Surah Ibrāhīm (Abraham) in English

1. ألم تر أن الله خلق السماوات والأرض بالحق إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد

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   Have you not regarded that Allah created the heavens and the earth with justice? If He wishes, He will take you away, and bring about a new creation,

   ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi ʾin yashaʾ yudhhibkum wa-yaʾti bi-khalqin jadīdin

2. وما ذلك على الله بعزيز

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   and that is not a formidable thing for Allah.

   wa-mā dhālika ʿalā llāhi bi-ʿazīzin

3. وبرزوا لله جميعا فقال الضعفاء للذين استكبروا إنا كنا لكم تبعا فهل أنتم مغنون عنا من عذاب الله من شيء قالوا لو هدانا الله لهديناكم سواء علينا أجزعنا أم صبرنا ما لنا من محيص

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   Together they will be presented before Allah. Then those who were weak will say to the arrogant [leaders], ‘Indeed we were your followers. So will you avail us against Allah’s punishment in any wise?’ They will say, ‘Had Allah guided us, surely we would have guided you. It is the same to us whether we are restless or patient: there is no escape for us.’

   wa-barazū li-llāhi jamīʿan fa-qāla ḍ-ḍuʿafāʾu li-lladhīna stakbarū ʾinnā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fa-hal ʾantum mughnūna ʿannā min ʿadhābi llāhi min shayʾin qālū law hadānā llāhu la-hadaynākum sawāʾun ʿalaynā ʾa-jaziʿnā ʾam ṣabarnā mā lanā min maḥīṣin

4. وقال الشيطان لما قضي الأمر إن الله وعدكم وعد الحق ووعدتكم فأخلفتكم وما كان لي عليكم من سلطان إلا أن دعوتكم فاستجبتم لي فلا تلوموني ولوموا أنفسكم ما أنا بمصرخكم وما أنتم بمصرخي إني كفرت بما أشركتمون من قبل إن الظالمين لهم عذاب أليم

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   When the matter is all over, Satan will say, ‘Indeed Allah made you a promise that was true and I [too] made you a promise, but I failed you. I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannot respond to your distress calls, neither can you respond to my distress calls. Indeed I disavow your taking me for [Allah’s] partner aforetime. There is indeed a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.’

   wa-qāla sh-shayṭānu lammā quḍiya l-ʾamru ʾinna llāha waʿadakum waʿda l-ḥaqqi wa-waʿadtukum fa-ʾakhlaftukum wa-mā kāna liya ʿalaykum min sulṭānin ʾillā ʾan daʿawtukum fa-stajabtum lī fa-lā talūmūnī wa-lūmū ʾanfusakum mā ʾana bi-muṣrikhikum wa-mā ʾantum bi-muṣrikhiyya ʾinnī kafartu bi-mā ʾashraktumūni min qablu ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

5. وأدخل الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها بإذن ربهم تحيتهم فيها سلام

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   Those who have faith and do righteous deeds will be admitted into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], by the leave of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be ‘Peace!’

   wa-ʾudkhila lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā bi-ʾidhni rabbihim taḥiyyatuhum fīhā salāmun

6. ألم تر كيف ضرب الله مثلا كلمة طيبة كشجرة طيبة أصلها ثابت وفرعها في السماء

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   Have you not regarded how Allah has drawn a parable? A good word is like a good tree: its roots are steady and its branches are in the sky.

   ʾa-lam tara kayfa ḍaraba llāhu mathalan kalimatan ṭayyibatan ka-shajaratin ṭayyibatin ʾaṣluhā thābitun wa-farʿuhā fī s-samāʾi