Surah Ar-Rūm (The Romans) in English

1. قل سيروا في الأرض فانظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبل كان أكثرهم مشركين

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   Say, ‘Travel over the land, and see how was the fate of those who were before [you], most of whom were polytheists.’

   qul sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-nẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablu kāna ʾaktharuhum mushrikīna

2. فأقم وجهك للدين القيم من قبل أن يأتي يوم لا مرد له من الله يومئذ يصدعون

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   So set your heart on the upright religion, before there comes a day irrevocable from Allah. On that day they shall be split [into various groups].

   fa-ʾaqim wajhaka li-d-dīni l-qayyimi min qabli ʾan yaʾtiya yawmun lā maradda lahū mina llāhi yawmaʾidhin yaṣṣaddaʿūna

3. من كفر فعليه كفره ومن عمل صالحا فلأنفسهم يمهدون

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   Whoever is faithless shall face the consequences of his faithlessness, and those who act righteously only prepare for their own souls,

   man kafara fa-ʿalayhi kufruhū wa-man ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-li-ʾanfusihim yamhadūna

4. ليجزي الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات من فضله إنه لا يحب الكافرين

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   so that He may reward those who have faith and do righteous deeds out of His grace. Indeed, He does not like the faithless.

   li-yajziya lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti min faḍlihī ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīna

5. ومن آياته أن يرسل الرياح مبشرات وليذيقكم من رحمته ولتجري الفلك بأمره ولتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

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   And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bearers of good news and to let you taste of His mercy, and that the ships may sail by His command, and that you may seek of His bounty, and so that you may give [Him] thanks.

   wa-min ʾāyātihī ʾan yursila r-riyāḥa mubashshirātin wa-li-yudhīqakum min raḥmatihī wa-li-tajriya l-fulku bi-ʾamrihī wa-li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna

6. ولقد أرسلنا من قبلك رسلا إلى قومهم فجاءوهم بالبينات فانتقمنا من الذين أجرموا وكان حقا علينا نصر المؤمنين

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   Certainly We sent apostles to their people before you, and they brought them manifest proofs. Then We took vengeance upon those who were guilty, and it was a must for Us to help the faithful.

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā min qablika rusulan ʾilā qawmihim fa-jāʾūhum bi-l-bayyināti fa-ntaqamnā mina lladhīna ʾajramū wa-kāna ḥaqqan ʿalaynā naṣru l-muʾminīna

7. الله الذي يرسل الرياح فتثير سحابا فيبسطه في السماء كيف يشاء ويجعله كسفا فترى الودق يخرج من خلاله فإذا أصاب به من يشاء من عباده إذا هم يستبشرون

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   It is Allah who sends the winds. Then they generate a cloud, then He spreads it as He wishes in the sky, and forms it into fragments, whereat you see the rain issuing from its midst. Then, when He strikes with it whomever of His servants that He wishes, behold, they rejoice;

   allāhu lladhī yursilu r-riyāḥa fa-tuthīru saḥāban fa-yabsuṭuhū fī s-samāʾi kayfa yashāʾu wa-yajʿaluhū kisafan fa-tarā l-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihī fa-ʾidhā ʾaṣāba bihī man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī ʾidhā hum yastabshirūna

8. وإن كانوا من قبل أن ينزل عليهم من قبله لمبلسين

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   and indeed they had been despondent earlier, before it was sent down upon them.

   wa-ʾin kānū min qabli ʾan yunazzala ʿalayhim min qablihī la-mublisīna

9. فانظر إلى آثار رحمت الله كيف يحيي الأرض بعد موتها إن ذلك لمحيي الموتى وهو على كل شيء قدير

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   So observe the effects of Allah’s mercy: how He revives the earth after its death! Indeed He is the reviver of the dead, and He has power over all things.

   fa-nẓur ʾilā ʾāthāri raḥmati llāhi kayfa yuḥyi l-ʾarḍa baʿda mawtihā ʾinna dhālika la-muḥyi l-mawtā wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun