Revealed during the late Makkan period when the Quraysh were intensifying their mockery and rejection of the Prophet Muhammad's (ﷺ) message, Surah Yunus (Jonah) focuses heavily on the authenticity of divine revelation and the absolute sovereignty of God. It was sent down to address the skeptics who accused the Prophet of sorcery and questioned why the Creator would choose a mere mortal to deliver His warnings. The chapter beautifully uses the natural world—the sun, the moon, the alternation of day and night—as undeniable proof of a deliberate, intelligent Creator, while profoundly illustrating the transient, fleeting nature of worldly life compared to the eternity of the Hereafter. It recounts the struggles of previous prophets like Noah and Moses, explicitly detailing the drowning of Pharaoh and the divine preservation of his physical body as a historical sign for later generations. The Surah takes its name from Prophet Yunus to highlight a powerful anomaly in human history: the people of Yunus were the only nation that collectively recognized their impending doom, sincerely repented, and were consequently spared from divine punishment. Ultimately, the chapter serves as a deep reassurance to the believers to remain patient and steadfast, reminding humanity that while people instinctively turn to God in moments of desperate crisis, true faith requires unwavering devotion in times of ease, and that the ultimate decision regarding belief and justice rests entirely in the hands of the Creator.
Transliteration
Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi alhakeemi
Translation
Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Wise Book
These disjointed Arabic letters ('Alif-Lam-Ra') are known as 'Huruf Muqatta'at'. Their true meanings rest with Allah alone. They serve as a divine challenge to the eloquent Arabs, demonstrating that the Quran is composed of their own everyday spoken letters, yet no human can ever match its sublime composition and wisdom.
Transliteration
Akana lilnnasi AAajaban an awhayna ila rajulin minhum an anthiri alnnasa wabashshiri allatheena amanoo anna lahum qadama sidqin AAinda rabbihim qala alkafiroona inna hatha lasahirun mubeenun
Translation
Is it a wonder to the people that We inspired a man from among them: “Warn mankind, and give good news to those who believe that they are on a sound footing with their Lord”? The disbelievers said, “This is a manifest sorcerer.”
The pagan Quraysh of Mecca were astonished that God would send a mortal human being from among their own community as a prophet, expecting instead an angel of grand majesty.
Transliteration
Inna rabbakumu Allahu allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi yudabbiru alamra ma min shafeeAAin illa min baAAdi ithnihi thalikumu Allahu rabbukum faoAAbudoohu afala tathakkaroona
Translation
Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled over the Throne, governing all things. There is no intercessor except after His permission. Such is God, your Lord—so serve Him. Will you not reflect
Transliteration
Ilayhi marjiAAukum jameeAAan waAAda Allahi haqqan innahu yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu liyajziya allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati bialqisti waallatheena kafaroo lahum sharabun min hameemin waAAathabun aleemun bima kanoo yakfuroona
Translation
To Him is your return, altogether. The promise of God is true. He originates creation, and then He repeats it, to reward those who believe and do good deeds with equity. As for those who disbelieve, for them is a drink of boiling water, and agonizing torment, on account of their disbelief
Transliteration
Huwa allathee jaAAala alshshamsa diyaan waalqamara nooran waqaddarahu manazila litaAAlamoo AAadada alssineena waalhisaba ma khalaqa Allahu thalika illa bialhaqqi yufassilu alayati liqawmin yaAAlamoona
Translation
It is He who made the sun radiant, and the moon a light, and determined phases for it—that you may know the number of years and the calculation. God did not create all this except with truth. He details the revelations for a people who know
Transliteration
Inna fee ikhtilafi allayli waalnnahari wama khalaqa Allahu fee alssamawati waalardi laayatin liqawmin yattaqoona
Translation
In the alternation of night and day, and in what God created in the heavens and the earth, are signs for people who are aware
Transliteration
Inna allatheena la yarjoona liqaana waradoo bialhayati alddunya waitmaannoo biha waallatheena hum AAan ayatina ghafiloona
Translation
Those who do not hope to meet Us, and are content with the worldly life, and are at ease in it, and those who pay no heed to Our signs
Transliteration
Olaika mawahumu alnnaru bima kanoo yaksiboona
Translation
These—their dwelling is the Fire—on account of what they used to do
Transliteration
Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati yahdeehim rabbuhum bieemanihim tajree min tahtihimu alanharu fee jannati alnnaAAeemi
Translation
As for those who believe and do good deeds, their Lord guides them in their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Bliss
Transliteration
DaAAwahum feeha subhanaka allahumma watahiyyatuhum feeha salamun waakhiru daAAwahum ani alhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameena
Translation
Their call therein is, “Glory be to You, our God.” And their greeting therein is, “Peace.” And the last of their call is, “Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.”
