Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. ولا تتخذوا أيمانكم دخلا بينكم فتزل قدم بعد ثبوتها وتذوقوا السوء بما صددتم عن سبيل الله ولكم عذاب عظيم

   94

   Do not make your oaths a means of [mutual] deceit among yourselves, lest feet should stumble after being steady and [lest] you suffer ill for barring from the way of Allah and face a great punishment.

   wa-lā tattakhidhū ʾaymānakum dakhalan baynakum fa-tazilla qadamun baʿda thubūtihā wa-tadhūqū s-sūʾa bi-mā ṣadadtum ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-lakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

2. ولا تشتروا بعهد الله ثمنا قليلا إنما عند الله هو خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمون

   95

   Do not sell Allah’s covenants for a paltry gain. Indeed, what is with Allah is better for you, should you know.

   wa-lā tashtarū bi-ʿahdi llāhi thamanan qalīlan ʾinnamā ʿinda llāhi huwa khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

3. ما عندكم ينفد وما عند الله باق ولنجزين الذين صبروا أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون

   96

   That which is with you will be spent [and gone], but what is with Allah shall last, and We will surely pay the patient their reward by the best of what they used to do.

   mā ʿindakum yanfadu wa-mā ʿinda llāhi bāqin wa-la-najziyanna lladhīna ṣabarū ʾajrahum bi-ʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna

4. من عمل صالحا من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فلنحيينه حياة طيبة ولنجزينهم أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون

   97

   Whoever acts righteously, [whether] male or female, should he be faithful, We shall revive him with a good life and pay them their reward by the best of what they used to do.

   man ʿamila ṣāliḥan min dhakarin ʾaw ʾunthā wa-huwa muʾminun fa-la-nuḥyiyannahū ḥayātan ṭayyibatan wa-la-najziyannahum ʾajrahum bi-ʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna

5. فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

   98

   When you recite the Quran, seek the protection of Allah against the outcast Satan.

   fa-ʾidhā qaraʾta l-qurʿāna fa-staʿidh bi-llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīmi

6. إنه ليس له سلطان على الذين آمنوا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

   99

   Indeed he does not have any authority over those who have faith and put their trust in their Lord.

   ʾinnahū laysa lahū sulṭānun ʿalā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

7. إنما سلطانه على الذين يتولونه والذين هم به مشركون

   100

   His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who make him a partner [of Allah].

   ʾinnamā sulṭānuhū ʿalā lladhīna yatawallawnahū wa-lladhīna hum bihī mushrikūna

8. وإذا بدلنا آية مكان آية والله أعلم بما ينزل قالوا إنما أنت مفتر بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون

   101

   When We change a sign for another in its stead—and Allah knows best what He sends down—they say, ‘You are indeed a fabricator.’ Indeed, most of them do not know.

   wa-ʾidhā baddalnā ʾāyatan makāna ʾāyatin wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yunazzilu qālū ʾinnamā ʾanta muftarin bal ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

9. قل نزله روح القدس من ربك بالحق ليثبت الذين آمنوا وهدى وبشرى للمسلمين

   102

   Say, the Holy Spirit has brought it down duly from your Lord to fortify those who have faith and as guidance and good news for the Muslims.

   qul nazzalahū rūḥu l-qudusi min rabbika bi-l-ḥaqqi li-yuthabbita lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-hudan wa-bushrā li-l-muslimīna