Surah Al-Jāthiyah (The Crouching) in English

1. أفرأيت من اتخذ إلهه هواه وأضله الله على علم وختم على سمعه وقلبه وجعل على بصره غشاوة فمن يهديه من بعد الله أفلا تذكرون

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   Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, set a seal upon his hearing and heart, and put a blindfold on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah [has consigned him to error]? Will you not then take admonition?

   ʾa-fa-raʾayta mani ttakhadha ʾilāhahū hawāhu wa-ʾaḍallahu llāhu ʿalā ʿilmin wa-khatama ʿalā samʿihī wa-qalbihī wa-jaʿala ʿalā baṣarihī ghishāwatan fa-man yahdīhi min baʿdi llāhi ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna

2. وقالوا ما هي إلا حياتنا الدنيا نموت ونحيا وما يهلكنا إلا الدهر وما لهم بذلك من علم إن هم إلا يظنون

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   They say, ‘There is nothing but the life of this world: we live and we die, and nothing but time destroys us.’ But they do not have any knowledge of that, and they only make conjectures.

   wa-qālū mā hiya ʾillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wa-naḥyā wa-mā yuhlikunā ʾillā d-dahru wa-mā lahum bi-dhālika min ʿilmin ʾin hum ʾillā yaẓunnūna

3. وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا بينات ما كان حجتهم إلا أن قالوا ائتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين

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   When Our manifest signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say, ‘Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

   wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾtū bi-ʾābāʾinā ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

4. قل الله يحييكم ثم يميتكم ثم يجمعكم إلى يوم القيامة لا ريب فيه ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

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   Say, ‘It is Allah who gives you life, then He makes you die. Then He will gather you on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. But most people do not know.’

   quli llāhu yuḥyīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

5. ولله ملك السماوات والأرض ويوم تقوم الساعة يومئذ يخسر المبطلون

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   To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and when the Hour sets in, the falsifiers will be losers on that day.

   wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-yawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yawmaʾidhin yakhsaru l-mubṭilūna

6. وترى كل أمة جاثية كل أمة تدعى إلى كتابها اليوم تجزون ما كنتم تعملون

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   And you will see every nation fallen on its knees. Every nation will be summoned to its book: ‘Today you will be requited for what you used to do.

   wa-tarā kulla ʾummatin jāthiyatan kullu ʾummatin tudʿā ʾilā kitābihā l-yawma tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

7. هذا كتابنا ينطق عليكم بالحق إنا كنا نستنسخ ما كنتم تعملون

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   This is Our book, which speaks truly against you. Indeed We used to record what you used to do.’

   hādhā kitābunā yanṭiqu ʿalaykum bi-l-ḥaqqi ʾinnā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum taʿmalūna

8. فأما الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات فيدخلهم ربهم في رحمته ذلك هو الفوز المبين

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   As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is the manifest success!

   fa-ʾammā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-yudkhiluhum rabbuhum fī raḥmatihī dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-mubīnu

9. وأما الذين كفروا أفلم تكن آياتي تتلى عليكم فاستكبرتم وكنتم قوما مجرمين

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   But as for the faithless, [they will be asked,] ‘Were not My signs recited to you? But you were disdainful, and you were a guilty lot.

   wa-ʾammā lladhīna kafarū ʾa-fa-lam takun ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-stakbartum wa-kuntum qawman mujrimīna

10. وإذا قيل إن وعد الله حق والساعة لا ريب فيها قلتم ما ندري ما الساعة إن نظن إلا ظنا وما نحن بمستيقنين

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    When it was said, ‘‘Allah’s promise is indeed true, and there is no doubt about the Hour,’’ you said, ‘‘We do not know what the Hour is. We know nothing beyond conjectures, and we do not possess any certainty.’’ ’

    wa-ʾidhā qīla ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-s-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qultum mā nadrī mā s-sāʿatu ʾin naẓunnu ʾillā ẓannan wa-mā naḥnu bi-mustayqinīna