Transliteration
Walaw yuAAajjilu Allahu lilnnasi alshsharra istiAAjalahum bialkhayri laqudiya ilayhim ajaluhum fanatharu allatheena la yarjoona liqaana fee tughyanihim yaAAmahoona
Translation
If God were to accelerate the ill for the people, as they wish to accelerate the good, their term would have been fulfilled. But We leave those who do not expect Our encounter to blunder in their excesses
Transliteration
Waitha massa alinsana alddurru daAAana lijanbihi aw qaAAidan aw qaiman falamma kashafna AAanhu durrahu marra kaan lam yadAAuna ila durrin massahu kathalika zuyyina lilmusrifeena ma kanoo yaAAmaloona
Translation
Whenever adversity touches the human being, he prays to Us—reclining on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have relieved his adversity from him, he goes away, as though he had never called on Us for trouble that had afflicted him. Thus the deeds of the transgressors appear good to them
Transliteration
Walaqad ahlakna alquroona min qablikum lamma thalamoo wajaathum rusuluhum bialbayyinati wama kanoo liyuminoo kathalika najzee alqawma almujrimeena
Translation
We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they would not believe. Thus We requite the sinful people
Transliteration
Thumma jaAAalnakum khalaifa fee alardi min baAAdihim linanthura kayfa taAAmaloona
Translation
Then We made you successors on earth after them, to see how you would behave
Transliteration
Waitha tutla AAalayhim ayatuna bayyinatin qala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana iti biquranin ghayri hatha aw baddilhu qul ma yakoonu lee an obaddilahu min tilqai nafsee in attabiAAu illa ma yooha ilayya innee akhafu in AAasaytu rabbee AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin
Translation
And when Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who do not hope to meet Us say, “Bring a Quran other than this, or change it.” Say, “It is not for me to change it of my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the torment of a terrible Day.”
Meccan leaders demanded that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ alter the Quran's condemnation of idolatry or bring a different book altogether that accommodated their ancestral pagan customs.
Transliteration
Qul law shaa Allahu ma talawtuhu AAalaykum wala adrakum bihi faqad labithtu feekum AAumuran min qablihi afala taAAqiloona
Translation
Say, “Had God willed, I would not have recited it to you, and He would not have made it known to you. I have lived among you for a lifetime before it. Do you not understand?”
Transliteration
Faman athlamu mimmani iftara AAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththaba biayatihi innahu la yuflihu almujrimoona
Translation
Who does greater wrong than someone who fabricates lies about God, or denies His revelations? The guilty will never prosper
Transliteration
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhum wala yanfaAAuhum wayaqooloona haolai shufaAAaona AAinda Allahi qul atunabbioona Allaha bima la yaAAlamu fee alssamawati wala fee alardi subhanahu wataAAala AAamma yushrikoona
Translation
And they worship, besides God, what neither harms them nor benefits them. And they say, “These are our intercessors with God.” Say, “Are you informing God about what He does not know in the heavens or on earth?” Glorified be He, High above the associations they make
Explains Arabian pagan theology: Meccan idolaters did not believe their stone statues created the universe; rather, they worshiped them as spiritual intercessors to plead their cases before the Supreme God (Allah).
Transliteration
Wama kana alnnasu illa ommatan wahidatan faikhtalafoo walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laqudiya baynahum feema feehi yakhtalifoona
Translation
Mankind was a single community; then they differed. Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord, the matters over which they had disputed would have been settled
Transliteration
Wayaqooloona lawla onzila AAalayhi ayatun min rabbihi faqul innama alghaybu lillahi faintathiroo innee maAAakum mina almuntathireena
Translation
And they say, “If only a miracle was sent down to him from his Lord.” Say, “The realm of the unseen belongs to God; so wait, I am waiting with you.”
Skeptics demanded tangible, spectacular signs on demand—such as turning Mecca's hills into gold—disregarding the living, intellectual miracle of the Quran itself.
