Surah An-Naml (The Ant) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. طس تلك آيات القرآن وكتاب مبين

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   Ta, Seen. These are the signs of the Quran and a manifest Book,

   ṭ-s (ṭā sīn) tilka ʾāyātu l-qurʾāni wa-kitābin mubīnin

2. هدى وبشرى للمؤمنين

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   a guidance and good news for the faithful

   hudan wa-bushrā li-l-muʾminīna

3. الذين يقيمون الصلاة ويؤتون الزكاة وهم بالآخرة هم يوقنون

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   —those who maintain the prayer and pay the zakat, and who are certain of the Hereafter.

   alladhīna yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-yuʾtūna z-zakāta wa-hum bi-l-ʾākhirati hum yūqinūna

4. إن الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة زينا لهم أعمالهم فهم يعمهون

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   As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds seem decorous to them, and so they are bewildered.

   ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati zayyannā lahum ʾaʿmālahum fa-hum yaʿmahūna

5. أولئك الذين لهم سوء العذاب وهم في الآخرة هم الأخسرون

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   They are the ones for whom there is a terrible punishment, and they are the ones who will be the biggest losers in the Hereafter.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna lahum sūʾu l-ʿadhābi wa-hum fī l-ʾākhirati humu l-ʾakhsarūna

6. وإنك لتلقى القرآن من لدن حكيم عليم

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   Indeed you receive the Quran from One who is all-wise, all-knowing.

   wa-ʾinnaka la-tulaqqā l-qurʾāna min ladun ḥakīmin ʿalīmin

7. إذ قال موسى لأهله إني آنست نارا سآتيكم منها بخبر أو آتيكم بشهاب قبس لعلكم تصطلون

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   When Moses said to his family, ‘Indeed I descry a fire! I will bring you some news from it, or bring you a firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.’

   ʾidh qāla mūsā li-ʾahlihī ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran sa-ʾātīkum minhā bi-khabarin ʾaw ʾātīkum bi-shihābin qabasin laʿallakum taṣṭalūna

8. فلما جاءها نودي أن بورك من في النار ومن حولها وسبحان الله رب العالمين

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   When he came to it, he was called: ‘Blessed is He who is in the fire and who is [as well] around it, and immaculate is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’

   fa-lammā jāʾahā nūdiya ʾan būrika man fī n-nāri wa-man ḥawlahā wa-subḥāna llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

9. يا موسى إنه أنا الله العزيز الحكيم

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   ‘O Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.’

   yā-mūsā ʾinnahū ʾana llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

10. وألق عصاك فلما رآها تهتز كأنها جان ولى مدبرا ولم يعقب يا موسى لا تخف إني لا يخاف لدي المرسلون

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    ‘Throw down your staff!’ When he saw it wriggling, as if it were a snake, he turned his back [to flee], without looking back. ‘O Moses! ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed the apostles are not afraid before Me,

    wa-ʾalqi ʿaṣāka fa-lammā raʾāhā tahtazzu ka-ʾannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran wa-lam yuʿaqqib yā-mūsā lā takhaf ʾinnī lā yakhāfu ladayya l-mursalūna

11. إلا من ظلم ثم بدل حسنا بعد سوء فإني غفور رحيم

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    nor those who do wrong and then make up for [their] fault with goodness, for indeed I am all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

    ʾillā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥusnan baʿda sūʾin fa-ʾinnī ghafūrun raḥīmun

12. وأدخل يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء في تسع آيات إلى فرعون وقومه إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين

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    ‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white and bright, without any fault—among nine signs meant for Pharaoh and his people. Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’

    wa-ʾadkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin fī tisʿi ʾāyātin ʾilā firʿawna wa-qawmihī ʾinnahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

13. فلما جاءتهم آياتنا مبصرة قالوا هذا سحر مبين

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    But when Our signs came to them, as eye-openers, they said, ‘This is plain magic.’

    fa-lammā jāʾathum ʾāyātunā mubṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥrun mubīnun