Surah Fāţir (Originator) in English

1. وما يستوي البحران هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا وتستخرجون حلية تلبسونها وترى الفلك فيه مواخر لتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

   12

   Not alike are the two seas: this one sweet and agreeable, pleasant to drink, and that one briny and bitter, and from each you eat fresh meat and obtain ornaments, which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through them, that you may seek of His bounty, and so that you may give thanks.

   wa-mā yastawī l-baḥrāni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun sāʾighun sharābuhū wa-hādhā milḥun ʾujājun wa-min kullin taʾkulūna laḥman ṭariyyan wa-tastakhrijūna ḥilyatan talbasūnahā wa-tarā l-fulka fīhi mawākhira li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna

2. يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل وسخر الشمس والقمر كل يجري لأجل مسمى ذلكم الله ربكم له الملك والذين تدعون من دونه ما يملكون من قطمير

   13

   He makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs all sovereignty. As for those whom you invoke besides Him, they do not control so much as the husk of a date stone.

   yūliju l-layla fī n-nahāri wa-yūliju n-nahāra fī l-layli wa-sakhkhara sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara kullun yajrī li-ʾajalin musamman dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum lahu l-mulku wa-lladhīna tadʿūna min dūnihī mā yamlikūna min qiṭmīrin

3. إن تدعوهم لا يسمعوا دعاءكم ولو سمعوا ما استجابوا لكم ويوم القيامة يكفرون بشرككم ولا ينبئك مثل خبير

   14

   If you invoke them they will not hear your invocation, and even if they heard they cannot respond to you, and on the Day of Resurrection they will forswear your polytheism, and none can inform you like the One who is all-aware.

   ʾin tadʿūhum lā yasmaʿū duʿāʾakum wa-law samiʿū mā stajābū lakum wa-yawma l-qiyāmati yakfurūna bi-shirkikum wa-lā yunabbiʾuka mithlu khabīrin

4. يا أيها الناس أنتم الفقراء إلى الله والله هو الغني الحميد

   15

   O mankind! You are the ones who stand in need of Allah, and Allah—He is the All-sufficient, the All-laudable.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ʾantumu l-fuqarāʾu ʾilā llāhi wa-llāhu huwa l-ghaniyyu l-ḥamīdu

5. إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد

   16

   If He wishes, He will take you away, and bring about a new creation;

   ʾin yashaʾ yudhhibkum wa-yaʾti bi-khalqin jadīdin

6. وما ذلك على الله بعزيز

   17

   and that is not a hard thing for Allah.

   wa-mā dhālika ʿalā llāhi bi-ʿazīzin

7. ولا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى وإن تدع مثقلة إلى حملها لا يحمل منه شيء ولو كان ذا قربى إنما تنذر الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب وأقاموا الصلاة ومن تزكى فإنما يتزكى لنفسه وإلى الله المصير

   18

   No bearer shall bear another’s burden, and should someone heavily burdened call [another] to carry it, nothing of it will be carried [by anyone] even if he should be a near relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord in secret and maintain the prayer. Whoever purifies himself, purifies only for his own sake, and to Allah is the return.

   wa-lā taziru wāziratun wizra ʾukhrā wa-ʾin tadʿu muthqalatun ʾilā ḥimlihā lā yuḥmal minhu shayʾun wa-law kāna dhā qurbā ʾinnamā tundhiru lladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bi-l-ghaybi wa-ʾaqāmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-man tazakkā fa-ʾinnamā yatazakkā li-nafsihī wa-ʾilā llāhi l-maṣīru