Transliteration
Waitha athaqna alnnasa rahmatan min baAAdi darraa massathum itha lahum makrun fee ayatina quli Allahu asraAAu makran inna rusulana yaktuboona ma tamkuroona
Translation
When We make the people taste mercy after some adversity has touched them, they begin to scheme against Our revelations. Say, “God is swifter in scheming.” Our envoys are writing down what you scheme
Transliteration
Huwa allathee yusayyirukum fee albarri waalbahri hatta itha kuntum fee alfulki wajarayna bihim bireehin tayyibatin wafarihoo biha jaatha reehun AAasifun wajaahumu almawju min kulli makanin wathannoo annahum oheeta bihim daAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu alddeena lain anjaytana min hathihi lanakoonanna mina alshshakireena
Translation
It is He who transports you across land and sea. Until, when you are on ships, sailing in a favorable wind, and rejoicing in it, a raging wind arrives. The waves surge over them from every side, and they realize that they are besieged. Thereupon they pray to God, professing sincere devotion to Him: “If You save us from this, we will be among the appreciative.”
Illustrates human psychology at sea: when gentle breezes blow, travelers rejoice in security, but when fierce storms threaten shipwreck, all idol worship vanishes and they cry out sincerely to Allah alone for deliverance.
Transliteration
Falamma anjahum itha hum yabghoona fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi ya ayyuha alnnasu innama baghyukum AAala anfusikum mataAAa alhayati alddunya thumma ilayna marjiAAukum fanunabbiokum bima kuntum taAAmaloona
Translation
But then, when He has saved them, they commit violations on earth, and oppose justice. O people! Your violations are against your own souls. It is the enjoyment of the present life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do
Transliteration
Innama mathalu alhayati alddunya kamain anzalnahu mina alssamai faikhtalata bihi nabatu alardi mimma yakulu alnnasu waalanAAamu hatta itha akhathati alardu zukhrufaha waizzayyanat wathanna ahluha annahum qadiroona AAalayha ataha amruna laylan aw naharan fajaAAalnaha haseedan kaan lam taghna bialamsi kathalika nufassilu alayati liqawmin yatafakkaroona
Translation
The likeness of the present life is this: water that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which the people and the animals eat. Until, when the earth puts on its fine appearance, and is beautified, and its inhabitants think that they have mastered it, Our command descends upon it by night or by day, and We turn it into stubble, as if it had not flourished the day before. We thus clarify the revelations for people who reflect
Transliteration
WaAllahu yadAAoo ila dari alssalami wayahdee man yashao ila siratin mustaqeemin
Translation
God invites to the Home of Peace, and guides whomever He wills to a straight path
Transliteration
Lillatheena ahsanoo alhusna waziyadatun wala yarhaqu wujoohahum qatarun wala thillatun olaika ashabu aljannati hum feeha khalidoona
Translation
For those who have done good is goodness, and more. Neither gloom nor shame will come over their faces. These are the inhabitants of Paradise, abiding therein forever
Transliteration
Waallatheena kasaboo alssayyiati jazao sayyiatin bimithliha watarhaquhum thillatun ma lahum mina Allahi min AAasimin kaannama oghshiyat wujoohuhum qitaAAan mina allayli muthliman olaika ashabu alnnari hum feeha khalidoona
Translation
As for those who have earned evil deeds: a reward of similar evil, and shame will cover them. They will have no defense against God—as if their faces are covered with dark patches of night. These are the inmates of the Fire, abiding therein forever
Transliteration
Wayawma nahshuruhum jameeAAan thumma naqoolu lillatheena ashrakoo makanakum antum washurakaokum fazayyalna baynahum waqala shurakaohum ma kuntum iyyana taAAbudoona
Translation
On the Day when We will gather them altogether, then say to those who ascribed partners, “To your place, you and your partners.” Then We will separate between them, and their partners will say, “It was not us you were worshiping.”
Transliteration
Fakafa biAllahi shaheedan baynana wabaynakum in kunna AAan AAibadatikum laghafileena
Translation
“God is sufficient witness between us and you. We were unaware of your worshiping us.”
Transliteration
Hunalika tabloo kullu nafsin ma aslafat waruddoo ila Allahi mawlahumu alhaqqi wadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroona
Translation
There, every soul will experience what it had done previously; and they will be returned to God, their True Master; and what they used to invent will fail them
Transliteration
Qul man yarzuqukum mina alssamai waalardi amman yamliku alssamAAa waalabsara waman yukhriju alhayya mina almayyiti wayukhriju almayyita mina alhayyi waman yudabbiru alamra fasayaqooloona Allahu faqul afala tattaqoona
Translation
Say, “Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? And who controls the hearing and the sight? And who produces the living from the dead, and produces the dead from the living? And who governs the Order?” They will say, “God.” Say, “Will you not be careful?”
