Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. يوم تأتي كل نفس تجادل عن نفسها وتوفى كل نفس ما عملت وهم لا يظلمون

   111

   The day [will come] when every soul will come pleading for itself and every soul will be recompensed fully for what it has done, and they will not be wronged.

   yawma taʾtī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā wa-tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

2. وضرب الله مثلا قرية كانت آمنة مطمئنة يأتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بأنعم الله فأذاقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعون

   112

   Allah draws a parable: There was a town secure and peaceful, its provision coming abundantly from every place. But it was ungrateful toward Allah’s blessings. So Allah made it taste hunger and fear because of what they used to do.

   wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat ʾāminatan muṭmaʾinnatan yaʾtīhā rizquhā raghadan min kulli makānin fa-kafarat bi-ʾanʿumi llāhi fa-ʾadhāqahā llāhu libāsa l-jūʿi wa-l-khawfi bi-mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna

3. ولقد جاءهم رسول منهم فكذبوه فأخذهم العذاب وهم ظالمون

   113

   Certainly there had come to them an apostle from among themselves, but they impugned him. So the punishment seized them while they were doing wrong.

   wa-la-qad jāʾahum rasūlun minhum fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾakhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu wa-hum ẓālimūna

4. فكلوا مما رزقكم الله حلالا طيبا واشكروا نعمت الله إن كنتم إياه تعبدون

   114

   So eat out of what Allah has provided you as lawful and good, and give thanks for Allah’s blessing, if it is Him that you worship.

   fa-kulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu ḥalālan ṭayyiban wa-shkurū niʿmata llāhi ʾin kuntum ʾiyyāhu taʿbudūna

5. إنما حرم عليكم الميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير وما أهل لغير الله به فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فإن الله غفور رحيم

   115

   He has forbidden you only carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been offered to other than Allah. But if someone is compelled [to eat any of that], without being rebellious or aggressive, indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   ʾinnamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wa-d-dama wa-laḥma l-khinzīri wa-mā ʾuhilla li-ghayri llāhi bihī fa-mani ḍṭurra ghayra bāghin wa-lā ʿādin fa-ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun

6. ولا تقولوا لما تصف ألسنتكم الكذب هذا حلال وهذا حرام لتفتروا على الله الكذب إن الذين يفترون على الله الكذب لا يفلحون

   116

   Do not say, asserting falsely with your tongues, ‘This is lawful, and that is unlawful,’ attributing lies to Allah. Indeed those who attribute lies to Allah will not be felicitous.

   wa-lā taqūlū li-mā taṣifu ʾalsinatukumu l-kadhiba hādhā ḥalālun wa-hādhā ḥarāmun li-taftarū ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba ʾinna lladhīna yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba lā yufliḥūna

7. متاع قليل ولهم عذاب أليم

   117

   [Their share of the present life is] a trifling enjoyment, and there will be a painful punishment for them.

   matāʿun qalīlun wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

8. وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا ما قصصنا عليك من قبل وما ظلمناهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

   118

   We forbade to the Jews what We have recounted to you earlier, and We did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.

   wa-ʿalā lladhīna hādū ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qablu wa-mā ẓalamnāhum wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna