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   And ‘Ad and Thamud, [whose fate] is evident to you from their habitations. Satan made their deeds seem decorous to them, thus he barred them from the way [of Allah], though they used to be perceptive.

   wa-ʿādan wa-thamūda wa-qad tabayyana lakum min masākinihim wa-zayyana lahumu sh-shayṭānu ʾaʿmālahum fa-ṣaddahum ʿani s-sabīli wa-kānū mustabṣirīna