Surah Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider) in English

1. ولا تجادلوا أهل الكتاب إلا بالتي هي أحسن إلا الذين ظلموا منهم وقولوا آمنا بالذي أنزل إلينا وأنزل إليكم وإلهنا وإلهكم واحد ونحن له مسلمون

   46

   Do not argue with the People of the Book except in a manner which is best, except such of them as are wrongdoers, and say, ‘We believe in what has been sent down to us and in what has been sent down to you; our God and your God is one [and the same], and to Him do we submit.’

   wa-lā tujādilū ʾahla l-kitābi ʾillā bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu ʾillā lladhīna ẓalamū minhum wa-qūlū ʾāmannā bi-lladhī ʾunzila ʾilaynā wa-ʾunzila ʾilaykum wa-ʾilāhunā wa-ʾilāhukum wāḥidun wa-naḥnu lahū muslimūna

2. وكذلك أنزلنا إليك الكتاب فالذين آتيناهم الكتاب يؤمنون به ومن هؤلاء من يؤمن به وما يجحد بآياتنا إلا الكافرون

   47

   Thus We have sent down the Book to you; those to whom We have given the Book believe in it, and of these there are some who believe in it, and none contests Our signs except the faithless.

   wa-ka-dhālika ʾanzalnā ʾilayka l-kitāba fa-lladhīna ʾātaynāhumu l-kitāba yuʾminūna bihī wa-min hāʾulāʾi man yuʾminu bihī wa-mā yajḥadu bi-ʾāyātinā ʾillā l-kāfirūna

3. وما كنت تتلو من قبله من كتاب ولا تخطه بيمينك إذا لارتاب المبطلون

   48

   You did not use to recite any scripture before it, nor did you write it with your right hand, for then the impugners would have been skeptical.

   wa-mā kunta tatlū min qablihī min kitābin wa-lā takhuṭṭuhū bi-yamīnika ʾidhan la-rtāba l-mubṭilūna

4. بل هو آيات بينات في صدور الذين أوتوا العلم وما يجحد بآياتنا إلا الظالمون

   49

   Indeed, it is [present as] manifest signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge, and none contests Our signs except wrongdoers.

   bal huwa ʾāyātun bayyinātun fī ṣudūri lladhīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma wa-mā yajḥadu bi-ʾāyātinā ʾillā ẓ-ẓālimūna

5. وقالوا لولا أنزل عليه آيات من ربه قل إنما الآيات عند الله وإنما أنا نذير مبين

   50

   They say, ‘Why has not some sign been sent down to him from his Lord?’ Say, ‘These signs are only from Allah, and I am only a manifest warner.’

   wa-qālū law-lā ʾunzila ʿalayhi ʾāyātun min rabbihī qul ʾinnamā l-ʾāyātu ʿinda llāhi wa-ʾinnamā ʾana nadhīrun mubīnun

6. أولم يكفهم أنا أنزلنا عليك الكتاب يتلى عليهم إن في ذلك لرحمة وذكرى لقوم يؤمنون

   51

   Does it not suffice them that We have sent down to you the Book which is recited to them? There is indeed in that a mercy and admonition for a people who have faith.

   ʾa-wa-lam yakfihim ʾannā ʾanzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba yutlā ʿalayhim ʾinna fī dhālika la-raḥmatan wa-dhikrā li-qawmin yuʾminūna

7. قل كفى بالله بيني وبينكم شهيدا يعلم ما في السماوات والأرض والذين آمنوا بالباطل وكفروا بالله أولئك هم الخاسرون

   52

   Say, ‘Allah suffices as a witness between me and you: He knows whatever there is in the heavens and the earth. Those who put faith in falsehood and defy Allah—it is they who are the losers.’

   qul kafā bi-llāhi baynī wa-baynakum shahīdan yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū bi-l-bāṭili wa-kafarū bi-llāhi ʾulāʾika humu l-khāsirūna