Surah Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) in English

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

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem.

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. والكتاب المبين

   2

   By the Manifest Book:

   wa-l-kitābi l-mubīni

3. إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا لعلكم تعقلون

   3

   We have made it an Arabic Quran so that you may exercise your reason,

   ʾinnā jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna

4. وإنه في أم الكتاب لدينا لعلي حكيم

   4

   and it is sublime and wise with Us in the Mother Book.

   wa-ʾinnahū fī ʾummi l-kitābi ladaynā la-ʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

5. أفنضرب عنكم الذكر صفحا أن كنتم قوما مسرفين

   5

   Shall We keep back the Reminder from you and disregard you because you are an unrestrained lot?

   ʾa-fa-naḍribu ʿankumu dh-dhikra ṣafḥan ʾan kuntum qawman musrifīna

6. وكم أرسلنا من نبي في الأولين

   6

   How many a prophet We have sent to the former peoples!

   wa-kam ʾarsalnā min nabiyyin fī l-ʾawwalīna

7. وما يأتيهم من نبي إلا كانوا به يستهزئون

   7

   There did not come to them any prophet but that they used to deride him.

   wa-mā yaʾtīhim min nabiyyin ʾillā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

8. فأهلكنا أشد منهم بطشا ومضى مثل الأولين

   8

   So We destroyed those who were stronger than these, and the example of the former peoples has already come to pass.

   fa-ʾahlaknā ʾashadda minhum baṭshan wa-maḍā mathalu l-ʾawwalīna

9. ولئن سألتهم من خلق السماوات والأرض ليقولن خلقهن العزيز العليم

   9

   If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will surely say, ‘The All-mighty, the All-knowing created them.’

   wa-la-ʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa la-yaqūlunna khalaqahunna l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

10. الذي جعل لكم الأرض مهدا وجعل لكم فيها سبلا لعلكم تهتدون

    10

    He, who made the earth a cradle for you, and made for you in it ways so that you may be guided [to your destinations],

    alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-ʾarḍa mahdan wa-jaʿala lakum fīhā subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna