Surah Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation) in English

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

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem,

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. عسق

   2

   ‘Ayn, Seen, Qaf.

   ʿ-s-q (ʿayn sīn qāf)

3. كذلك يوحي إليك وإلى الذين من قبلك الله العزيز الحكيم

   3

   Allah, the All-mighty and the All-wise, thus reveals to you and to those who were before you:

   ka-dhālika yūḥī ʾilayka wa-ʾilā lladhīna min qablika llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

4. له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض وهو العلي العظيم

   4

   whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth belongs to Him, and He is the All-exalted, the All-supreme.

   lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīmu

5. تكاد السماوات يتفطرن من فوقهن والملائكة يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويستغفرون لمن في الأرض ألا إن الله هو الغفور الرحيم

   5

   The heavens are about to be rent apart from above them, while the angels celebrate the praise of their Lord and plead for forgiveness for those [faithful] who are on the earth. Indeed, Allah is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful!

   takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinna wa-l-malāʾikatu yusabbiḥūna bi-ḥamdi rabbihim wa-yastaghfirūna li-man fī l-ʾarḍi ʾa-lā ʾinna llāha huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu

6. والذين اتخذوا من دونه أولياء الله حفيظ عليهم وما أنت عليهم بوكيل

   6

   As for those who have taken awliya besides Him, Allah is watchful over them, and you are not their keeper.

   wa-lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾa llāhu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wa-mā ʾanta ʿalayhim bi-wakīlin

7. وكذلك أوحينا إليك قرآنا عربيا لتنذر أم القرى ومن حولها وتنذر يوم الجمع لا ريب فيه فريق في الجنة وفريق في السعير

   7

   Thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran that you may warn [the people of] the Mother of the Towns and those around it, and warn [them] of the Day of Gathering, in which there is no doubt, [whereupon] a part [of mankind] will be in paradise and a part will be in the Blaze.

   wa-ka-dhālika ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan li-tundhira ʾumma l-qurā wa-man ḥawlahā wa-tundhira yawma l-jamʿi lā rayba fīhi farīqun fī l-jannati wa-farīqun fī s-saʿīri

8. ولو شاء الله لجعلهم أمة واحدة ولكن يدخل من يشاء في رحمته والظالمون ما لهم من ولي ولا نصير

   8

   Had Allah wished, He would have surely made them one community; but He admits whomever He wishes into His mercy, and the wrongdoers do not have any guardian or helper.

   wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-jaʿalahum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-lākin yudkhilu man yashāʾu fī raḥmatihī wa-ẓ-ẓālimūna mā lahum min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin

9. أم اتخذوا من دونه أولياء فالله هو الولي وهو يحيي الموتى وهو على كل شيء قدير

   9

   Have they taken awliya besides Him? [Say,] ‘It is Allah, who is the [true] Wali, and He revives the dead, and He has power over all things.

   ʾami ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾa fa-llāhu huwa l-waliyyu wa-huwa yuḥyi l-mawtā wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

10. وما اختلفتم فيه من شيء فحكمه إلى الله ذلكم الله ربي عليه توكلت وإليه أنيب

    10

    Whatever thing you may differ about, its judgement is with Allah. That is Allah, my Lord. In Him, I have put my trust, and to Him do I turn penitently.

    wa-mā khtalaftum fīhi min shayʾin fa-ḥukmuhū ʾilā llāhi dhālikumu llāhu rabbī ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ʾilayhi ʾunību