Surah Al-Jāthiyah (The Crouching) in English

1. قل للذين آمنوا يغفروا للذين لا يرجون أيام الله ليجزي قوما بما كانوا يكسبون

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   Say to the faithful to forgive those who do not expect Allah’s days, that He may [Himself] requite every people for what they used to earn.

   qul li-lladhīna ʾāmanū yaghfirū li-lladhīna lā yarjūna ʾayyāma llāhi li-yajziya qawman bi-mā kānū yaksibūna

2. من عمل صالحا فلنفسه ومن أساء فعليها ثم إلى ربكم ترجعون

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   Whoever acts righteously, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its own detriment, then you will be brought back to your Lord.

   man ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-li-nafsihī wa-man ʾasāʾa fa-ʿalayhā thumma ʾilā rabbikum turjaʿūna

3. ولقد آتينا بني إسرائيل الكتاب والحكم والنبوة ورزقناهم من الطيبات وفضلناهم على العالمين

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   Certainly We gave the Children of Israel the Book, judgement and prophethood and We provided them with all the good things. We gave them an advantage over all the nations,

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā banī ʾisrāʾīla l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata wa-razaqnāhum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti wa-faḍḍalnāhum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

4. وآتيناهم بينات من الأمر فما اختلفوا إلا من بعد ما جاءهم العلم بغيا بينهم إن ربك يقضي بينهم يوم القيامة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

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   and We gave them manifest precepts. But they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. Indeed your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.

   wa-ʾātaynāhum bayyinātin mina l-ʾamri fa-mā khtalafū ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum ʾinna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

5. ثم جعلناك على شريعة من الأمر فاتبعها ولا تتبع أهواء الذين لا يعلمون

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   Then We set you upon a clear course of the Law; so follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know.

   thumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā sharīʿatin mina l-ʾamri fa-ttabiʿhā wa-lā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾa lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

6. إنهم لن يغنوا عنك من الله شيئا وإن الظالمين بعضهم أولياء بعض والله ولي المتقين

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   Indeed they will not avail you in any way against Allah. Indeed the wrongdoers are allies of one another, but Allah is the ally of the Godwary.

   ʾinnahum lan yughnū ʿanka mina llāhi shayʾan wa-ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna baʿḍuhum ʾawliyāʾu baʿḍin wa-llāhu waliyyu l-muttaqīna

7. هذا بصائر للناس وهدى ورحمة لقوم يوقنون

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   These are eye-openers for mankind, and guidance and mercy for a people who have certainty.

   hādhā baṣāʾiru li-n-nāsi wa-hudan wa-raḥmatun li-qawmin yūqinūna

8. أم حسب الذين اجترحوا السيئات أن نجعلهم كالذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات سواء محياهم ومماتهم ساء ما يحكمون

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   Do those who have perpetrated misdeeds suppose that We shall treat them like those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their life and death being equal? Evil is the judgement that they make!

   ʾam ḥasiba lladhīna jtaraḥū s-sayyiʾāti ʾan najʿalahum ka-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sawāʾan maḥyāhum wa-mamātuhum sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna

9. وخلق الله السماوات والأرض بالحق ولتجزى كل نفس بما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

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   Allah created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom, so that every soul may be requited for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

   wa-khalaqa llāhu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-li-tujzā kullu nafsin bi-mā kasabat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna