Surah Al-Mujādila (The Pleading Woman) in English

1. ألم تر أن الله يعلم ما في السماوات وما في الأرض ما يكون من نجوى ثلاثة إلا هو رابعهم ولا خمسة إلا هو سادسهم ولا أدنى من ذلك ولا أكثر إلا هو معهم أين ما كانوا ثم ينبئهم بما عملوا يوم القيامة إن الله بكل شيء عليم

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   Have you not regarded that Allah knows whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth? There dost not takes place any secret talk among three, but He is their fourth [companion], nor among five but He is their sixth, nor when they are less than that or more but He is with them wherever they may be. Then He will inform them about what they have done on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.

   ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi mā yakūnu min najwā thalāthatin ʾillā huwa rābiʿuhum wa-lā khamsatin ʾillā huwa sādisuhum wa-lā ʾadnā min dhālika wa-lā ʾakthara ʾillā huwa maʿahum ʾayna mā kānū thumma yunabbiʾuhum bi-mā ʿamilū yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinna llāha bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun

2. ألم تر إلى الذين نهوا عن النجوى ثم يعودون لما نهوا عنه ويتناجون بالإثم والعدوان ومعصيت الرسول وإذا جاءوك حيوك بما لم يحيك به الله ويقولون في أنفسهم لولا يعذبنا الله بما نقول حسبهم جهنم يصلونها فبئس المصير

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   Have you not regarded those who were forbidden from secret talks but again resumed what they had been forbidden from, and hold secret talks [imbued] with sin and transgression and disobedience to the Apostle? And when they come to you they greet you with words with which Allah never greeted you, and they say to themselves, ‘Why does not Allah punish us for what we say?!’ Let hell suffice them: they shall enter it, and it is an evil destination!

   ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna nuhū ʿani n-najwā thumma yaʿūdūna li-mā nuhū ʿanhu wa-yatanājawna bi-l-ʾithmi wa-l-ʿudwāni wa-maʿṣiyati r-rasūli wa-ʾidhā jāʾūka ḥayyawka bi-mā lam yuḥayyika bihi llāhu wa-yaqūlūna fī ʾanfusihim law-lā yuʿadhdhibunā llāhu bi-mā naqūlu ḥasbuhum jahannamu yaṣlawnahā fa-biʾsa l-maṣīru

3. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا تناجيتم فلا تتناجوا بالإثم والعدوان ومعصيت الرسول وتناجوا بالبر والتقوى واتقوا الله الذي إليه تحشرون

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   O you who have faith! When you converse secretly, do not hold private conversations [imbued] with sin and aggression and disobedience to the Apostle, but converse in [a spirit of] piety and Godfearing, and be wary of Allah toward whom you will be gathered.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾidhā tanājaytum fa-lā tatanājaw bi-l-ʾithmi wa-l-ʿudwāni wa-maʿṣiyati r-rasūli wa-tanājaw bi-l-birri wa-t-taqwā wa-ttaqū llāha lladhī ʾilayhi tuḥsharūna

4. إنما النجوى من الشيطان ليحزن الذين آمنوا وليس بضارهم شيئا إلا بإذن الله وعلى الله فليتوكل المؤمنون

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   Indeed [malicious] secret talks are from Satan, that he may upset the faithful, but he cannot harm them in any way except by Allah’s leave, and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.

   ʾinnamā n-najwā mina sh-shayṭāni li-yaḥzuna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-laysa bi-ḍārrihim shayʾan ʾillā bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna

5. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا قيل لكم تفسحوا في المجالس فافسحوا يفسح الله لكم وإذا قيل انشزوا فانشزوا يرفع الله الذين آمنوا منكم والذين أوتوا العلم درجات والله بما تعملون خبير

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   O you who have faith! When you are told, ‘Make room,’ in sittings, then do make room; Allah will make room for you. And when you are told, ‘Rise up!’ Do rise up. Allah will raise in rank those of you who have faith and those who have been given knowledge, and Allah is well aware of what you do.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾidhā qīla lakum tafassaḥū fī l-majālisi fa-fsaḥū yafsaḥi llāhu lakum wa-ʾidhā qīla nshuzū fa-nshuzū yarfaʿi llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū minkum wa-lladhīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma darajātin wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīrun