Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. ثم إن ربك للذين عملوا السوء بجهالة ثم تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

   119

   Moreover, your Lord will indeed be forgiving and merciful to those who repent after they having committed evil out of ignorance and reform themselves.

   thumma ʾinna rabbaka li-lladhīna ʿamilū s-sūʾa bi-jahālatin thumma tābū min baʿdi dhālika wa-ʾaṣlaḥū ʾinna rabbaka min baʿdihā la-ghafūrun raḥīmun

2. إن إبراهيم كان أمة قانتا لله حنيفا ولم يك من المشركين

   120

   Indeed Abraham was a nation [all by himself], obedient to Allah, a Hanif, and he was not a polytheist.

   ʾinna ʾibrāhīma kāna ʾummatan qānitan li-llāhi ḥanīfan wa-lam yaku mina l-mushrikīna

3. شاكرا لأنعمه اجتباه وهداه إلى صراط مستقيم

   121

   Grateful [as he was] for His blessings, He chose him and guided him to a straight path.

   shākiran li-ʾanʿumihi jtabāhu wa-hadāhu ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

4. وآتيناه في الدنيا حسنة وإنه في الآخرة لمن الصالحين

   122

   We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter he will indeed be among the Righteous.

   wa-ʾātaynāhu fī d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-ʾinnahū fī l-ʾākhirati la-mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

5. ثم أوحينا إليك أن اتبع ملة إبراهيم حنيفا وما كان من المشركين

   123

   Thereafter We revealed to you [saying], ‘Follow the creed of Abraham, a Hanif, who was not a polytheist.’

   thumma ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka ʾani ttabiʿ millata ʾibrāhīma ḥanīfan wa-mā kāna mina l-mushrikīna

6. إنما جعل السبت على الذين اختلفوا فيه وإن ربك ليحكم بينهم يوم القيامة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

   124

   The Sabbath was only prescribed for those who differed about it. Your Lord will indeed judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they differ.

   ʾinnamā juʿila s-sabtu ʿalā lladhīna khtalafū fīhi wa-ʾinna rabbaka la-yaḥkumu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

7. ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة وجادلهم بالتي هي أحسن إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين

   125

   Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.

   udʿu ʾilā sabīli rabbika bi-l-ḥikmati wa-l-mawʿiẓati l-ḥasanati wa-jādilhum bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu ʾinna rabbaka huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-man ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa-huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-l-muhtadīna

8. وإن عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم به ولئن صبرتم لهو خير للصابرين

   126

   Should you retaliate, retaliate with the like of what you have been made to suffer, but if you are patient that is surely better for the steadfast.

   wa-ʾin ʿāqabtum fa-ʿāqibū bi-mithli mā ʿūqibtum bihī wa-la-ʾin ṣabartum la-huwa khayrun li-ṣ-ṣābirīna

9. واصبر وما صبرك إلا بالله ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون

   127

   So be steadfast, and you cannot be steadfast except with Allah [’s help]. And do not grieve for them, nor be upset by their guile.

   wa-ṣbir wa-mā ṣabruka ʾillā bi-llāhi wa-lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-lā taku fī ḍayqin mimmā yamkurūna

10. إن الله مع الذين اتقوا والذين هم محسنون

    128

    Indeed Allah is with those who are Godwary and those who are virtuous.

    ʾinna llāha maʿa lladhīna ttaqaw wa-lladhīna hum muḥsinūna