Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. إن نقول إلا اعتراك بعض آلهتنا بسوء قال إني أشهد الله واشهدوا أني بريء مما تشركون

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   All we say is that some of our gods have visited you with some evil.’ He said, ‘I call Allah to witness—and you too be [my] witnesses—that I repudiate what you take as [His] partners

   ʾin naqūlu ʾillā ʿtarāka baʿḍu ʾālihatinā bi-sūʾin qāla ʾinnī ʾushhidu llāha wa-shhadū ʾannī barīʾun mimmā tushrikūna

2. من دونه فكيدوني جميعا ثم لا تنظرون

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   besides Him. Now try out your stratagems against me, together, without granting me any respite.

   min dūnihī fa-kīdūnī jamīʿan thumma lā tunẓirūni

3. إني توكلت على الله ربي وربكم ما من دابة إلا هو آخذ بناصيتها إن ربي على صراط مستقيم

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   Indeed I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is no living being but He holds it by its forelock. Indeed my Lord is on a straight path.

   ʾinnī tawakkaltu ʿalā llāhi rabbī wa-rabbikum mā min dābbatin ʾillā huwa ʾākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatihā ʾinna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

4. فإن تولوا فقد أبلغتكم ما أرسلت به إليكم ويستخلف ربي قوما غيركم ولا تضرونه شيئا إن ربي على كل شيء حفيظ

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   But if you turn your backs [on me], then [know that] I have communicated to you whatever I was sent to you with. My Lord will make another people succeed you, and you will not hurt Allah in the least. Indeed my Lord is watchful over all things.’

   fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-qad ʾablaghtukum mā ʾursiltu bihī ʾilaykum wa-yastakhlifu rabbī qawman ghayrakum wa-lā taḍurrūnahū shayʾan ʾinna rabbī ʿalā kulli shayʾin ḥafīẓun

5. ولما جاء أمرنا نجينا هودا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا ونجيناهم من عذاب غليظ

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   When Our edict came, We delivered Hud and the faithful who were with him, by a mercy from Us, and We delivered them from a harsh punishment.

   wa-lammā jāʾa ʾamrunā najjaynā hūdan wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū bi-raḥmatin minnā wa-najjaynāhum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin

6. وتلك عاد جحدوا بآيات ربهم وعصوا رسله واتبعوا أمر كل جبار عنيد

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   Such were [the people of] Ad: they impugned the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His apostles, and followed the dictates of every obstinate tyrant.

   wa-tilka ʿādun jaḥadū bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim wa-ʿaṣaw rusulahū wa-ttabaʿū ʾamra kulli jabbārin ʿanīdin

7. وأتبعوا في هذه الدنيا لعنة ويوم القيامة ألا إن عادا كفروا ربهم ألا بعدا لعاد قوم هود

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   So they were pursued by a curse in this world and on the Day of Resurrection. Behold! ‘Ad indeed defied their Lord. Now, away with ‘Ad, the people of Hud!

   wa-ʾutbiʿū fī hādhihi d-dunyā laʿnatan wa-yawma l-qiyāmati ʾa-lā ʾinna ʿādan kafarū rabbahum ʾa-lā buʿdan li-ʾādin qawmi hūdin

8. وإلى ثمود أخاهم صالحا قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره هو أنشأكم من الأرض واستعمركم فيها فاستغفروه ثم توبوا إليه إن ربي قريب مجيب

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   And to Thamud [We sent] Salih, their brother. He said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah. You have no other god besides Him. He brought you forth from the earth and made it your habitation. So plead with Him for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently. My Lord is indeed nearmost [and] responsive.’

   wa-ʾilā thamūda ʾakhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū huwa ʾanshaʾakum mina l-ʾarḍi wa-staʿmarakum fīhā fa-staghfirūhu thumma tūbū ʾilayhi ʾinna rabbī qarībun mujībun

9. قالوا يا صالح قد كنت فينا مرجوا قبل هذا أتنهانا أن نعبد ما يعبد آباؤنا وإننا لفي شك مما تدعونا إليه مريب

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   They said, ‘O Salih! You were a source of hope to us before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers have been worshiping? Indeed we have grave doubts concerning that to which you invite us.’

   qālū yā-ṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā ʾa-tanhānā ʾan naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ʾābāʾunā wa-ʾinnanā la-fī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnā ʾilayhi murībin