Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. ولقد نعلم أنهم يقولون إنما يعلمه بشر لسان الذي يلحدون إليه أعجمي وهذا لسان عربي مبين

   103

   We certainly know that they say, ‘It is only a human that instructs him.’ The language of him to whom they refer is non-Arabic, while this is a clear Arabic language.

   wa-la-qad naʿlamu ʾannahum yaqūlūna ʾinnamā yuʿallimuhū basharun lisānu lladhī yulḥidūna ʾilayhi ʾaʿjamiyyun wa-hādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyun mubīnun

2. إن الذين لا يؤمنون بآيات الله لا يهديهم الله ولهم عذاب أليم

   104

   Indeed those who do not believe in the signs of Allah—Allah shall not guide them and there is a painful punishment for them.

   ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi lā yahdīhimu llāhu wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

3. إنما يفتري الكذب الذين لا يؤمنون بآيات الله وأولئك هم الكاذبون

   105

   Only those fabricate lies who do not believe in the signs of Allah, and it is they who are the liars.

   ʾinnamā yaftarī l-kadhiba lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-kādhibūna

4. من كفر بالله من بعد إيمانه إلا من أكره وقلبه مطمئن بالإيمان ولكن من شرح بالكفر صدرا فعليهم غضب من الله ولهم عذاب عظيم

   106

   Excepting someone who is compelled [to recant his faith] while his heart is at rest in it, those who disbelieve in Allah after [affirming] their faith and open up their breasts to unfaith, Allah’s wrath shall be upon them and there is a great punishment for them.

   man kafara bi-llāhi min baʿdi ʾīmānihī ʾillā man ʾukriha wa-qalbuhū muṭmaʾinnun bi-l-ʾīmāni wa-lākin man sharaḥa bi-l-kufri ṣadran fa-ʿalayhim ghaḍabun mina llāhi wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

5. ذلك بأنهم استحبوا الحياة الدنيا على الآخرة وأن الله لا يهدي القوم الكافرين

   107

   That, because they preferred the life of the world to the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the faithless lot.

   dhālika bi-ʾannahumu staḥabbū l-ḥayāta d-dunyā ʿalā l-ʾākhirati wa-ʾanna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna

6. أولئك الذين طبع الله على قلوبهم وسمعهم وأبصارهم وأولئك هم الغافلون

   108

   They are the ones Allah has set a seal on their hearts, their hearing and their sight, and it is they who are the heedless.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna ṭabaʿa llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wa-samʿihim wa-ʾabṣārihim wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-ghāfilūna

7. لا جرم أنهم في الآخرة هم الخاسرون

   109

   Undoubtedly, they are the ones who will be the losers in the Hereafter.

   lā jarama ʾannahum fī l-ʾākhirati humu l-khāsirūna

8. ثم إن ربك للذين هاجروا من بعد ما فتنوا ثم جاهدوا وصبروا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

   110

   Thereafter your Lord will indeed be forgiving and merciful to those who migrated after they were persecuted, waged jihad and remained steadfast.

   thumma ʾinna rabbaka li-lladhīna hājarū min baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū wa-ṣabarū ʾinna rabbaka min baʿdihā la-ghafūrun raḥīmun