Surah Yūnus (Jonah) in English

1. قال قد أجيبت دعوتكما فاستقيما ولا تتبعان سبيل الذين لا يعلمون

   89

   Said He, ‘Your supplication has already been granted. So be steadfast, and do not follow the way of those who do not know.’

   qāla qad ʾujībat daʿwatukumā fa-staqīmā wa-lā tattabiʿānni sabīla lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

2. وجاوزنا ببني إسرائيل البحر فأتبعهم فرعون وجنوده بغيا وعدوا حتى إذا أدركه الغرق قال آمنت أنه لا إله إلا الذي آمنت به بنو إسرائيل وأنا من المسلمين

   90

   We carried the Children of Israel across the sea, whereat Pharaoh and his troops pursued them, out of defiance and aggression. When overtaken by drowning, he called out, ‘I believe that there is no god except Him in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am one of those who submit [to Him]!’

   wa-jāwaznā bi-banī ʾisrāʾīla l-baḥra fa-ʾatbaʿahum firʿawnu wa-junūduhū baghyan wa-ʿadwan ḥattā ʾidhā ʾadrakahu l-gharaqu qāla ʾāmantu ʾannahū lā ʾilāha ʾillā lladhī ʾāmanat bihī banū ʾisrāʾīla wa-ʾana mina l-muslimīna

3. آلآن وقد عصيت قبل وكنت من المفسدين

   91

   [He was told,] ‘What! Now? When you have been disobedient heretofore and were among the agents of corruption?!

   ʾāl-ʾāna wa-qad ʿaṣayta qablu wa-kunta mina l-mufsidīna

4. فاليوم ننجيك ببدنك لتكون لمن خلفك آية وإن كثيرا من الناس عن آياتنا لغافلون

   92

   So today We shall deliver your body so that you may be a sign for those who come after you.’ Indeed many of the people are oblivious to Our signs.

   fa-l-yawma nunajjīka bi-badanika li-takūna li-man khalfaka ʾāyatan wa-ʾinna kathīran mina n-nāsi ʿan ʾāyātinā la-ghāfilūna

5. ولقد بوأنا بني إسرائيل مبوأ صدق ورزقناهم من الطيبات فما اختلفوا حتى جاءهم العلم إن ربك يقضي بينهم يوم القيامة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

   93

   Certainly We settled the Children of Israel in a worthy settlement and We provided them with all the good things, and they did not differ until [after] the knowledge had come to them. Your Lord will indeed judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.

   wa-la-qad bawwaʾnā banī ʾisrāʾīla mubawwaʾa ṣidqin wa-razaqnāhum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti fa-mā khtalafū ḥattā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu ʾinna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

6. فإن كنت في شك مما أنزلنا إليك فاسأل الذين يقرءون الكتاب من قبلك لقد جاءك الحق من ربك فلا تكونن من الممترين

   94

   So if you are in doubt about what We have sent down to you, ask those who read the Book [revealed] before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord; so do not be among the skeptics.

   fa-ʾin kunta fī shakkin mimmā ʾanzalnā ʾilayka fa-sʾali lladhīna yaqraʾūna l-kitāba min qablika la-qad jāʾaka l-ḥaqqu min rabbika fa-lā takūnanna mina l-mumtarīna

7. ولا تكونن من الذين كذبوا بآيات الله فتكون من الخاسرين

   95

   And do not be of those who deny the signs of Allah, [for] then you shall be among the losers.

   wa-lā takūnanna mina lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi fa-takūna mina l-khāsirīna

8. إن الذين حقت عليهم كلمت ربك لا يؤمنون

   96

   Indeed those against whom your Lord’s judgement has become due will not have faith,

   ʾinna lladhīna ḥaqqat ʿalayhim kalimatu rabbika lā yuʾminūna

9. ولو جاءتهم كل آية حتى يروا العذاب الأليم

   97

   even though every sign were to come to them, until they sight the painful punishment.

   wa-law jāʾathum kullu ʾāyatin ḥattā yarawu l-ʿadhāba l-ʾalīma