Surah Ghāfir (The Forgiver) in English

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

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem.

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. تنزيل الكتاب من الله العزيز العليم

   2

   The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-knowing,

   tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi

3. غافر الذنب وقابل التوب شديد العقاب ذي الطول لا إله إلا هو إليه المصير

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   forgiver of sins and acceptor of repentance, severe in retribution, [yet] all-bountiful; there is no god except Him, [and] toward Him is the destination.

   ghāfiri dh-dhanbi wa-qābili t-tawbi shadīdi l-ʿiqābi dhī ṭ-ṭawli lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

4. ما يجادل في آيات الله إلا الذين كفروا فلا يغررك تقلبهم في البلاد

   4

   No one disputes the signs of Allah except the faithless. So do not be misled by their bustle in the towns.

   mā yujādilu fī ʾāyāti llāhi ʾillā lladhīna kafarū fa-lā yaghrurka taqallubuhum fī l-bilādi

5. كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح والأحزاب من بعدهم وهمت كل أمة برسولهم ليأخذوه وجادلوا بالباطل ليدحضوا به الحق فأخذتهم فكيف كان عقاب

   5

   The people of Noah denied before them and the [heathen] factions [who came] after them. Every nation attempted to lay hands on their apostle, and disputed erroneously to refute the truth. Then I seized them; so how was My retribution?!

   kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wa-l-ʾaḥzābu min baʿdihim wa-hammat kullu ʾummatin bi-rasūlihim li-yaʾkhudhūhu wa-jādalū bi-l-bāṭili li-yudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqqa fa-ʾakhadhtuhum fa-kayfa kāna ʿiqābi

6. وكذلك حقت كلمت ربك على الذين كفروا أنهم أصحاب النار

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   That is how the word of your Lord became due concerning the faithless, that they shall be inmates of the Fire.

   wa-ka-dhālika ḥaqqat kalimatu rabbika ʿalā lladhīna kafarū ʾannahum ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri

7. الذين يحملون العرش ومن حوله يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويؤمنون به ويستغفرون للذين آمنوا ربنا وسعت كل شيء رحمة وعلما فاغفر للذين تابوا واتبعوا سبيلك وقهم عذاب الجحيم

   7

   Those who bear the Throne, and those who are around it, celebrate the praise of their Lord and have faith in Him, and they plead for forgiveness for the faithful: ‘Our Lord! You embrace all things in mercy and knowledge. So forgive those who repent and follow Your way and save them from the punishment of hell.

   alladhīna yaḥmilūna l-ʿarsha wa-man ḥawlahū yusabbiḥūna bi-ḥamdi rabbihim wa-yuʾminūna bihī wa-yastaghfirūna li-lladhīna ʾāmanū rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shayʾin raḥmatan wa-ʿilman fa-ghfir li-lladhīna tābū wa-ttabaʿū sabīlaka wa-qihim ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi