Surah At-Taghābun (The Mutual Disillusion) in English

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

1. يسبح لله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير

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   Whatever there is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah. To Him belongs all sovereignty and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things.

   yusabbiḥu li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi lahu l-mulku wa-lahu l-ḥamdu wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

2. هو الذي خلقكم فمنكم كافر ومنكم مؤمن والله بما تعملون بصير

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   It is He who created you. Then some of you are faithless and some of you are faithful, and Allah watches what you do.

   huwa lladhī khalaqakum fa-minkum kāfirun wa-minkum muʾminun wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

3. خلق السماوات والأرض بالحق وصوركم فأحسن صوركم وإليه المصير

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   He created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom, and He formed you and perfected your forms, and toward Him is your destination.

   khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ṣawwarakum fa-ʾaḥsana ṣuwarakum wa-ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

4. يعلم ما في السماوات والأرض ويعلم ما تسرون وما تعلنون والله عليم بذات الصدور

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   He knows whatever there is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose, and Allah knows best what is in your breasts.

   yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-yaʿlamu mā tusirrūna wa-mā tuʿlinūna wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri

5. ألم يأتكم نبأ الذين كفروا من قبل فذاقوا وبال أمرهم ولهم عذاب أليم

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   Has there not come to you the account of those who were faithless before? They tasted the evil consequence of their conduct, and there is a painful punishment for them.

   ʾa-lam yaʾtikum nabaʾu lladhīna kafarū min qablu fa-dhāqū wabāla ʾamrihim wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

6. ذلك بأنه كانت تأتيهم رسلهم بالبينات فقالوا أبشر يهدوننا فكفروا وتولوا واستغنى الله والله غني حميد

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   That was because their apostles would bring them manifest proofs, but they said, ‘Will humans be our guides?!’ So they disbelieved and turned away, and Allah had no need [of their faith] and Allah is all-sufficient, all-laudable.

   dhālika bi-ʾannahū kānat taʾtīhim rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti fa-qālū ʾa-basharun yahdūnanā fa-kafarū wa-tawallaw wa-staghnā llāhu wa-llāhu ghaniyyun ḥamīdun

7. زعم الذين كفروا أن لن يبعثوا قل بلى وربي لتبعثن ثم لتنبؤن بما عملتم وذلك على الله يسير

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   The faithless claim that they will not be resurrected. Say, ‘Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did, and that is easy for Allah.’

   zaʿama lladhīna kafarū ʾan lan yubʿathū qul balā wa-rabbī la-tubʿathunna thumma la-tunabbaʾunna bi-mā ʿamiltum wa-dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun

8. فآمنوا بالله ورسوله والنور الذي أنزلنا والله بما تعملون خبير

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   So have faith in Allah and His Apostle and the light, which We have sent down, and Allah is well aware of what you do.

   fa-ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-n-nūri lladhī ʾanzalnā wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīrun

9. يوم يجمعكم ليوم الجمع ذلك يوم التغابن ومن يؤمن بالله ويعمل صالحا يكفر عنه سيئاته ويدخله جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها أبدا ذلك الفوز العظيم

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   When He will you bring you together for the Day of Gathering, it will be a day of privation [and regret]. As for those who have faith in Allah and act righteously, He shall absolve them of their misdeeds and admit them into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them forever. That is the great success.

   yawma yajmaʿukum li-yawmi l-jamʿi dhālika yawmu t-taghābuni wa-man yuʾmin bi-llāhi wa-yaʿmal ṣāliḥan yukaffir ʿanhu sayyiʾātihī wa-yudkhilhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan dhālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu