Surah Al-'Insān (The Man) in English

1. عينا يشرب بها عباد الله يفجرونها تفجيرا

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   a spring where Allah’s servants will drink, making it gush forth as they please.

   ʿaynan yashrabu bihā ʿibādu llāhi yufajjirūnahā tafjīran

2. يوفون بالنذر ويخافون يوما كان شره مستطيرا

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   They fulfill their vows and fear a day whose ill will be widespread.

   yūfūna bi-n-nadhri wa-yakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhū mustaṭīran

3. ويطعمون الطعام على حبه مسكينا ويتيما وأسيرا

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   For the love of Him, they feed the needy, the orphan and the prisoner,

   wa-yuṭʿimūna ṭ-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihī miskīnan wa-yatīman wa-ʾasīran

4. إنما نطعمكم لوجه الله لا نريد منكم جزاء ولا شكورا

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   [saying,] ‘We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We desire no reward from you, nor thanks.

   ʾinnamā nuṭʿimukum li-wajhi llāhi lā nurīdu minkum jazāʾan wa-lā shukūran

5. إنا نخاف من ربنا يوما عبوسا قمطريرا

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   Indeed we fear a frowning and fateful day from our Lord.’

   ʾinnā nakhāfu min rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīran

6. فوقاهم الله شر ذلك اليوم ولقاهم نضرة وسرورا

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   So Allah saved them from that day’s ills and graced them with freshness [on this faces] and joy [in their hearts].

   fa-waqāhumu llāhu sharra dhālika l-yawmi wa-laqqāhum naḍratan wa-surūran

7. وجزاهم بما صبروا جنة وحريرا

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   He rewarded them for their patience with a garden and [garments of] silk,

   wa-jazāhum bi-mā ṣabarū jannatan wa-ḥarīran

8. متكئين فيها على الأرائك لا يرون فيها شمسا ولا زمهريرا

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   reclining therein on couches, without facing any [scorching] sun, or [biting] cold.

   muttakiʾīna fīhā ʿalā l-ʾarāʾiki lā yarawna fīhā shamsan wa-lā zamharīran

9. ودانية عليهم ظلالها وذللت قطوفها تذليلا

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   Its shades will be close over them and its clusters [of fruits] will be hanging low.

   wa-dāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wa-dhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīlan

10. ويطاف عليهم بآنية من فضة وأكواب كانت قواريرا

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    They will be served around with vessels of silver and goblets of crystal

    wa-yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bi-ʾāniyatin min fiḍḍatin wa-ʾakwābin kānat qawārīra

11. قوارير من فضة قدروها تقديرا

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    —crystal of silver— [from] which they will dispense in a precise measure.

    qawārīra min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīran

12. ويسقون فيها كأسا كان مزاجها زنجبيلا

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    They will be served therein with a cup of a drink seasoned with Zanjabeel,

    wa-yusqawna fīhā kaʾsan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīlan

13. عينا فيها تسمى سلسبيلا

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    from a spring in it named Salsabeel.

    ʿaynan fīhā tusammā salsabīlan

14. ويطوف عليهم ولدان مخلدون إذا رأيتهم حسبتهم لؤلؤا منثورا

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    They will be waited upon by immortal youths, whom, were you to see them, you will suppose them to be scattered pearls.

    wa-yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mukhalladūna ʾidhā raʾaytahum ḥasibtahum luʾluʾan manthūran

15. وإذا رأيت ثم رأيت نعيما وملكا كبيرا

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    As you look on, you will see there bliss and a great kingdom.

    wa-ʾidhā raʾayta thamma raʾayta naʿīman wa-mulkan kabīran

16. عاليهم ثياب سندس خضر وإستبرق وحلوا أساور من فضة وسقاهم ربهم شرابا طهورا

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    Upon them will be cloaks of green silk and brocade and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver. Their Lord will give them to drink a pure drink.

    ʿāliyahum thiyābu sundusin khuḍrun wa-ʾistabraqun wa-ḥullū ʾasāwira min fiḍḍatin wa-saqāhum rabbuhum sharāban ṭahūran

17. إن هذا كان لكم جزاء وكان سعيكم مشكورا

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    [They will be told]: ‘This is your reward, and your efforts have been well-appreciated.’

    ʾinna hādhā kāna lakum jazāʾan wa-kāna saʿyukum mashkūran

18. إنا نحن نزلنا عليك القرآن تنزيلا

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    Indeed We have sent down to you the Quran in a gradual descent.

    ʾinnā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qurʾāna tanzīlan

19. فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تطع منهم آثما أو كفورا

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    So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord and do not obey any sinner or ingrate from among them,

    fa-ṣbir li-ḥukmi rabbika wa-lā tuṭiʿ minhum ʾāthiman ʾaw kafūran

20. واذكر اسم ربك بكرة وأصيلا

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    and celebrate the Name of your Lord morning and evening,

    wa-dhkuri sma rabbika bukratan wa-ʾaṣīlan