Surah Ar-Rūm (The Romans) in English

1. ولئن أرسلنا ريحا فرأوه مصفرا لظلوا من بعده يكفرون

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   And if We send a wind and they see it turn yellow, they will surely become ungrateful after that.

   wa-la-ʾin ʾarsalnā rīḥan fa-raʾawhu muṣfarran la-ẓallū min baʿdihī yakfurūna

2. فإنك لا تسمع الموتى ولا تسمع الصم الدعاء إذا ولوا مدبرين

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   Indeed you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs [upon you],

   fa-ʾinnaka lā tusmiʿu l-mawtā wa-lā tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma d-duʿāʾa ʾidhā wallaw mudbirīna

3. وما أنت بهاد العمي عن ضلالتهم إن تسمع إلا من يؤمن بآياتنا فهم مسلمون

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   nor can you lead the blind out of their error. You can make only those hear who have faith in Our signs and have submitted.

   wa-mā ʾanta bi-hādi l-ʿumyi ʿan ḍalālatihim ʾin tusmiʿu ʾillā man yuʾminu bi-ʾāyātinā fa-hum muslimūna

4. الله الذي خلقكم من ضعف ثم جعل من بعد ضعف قوة ثم جعل من بعد قوة ضعفا وشيبة يخلق ما يشاء وهو العليم القدير

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   It is Allah who created you from [a state of] weakness, then He gave you power after weakness. Then, after power, He ordained weakness and old age: He creates whatever He wishes, and He is the All-knowing, the All-powerful.

   allāhu lladhī khalaqakum min ḍaʿfin thumma jaʿala min baʿdi ḍaʿfin quwwatan thumma jaʿala min baʿdi quwwatin ḍaʿfan wa-shaybatan yakhluqu mā yashāʾu wa-huwa l-ʿalīmu l-qadīru

5. ويوم تقوم الساعة يقسم المجرمون ما لبثوا غير ساعة كذلك كانوا يؤفكون

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   On the day when the Hour sets in, the guilty will swear that they had remained only for an hour. That is how they were used to lying [in the world].

   wa-yawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yuqsimu l-mujrimūna mā labithū ghayra sāʿatin ka-dhālika kānū yuʾfakūna

6. وقال الذين أوتوا العلم والإيمان لقد لبثتم في كتاب الله إلى يوم البعث فهذا يوم البعث ولكنكم كنتم لا تعلمون

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   But those who were given knowledge and faith will say, ‘Certainly you remained in Allah’s Book until the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not know.’

   wa-qāla lladhīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma wa-l-ʾīmāna la-qad labithtum fī kitābi llāhi ʾilā yawmi l-baʿthi fa-hādhā yawmu l-baʿthi wa-lākinnakum kuntum lā taʿlamūna

7. فيومئذ لا ينفع الذين ظلموا معذرتهم ولا هم يستعتبون

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   On that day, the excuses of the wrongdoers will not benefit them, nor will they be asked to propitiate [Allah].

   fa-yawmaʾidhin lā yanfaʿu lladhīna ẓalamū maʿdhiratuhum wa-lā hum yustaʿtabūna

8. ولقد ضربنا للناس في هذا القرآن من كل مثل ولئن جئتهم بآية ليقولن الذين كفروا إن أنتم إلا مبطلون

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   Certainly we have drawn for mankind in this Quran every [kind of] parable. Indeed if you bring them a sign, the faithless will surely say, ‘You are nothing but fabricators!’

   wa-la-qad ḍarabnā li-n-nāsi fī hādhā l-qurʾāni min kulli mathalin wa-la-ʾin jiʾtahum bi-ʾāyatin la-yaqūlanna lladhīna kafarū ʾin ʾantum ʾillā mubṭilūna

9. كذلك يطبع الله على قلوب الذين لا يعلمون

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   Thus does Allah seal the hearts of those who do not know.

   ka-dhālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā qulūbi lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

10. فاصبر إن وعد الله حق ولا يستخفنك الذين لا يوقنون

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    So be patient! Allah’s promise is indeed true. And do not let yourself be upset by those who have no conviction.

    fa-ṣbir ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-lā yastakhiffannaka lladhīna lā yūqinūna