Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تتبعوا خطوات الشيطان ومن يتبع خطوات الشيطان فإنه يأمر بالفحشاء والمنكر ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته ما زكى منكم من أحد أبدا ولكن الله يزكي من يشاء والله سميع عليم

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   O you who have faith! Do not follow in Satan’s steps. Whoever follows in Satan’s steps [should know that] he indeed prompts [you to commit] indecent and wrongful acts. Were it not for Allah’s grace and His mercy upon you, not one of you would ever become pure. But Allah purifies whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭāni wa-man yattabiʿ khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭāni fa-ʾinnahū yaʾmuru bi-l-faḥshāʾi wa-l-munkari wa-law-lā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatuhū mā zakā minkum min ʾaḥadin ʾabadan wa-lākinna llāha yuzakkī man yashāʾu wa-llāhu samīʿun ʿalīmun

2. ولا يأتل أولو الفضل منكم والسعة أن يؤتوا أولي القربى والمساكين والمهاجرين في سبيل الله وليعفوا وليصفحوا ألا تحبون أن يغفر الله لكم والله غفور رحيم

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   The well-off and the opulent among you should not vow that they will not give [any longer] to the relatives and the needy, and to those who have migrated in the way of Allah, and let them excuse and forbear. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   wa-lā yaʾtali ʾulū l-faḍli minkum wa-s-saʿati ʾan yuʾtū ʾulī l-qurbā wa-l-masākīna wa-l-muhājirīna fī sabīli llāhi wa-l-yaʿfū wa-l-yaṣfaḥū ʾa-lā tuḥibbūna ʾan yaghfira llāhu lakum wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

3. إن الذين يرمون المحصنات الغافلات المؤمنات لعنوا في الدنيا والآخرة ولهم عذاب عظيم

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   Indeed those who accuse chaste and unwary faithful women shall be cursed in this world and the Hereafter, and there shall be a great punishment for them

   ʾinna lladhīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti l-ghāfilāti l-muʾmināti luʿinū fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

4. يوم تشهد عليهم ألسنتهم وأيديهم وأرجلهم بما كانوا يعملون

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   on the day when witness shall be given against them by their tongues, their hands, and their feet concerning what they used to do.

   yawma tashhadū ʿalayhim ʾalsinatuhum wa-ʾaydīhim wa-ʾarjuluhum bi-mā kānū yaʿmalūna

5. يومئذ يوفيهم الله دينهم الحق ويعلمون أن الله هو الحق المبين

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   On that day, Allah will pay them in full their due recompense, and they shall know that Allah is the Manifest Reality.

   yawmaʾidhin yuwaffīhimu llāhu dīnahumu l-ḥaqqa wa-yaʿlamūna ʾanna llāha huwa l-ḥaqqu l-mubīnu

6. الخبيثات للخبيثين والخبيثون للخبيثات والطيبات للطيبين والطيبون للطيبات أولئك مبرءون مما يقولون لهم مغفرة ورزق كريم

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   Vicious women are for vicious men, and vicious men for vicious women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women. These are absolved of what they say [about them]. For them is forgiveness and a noble provision.

   al-khabīthātu li-l-khabīthīna wa-l-khabīthūna li-l-khabīthāti wa-ṭ-ṭayyibātu li-ṭ-ṭayyibīna wa-ṭ-ṭayyibūna li-ṭ-ṭayyibāti ʾulāʾika mubarraʾūna mimmā yaqūlūna lahum maghfiratun wa-rizqun karīmun

7. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تدخلوا بيوتا غير بيوتكم حتى تستأنسوا وتسلموا على أهلها ذلكم خير لكم لعلكم تذكرون

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   O you who have faith! Do not enter houses other than your own until you have announced [your arrival] and greeted their occupants. That is better for you. Maybe you will take admonition.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra buyūtikum ḥattā tastaʾnisū wa-tusallimū ʿalā ʾahlihā dhālikum khayrun lakum laʿallakum tadhakkarūna