Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

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

1. الر كتاب أحكمت آياته ثم فصلت من لدن حكيم خبير

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   Alif, Lam Ra. [This is] a Book, whose signs have been made definitive and then elaborated, from One [who is] all-wise, all-aware,

   a-l-r (ʾalif lām rā) kitābun ʾuḥkimat ʾāyātuhū thumma fuṣṣilat min ladun ḥakīmin khabīrin

2. ألا تعبدوا إلا الله إنني لكم منه نذير وبشير

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   declaring: ‘Worship no one but Allah. I am indeed a warner to you from Him and a bearer of good news.

   ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā llāha ʾinnanī lakum minhu nadhīrun wa-bashīrun

3. وأن استغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يمتعكم متاعا حسنا إلى أجل مسمى ويؤت كل ذي فضل فضله وإن تولوا فإني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم كبير

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   Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently. He will provide you with a good provision for a specified term and grant His grace to every meritorious person. But if you turn your backs [on Him], indeed I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day.

   wa-ʾani staghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ʾilayhi yumattiʿkum matāʿan ḥasanan ʾilā ʾajalin musamman wa-yuʾti kulla dhī faḍlin faḍlahū wa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin kabīrin

4. إلى الله مرجعكم وهو على كل شيء قدير

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   To Allah will be your return, and He has power over all things.’

   ʾilā llāhi marjiʿukum wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

5. ألا إنهم يثنون صدورهم ليستخفوا منه ألا حين يستغشون ثيابهم يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون إنه عليم بذات الصدور

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   Look! They fold up their breasts to hide [their secret feelings] from Him. Look! When they draw their cloaks over their heads, He knows whatever they keep secret and whatever they disclose. Indeed, He knows best whatever is in the breasts.

   ʾa-lā ʾinnahum yathnūna ṣudūrahum li-yastakhfū minhu ʾa-lā ḥīna yastaghshūna thiyābahum yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wa-mā yuʿlinūna ʾinnahū ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri