Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. والله جعل لكم من بيوتكم سكنا وجعل لكم من جلود الأنعام بيوتا تستخفونها يوم ظعنكم ويوم إقامتكم ومن أصوافها وأوبارها وأشعارها أثاثا ومتاعا إلى حين

   80

   It is Allah who has made your homes as a place of rest for you and He made for you homes out of the skins of the cattle which you find portable on the day of your shifting and on the day of your halt, and out of their wool, fur and hair [He has appointed] furniture and wares [enduring] for a while.

   wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum min buyūtikum sakanan wa-jaʿala lakum min julūdi l-ʾanʿāmi buyūtan tastakhiffūnahā yawma ẓaʿnikum wa-yawma ʾiqāmatikum wa-min ʾaṣwāfihā wa-ʾawbārihā wa-ʾashʿārihā ʾathāthan wa-matāʿan ʾilā ḥīnin

2. والله جعل لكم مما خلق ظلالا وجعل لكم من الجبال أكنانا وجعل لكم سرابيل تقيكم الحر وسرابيل تقيكم بأسكم كذلك يتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تسلمون

   81

   It is Allah who made for you the shade from what He has created, and made for you retreats in the mountains, and made for you garments that protect you from heat, and garments that protect you from your [mutual] violence. That is how He completes His blessing upon you so that you may submit [to Him].

   wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālan wa-jaʿala lakum mina l-jibāli ʾaknānan wa-jaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥarra wa-sarābīla taqīkum baʾsakum ka-dhālika yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūna

3. فإن تولوا فإنما عليك البلاغ المبين

   82

   But if they turn their backs [on you], your duty is only to communicate in clear terms.

   fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāghu l-mubīnu

4. يعرفون نعمت الله ثم ينكرونها وأكثرهم الكافرون

   83

   They recognize the blessing of Allah and then deny it, and most of them are faithless.

   yaʿrifūna niʿmata llāhi thumma yunkirūnahā wa-ʾaktharuhumu l-kāfirūna

5. ويوم نبعث من كل أمة شهيدا ثم لا يؤذن للذين كفروا ولا هم يستعتبون

   84

   The day We shall raise a witness from every nation, the faithless will not be permitted [to speak], nor will they be asked to propitiate [Allah].

   wa-yawma nabʿathu min kulli ʾummatin shahīdan thumma lā yuʾdhanu li-lladhīna kafarū wa-lā hum yustaʿtabūna

6. وإذا رأى الذين ظلموا العذاب فلا يخفف عنهم ولا هم ينظرون

   85

   And when the wrongdoers sight the punishment, it shall not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted any respite.

   wa-ʾidhā raʾā lladhīna ẓalamū l-ʿadhāba fa-lā yukhaffafu ʿanhum wa-lā hum yunẓarūna

7. وإذا رأى الذين أشركوا شركاءهم قالوا ربنا هؤلاء شركاؤنا الذين كنا ندعو من دونك فألقوا إليهم القول إنكم لكاذبون

   86

   When the polytheists sight their partners, they will say, ‘Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to invoke besides You.’ But they will retort to them, ‘You are indeed liars!’

   wa-ʾidhā raʾā lladhīna ʾashrakū shurakāʾahum qālū rabbanā hāʾulāʾi shurakāʾunā lladhīna kunnā nadʿū min dūnika fa-ʾalqaw ʾilayhimu l-qawla ʾinnakum la-kādhibūna

8. وألقوا إلى الله يومئذ السلم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

   87

   They will submit to Allah on that day, and what they used to fabricate will forsake them.

   wa-ʾalqaw ʾilā llāhi yawmaʾidhin-i s-salama wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna