Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. فلا تك في مرية مما يعبد هؤلاء ما يعبدون إلا كما يعبد آباؤهم من قبل وإنا لموفوهم نصيبهم غير منقوص

   109

   So do not be in doubt about what these worship: they worship just as their fathers worshiped before, and We shall surely pay them their full share, undiminished.

   fa-lā taku fī miryatin mimmā yaʿbudu hāʾulāʾi mā yaʿbudūna ʾillā ka-mā yaʿbudu ʾābāʾuhum min qablu wa-ʾinnā la-muwaffūhum naṣībahum ghayra manqūṣin

2. ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب فاختلف فيه ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب

   110

   Certainly We gave Moses the Book, but differences arose about it, and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, a decision would have been made between them; indeed they are in grave doubt concerning it.

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-khtulifa fīhi wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinnahum la-fī shakkin minhu murībin

3. وإن كلا لما ليوفينهم ربك أعمالهم إنه بما يعملون خبير

   111

   Your Lord will indeed recompense everyone fully for their works. Indeed, He is well aware of what they do.

   wa-ʾinna kullan lammā la-yuwaffiyannahum rabbuka ʾaʿmālahum ʾinnahū bi-mā yaʿmalūna khabīrun

4. فاستقم كما أمرت ومن تاب معك ولا تطغوا إنه بما تعملون بصير

   112

   So be steadfast, just as you have been commanded—[you] and whoever has turned [to Allah] with you—and do not overstep the bounds. Indeed, He watches what you do.

   fa-staqim ka-mā ʾumirta wa-man tāba maʿaka wa-lā taṭghaw ʾinnahū bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

5. ولا تركنوا إلى الذين ظلموا فتمسكم النار وما لكم من دون الله من أولياء ثم لا تنصرون

   113

   Do not incline toward the wrongdoers, lest the Fire should touch you, and you will not have any friend besides Allah; then you will not be helped.

   wa-lā tarkanū ʾilā lladhīna ẓalamū fa-tamassakumu n-nāru wa-mā lakum min dūni llāhi min ʾawliyāʾa thumma lā tunṣarūna

6. وأقم الصلاة طرفي النهار وزلفا من الليل إن الحسنات يذهبن السيئات ذلك ذكرى للذاكرين

   114

   Maintain the prayer at the two ends of the day, and during the early hours of the night. Indeed good deeds efface misdeeds. That is an admonition for the mindful.

   wa-ʾaqimi ṣ-ṣalāta ṭarafayi n-nahāri wa-zulafan mina l-layli ʾinna l-ḥasanāti yudhhibna s-sayyiʾāti dhālika dhikrā li-dh-dhākirīna

7. واصبر فإن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين

   115

   And be patient; indeed Allah does not waste the reward of the virtuous.

   wa-ṣbir fa-ʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾajra l-muḥsinīna

8. فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم أولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الأرض إلا قليلا ممن أنجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما أترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين

   116

   Why were there not among the generations before you a remnant [of the wise] who might forbid corruption in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from among them? Those who were wrongdoers pursued that in which they had been granted affluence, and they were a guilty lot.

   fa-law-lā kāna mina l-qurūni min qablikum ʾulū baqiyyatin yanhawna ʿani l-fasādi fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā qalīlan mimman ʾanjaynā minhum wa-ttabaʿa lladhīna ẓalamū mā ʾutrifū fīhi wa-kānū mujrimīna

9. وما كان ربك ليهلك القرى بظلم وأهلها مصلحون

   117

   Your Lord would never destroy the townships unjustly while their inhabitants were bringing about reform.

   wa-mā kāna rabbuka li-yuhlika l-qurā bi-ẓulmin wa-ʾahluhā muṣliḥūna