Surah Yūnus (Jonah) in English

1. ولو أن لكل نفس ظلمت ما في الأرض لافتدت به وأسروا الندامة لما رأوا العذاب وقضي بينهم بالقسط وهم لا يظلمون

   54

   Were any soul that has done wrong to possess whatever there is on the earth, it would surely offer it for ransom. They will hide their remorse when they sight the punishment; and judgement will be made between them with justice and they will not be wronged.

   wa-law ʾanna li-kulli nafsin ẓalamat mā fī l-ʾarḍi la-ftadat bihī wa-ʾasarrū n-nadāmata lammā raʾawu l-ʿadhāba wa-quḍiya baynahum bi-l-qisṭi wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

2. ألا إن لله ما في السماوات والأرض ألا إن وعد الله حق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

   55

   Look! To Allah indeed belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. Look! Allah’s promise is indeed true; but most of them do not know.

   ʾa-lā ʾinna li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾa-lā ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

3. هو يحيي ويميت وإليه ترجعون

   56

   It is He who gives life and brings death, and to Him you shall be brought back.

   huwa yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna

4. يا أيها الناس قد جاءتكم موعظة من ربكم وشفاء لما في الصدور وهدى ورحمة للمؤمنين

   57

   O mankind! There has certainly come to you an advice from your Lord, and a cure for what is in the breasts, and a guidance and mercy for the faithful.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad jāʾatkum mawʿiẓatun min rabbikum wa-shifāʾun li-mā fī ṣ-ṣudūri wa-hudan wa-raḥmatun li-l-muʾminīna

5. قل بفضل الله وبرحمته فبذلك فليفرحوا هو خير مما يجمعون

   58

   Say, ‘In Allah’s grace and His mercy—let them rejoice in that! It is better than what they amass.’

   qul bi-faḍli llāhi wa-bi-raḥmatihī fa-bi-dhālika fa-l-yafraḥū huwa khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna

6. قل أرأيتم ما أنزل الله لكم من رزق فجعلتم منه حراما وحلالا قل آلله أذن لكم أم على الله تفترون

   59

   Say, ‘Have you regarded what Allah has sent down for you of [His] provision, whereupon you have made some of it unlawful and [some] lawful?’ Say, ‘Did Allah give you the sanction [to do so], or do you fabricate a lie against Allah?’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum mā ʾanzala llāhu lakum min rizqin fa-jaʿaltum minhu ḥarāman wa-ḥalālan qul ʾāllāhu ʾadhina lakum ʾam ʿalā llāhi taftarūna

7. وما ظن الذين يفترون على الله الكذب يوم القيامة إن الله لذو فضل على الناس ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون

   60

   What is the idea of those who fabricate lies against Allah [concerning their situation] on the Day of Resurrection? Indeed Allah is gracious to mankind, but most of them do not give thanks.

   wa-mā ẓannu lladhīna yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinna llāha la-dhū faḍlin ʿalā n-nāsi wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yashkurūna

8. وما تكون في شأن وما تتلو منه من قرآن ولا تعملون من عمل إلا كنا عليكم شهودا إذ تفيضون فيه وما يعزب عن ربك من مثقال ذرة في الأرض ولا في السماء ولا أصغر من ذلك ولا أكبر إلا في كتاب مبين

   61

   You do not engage in any work, neither do you recite any part of the Quran, nor do you perform any deed without Our being witness over you when you are engaged therein. Not an atom’s weight escapes your Lord in the earth or in the sky, nor [is there] anything smaller than that nor bigger, but it is in a manifest Book.

   wa-mā takūnu fī shaʾnin wa-mā tatlū minhu min qurʾānin wa-lā taʿmalūna min ʿamalin ʾillā kunnā ʿalaykum shuhūdan ʾidh tufīḍūna fīhi wa-mā yaʿzubu ʿan rabbika min mithqāli dharratin fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī s-samāʾi wa-lā ʾaṣghara min dhālika wa-lā ʾakbara ʾillā fī kitābin mubīnin