Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. التائبون العابدون الحامدون السائحون الراكعون الساجدون الآمرون بالمعروف والناهون عن المنكر والحافظون لحدود الله وبشر المؤمنين

   112

   [The faithful are] penitent, devout, celebrators of Allah’s praise, wayfarers, who bow [and] prostrate [in prayer], bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and keep Allah’s bounds—and give good news to the faithful.

   at-tāʾibūna l-ʿābidūna l-ḥāmidūna s-sāʾiḥūna r-rākiʿūna s-sājidūna l-ʾāmirūna bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-n-nāhūna ʿani l-munkari wa-l-ḥāfiẓūna li-ḥudūdi llāhi wa-bashshiri l-muʾminīna

2. ما كان للنبي والذين آمنوا أن يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا أولي قربى من بعد ما تبين لهم أنهم أصحاب الجحيم

   113

   The Prophet and the faithful may not plead for the forgiveness of the polytheists, even if they should be [their] relatives, after it has become clear to them that they will be the inmates of hell.

   mā kāna li-n-nabiyyi wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾan yastaghfirū li-l-mushrikīna wa-law kānū ʾulī qurbā min baʿdi mā tabayyana lahum ʾannahum ʾaṣḥābu l-jaḥīmi

3. وما كان استغفار إبراهيم لأبيه إلا عن موعدة وعدها إياه فلما تبين له أنه عدو لله تبرأ منه إن إبراهيم لأواه حليم

   114

   Abraham’s pleading forgiveness for his father was only to fulfill a promise he had made him. So when it became manifest to him that he was an enemy of God, he repudiated him. Indeed Abraham was most plaintive and forbearing.

   wa-mā kāna stighfāru ʾibrāhīma li-ʾabīhi ʾillā ʿan mawʿidatin waʿadahā ʾiyyāhu fa-lammā tabayyana lahū ʾannahū ʿaduwwun li-llāhi tabarraʾa minhu ʾinna ʾibrāhīma la-ʾawwāhun ḥalīmun

4. وما كان الله ليضل قوما بعد إذ هداهم حتى يبين لهم ما يتقون إن الله بكل شيء عليم

   115

   Allah does not lead any people astray after He has guided them until He has made clear to them what they should beware of. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.

   wa-mā kāna llāhu li-yuḍilla qawman baʿda ʾidh hadāhum ḥattā yubayyina lahum mā yattaqūna ʾinna llāha bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun

5. إن الله له ملك السماوات والأرض يحيي ويميت وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصير

   116

   Indeed to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and brings death. And besides Allah you do not have any guardian or helper.

   ʾinna llāha lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-mā lakum min dūni llāhi min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin

6. لقد تاب الله على النبي والمهاجرين والأنصار الذين اتبعوه في ساعة العسرة من بعد ما كاد يزيغ قلوب فريق منهم ثم تاب عليهم إنه بهم رءوف رحيم

   117

   Certainly Allah turned clemently to the Prophet and the Emigrants and the Helpers, who followed him in the hour of difficulty, after the hearts of a part of them were about to swerve. Then He turned clemently to them—indeed, He is most kind and merciful to them

   la-qad tāba llāhu ʿalā n-nabiyyi wa-l-muhājirīna wa-l-ʾanṣāri lladhīna ttabaʿūhu fī sāʿati l-ʿusrati min baʿdi mā kāda yazīghu qulūbu farīqin minhum thumma tāba ʿalayhim ʾinnahū bihim raʾūfun raḥīmun