Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. إن الذين جاءوا بالإفك عصبة منكم لا تحسبوه شرا لكم بل هو خير لكم لكل امرئ منهم ما اكتسب من الإثم والذي تولى كبره منهم له عذاب عظيم

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   Indeed those who initiated the calumny are a group from among yourselves. Do not suppose it is bad thing for you. No, it is for your good. Each man among them bears [the onus for] his share in the sin, and as for him who assumed its major burden from among them, there is a great punishment for him.

   ʾinna lladhīna jāʾū bi-l-ʾifki ʿuṣbatun minkum lā taḥsabūhu sharran lakum bal huwa khayrun lakum li-kulli mriʾin minhum mā ktasaba mina l-ʾithmi wa-lladhī tawallā kibrahū minhum lahū ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

2. لولا إذ سمعتموه ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بأنفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا إفك مبين

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   When you [first] heard about it, why did not the faithful, men and women, think well of their folks, and say, ‘This is an obvious calumny’?

   law-lā ʾidh samiʿtumūhu ẓanna l-muʾminūna wa-l-muʾminātu bi-ʾanfusihim khayran wa-qālū hādhā ʾifkun mubīnun

3. لولا جاءوا عليه بأربعة شهداء فإذ لم يأتوا بالشهداء فأولئك عند الله هم الكاذبون

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   Why did they not bring four witnesses to it? So when they could not bring the witnesses, they are liars in Allah’s sight.

   law-lā jāʾū ʿalayhi bi-ʾarbaʿati shuhadāʾa fa-ʾidh lam yaʾtū bi-sh-shuhadāʾi fa-ʾulāʾika ʿinda llāhi humu l-kādhibūna

4. ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته في الدنيا والآخرة لمسكم في ما أفضتم فيه عذاب عظيم

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   Were it not for Allah’s grace and His mercy upon you in this world and the Hereafter, there would have befallen you a great punishment for what you ventured into,

   wa-law-lā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatuhū fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati la-massakum fī mā ʾafaḍtum fīhi ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

5. إذ تلقونه بألسنتكم وتقولون بأفواهكم ما ليس لكم به علم وتحسبونه هينا وهو عند الله عظيم

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   when you were receiving it on your tongues, and were mouthing something of which you had no knowledge, supposing it to be a light matter, while it was a grave [matter] with Allah.

   ʾidh talaqqawnahū bi-ʾalsinatikum wa-taqūlūna bi-ʾafwāhikum mā laysa lakum bihī ʿilmun wa-taḥsabūnahū hayyinan wa-huwa ʿinda llāhi ʿaẓīmun

6. ولولا إذ سمعتموه قلتم ما يكون لنا أن نتكلم بهذا سبحانك هذا بهتان عظيم

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   And why did you not, when you heard it, say, ‘It is not for us to say such a thing. [O Allah!] You are immaculate! This is a monstrous calumny!’

   wa-law-lā ʾidh samiʿtumūhu qultum mā yakūnu lanā ʾan natakallama bi-hādhā subḥānaka hādhā buhtānun ʿaẓīmun

7. يعظكم الله أن تعودوا لمثله أبدا إن كنتم مؤمنين

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   Allah advises you lest you should ever repeat the like of it, should you be faithful.

   yaʿiẓukumu llāhu ʾan taʿūdū li-mithlihī ʾabadan ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

8. ويبين الله لكم الآيات والله عليم حكيم

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   Allah clarifies the signs for you, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   wa-yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-ʾāyāti wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

9. إن الذين يحبون أن تشيع الفاحشة في الذين آمنوا لهم عذاب أليم في الدنيا والآخرة والله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون

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   Indeed those who want indecency to spread among the faithful—there is a painful punishment for them in the world and the Hereafter, and Allah knows and you do not know.

   ʾinna lladhīna yuḥibbūna ʾan tashīʿa l-fāḥishatu fī lladhīna ʾāmanū lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-llāhu yaʿlamu wa-ʾantum lā taʿlamūna

10. ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته وأن الله رءوف رحيم

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    Were it not for Allah’s grace and His mercy upon you, and that Allah is all-kind, all-merciful…

    wa-law-lā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatuhū wa-ʾanna llāha raʾūfun raḥīmun