Surah Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) in English

1. وأنزلنا من السماء ماء بقدر فأسكناه في الأرض وإنا على ذهاب به لقادرون

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   We sent down water from the sky in a measured manner, and We lodged it within the ground, and We are indeed able to take it away.

   wa-ʾanzalnā mina s-samāʾi māʾan bi-qadarin fa-ʾaskannāhu fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾinnā ʿalā dhahābin bihī la-qādirūna

2. فأنشأنا لكم به جنات من نخيل وأعناب لكم فيها فواكه كثيرة ومنها تأكلون

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   Then with it We produced for you gardens of date palms and vines. There are abundant fruits in them for you, and you eat from them,

   fa-ʾanshaʾnā lakum bihī jannātin min nakhīlin wa-ʾaʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wa-minhā taʾkulūna

3. وشجرة تخرج من طور سيناء تنبت بالدهن وصبغ للآكلين

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   and a tree that grows on Mount Sinai, which produces oil and a seasoning for those who eat.

   wa-shajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāʾa tanbutu bi-d-duhni wa-ṣibghin li-l-ʾākilīna

4. وإن لكم في الأنعام لعبرة نسقيكم مما في بطونها ولكم فيها منافع كثيرة ومنها تأكلون

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   There is indeed a moral for you in the cattle: We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, and you have many uses in them, and you eat some of them,

   wa-ʾinna lakum fī l-ʾanʿāmi la-ʿibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā wa-lakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wa-minhā taʾkulūna

5. وعليها وعلى الفلك تحملون

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   and you are carried on them and on ships.

   wa-ʿalayhā wa-ʿalā l-fulki tuḥmalūna

6. ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فقال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره أفلا تتقون

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   Certainly We sent Noah to his people, and he said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihī fa-qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna

7. فقال الملأ الذين كفروا من قومه ما هذا إلا بشر مثلكم يريد أن يتفضل عليكم ولو شاء الله لأنزل ملائكة ما سمعنا بهذا في آبائنا الأولين

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   But the elite of the faithless from among his people said, ‘This is just a human being like you, who seeks to dominate you. Had Allah wished, He would have sent down angels. We never heard of such a thing among our forefathers.

   fa-qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum yurīdu ʾan yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-ʾanzala malāʾikatan mā samiʿnā bi-hādhā fī ʾābāʾinā l-ʾawwalīna

8. إن هو إلا رجل به جنة فتربصوا به حتى حين

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   He is just a man possessed by madness. So bear with him for a while.’

   ʾin huwa ʾillā rajulun bihī jinnatun fa-tarabbaṣū bihī ḥattā ḥīnin

9. قال رب انصرني بما كذبون

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   He said, ‘My Lord! Help me, for they impugn me.’

   qāla rabbi nṣurnī bi-mā kadhdhabūni

10. فأوحينا إليه أن اصنع الفلك بأعيننا ووحينا فإذا جاء أمرنا وفار التنور فاسلك فيها من كل زوجين اثنين وأهلك إلا من سبق عليه القول منهم ولا تخاطبني في الذين ظلموا إنهم مغرقون

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    So We revealed to him: ‘Build the ark before Our eyes and by Our revelation. When Our edict comes and the oven gushes [a stream of water], bring into it a pair of every kind [of animal], and your family, except those of them against whom the decree has gone beforehand, and do not plead with Me for those who are wrongdoers: they shall indeed be drowned.’

    fa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilayhi ʾani ṣnaʿi l-fulka bi-ʾaʿyuninā wa-waḥyinā fa-ʾidhā jāʾa ʾamrunā wa-fāra t-tannūru fa-sluk fīhā min kullin zawjayni thnayni wa-ʾahlaka ʾillā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu minhum wa-lā tukhāṭibnī fī lladhīna ẓalamū ʾinnahum mughraqūna