Surah Ghāfir (The Forgiver) in English

1. قالوا أولم تك تأتيكم رسلكم بالبينات قالوا بلى قالوا فادعوا وما دعاء الكافرين إلا في ضلال

   50

   They will say, ‘Had not your apostles brought you manifest proofs?’ They will say, ‘Yes.’ They will say, ‘Then invoke [Him] yourselves.’ But the invocations of the faithless only go awry.

   qālū ʾa-wa-lam taku taʾtīkum rusulukum bi-l-bayyināti qālū balā qālū fa-dʿū wa-mā duʿāʾu l-kāfirīna ʾillā fī ḍalālin

2. إنا لننصر رسلنا والذين آمنوا في الحياة الدنيا ويوم يقوم الأشهاد

   51

   Indeed We shall help Our apostles and those who have faith in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses rise up,

   ʾinnā la-nanṣuru rusulanā wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-yawma yaqūmu l-ʾashhādu

3. يوم لا ينفع الظالمين معذرتهم ولهم اللعنة ولهم سوء الدار

   52

   the day when the excuses of the wrongdoers will not benefit them, the curse will lie on them, and for them will be the ills of the [ultimate] abode.

   yawma lā yanfaʿu ẓ-ẓālimīna maʿdhiratuhum wa-lahumu l-laʿnatu wa-lahum sūʾu d-dāri

4. ولقد آتينا موسى الهدى وأورثنا بني إسرائيل الكتاب

   53

   Certainly We gave guidance to Moses and We gave the Children of Israel the Book as a legacy,

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-hudā wa-ʾawrathnā banī ʾisrāʾīla l-kitāba

5. هدى وذكرى لأولي الألباب

   54

   as guidance and admonition for those who possess intellect.

   hudan wa-dhikrā li-ʾulī l-ʾalbābi

6. فاصبر إن وعد الله حق واستغفر لذنبك وسبح بحمد ربك بالعشي والإبكار

   55

   So be patient! Allah’s promise is indeed true. Plead [Allah] for forgiveness of your sin, and celebrate the praise of your Lord morning and evening.

   fa-ṣbir ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-staghfir li-dhanbika wa-sabbiḥ bi-ḥamdi rabbika bi-l-ʿashiyyi wa-l-ʾibkāri

7. إن الذين يجادلون في آيات الله بغير سلطان أتاهم إن في صدورهم إلا كبر ما هم ببالغيه فاستعذ بالله إنه هو السميع البصير

   56

   Indeed those who dispute the signs of Allah without any authority that may have come to them—there is [an ambition for] greatness in their breasts, which they will never attain. So seek the protection of Allah; indeed, He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.

   ʾinna lladhīna yujādilūna fī ʾāyāti llāhi bi-ghayri sulṭānin ʾatāhum ʾin fī ṣudūrihim ʾillā kibrun mā hum bi-bālighīhi fa-staʿidh bi-llāhi ʾinnahū huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīru

8. لخلق السماوات والأرض أكبر من خلق الناس ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

   57

   The creation of the heavens and the earth is surely more prodigious than the creation of mankind, but most people do not know.

   la-khalqu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾakbaru min khalqi n-nāsi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

9. وما يستوي الأعمى والبصير والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات ولا المسيء قليلا ما تتذكرون

   58

   The blind one and the seer are not equal, neither are the evildoers and those who have faith and do righteous deeds. Little is the admonition that you take!

   wa-mā yastawī l-ʾaʿmā wa-l-baṣīru wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa-lā l-musīʾu qalīlan mā tatadhakkarūna