Surah At-Taĥrīm (The Prohibition) in English

1. يا أيها الذين آمنوا توبوا إلى الله توبة نصوحا عسى ربكم أن يكفر عنكم سيئاتكم ويدخلكم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار يوم لا يخزي الله النبي والذين آمنوا معه نورهم يسعى بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يقولون ربنا أتمم لنا نورنا واغفر لنا إنك على كل شيء قدير

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   O you who have faith! Repent to Allah with sincere repentance! Maybe your Lord will absolve you of your misdeeds and admit you into gardens with streams running in them, on the day when Allah will not let down the Prophet and the faithful who are with him. Their light will move swiftly before them and on their right. They will say, ‘Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Indeed You have power over all things.’

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū tūbū ʾilā llāhi tawbatan naṣūḥan ʿasā rabbukum ʾan yukaffira ʿankum sayyiʾātikum wa-yudkhilakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru yawma lā yukhzī llāhu n-nabiyya wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū nūruhum yasʿā bayna ʾaydīhim wa-bi-ʾaymānihim yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾatmim lanā nūranā wa-ghfir lanā ʾinnaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

2. يا أيها النبي جاهد الكفار والمنافقين واغلظ عليهم ومأواهم جهنم وبئس المصير

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   O Prophet! Wage jihad against the faithless and the hypocrites, and be severe with them. Their refuge will be hell, and it is an evil destination.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu jāhidi l-kuffāra wa-l-munāfiqīna wa-ghluẓ ʿalayhim wa-maʾwāhum jahannamu wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru

3. ضرب الله مثلا للذين كفروا امرأت نوح وامرأت لوط كانتا تحت عبدين من عبادنا صالحين فخانتاهما فلم يغنيا عنهما من الله شيئا وقيل ادخلا النار مع الداخلين

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   Allah cites an example of the faithless: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of our righteous servants, yet they betrayed them. So they did not avail them in any way against Allah, and it was said [to them], ‘Enter the Fire, along with those who enter [it].’

   ḍaraba llāhu mathalan li-lladhīna kafarū mraʾata nūḥin wa-mraʾata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fa-khānatāhumā fa-lam yughniyā ʿanhumā mina llāhi shayʾan wa-qīla dkhulā n-nāra maʿa d-dākhilīna

4. وضرب الله مثلا للذين آمنوا امرأت فرعون إذ قالت رب ابن لي عندك بيتا في الجنة ونجني من فرعون وعمله ونجني من القوم الظالمين

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   Allah cites an example of the faithful: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, ‘My Lord! Build me a home near You in paradise, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his conduct, and deliver me from the wrongdoing lot.’

   wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan li-lladhīna ʾāmanū mraʾata firʿawna ʾidh qālat rabbi bni lī ʿindaka baytan fī l-jannati wa-najjinī min firʿawna wa-ʿamalihī wa-najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

5. ومريم ابنت عمران التي أحصنت فرجها فنفخنا فيه من روحنا وصدقت بكلمات ربها وكتبه وكانت من القانتين

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   And Mary, daughter of Imran, who guarded the chastity of her womb, so We breathed into it of Our spirit. She confirmed the words of her Lord and His Books, and she was one of the obedient.

   wa-maryama bnata ʿimrāna llatī ʾaḥṣanat farjahā fa-nafakhnā fīhi min rūḥinā wa-ṣaddaqat bi-kalimāti rabbihā wa-kutubihī wa-kānat mina l-qānitīna