Transliteration
Fathalikumu Allahu rabbukumu alhaqqu famatha baAAda alhaqqi illa alddalalu faanna tusrafoona
Translation
Such is God, your Lord—the True. What is there, beyond the truth, except falsehood? How are you turned away
Transliteration
Kathalika haqqat kalimatu rabbika AAala allatheena fasaqoo annahum la yuminoona
Translation
Thus your Lord’s Word proved true against those who disobeyed, for they do not believe
Transliteration
Qul hal min shurakaikum man yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu quli Allahu yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu faanna tufakoona
Translation
Say, “Can any of your partners initiate creation, and then repeat it?” Say, “God initiates creation, and then repeats it. How are you so deluded?”
Transliteration
Qul hal min shurakaikum man yahdee ila alhaqqi quli Allahu yahdee lilhaqqi afaman yahdee ila alhaqqi ahaqqu an yuttabaAAa amman la yahiddee illa an yuhda fama lakum kayfa tahkumoona
Translation
Say, “Can any of your partners guide to the truth?” Say, “God guides to the truth. Is He who guides to the truth more worthy of being followed, or he who does not guide, unless he himself is guided? What is the matter with you? How do you judge?”
Transliteration
Wama yattabiAAu aktharuhum illa thannan inna alththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqi shayan inna Allaha AAaleemun bima yafAAaloona
Translation
Most of them follow nothing but assumptions; and assumptions avail nothing against the truth. God is fully aware of what they do
Transliteration
Wama kana hatha alquranu an yuftara min dooni Allahi walakin tasdeeqa allathee bayna yadayhi watafseela alkitabi la rayba feehi min rabbi alAAalameena
Translation
This Quran could not have been produced by anyone other than God. In fact, it is a confirmation of what preceded it, and an elaboration of the Book. There is no doubt about it—it is from the Lord of the Universe
Transliteration
Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul fatoo bisooratin mithlihi waodAAoo mani istataAAtum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeena
Translation
Or do they say, “He has forged it”? Say, “Then produce a single chapter like it, and call upon whomever you can, apart from God, if you are truthful.”
A famous challenge of the Quran: demanding that critics and skeptics produce even a single chapter (Surah) comparable to it in linguistic beauty, moral guidance, and prophetic truth if they doubted its divine origin.
Transliteration
Bal kaththaboo bima lam yuheetoo biAAilmihi walamma yatihim taweeluhu kathalika kaththaba allatheena min qablihim faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu alththalimeena
Translation
In fact, they deny what is beyond the limits of their knowledge, and whose explanation has not yet reached them. Thus those before them refused to believe. So note the consequences for the wrongdoers
Transliteration
Waminhum man yuminu bihi waminhum man la yuminu bihi warabbuka aAAlamu bialmufsideena
Translation
Among them are those who believe in it, and among them are those who do not believe in it. Your Lord is fully aware of the mischief-makers
Transliteration
Wain kaththabooka faqul lee AAamalee walakum AAamalukum antum bareeoona mimma aAAmalu waana bareeon mimma taAAmaloona
Translation
If they accuse you of lying, say, “I have my deeds, and you have your deeds. You are quit of what I do, and I am quit of what you do.”
Transliteration
Waminhum man yastamiAAoona ilayka afaanta tusmiAAu alssumma walaw kanoo la yaAAqiloona
Translation
And among them are those who listen to you. But can you make the deaf hear, even though they do not understand
Transliteration
Waminhum man yanthuru ilayka afaanta tahdee alAAumya walaw kanoo la yubsiroona
Translation
And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind, even though they do not see
Transliteration
Inna Allaha la yathlimu alnnasa shayan walakinna alnnasa anfusahum yathlimoona
Translation
God does not wrong the people in the least, but the people wrong their own selves
Transliteration
Wayawma yahshuruhum kaan lam yalbathoo illa saAAatan mina alnnahari yataAAarafoona baynahum qad khasira allatheena kaththaboo biliqai Allahi wama kanoo muhtadeena
Translation
On the Day when He rounds them up—as if they had tarried only one hour of a day—they will recognize one another. Those who denied the meeting with God will be the losers. They were not guided
Transliteration
Waimma nuriyannaka baAAda allathee naAAiduhum aw natawaffayannaka failayna marjiAAuhum thumma Allahu shaheedun AAala ma yafAAaloona
Translation
Whether We show you some of what We promise them, or take you, to Us is their return. God is witness to everything they do
Transliteration
Walikulli ommatin rasoolun faitha jaa rasooluhum qudiya baynahum bialqisti wahum la yuthlamoona
Translation
Every community has a messenger. When their messenger has come, judgment will be passed between them with fairness, and they will not be wronged
Transliteration
Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena
Translation
And they say, “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”
Transliteration
Qul la amliku linafsee darran wala nafAAan illa ma shaa Allahu likulli ommatin ajalun itha jaa ajaluhum fala yastakhiroona saAAatan wala yastaqdimoona
Translation
Say, “I have no power to harm or benefit myself, except as God wills. To every nation is an appointed time. Then, when their time arrives, they can neither postpone it by one hour, nor advance it
Transliteration
Qul araaytum in atakum AAathabuhu bayatan aw naharan matha yastaAAjilu minhu almujrimoona
Translation
Say, “Have you considered? If His punishment overtakes you by night or by day, what part of it will the guilty seek to hasten?”
