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

1. إن المجرمين في عذاب جهنم خالدون

   74

   Indeed the guilty will remain [forever] in the punishment of hell.

   ʾinna l-mujrimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūna

2. لا يفتر عنهم وهم فيه مبلسون

   75

   It will not be lightened for them, and they will be despondent in it.

   lā yufattaru ʿanhum wa-hum fīhi mublisūna

3. وما ظلمناهم ولكن كانوا هم الظالمين

   76

   We did not wrong them, but they themselves were wrongdoers.

   wa-mā ẓalamnāhum wa-lākin kānū humu ẓ-ẓālimīna

4. ونادوا يا مالك ليقض علينا ربك قال إنكم ماكثون

   77

   They will call out, ‘O Malik! Let your Lord finish us off!’ He will say, ‘Indeed you will stay on.’

   wa-nādaw yā-māliku li-yaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla ʾinnakum mākithūna

5. لقد جئناكم بالحق ولكن أكثركم للحق كارهون

   78

   ‘We certainly brought you the truth, but most of you were averse to the truth.’

   la-qad jiʾnākum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-lākinna ʾaktharakum li-l-ḥaqqi kārihūna

6. أم أبرموا أمرا فإنا مبرمون

   79

   Have they settled on some [devious] plan? Indeed, We too are settling [on Our plans].

   ʾam ʾabramū ʾamran fa-ʾinnā mubrimūna

7. أم يحسبون أنا لا نسمع سرهم ونجواهم بلى ورسلنا لديهم يكتبون

   80

   Do they suppose that We do not hear their secret thoughts and their secret talks? Yes indeed [We do]! And with them are Our messengers, writing down [everything].

   ʾam yaḥsabūna ʾannā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wa-najwāhum balā wa-rusulunā ladayhim yaktubūna

8. قل إن كان للرحمن ولد فأنا أول العابدين

   81

   Say, ‘If the All-beneficent had offspring, I would have been the first to worship [him].’

   qul ʾin kāna li-r-raḥmāni waladun fa-ʾana ʾawwalu l-ʿābidīna

9. سبحان رب السماوات والأرض رب العرش عما يصفون

   82

   Clear is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, of whatever they allege [concerning Him]!

   subḥāna rabbi s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna

10. فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون

    83

    So leave them to gossip and play until they encounter the day they are promised.

    fa-dharhum yakhūḍū wa-yalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu lladhī yūʿadūna

11. وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إله وهو الحكيم العليم

    84

    It is He who is God in the sky, and God on the earth, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.

    wa-huwa lladhī fī s-samāʾi ʾilāhun wa-fī l-ʾarḍi ʾilāhun wa-huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

12. وتبارك الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض وما بينهما وعنده علم الساعة وإليه ترجعون

    85

    Blessed is He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be brought back.

    wa-tabāraka lladhī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā wa-ʿindahū ʿilmu s-sāʿati wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna

13. ولا يملك الذين يدعون من دونه الشفاعة إلا من شهد بالحق وهم يعلمون

    86

    Those whom they invoke besides Him have no power of intercession, except those who are witness to the truth and who know [for whom to intercede].

    wa-lā yamliku lladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi sh-shafāʿata ʾillā man shahida bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-hum yaʿlamūna

14. ولئن سألتهم من خلقهم ليقولن الله فأنى يؤفكون

    87

    If you ask them, ‘Who created them?’ they will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Then where do they stray?

    wa-la-ʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqahum la-yaqūlunna llāhu fa-ʾannā yuʾfakūna

15. وقيله يا رب إن هؤلاء قوم لا يؤمنون

    88

    And his plaint: ‘My Lord! Indeed these are a people who will not have faith!’

    wa-qīlihī yā-rabbi ʾinna hāʾulāʾi qawmun lā yuʾminūna

16. فاصفح عنهم وقل سلام فسوف يعلمون

    89

    So disregard them, and say, ‘Peace!’ Soon they will know.

    fa-ṣfaḥ ʿanhum wa-qul salāmun fa-sawfa yaʿlamūna