Surah Ibrāhīm (Abraham) in English

1. قالت لهم رسلهم إن نحن إلا بشر مثلكم ولكن الله يمن على من يشاء من عباده وما كان لنا أن نأتيكم بسلطان إلا بإذن الله وعلى الله فليتوكل المؤمنون

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   Their apostles said to them, ‘Indeed we are just human beings like yourselves; but Allah favours whomever of His servants that He wishes. We may not bring you an authority except by Allah’s leave, and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.

   qālat lahum rusuluhum ʾin naḥnu ʾillā basharun mithlukum wa-lākinna llāha yamunnu ʿalā man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-mā kāna lanā ʾan naʾtiyakum bi-sulṭānin ʾillā bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna

2. وما لنا ألا نتوكل على الله وقد هدانا سبلنا ولنصبرن على ما آذيتمونا وعلى الله فليتوكل المتوكلون

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   And why should we not put our trust in Allah, seeing that He has guided us in our ways? Surely, we will put up patiently with whatever torment you may inflict upon us, and in Allah let all the trusting put their trust.’

   wa-mā lanā ʾallā natawakkala ʿalā llāhi wa-qad hadānā subulanā wa-la-naṣbiranna ʿalā mā ʾādhaytumūnā wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-mutawakkilūna

3. وقال الذين كفروا لرسلهم لنخرجنكم من أرضنا أو لتعودن في ملتنا فأوحى إليهم ربهم لنهلكن الظالمين

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   But the faithless said to their apostles, ‘Surely we will expel you from our land, or you shall revert to our creed.’ Thereat their Lord revealed to them: ‘We will surely destroy the wrongdoers,

   wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū li-rusulihim la-nukhrijannakum min ʾarḍinā ʾaw la-taʿūdunna fī millatinā fa-ʾawḥā ʾilayhim rabbuhum la-nuhlikanna ẓ-ẓālimīna

4. ولنسكننكم الأرض من بعدهم ذلك لمن خاف مقامي وخاف وعيد

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   and surely We will settle you in the land after them. This [promise] is for someone who is awed to stand before Me and fears My threat.’

   wa-la-nuskinannakumu l-ʾarḍa min baʿdihim dhālika li-man khāfa maqāmī wa-khāfa waʿīdi

5. واستفتحوا وخاب كل جبار عنيد

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   They prayed for victory [against the infidels], and every obstinate tyrant was defeated,

   wa-staftaḥū wa-khāba kullu jabbārin ʿanīdin

6. من ورائه جهنم ويسقى من ماء صديد

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   with hell lying ahead of him, [where] he shall be given to drink of a purulent fluid,

   min warāʾihī jahannamu wa-yusqā min māʾin ṣadīdin

7. يتجرعه ولا يكاد يسيغه ويأتيه الموت من كل مكان وما هو بميت ومن ورائه عذاب غليظ

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   gulping it down, but hardly swallowing it: death will assail him from every side, but he will not die, and there is [yet] a harsh punishment ahead of him.

   yatajarraʿuhū wa-lā yakādu yusīghuhū wa-yaʾtīhi l-mawtu min kulli makānin wa-mā huwa bi-mayyitin wa-min warāʾihī ʿadhābun ghalīẓun

8. مثل الذين كفروا بربهم أعمالهم كرماد اشتدت به الريح في يوم عاصف لا يقدرون مما كسبوا على شيء ذلك هو الضلال البعيد

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   A parable of those who defy their Lord: their deeds are like ashes over which the wind blows hard on a tempestuous day: they have no power over anything they have earned. That is extreme error.

   mathalu lladhīna kafarū bi-rabbihim ʾaʿmāluhum ka-ramādin-i shtaddat bihi r-rīhu fī yawmin ʿāṣifin lā yaqdirūna mimmā kasabū ʿalā shayʾin dhālika huwa ḍ-ḍalālu l-baʿīdu