Transliteration
Athumma itha ma waqaAAa amantum bihi alana waqad kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
Translation
“Then, when it falls, will you believe in it? Now? When before you tried to hasten it?”
Addresses the scoffers who arrogantly demanded that God's punishment be hastened immediately to prove the Prophet's warnings, pointing out that when calamity finally strikes, sudden regret will be useless.
Transliteration
Thumma qeela lillatheena thalamoo thooqoo AAathaba alkhuldi hal tujzawna illa bima kuntum taksiboona
Translation
Then it will be said to those who did wrong, “Taste the torment of eternity. Will you be rewarded except for what you used to do?”
Transliteration
Wayastanbioonaka ahaqqun huwa qul ee warabbee innahu lahaqqun wama antum bimuAAjizeena
Translation
And they inquire of you, “Is it true?” Say, “Yes, by my Lord, it is true, and you cannot evade it.”
Transliteration
Walaw anna likulli nafsin thalamat ma fee alardi laiftadat bihi waasarroo alnnadamata lamma raawoo alAAathaba waqudiya baynahum bialqisti wahum la yuthlamoona
Translation
Had every soul which had done wrong possessed everything on earth, it would offer it as a ransom. They will hide the remorse when they witness the suffering, and it will be judged between them equitably, and they will not be wronged
Transliteration
Ala inna lillahi ma fee alssamawati waalardi ala inna waAAda Allahi haqqun walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
Translation
Assuredly, to God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Assuredly, the promise of God is true. But most of them do not know
Transliteration
Huwa yuhyee wayumeetu wailayhi turjaAAoona
Translation
He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaatkum mawAAithatun min rabbikum washifaon lima fee alssudoori wahudan warahmatun lilmumineena
Translation
O people! There has come to you advice from your Lord, and healing for what is in the hearts, and guidance and mercy for the believers
Transliteration
Qul bifadli Allahi wabirahmatihi fabithalika falyafrahoo huwa khayrun mimma yajmaAAoona
Translation
Say, “In God’s grace and mercy let them rejoice. That is better than what they hoard.”
Transliteration
Qul araaytum ma anzala Allahu lakum min rizqin fajaAAaltum minhu haraman wahalalan qul allahu athina lakum am AAala Allahi taftaroona
Translation
Say, “Have you considered the sustenance God has sent down for you, some of which you made unlawful, and some lawful?” Say, “Did God give you permission, or do you fabricate lies and attribute them to God?”
