Surah Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation) in English

1. والذين يحاجون في الله من بعد ما استجيب له حجتهم داحضة عند ربهم وعليهم غضب ولهم عذاب شديد

   16

   Those who argue concerning Allah, after His call has been answered, their argument stands refuted with their Lord, and upon them shall be [His] wrath, and there is a severe punishment for them.

   wa-lladhīna yuḥājjūna fī llāhi min baʿdi mā stujība lahū ḥujjatuhum dāḥiḍatun ʿinda rabbihim wa-ʿalayhim ghaḍabun wa-lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun-i

2. الله الذي أنزل الكتاب بالحق والميزان وما يدريك لعل الساعة قريب

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   It is Allah who has sent down the Book with the truth and [He has sent down] the Balance. What do you know—maybe the Hour is near!

   allāhu lladhī ʾanzala l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-l-mīzāna wa-mā yudrīka laʿalla s-sāʿata qarībun

3. يستعجل بها الذين لا يؤمنون بها والذين آمنوا مشفقون منها ويعلمون أنها الحق ألا إن الذين يمارون في الساعة لفي ضلال بعيد

   18

   Those who do not believe in it ask [you] to hasten it, but those who have faith are apprehensive of it, and know that it is true. Indeed those who are in doubt about the Hour are in extreme error!

   yastaʿjilu bihā lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bihā wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū mushfiqūna minhā wa-yaʿlamūna ʾannahā l-ḥaqqu ʾa-lā ʾinna lladhīna yumārūna fī s-sāʿati la-fī ḍalālin baʿīdin-i

4. الله لطيف بعباده يرزق من يشاء وهو القوي العزيز

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   Allah is all-attentive to His servants. He provides for whomever He wishes, and He is the All-strong, the All-mighty.

   allāhu laṭīfun bi-ʿibādihī yarzuqu man yashāʾu wa-huwa l-qawiyyu l-ʿazīzu

5. من كان يريد حرث الآخرة نزد له في حرثه ومن كان يريد حرث الدنيا نؤته منها وما له في الآخرة من نصيب

   20

   Whoever desires the tillage of the Hereafter, We will enhance for him his tillage, and whoever desires the tillage of the world, We will give it to him, but he will have no share in the Hereafter.

   man kāna yurīdu ḥartha l-ʾākhirati nazid lahū fī ḥarthihī wa-man kāna yurīdu ḥartha d-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa-mā lahū fī l-ʾākhirati min naṣībin

6. أم لهم شركاء شرعوا لهم من الدين ما لم يأذن به الله ولولا كلمة الفصل لقضي بينهم وإن الظالمين لهم عذاب أليم

   21

   Do they have deities [besides Allah] who have ordained for them a religion not permitted by Allah? Were it not for a [prior] conclusive word, judgement would have been made between them, and indeed a painful punishment awaits the wrongdoers.

   ʾam lahum shurakāʾu sharaʿū lahum mina d-dīni mā lam yaʾdhan bihi llāhu wa-law-lā kalimatu l-faṣli la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

7. ترى الظالمين مشفقين مما كسبوا وهو واقع بهم والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات في روضات الجنات لهم ما يشاءون عند ربهم ذلك هو الفضل الكبير

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   When it is about to befall them, You will see the wrongdoers fearful because of what they have earned; but those who have faith and do righteous deeds will be in the gardens of paradise: they will have whatever they wish near their Lord. That is the mighty grace.

   tarā ẓ-ẓālimīna mushfiqīna mimmā kasabū wa-huwa wāqiʿun bihim wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fī rawḍāti l-jannāti lahum mā yashāʾūna ʿinda rabbihim dhālika huwa l-faḍlu l-kabīru