Surah Maryam (Mary) in English

1. رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما فاعبده واصطبر لعبادته هل تعلم له سميا

   65

   —the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. So worship Him and be steadfast in His worship. Do you know anyone who could be His namesake?’

   rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā fa-ʿbudhu wa-ṣṭabir li-ʿibādatihī hal taʿlamu lahū samiyyan

2. ويقول الإنسان أإذا ما مت لسوف أخرج حيا

   66

   Man says, ‘What? Shall I be brought forth alive [from the grave], when I have been dead?’

   wa-yaqūlu l-ʾinsānu ʾa-ʾidhā mā mittu la-sawfa ʾukhraju ḥayyan

3. أولا يذكر الإنسان أنا خلقناه من قبل ولم يك شيئا

   67

   Does not man remember that We created him before when he was nothing?

   ʾa-wa-lā yadhkuru l-ʾinsānu ʾannā khalaqnāhu min qablu wa-lam yaku shayʾan

4. فوربك لنحشرنهم والشياطين ثم لنحضرنهم حول جهنم جثيا

   68

   By your Lord, We will surely gather them with the devils; then We will surely bring them up around hell [scrambling] on their knees.

   fa-wa-rabbika la-naḥshurannahum wa-sh-shayāṭīna thumma la-nuḥḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyan

5. ثم لننزعن من كل شيعة أيهم أشد على الرحمن عتيا

   69

   Then from every group We shall draw whichever of them was more defiant towards the All-beneficent.

   thumma la-nanziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ʾayyuhum ʾashaddu ʿalā r-raḥmāni ʿitiyyan

6. ثم لنحن أعلم بالذين هم أولى بها صليا

   70

   Then surely We will know best those who deserve most to enter it.

   thumma la-naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-lladhīna hum ʾawlā bihā ṣiliyyan

7. وإن منكم إلا واردها كان على ربك حتما مقضيا

   71

   There is none of you but will come to it: a [matter that is a] decided certainty with your Lord.

   wa-ʾin minkum ʾillā wāriduhā kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyan

8. ثم ننجي الذين اتقوا ونذر الظالمين فيها جثيا

   72

   Then We will deliver those who are Godwary, and leave the wrongdoers in it, fallen on their knees.

   thumma nunajjī lladhīna ttaqaw wa-nadharu ẓ-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyan

9. وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا بينات قال الذين كفروا للذين آمنوا أي الفريقين خير مقاما وأحسن نديا

   73

   When Our manifest signs are recited to them, the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Which of the two groups is superior in station and better with respect to company?’

   wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾayyu l-farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-ʾaḥsanu nadiyyan

10. وكم أهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم أحسن أثاثا ورئيا

    74

    How many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were superior in furnishings and appearance!

    wa-kam ʾahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ʾaḥsanu ʾathāthan wa-riʾyan

11. قل من كان في الضلالة فليمدد له الرحمن مدا حتى إذا رأوا ما يوعدون إما العذاب وإما الساعة فسيعلمون من هو شر مكانا وأضعف جندا

    75

    Say, ‘Whoever abides in error, the All-beneficent shall prolong his respite until they sight what they have been promised: either punishment, or the Hour.’ Then they will know whose position is worse, and whose host is weaker.

    qul man kāna fī ḍ-ḍalālati fa-l-yamdud lahu r-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā ʾidhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna ʾimmā l-ʿadhāba wa-ʾimmā s-sāʿata fa-sa-yaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-ʾaḍʿafu jundan

12. ويزيد الله الذين اهتدوا هدى والباقيات الصالحات خير عند ربك ثوابا وخير مردا

    76

    Allah enhances in guidance those who are [rightly] guided, and lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward, and better at the return [to Allah].

    wa-yazīdu llāhu lladhīna htadaw hudan wa-l-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wa-khayrun maraddan