Surah Ibrāhīm (Abraham) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. الر كتاب أنزلناه إليك لتخرج الناس من الظلمات إلى النور بإذن ربهم إلى صراط العزيز الحميد

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   Alif, Lam, Ra. [This is] a Book We have sent down to you that you may bring mankind out from darkness into light, by the command of their Lord, to the path of the All-mighty, the All-laudable

   a-l-r (ʾalif lām rā) kitābun ʾanzalnāhu ʾilayka li-tukhrija n-nāsa mina ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾilā n-nūri bi-ʾidhni rabbihim ʾilā ṣirāṭi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

2. الله الذي له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض وويل للكافرين من عذاب شديد

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   —Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Woe to the faithless for a severe punishment

   allāhi lladhī lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-waylun li-l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin shadīdin-i

3. الذين يستحبون الحياة الدنيا على الآخرة ويصدون عن سبيل الله ويبغونها عوجا أولئك في ضلال بعيد

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   —those who prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter, and bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked. They are in extreme error.

   alladhīna yastaḥibbūna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā ʿalā l-ʾākhirati wa-yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-yabghūnahā ʿiwajan ʾulāʾika fī ḍalālin baʿīdin

4. وما أرسلنا من رسول إلا بلسان قومه ليبين لهم فيضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء وهو العزيز الحكيم

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   We did not send any apostle except with the language of his people, so that he might make [Our messages] clear to them. Then Allah leads astray whomever He wishes, and He guides whomsoever He wishes, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā min rasūlin ʾillā bi-lisāni qawmihī li-yubayyina lahum fa-yuḍillu llāhu man yashāʾu wa-yahdī man yashāʾu wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

5. ولقد أرسلنا موسى بآياتنا أن أخرج قومك من الظلمات إلى النور وذكرهم بأيام الله إن في ذلك لآيات لكل صبار شكور

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   Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs: ‘Bring your people out from darkness into light and remind them of Allah’s [holy] days. There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].’

   wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā mūsā bi-ʾāyātinā ʾan ʾakhrij qawmaka mina ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾilā n-nūri wa-dhakkirhum bi-ʾayyāmi llāhi ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūrin