Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

1. وقارون وفرعون وهامان ولقد جاءهم موسى بالبينات فاستكبروا في الأرض وما كانوا سابقين

   39

   And Korah, Pharaoh, and Haman. Certainly, Moses brought them manifest proofs, but they acted arrogantly in the land; though they could not outmaneuver [Allah].

   wa-qārūna wa-firʿawna wa-hāmāna wa-la-qad jāʾahum mūsā bi-l-bayyināti fa-stakbarū fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā kānū sābiqīna

2. فكلا أخذنا بذنبه فمنهم من أرسلنا عليه حاصبا ومنهم من أخذته الصيحة ومنهم من خسفنا به الأرض ومنهم من أغرقنا وما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

   40

   So We seized each [of them] for his sin: among them were those upon whom We unleashed a rain of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the Cry, and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. It was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who used to wrong themselves.

   fa-kullan ʾakhadhnā bi-dhanbihī fa-minhum man ʾarsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wa-minhum man ʾakhadhathu ṣ-ṣayḥatu wa-minhum man khasafnā bihi l-ʾarḍa wa-minhum man ʾaghraqnā wa-mā kāna llāhu li-yaẓlimahum wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

3. مثل الذين اتخذوا من دون الله أولياء كمثل العنكبوت اتخذت بيتا وإن أوهن البيوت لبيت العنكبوت لو كانوا يعلمون

   41

   The parable of those who take guardians instead of Allah is that of the spider that takes a home, and indeed the frailest of homes is the home of a spider, had they known!

   mathalu lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi ʾawliyāʾa ka-mathali l-ʿankabūti ttakhadhat baytan wa-ʾinna ʾawhana l-buyūti la-baytu l-ʿankabūti law kānū yaʿlamūna

4. إن الله يعلم ما يدعون من دونه من شيء وهو العزيز الحكيم

   42

   Allah indeed knows whatever thing they invoke besides Him, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   ʾinna llāha yaʿlamu mā yadʿūna min dūnihī min shayʾin wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

5. وتلك الأمثال نضربها للناس وما يعقلها إلا العالمون

   43

   We draw these parables for mankind; but no one grasps them except those who have knowledge.

   wa-tilka l-ʾamthālu naḍribuhā li-n-nāsi wa-mā yaʿqiluhā ʾillā l-ʿālimūna

6. خلق الله السماوات والأرض بالحق إن في ذلك لآية للمؤمنين

   44

   Allah created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom. There is indeed a sign in that for the faithful.

   khalaqa llāhu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-l-muʾminīna

7. اتل ما أوحي إليك من الكتاب وأقم الصلاة إن الصلاة تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر ولذكر الله أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون

   45

   Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book, and maintain the prayer. Indeed the prayer restrains from indecent and wrongful conduct, and the remembrance of Allah is surely greater. And Allah knows whatever [deeds] you do.

   utlu mā ʾūḥiya ʾilayka mina l-kitābi wa-ʾaqimi ṣ-ṣalāta ʾinna ṣ-ṣalāta tanhā ʿani l-faḥshāʾi wa-l-munkari wa-la-dhikru llāhi ʾakbaru wa-llāhu yaʿlamu mā taṣnaʿūna