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

1. ما تسبق من أمة أجلها وما يستأخرون

   43

   No nation can advance its time nor can it defer it.

   mā tasbiqu min ʾummatin ʾajalahā wa-mā yastaʾkhirūna

2. ثم أرسلنا رسلنا تترى كل ما جاء أمة رسولها كذبوه فأتبعنا بعضهم بعضا وجعلناهم أحاديث فبعدا لقوم لا يؤمنون

   44

   Then We sent Our apostles successively. Whenever there came to a nation its apostle, they impugned him, so We made them follow one another [to extinction] and We turned them into folktales. So away with the faithless lot!

   thumma ʾarsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāʾa ʾummatan rasūluhā kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾatbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wa-jaʿalnāhum ʾaḥādītha fa-buʿdan li-qawmin lā yuʾminūna

3. ثم أرسلنا موسى وأخاه هارون بآياتنا وسلطان مبين

   45

   Then We sent Moses and Aaron, his brother, with Our signs and a manifest authority

   thumma ʾarsalnā mūsā wa-ʾakhāhu hārūna bi-ʾāyātinā wa-sulṭānin mubīnin

4. إلى فرعون وملئه فاستكبروا وكانوا قوما عالين

   46

   to Pharaoh and his elites; but they acted arrogantly and they were a tyrannical lot.

   ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī fa-stakbarū wa-kānū qawman ʿālīna

5. فقالوا أنؤمن لبشرين مثلنا وقومهما لنا عابدون

   47

   They said, ‘Shall we believe two humans like ourselves, while their people are our slaves?’

   fa-qālū ʾa-nuʾminu li-basharayni mithlinā wa-qawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna

6. فكذبوهما فكانوا من المهلكين

   48

   So they impugned the two of them, whereat they were among those who were destroyed.

   fa-kadhdhabūhumā fa-kānū mina l-muhlakīna

7. ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب لعلهم يهتدون

   49

   Certainly We gave Moses the Book so that they might be guided,

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūna

8. وجعلنا ابن مريم وأمه آية وآويناهما إلى ربوة ذات قرار ومعين

   50

   and We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and sheltered them in a level highland with flowing water.

   wa-jaʿalnā bna maryama wa-ʾummahū ʾāyatan wa-ʾāwaynāhumā ʾilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wa-maʿīnin

9. يا أيها الرسل كلوا من الطيبات واعملوا صالحا إني بما تعملون عليم

   51

   O apostles! Eat of the good things and act righteously. Indeed I know best what you do.

   yā-ʾayyuhā r-rusulu kulū mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti wa-ʿmalū ṣāliḥan ʾinnī bi-mā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

10. وإن هذه أمتكم أمة واحدة وأنا ربكم فاتقون

    52

    Indeed this community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so be wary of Me.

    wa-ʾinna hādhihī ʾummatukum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-ʾana rabbukum fa-ttaqūni

11. فتقطعوا أمرهم بينهم زبرا كل حزب بما لديهم فرحون

    53

    But they fragmented their religion among themselves, each party boasting about what it had.

    fa-taqaṭṭaʿū ʾamrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥizbin bi-mā ladayhim fariḥūna

12. فذرهم في غمرتهم حتى حين

    54

    So leave them in their stupor for a while.

    fa-dharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīnin

13. أيحسبون أنما نمدهم به من مال وبنين

    55

    Do they suppose that whatever aid We provide them in regard to wealth and children [is because]

    ʾa-yaḥsabūna ʾannamā numidduhum bihī min mālin wa-banīna

14. نسارع لهم في الخيرات بل لا يشعرون

    56

    We are eager to bring them good? No, they are not aware!

    nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna

15. إن الذين هم من خشية ربهم مشفقون

    57

    Indeed those who are apprehensive for the fear of their Lord,

    ʾinna lladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqūna

16. والذين هم بآيات ربهم يؤمنون

    58

    and believe in the signs of their Lord,

    wa-lladhīna hum bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim yuʾminūna

17. والذين هم بربهم لا يشركون

    59

    and do not ascribe partners to their Lord;

    wa-lladhīna hum bi-rabbihim lā yushrikūna