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

1. فإذا استويت أنت ومن معك على الفلك فقل الحمد لله الذي نجانا من القوم الظالمين

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   ‘When you, and those who are with you, are settled in the ark, say, ‘‘All praise belongs to Allah, who has delivered us from the wrongdoing lot.’’

   fa-ʾidhā stawayta ʾanta wa-man maʿaka ʿalā l-fulki fa-quli l-ḥamdu li-llāhi lladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

2. وقل رب أنزلني منزلا مباركا وأنت خير المنزلين

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   And say, ‘‘My Lord! Land me with a blessed landing, for You are the best of those who bring ashore.’’ ’

   wa-qul rabbi ʾanzilnī munzalan mubārakan wa-ʾanta khayru l-munzilīna

3. إن في ذلك لآيات وإن كنا لمبتلين

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   There are indeed signs in this; and indeed, We have been testing.

   ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin wa-ʾin kunnā la-mubtalīna

4. ثم أنشأنا من بعدهم قرنا آخرين

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   Then after them We brought forth another generation,

   thumma ʾanshaʾnā min baʿdihim qarnan ʾākharīna

5. فأرسلنا فيهم رسولا منهم أن اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره أفلا تتقون

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   and We sent them an apostle from among themselves, saying, ‘Worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’

   fa-ʾarsalnā fīhim rasūlan minhum ʾani ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna

6. وقال الملأ من قومه الذين كفروا وكذبوا بلقاء الآخرة وأترفناهم في الحياة الدنيا ما هذا إلا بشر مثلكم يأكل مما تأكلون منه ويشرب مما تشربون

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   Said the elite of his people, who were faithless and who denied the encounter of the Hereafter and whom We had given affluence in the life of the world: ‘This is just a human being like yourselves: he eats what you eat, and drinks what you drink.

   wa-qāla l-malaʾu min qawmihi lladhīna kafarū wa-kadhdhabū bi-liqāʾi l-ʾākhirati wa-ʾatrafnāhum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā mā hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum yaʾkulu mimmā taʾkulūna minhu wa-yashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

7. ولئن أطعتم بشرا مثلكم إنكم إذا لخاسرون

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   If you obey a human being like yourselves, you will indeed be losers.

   wa-la-ʾin ʾaṭaʿtum basharan mithlakum ʾinnakum ʾidhan la-khāsirūna

8. أيعدكم أنكم إذا متم وكنتم ترابا وعظاما أنكم مخرجون

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   Does he promise you that when you have died and become bones and dust you will indeed be raised [from the dead]?

   ʾa-yaʿidukum ʾannakum ʾidhā mittum wa-kuntum turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾannakum mukhrajūna

9. هيهات هيهات لما توعدون

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   Far-fetched, far-fetched is what you are promised!

   hayhāta hayhāta li-mā tūʿadūna

10. إن هي إلا حياتنا الدنيا نموت ونحيا وما نحن بمبعوثين

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    There is nothing but the life of this world: we live and die, and we will not be resurrected.

    ʾin hiya ʾillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wa-naḥyā wa-mā naḥnu bi-mabʿūthīna

11. إن هو إلا رجل افترى على الله كذبا وما نحن له بمؤمنين

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    He is just a man who has fabricated a lie against Allah, and we will not believe in him.’

    ʾin huwa ʾillā rajulun-i ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban wa-mā naḥnu lahū bi-muʾminīna

12. 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

13. قال عما قليل ليصبحن نادمين

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    Said He, ‘In a little while they will become regretful.’

    qāla ʿammā qalīlin la-yuṣbiḥunna nādimīna

14. فأخذتهم الصيحة بالحق فجعلناهم غثاء فبعدا للقوم الظالمين

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    So the Cry seized them justly and We turned them into a scum. So away with the wrongdoing lot!

    fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣayḥatu bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-jaʿalnāhum ghuthāʾan fa-buʿdan li-l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

15. ثم أنشأنا من بعدهم قرونا آخرين

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    Then after them We brought forth other generations.

    thumma ʾanshaʾnā min baʿdihim qurūnan ʾākharīna