Transliteration
Wama thannu allatheena yaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathiba yawma alqiyamati inna Allaha lathoo fadlin AAala alnnasi walakinna aktharahum la yashkuroona
Translation
What will they think—those who fabricate lies and attribute them to God—on the Day of Resurrection? God is bountiful towards the people, but most of them do not give thanks
Transliteration
Wama takoonu fee shanin wama tatloo minhu min quranin wala taAAmaloona min AAamalin illa kunna AAalaykum shuhoodan ith tufeedoona feehi wama yaAAzubu AAan rabbika min mithqali tharratin fee alardi wala fee alssamai wala asghara min thalika wala akbara illa fee kitabin mubeenun
Translation
You do not get into any situation, nor do you recite any Quran, nor do you do anything, but We are watching over you as you undertake it. Not even the weight of an atom, on earth or in the sky, escapes your Lord, nor is there anything smaller or larger, but is in a clear record
Transliteration
Ala inna awliyaa Allahi la khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona
Translation
Unquestionably, God’s friends have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve
Transliteration
Allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona
Translation
Those who believe and are aware
Transliteration
Lahumu albushra fee alhayati alddunya wafee alakhirati la tabdeela likalimati Allahi thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
Translation
For them is good news in this life, and in the Hereafter. There is no alteration to the words of God. That is the supreme triumph
Transliteration
Wala yahzunka qawluhum inna alAAizzata lillahi jameeAAan huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
Translation
And let not their sayings dishearten you. All power is God’s. He is the Hearer, the Knower
Transliteration
Ala inna lillahi man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi wama yattabiAAu allatheena yadAAoona min dooni Allahi shurakaa in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wain hum illa yakhrusoona
Translation
Certainly, to God belongs everyone in the heavens and everyone on earth. Those who invoke other than God do not follow partners; they follow only assumptions, and they only guess
Transliteration
Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu allayla litaskunoo feehi waalnnahara mubsiran inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yasmaAAoona
Translation
It is He who made the night for your rest, and the daylight for visibility. Surely in that are signs for people who listen
Transliteration
Qaloo ittakhatha Allahu waladan subhanahu huwa alghaniyyu lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi in AAindakum min sultanin bihatha ataqooloona AAala Allahi ma la taAAlamoona
Translation
And they said, “God has taken a son.” Be He glorified. He is the Self-Sufficient. His is everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Do you have any proof for this? Or are you saying about God what you do not know
Transliteration
Qul inna allatheena yaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathiba la yuflihoona
Translation
Say, “Those who fabricate lies about God will not succeed.”
Transliteration
MataAAun fee alddunya thumma ilayna marjiAAuhum thumma nutheequhumu alAAathaba alshshadeeda bima kanoo yakfuroona
Translation
Some enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment on account of their disbelief
Transliteration
Waotlu AAalayhim nabaa noohin ith qala liqawmihi ya qawmi in kana kabura AAalaykum maqamee watathkeeree biayati Allahi faAAala Allahi tawakkaltu faajmiAAoo amrakum washurakaakum thumma la yakun amrukum AAalaykum ghummatan thumma iqdoo ilayya wala tunthirooni
Translation
And relate to them the story of Noah, when he said to his people, “O my people, if my presence among you and my reminding you of God’s signs is too much for you, then in God I have put my trust. So come to a decision, you and your partners, and do not let the matter perplex you; then carry out your decision on me, and do not hold back.”
Introduces the story of Prophet Noah (Nuh) confronting his idol-worshipping society, demonstrating complete trust in God regardless of their numerical strength and plots against him.
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Fain tawallaytum fama saaltukum min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala Allahi waomirtu an akoona mina almuslimeena
Translation
“But if you turn away, I have not asked you for any wage. My wage falls only on God, and I was commanded to be of those who submit.”
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Fakaththaboohu fanajjaynahu waman maAAahu fee alfulki wajaAAalnahum khalaifa waaghraqna allatheena kaththaboo biayatina faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almunthareena
Translation
But they denounced him, so We saved him and those with him in the Ark, and We made them successors, and We drowned those who rejected Our signs. So consider the fate of those who were warned
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Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihi rusulan ila qawmihim fajaoohum bialbayyinati fama kanoo liyuminoo bima kaththaboo bihi min qablu kathalika natbaAAu AAala quloobi almuAAtadeena
Translation
Then, after him, We sent messengers to their people. They came to them with the clear proofs, but they would not believe in anything they had already rejected. Thus We set a seal on the hearts of the hostile
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Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihim moosa waharoona ila firAAawna wamalaihi biayatina faistakbaroo wakanoo qawman mujrimeena
Translation
Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. But they acted arrogantly. They were sinful people
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Falamma jaahumu alhaqqu min AAindina qaloo inna hatha lasihrun mubeenun
Translation
And when the truth came to them from Us, they said, “This is clearly sorcery.”
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Qala moosa ataqooloona lilhaqqi lamma jaakum asihrun hatha wala yuflihu alssahiroona
Translation
Moses said, “Is this what you say of the truth when it has come to you? Is this sorcery? Sorcerers do not succeed.”
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Qaloo ajitana litalfitana AAamma wajadna AAalayhi abaana watakoona lakuma alkibriyao fee alardi wama nahnu lakuma bimumineena
Translation
They said, “Did you come to us to divert us from what we found our ancestors following, and so that you become prominent in the land? We will never believe in you.”
Pharaoh's ruling elite accused Moses and Aaron of having political ambitions to overthrow Egypt's established order and usurp national authority under the pretense of religion.
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Waqala firAAawnu itoonee bikulli sahirin AAaleemin
Translation
Pharaoh said, “Bring me every experienced sorcerer.”
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Falamma jaa alssaharatu qala lahum moosa alqoo ma antum mulqoona
Translation
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you have to throw.”
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Falamma alqaw qala moosa ma jitum bihi alssihru inna Allaha sayubtiluhu inna Allaha la yuslihu AAamala almufsideena
Translation
And when they threw, Moses said, “What you produced is sorcery, and God will make it fail. God does not foster the efforts of the corrupt.”
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Wayuhiqqu Allahu alhaqqa bikalimatihi walaw kariha almujrimoona
Translation
“And God upholds the truth with His words, even though the sinners detest it.”
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Fama amana limoosa illa thurriyyatun min qawmihi AAala khawfin min firAAawna wamalaihim an yaftinahum wainna firAAawna laAAalin fee alardi wainnahu lamina almusrifeena
Translation
But none believed in Moses except some children of his people, for fear that Pharaoh and his chiefs would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the land. He was a tyrant
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Waqala moosa ya qawmi in kuntum amantum biAllahi faAAalayhi tawakkaloo in kuntum muslimeena
Translation
Moses said, “O my people, if you have believed in God, then put your trust in Him, if you have submitted.”
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Faqaloo AAala Allahi tawakkalna rabbana la tajAAalna fitnatan lilqawmi alththalimeena
Translation
They said, “In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of the oppressive people.”
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Wanajjina birahmatika mina alqawmi alkafireena
Translation
“And deliver us, by Your mercy, from the disbelieving people.”
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Waawhayna ila moosa waakheehi an tabawwaa liqawmikuma bimisra buyootan waijAAaloo buyootakum qiblatan waaqeemoo alssalata wabashshiri almumineena
Translation
And We inspired Moses and his brother, “Settle your people in Egypt, and make your homes places of worship, and perform the prayer, and give good news to the believers.”
During severe Egyptian state persecution, God instructed Moses and Aaron to turn the Israelites' private homes into places of prayer and mutual solidarity, because public worship was forbidden under Pharaoh's tyranny.
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Waqala moosa rabbana innaka atayta firAAawna wamalaahu zeenatan waamwalan fee alhayati alddunya rabbana liyudilloo AAan sabeelika rabbana itmis AAala amwalihim waoshdud AAala quloobihim fala yuminoo hatta yarawoo alAAathaba alaleema
Translation
Moses said, “Our Lord, you have given Pharaoh and his chiefs splendor and wealth in the worldly life. Our Lord, for them to lead away from Your path. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth, and harden their hearts, they will not believe until they see the painful torment.”
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Qala qad ojeebat daAAwatukuma faistaqeema wala tattabiAAanni sabeela allatheena la yaAAlamoona
Translation
He said, “Your prayer has been answered, so go straight, and do not follow the path of those who do not know.”
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Wajawazna bibanee israeela albahra faatbaAAahum firAAawnu wajunooduhu baghyan waAAadwan hatta itha adrakahu algharaqu qala amantu annahu la ilaha illa allathee amanat bihi banoo israeela waana mina almuslimeena
Translation
And We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. Pharaoh and his troops pursued them, defiantly and aggressively. Until, when he was about to drown, he said, “I believe that there is no god except the One the Children of Israel believe in, and I am of those who submit.”
Recalls Pharaoh pursuing the Israelites through the miraculously parted Red Sea. As the waters collapsed upon him, Pharaoh attempted a deathbed conversion, but repentance at the very threshold of death is not accepted.
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Alana waqad AAasayta qablu wakunta mina almufsideena
Translation
Now? When you have rebelled before, and been of the mischief-makers
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Faalyawma nunajjeeka bibadanika litakoona liman khalfaka ayatan wainna katheeran mina alnnasi AAan ayatina laghafiloona
Translation
Today We will preserve your body, so that you become a sign for those after you. But most people are heedless of Our signs
Prophesies that Pharaoh's drowned physical body would be preserved intact as an enduring historical sign for future generations—a promise uniquely confirmed in modern times through the discovery of royal Egyptian mummies.
