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

1. ولو رحمناهم وكشفنا ما بهم من ضر للجوا في طغيانهم يعمهون

   75

   Should We have mercy upon them and remove their distress, they would surely persist, bewildered in their rebellion.

   wa-law raḥimnāhum wa-kashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin la-lajjū fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna

2. ولقد أخذناهم بالعذاب فما استكانوا لربهم وما يتضرعون

   76

   We have already seized them with punishment, yet they did not humble themselves before their Lord, nor will they entreat [Him for mercy]

   wa-la-qad ʾakhadhnāhum bi-l-ʿadhābi fa-mā stakānū li-rabbihim wa-mā yataḍarraʿūna

3. حتى إذا فتحنا عليهم بابا ذا عذاب شديد إذا هم فيه مبلسون

   77

   until We open on them the gate of a severe punishment, whereupon they will be despondent in it.

   ḥattā ʾidhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin ʾidhā hum fīhi mublisūna

4. وهو الذي أنشأ لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة قليلا ما تشكرون

   78

   It is He who made for you hearing, eyesight, and hearts. Little do you thank.

   wa-huwa lladhī ʾanshaʾa lakumu s-samʿa wa-l-ʾabṣāra wa-l-ʾafʾidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

5. وهو الذي ذرأكم في الأرض وإليه تحشرون

   79

   It is He who created you on the earth, and you will be mustered toward Him.

   wa-huwa lladhī dharaʾakum fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾilayhi tuḥsharūna

6. وهو الذي يحيي ويميت وله اختلاف الليل والنهار أفلا تعقلون

   80

   And it is He who gives life and brings death, and due to Him is the alternation of day and night. Do you not exercise your reason?

   wa-huwa lladhī yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-lahu khtilāfu l-layli wa-n-nahāri ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

7. بل قالوا مثل ما قال الأولون

   81

   Indeed, they say, just like what the former peoples said.

   bal qālū mithla mā qāla l-ʾawwalūna

8. قالوا أإذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظاما أإنا لمبعوثون

   82

   They said, ‘What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?

   qālū ʾa-ʾidhā mitnā wa-kunnā turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna

9. لقد وعدنا نحن وآباؤنا هذا من قبل إن هذا إلا أساطير الأولين

   83

   Certainly, we and our fathers were promised this before. [But] these are nothing but myths of the ancients.’

   la-qad wuʿidnā naḥnu wa-ʾābāʾunā hādhā min qablu ʾin hādhā ʾillā ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna

10. قل لمن الأرض ومن فيها إن كنتم تعلمون

    84

    Say, ‘To whom does the earth belong and whoever it contains, if you know?’

    qul li-mani l-ʾarḍu wa-man fīhā ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

11. سيقولون لله قل أفلا تذكرون

    85

    They will say, ‘To Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you not then take admonition?’

    sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna

12. قل من رب السماوات السبع ورب العرش العظيم

    86

    Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Great Throne?’

    qul man rabbu s-samāwāti s-sabʿi wa-rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi

13. سيقولون لله قل أفلا تتقون

    87

    They will say, ‘[They belong] to Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’

    sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna

14. قل من بيده ملكوت كل شيء وهو يجير ولا يجار عليه إن كنتم تعلمون

    88

    Say, ‘In whose hand is the dominion of all things, and who gives shelter and no shelter can be provided from Him, if you know?’

    qul man bi-yadihī malakūtu kulli shayʾin wa-huwa yujīru wa-lā yujāru ʿalayhi ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

15. سيقولون لله قل فأنى تسحرون

    89

    They will say, ‘[They all belong] to Allah.’ Say, ‘Then how are you so deluded?’

    sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul fa-ʾannā tusḥarūna