Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. وما أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون

   43

   We did not send [any apostles] before you except as men to whom We revealed. Ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā min qablika ʾillā rijālan nūḥī ʾilayhim fa-sʾalū ʾahla dh-dhikri ʾin kuntum lā taʿlamūna

2. بالبينات والزبر وأنزلنا إليك الذكر لتبين للناس ما نزل إليهم ولعلهم يتفكرون

   44

   [We sent them] with manifest proofs and scriptures. We have sent down the reminder to you so that you may clarify for the people that which has been sent down to them, so that they may reflect.

   bi-l-bayyināti wa-z-zuburi wa-ʾanzalnā ʾilayka dh-dhikra li-tubayyina li-n-nāsi mā nuzzila ʾilayhim wa-laʿallahum yatafakkarūna

3. أفأمن الذين مكروا السيئات أن يخسف الله بهم الأرض أو يأتيهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون

   45

   Do those who devise evil schemes feel secure that Allah will not make the earth swallow them, or the punishment will not overtake them whence they are not aware?

   ʾa-fa-ʾamina lladhīna makarū s-sayyiʾāti ʾan yakhsifa llāhu bihimu l-ʾarḍa ʾaw yaʾtiyahumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna

4. أو يأخذهم في تقلبهم فما هم بمعجزين

   46

   Or that He will not seize them in the midst of their bustle, whereupon they will not be able to frustrate [Him]?

   ʾaw yaʾkhudhahum fī taqallubihim fa-mā hum bi-muʿjizīna

5. أو يأخذهم على تخوف فإن ربكم لرءوف رحيم

   47

   Or that He will not visit them with attrition? Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful.

   ʾaw yaʾkhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa-ʾinna rabbakum la-raʾūfun raḥīmun

6. أولم يروا إلى ما خلق الله من شيء يتفيأ ظلاله عن اليمين والشمائل سجدا لله وهم داخرون

   48

   Have they not regarded that whatever thing Allah has created casts its shadow to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah in utter humility?

   ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾilā mā khalaqa llāhu min shayʾin yatafayyaʾu ẓilāluhū ʿani l-yamīni wa-sh-shamāʾili sujjadan li-llāhi wa-hum dākhirūna

7. ولله يسجد ما في السماوات وما في الأرض من دابة والملائكة وهم لا يستكبرون

   49

   To Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, including animals and angels, and they are not arrogant.

   wa-li-llāhi yasjudu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi min dābbatin wa-l-malāʾikatu wa-hum lā yastakbirūna

8. Recommended prostration

   يخافون ربهم من فوقهم ويفعلون ما يؤمرون

   50

   They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.

   yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wa-yafʿalūna mā yuʾmarūna

9. وقال الله لا تتخذوا إلهين اثنين إنما هو إله واحد فإياي فارهبون

   51

   Allah has said, ‘Do not worship two gods. Indeed He is the One God, so be in awe of Me [alone].’

   wa-qāla llāhu lā tattakhidhū ʾilāhayni thnayni ʾinnamā huwa ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-ʾiyyāya fa-rhabūni

10. وله ما في السماوات والأرض وله الدين واصبا أفغير الله تتقون

    52

    To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him belongs the enduring religion. Will you, then, be wary of other than Allah?

    wa-lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-lahu d-dīnu wāṣiban ʾa-fa-ghayra llāhi tattaqūna

11. وما بكم من نعمة فمن الله ثم إذا مسكم الضر فإليه تجأرون

    53

    Whatever blessing you have is from Allah, and when a distress befalls you, you make entreaties to Him.

    wa-mā bikum min niʿmatin fa-mina llāhi thumma ʾidhā massakumu ḍ-ḍurru fa-ʾilayhi tajʾarūna

12. ثم إذا كشف الضر عنكم إذا فريق منكم بربهم يشركون

    54

    Then, when He removes the distress from you—behold, a part of them ascribe partners to their Lord,

    thumma ʾidhā kashafa ḍ-ḍurra ʿankum ʾidhā farīqun minkum bi-rabbihim yushrikūna