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

1. مثل الجنة التي وعد المتقون تجري من تحتها الأنهار أكلها دائم وظلها تلك عقبى الذين اتقوا وعقبى الكافرين النار

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   A description of the paradise promised to the Godwary: streams run in it, its fruits and shade are everlasting. Such is the requital of those who are Godwary; and the requital of the faithless is the Fire.

   mathalu l-jannati llatī wuʿida l-muttaqūna tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ʾukuluhā dāʾimun wa-ẓilluhā tilka ʿuqbā lladhīna ttaqaw wa-ʿuqbā l-kāfirīna n-nāru

2. والذين آتيناهم الكتاب يفرحون بما أنزل إليك ومن الأحزاب من ينكر بعضه قل إنما أمرت أن أعبد الله ولا أشرك به إليه أدعو وإليه مآب

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   Those whom We have given the Book rejoice in what has been sent down to you. Some of the factions deny a part of it. Say, ‘Indeed I have been commanded to worship Allah and not to ascribe any partner to Him. To Him do I summon [all mankind] and to Him will be my return.’

   wa-lladhīna ʾātaynāhumu l-kitāba yafraḥūna bi-mā ʾunzila ʾilayka wa-mina l-ʾaḥzābi man yunkiru baʿḍahū qul ʾinnamā ʾumirtu ʾan ʾaʿbuda llāha wa-lā ʾushrika bihī ʾilayhi ʾadʿū wa-ʾilayhi maʾābi

3. وكذلك أنزلناه حكما عربيا ولئن اتبعت أهواءهم بعد ما جاءك من العلم ما لك من الله من ولي ولا واق

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   Thus We have sent it down as a dispensation in Arabic; and should you follow their desires after the knowledge that has come to you, you shall have against Allah neither any guardian nor defender.

   wa-ka-dhālika ʾanzalnāhu ḥukman ʿarabiyyan wa-la-ʾini ttabaʿta ʾahwāʾahum baʿda mā jāʾaka mina l-ʿilmi mā laka mina llāhi min waliyyin wa-lā wāqin

4. ولقد أرسلنا رسلا من قبلك وجعلنا لهم أزواجا وذرية وما كان لرسول أن يأتي بآية إلا بإذن الله لكل أجل كتاب

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   Certainly We have sent apostles before you, and We appointed for them wives and descendants; and an apostle may not bring a sign except by Allah’s leave. There is a written [ordinance] for every term:

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā rusulan min qablika wa-jaʿalnā lahum ʾazwājan wa-dhurriyyatan wa-mā kāna li-rasūlin ʾan yaʾtiya bi-ʾāyatin ʾillā bi-ʾidhni llāhi li-kulli ʾajalin kitābun

5. يمحو الله ما يشاء ويثبت وعنده أم الكتاب

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   Allah effaces and confirms whatever He wishes and with Him is the Mother Book.

   yamḥū llāhu mā yashāʾu wa-yuthbitu wa-ʿindahū ʾummu l-kitābi

6. وإن ما نرينك بعض الذي نعدهم أو نتوفينك فإنما عليك البلاغ وعلينا الحساب

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   Whether We show you a part of what We promise them, or take you away [before that], your duty is only to communicate, and it is for Us to do the reckoning.

   wa-ʾin mā nuriyannaka baʿḍa lladhī naʿiduhum ʾaw natawaffayannaka fa-ʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāghu wa-ʿalaynā l-ḥisābu

7. أولم يروا أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها والله يحكم لا معقب لحكمه وهو سريع الحساب

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   Have they not seen how We visit the land diminishing it at its edges? Allah judges, and there is none who may repeal His judgement, and He is swift at reckoning.

   ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾannā naʾtī l-ʾarḍa nanquṣuhā min ʾaṭrāfihā wa-llāhu yaḥkumu lā muʿaqqiba li-ḥukmihī wa-huwa sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

8. وقد مكر الذين من قبلهم فلله المكر جميعا يعلم ما تكسب كل نفس وسيعلم الكفار لمن عقبى الدار

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   Those who were before them [also] schemed; yet all devising belongs to Allah. He knows what every soul earns. Soon the faithless will know in whose favour the outcome of that abode will be.

   wa-qad makara lladhīna min qablihim fa-li-llāhi l-makru jamīʿan yaʿlamu mā taksibu kullu nafsin wa-sa-yaʿlamu l-kuffāru li-man ʿuqbā d-dāri