Surah An-Naml (The Ant) in English

1. فما كان جواب قومه إلا أن قالوا أخرجوا آل لوط من قريتكم إنهم أناس يتطهرون

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   But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel Lot’s family from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’

   fa-mā kāna jawāba qawmihī ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾakhrijū ʾāla lūṭin min qaryatikum ʾinnahum ʾunāsun yataṭahharūna

2. فأنجيناه وأهله إلا امرأته قدرناها من الغابرين

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   So We delivered him and his family, except his wife. We ordained her to be among those who remained behind.

   fa-ʾanjaynāhu wa-ʾahlahū ʾillā mraʾatahū qaddarnāhā mina l-ghābirīna

3. وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا فساء مطر المنذرين

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   Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was that rain for those who had been warned!

   wa-ʾamṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fa-sāʾa maṭaru l-mundharīna

4. قل الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى آلله خير أما يشركون

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   Say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, and Peace be to the servants whom He has chosen.’ Is Allah better, or the partners they ascribe [to Him]?

   quli l-ḥamdu li-llāhi wa-salāmun ʿalā ʿibādihi lladhīna ṣṭafā ʾāllāhu khayrun ʾammā yushrikūna

5. أمن خلق السماوات والأرض وأنزل لكم من السماء ماء فأنبتنا به حدائق ذات بهجة ما كان لكم أن تنبتوا شجرها أإله مع الله بل هم قوم يعدلون

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   Is He who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you water from the sky, whereby We grow delightful gardens, whose trees you could never cause to grow...? What! Is there a god besides Allah? Indeed, they are a lot who equate [others with Allah].

   ʾam-man khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-ʾanzala lakum mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-ʾanbatnā bihī ḥadāʾiqa dhāta bahjatin mā kāna lakum ʾan tunbitū shajarahā ʾa-ʾilāhun maʿa llāhi bal hum qawmun yaʿdilūna

6. أمن جعل الأرض قرارا وجعل خلالها أنهارا وجعل لها رواسي وجعل بين البحرين حاجزا أإله مع الله بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون

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   Is He who made the earth an abode [for you], and made rivers [flowing] through it, and set firm mountains for it [’s stability], and set a barrier between the two seas...? What! Is there a god besides Allah? Indeed, most of them do not know.

   ʾam-man jaʿala l-ʾarḍa qarāran wa-jaʿala khilālahā ʾanhāran wa-jaʿala lahā rawāsiya wa-jaʿala bayna l-baḥrayni ḥājizan ʾa-ʾilāhun maʿa llāhi bal ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

7. أمن يجيب المضطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء ويجعلكم خلفاء الأرض أإله مع الله قليلا ما تذكرون

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   Is He who answers the call of the distressed [person] when he invokes Him and removes his distress, and makes you successors on the earth...? What! Is there a god besides Allah? Little is the admonition that you take.

   ʾam-man yujību l-muḍṭarra ʾidhā daʿāhu wa-yakshifu s-sūʾa wa-yajʿalukum khulafāʾa l-ʾarḍi ʾa-ʾilāhun maʿa llāhi qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna

8. أمن يهديكم في ظلمات البر والبحر ومن يرسل الرياح بشرا بين يدي رحمته أإله مع الله تعالى الله عما يشركون

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   Is He who guides you in the darkness of land and sea and who sends the winds as harbingers of His mercy...? What! Is there a god besides Allah? Exalted is Allah above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

   ʾam-man yahdīkum fī ẓulumāti l-barri wa-l-baḥri wa-man yursilu r-riyāḥa bushran bayna yaday raḥmatihī ʾa-ʾilāhun maʿa llāhi taʿālā llāhu ʿammā yushrikūna