Surah Ar-Rūm (The Romans) in English

1. ومن آياته أن تقوم السماء والأرض بأمره ثم إذا دعاكم دعوة من الأرض إذا أنتم تخرجون

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   And of His signs is that the sky and the earth stand by His command, and then, when He calls you forth from the earth, behold, you will come forth.

   wa-min ʾāyātihī ʾan taqūma s-samāʾu wa-l-ʾarḍu bi-ʾamrihī thumma ʾidhā daʿākum daʿwatan mina l-ʾarḍi ʾidhā ʾantum takhrujūna

2. وله من في السماوات والأرض كل له قانتون

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   To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient to Him.

   wa-lahū man fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi kullun lahū qānitūna

3. وهو الذي يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده وهو أهون عليه وله المثل الأعلى في السماوات والأرض وهو العزيز الحكيم

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   It is He who originates the creation, and then He will bring it back—and that is more simple for Him. His is the loftiest description in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   wa-huwa lladhī yabdaʾu l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū wa-huwa ʾahwanu ʿalayhi wa-lahu l-mathalu l-ʾaʿlā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

4. ضرب لكم مثلا من أنفسكم هل لكم من ما ملكت أيمانكم من شركاء في ما رزقناكم فأنتم فيه سواء تخافونهم كخيفتكم أنفسكم كذلك نفصل الآيات لقوم يعقلون

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   He draws for you an example from yourselves: Do you have among your slaves any partners [who may share] in what We have provided you, so that you are equal in its respect, and you revere them as you revere one another? Thus do We elaborate the signs for people who exercise their reason.

   ḍaraba lakum mathalan min ʾanfusikum hal lakum min mā malakat ʾaymānukum min shurakāʾa fī mā razaqnākum fa-ʾantum fīhi sawāʾun takhāfūnahum ka-khīfatikum ʾanfusakum ka-dhālika nufaṣṣilu l-ʾāyāti li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

5. بل اتبع الذين ظلموا أهواءهم بغير علم فمن يهدي من أضل الله وما لهم من ناصرين

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   Indeed, the wrongdoers follow their own desires without any knowledge. So who will guide those whom Allah has led astray? They will have no helpers.

   bali ttabaʿa lladhīna ẓalamū ʾahwāʾahum bi-ghayri ʿilmin fa-man yahdī man ʾaḍalla llāhu wa-mā lahum min nāṣirīna

6. فأقم وجهك للدين حنيفا فطرت الله التي فطر الناس عليها لا تبديل لخلق الله ذلك الدين القيم ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

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   So set your heart as a person of pure faith on this religion, the original nature endowed by Allah according to which He originated mankind (There is no altering Allah’s creation; that is the upright religion, but most people do not know.)

   fa-ʾaqim wajhaka li-d-dīni ḥanīfan fiṭrata llāhi llatī faṭara n-nāsa ʿalayhā lā tabdīla li-khalqi llāhi dhālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

7. منيبين إليه واتقوه وأقيموا الصلاة ولا تكونوا من المشركين

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   —turning to Him in penitence, and be wary of Him, and maintain the prayer, and do not be one of the polytheists

   munībīna ʾilayhi wa-ttaqūhu wa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-lā takūnū mina l-mushrikīna

8. من الذين فرقوا دينهم وكانوا شيعا كل حزب بما لديهم فرحون

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   —those who split up their religion and became sects: each faction boasting about what it possessed.

   mina lladhīna farraqū dīnahum wa-kānū shiyaʿan kullu ḥizbin bi-mā ladayhim fariḥūna