Surah Ar-Rūm (The Romans) in English

1. وعد الله لا يخلف الله وعده ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

   6

   [This is] a promise of Allah: Allah does not break His promise, but most people do not know.

   waʿda llāhi lā yukhlifu llāhu waʿdahū wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

2. يعلمون ظاهرا من الحياة الدنيا وهم عن الآخرة هم غافلون

   7

   They know just an outward aspect of the life of the world, but they are oblivious of the Hereafter.

   yaʿlamūna ẓāhiran mina l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-hum ʿani l-ʾākhirati hum ghāfilūna

3. أولم يتفكروا في أنفسهم ما خلق الله السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إلا بالحق وأجل مسمى وإن كثيرا من الناس بلقاء ربهم لكافرون

   8

   Have they not reflected in their own souls? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with consummate wisdom and for a specified term. Indeed many people disbelieve in the encounter with their Lord.

   ʾa-wa-lam yatafakkarū fī ʾanfusihim mā khalaqa llāhu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾajalin musamman wa-ʾinna kathīran mina n-nāsi bi-liqāʾi rabbihim la-kāfirūna

4. أولم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا أشد منهم قوة وأثاروا الأرض وعمروها أكثر مما عمروها وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات فما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

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   Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the fate of those who were before them? They were more powerful than them, and they plowed the earth and developed it more than they have developed it. Their apostles brought them manifest proofs. So it was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who used to wrong themselves.

   ʾa-wa-lam yasīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim kānū ʾashadda minhum quwwatan wa-ʾathārū l-ʾarḍa wa-ʿamarūhā ʾakthara mimmā ʿamarūhā wa-jāʾathum rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti fa-mā kāna llāhu li-yaẓlimahum wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

5. ثم كان عاقبة الذين أساءوا السوأى أن كذبوا بآيات الله وكانوا بها يستهزئون

   10

   Then the fate of those who committed misdeeds was that they denied the signs of Allah and they used to deride them.

   thumma kāna ʿāqibata lladhīna ʾasāʾū s-sūʾā ʾan kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-kānū bihā yastahziʾūna

6. الله يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده ثم إليه ترجعون

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   Allah originates the creation, then He will bring it back, then you will be brought back to Him.

   allāhu yabdaʾu l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū thumma ʾilayhi turjaʿūna

7. ويوم تقوم الساعة يبلس المجرمون

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   And when the Hour sets in, the guilty will despair.

   wa-yawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yublisu l-mujrimūna

8. ولم يكن لهم من شركائهم شفعاء وكانوا بشركائهم كافرين

   13

   None of those whom they ascribed as partners [to Allah] will intercede for them, and they will disavow their partners.

   wa-lam yakun lahum min shurakāʾihim shufaʿāʾu wa-kānū bi-shurakāʾihim kāfirīna

9. ويوم تقوم الساعة يومئذ يتفرقون

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   The day the Hour sets in, they will be divided on that day [in separate groups]:

   wa-yawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yawmaʾidhin yatafarraqūna

10. فأما الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات فهم في روضة يحبرون

    15

    As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, they shall be in a garden, rejoicing.

    fa-ʾammā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-hum fī rawḍatin yuḥbarūna