Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. إن الذي فرض عليك القرآن لرادك إلى معاد قل ربي أعلم من جاء بالهدى ومن هو في ضلال مبين

   85

   Indeed He who has revealed to you the Quran will surely restore you to the place of return. Say, ‘My Lord knows best him who brings guidance and him who is in manifest error.’

   ʾinna lladhī faraḍa ʿalayka l-qurʾāna la-rādduka ʾilā maʿādin qul rabbī ʾaʿlamu man jāʾa bi-l-hudā wa-man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin

2. وما كنت ترجو أن يلقى إليك الكتاب إلا رحمة من ربك فلا تكونن ظهيرا للكافرين

   86

   You did not expect that the Book would be delivered to you; but it was a mercy from your Lord. So do not be ever an advocate of the faithless.

   wa-mā kunta tarjū ʾan yulqā ʾilayka l-kitābu ʾillā raḥmatan min rabbika fa-lā takūnanna ẓahīran li-l-kāfirīna

3. ولا يصدنك عن آيات الله بعد إذ أنزلت إليك وادع إلى ربك ولا تكونن من المشركين

   87

   Do not ever let them bar you from Allah’s signs after they have been sent down to you. Invite to your Lord, and never be one of the polytheists.

   wa-lā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan ʾāyāti llāhi baʿda ʾidh ʾunzilat ʾilayka wa-dʿu ʾilā rabbika wa-lā takūnanna mina l-mushrikīna

4. ولا تدع مع الله إلها آخر لا إله إلا هو كل شيء هالك إلا وجهه له الحكم وإليه ترجعون

   88

   And do not invoke another god besides Allah; there is no god except Him. Everything is to perish except His Face. All judgement belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back.

   wa-lā tadʿu maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa kullu shayʾin hālikun ʾillā wajhahū lahu l-ḥukmu wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna