Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. قل أرأيتم إن جعل الله عليكم الليل سرمدا إلى يوم القيامة من إله غير الله يأتيكم بضياء أفلا تسمعون

   71

   Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the night perpetual for you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah can bring you light? Will you not listen?’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu l-layla sarmadan ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ʾilāhun ghayru llāhi yaʾtīkum bi-ḍiyāʾin ʾa-fa-lā tasmaʿūna

2. قل أرأيتم إن جعل الله عليكم النهار سرمدا إلى يوم القيامة من إله غير الله يأتيكم بليل تسكنون فيه أفلا تبصرون

   72

   Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the day perpetual for you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah can bring you night wherein you can rest? Will you not perceive?’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu n-nahāra sarmadan ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ʾilāhun ghayru llāhi yaʾtīkum bi-laylin taskunūna fīhi ʾa-fa-lā tubṣirūna

3. ومن رحمته جعل لكم الليل والنهار لتسكنوا فيه ولتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

   73

   He has made for you the night and the day out of His mercy, so that you may rest therein and that you may seek His bounty and so that you may give thanks.

   wa-min raḥmatihī jaʿala lakumu l-layla wa-n-nahāra li-taskunū fīhi wa-li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna

4. ويوم يناديهم فيقول أين شركائي الذين كنتم تزعمون

   74

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

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

5. ونزعنا من كل أمة شهيدا فقلنا هاتوا برهانكم فعلموا أن الحق لله وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

   75

   We shall draw from every nation a witness and say, ‘Produce your evidence.’ Then they will know that all reality belongs to Allah and what they used to fabricate will forsake them.

   wa-nazaʿnā min kulli ʾummatin shahīdan fa-qulnā hātū burhānakum fa-ʿalimū ʾanna l-ḥaqqa li-llāhi wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

6. إن قارون كان من قوم موسى فبغى عليهم وآتيناه من الكنوز ما إن مفاتحه لتنوء بالعصبة أولي القوة إذ قال له قومه لا تفرح إن الله لا يحب الفرحين

   76

   Korah indeed belonged to the people of Moses, but he bullied them. We had given him so much treasures that their chests indeed proved heavy for a band of stalwarts. When his people said to him, ‘Do not boast! Indeed Allah does not like the boasters.

   ʾinna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fa-baghā ʿalayhim wa-ʾātaynāhu mina l-kunūzi mā ʾinna mafātiḥahū la-tanūʾu bi-l-ʿuṣbati ʾulī l-quwwati ʾidh qāla lahū qawmuhū lā tafraḥ ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-fariḥīna

7. وابتغ فيما آتاك الله الدار الآخرة ولا تنس نصيبك من الدنيا وأحسن كما أحسن الله إليك ولا تبغ الفساد في الأرض إن الله لا يحب المفسدين

   77

   Seek the abode of the Hereafter by means of what Allah has given you, while not forgetting your share of this world. Be good [to others] just as Allah has been good to you, and do not try to cause corruption in the land. Indeed Allah does not like the agents of corruption.’

   wa-btaghi fī-mā ʾātāka llāhu d-dāra l-ʾākhirata wa-lā tansa naṣībaka mina d-dunyā wa-ʾaḥsin ka-mā ʾaḥsana llāhu ʾilayka wa-lā tabghi l-fasāda fī l-ʾarḍi ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīna