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

1. والذين يؤتون ما آتوا وقلوبهم وجلة أنهم إلى ربهم راجعون

   60

   who give whatever they give while their hearts tremble with awe that they are going to return to their Lord

   wa-lladhīna yuʾtūna mā ʾātaw wa-qulūbuhum wajilatun ʾannahum ʾilā rabbihim rājiʿūna

2. أولئك يسارعون في الخيرات وهم لها سابقون

   61

   —it is they who are zealous in [performing] good works and take the lead in them.

   ʾulāʾika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wa-hum lahā sābiqūna

3. ولا نكلف نفسا إلا وسعها ولدينا كتاب ينطق بالحق وهم لا يظلمون

   62

   We task no soul except according to its capacity, and with Us is a book that speaks the truth, and they will not be wronged.

   wa-lā nukallifu nafsan ʾillā wusʿahā wa-ladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

4. بل قلوبهم في غمرة من هذا ولهم أعمال من دون ذلك هم لها عاملون

   63

   Indeed, their hearts are in a stupor in regard to this, and there are other deeds besides which they perpetrate.

   bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā wa-lahum ʾaʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna

5. حتى إذا أخذنا مترفيهم بالعذاب إذا هم يجأرون

   64

   When We seize their affluent ones with punishment, behold, they make entreaties [to Us].

   ḥattā ʾidhā ʾakhadhnā mutrafīhim bi-l-ʿadhābi ʾidhā hum yajʾarūna

6. لا تجأروا اليوم إنكم منا لا تنصرون

   65

   ‘Do not make entreaties today! Indeed, you will not receive any help from Us.

   lā tajʾarū l-yawma ʾinnakum minnā lā tunṣarūna

7. قد كانت آياتي تتلى عليكم فكنتم على أعقابكم تنكصون

   66

   Certainly My signs used to be recited to you, but you used to take to your heels,

   qad kānat ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-kuntum ʿalā ʾaʿqābikum tankiṣūna

8. مستكبرين به سامرا تهجرون

   67

   being disdainful of it, talking nonsense in your nightly sessions.’

   mustakbirīna bihī sāmiran tahjurūna

9. أفلم يدبروا القول أم جاءهم ما لم يأت آباءهم الأولين

   68

   Have they not contemplated the Discourse, or has anything come to them [in it] that did not come to their forefathers?

   ʾa-fa-lam yaddabbarū l-qawla ʾam jāʾahum mā lam yaʾti ʾābāʾahumu l-ʾawwalīna

10. أم لم يعرفوا رسولهم فهم له منكرون

    69

    Is it that they do not recognize their apostle, and so they deny him?

    ʾam lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fa-hum lahū munkirūna

11. أم يقولون به جنة بل جاءهم بالحق وأكثرهم للحق كارهون

    70

    Do they say, ‘There is madness in him’? No, he has brought them the truth, and most of them are averse to the truth.

    ʾam yaqūlūna bihī jinnatun bal jāʾahum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾaktharuhum li-l-ḥaqqi kārihūna

12. ولو اتبع الحق أهواءهم لفسدت السماوات والأرض ومن فيهن بل أتيناهم بذكرهم فهم عن ذكرهم معرضون

    71

    Had the truth followed their desires, the heavens and the earth would have surely fallen apart [along] with those who are in them. Indeed, We have brought them their Reminder, but they are disregardful of their Reminder.

    wa-lawi ttabaʿa l-ḥaqqu ʾahwāʾahum la-fasadati s-samāwātu wa-l-ʾarḍu wa-man fīhinna bal ʾataynāhum bi-dhikrihim fa-hum ʿan dhikrihim muʿriḍūna

13. أم تسألهم خرجا فخراج ربك خير وهو خير الرازقين

    72

    Do you ask a recompense from them? Your Lord’s recompense is better, and He is the best of providers.

    ʾam tasʾaluhum kharjan fa-kharāju rabbika khayrun wa-huwa khayru r-rāziqīna

14. وإنك لتدعوهم إلى صراط مستقيم

    73

    Indeed you invite them to a straight path,

    wa-ʾinnaka la-tadʿūhum ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

15. وإن الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة عن الصراط لناكبون

    74

    and those who do not believe in the Hereafter surely deviate from the path.

    wa-ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati ʿani ṣ-ṣirāṭi la-nākibūna