Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. ويا قوم لا يجرمنكم شقاقي أن يصيبكم مثل ما أصاب قوم نوح أو قوم هود أو قوم صالح وما قوم لوط منكم ببعيد

   89

   O my people, do not let your defiance toward me lead you to be visited by the like of what was visited on the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Salih, and the people of Lot are not distant from you.

   wa-yā-qawmi lā yajrimannakum shiqāqī ʾan yuṣībakum mithlu mā ʾaṣāba qawma nūḥin ʾaw qawma hūdin ʾaw qawma ṣāliḥin wa-mā qawmu lūṭin minkum bi-baʿīdin

2. واستغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه إن ربي رحيم ودود

   90

   Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently. My Lord is indeed all-merciful, all-affectionate.’

   wa-staghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ʾilāyhi ʾinna rabbī raḥīmun wadūdun

3. قالوا يا شعيب ما نفقه كثيرا مما تقول وإنا لنراك فينا ضعيفا ولولا رهطك لرجمناك وما أنت علينا بعزيز

   91

   They said, ‘O Shu‘ayb, we do not understand much of what you say. Indeed we see that you are weak amongst us, and were it not for your tribe, we would have stoned you, and you are not a formidable [challenge] for us.’

   qālū yā-shuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīran mimmā taqūlu wa-ʾinnā la-narāka fīnā ḍaʿīfan wa-law-lā rahṭuka la-rajamnāka wa-mā ʾanta ʿalaynā bi-ʿazīzin

4. قال يا قوم أرهطي أعز عليكم من الله واتخذتموه وراءكم ظهريا إن ربي بما تعملون محيط

   92

   He said, ‘O my people! Is my tribe more formidable in your sight than Allah, to whom you pay no regard? Indeed my Lord comprehends whatever you do.

   qāla yā-qawmi ʾa-rahṭī ʾaʿazzu ʿalaykum mina llāhi wa-ttakhadhtumūhu warāʾakum ẓihriyyan ʾinna rabbī bi-mā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun

5. ويا قوم اعملوا على مكانتكم إني عامل سوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ومن هو كاذب وارتقبوا إني معكم رقيب

   93

   O my people! Act according to your ability; I too am acting. Soon you will know who will be overtaken by a punishment that will disgrace him, and who is a liar. So be on the watch; I too will be watching along with you.’

   wa-yā-qawmi ʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum ʾinnī ʿāmilun sawfa taʿlamūna man yaʾtīhi ʿadhābun yukhzīhi wa-man huwa kādhibun wa-rtaqibū ʾinnī maʿakum raqībun

6. ولما جاء أمرنا نجينا شعيبا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا وأخذت الذين ظلموا الصيحة فأصبحوا في ديارهم جاثمين

   94

   When Our edict came, We delivered Shu‘ayb and the faithful who were with him by a mercy from Us. And the Cry seized those who were wrongdoers, whereat they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes,

   wa-lammā jāʾa ʾamrunā najjaynā shuʿayban wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū bi-raḥmatin minnā wa-ʾakhadhati lladhīna ẓalamū ṣ-ṣayḥatu fa-ʾaṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna

7. كأن لم يغنوا فيها ألا بعدا لمدين كما بعدت ثمود

   95

   as if they had never lived there. Behold, away with Midian!—just as Thamud was done away with!

   ka-ʾan lam yaghnaw fīhā ʾa-lā buʿdan li-madyana ka-mā baʿidat thamūdu

8. ولقد أرسلنا موسى بآياتنا وسلطان مبين

   96

   Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authority

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā mūsā bi-ʾāyātinā wa-sulṭānin mubīnin

9. إلى فرعون وملئه فاتبعوا أمر فرعون وما أمر فرعون برشيد

   97

   to Pharaoh and his elite, but they followed Pharaoh’s dictates, and Pharaoh’s dictates were not right-minded.

   ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī fa-ttabaʿū ʾamra firʿawna wa-mā ʾamru firʿawna bi-rashīdin