Surah Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) in English

1. ألم تر أن الله سخر لكم ما في الأرض والفلك تجري في البحر بأمره ويمسك السماء أن تقع على الأرض إلا بإذنه إن الله بالناس لرءوف رحيم

   65

   Have you not regarded that Allah has disposed for you [r benefit] whatever there is in the earth, and [that] the ships sail at sea by His command, and He sustains the sky lest it should fall on the earth, excepting [when it does so] by His leave? Indeed Allah is most kind and merciful to mankind.

   ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha sakhkhara lakum mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-l-fulka tajrī fī l-baḥri bi-ʾamrihī wa-yumsiku s-samāʾa ʾan taqaʿa ʿalā l-ʾarḍi ʾillā bi-ʾidhnihī ʾinna llāha bi-n-nāsi la-raʾūfun raḥīmun

2. وهو الذي أحياكم ثم يميتكم ثم يحييكم إن الإنسان لكفور

   66

   It is He who gave you life then He makes you die, then He brings you to life. Indeed man is very ungrateful.

   wa-huwa lladhī ʾaḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum ʾinna l-ʾinsāna la-kafūrun

3. لكل أمة جعلنا منسكا هم ناسكوه فلا ينازعنك في الأمر وادع إلى ربك إنك لعلى هدى مستقيم

   67

   For every nation We have appointed rites [of worship] which they observe; so let them not dispute with you concerning your religion, and invite to your Lord. Indeed, you are on a straight guidance.

   li-kulli ʾummatin jaʿalnā mansakan hum nāsikūhu fa-lā yunāziʿunnaka fī l-ʾamri wa-dʿu ʾilā rabbika ʾinnaka la-ʿalā hudan mustaqīmin

4. وإن جادلوك فقل الله أعلم بما تعملون

   68

   But if they dispute with you, say, ‘Allah knows best what you are doing.

   wa-ʾin jādalūka fa-quli llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā taʿmalūna

5. الله يحكم بينكم يوم القيامة فيما كنتم فيه تختلفون

   69

   Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which you used to differ.

   allāhu yaḥkumu baynakum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūna

6. ألم تعلم أن الله يعلم ما في السماء والأرض إن ذلك في كتاب إن ذلك على الله يسير

   70

   Do you not know that Allah knows whatever there is in the heaven and the earth? All that is in a Book. That is indeed easy for Allah.’

   ʾa-lam taʿlam ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāʾi wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾinna dhālika fī kitābin ʾinna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun

7. ويعبدون من دون الله ما لم ينزل به سلطانا وما ليس لهم به علم وما للظالمين من نصير

   71

   They worship besides Allah that for which He has not sent down any authority, and of which they have no knowledge. The wrongdoers will have no helper.

   wa-yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lam yunazzil bihī sulṭānan wa-mā laysa lahum bihī ʿilmun wa-mā li-ẓ-ẓālimīna min naṣīrin

8. وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا بينات تعرف في وجوه الذين كفروا المنكر يكادون يسطون بالذين يتلون عليهم آياتنا قل أفأنبئكم بشر من ذلكم النار وعدها الله الذين كفروا وبئس المصير

   72

   When Our manifest signs are recited to them, you perceive denial on the faces of the faithless: they would almost pounce upon those who recite Our signs to them. Say, ‘Shall I inform you about something worse than that? The Fire which Allah has promised the faithless, and it is an evil destination.’

   wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin taʿrifu fī wujūhi lladhīna kafarū l-munkara yakādūna yasṭūna bi-lladhīna yatlūna ʿalayhim ʾāyātinā qul ʾa-fa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-sharrin min dhālikumu n-nāru waʿadahā llāhu lladhīna kafarū wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru