Surah Ash-Shu`arā (The Poets) in English

1. فلما تراءى الجمعان قال أصحاب موسى إنا لمدركون

   61

   When the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘Indeed we have been caught up.’

   fa-lammā tarāʾa l-jamʿāni qāla ʾaṣḥābu mūsā ʾinnā la-mudrakūna

2. قال كلا إن معي ربي سيهدين

   62

   He said, ‘Certainly not! Indeed my Lord is with me. He will guide me.’

   qāla kallā ʾinna maʿiya rabbī sa-yahdīni

3. فأوحينا إلى موسى أن اضرب بعصاك البحر فانفلق فكان كل فرق كالطود العظيم

   63

   Thereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.

   fa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā ʾani ḍrib bi-ʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-nfalaqa fa-kāna kullu firqin ka-ṭ-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi

4. وأزلفنا ثم الآخرين

   64

   There, We brought the others near,

   wa-ʾazlafnā thamma l-ʾākharīna

5. وأنجينا موسى ومن معه أجمعين

   65

   and We delivered Moses and all those who were with him.

   wa-ʾanjaynā mūsā wa-man maʿahū ʾajmaʿīna

6. ثم أغرقنا الآخرين

   66

   Then We drowned the rest.

   thumma ʾaghraqnā l-ʾākharīna

7. إن في ذلك لآية وما كان أكثرهم مؤمنين

   67

   There is indeed a sign in that, but most of them do not have faith.

   ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan wa-mā kāna ʾaktharuhum muʾminīna

8. وإن ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

   68

   Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

   wa-ʾinna rabbaka la-huwa l-ʿazīzu r-raḥīmu

9. واتل عليهم نبأ إبراهيم

   69

   Relate to them the account of Abraham

   wa-tlu ʿalayhim nabaʾa ʾibrāhīma

10. إذ قال لأبيه وقومه ما تعبدون

    70

    when he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’

    ʾidh qāla li-ʾabīhi wa-qawmihī mā taʿbudūna

11. قالوا نعبد أصناما فنظل لها عاكفين

    71

    They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constant in our devotion to them.’

    qālū naʿbudu ʾaṣnāman fa-naẓallu lahā ʿākifīna

12. قال هل يسمعونكم إذ تدعون

    72

    He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?

    qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum ʾidh tadʿūna

13. أو ينفعونكم أو يضرون

    73

    Or do they bring you any benefit, or cause you any harm?’

    ʾaw yanfaʿūnakum ʾaw yaḍurrūna

14. قالوا بل وجدنا آباءنا كذلك يفعلون

    74

    They said, ‘Indeed, we found our fathers doing likewise.’

    qālū bal wajadnā ʾābāʾanā ka-dhālika yafʿalūna

15. قال أفرأيتم ما كنتم تعبدون

    75

    He said, ‘Have you regarded what you have been worshipping,

    qāla ʾa-fa-raʾaytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna

16. أنتم وآباؤكم الأقدمون

    76

    you and your ancestors?

    ʾantum wa-ʾābāʾukumu l-ʾaqdamūna

17. فإنهم عدو لي إلا رب العالمين

    77

    They are indeed enemies to me, but the Lord of all the worlds,

    fa-ʾinnahum ʿaduwwun lī ʾillā rabba l-ʿālamīna

18. الذي خلقني فهو يهدين

    78

    who created me, it is He who guides me,

    alladhī khalaqanī fa-huwa yahdīni

19. والذي هو يطعمني ويسقين

    79

    and provides me with food and drink,

    wa-lladhī huwa yuṭʿimunī wa-yasqīni

20. وإذا مرضت فهو يشفين

    80

    and when I get sick, it is He who cures me;

    wa-ʾidhā mariḍtu fa-huwa yashfīni

21. والذي يميتني ثم يحيين

    81

    who will make me die, then He will bring me to life,

    wa-lladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥyīni

22. والذي أطمع أن يغفر لي خطيئتي يوم الدين

    82

    and who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Retribution.’

    wa-lladhī ʾaṭmaʿu ʾan yaghfira lī khaṭīʾatī yawma d-dīni

23. رب هب لي حكما وألحقني بالصالحين

    83

    ‘My Lord! Grant me [unerring] judgement, and unite me with the Righteous.

    rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa-ʾalḥiqnī bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīna