Surah Yūnus (Jonah) in English

1. وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا بينات قال الذين لا يرجون لقاءنا ائت بقرآن غير هذا أو بدله قل ما يكون لي أن أبدله من تلقاء نفسي إن أتبع إلا ما يوحى إلي إني أخاف إن عصيت ربي عذاب يوم عظيم

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   When Our manifest signs are recited to them, those who do not expect to encounter Us say, ‘Bring a Quran other than this, or alter it.’ Say, ‘I may not alter it of my own accord. I follow only what is revealed to me. Indeed should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.’

   wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin qāla lladhīna lā yarjūna liqāʾanā ʾti bi-qurʾānin ghayri hādhā ʾaw baddilhu qul mā yakūnu lī ʾan ʾubaddilahū min tilqāʾī nafsī ʾin ʾattabiʿu ʾillā mā yūḥā ʾilayya ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾin ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

2. قل لو شاء الله ما تلوته عليكم ولا أدراكم به فقد لبثت فيكم عمرا من قبله أفلا تعقلون

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   Say, ‘Had Allah [so] wished, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I have dwelled among you for a lifetime before it. Do you not exercise your reason?’

   qul law shāʾa llāhu mā talawtuhū ʿalaykum wa-lā ʾadrākum bihī fa-qad labithtu fīkum ʿumuran min qablihī ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

3. فمن أظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا أو كذب بآياته إنه لا يفلح المجرمون

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   So who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah, or denies His signs? Indeed the guilty will not be felicitous.

   fa-man ʾaẓlamu mimmani ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban ʾaw kadhdhaba bi-ʾāyātihī ʾinnahū lā yufliḥu l-mujrimūna

4. ويعبدون من دون الله ما لا يضرهم ولا ينفعهم ويقولون هؤلاء شفعاؤنا عند الله قل أتنبئون الله بما لا يعلم في السماوات ولا في الأرض سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون

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   They worship besides Allah that which neither causes them any harm, nor brings them any benefit, and they say, ‘These are our intercessors with Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you inform Allah about something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?’ Immaculate is He and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him]!

   wa-yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yaḍurruhum wa-lā yanfaʿuhum wa-yaqūlūna hāʾulāʾi shufaʿāʾunā ʿinda llāhi qul ʾa-tunabbiʾūna llāha bi-mā lā yaʿlamu fī s-samāwāti wa-lā fī l-ʾarḍi subḥānahū wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna

5. وما كان الناس إلا أمة واحدة فاختلفوا ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم فيما فيه يختلفون

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   Mankind were but a single [religious] community; then they differed. And were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, decision would have been made between them concerning that about which they differ.

   wa-mā kāna n-nāsu ʾillā ʾummatan wāḥidatan fa-khtalafū wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum fī-mā fīhi yakhtalifūna

6. ويقولون لولا أنزل عليه آية من ربه فقل إنما الغيب لله فانتظروا إني معكم من المنتظرين

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   They say, ‘Why has not some sign been sent down to him from his Lord?’ Say, ‘[The knowledge of] the Unseen belongs only to Allah. So wait. I too am waiting along with you.’

   wa-yaqūlūna law-lā ʾunzila ʿalayhi ʾāyatun min rabbihī fa-qul ʾinnamā l-ghaybu li-llāhi fa-ntaẓirū ʾinnī maʿakum mina l-muntaẓirīna