Surah Ghāfir (The Forgiver) in English

1. إن الساعة لآتية لا ريب فيها ولكن أكثر الناس لا يؤمنون

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   Indeed the Hour is bound to come; there is no doubt in it. But most people do not believe.

   ʾinna s-sāʿata la-ʾātiyatun lā rayba fīhā wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yuʾminūna

2. وقال ربكم ادعوني أستجب لكم إن الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين

   60

   Your Lord has said, ‘Call Me, and I will hear you!’ Indeed those who are disdainful of My worship will enter hell in utter humiliation.

   wa-qāla rabbukumu dʿūnī ʾastajib lakum ʾinna lladhīna yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatī sa-yadkhulūna jahannama dākhirīna

3. الله الذي جعل لكم الليل لتسكنوا فيه والنهار مبصرا إن الله لذو فضل على الناس ولكن أكثر الناس لا يشكرون

   61

   It is Allah who made the night for you, that you may rest in it, and the day to provide visibility. Indeed Allah is gracious to mankind, but most people do not give thanks.

   allāhu lladhī jaʿala lakumu l-layla li-taskunū fīhi wa-n-nahāra mubṣiran ʾinna llāha la-dhū faḍlin ʿalā n-nāsi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yashkurūna

4. ذلكم الله ربكم خالق كل شيء لا إله إلا هو فأنى تؤفكون

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   That is Allah, your Lord, the creator of all things, there is no god except Him. Then where do you stray?

   dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum khāliqu kulli shayʾin lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa fa-ʾannā tuʾfakūna

5. كذلك يؤفك الذين كانوا بآيات الله يجحدون

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   Those who were used to impugning the signs of Allah are thus made to go astray.

   ka-dhālika yuʾfaku lladhīna kānū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi yajḥadūna

6. الله الذي جعل لكم الأرض قرارا والسماء بناء وصوركم فأحسن صوركم ورزقكم من الطيبات ذلكم الله ربكم فتبارك الله رب العالمين

   64

   It is Allah who made for you the earth an abode and the sky a canopy. He formed you and perfected your forms, and provided you with all the good things. That is Allah, your Lord! Blessed is Allah, Lord of all the worlds!

   allāhu lladhī jaʿala lakumu l-ʾarḍa qarāran wa-s-samāʾa bināʾan wa-ṣawwarakum fa-ʾaḥsana ṣuwarakum wa-razaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum fa-tabāraka llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

7. هو الحي لا إله إلا هو فادعوه مخلصين له الدين الحمد لله رب العالمين

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   He is the Living One, there is no god except Him. So supplicate Him, putting exclusive faith in Him. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.

   huwa l-ḥayyu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa fa-dʿūhu mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna l-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

8. قل إني نهيت أن أعبد الذين تدعون من دون الله لما جاءني البينات من ربي وأمرت أن أسلم لرب العالمين

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   Say, ‘I have been forbidden to worship those whom you invoke besides Allah, as manifest proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds.’

   qul ʾinnī nuhītu ʾan ʾaʿbuda lladhīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi lammā jāʾaniya l-bayyinātu min rabbī wa-ʾumirtu ʾan ʾuslima li-rabbi l-ʿālamīna