Surah Yūnus (Jonah) in English

1. وقال فرعون ائتوني بكل ساحر عليم

   79

   Pharaoh said, ‘Bring me every expert magician.’

   wa-qāla firʿawnu ʾtūnī bi-kulli sāḥirin ʿalīmin

2. فلما جاء السحرة قال لهم موسى ألقوا ما أنتم ملقون

   80

   So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, ‘Throw down what you have to throw.’

   fa-lammā jāʾa s-saḥaratu qāla lahum mūsā ʾalqū mā ʾantum mulqūna

3. فلما ألقوا قال موسى ما جئتم به السحر إن الله سيبطله إن الله لا يصلح عمل المفسدين

   81

   So when they threw down [their sticks and ropes], Moses said, ‘What you have produced is magic. Indeed Allah will bring it to naught presently. Indeed Allah does not foster the efforts of those who cause corruption.

   fa-lammā ʾalqaw qāla mūsā mā jiʾtum bihī s-siḥru ʾinna llāha sa-yubṭiluhū ʾinna llāha lā yuṣliḥu ʿamala l-mufsidīna

4. ويحق الله الحق بكلماته ولو كره المجرمون

   82

   Allah will confirm the truth with His words, though the guilty should be averse.’

   wa-yuḥiqqu llāhu l-ḥaqqa bi-kalimātihī wa-law kariha l-mujrimūna

5. فما آمن لموسى إلا ذرية من قومه على خوف من فرعون وملئهم أن يفتنهم وإن فرعون لعال في الأرض وإنه لمن المسرفين

   83

   But none believed in Moses except some youths from among his people, for the fear of Pharaoh and his elite that he would persecute them. For Pharaoh was indeed a tyrant in the land, and indeed he was an unrestrained [despot].

   fa-mā ʾāmana li-mūsā ʾillā dhurriyyatun min qawmihī ʿalā khawfin min firʿawna wa-malaʾihim ʾan yaftinahum wa-ʾinna firʿawna la-ʿālin fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾinnahū la-mina l-musrifīna

6. وقال موسى يا قوم إن كنتم آمنتم بالله فعليه توكلوا إن كنتم مسلمين

   84

   And Moses said, ‘O my people! If you have faith in Allah, put your trust in Him, if you have submitted [to Him].’

   wa-qāla mūsā yā-qawmi ʾin kuntum ʾāmantum bi-llāhi fa-ʿalayhi tawakkalū ʾin kuntum muslimīna

7. فقالوا على الله توكلنا ربنا لا تجعلنا فتنة للقوم الظالمين

   85

   Whereat they said, ‘In Allah we have put our trust.’ ‘Our Lord! Do not make us a [means of] test for the wrongdoing lot,

   fa-qālū ʿalā llāhi tawakkalnā rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatan li-l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

8. ونجنا برحمتك من القوم الكافرين

   86

   and deliver us by Your mercy from the faithless lot.’

   wa-najjinā bi-raḥmatika mina l-qawmi l-kāfirīna

9. وأوحينا إلى موسى وأخيه أن تبوآ لقومكما بمصر بيوتا واجعلوا بيوتكم قبلة وأقيموا الصلاة وبشر المؤمنين

   87

   We revealed to Moses and his brother [saying], ‘Settle your people in the city, and let your houses face each other, and maintain the prayer, and give good news to the faithful.’

   wa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā wa-ʾakhīhi ʾan tabawwaʾā li-qawmikumā bi-miṣra buyūtan wa-jʿalū buyūtakum qiblatan wa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-bashshiri l-muʾminīna

10. وقال موسى ربنا إنك آتيت فرعون وملأه زينة وأموالا في الحياة الدنيا ربنا ليضلوا عن سبيلك ربنا اطمس على أموالهم واشدد على قلوبهم فلا يؤمنوا حتى يروا العذاب الأليم

    88

    Moses said, ‘Our Lord! You have given Pharaoh and his elite glamour and wealth in the life of this world, our Lord, that they may lead [people] astray from Your way! Our Lord! Blot out their wealth and harden their hearts so that they do not believe until they sight the painful punishment.’

    wa-qāla mūsā rabbanā ʾinnaka ʾātayta firʿawna wa-malaʾahū zīnatan wa-ʾamwālan fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā rabbanā li-yuḍillū ʿan sabīlika rabbanā ṭmis ʿalā ʾamwālihim wa-shdud ʿalā qulūbihim fa-lā yuʾminū ḥattā yarawu l-ʿadhāba l-ʾalīma