Surah Ghāfir (The Forgiver) in English

1. وقال فرعون ذروني أقتل موسى وليدع ربه إني أخاف أن يبدل دينكم أو أن يظهر في الأرض الفساد

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   And Pharaoh said, ‘Let me slay Moses, and let him invoke his Lord. Indeed I fear that he will change your religion, or bring forth corruption in our land.’

   wa-qāla firʿawnu dharūnī ʾaqtul mūsā wa-l-yadʿu rabbahū ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾan yubaddila dīnakum ʾaw ʾan yuẓhira fī l-ʾarḍi l-fasāda

2. وقال موسى إني عذت بربي وربكم من كل متكبر لا يؤمن بيوم الحساب

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   Moses said, ‘I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning.’

   wa-qāla mūsā ʾinnī ʿudhtu bi-rabbī wa-rabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin lā yuʾminu bi-yawmi l-ḥisābi

3. وقال رجل مؤمن من آل فرعون يكتم إيمانه أتقتلون رجلا أن يقول ربي الله وقد جاءكم بالبينات من ربكم وإن يك كاذبا فعليه كذبه وإن يك صادقا يصبكم بعض الذي يعدكم إن الله لا يهدي من هو مسرف كذاب

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   Said a man of faith from Pharaoh’s clan, who concealed his faith, ‘Will you kill a man for saying, ‘‘My Lord is Allah,’’ while he has already brought you manifest proofs from your Lord? Should he be lying, his falsehood will be to his own detriment; but if he is truthful, there shall visit you some of what he promises you. Indeed Allah does not guide someone who is a transgressor and liar.

   wa-qāla rajulun muʾminun min ʾāli firʿawna yaktumu ʾīmānahū ʾa-taqtulūna rajulan ʾan yaqūla rabbiya llāhu wa-qad jāʾakum bi-l-bayyināti min rabbikum wa-ʾin yaku kādhiban fa-ʿalayhi kadhibuhū wa-ʾin yaku ṣādiqan yuṣibkum baʿḍu lladhī yaʿidukum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kadhdhābun

4. يا قوم لكم الملك اليوم ظاهرين في الأرض فمن ينصرنا من بأس الله إن جاءنا قال فرعون ما أريكم إلا ما أرى وما أهديكم إلا سبيل الرشاد

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   O my people! Today sovereignty belongs to you, and you are dominant in the land. But who will save us from Allah’s punishment should it overtake us?’ Pharaoh said, ‘I just point out to you what I see [to be advisable for you], and I guide you only to the way of rectitude.’

   yā-qawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-ʾarḍi fa-man yanṣurunā min baʾsi llāhi ʾin jāʾanā qāla firʿawnu mā ʾurīkum ʾillā mā ʾarā wa-mā ʾahdīkum ʾillā sabīla r-rashādi

5. وقال الذي آمن يا قوم إني أخاف عليكم مثل يوم الأحزاب

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   He who had faith said, ‘O my people! Indeed I fear for you [a day] like the day of the [heathen] factions;

   wa-qāla lladhī ʾāmana yā-qawmi ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum mithla yawmi l-ʾaḥzābi

6. مثل دأب قوم نوح وعاد وثمود والذين من بعدهم وما الله يريد ظلما للعباد

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   like the case of the people of Noah, of Ad and Thamud, and those who came after them, and Allah does not desire any wrong for [His] servants.

   mithla daʾbi qawmi nūḥin wa-ʿādin wa-thamūda wa-lladhīna min baʿdihim wa-mā llāhu yurīdu ẓulman li-l-ʿibādi

7. ويا قوم إني أخاف عليكم يوم التناد

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   O my people! I fear for you a day of mutual distress calls,

   wa-yā-qawmi ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum yawma t-tanādi

8. يوم تولون مدبرين ما لكم من الله من عاصم ومن يضلل الله فما له من هاد

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   a day when you will turn back [to flee], not having anyone to protect you from Allah, and whomever Allah leads astray has no guide.

   yawma tuwallūna mudbirīna mā lakum mina llāhi min ʿāṣimin wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-mā lahū min hādin