• ﭑﭒ ﭓ ﭔ ﭕ ﭖ ﭗﭘ

    Transliteration

    aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin

    Yusuf Ali

    A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear.

    Saheeh International

    Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.

    Shakir

    Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear.

    Daryabadi

    Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the verses of the Book, and a Qur'an luminous.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of a clear Book, the Quran.

    • ﭙ ﭚ ﭛ ﭜ ﭝ ﭞ ﭟﭠ

    Transliteration

    rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

    Yusuf Ali

    Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.

    Saheeh International

    Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

    Shakir

    Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.

    Daryabadi

    Oft times would those who disbelieve fain that they had been Muslims.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    A time will surely come when those who are bent on denying the truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God,

    • ﭡ ﭢ ﭣ ﭤ ﭥﭦ ﭧ ﭨﭩ

    Transliteration

    tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

    Yusuf Ali

    Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).

    Saheeh International

    Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

    Shakir

    Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.

    Daryabadi

    Leave them thou to eat and to enjoy, and let vain hope divert them; presently they will know.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    so leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and let them be beguiled by vain hopes; for soon they will realise [the truth].

    • ﭪ ﭫ ﭬ ﭭ ﭮ ﭯ ﭰ ﭱﭲ

    Transliteration

    wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

    Yusuf Ali

    Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

    Saheeh International

    And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

    Shakir

    And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.

    Daryabadi

    And We have not destroyed a town but there was therefor a decree known.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We have never destroyed a township without a definite decree having been issued;

    • ﭳ ﭴ ﭵ ﭶ ﭷ ﭸ ﭹﭺ

    Transliteration

    ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

    Yusuf Ali

    Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

    Saheeh International

    No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

    Shakir

    No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).

    Daryabadi

    No community precedeth the term thereof nor doth it fall behind.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    no people can forestall their doom, nor can they delay it.

    • ﭻ ﭼ ﭽ ﭾ ﭿ ﮀ ﮁ ﮂﮃ

    Transliteration

    waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

    Yusuf Ali

    They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!

    Saheeh International

    And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

    Shakir

    And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane:

    Daryabadi

    And they say: O thou unto whom the Admonition hath been sent down! verily thou art possessed.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    They say, ‘You to whom the Reminder [the Quran] has been sent down, you are surely possessed.

    • ﮄ ﮅ ﮆ ﮇ ﮈ ﮉ ﮊ ﮋﮌ

    Transliteration

    law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

    Yusuf Ali

    "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"

    Saheeh International

    Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

    Shakir

    Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?

    Daryabadi

    Why bringest thou not angels unto us if thou art of the truthtellers!

    Wahiduddin Khan

    Why do you not bring down the angels upon us, if you are truthful?’

    • ﮍ ﮎ ﮏ ﮐ ﮑ ﮒ ﮓ ﮔ ﮕﮖ

    Transliteration

    ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

    Yusuf Ali

    We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

    Saheeh International

    We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

    Shakir

    We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.

    Daryabadi

    We send not the angels down save with judgment, and then they would not be respited.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then they will not be reprieved.

    • ﮗ ﮘ ﮙ ﮚ ﮛ ﮜ ﮝﮞ

    Transliteration

    inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

    Yusuf Ali

    We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).

    Saheeh International

    Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.

    Shakir

    Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.

    Daryabadi

    Verily We! it is We who have revealed the Admonition, and verily We are the guardians thereof.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    It is We who have sent down the Reminder and We will, most surely, safeguard it.

    • ﮟ ﮠ ﮡ ﮢ ﮣ ﮤ ﮥﮦ

    Transliteration

    walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

    Yusuf Ali

    We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:

    Saheeh International

    And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

    Shakir

    And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore.

    Daryabadi

    And assuredly We have sent apostles before thee among the sects of the ancients.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We sent messengers before you to the previous peoples,

    • ﮧ ﮨ ﮩ ﮪ ﮫ ﮬ ﮭ ﮮﮯ

    Transliteration

    wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

    Yusuf Ali

    But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.

    Saheeh International

    And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

    Shakir

    And there never came an apostle to them but they mocked him.

