Surah Ţāhā (Ta-Ha) in English

1. كذلك نقص عليك من أنباء ما قد سبق وقد آتيناك من لدنا ذكرا

   99

   Thus do We relate to you some accounts of what is past. Certainly, We have given you a Reminder from Ourselves.

   ka-dhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min ʾanbāʾi mā qad sabaqa wa-qad ʾātaynāka min ladunnā dhikran

2. من أعرض عنه فإنه يحمل يوم القيامة وزرا

   100

   Whoever disregards it shall bear a burden [of punishment] on the Day of Resurrection,

   man ʾaʿraḍa ʿanhu fa-ʾinnahū yaḥmilu yawma l-qiyāmati wizran

3. خالدين فيه وساء لهم يوم القيامة حملا

   101

   remaining in it [forever]. Evil is their burden on the Day of Resurrection

   khālidīna fīhi wa-sāʾa lahum yawma l-qiyāmati ḥimlan

4. يوم ينفخ في الصور ونحشر المجرمين يومئذ زرقا

   102

   —the day the Trumpet will be blown; on that day We shall muster the guilty with blind eyes.

   yawma yunfakhu fī ṣ-ṣūri wa-naḥshuru l-mujrimīna yawmaʾidhin zurqan

5. يتخافتون بينهم إن لبثتم إلا عشرا

   103

   They will whisper to one another: ‘You have stayed only for ten [days].’

   yatakhāfatūna baynahum ʾin labithtum ʾillā ʿashran

6. نحن أعلم بما يقولون إذ يقول أمثلهم طريقة إن لبثتم إلا يوما

   104

   We know best what they will say, when the smartest of them in approach will say, ‘You stayed only a day!’

   naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yaqūlūna ʾidh yaqūlu ʾamthaluhum ṭarīqatan ʾin labithtum ʾillā yawman

7. ويسألونك عن الجبال فقل ينسفها ربي نسفا

   105

   They question you concerning the mountains. Say, ‘My Lord will scatter them [like dust].’

   wa-yasʾalūnaka ʿani l-jibāli fa-qul yansifuhā rabbī nasfan

8. فيذرها قاعا صفصفا

   106

   Then He will leave it a level plain.

   fa-yadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafan

9. لا ترى فيها عوجا ولا أمتا

   107

   You will not see any crookedness or unevenness in it.

   lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajan wa-lā ʾamtan

10. يومئذ يتبعون الداعي لا عوج له وخشعت الأصوات للرحمن فلا تسمع إلا همسا

    108

    On that day they will follow the summoner without zigzagging. Their voices will be muted before the All-beneficent, and you will hear nothing but a murmur.

    yawmaʾidhin yattabiʿūna d-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lahū wa-khashaʿati l-ʾaṣwātu li-r-raḥmāni fa-lā tasmaʿu ʾillā hamsan

11. يومئذ لا تنفع الشفاعة إلا من أذن له الرحمن ورضي له قولا

    109

    Intercession will not avail that day except from him whom the All-beneficent allows and approves of his word.

    yawmaʾidhin lā tanfaʿu sh-shafāʿatu ʾillā man ʾadhina lahu r-raḥmānu wa-raḍiya lahū qawlan

12. يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يحيطون به علما

    110

    He knows what is before them and behind them, though they do not comprehend Him in their knowledge.

    yaʿlamu mā bayna ʾaydīhim wa-mā khalfahum wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bihī ʿilman

13. وعنت الوجوه للحي القيوم وقد خاب من حمل ظلما

    111

    All faces shall be humbled before the Living One, the All-sustainer, and those who bear [the burden of] wrongdoing will fail.

    wa-ʿanati l-wujūhu li-l-ḥayyi l-qayyūmi wa-qad khāba man ḥamala ẓulman

14. ومن يعمل من الصالحات وهو مؤمن فلا يخاف ظلما ولا هضما

    112

    But whoever does righteous deeds, being faithful, will neither fear any injustice or disparagement.

    wa-man yaʿmal mina ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa-huwa muʾminun fa-lā yakhāfu ẓulman wa-lā haḍman

15. وكذلك أنزلناه قرآنا عربيا وصرفنا فيه من الوعيد لعلهم يتقون أو يحدث لهم ذكرا

    113

    Thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran and We have paraphrased the warnings in it variously so that they may be Godwary, or it may prompt them to remembrance.

    wa-ka-dhālika ʾanzalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan wa-ṣarrafnā fīhi mina l-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna ʾaw yuḥdithu lahum dhikran