Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. فلما جاء أمرنا جعلنا عاليها سافلها وأمطرنا عليها حجارة من سجيل منضود

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   So when Our edict came, We made its topmost part its nethermost, and We rained on it stones of laminar shale,

   fa-lammā jāʾa ʾamrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-ʾamṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin

2. مسومة عند ربك وما هي من الظالمين ببعيد

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   sent in from your Lord [for the profligate], never far from the wrongdoers.

   musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika wa-mā hiya mina ẓ-ẓālimīna bi-baʿīdin

3. وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيبا قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره ولا تنقصوا المكيال والميزان إني أراكم بخير وإني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم محيط

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   And to Midian [We sent] Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah. You have no other god besides Him. Do not diminish the measure or the balance. Indeed I see that you are faring well, but I fear for you the punishment of an all-embracing day.’

   wa-ʾilā madyana ʾakhāhum shuʿayban qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū wa-lā tanquṣū l-mikyāla wa-l-mīzāna ʾinnī ʾarākum bi-khayrin wa-ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin muḥīṭin

4. ويا قوم أوفوا المكيال والميزان بالقسط ولا تبخسوا الناس أشياءهم ولا تعثوا في الأرض مفسدين

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   ‘O my people! Observe fully the measure and the balance, with justice, and do not cheat the people of their goods, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’

   wa-yā-qawmi ʾawfū l-mikyāla wa-l-mīzāna bi-l-qisṭi wa-lā tabkhasū n-nāsa ʾashyāʾahum wa-lā taʿthaw fī l-ʾarḍi mufsidīna

5. بقيت الله خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين وما أنا عليكم بحفيظ

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   ‘What remains of Allah’s provision is better for you, should you be faithful, and I am not a keeper over you.’

   baqiyyatu llāhi khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum muʾminīna wa-mā ʾana ʿalaykum bi-ḥafīẓin

6. قالوا يا شعيب أصلاتك تأمرك أن نترك ما يعبد آباؤنا أو أن نفعل في أموالنا ما نشاء إنك لأنت الحليم الرشيد

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   They said, ‘O Shu‘ayb, does your worship require that we abandon what our fathers have been worshiping, or that we should not do with our wealth whatever we wish? You are indeed [a] gentle and sensible [person].’

   qālū yā-shuʿaybu ʾa-ṣalātuka taʾmuruka ʾan natruka mā yaʿbudu ʾābāʾunā ʾaw ʾan nafʿala fī ʾamwālinā mā nashāʾu ʾinnaka la-ʾanta l-ḥalīmu r-rashīdu

7. قال يا قوم أرأيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي ورزقني منه رزقا حسنا وما أريد أن أخالفكم إلى ما أنهاكم عنه إن أريد إلا الإصلاح ما استطعت وما توفيقي إلا بالله عليه توكلت وإليه أنيب

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   He said, ‘O my people! Have you considered, should I stand on a manifest proof from my Lord, who has provided me a good provision from Himself? I do not wish to oppose you by what I forbid you. I only desire to put things in order, as far as I can, and my success lies only with Allah: in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn penitently.

   qāla yā-qawmi ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī wa-razaqanī minhu rizqan ḥasanan wa-mā ʾurīdu ʾan ʾukhālifakum ʾilā mā ʾanhākum ʿanhu ʾin ʾurīdu ʾillā l-ʾiṣlāḥa mā staṭaʿtu wa-mā tawfīqī ʾillā bi-llāhi ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ʾilayhi ʾunību