Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. إنما المؤمنون الذين آمنوا بالله ورسوله وإذا كانوا معه على أمر جامع لم يذهبوا حتى يستأذنوه إن الذين يستأذنونك أولئك الذين يؤمنون بالله ورسوله فإذا استأذنوك لبعض شأنهم فأذن لمن شئت منهم واستغفر لهم الله إن الله غفور رحيم

   62

   Indeed the faithful are those who have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and when they are with him in a collective affair, they do not leave until they have sought his permission. Indeed those who seek your permission are those who have faith in Allah and His Apostle. So when they seek your permission for some of theirs [private] work, give permission to whomever of them you wish and plead with Allah to forgive them. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   ʾinnamā l-muʾminūna lladhīna ʾāmanū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-ʾidhā kānū maʿahū ʿalā ʾamrin jāmiʿin lam yadhhabū ḥattā yastaʾdhinūhu ʾinna lladhīna yastaʾdhinūnaka ʾulāʾika lladhīna yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī fa-ʾidhā staʾdhanūka li-baʿḍi shaʾnihim fa-ʾdhan li-man shiʾta minhum wa-staghfir lahumu llāha ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun

2. لا تجعلوا دعاء الرسول بينكم كدعاء بعضكم بعضا قد يعلم الله الذين يتسللون منكم لواذا فليحذر الذين يخالفون عن أمره أن تصيبهم فتنة أو يصيبهم عذاب أليم

   63

   Do not consider the Apostle’s summons amongst you to be like your summoning one another. Allah certainly knows those of you who slip away shielding one another. Those who disobey his orders should beware lest an affliction should visit them or a painful punishment should befall them.

   lā tajʿalū duʿāʾa r-rasūli baynakum ka-duʿāʾi baʿḍikum baʿḍan qad yaʿlamu llāhu lladhīna yatasallalūna minkum liwādhan fa-l-yaḥdhari lladhīna yukhālifūna ʿan ʾamrihī ʾan tuṣībahum fitnatun ʾaw yuṣībahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

3. ألا إن لله ما في السماوات والأرض قد يعلم ما أنتم عليه ويوم يرجعون إليه فينبئهم بما عملوا والله بكل شيء عليم

   64

   Behold! To Allah indeed belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. He certainly knows your present state. The day they are brought back to Him He will inform them about what they have done, and Allah has knowledge of all things.

   ʾa-lā ʾinna li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi qad yaʿlamu mā ʾantum ʿalayhi wa-yawma yurjaʿūna ʾilayhi fa-yunabbiʾuhum bi-mā ʿamilū wa-llāhu bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun