Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

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

1. أتى أمر الله فلا تستعجلوه سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون

   1

   Allah’s edict is coming! So do not seek to hasten it. Immaculate is He and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

   ʾatā ʾamru llāhi fa-lā tastaʿjilūhu subḥānahū wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna

2. ينزل الملائكة بالروح من أمره على من يشاء من عباده أن أنذروا أنه لا إله إلا أنا فاتقون

   2

   He sends down the angels with the spirit of His command to whomever He wishes of His servants: ‘Warn [the people] that there is no god except Me; so be wary of Me.’

   yunazzilu l-malāʾikata bi-r-rūḥi min ʾamrihī ʿalā man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī ʾan ʾandhirū ʾannahū lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾana fa-ttaqūni

3. خلق السماوات والأرض بالحق تعالى عما يشركون

   3

   He created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom. He is above having any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

   khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna

4. خلق الإنسان من نطفة فإذا هو خصيم مبين

   4

   He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!

   khalaqa l-ʾinsāna min nuṭfatin fa-ʾidhā huwa khaṣīmun mubīnun

5. والأنعام خلقها لكم فيها دفء ومنافع ومنها تأكلون

   5

   He created the cattle, in which there is warmth for you and [other] uses, and some of them you eat.

   wa-l-ʾanʿāma khalaqahā lakum fīhā difʾun wa-manāfiʿu wa-minhā taʾkulūna

6. ولكم فيها جمال حين تريحون وحين تسرحون

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   There is in them a beauty for you when you bring them home for rest and when you drive them forth to pasture.

   wa-lakum fīhā jamālun ḥīna turīḥūna wa-ḥīna tasraḥūna