Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. قل أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول فإن تولوا فإنما عليه ما حمل وعليكم ما حملتم وإن تطيعوه تهتدوا وما على الرسول إلا البلاغ المبين

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   Say, ‘Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle.’ But if you turn your backs, [you should know that] he is only responsible for his burden and you are responsible for your own burden, and if you obey him, you will be guided, and the Apostle’s duty is only to communicate in clear terms.

   qul ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-ʾaṭīʿū r-rasūla fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnamā ʿalayhi mā ḥummila wa-ʿalaykum mā ḥummiltum wa-ʾin tuṭīʿūhu tahtadū wa-mā ʿalā r-rasūli ʾillā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

2. وعد الله الذين آمنوا منكم وعملوا الصالحات ليستخلفنهم في الأرض كما استخلف الذين من قبلهم وليمكنن لهم دينهم الذي ارتضى لهم وليبدلنهم من بعد خوفهم أمنا يعبدونني لا يشركون بي شيئا ومن كفر بعد ذلك فأولئك هم الفاسقون

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   Allah has promised those of you who have faith and do righteous deeds that He will surely make them successors in the earth, just as He made those who were before them successors, and He will surely establish for them their religion which He has approved for them, and that He will surely change their state to security after their fear, while they worship Me, not ascribing any partners to Me. Whoever is ungrateful after that—it is they who are the transgressors.

   waʿada llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū minkum wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti la-yastakhlifannahum fī l-ʾarḍi ka-mā stakhlafa lladhīna min qablihim wa-la-yumakkinanna lahum dīnahumu lladhī rtaḍā lahum wa-la-yubaddilannahum min baʿdi khawfihim ʾamnan yaʿbudūnanī lā yushrikūna bī shayʾan wa-man kafara baʿda dhālika fa-ʾulāʾika humu l-fāsiqūna

3. وأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة وأطيعوا الرسول لعلكم ترحمون

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   Maintain the prayer and give the zakat, and obey the Apostle so that you may receive [Allah’s] mercy.

   wa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātū z-zakāta wa-ʾaṭīʿū r-rasūla laʿallakum turḥamūna

4. لا تحسبن الذين كفروا معجزين في الأرض ومأواهم النار ولبئس المصير

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   Do not suppose that those who are faithless can frustrate [Allah] on the earth. Their refuge shall be the Fire, and it is surely an evil destination.

   lā taḥsabanna lladhīna kafarū muʿjizīna fī l-ʾarḍi wa-maʾwāhumu n-nāru wa-la-biʾsa l-maṣīru

5. يا أيها الذين آمنوا ليستأذنكم الذين ملكت أيمانكم والذين لم يبلغوا الحلم منكم ثلاث مرات من قبل صلاة الفجر وحين تضعون ثيابكم من الظهيرة ومن بعد صلاة العشاء ثلاث عورات لكم ليس عليكم ولا عليهم جناح بعدهن طوافون عليكم بعضكم على بعض كذلك يبين الله لكم الآيات والله عليم حكيم

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   O you who have faith! Your slaves and any of you who have not yet reached puberty should seek your permission three times: before the dawn prayer, and when you put off your garments at noon, and after the night prayer. These are three times of privacy for you. Apart from these, it is not sinful of you or them to frequent one another [freely]. Thus does Allah clarify the signs for you, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū li-yastaʾdhinkumu lladhīna malakat ʾaymānukum wa-lladhīna lam yablughū l-ḥuluma minkum thalātha marrātin min qabli ṣalāti l-fajri wa-ḥīna taḍaʿūna thiyābakum mina ẓ-ẓahīrati wa-min baʿdi ṣalāti l-ʿishāʾi thalāthu ʿawrātin lakum laysa ʿalaykum wa-lā ʿalayhim junāḥun baʿdahunna ṭawwāfūna ʿalaykum baʿḍukum ʿalā baʿḍin ka-dhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-ʾāyāti wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun