Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. أم يقولون افتراه قل فأتوا بعشر سور مثله مفتريات وادعوا من استطعتم من دون الله إن كنتم صادقين

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   Do they say, ‘He has fabricated it?’ Say, ‘Then bring ten surahs like it, fabricated, and invoke whomever you can, besides Allah, should you be truthful.’

   ʾam yaqūlūna ftarāhu qul fa-ʾtū bi-ʿashri suwarin mithlihī muftarayātin wa-dʿū mani staṭaʿtum min dūni llāhi ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

2. فإلم يستجيبوا لكم فاعلموا أنما أنزل بعلم الله وأن لا إله إلا هو فهل أنتم مسلمون

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   But if they do not respond to you, know that it has been sent down by Allah’s knowledge, and that there is no god except Him. Will you, then, submit [to Allah]?

   fa-ʾillam yastajībū lakum fa-ʿlamū ʾannamā ʾunzila bi-ʿilmi llāhi wa-ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa fa-hal ʾantum muslimūna

3. من كان يريد الحياة الدنيا وزينتها نوف إليهم أعمالهم فيها وهم فيها لا يبخسون

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   As for those who desire the life of this world and its glitter, We will recompense them fully for their works therein, and they shall not be underpaid in it.

   man kāna yurīdu l-ḥayāta d-dunyā wa-zīnatahā nuwaffi ʾilayhim ʾaʿmālahum fīhā wa-hum fīhā lā yubkhasūna

4. أولئك الذين ليس لهم في الآخرة إلا النار وحبط ما صنعوا فيها وباطل ما كانوا يعملون

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   They are the ones for whom there shall be nothing in the Hereafter but Fire: what they had accomplished in the world has failed, and their works have come to naught.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna laysa lahum fī l-ʾākhirati ʾillā n-nāru wa-ḥabiṭa mā ṣanaʿū fīhā wa-bāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna

5. أفمن كان على بينة من ربه ويتلوه شاهد منه ومن قبله كتاب موسى إماما ورحمة أولئك يؤمنون به ومن يكفر به من الأحزاب فالنار موعده فلا تك في مرية منه إنه الحق من ربك ولكن أكثر الناس لا يؤمنون

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   Is he who stands on a manifest proof from his Lord, and whom a witness of his own [family] follows? And before him there was the Book of Moses, a guide and mercy. It is they who have faith in it, and whoever defies him from among the factions, the Fire is their tryst. So do not be in doubt about it; it is the truth from your Lord, but most people do not have faith.

   ʾa-fa-man kāna ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbihī wa-yatlūhu shāhidun minhu wa-min qablihī kitābu mūsā ʾimāman wa-raḥmatan ʾulāʾika yuʾminūna bihī wa-man yakfur bihī mina l-ʾaḥzābi fa-n-nāru mawʿiduhū fa-lā taku fī miryatin minhu ʾinnahu l-ḥaqqu min rabbika wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yuʾminūna

6. ومن أظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا أولئك يعرضون على ربهم ويقول الأشهاد هؤلاء الذين كذبوا على ربهم ألا لعنة الله على الظالمين

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   Who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah? Such shall be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, ‘It is these who lied against their Lord.’ Behold! The curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers

   wa-man ʾaẓlamu mimmani ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban ʾulāʾika yuʿraḍūna ʿalā rabbihim wa-yaqūlu l-ʾashhādu hāʾulāʾi lladhīna kadhabū ʿalā rabbihim ʾa-lā laʿnatu llāhi ʿalā ẓ-ẓālimīna

7. الذين يصدون عن سبيل الله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بالآخرة هم كافرون

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   —those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.

   alladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-yabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-hum bi-l-ʾākhirati hum kāfirūna