Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. قالت يا ويلتى أألد وأنا عجوز وهذا بعلي شيخا إن هذا لشيء عجيب

   72

   She said, ‘Oh, my! Shall I, an old woman, bear [children], and [while] this husband of mine is an old man?! That is indeed an odd thing!’

   qālat yā-waylatā ʾa-ʾalidu wa-ʾana ʿajūzun wa-hādhā baʿlī shaykhan ʾinna hādhā la-shayʾun ʿajībun

2. قالوا أتعجبين من أمر الله رحمت الله وبركاته عليكم أهل البيت إنه حميد مجيد

   73

   They said, ‘Are you amazed at Allah’s dispensation? [That is] Allah’s mercy and His blessings upon you, members of the household. Indeed He is all-laudable, all-glorious.’

   qālū ʾa-taʿjabīna min ʾamri llāhi raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhū ʿalaykum ʾahla l-bayti ʾinnahū ḥamīdun majīdun

3. فلما ذهب عن إبراهيم الروع وجاءته البشرى يجادلنا في قوم لوط

   74

   So when the awe had left Abraham and the good news had reached him, he pleaded with Us concerning the people of Lot.

   fa-lammā dhahaba ʿan ʾibrāhīma r-rawʿu wa-jāʾathu l-bushrā yujādilunā fī qawmi lūṭin

4. إن إبراهيم لحليم أواه منيب

   75

   Abraham was indeed most forbearing, plaintive, [and] penitent.

   ʾinna ʾibrāhīma la-ḥalīmun ʾawwāhun munībun

5. يا إبراهيم أعرض عن هذا إنه قد جاء أمر ربك وإنهم آتيهم عذاب غير مردود

   76

   ‘O Abraham, let this matter alone! Your Lord’s edict has certainly come, and an irrevocable punishment shall overtake them.’

   yā-ʾibrāhīmu ʾaʿriḍ ʿan hādhā ʾinnahū qad jāʾa ʾamru rabbika wa-ʾinnahum ʾātīhim ʿadhābun ghayru mardūdin

6. ولما جاءت رسلنا لوطا سيء بهم وضاق بهم ذرعا وقال هذا يوم عصيب

   77

   When Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed on their account and in a predicament for their sake, and he said, ‘This is a terrible day!’

   wa-lammā jāʾat rusulunā lūṭan sīʾa bihim wa-ḍāqa bihim dharʿan wa-qāla hādhā yawmun ʿaṣībun

7. وجاءه قومه يهرعون إليه ومن قبل كانوا يعملون السيئات قال يا قوم هؤلاء بناتي هن أطهر لكم فاتقوا الله ولا تخزون في ضيفي أليس منكم رجل رشيد

   78

   Then his people came running toward him, and they had been committing vices aforetime. He said, ‘O my people, these are my daughters: they are purer for you. Be wary of Allah and do not humiliate me with regard to my guests. Is there not a right-minded man among you?’

   wa-jāʾahū qawmuhū yuhraʿūna ʾilayhi wa-min qablu kānū yaʿmalūna s-sayyiʾāti qāla yā-qawmi hāʾulāʾi banātī hunna ʾaṭharu lakum fa-ttaqū llāha wa-lā tukhzūni fī ḍayfī ʾa-laysa minkum rajulun rashīdun

8. قالوا لقد علمت ما لنا في بناتك من حق وإنك لتعلم ما نريد

   79

   They said, ‘You certainly know that we have no interest in your daughters, and indeed you know what we want.’

   qālū la-qad ʿalimta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-ʾinnaka la-taʿlamu mā nurīdu

9. قال لو أن لي بكم قوة أو آوي إلى ركن شديد

   80

   He said, ‘If only I had the power to deter you, or could take refuge in a mighty support!’

   qāla law ʾanna lī bikum quwwatan ʾaw ʾāwī ʾilā ruknin shadīdin

10. قالوا يا لوط إنا رسل ربك لن يصلوا إليك فأسر بأهلك بقطع من الليل ولا يلتفت منكم أحد إلا امرأتك إنه مصيبها ما أصابهم إن موعدهم الصبح أليس الصبح بقريب

    81

    They said, ‘O Lot, we are messengers of your Lord. They will never get at you. Set out with your family in a watch of the night; and none of you shall turn round, except your wife; indeed she will be struck by what strikes them. Indeed their tryst is the dawn. Is not the dawn [already] near?’

    qālū yā-lūṭu ʾinnā rusulu rabbika lan yaṣilū ʾilayka fa-ʾasri bi-ʾahlika bi-qiṭʿin mina l-layli wa-lā yaltafit minkum ʾaḥadun ʾillā mraʾataka ʾinnahū muṣībuhā mā ʾaṣābahum ʾinna mawʿidahumu ṣ-ṣubḥu ʾa-laysa ṣ-ṣubḥu bi-qarībin