Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) in English

1. إن الذين كفروا سواء عليهم أأنذرتهم أم لم تنذرهم لا يؤمنون

   6

   As for the faithless, it is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have faith.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū sawāʾun ʿalayhim ʾa-ʾandhartahum ʾam lam tundhirhum lā yuʾminūna

2. ختم الله على قلوبهم وعلى سمعهم وعلى أبصارهم غشاوة ولهم عذاب عظيم

   7

   Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing, and there is a blindfold on their sight, and there is a great punishment for them.

   khatama llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wa-ʿalā samʿihim wa-ʿalā ʾabṣārihim ghishāwatun wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

3. ومن الناس من يقول آمنا بالله وباليوم الآخر وما هم بمؤمنين

   8

   Among the people are those who say, ‘We have faith in Allah and the Last Day,’ but they have no faith.

   wa-mina n-nāsi man yaqūlu ʾāmannā bi-llāhi wa-bi-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-mā hum bi-muʾminīna

4. يخادعون الله والذين آمنوا وما يخدعون إلا أنفسهم وما يشعرون

   9

   They seek to deceive Allah and those who have faith, yet they deceive no one but themselves, but they are not aware.

   yukhādiʿūna llāha wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-mā yakhdaʿūna ʾillā ʾanfusahum wa-mā yashʿurūna

5. في قلوبهم مرض فزادهم الله مرضا ولهم عذاب أليم بما كانوا يكذبون

   10

   There is a sickness in their hearts; then Allah increased their sickness, and there is a painful punishment for them because of the lies they used to tell.

   fī qulūbihim maraḍun fa-zādahumu llāhu maraḍan wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun bi-mā kānū yakdhibūna

6. وإذا قيل لهم لا تفسدوا في الأرض قالوا إنما نحن مصلحون

   11

   When they are told, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only reformers!’

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum lā tufsidū fī l-ʾarḍi qālū ʾinnamā naḥnu muṣliḥūna

7. ألا إنهم هم المفسدون ولكن لا يشعرون

   12

   Behold! They are themselves the agents of corruption, but they are not aware.

   ʾa-lā ʾinnahum humu l-mufsidūna wa-lākin lā yashʿurūna

8. وإذا قيل لهم آمنوا كما آمن الناس قالوا أنؤمن كما آمن السفهاء ألا إنهم هم السفهاء ولكن لا يعلمون

   13

   And when they are told, ‘Believe like the people who have believed,’ they say, ‘Shall we believe like the fools who have believed?’ Behold! They are themselves the fools, but they do not know.

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum ʾāminū ka-mā ʾāmana n-nāsu qālū ʾa-nuʾminu ka-mā ʾāmana s-sufahāʾu ʾa-lā ʾinnahum humu s-sufahāʾu wa-lākin lā yaʿlamūna

9. وإذا لقوا الذين آمنوا قالوا آمنا وإذا خلوا إلى شياطينهم قالوا إنا معكم إنما نحن مستهزئون

   14

   When they meet the faithful, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you; we were only deriding [them].’

   wa-ʾidhā laqū lladhīna ʾāmanū qālū ʾāmannā wa-ʾidhā khalaw ʾilā shayāṭīnihim qālū ʾinnā maʿakum ʾinnamā naḥnu mustahziʾūna

10. الله يستهزئ بهم ويمدهم في طغيانهم يعمهون

    15

    It is Allah who derides them, and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.

    allāhu yastahziʾu bihim wa-yamudduhum fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna

11. أولئك الذين اشتروا الضلالة بالهدى فما ربحت تجارتهم وما كانوا مهتدين

    16

    They are the ones who bought error for guidance, so their trade did not profit them, nor were they guided.

    ʾulāʾika lladhīna shtarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bi-l-hudā fa-mā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wa-mā kānū muhtadīna