Surah Luqmān (Luqman) in English

1. ألم تر أن الله يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل وسخر الشمس والقمر كل يجري إلى أجل مسمى وأن الله بما تعملون خبير

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   Have you not regarded that Allah makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night; and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term, and that Allah is well aware of what you do?

   ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha yūliju l-layla fī n-nahāri wa-yūliju n-nahāra fī l-layli wa-sakhkhara sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara kullun yajrī ʾilā ʾajalin musamman wa-ʾanna llāha bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīrun

2. ذلك بأن الله هو الحق وأن ما يدعون من دونه الباطل وأن الله هو العلي الكبير

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   That is because Allah is the Reality, and whatever they invoke besides Him is nullity, and because Allah is the All-exalted, the All-great.

   dhālika bi-ʾanna llāha huwa l-ḥaqqu wa-ʾanna mā yadʿūna min dūnihi l-bāṭilu wa-ʾanna llāha huwa l-ʿaliyyu l-kabīru

3. ألم تر أن الفلك تجري في البحر بنعمت الله ليريكم من آياته إن في ذلك لآيات لكل صبار شكور

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   Have you not regarded that the ships sail at sea with Allah’s blessing, that He may show you some of His signs? There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].

   ʾa-lam tara ʾanna l-fulka tajrī fī l-baḥri bi-niʿmati llāhi li-yuriyakum min ʾāyātihī ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

4. وإذا غشيهم موج كالظلل دعوا الله مخلصين له الدين فلما نجاهم إلى البر فمنهم مقتصد وما يجحد بآياتنا إلا كل ختار كفور

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   When waves cover them like awnings; they invoke Allah, putting exclusive faith in Him. But when He delivers them towards land, [only] some of them remain unswerving. No one will impugn Our signs except an ungrateful traitor.

   wa-ʾidhā ghashiyahum mawjun ka-ẓ-ẓulali daʿawu llāha mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna fa-lammā najjāhum ʾilā l-barri fa-minhum muqtaṣidun wa-mā yajḥadu bi-ʾāyātinā ʾillā kullu khattārin kafūrin

5. يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم واخشوا يوما لا يجزي والد عن ولده ولا مولود هو جاز عن والده شيئا إن وعد الله حق فلا تغرنكم الحياة الدنيا ولا يغرنكم بالله الغرور

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   O mankind! Be wary of your Lord and fear the day when a father will not atone for his child, nor the child will atone for its father in any wise. Indeed Allah’s promise is true. So do not let the life of the world deceive you, nor let the Deceiver deceive you concerning Allah.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ttaqū rabbakum wa-khshaw yawman lā yajzī wālidun ʿan waladihī wa-lā mawlūdun huwa jāzin ʿan wālidihī shayʾan ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun fa-lā taghurrannakumu l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wa-lā yaghurrannakum bi-llāhi l-gharūru

6. إن الله عنده علم الساعة وينزل الغيث ويعلم ما في الأرحام وما تدري نفس ماذا تكسب غدا وما تدري نفس بأي أرض تموت إن الله عليم خبير

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   Indeed the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah. He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-aware.

   ʾinna llāha ʿindahū ʿilmu s-sāʿati wa-yunazzilu l-ghaytha wa-yaʿlamu mā fī l-ʾarḥāmi wa-mā tadrī nafsun mādhā taksibu ghadan wa-mā tadrī nafsun bi-ʾayyi ʾarḍin tamūtu ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun khabīrun