Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. وألقى في الأرض رواسي أن تميد بكم وأنهارا وسبلا لعلكم تهتدون

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   He cast firm mountains in the earth lest it should shake with you, and [made] streams and ways, so that you may be guided

   wa-ʾalqā fī l-ʾarḍi rawāsiya ʾan tamīda bikum wa-ʾanhāran wa-subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna

2. وعلامات وبالنجم هم يهتدون

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   —and the landmarks [as well]—and by the stars they are guided.

   wa-ʿalāmātin wa-bi-n-najmi hum yahtadūna

3. أفمن يخلق كمن لا يخلق أفلا تذكرون

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   Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take admonition?

   ʾa-fa-man yakhluqu ka-man lā yakhluqu ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna

4. وإن تعدوا نعمة الله لا تحصوها إن الله لغفور رحيم

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   If you enumerate Allah’s blessings, you will not be able to count them. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful,

   wa-ʾin taʿuddū niʿmata llāhi lā tuḥṣūhā ʾinna llāha la-ghafūrun raḥīmun

5. والله يعلم ما تسرون وما تعلنون

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   and Allah knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose.

   wa-llāhu yaʿlamu mā tusirrūna wa-mā tuʿlinūna

6. والذين يدعون من دون الله لا يخلقون شيئا وهم يخلقون

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   Those whom they invoke besides Allah do not create anything and are themselves created.

   wa-lladhīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi lā yakhluqūna shayʾan wa-hum yukhlaqūna

7. أموات غير أحياء وما يشعرون أيان يبعثون

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   They are dead and lifeless, and are not aware when they will be resurrected.

   ʾamwātun ghayru ʾaḥyāʾin wa-mā yashʿurūna ʾayyāna yubʿathūna

8. إلهكم إله واحد فالذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة قلوبهم منكرة وهم مستكبرون

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   Your God is the One God. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial [of the truth], and they are arrogant.

   ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati qulūbuhum munkiratun wa-hum mustakbirūna

9. لا جرم أن الله يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون إنه لا يحب المستكبرين

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   Undoubtedly, Allah knows whatever they hide and whatever they disclose. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.

   lā jarama ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wa-mā yuʿlinūna ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu l-mustakbirīna

10. وإذا قيل لهم ماذا أنزل ربكم قالوا أساطير الأولين

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    When they are asked, ‘What is it that your Lord has sent down?’ They say, ‘Myths of the ancients,’

    wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum mādhā ʾanzala rabbukum qālū ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna

11. ليحملوا أوزارهم كاملة يوم القيامة ومن أوزار الذين يضلونهم بغير علم ألا ساء ما يزرون

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    [with the result] that they will bear the full weight of their own burden on the Day of Resurrection, along with part of the burden of those whom they mislead without any knowledge. Behold! Evil is what they bear!

    li-yaḥmilū ʾawzārahum kāmilatan yawma l-qiyāmati wa-min ʾawzāri lladhīna yuḍillūnahum bi-ghayri ʿilmin ʾa-lā sāʾa mā yazirūna

12. قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فأتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم وأتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون

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    Those who were before them [had also] schemed. Then Allah came at their edifice from the foundations and the roof fell down upon them from above and the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware.

    qad makara lladhīna min qablihim fa-ʾatā llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʿidi fa-kharra ʿalayhimu s-saqfu min fawqihim wa-ʾatāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna