Surah Ghāfir (The Forgiver) in English

1. ربنا وأدخلهم جنات عدن التي وعدتهم ومن صلح من آبائهم وأزواجهم وذرياتهم إنك أنت العزيز الحكيم

   8

   Our Lord! Admit them into the Gardens of Eden, which You have promised them, along with whoever is righteous among their forebears, their spouses and their descendants. Indeed You are the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   rabbanā wa-ʾadkhilhum jannāti ʿadnin-i llatī waʿadtahum wa-man ṣalaḥa min ʾābāʾihim wa-ʾazwājihim wa-dhurriyyātihim ʾinnaka ʾanta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

2. وقهم السيئات ومن تق السيئات يومئذ فقد رحمته وذلك هو الفوز العظيم

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   Save them from the ills [of the Day of Retribution]; and whomever You save from the ills that day, You will have had mercy upon him, and that is the great triumph.’

   wa-qihimu s-sayyiʾāti wa-man taqi s-sayyiʾāti yawmaʾidhin fa-qad raḥimtahū wa-dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

3. إن الذين كفروا ينادون لمقت الله أكبر من مقتكم أنفسكم إذ تدعون إلى الإيمان فتكفرون

   10

   It will be proclaimed to the faithless: ‘Surely, Allah’s outrage [towards you] is greater than your outrage towards yourselves, as you were invited to faith, but you disbelieved.’

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū yunādawna la-maqtu llāhi ʾakbaru min maqtikum ʾanfusakum ʾidh tudʿawna ʾilā l-ʾīmāni fa-takfurūna

4. قالوا ربنا أمتنا اثنتين وأحييتنا اثنتين فاعترفنا بذنوبنا فهل إلى خروج من سبيل

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   They will say, ‘Our Lord! Twice did You make us die, and twice did You give us life. We admit our sins. Is there any way out [from this plight]?’

   qālū rabbanā ʾamattanā thnatayni wa-ʾaḥyaytanā thnatayni fa-ʿtarafnā bi-dhunūbinā fa-hal ʾilā khurūjin min sabīlin

5. ذلكم بأنه إذا دعي الله وحده كفرتم وإن يشرك به تؤمنوا فالحكم لله العلي الكبير

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   [They will be told,] ‘This [plight of yours] is because, when Allah was invoked alone, you would disbelieve, but if partners were ascribed to Him you would believe. So the judgment belongs to Allah, the All-exalted, the All-great.’

   dhālikum bi-ʾannahū ʾidhā duʿiya llāhu waḥdahū kafartum wa-ʾin yushrak bihī tuʾminū fa-l-ḥukmu li-llāhi l-ʿaliyyi l-kabīri

6. هو الذي يريكم آياته وينزل لكم من السماء رزقا وما يتذكر إلا من ينيب

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   It is He who shows you His signs and sends down provision for you from the sky. Yet no one takes admonition except those who return penitently [to Allah].

   huwa lladhī yurīkum ʾāyātihī wa-yunazzilu lakum mina s-samāʾi rizqan wa-mā yatadhakkaru ʾillā man yunību

7. فادعوا الله مخلصين له الدين ولو كره الكافرون

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   So supplicate Allah, putting exclusive faith in Him, though the faithless should be averse.

   fa-dʿū llāha mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna wa-law kariha l-kāfirūna

8. رفيع الدرجات ذو العرش يلقي الروح من أمره على من يشاء من عباده لينذر يوم التلاق

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   Raiser of ranks, Lord of the Throne, He casts the Spirit of His command upon whomever of His servants that He wishes, that he may warn [people] of the Day of Encounter.

   rafīʿu d-darajāti dhū l-ʿarshi yulqī r-rūḥa min ʾamrihī ʿalā man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī li-yundhira yawma t-talāqi

9. يوم هم بارزون لا يخفى على الله منهم شيء لمن الملك اليوم لله الواحد القهار

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   The day when they will emerge [from their graves], nothing about them will be hidden from Allah. ‘To whom does the sovereignty belong today?’ ‘To Allah, the One, the All-paramount!’

   yawma hum bārizūna lā yakhfā ʿalā llāhi minhum shayʾun li-mani l-mulku l-yawma li-llāhi l-wāḥidi l-qahhāri