    Daryabadi

    And not an apostle came unto them but at him they were wont to mock.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    but there was never a messenger who came to them but they mocked him:

    • ﮰ ﮱ ﯓ ﯔ ﯕﯖ

    Transliteration

    kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

    Yusuf Ali

    Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -

    Saheeh International

    Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.

    Shakir

    Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty;

    Daryabadi

    Even so we make a way for it in the hearts of the culprits.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    thus We cause this [habit of mocking] to enter into the hearts of the sinful.

    • ﯗ ﯘ ﯙﯚ ﯛ ﯜ ﯝ ﯞﯟ

    Transliteration

    la yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

    Yusuf Ali

    That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

    Saheeh International

    They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

    Shakir

    They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.

    Daryabadi

    They believe not therein, and already the example of the ancients hath gone forth.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    They will not believe in it, though they have before them the example of former peoples,

    • ﯠ ﯡ ﯢ ﯣ ﯤ ﯥ ﯦ ﯧ ﯨﯩ

    Transliteration

    walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

    Yusuf Ali

    Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,

    Saheeh International

    And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

    Shakir

    And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while,

    Daryabadi

    And if We opened upon them a door of the heaven, and they passed the day mounting thereto.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and even if We opened to them a door from heaven, and they began ascending through it,

    • ﯪ ﯫ ﯬ ﯭ ﯮ ﯯ ﯰ ﯱﯲ

    Transliteration

    laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

    Yusuf Ali

    They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."

    Saheeh International

    They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

    Shakir

    They would certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.

    Daryabadi

    They would surely say: intoxicated have been our sights; aye! we are a people enchanted.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    they would still say, ‘Our eyes have been dazzled. We are bewitched.’

    • ﭑ ﭒ ﭓ ﭔ ﭕ ﭖ ﭗﭘ

    Transliteration

    walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

    Yusuf Ali

    It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;

    Saheeh International

    And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

    Shakir

    And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders.

    Daryabadi

    And assuredly We have set constellations in the heaven and made it fairseeming unto the beholders

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We have placed constellations in heaven and have beautified it for beholders,

    • ﭙ ﭚ ﭛ ﭜ ﭝﭞ

    Transliteration

    wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

    Yusuf Ali

    And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:

    Saheeh International

    And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]

    Shakir

    And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,

    Daryabadi

    And We have guarded it from every Satan damned.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and We have guarded it from every accursed devil:

    • ﭟ ﭠ ﭡ ﭢ ﭣ ﭤ ﭥﭦ

    Transliteration

    illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

    Yusuf Ali

    But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).

    Saheeh International

    Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

    Shakir

    But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame.

    Daryabadi

    Save him who stealeth the hearing, and him there followeth a flame gleaming.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    but if anyone eavesdrops, he is pursued by a bright flaming fire.

    • ﭧ ﭨ ﭩ ﭪ ﭫ ﭬ ﭭ ﭮ ﭯ ﭰ ﭱﭲ

    Transliteration

    waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli shayin mawzoonin

    Yusuf Ali

    And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.

    Saheeh International

    And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

    Shakir

    And the earth-- We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.

    Daryabadi

    And the earth! We have stretched it out and have cast thereon mountains firm, and We have caused to spring up thereon everything weighed.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We have spread out the earth, and set upon it firm mountains and caused everything to grow in due proportion.

    • ﭳ ﭴ ﭵ ﭶ ﭷ ﭸ ﭹ ﭺﭻ

    Transliteration

    wajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena

    Yusuf Ali

    And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.

    Saheeh International

    And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.

    Shakir

    And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.

    Daryabadi

    And We have appointed thereon for you livelihoods and also for those of whom ye are not the providers.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We have provided therein a means of livelihood for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide.

    • ﭼ ﭽ ﭾ ﭿ ﮀ ﮁ ﮂ ﮃ ﮄ ﮅ ﮆﮇ

    Transliteration

    wain min shayin illa AAindana khazainuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarin maAAloomin

    Yusuf Ali

    And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.

    Saheeh International

    And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure.

    Shakir

    And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure.

