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

1. ولبيوتهم أبوابا وسررا عليها يتكئون

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   and [silver] doors for their houses and [silver] couches on which they recline,

   wa-li-buyūtihim ʾabwāban wa-sururan ʿalayhā yattakiʾūna

2. وزخرفا وإن كل ذلك لما متاع الحياة الدنيا والآخرة عند ربك للمتقين

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   and ornaments of gold; yet all that would be nothing but the wares of the life of this world, and the Hereafter is for the Godwary near your Lord.

   wa-zukhrufan wa-ʾin kullu dhālika lammā matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhiratu ʿinda rabbika li-l-muttaqīna

3. ومن يعش عن ذكر الرحمن نقيض له شيطانا فهو له قرين

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   We assign a devil to be the companion of him who turns a blind eye to the remembrance of the All-beneficent.

   wa-man yaʿshu ʿan dhikri r-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū shayṭānan fa-huwa lahū qarīnun

4. وإنهم ليصدونهم عن السبيل ويحسبون أنهم مهتدون

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   Indeed they bar them from the way [of Allah], while they suppose that they are [rightly] guided.

   wa-ʾinnahum la-yaṣuddūnahum ʿani s-sabīli wa-yaḥsabūna ʾannahum muhtadūna

5. حتى إذا جاءنا قال يا ليت بيني وبينك بعد المشرقين فبئس القرين

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   When he comes to Us, he will say, ‘I wish there had been between me and you the distance between the east and the west! What an evil companion [you are]!’

   ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾanā qāla yā-layta baynī wa-baynaka buʿda l-mashriqayni fa-biʾsa l-qarīnu

6. ولن ينفعكم اليوم إذ ظلمتم أنكم في العذاب مشتركون

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   ‘Today that will be of no avail to you. As you did wrong, so will you share in the punishment.’

   wa-lan yanfaʿakumu l-yawma ʾidh ẓalamtum ʾannakum fī l-ʿadhābi mushtarikūna

7. أفأنت تسمع الصم أو تهدي العمي ومن كان في ضلال مبين

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   Can you, then, make the deaf hear or guide the blind and those who are in manifest error?

   ʾa-fa-ʾanta tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma ʾaw tahdī l-ʿumya wa-man kāna fī ḍalālin mubīnin

8. فإما نذهبن بك فإنا منهم منتقمون

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   We will indeed take vengeance on them, whether We take you away

   fa-ʾimmā nadhhabanna bika fa-ʾinnā minhum muntaqimūna

9. أو نرينك الذي وعدناهم فإنا عليهم مقتدرون

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   or show you what We have promised them, for indeed We hold them in Our power.

   ʾaw nuriyannaka lladhī waʿadnāhum fa-ʾinnā ʿalayhim muqtadirūna

10. فاستمسك بالذي أوحي إليك إنك على صراط مستقيم

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    So hold fast to what has been revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

    fa-stamsik bi-lladhī ʾūḥiya ʾilayka ʾinnaka ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

11. وإنه لذكر لك ولقومك وسوف تسألون

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    Indeed it is a reminder for you and your people, and soon you will be questioned.

    wa-ʾinnahū la-dhikrun laka wa-li-qawmika wa-sawfa tusʾalūna

12. واسأل من أرسلنا من قبلك من رسلنا أجعلنا من دون الرحمن آلهة يعبدون

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    Ask those of Our apostles We have sent before you: Did We set up any gods to be worshipped besides the All-beneficent?

    wa-sʾal man ʾarsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ʾa-jaʿalnā min dūni r-raḥmāni ʾālihatan yuʿbadūna

13. ولقد أرسلنا موسى بآياتنا إلى فرعون وملئه فقال إني رسول رب العالمين

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    Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite. He said, ‘I am indeed an apostle of the Lord of all the worlds.’

    wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā mūsā bi-ʾāyātinā ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī fa-qāla ʾinnī rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

14. فلما جاءهم بآياتنا إذا هم منها يضحكون

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    But when he brought them Our signs, they indeed laughed at them.

    fa-lammā jāʾahum bi-ʾāyātinā ʾidhā hum minhā yaḍḥakūna