ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَلَمۡ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١
Al-hamdu lillāhil-ladhī anzala 'alā 'abdihil-kitāba walam yaj'al lahū 'iwajā
[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.779
Footnotes
779 From the truth or the straight path.
قَيِّمٗا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأۡسٗا شَدِيدٗا مِّن لَّدُنۡهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرًا حَسَنٗا ٢
Qayyimal liyundhira ba san shadīdam mil ladunhu wayubasshiral-mu'minīnal-ladhīna ya'malūnas-sālihāti anna lahum ajran hasanā
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise]
مَّٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدٗا ٣
Mmākithīna fīhi abadā
In which they will remain forever
وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدٗا ٤
Wayundhiral-ladhīna qālut-takhadhallāhu waladā
And to warn those who say, "Allāh has taken a son."
مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٖ وَلَا لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡۚ كَبُرَتۡ كَلِمَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبٗا ٥
Mmā lahum bihī min 'ilmin walā li'ābā'ihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim in yaqūlūna illā kadhibā
They have no knowledge of it,780 nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.
Footnotes
780 i.e., they could not have had knowledge of something which is not true.
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ إِن لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ٦
Fala'allaka bākhi'un nafsaka 'alā āthārihim il lam yu'minū bihādhal-hadīthi asafā
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ زِينَةٗ لَّهَا لِنَبۡلُوَهُمۡ أَيُّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗا ٧
Innā ja'alnā mā 'alal-ardi zīnatal lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanu 'amalā
Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيۡهَا صَعِيدٗا جُرُزًا ٨
Wa innā lajā'ilūna mā 'alayhā sa'īdan juruzā
And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.
أَمۡ حَسِبۡتَ أَنَّ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡكَهۡفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُواْ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ٩
Am hasibta anna ashābal-kahfi war-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā 'ajabā
Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?781
Footnotes
781 Rather, it is only one of the many wonders of Allāh.
إِذۡ أَوَى ٱلۡفِتۡيَةُ إِلَى ٱلۡكَهۡفِ فَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحۡمَةٗ وَهَيِّئۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَمۡرِنَا رَشَدٗا ١٠
Idh awal-fityatu ilal-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā mil ladunka rahmatan wahayyi' lanā min amrinā rashadā
[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."
The transliteration is a reading aid written by Qabas from the Arabic. Learn the Arabic letters and tajweed for the exact pronunciation.