Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. وما أوتيتم من شيء فمتاع الحياة الدنيا وزينتها وما عند الله خير وأبقى أفلا تعقلون

   60

   Whatever things you have been given are only the wares of the life of this world and its glitter, and what is with Allah is better and more lasting. Will you not exercise your reason?

   wa-mā ʾūtītum min shayʾin fa-matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-zīnatuhā wa-mā ʿinda llāhi khayrun wa-ʾabqā ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

2. أفمن وعدناه وعدا حسنا فهو لاقيه كمن متعناه متاع الحياة الدنيا ثم هو يوم القيامة من المحضرين

   61

   Is he to whom We have given a good promise, which he will receive, like him whom We have provided the wares of the life of this world, but who will be arraigned on the Day of Resurrection?

   ʾa-fa-man waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fa-huwa lāqīhi ka-man mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥḍarīna

3. ويوم يناديهم فيقول أين شركائي الذين كنتم تزعمون

   62

   The day He will call out to them and ask, ‘Where are My ‘partners’ that you used to claim?’

   wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu ʾayna shurakāʾiya lladhīna kuntum tazʿumūna

4. قال الذين حق عليهم القول ربنا هؤلاء الذين أغوينا أغويناهم كما غوينا تبرأنا إليك ما كانوا إيانا يعبدون

   63

   Those against whom the word had become due will say, ‘Our Lord! These are the ones whom we have perverted. We perverted them as we were perverse ourselves. We repudiate them before You: it was not us that they worshipped.’

   qāla lladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu rabbanā hāʾulāʾi lladhīna ʾaghwaynā ʾaghwaynāhum ka-mā ghawaynā tabarraʾnā ʾilayka mā kānū ʾiyyānā yaʿbudūna

5. وقيل ادعوا شركاءكم فدعوهم فلم يستجيبوا لهم ورأوا العذاب لو أنهم كانوا يهتدون

   64

   It will be said, ‘Invoke your partners!’ So they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them, and they will sight the punishment, wishing they had followed guidance.

   wa-qīla dʿū shurakāʾakum fa-daʿawhum fa-lam yastajībū lahum wa-raʾawu l-ʿadhāba law ʾannahum kānū yahtadūna

6. ويوم يناديهم فيقول ماذا أجبتم المرسلين

   65

   The day He will call out to them and say, ‘What response did you give to the apostles?’

   wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu mādhā ʾajabtumu l-mursalīna

7. فعميت عليهم الأنباء يومئذ فهم لا يتساءلون

   66

   That day all information will be withheld from them, so they will not question one another.

   fa-ʿamiyat ʿalayhimu l-ʾanbāʾu yawmaʾidhin fa-hum lā yatasāʾalūna

8. فأما من تاب وآمن وعمل صالحا فعسى أن يكون من المفلحين

   67

   As for him who repents, has faith and acts righteously, maybe he will be among the felicitous.

   fa-ʾammā man tāba wa-ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ʿasā ʾan yakūna mina l-mufliḥīna

9. وربك يخلق ما يشاء ويختار ما كان لهم الخيرة سبحان الله وتعالى عما يشركون

   68

   Your Lord creates whatever He wishes and chooses: they have no choice. Immaculate is Allah and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

   wa-rabbuka yakhluqu mā yashāʾu wa-yakhtāru mā kāna lahumu l-khiyaratu subḥāna llāhi wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna

10. وربك يعلم ما تكن صدورهم وما يعلنون

    69

    Your Lord knows whatever their breasts conceal, and whatever they disclose.

    wa-rabbuka yaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa-mā yuʿlinūna

11. وهو الله لا إله إلا هو له الحمد في الأولى والآخرة وله الحكم وإليه ترجعون

    70

    He is Allah, there is no god except Him. All praise belongs to Him in this world and the Hereafter. All judgement belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back.

    wa-huwa llāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʾūlā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-lahu l-ḥukmu wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna