Quran Verses about The Quran

وَمَا كَانَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ أَن يُفۡتَرَىٰ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِن تَصۡدِيقَ ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَتَفۡصِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٧

Wa mā kāna hādhal-qurʾānu ay yuftarā min dūnillāhi wa lākin taṣdīqal-ladhī bayna yadayhi wa tafṣīlal-kitābi lā rayba fīhi mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And it was not [possible] for this Qur’ān to be produced by other than Allāh, but [it is] a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of the [former] Scripture, about which there is no doubt,¹ from the Lord of the worlds.

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢

Innā anzalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān¹ that you might understand.

قُلۡ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلۡقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَهُدٗى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٠٢

Qul nazzalahū rūḥul-qudusi mir rabbika bil-ḥaqqi liyuthabbital-ladhīna āmanū wa hudaw wa bushrā lil-muslimīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "The Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

Wa innahū latanzīlu rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Nazala bihir-rūḥul-amīn.

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

ʿAlā qalbika litakūna minal-mundhirīn.

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥

Bilisānin ʿarabiyyim mubīn.

In a clear Arabic language.

وَمِن قَبۡلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامٗا وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٞ مُّصَدِّقٞ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيّٗا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٢

Wa min qablihī kitābu mūsā imāmaw wa raḥmah, wa hādhā kitābum muṣaddiqul lisānan ʿarabiyyal liyundhiral-ladhīna ẓalamū wa bushrā lil-muḥsinīn.

And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١

Ar-raḥmān.

The Most Merciful

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢

ʿAllamal-qurʾān.

Taught the Qur’ān,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ٤٠

Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١

Wa mā huwa biqawli shāʿir, qalīlam mā tuʾminūn.

And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

Wa lā biqawli kāhin, qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn.

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

شَهۡرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ هُدٗى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَٱلۡفُرۡقَانِۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهۡرَ فَلۡيَصُمۡهُۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٖ فَعِدَّةٞ مِّنۡ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلۡيُسۡرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلۡعُسۡرَ وَلِتُكۡمِلُواْ ٱلۡعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٨٥

Shahru ramaḍānal-ladhī unzila fīhil-qurʾānu hudal lin-nāsi wa bayyinātim minal-hudā wal-furqān, faman shahida minkumush-shahra falyaṣumh, wa man kāna marīḍan aw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatum min ayyāmin ukhar, yurīdullāhu bikumul-yusra wa lā yurīdu bikumul-ʿusra walitukmilul-ʿiddata walitukabbirullāha ʿalā mā hadākum wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

The month of Ramaḍān [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’ān, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the crescent of] the month,¹ let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allāh intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

وَقُرۡءَانٗا فَرَقۡنَٰهُ لِتَقۡرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكۡثٖ وَنَزَّلۡنَٰهُ تَنزِيلٗا ١٠٦

Wa qurʾānan faraqnāhu litaqraʾahū ʿalan-nāsi ʿalā mukthiw wa nazzalnāhu tanzīlā.

And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلٗا ٣٢

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhil-qurʾānu jumlataw wāḥidah, kadhālika linuthabbita bihī fuʾādak, wa rattalnāhu tartīlā.

And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.¹

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ٣

Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatim mubārakah, innā kunnā mundhirīn.

Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.¹ Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِيلٗا ٢٣

Innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalaykal-qurʾāna tanzīlā.

Indeed, it is We who have sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Qur’ān progressively.

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ١

Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatil-qadr.

Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيۡبَۛ فِيهِۛ هُدٗى لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٢

Dhālikal-kitābu lā rayba fīh, hudal lil-muttaqīn.

This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh¹ -

يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ قَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمۡ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا كُنتُمۡ تُخۡفُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَيَعۡفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٖۚ قَدۡ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٞ وَكِتَٰبٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥

Yāʾahlal-kitābi qad jāʾakum rasūlunā yubayyinu lakum kathīram mimmā kuntum tukhfūna minal-kitābi wa yaʿfū ʿan kathīr, qad jāʾakum minallāhi nūruw wa kitābum mubīn.

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much.¹ There has come to you from Allāh a light and a clear Book [i.e., the Qur’ān]

يَهۡدِي بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ وَيَهۡدِيهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ١٦

Yahdī bihillāhu manittabaʿa riḍwānahū subulas-salāmi wa yukhrijuhum minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūri biʾidhnihī wa yahdīhim ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

By which Allāh guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace¹ and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

وَيَوۡمَ نَبۡعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ شَهِيدًا عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ وَجِئۡنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِۚ وَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ تِبۡيَٰنٗا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٨٩

Wa yawma nabʿathu fī kulli ummatin shahīdan ʿalayhim min anfusihim, wa jiʾnā bika shahīdan ʿalā hāʾulāʾ, wa nazzalnā ʿalaykal-kitāba tibyānal likulli shayʾiw wa hudaw wa raḥmataw wa bushrā lil-muslimīn.

And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.¹

إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ يَهۡدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقۡوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا كَبِيرٗا ٩

Inna hādhal-qurʾāna yahdī lil-latī hiya aqwamu wa yubashshirul-muʾminīnal-ladhīna yaʿmalūnaṣ-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran kabīrā.

Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم مَّوۡعِظَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَشِفَآءٞ لِّمَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥٧

Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu qad jāʾatkum mawʿiẓatum mir rabbikum wa shifāʾul limā fiṣ-ṣudūri wa hudaw wa raḥmatul lil-muʾminīn.

O mankind, there has come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٞ وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٨٢

Wa nunazzilu minal-qurʾāni mā huwa shifāʾuw wa raḥmatul lil-muʾminīna wa lā yazīduẓ-ẓālimīna illā khasārā.

And We send down of the Qur’ān that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.

وَلَوۡ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَانًا أَعۡجَمِيّٗا لَّقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا فُصِّلَتۡ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓۖ ءَا۬عۡجَمِيّٞ وَعَرَبِيّٞۗ قُلۡ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدٗى وَشِفَآءٞۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٞ وَهُوَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ عَمًىۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوۡنَ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٤٤

Wa law jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan aʿjamiyyal laqālū lawlā fuṣṣilat āyātuh, aʿjamiyyuw wa ʿarabiyy, qul huwa lil-ladhīna āmanū hudaw wa shifāʾ, wal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna fī ādhānihim waqruw wa huwa ʿalayhim ʿamā, ulāʾika yunādawna mim makāni baʿīd.

And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.¹

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩

Innā naḥnu nazzalnadh-dhikra wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn.

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلذِّكۡرِ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَكِتَٰبٌ عَزِيزٞ ٤١

Innal-ladhīna kafarū bidh-dhikri lammā jāʾahum, wa innahū lakitābun ʿazīz.

Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the Qur’ān]¹ after it has come to them...² And indeed, it is a mighty³ Book.

لَّا يَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَلَا مِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦۖ تَنزِيلٞ مِّنۡ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٖ ٤٢

Lā yaʾtīhil-bāṭilu mim bayni yadayhi wa lā min khalfih, tanzīlum min ḥakīmin ḥamīd.

Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ ٧٧

Innahū laqurʾānun karīm.

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ ٧٨

Fī kitābim maknūn.

In a Register well-protected;¹.

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ٧٩

Lā yamassuhū illal-muṭahharūn.

None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١

Bal huwa qurʾānum majīd.

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢

Fī lawḥim maḥfūẓ.

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

وَإِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبٖ مِّمَّا نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِنَا فَأۡتُواْ بِسُورَةٖ مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُواْ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٣

Wa in kuntum fī raybim mimmā nazzalnā ʿalā ʿabdinā faʾtū bisūratim mim mithlihī wadʿū shuhadāʾakum min dūnillāhi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.

فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ وَلَن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٤

Fa il lam tafʿalū wa lan tafʿalū fattaqun-nāral-latī waqūduhan-nāsu wal-ḥijārah, uʿiddat lil-kāfirīn.

But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِسُورَةٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُواْ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٨

Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, qul faʾtū bisūratim mithlihī wadʿū manistaṭaʿtum min dūnillāhi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Or do they say [about the Prophet (ﷺ)], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a sūrah like it and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِعَشۡرِ سُوَرٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ وَٱدۡعُواْ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٣

Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, qul faʾtū biʿashri suwarim mithlihī muftarayātiw wadʿū manistaṭaʿtum min dūnillāhi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."

قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا يَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ ظَهِيرٗا ٨٨

Qul laʾinijtamaʿatil-insu wal-jinnu ʿalā ay yaʾtū bimithli hādhal-qurʾāni lā yaʾtūna bimithlihī wa law kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīrā.

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٢٠٤

Wa idhā quriʾal-qurʾānu fastamiʿū lahū wa anṣitū laʿallakum turḥamūn.

So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ٩٨

Fa idhā qaraʾtal-qurʾāna fastaʿidh billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوۡمٗا لُّدّٗا ٩٧

Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashshira bihil-muttaqīna wa tundhira bihī qawmal luddā.

So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۗ وَلَا تَعۡجَلۡ بِٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُقۡضَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَحۡيُهُۥۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدۡنِي عِلۡمٗا ١١٤

Fataʿālallāhul-malikul-ḥaqq, wa lā taʿjal bil-qurʾāni min qabli ay yuqḍā ilayka waḥyuh, wa qul rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign,¹ the Truth.² And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ يَرۡجُونَ تِجَٰرَةٗ لَّن تَبُورَ ٢٩

Innal-ladhīna yatlūna kitāballāhi wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa anfaqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirraw wa ʿalāniyatay yarjūna tijāratal lan tabūr.

Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allāh and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a transaction [i.e., profit] that will never perish -

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٞ شَكُورٞ ٣٠

Liyuwaffiyahum ujūrahum wa yazīdahum min faḍlih, innahū ghafūrun shakūr.

That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.¹

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٨

Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٧

Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir.

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِيلًا ٤

Aw zid ʿalayhi wa rattilil-qurʾāna tartīlā.

Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

Lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka litaʿjala bih.

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

Inna ʿalaynā jamʿahū wa qurʾānah.

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

Fa idhā qaraʾnāhu fattabiʿ qurʾānah.

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

Thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah.

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

Iqraʾ bismi rabbikal-ladhī khalaq.

Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢

Khalaqal-insāna min ʿalaq.

Created man from a clinging substance.

ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣

Iqraʾ wa rabbukal-akram.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤

Al-ladhī ʿallama bil-qalam.

Who taught by the pen –

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥

ʿAllamal-insāna mā lam yaʿlam.

Taught man that which he knew not.

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَۚ وَلَوۡ كَانَ مِنۡ عِندِ غَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُواْ فِيهِ ٱخۡتِلَٰفٗا كَثِيرٗا ٨٢

Afalā yatadabbarūnal-qurʾān, wa law kāna min ʿindi ghayrillāhi lawajadū fīhikhtilāfan kathīrā.

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān?¹ If it had been from [any] other than Allāh, they would have found within it much contradiction.

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورٗا ٣٠

Wa qālar-rasūlu yārabbi inna qawmittakhadhū hādhal-qurʾāna mahjūrā.

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."¹

كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ مُبَٰرَكٞ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢٩

Kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakul liyaddabbarū āyātihī waliyatadhakkara ulul-albāb.

[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.

ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّتَشَٰبِهٗا مَّثَانِيَ تَقۡشَعِرُّ مِنۡهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمۡ وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادٍ ٢٣

Allāhu nazzala aḥsanal-ḥadīthi kitābam mutashābiham mathāniya taqshaʿirru minhu julūdul-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum thumma talīnu julūduhum wa qulūbuhum ilā dhikrillāh, dhālika hudallāhi yahdī bihī may yashāʾ, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min hād.

Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ أَمۡ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقۡفَالُهَآ ٢٤

Afalā yatadabbarūnal-qurʾāna am ʿalā qulūbin aqfāluhā.

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٖ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ خَٰشِعٗا مُّتَصَدِّعٗا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١

Law anzalnā hādhal-qurʾāna ʿalā jabalil laraʾaytahū khāshiʿam mutaṣaddiʿam min khashyatillāh, wa tilkal-amthālu naḍribuhā lin-nāsi laʿallahum yatafakkarūn.

If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.