Surah An-Naml (The Ant) in English

1. وإنه لهدى ورحمة للمؤمنين

   77

   and it is indeed a guidance and mercy for the faithful.

   wa-ʾinnahū la-hudan wa-raḥmatun li-l-muʾminīna

2. إن ربك يقضي بينهم بحكمه وهو العزيز العليم

   78

   Your Lord will decide between them by His judgement, and He is the All-mighty, the All-knowing.

   ʾinna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum bi-ḥukmihī wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

3. فتوكل على الله إنك على الحق المبين

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   So put your trust in Allah, for you indeed stand on the manifest truth.

   fa-tawakkal ʿalā llāhi ʾinnaka ʿalā l-ḥaqqi l-mubīni

4. إنك لا تسمع الموتى ولا تسمع الصم الدعاء إذا ولوا مدبرين

   80

   You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs,

   ʾinnaka lā tusmiʿu l-mawtā wa-lā tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma d-duʿāʾa ʾidhā wallaw mudbirīna

5. وما أنت بهادي العمي عن ضلالتهم إن تسمع إلا من يؤمن بآياتنا فهم مسلمون

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   nor can you lead the blind out of their error. You can make only those hear you who believe in Our signs and have submitted.

   wa-mā ʾanta bi-hādī l-ʿumyi ʿan ḍalālatihim ʾin tusmiʿu ʾillā man yuʾminu bi-ʾāyātinā fa-hum muslimūna

6. وإذا وقع القول عليهم أخرجنا لهم دابة من الأرض تكلمهم أن الناس كانوا بآياتنا لا يوقنون

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   When the word [of judgement] falls upon them, We shall bring out for them an Animal from the earth who shall tell them that the people had no faith in Our signs.

   wa-ʾidhā waqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim ʾakhrajnā lahum dābbatan mina l-ʾarḍi tukallimuhum ʾanna n-nāsa kānū bi-ʾāyātinā lā yūqinūna

7. ويوم نحشر من كل أمة فوجا ممن يكذب بآياتنا فهم يوزعون

   83

   On that day We shall resurrect from every nation a group of those who denied Our signs, and they will be held in check.

   wa-yawma naḥshuru min kulli ʾummatin fawjan mimman yukadhdhibu bi-ʾāyātinā fa-hum yūzaʿūna

8. حتى إذا جاءوا قال أكذبتم بآياتي ولم تحيطوا بها علما أماذا كنتم تعملون

   84

   When they come, He will say, ‘Did you deny My signs without comprehending them in knowledge? What was it that you used to do?’

   ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾū qāla ʾa-kadhdhabtum bi-ʾāyātī wa-lam tuḥīṭū bihā ʿilman ʾammādhā kuntum taʿmalūna

9. ووقع القول عليهم بما ظلموا فهم لا ينطقون

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   And the word [of judgement] shall fall upon them for their wrongdoing, and they will not speak.

   wa-waqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim bi-mā ẓalamū fa-hum lā yanṭiqūna

10. ألم يروا أنا جعلنا الليل ليسكنوا فيه والنهار مبصرا إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يؤمنون

    86

    Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest in it, and the day to provide visibility. There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith.

    ʾa-lam yaraw ʾannā jaʿalnā l-layla li-yaskunū fīhi wa-n-nahāra mubṣiran ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yuʾminūna

11. ويوم ينفخ في الصور ففزع من في السماوات ومن في الأرض إلا من شاء الله وكل أتوه داخرين

    87

    The day when the trumpet is blown, whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified, except such as Allah wishes, and all will come to Him in utter humility.

    wa-yawma yunfakhu fī ṣ-ṣūri fa-faziʿa man fī s-samāwāti wa-man fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā man shāʾa llāhu wa-kullun ʾatawhu dākhirīna

12. وترى الجبال تحسبها جامدة وهي تمر مر السحاب صنع الله الذي أتقن كل شيء إنه خبير بما تفعلون

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    You see the mountains, which you suppose, to be stationary, while they drift like passing clouds—the handiwork of Allah who has made everything faultless. He is indeed well aware of what you do.

    wa-tarā l-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wa-hiya tamurru marra s-saḥābi ṣunʿa llāhi lladhī ʾatqana kulla shayʾin ʾinnahū khabīrun bi-mā tafʿalūna