Surah Maryam (Mary) in English

1. وأنذرهم يوم الحسرة إذ قضي الأمر وهم في غفلة وهم لا يؤمنون

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   Warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be decided, while they are [yet] heedless and do not have faith.

   wa-ʾandhirhum yawma l-ḥasrati ʾidh quḍiya l-ʾamru wa-hum fī ghaflatin wa-hum lā yuʾminūna

2. إنا نحن نرث الأرض ومن عليها وإلينا يرجعون

   40

   Indeed We shall inherit the earth and whoever there is on it, and to Us they shall be brought back.

   ʾinnā naḥnu narithu l-ʾarḍa wa-man ʿalayhā wa-ʾilaynā yurjaʿūna

3. واذكر في الكتاب إبراهيم إنه كان صديقا نبيا

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   And mention in the Book Abraham. Indeed, he was a truthful man and a prophet.

   wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi ʾibrāhīma ʾinnahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

4. إذ قال لأبيه يا أبت لم تعبد ما لا يسمع ولا يبصر ولا يغني عنك شيئا

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   When he said to his father, ‘Father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, and is of no avail to you in any way?

   ʾidh qāla li-ʾabīhi yā-ʾabati li-ma taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu wa-lā yubṣiru wa-lā yughnī ʿanka shayʾan

5. يا أبت إني قد جاءني من العلم ما لم يأتك فاتبعني أهدك صراطا سويا

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   Father! Indeed a knowledge has already come to me, which has not come to you. So follow me that I may guide you to a right path.

   yā-ʾabati ʾinnī qad jāʾanī mina l-ʿilmi mā lam yaʾtika fa-ttabiʿnī ʾahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyan

6. يا أبت لا تعبد الشيطان إن الشيطان كان للرحمن عصيا

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   Father! Do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan is disobedient to the All-beneficent.

   yā-ʾabati lā taʿbudi sh-shayṭāna ʾinna sh-shayṭāna kāna li-r-raḥmāni ʿaṣiyyan

7. يا أبت إني أخاف أن يمسك عذاب من الرحمن فتكون للشيطان وليا

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   Father! I am indeed afraid that a punishment from the All-beneficent will befall you, and you will become Satan’s accomplice.’

   yā-ʾabati ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾan yamassaka ʿadhābun mina r-raḥmāni fa-takūna li-sh-shayṭāni waliyyan

8. قال أراغب أنت عن آلهتي يا إبراهيم لئن لم تنته لأرجمنك واهجرني مليا

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   He said, ‘Abraham! Are you renouncing my gods? If you do not desist, I will stone you. Get away from me for a long while.’

   qāla ʾa-rāghibun ʾanta ʿan ʾālihatī yā-ʾibrāhīmu la-ʾin lam tantahi la-ʾarjumannaka wa-hjurnī maliyyan

9. قال سلام عليك سأستغفر لك ربي إنه كان بي حفيا

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   He said, ‘Peace be to you! I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you. Indeed, He is gracious to me.

   qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa-ʾastaghfiru laka rabbī ʾinnahū kāna bī ḥafiyyan

10. وأعتزلكم وما تدعون من دون الله وأدعو ربي عسى ألا أكون بدعاء ربي شقيا

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    I dissociate myself from you and whatever you invoke besides Allah. I will supplicate my Lord. Hopefully, I will not be disappointed in supplicating my Lord.’

    wa-ʾaʿtazilukum wa-mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi wa-ʾadʿū rabbī ʿasā ʾallā ʾakūna bi-duʿāʾi rabbī shaqiyyan

11. فلما اعتزلهم وما يعبدون من دون الله وهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب وكلا جعلنا نبيا

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    So when he had left them and what they worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each We made a prophet.

    fa-lammā ʿtazalahum wa-mā yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi wahabnā lahū ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba wa-kullan jaʿalnā nabiyyan

12. ووهبنا لهم من رحمتنا وجعلنا لهم لسان صدق عليا

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    And We gave them out of Our mercy, and conferred on them a worthy and lofty repute.

    wa-wahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā wa-jaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣidqin ʿaliyyan

13. واذكر في الكتاب موسى إنه كان مخلصا وكان رسولا نبيا

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    And mention in the Book Moses. Indeed he was exclusively dedicated [to Allah], and an apostle and prophet.

    wa-dhkur fī l-kitābi mūsā ʾinnahū kāna mukhlaṣan wa-kāna rasūlan nabiyyan