Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. وما من دابة في الأرض إلا على الله رزقها ويعلم مستقرها ومستودعها كل في كتاب مبين

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   There is no animal on the earth, but that its sustenance lies with Allah, and He knows its [enduring] abode and its temporary place of lodging. Everything is in a manifest Book.

   wa-mā min dābbatin fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā ʿalā llāhi rizquhā wa-yaʿlamu mustaqarrahā wa-mustawdaʿahā kullun fī kitābin mubīnin

2. وهو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض في ستة أيام وكان عرشه على الماء ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا ولئن قلت إنكم مبعوثون من بعد الموت ليقولن الذين كفروا إن هذا إلا سحر مبين

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   It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days—and His Throne was [then] upon the waters—that He may test you [to see] which of you is best in conduct. Yet if you say, ‘You will indeed be raised up after death,’ the faithless will surely say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic.’

   wa-huwa lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa fī sittati ʾayyāmin wa-kāna ʿarshuhū ʿalā l-māʾi li-yabluwakum ʾayyukum ʾaḥsanu ʿamalan wa-la-ʾin qulta ʾinnakum mabʿūthūna min baʿdi l-mawti la-yaqūlanna lladhīna kafarū ʾin hādhā ʾillā siḥrun mubīnun

3. ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون

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   And if We defer their punishment until a certain time, they will surely say, ‘What holds it back?’ Look! On the day it overtakes them it shall not be turned away from them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.

   wa-la-ʾin ʾakhkharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ʾilā ʾummatin maʿdūdatin la-yaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhū ʾa-lā yawma yaʾtīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

4. ولئن أذقنا الإنسان منا رحمة ثم نزعناها منه إنه ليئوس كفور

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   If We let man taste a mercy from Us, and then withdraw it from him, he becomes despondent, ungrateful.

   wa-la-ʾin ʾadhaqnā l-ʾinsāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā minhu ʾinnahū la-yaʾūsun kafūrun

5. ولئن أذقناه نعماء بعد ضراء مسته ليقولن ذهب السيئات عني إنه لفرح فخور

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   And if We let him have a taste of Our blessings after adversities have befallen him, he will surely say, ‘All ills have left me.’ Indeed, he becomes a vain braggart,

   wa-la-ʾin ʾadhaqnāhu naʿmāʾa baʿda ḍarrāʾa massathu la-yaqūlanna dhahaba s-sayyiʾātu ʿannī ʾinnahū la-fariḥun fakhūrun

6. إلا الذين صبروا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير

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   excepting those who are patient and do righteous deeds. For such there will be forgiveness and a great reward.

   ʾillā lladhīna ṣabarū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ʾulāʾika lahum maghfiratun wa-ʾajrun kabīrun

7. فلعلك تارك بعض ما يوحى إليك وضائق به صدرك أن يقولوا لولا أنزل عليه كنز أو جاء معه ملك إنما أنت نذير والله على كل شيء وكيل

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   [Look out] lest you should disregard aught of what has been revealed to you, and be upset because they say, ‘Why has not a treasure been sent down to him, or [why does] not an angel accompany him?’ You are only a warner, and Allah watches over all things.

   fa-laʿallaka tārikun baʿḍa mā yūḥā ʾilayka wa-ḍāʾiqun bihī ṣadruka ʾan yaqūlū law-lā ʾunzila ʿalayhi kanzun ʾaw jāʾa maʿahū malakun ʾinnamā ʾanta nadhīrun wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin wakīlun