Surah Ar-Ra`d (The Thunder) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. المر تلك آيات الكتاب والذي أنزل إليك من ربك الحق ولكن أكثر الناس لا يؤمنون

   1

   Alif, Lam, Mim, Ra. These are the signs of the Book. That which has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe [in it].

   a-l-m-r (ʾalif lām mīm rā) tilka ʾāyātu l-kitābi wa-lladhī ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqqu wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yuʾminūna

2. الله الذي رفع السماوات بغير عمد ترونها ثم استوى على العرش وسخر الشمس والقمر كل يجري لأجل مسمى يدبر الأمر يفصل الآيات لعلكم بلقاء ربكم توقنون

   2

   It is Allah who raised the heavens without any pillars that you see, and then presided over the Throne. He disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term. He directs the command, [and] elaborates the signs that you may be certain of encountering your Lord.

   allāhu lladhī rafaʿa s-samāwāti bi-ghayri ʿamadin tarawnahā thumma stawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi wa-sakhkhara sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara kullun yajrī li-ʾajalin musamman yudabbiru l-ʾamra yufaṣṣilu l-ʾāyāti laʿallakum bi-liqāʾi rabbikum tūqinūna

3. وهو الذي مد الأرض وجعل فيها رواسي وأنهارا ومن كل الثمرات جعل فيها زوجين اثنين يغشي الليل النهار إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يتفكرون

   3

   It is He who has spread out the earth and set in it firm mountains and streams, and of every fruit in it He has made two kinds. He draws the night’s cover over the day. There are indeed signs in that for a people who reflect.

   wa-huwa lladhī madda l-ʾarḍa wa-jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya wa-ʾanhāran wa-min kulli th-thamarāti jaʿala fīhā zawjayni thnayni yughshī l-layla n-nahāra ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

4. وفي الأرض قطع متجاورات وجنات من أعناب وزرع ونخيل صنوان وغير صنوان يسقى بماء واحد ونفضل بعضها على بعض في الأكل إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يعقلون

   4

   In the earth are neighbouring terrains [of diverse kinds] and vineyards, farms, and date palms growing from the same root and from diverse roots, [all] irrigated by the same water, and We give some of them an advantage over others in flavour. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.

   wa-fī l-ʾarḍi qiṭaʿun mutajāwirātun wa-jannātun min ʾaʿnābin wa-zarʿun wa-nakhīlun ṣinwānun wa-ghayru ṣinwānin yusqā bi-māʾin wāḥidin wa-nufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fī l-ʾukuli ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

5. وإن تعجب فعجب قولهم أإذا كنا ترابا أإنا لفي خلق جديد أولئك الذين كفروا بربهم وأولئك الأغلال في أعناقهم وأولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون

   5

   If you are to wonder [at anything], then wonderful is their remark, ‘When we have become dust, shall we be [ushered] into a new creation?’ They are the ones who defy their Lord; they shall have iron collars around their necks, they shall be the inhabitants of the Fire, and they shall remain in it [forever].

   wa-ʾin taʿjab fa-ʿajabun qawluhum ʾa-ʾidhā kunnā turāban ʾa-ʾinnā la-fī khalqin jadīdin ʾulāʾika lladhīna kafarū bi-rabbihim wa-ʾulāʾika l-ʾaghlālu fī ʾaʿnāqihim wa-ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna