Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. الم

   1

   Alif, Lam, Mim.

   a-l-m (ʾalif lām mīm)

2. ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه هدى للمتقين

   2

   This is the Book, there is no doubt in it, a guidance to the Godwary,

   dhālika l-kitābu lā rayba fīhi hudan li-l-muttaqīna

3. الذين يؤمنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلاة ومما رزقناهم ينفقون

   3

   who believe in the Unseen, maintain the prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;

   alladhīna yuʾminūna bi-l-ghaybi wa-yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

4. والذين يؤمنون بما أنزل إليك وما أنزل من قبلك وبالآخرة هم يوقنون

   4

   and who believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you, and are certain of the Hereafter.

   wa-lladhīna yuʾminūna bi-mā ʾunzila ʾilayka wa-mā ʾunzila min qablika wa-bi-l-ʾākhirati hum yūqinūna

5. أولئك على هدى من ربهم وأولئك هم المفلحون

   5

   Those follow their Lord’s guidance and it is they who are the felicitous.

   ʾulāʾika ʿalā hudan min rabbihim wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna