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

1. ألم تكن آياتي تتلى عليكم فكنتم بها تكذبون

   105

   ‘Was it not that My signs were recited to you but you would deny them?’

   ʾa-lam takun ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūna

2. قالوا ربنا غلبت علينا شقوتنا وكنا قوما ضالين

   106

   They will say, ‘Our Lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were an astray lot.

   qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiqwatunā wa-kunnā qawman ḍāllīna

3. ربنا أخرجنا منها فإن عدنا فإنا ظالمون

   107

   Our Lord! Bring us out of this! Then, if we revert [to our previous conduct], we will indeed be wrongdoers.’

   rabbanā ʾakhrijnā minhā fa-ʾin ʿudnā fa-ʾinnā ẓālimūna

4. قال اخسئوا فيها ولا تكلمون

   108

   He will say, ‘Begone in it, and do not speak to Me!

   qāla khsaʾū fīhā wa-lā tukallimūni

5. إنه كان فريق من عبادي يقولون ربنا آمنا فاغفر لنا وارحمنا وأنت خير الراحمين

   109

   Indeed there was a part of My servants who would say, ‘‘Our Lord! We have believed. So forgive us, and have mercy on us, and You are the best of the merciful.’’

   ʾinnahū kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾāmannā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa-ʾanta khayru r-rāḥimīna

6. فاتخذتموهم سخريا حتى أنسوكم ذكري وكنتم منهم تضحكون

   110

   But you took them by ridicule until they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

   fa-ttakhadhtumūhum sikhriyyan ḥattā ʾansawkum dhikrī wa-kuntum minhum taḍḥakūna

7. إني جزيتهم اليوم بما صبروا أنهم هم الفائزون

   111

   Indeed I have rewarded them today for their patience. They are indeed the triumphant.’

   ʾinnī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bi-mā ṣabarū ʾannahum humu l-fāʾizūna

8. قال كم لبثتم في الأرض عدد سنين

   112

   He will say, ‘How many years did you remain on earth?’

   qāla kam labithtum fī l-ʾarḍi ʿadada sinīna

9. قالوا لبثنا يوما أو بعض يوم فاسأل العادين

   113

   They will say, ‘We remained for a day, or part of a day; yet ask those who keep the count.’

   qālū labithnā yawman ʾaw baʿḍa yawmin fa-sʾali l-ʿāddīna

10. قال إن لبثتم إلا قليلا لو أنكم كنتم تعلمون

    114

    He will say, ‘You only remained a little; if only you had known.

    qāla ʾin labithtum ʾillā qalīlan law ʾannakum kuntum taʿlamūna

11. أفحسبتم أنما خلقناكم عبثا وأنكم إلينا لا ترجعون

    115

    Did you suppose that We created you aimlessly, and that you will not be brought back to Us?’

    ʾa-fa-ḥasibtum ʾannamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-ʾannakum ʾilaynā lā turjaʿūna

12. فتعالى الله الملك الحق لا إله إلا هو رب العرش الكريم

    116

    So exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign, there is no god except Him, the Lord of the Noble Throne.

    fa-taʿālā llāhu l-maliku l-ḥaqqu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi

13. ومن يدع مع الله إلها آخر لا برهان له به فإنما حسابه عند ربه إنه لا يفلح الكافرون

    117

    Whoever invokes besides Allah another god of which he has no proof, his reckoning will indeed rest with his Lord. Indeed the faithless will not be felicitous.

    wa-man yadʿu maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara lā burhāna lahū bihī fa-ʾinnamā ḥisābuhū ʿinda rabbihī ʾinnahū lā yufliḥu l-kāfirūna

14. وقل رب اغفر وارحم وأنت خير الراحمين

    118

    Say, ‘My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful.’

    wa-qul rabbi ghfir wa-rḥam wa-ʾanta khayru r-rāḥimīna