Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) in English

1. ولا تقولوا لمن يقتل في سبيل الله أموات بل أحياء ولكن لا تشعرون

   154

   Do not call those who were slain in Allah’s way ‘dead.’ No, they are living, but you are not aware.

   wa-lā taqūlū li-man yuqtalu fī sabīli llāhi ʾamwātun bal ʾaḥyāʾun wa-lākin lā tashʿurūna

2. ولنبلونكم بشيء من الخوف والجوع ونقص من الأموال والأنفس والثمرات وبشر الصابرين

   155

   We will surely test you with a measure of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth, lives, and fruits; and give good news to the patient

   wa-la-nabluwannakum bi-shayʾin mina l-khawfi wa-l-jūʿi wa-naqṣin mina l-ʾamwāli wa-l-ʾanfusi wa-th-thamarāti wa-bashshiri ṣ-ṣābirīna

3. الذين إذا أصابتهم مصيبة قالوا إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

   156

   —those who, when an affliction visits them, say, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him do we indeed return.’

   alladhīna ʾidhā ʾaṣābathum muṣībatun qālū ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūna

4. أولئك عليهم صلوات من ربهم ورحمة وأولئك هم المهتدون

   157

   It is they who receive the blessings of their Lord and [His] mercy, and it is they who are the [rightly] guided.

   ʾulāʾika ʿalayhim ṣalawātun min rabbihim wa-raḥmatun wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-muhtadūna

5. إن الصفا والمروة من شعائر الله فمن حج البيت أو اعتمر فلا جناح عليه أن يطوف بهما ومن تطوع خيرا فإن الله شاكر عليم

   158

   Indeed Safa and Marwah are among Allah’s sacraments. So whoever makes hajj to the House, or performs the ‘umrah, there is no sin upon him to circuit between them. Should anyone do good of his own accord, then Allah is indeed appreciative, all-knowing.

   ʾinna ṣ-ṣafā wa-l-marwata min shaʿāʾiri llāhi fa-man hajja l-bayta ʾawi ʿtamara fa-lā junāḥa ʿalayhi ʾan yaṭṭawwafa bihimā wa-man taṭawwaʿa khayran fa-ʾinna llāha shākirun ʿalīmun

6. إن الذين يكتمون ما أنزلنا من البينات والهدى من بعد ما بيناه للناس في الكتاب أولئك يلعنهم الله ويلعنهم اللاعنون

   159

   Indeed those who conceal what We have sent down of manifest proofs and guidance, after We have clarified it in the Book for mankind—they shall be cursed by Allah and cursed by the cursers,

   ʾinna lladhīna yaktumūna mā ʾanzalnā mina l-bayyināti wa-l-hudā min baʿdi mā bayyannāhu li-n-nāsi fī l-kitābi ʾulāʾika yalʿanuhumu llāhu wa-yalʿanuhumu l-lāʿinūna

7. إلا الذين تابوا وأصلحوا وبينوا فأولئك أتوب عليهم وأنا التواب الرحيم

   160

   except such as repent, make amends, and clarify—those I shall pardon, and I am the All-clement, the All-merciful.

   ʾillā lladhīna tābū wa-ʾaṣlaḥū wa-bayyanū fa-ʾulāʾika ʾatūbu ʿalayhim wa-ʾana t-tawwābu r-raḥīmu

8. إن الذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار أولئك عليهم لعنة الله والملائكة والناس أجمعين

   161

   Indeed those who turn faithless and die while they are faithless—it is they on whom shall be the curse of Allah, the angels and all mankind.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū wa-mātū wa-hum kuffārun ʾulāʾika ʿalayhim laʿnatu llāhi wa-l-malāʾikati wa-n-nāsi ʾajmaʿīna

9. خالدين فيها لا يخفف عنهم العذاب ولا هم ينظرون

   162

   They will remain in it [forever] and their punishment shall not be lightened, nor will they be granted any respite.

   khālidīna fīhā lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu wa-lā hum yunẓarūna

10. وإلهكم إله واحد لا إله إلا هو الرحمن الرحيم

    163

    Your god is the One God; there is no god except Him, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

    wa-ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa r-raḥmānu r-raḥīmu