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

1. ويستعجلونك بالسيئة قبل الحسنة وقد خلت من قبلهم المثلات وإن ربك لذو مغفرة للناس على ظلمهم وإن ربك لشديد العقاب

   6

   They would press you for evil sooner than for good, though there have already gone by before them exemplary punishments. Indeed your Lord is forgiving to mankind despite their wrongdoing, and indeed your Lord is severe in retribution.

   wa-yastaʿjilūnaka bi-s-sayyiʾati qabla l-ḥasanati wa-qad khalat min qablihimu l-mathulātu wa-ʾinna rabbaka la-dhū maghfiratin li-n-nāsi ʿalā ẓulmihim wa-ʾinna rabbaka la-shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

2. ويقول الذين كفروا لولا أنزل عليه آية من ربه إنما أنت منذر ولكل قوم هاد

   7

   The faithless say, ‘Why has not some sign been sent down to him from his Lord?’ You are only a warner, and there is a guide for every people.

   wa-yaqūlu lladhīna kafarū law-lā ʾunzila ʿalayhi ʾāyatun min rabbihī ʾinnamā ʾanta mundhirun wa-li-kulli qawmin hādin-i

3. الله يعلم ما تحمل كل أنثى وما تغيض الأرحام وما تزداد وكل شيء عنده بمقدار

   8

   Allah knows what every female carries [in her womb], and what the wombs reduce and what they increase, and everything is by [precise] measure with Him,

   allāhu yaʿlamu mā taḥmilu kullu ʾunthā wa-mā taghīḍu l-ʾarḥāmu wa-mā tazdādu wa-kullu shayʾin ʿindahū bi-miqdārin

4. عالم الغيب والشهادة الكبير المتعال

   9

   the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, the All-great, the All-sublime.

   ʿālimu l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādati l-kabīru l-mutaʿāli

5. سواء منكم من أسر القول ومن جهر به ومن هو مستخف بالليل وسارب بالنهار

   10

   It is the same [to Him] whether any of you speaks secretly, or does so loudly, or whether he lurks in the night, or is open to view in daytime.

   sawāʾun minkum man ʾasarra l-qawla wa-man jahara bihī wa-man huwa mustakhfin bi-l-layli wa-sāribun bi-n-nahāri

6. له معقبات من بين يديه ومن خلفه يحفظونه من أمر الله إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم وإذا أراد الله بقوم سوءا فلا مرد له وما لهم من دونه من وال

   11

   He has guardian angels, to his front and his rear, who guard him by Allah’s command. Indeed Allah does not change a people’s lot, unless they change what is in their souls. And when Allah wishes to visit ill on a people, there is nothing that can avert it, and they have no protector besides Him.

   lahū muʿaqqibātun min bayni yadayhi wa-min khalfihī yaḥfaẓūnahū min ʾamri llāhi ʾinna llāha lā yughayyiru mā bi-qawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-ʾanfusihim wa-ʾidhā ʾarāda llāhu bi-qawmin sūʾan fa-lā maradda lahū wa-mā lahum min dūnihī min wālin

7. هو الذي يريكم البرق خوفا وطمعا وينشئ السحاب الثقال

   12

   It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope, and He produces the clouds heavy [with rain].

   huwa lladhī yurīkumu l-barqa khawfan wa-ṭamaʿan wa-yunshiʾu s-saḥāba th-thiqāla

8. ويسبح الرعد بحمده والملائكة من خيفته ويرسل الصواعق فيصيب بها من يشاء وهم يجادلون في الله وهو شديد المحال

   13

   The Thunder celebrates His praise, and the angels [too], in awe of Him, and He releases the thunderbolts and strikes with them whomever He wishes. Yet they dispute concerning Allah, though He is great in might.

   wa-yusabbiḥu r-raʿdu bi-ḥamdihī wa-l-malāʾikatu min khīfatihī wa-yursilu ṣ-ṣawāʿiqa fa-yuṣību bihā man yashāʾu wa-hum yujādilūna fī llāhi wa-huwa shadīdu l-miḥāli