Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. طسم

   1

   Ta, Seen, Meem.

   ṭ-s-m (ṭā sīn mīm)

2. تلك آيات الكتاب المبين

   2

   These are the signs of the Manifest Book.

   tilka ʾāyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

3. نتلو عليك من نبإ موسى وفرعون بالحق لقوم يؤمنون

   3

   We relate to you truly some of the account of Moses and Pharaoh for a people who have faith.

   natlū ʿalayka min nabaʾi mūsā wa-firʿawna bi-l-ḥaqqi li-qawmin yuʾminūna

4. إن فرعون علا في الأرض وجعل أهلها شيعا يستضعف طائفة منهم يذبح أبناءهم ويستحيي نساءهم إنه كان من المفسدين

   4

   Indeed Pharaoh tyrannized over the land, reducing its people to factions, abasing one group of them, slaughtering their sons, and sparing their women. Indeed, He was one of the agents of corruption.

   ʾinna firʿawna ʿalā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-jaʿala ʾahlahā shiyaʿan yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatan minhum yudhabbiḥu ʾabnāʾahum wa-yastaḥyī nisāʾahum ʾinnahū kāna mina l-mufsidīna

5. ونريد أن نمن على الذين استضعفوا في الأرض ونجعلهم أئمة ونجعلهم الوارثين

   5

   And We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them imams, and to make them the heirs,

   wa-nurīdu ʾan namunna ʿalā lladhīna stuḍʿifū fī l-ʾarḍi wa-najʿalahum ʾaʾimmatan wa-najʿalahumu l-wārithīna