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Walaqad bawwana banee israeela mubawwaa sidqin warazaqnahum mina alttayyibati fama ikhtalafoo hatta jaahumu alAAilmu inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoona
Translation
And We settled the Children of Israel in a position of honor, and provided them with good things. They did not differ until knowledge came to them. Your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection regarding their differences
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Fain kunta fee shakkin mimma anzalnna ilayka faisali allatheena yaqraoona alkitaba min qablika laqad jaaka alhaqqu min rabbika fala takoonanna mina almumtareena
Translation
If you are in doubt about what We revealed to you, ask those who read the Scripture before you. The truth has come to you from your Lord, so do not be of those who doubt
Reassures listeners of the divine consistency of revelation: prior Jewish and Christian scriptures preserved prophecies and descriptions confirming the coming of the final Prophet.
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Wala takoonanna mina allatheena kaththaboo biayati Allahi fatakoona mina alkhasireena
Translation
And do not be of those who deny God’s revelations, lest you become one of the losers
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Inna allatheena haqqat AAalayhim kalimatu rabbika la yuminoona
Translation
Those against whom your Lord’s Word is justified will not believe
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Walaw jaathum kullu ayatin hatta yarawoo alAAathaba alaleema
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Even if every sign comes to them—until they see the painful punishment
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Falawla kanat qaryatun amanat fanafaAAaha eemanuha illa qawma yoonusa lamma amanoo kashafna AAanhum AAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati alddunya wamattaAAnahum ila heenin
Translation
If only there was one town that believed and benefited by its belief. Except for the people of Jonah. When they believed, We removed from them the suffering of disgrace in the worldly life, and We gave them comfort for a while
Highlights the unique historical exception of Prophet Jonah's (Yunus) people (Nineveh): when they recognized the impending signs of divine wrath, they repented collectively in sincere remorse, and God lifted the decree of destruction from them.
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Walaw shaa rabbuka laamana man fee alardi kulluhum jameeAAan afaanta tukrihu alnnasa hatta yakoonoo mumineena
Translation
Had your Lord willed, everyone on earth would have believed. Will you compel people to become believers
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Wama kana linafsin an tumina illa biithni Allahi wayajAAalu alrrijsa AAala allatheena la yaAAqiloona
Translation
No soul can believe except by God’s leave; and He lays disgrace upon those who refuse to understand
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Quli onthuroo matha fee alssamawati waalardi wama tughnee alayatu waalnnuthuru AAan qawmin la yuminoona
Translation
Say, “Look at what is in the heavens and the earth.” But signs and warnings are of no avail for people who do not believe
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Fahal yantathiroona illa mithla ayyami allatheena khalaw min qablihim qul faintathiroo innee maAAakum mina almuntathireena
Translation
Do they expect anything but the likes of the days of those who passed away before them? Say, “Then wait, I will be waiting with you.”
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Thumma nunajjee rusulana waallatheena amanoo kathalika haqqan AAalayna nunjee almumineena
Translation
Then We save Our messengers and those who believe. It is binding on Us to save the believers
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Qul ya ayyuha alnnasu in kuntum fee shakkin min deenee fala aAAbudu allatheena taAAbudoona min dooni Allahi walakin aAAbudu Allaha allathee yatawaffakum waomirtu an akoona mina almumineena
Translation
Say, “O people, if you are in doubt about my religion—I do not serve those you serve apart from God. But I serve God, the one who will terminate your lives. And I was commanded to be of the believers.”
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Waan aqim wajhaka lilddeeni haneefan wala takoonanna mina almushrikeena
Translation
And dedicate yourself to the true religion—a monotheist—and never be of the polytheists
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Wala tadAAu min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaAAuka wala yadurruka fain faAAalta fainnaka ithan mina alththalimeena
Translation
And do not call, apart from God, on what neither benefits you nor harms you. If you do, you are then one of the wrongdoers
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Wain yamsaska Allahu bidurrin fala kashifa lahu illa huwa wain yuridka bikhayrin fala radda lifadlihi yuseebu bihi man yashao min AAibadihi wahuwa alghafooru alrraheemu
Translation
If God afflicts you with harm, none can remove it except He. And if He wants good for you, none can repel His grace. He makes it reach whomever He wills of His servants. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful
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Qul ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaakumu alhaqqu min rabbikum famani ihtada fainnama yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla fainnama yadillu AAalayha wama ana AAalaykum biwakeelin
Translation
Say, “O people, the truth has come to you from your Lord. Whoever accepts guidance is guided for his own soul; and whoever strays only strays to its detriment. I am not a guardian over you.”
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WaittabiAA ma yooha ilayka waisbir hatta yahkuma Allahu wahuwa khayru alhakimeena
Translation
And follow what is revealed to you, and be patient until God issues His judgment, for He is the Best of judges