Surah Aş-Şaf (The Ranks) in English

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

1. سبح لله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض وهو العزيز الحكيم

   1

   Whatever there is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   sabbaḥa li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

2. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون

   2

   O you who have faith! Why do you say what you do not do?

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū li-ma taqūlūna mā lā tafʿalūna

3. كبر مقتا عند الله أن تقولوا ما لا تفعلون

   3

   It is greatly outrageous to Allah that you should say what you do not do.

   kabura maqtan ʿinda llāhi ʾan taqūlū mā lā tafʿalūna

4. إن الله يحب الذين يقاتلون في سبيله صفا كأنهم بنيان مرصوص

   4

   Indeed Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks, as if they were a compact structure.

   ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu lladhīna yuqātilūna fī sabīlihī ṣaffan ka-ʾannahum bunyānun marṣūṣun

5. وإذ قال موسى لقومه يا قوم لم تؤذونني وقد تعلمون أني رسول الله إليكم فلما زاغوا أزاغ الله قلوبهم والله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين

   5

   When Moses said to his people, ‘O my people! Why do you torment me, when you certainly know that I am Allah’s apostle to you?’ So when they swerved [from the right path], Allah made their hearts swerve, and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot.

   wa-ʾidh qāla mūsā li-qawmihī yā-qawmi li-ma tuʾdhūnanī wa-qad taʿlamūna ʾannī rasūlu llāhi ʾilaykum fa-lammā zāghū ʾazāgha llāhu qulūbahum wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna