Surah Yūnus (Jonah) in English

1. ومنهم من ينظر إليك أفأنت تهدي العمي ولو كانوا لا يبصرون

   43

   There are some of them who observe you. But can you guide the blind even if they do not perceive?

   wa-minhum man yanẓuru ʾilayka ʾa-fa-ʾanta tahdī l-ʿumya wa-law kānū lā yubṣirūna

2. إن الله لا يظلم الناس شيئا ولكن الناس أنفسهم يظلمون

   44

   Indeed Allah does not wrong people in the least; rather, it is people who wrong themselves.

   ʾinna llāha lā yaẓlimu n-nāsa shayʾan wa-lākinna n-nāsa ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

3. ويوم يحشرهم كأن لم يلبثوا إلا ساعة من النهار يتعارفون بينهم قد خسر الذين كذبوا بلقاء الله وما كانوا مهتدين

   45

   On the day He will gather them [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] except for an hour of the day getting acquainted with one another. They are certainly losers who deny the encounter with Allah, and they are not guided.

   wa-yawma yaḥshuruhum ka-ʾan lam yalbathū ʾillā sāʿatan mina n-nahāri yataʿārafūna baynahum qad khasira lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-liqāʾi llāhi wa-mā kānū muhtadīna

4. وإما نرينك بعض الذي نعدهم أو نتوفينك فإلينا مرجعهم ثم الله شهيد على ما يفعلون

   46

   Whether We show you a part of what We promise them, or take you away [before that], [in any case] their return will be to Us and Allah will be witness to what they do.

   wa-ʾimmā nuriyannaka baʿḍa lladhī naʿiduhum ʾaw natawaffayannaka fa-ʾilaynā marjiʿuhum thumma llāhu shahīdun ʿalā mā yafʿalūna

5. ولكل أمة رسول فإذا جاء رسولهم قضي بينهم بالقسط وهم لا يظلمون

   47

   There is an apostle for every nation; so when their apostle comes, judgement is made between them with justice, and they are not wronged.

   wa-li-kulli ʾummatin rasūlun fa-ʾidhā jāʾa rasūluhum quḍiya baynahum bi-l-qisṭi wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

6. ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين

   48

   They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’

   wa-yaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

7. قل لا أملك لنفسي ضرا ولا نفعا إلا ما شاء الله لكل أمة أجل إذا جاء أجلهم فلا يستأخرون ساعة ولا يستقدمون

   49

   Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself nor [over] any harm except what Allah may wish. There is a time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.’

   qul lā ʾamliku li-nafsī ḍarran wa-lā nafʿan ʾillā mā shāʾa llāhu li-kulli ʾummatin ʾajalun ʾidhā jāʾa ʾajaluhum fa-lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa-lā yastaqdimūna

8. قل أرأيتم إن أتاكم عذابه بياتا أو نهارا ماذا يستعجل منه المجرمون

   50

   Say, ‘Tell me, should His punishment overtake you by night or day, [you will not be able to avert it]; so what part of it do the guilty seek to hasten?’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin ʾatākum ʿadhābuhū bayātan ʾaw nahāran mādhā yastaʿjilu minhu l-mujrimūna

9. أثم إذا ما وقع آمنتم به آلآن وقد كنتم به تستعجلون

   51

   ‘What! Do you believe it when it has befallen? Now? While you would seek to hasten it [earlier]?!’

   ʾa-thumma ʾidhā mā waqaʿa ʾāmantum bihī ʾāl-ʾāna wa-qad kuntum bihī tastaʿjilūna

10. ثم قيل للذين ظلموا ذوقوا عذاب الخلد هل تجزون إلا بما كنتم تكسبون

    52

    Then it will be said to those who were wrongdoers, ‘Taste the everlasting punishment. Shall you not be requited for what you used to earn?’

    thumma qīla li-lladhīna ẓalamū dhūqū ʿadhāba l-khuldi hal tujzawna ʾillā bi-mā kuntum taksibūna

11. ويستنبئونك أحق هو قل إي وربي إنه لحق وما أنتم بمعجزين

    53

    They inquire of you, ‘Is it true?’ Say, ‘Yes! By my Lord, it is true, and you cannot frustrate [Him].’

    wa-yastanbiʾūnaka ʾa-ḥaqqun huwa qul ʾī wa-rabbī ʾinnahū la-ḥaqqun wa-mā ʾantum bi-muʿjizīna