Surah Al-Furqān (The Criterion) in English

1. والذين لا يدعون مع الله إلها آخر ولا يقتلون النفس التي حرم الله إلا بالحق ولا يزنون ومن يفعل ذلك يلق أثاما

   68

   Those who do not invoke another deity besides Allah, and do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and do not commit fornication. (Whoever does that shall encounter its retribution,

   wa-lladhīna lā yadʿūna maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara wa-lā yaqtulūna n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-lā yaznūna wa-man yafʿal dhālika yalqa ʾathāman

2. يضاعف له العذاب يوم القيامة ويخلد فيه مهانا

   69

   the punishment being doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection. In it he will abide in humiliation forever,

   yuḍāʿaf lahu l-ʿadhābu yawma l-qiyāmati wa-yakhlud fīhi muhānan

3. إلا من تاب وآمن وعمل عملا صالحا فأولئك يبدل الله سيئاتهم حسنات وكان الله غفورا رحيما

   70

   except those who repent, attain faith, and act righteously. For such, Allah will replace their misdeeds with good deeds, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   ʾillā man tāba wa-ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ʿamalan ṣāliḥan fa-ʾulāʾika yubaddilu llāhu sayyiʾātihim ḥasanātin wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman

4. ومن تاب وعمل صالحا فإنه يتوب إلى الله متابا

   71

   And whoever repents and acts righteously indeed turns to Allah with due penitence).

   wa-man tāba wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ʾinnahū yatūbu ʾilā llāhi matāban

5. والذين لا يشهدون الزور وإذا مروا باللغو مروا كراما

   72

   Those who do not give false testimony, and when they come upon frivolity, pass by with dignity.

   wa-lladhīna lā yashhadūna z-zūra wa-ʾidhā marrū bi-l-laghwi marrū kirāman

6. والذين إذا ذكروا بآيات ربهم لم يخروا عليها صما وعميانا

   73

   Those who, when reminded of the signs of their Lord, do not turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to them.

   wa-lladhīna ʾidhā dhukkirū bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim lam yakhirrū ʿalayhā ṣumman wa-ʿumyānan

7. والذين يقولون ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين واجعلنا للمتقين إماما

   74

   And those who say, ‘Our Lord! Give us joy and comfort in our spouses and offspring, and make us imams of the Godwary.’

   wa-lladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min ʾazwājinā wa-dhurriyyātinā qurrata ʾaʿyunin wa-jʿalnā li-l-muttaqīna ʾimāman

8. أولئك يجزون الغرفة بما صبروا ويلقون فيها تحية وسلاما

   75

   Those shall be rewarded with sublime abodes for their patience and steadfastness, and they shall be met there with greetings and ‘Peace,’

   ʾulāʾika yujzawna l-ghurfata bi-mā ṣabarū wa-yulaqqawna fīhā taḥiyyatan wa-salāman

9. خالدين فيها حسنت مستقرا ومقاما

   76

   to abide in them [forever], an excellent station and abode.

   khālidīna fīhā ḥasunat mustaqarran wa-muqāman

10. قل ما يعبأ بكم ربي لولا دعاؤكم فقد كذبتم فسوف يكون لزاما

    77

    Say, ‘Were it not for the sake of summoning you [to faith], what store my Lord would have set by you? But you impugned [me and my summons], so it will soon follow as a result.’

    qul mā yaʿbaʾu bikum rabbī law-lā duʿāʾukum fa-qad kadhdhabtum fa-sawfa yakūnu lizāman