Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. يقلب الله الليل والنهار إن في ذلك لعبرة لأولي الأبصار

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   Allah alternates the night and the day. There is indeed a lesson in that for those who have insight.

   yuqallibu llāhu l-layla wa-n-nahāra ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʿibratan li-ʾulī l-ʾabṣāri

2. والله خلق كل دابة من ماء فمنهم من يمشي على بطنه ومنهم من يمشي على رجلين ومنهم من يمشي على أربع يخلق الله ما يشاء إن الله على كل شيء قدير

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   Allah created every animal from water. Among them are some that creep upon their bellies, and among them are some that walk on two feet, and among them are some that walk on four. Allah creates whatever He wishes. Indeed Allah has power over all things.

   wa-llāhu khalaqa kulla dābbatin min māʾin fa-minhum man yamshī ʿalā baṭnihī wa-minhum man yamshī ʿalā rijlayni wa-minhum man yamshī ʿalā ʾarbaʿin yakhluqu llāhu mā yashāʾu ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

3. لقد أنزلنا آيات مبينات والله يهدي من يشاء إلى صراط مستقيم

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   Certainly We have sent down illuminating signs, and Allah guides whomever He wishes to a straight path.

   la-qad ʾanzalnā ʾāyātin mubayyinātin wa-llāhu yahdī man yashāʾu ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

4. ويقولون آمنا بالله وبالرسول وأطعنا ثم يتولى فريق منهم من بعد ذلك وما أولئك بالمؤمنين

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   They say, ‘We have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and we obey.’ Then, after that, a part of them refuse to comply, and they do not have faith.

   wa-yaqūlūna ʾāmannā bi-llāhi wa-bi-r-rasūli wa-ʾaṭaʿnā thumma yatawallā farīqun minhum min baʿdi dhālika wa-mā ʾulāʾika bi-l-muʾminīna

5. وإذا دعوا إلى الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم إذا فريق منهم معرضون

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   When they are summoned to Allah and His Apostle that He may judge between them, behold, a part of them turn aside.

   wa-ʾidhā duʿū ʾilā llāhi wa-rasūlihī li-yaḥkuma baynahum ʾidhā farīqun minhum muʿriḍūna

6. وإن يكن لهم الحق يأتوا إليه مذعنين

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   But if justice be on their side, they come compliantly to him.

   wa-ʾin yakun lahumu l-ḥaqqu yaʾtū ʾilayhi mudhʿinīna

7. أفي قلوبهم مرض أم ارتابوا أم يخافون أن يحيف الله عليهم ورسوله بل أولئك هم الظالمون

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   Is there a sickness in their hearts? Do they have doubts, or fear that Allah and His Apostle will be unjust to them? Indeed, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

   ʾa-fī qulūbihim maraḍun ʾami rtābū ʾam yakhāfūna ʾan yaḥīfa llāhu ʿalayhim wa-rasūluhū bal ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna

8. إنما كان قول المؤمنين إذا دعوا إلى الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم أن يقولوا سمعنا وأطعنا وأولئك هم المفلحون

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   All the response of the faithful, when they are summoned to Allah and His Apostle that He may judge between them, is to say, ‘We hear and obey.’ It is they who are the felicitous.

   ʾinnamā kāna qawla l-muʾminīna ʾidhā duʿū ʾilā llāhi wa-rasūlihī li-yaḥkuma baynahum ʾan yaqūlū samiʿnā wa-ʾaṭaʿnā wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna

9. ومن يطع الله ورسوله ويخش الله ويتقه فأولئك هم الفائزون

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   Whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, and fears Allah and is wary of Him—it is they who will be the triumphant.

   wa-man yuṭiʿi llāha wa-rasūlahū wa-yakhsha llāha wa-yattaqhi fa-ʾulāʾika humu l-fāʾizūna

10. وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمانهم لئن أمرتهم ليخرجن قل لا تقسموا طاعة معروفة إن الله خبير بما تعملون

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    They swear by Allah with solemn oaths that if you order them they will surely march out. Say, ‘Do not swear! Honourable obedience [is all that is expected of you]. Allah is indeed well aware of what you do.’

    wa-ʾaqsamū bi-llāhi jahda ʾaymānihim la-ʾin ʾamartahum la-yakhrujunna qul lā tuqsimū ṭāʿatun maʿrūfatun ʾinna llāha khabīrun bi-mā taʿmalūna