Surah Al-Furqān (The Criterion) in English

1. وما أرسلناك إلا مبشرا ونذيرا

   56

   We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and as a warner.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnāka ʾillā mubashshiran wa-nadhīran

2. قل ما أسألكم عليه من أجر إلا من شاء أن يتخذ إلى ربه سبيلا

   57

   Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, except that anyone who wishes should take the way to his Lord.’

   qul mā ʾasʾalukum ʿalayhi min ʾajrin ʾillā man shāʾa ʾan yattakhidha ʾilā rabbihī sabīlan

3. وتوكل على الحي الذي لا يموت وسبح بحمده وكفى به بذنوب عباده خبيرا

   58

   Put your trust in the Living One who does not die, and celebrate His praise. He suffices as one all-aware of the sins of His servants.

   wa-tawakkal ʿalā l-ḥayyi lladhī lā yamūtu wa-sabbiḥ bi-ḥamdihī wa-kafā bihī bi-dhunūbi ʿibādihī khabīran-i

4. الذي خلق السماوات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش الرحمن فاسأل به خبيرا

   59

   He, who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days, and then settled on the Throne, the All-beneficent; so ask someone who is well aware about Him.

   alladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā fī sittati ʾayyāmin thumma stawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi r-raḥmānu fa-sʾal bihī khabīran

5. Recommended prostration

   وإذا قيل لهم اسجدوا للرحمن قالوا وما الرحمن أنسجد لما تأمرنا وزادهم نفورا

   60

   When they are told: ‘Prostrate yourselves before the All-beneficent,’ they say, ‘What is ‘‘the All-beneficent’’? Shall we prostrate ourselves before whatever you bid us?’ And it increases their aversion.

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahumu sjudū li-r-raḥmāni qālū wa-mā r-raḥmānu ʾa-nasjudu li-mā taʾmurunā wa-zādahum nufūran

6. تبارك الذي جعل في السماء بروجا وجعل فيها سراجا وقمرا منيرا

   61

   Blessed is He who appointed houses in the sky and set in it a lamp and a shining moon.

   tabāraka lladhī jaʿala fī s-samāʾi burūjan wa-jaʿala fīhā sirājan wa-qamaran munīran

7. وهو الذي جعل الليل والنهار خلفة لمن أراد أن يذكر أو أراد شكورا

   62

   It is He who made the night and the day alternate for someone who desires to take admonition, or desires to give thanks.

   wa-huwa lladhī jaʿala l-layla wa-n-nahāra khilfatan li-man ʾarāda ʾan yadhdhakkara ʾaw ʾarāda shukūran

8. وعباد الرحمن الذين يمشون على الأرض هونا وإذا خاطبهم الجاهلون قالوا سلاما

   63

   The servants of the All-beneficent are those who walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them, say, ‘Peace!’

   wa-ʿibādu r-raḥmāni lladhīna yamshūna ʿalā l-ʾarḍi hawnan wa-ʾidhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman

9. والذين يبيتون لربهم سجدا وقياما

   64

   Those who spend the night for their Lord, prostrating and standing [in worship].

   wa-lladhīna yabītūna li-rabbihim sujjadan wa-qiyāman

10. والذين يقولون ربنا اصرف عنا عذاب جهنم إن عذابها كان غراما

    65

    Those who say, ‘Our Lord! Turn away from us the punishment of hell. Indeed its punishment is enduring.

    wa-lladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā ṣrif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannama ʾinna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāman

11. إنها ساءت مستقرا ومقاما

    66

    Indeed it is an evil station and abode.’

    ʾinnahā sāʾat mustaqarran wa-muqāman

12. والذين إذا أنفقوا لم يسرفوا ولم يقتروا وكان بين ذلك قواما

    67

    Those who are neither wasteful nor tightfisted when spending, but balanced between these [two extremes].

    wa-lladhīna ʾidhā ʾanfaqū lam yusrifū wa-lam yaqturū wa-kāna bayna dhālika qawāman