Surah Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation) in English

1. ومن آياته الجوار في البحر كالأعلام

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   Among His signs are the ships [that run] on the sea [appearing] like landmarks.

   wa-min ʾāyātihi l-jawāri fī l-baḥri ka-l-ʾaʿlāmi

2. إن يشأ يسكن الريح فيظللن رواكد على ظهره إن في ذلك لآيات لكل صبار شكور

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   If He wishes He stills the wind, whereat they remain standstill on its surface. There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].

   ʾin yashaʾ yuskini r-rīḥa fa-yaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrihī ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

3. أو يوبقهن بما كسبوا ويعف عن كثير

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   Or He wrecks them because of what they have earned, and He excuses many [an offense].

   ʾaw yūbiqhunna bi-mā kasabū wa-yaʿfu ʿan kathīrin

4. ويعلم الذين يجادلون في آياتنا ما لهم من محيص

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   Let those who dispute Our signs know that there is no escape for them.

   wa-yaʿlama lladhīna yujādilūna fī ʾāyātinā mā lahum min maḥīṣin

5. فما أوتيتم من شيء فمتاع الحياة الدنيا وما عند الله خير وأبقى للذين آمنوا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

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   Whatever you have been given are the wares of the life of this world, but what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who have faith and who put their trust in their Lord

   fa-mā ʾūtītum min shayʾin fa-matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-mā ʿinda llāhi khayrun wa-ʾabqā li-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

6. والذين يجتنبون كبائر الإثم والفواحش وإذا ما غضبوا هم يغفرون

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   —those who avoid major sins and indecencies, and forgive when angered;

   wa-lladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾira l-ʾithmi wa-l-fawāḥisha wa-ʾidhā mā ghaḍibū hum yaghfirūna

7. والذين استجابوا لربهم وأقاموا الصلاة وأمرهم شورى بينهم ومما رزقناهم ينفقون

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   those who answer their Lord, maintain the prayer, and [conduct] their affairs by counsel among themselves, and they spend out of what We have provided them;

   wa-lladhīna stajābū li-rabbihim wa-ʾaqāmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾamruhum shūrā baynahum wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

8. والذين إذا أصابهم البغي هم ينتصرون

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   those who, when afflicted by oppression, defend themselves.

   wa-lladhīna ʾidhā ʾaṣābahumu l-baghyu hum yantaṣirūna

9. وجزاء سيئة سيئة مثلها فمن عفا وأصلح فأجره على الله إنه لا يحب الظالمين

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   The requital of evil is an evil like it, so whoever excuses and conciliates, his reward lies with Allah. Indeed, He does not like the wrongdoers.

   wa-jazāʾu sayyiʾatin sayyiʾatun mithluhā fa-man ʿafā wa-ʾaṣlaḥa fa-ʾajruhū ʿalā llāhi ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīna

10. ولمن انتصر بعد ظلمه فأولئك ما عليهم من سبيل

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    As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no ground for action against them.

    wa-la-mani ntaṣara baʿda ẓulmihī fa-ʾulāʾika mā ʿalayhim min sabīlin

11. إنما السبيل على الذين يظلمون الناس ويبغون في الأرض بغير الحق أولئك لهم عذاب أليم

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    The ground for action is only against those who oppress the people and commit tyranny in the land in violation of justice. For such there will be a painful punishment.

    ʾinnamā s-sabīlu ʿalā lladhīna yaẓlimūna n-nāsa wa-yabghūna fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

12. ولمن صبر وغفر إن ذلك لمن عزم الأمور

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    As for someone who endures patiently and forgives—that is indeed the steadiest of courses.

    wa-la-man ṣabara wa-ghafara ʾinna dhālika la-min ʿazmi l-ʾumūri

13. ومن يضلل الله فما له من ولي من بعده وترى الظالمين لما رأوا العذاب يقولون هل إلى مرد من سبيل

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    Those whom Allah leads astray have no guardian apart from Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they sight the punishment, saying, ‘Is there any way for a retreat?’

    wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-mā lahū min waliyyin min baʿdihī wa-tarā ẓ-ẓālimīna lammā raʾawu l-ʿadhāba yaqūlūna hal ʾilā maraddin min sabīlin