    Daryabadi

    And there is not of aught but with Us are the treasures thereof, and We send it not down save in a measure known

    Wahiduddin Khan

    There is not a thing but its storehouses are with Us. But We only send down each thing in an appropriate measure:

    • ﮈ ﮉ ﮊ ﮋ ﮌ ﮍ ﮎ ﮏ ﮐ ﮑ ﮒ ﮓﮔ

    Transliteration

    waarsalna alrriyaha lawaqiha faanzalna mina alssamai maan faasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineena

    Yusuf Ali

    And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.

    Saheeh International

    And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

    Shakir

    And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.

    Daryabadi

    And We send the winds fertilizing, then We send down water from the heaven and We give it to you to drink, and thereof ye could not be the treasurers.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We let loose fertilizing winds, and bring water from the sky for you to drink; and you could not have stored it up for yourselves.

    • ﮕ ﮖ ﮗ ﮘ ﮙ ﮚﮛ

    Transliteration

    wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona

    Yusuf Ali

    And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

    Saheeh International

    And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

    Shakir

    And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs.

    Daryabadi

    And verily We! it is We who give life and death, and We shall be the survivors.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    Truly, it is We who bring to life and We who cause death and We are the inheritor of all things.

    • ﮜ ﮝ ﮞ ﮟ ﮠ ﮡ ﮢﮣ

    Transliteration

    walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

    Yusuf Ali

    To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.

    Saheeh International

    And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

    Shakir

    And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.

    Daryabadi

    And assuredly We know those of you who have gone before and those who will come hereafter.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We know those who lived before you and those who will come after you.

    • ﮤ ﮥ ﮦ ﮧﮨ ﮩ ﮪ ﮫﮬ

    Transliteration

    wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun

    Yusuf Ali

    Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.

    Saheeh International

    And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

    Shakir

    And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.

    Daryabadi

    And veriiy thy Lord! He will gather them, and verily He is Wise. Knowing.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    It is your Lord who will gather them. He is all wise and all knowing.

    • ﮭ ﮮ ﮯ ﮰ ﮱ ﯓ ﯔ ﯕﯖ

    Transliteration

    walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

    Yusuf Ali

    We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;

    Saheeh International

    And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

    Shakir

    And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in shape.

    Daryabadi

    And assuredly We have created human being from ringing clay of loam moulded.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    We created man out of dry clay, from moulded mud,

    • ﯗ ﯘ ﯙ ﯚ ﯛ ﯜ ﯝﯞ

    Transliteration

    waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

    Yusuf Ali

    And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.

    Saheeh International

    And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

    Shakir

    And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.

    Daryabadi

    And the Jinn, We had created them afore of the fire of the scroching wind.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and the jinn We had created before from flaming fire.

    • ﯟ ﯠ ﯡ ﯢ ﯣ ﯤ ﯥ ﯦ ﯧ ﯨ ﯩ ﯪﯫ

    Transliteration

    waith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

    Yusuf Ali

    Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;

    Saheeh International

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

    Shakir

    And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.

    Daryabadi

    And recall what time thy Lord said unto the angels: verily I am about to createa man from ringing clay of loam moulded.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I am about to bring into being a man wrought from mud.

    • ﯬ ﯭ ﯮ ﯯ ﯰ ﯱ ﯲ ﯳ ﯴﯵ

    Transliteration

    faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

    Yusuf Ali

    "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

    Saheeh International

    And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

    Shakir

    So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.

    Daryabadi

    Then when I have formed him and breathed into him of My Spirit fall down unto him prostrate.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    When I have formed him and breathed My spirit into him, fall down in prostration before him,’

    • ﯶ ﯷ ﯸ ﯹﯺ

    Transliteration

    fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

    Yusuf Ali

    So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

    Saheeh International

    So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

    Shakir

    So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,

    Daryabadi

    So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    then the angels all prostrated themselves together.

    • ﯻ ﯼ ﯽ ﯾ ﯿ ﰀ ﰁﰂ

    Transliteration

    illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

    Yusuf Ali

    Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

    Saheeh International

    Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

    Shakir

    But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance.

    Daryabadi

    But Iblis did not; he refused to be with the prostrates.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    But Satan did not; he refused to join those who prostrated themselves.