Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. قال يا قوم أرأيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي وآتاني منه رحمة فمن ينصرني من الله إن عصيته فما تزيدونني غير تخسير

   63

   He said, ‘O my people! Tell me, should I stand on a manifest proof from my Lord, and He has granted me His own mercy, who will protect me from Allah should I disobey Him? For then you will increase me in nothing but loss.

   qāla yā-qawmi ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī wa-ʾātānī minhu raḥmatan fa-man yanṣurunī mina llāhi ʾin ʿaṣaytuhū fa-mā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīrin

2. ويا قوم هذه ناقة الله لكم آية فذروها تأكل في أرض الله ولا تمسوها بسوء فيأخذكم عذاب قريب

   64

   O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you. Let her graze [freely] in Allah’s land, and do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by a prompt punishment.’

   wa-yā-qawmi hādhihī nāqatu llāhi lakum ʾāyatan fa-dharūhā taʾkul fī ʾarḍi llāhi wa-lā tamassūhā bi-sūʾin fa-yaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun

3. فعقروها فقال تمتعوا في داركم ثلاثة أيام ذلك وعد غير مكذوب

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   But they hamstrung her, whereupon he said, ‘Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: that is a promise not to be belied!’

   fa-ʿaqarūhā fa-qāla tamattaʿū fī dārikum thalāthata ʾayyāmin dhālika waʿdun ghayru makdhūbin

4. فلما جاء أمرنا نجينا صالحا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا ومن خزي يومئذ إن ربك هو القوي العزيز

   66

   So when Our edict came, We delivered Salih and the faithful who were with him by a mercy from Us and from the [punishment and] disgrace of that day. Your Lord is indeed the All-strong, the All-mighty.

   fa-lammā jāʾa ʾamrunā najjaynā ṣāliḥan wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū bi-raḥmatin minnā wa-min khizyi yawmiʾidhin ʾinna rabbaka huwa l-qawiyyu l-ʿazīzu

5. وأخذ الذين ظلموا الصيحة فأصبحوا في ديارهم جاثمين

   67

   The Cry seized those who were wrongdoers, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes,

   wa-ʾakhadha lladhīna ẓalamū ṣ-ṣayḥatu fa-ʾaṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna

6. كأن لم يغنوا فيها ألا إن ثمود كفروا ربهم ألا بعدا لثمود

   68

   as if they had never lived there. Behold! Thamud indeed defied their Lord. Now, away with Thamud!

   ka-ʾan lam yaghnaw fīhā ʾa-lā ʾinna thamūda kafarū rabbahum ʾa-lā buʿdan li-thamūda

7. ولقد جاءت رسلنا إبراهيم بالبشرى قالوا سلاما قال سلام فما لبث أن جاء بعجل حنيذ

   69

   Certainly Our messengers came to Abraham with the good news, and said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He replied. Presently he brought [for them] a roasted calf.

   wa-la-qad jāʾat rusulunā ʾibrāhīma bi-l-bushrā qālū salāman qāla salāmun fa-mā labitha ʾan jāʾa bi-ʿijlin ḥanīdhin

8. فلما رأى أيديهم لا تصل إليه نكرهم وأوجس منهم خيفة قالوا لا تخف إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم لوط

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   But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he took them amiss and felt a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid. We have been sent to the people of Lot.’

   fa-lammā raʾā ʾaydiyahum lā taṣilu ʾilayhi nakirahum wa-ʾawjasa minhum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf ʾinnā ʾursilnā ʾilā qawmi lūṭin

9. وامرأته قائمة فضحكت فبشرناها بإسحاق ومن وراء إسحاق يعقوب

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   His wife, standing by, laughed as We gave her the good news of [the birth of] Isaac, and of Jacob, after Isaac.

   wa-mraʾatuhū qāʾimatun fa-ḍaḥikat fa-bashsharnāhā bi-ʾisḥāqa wa-min warāʾi ʾisḥāqa yaʿqūba