Surah Al-Furqan
سورة الفرقان · The Criterion · 77 verses · Meccan
Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان, "The Criterion") is chapter 25 of the Quran. It has 77 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 18–19. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.
Also written as: Furqan
- Number
- 25
- Arabic
- الفرقان
- Meaning
- The Criterion
- Verses
- 77
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Juz
- 18–19
- Mushaf page
- 359–366
- Prostration
- verse 60
Surah Al-Furqan in Arabic and English
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ﴿١﴾
Tabaraka allathee nazzala alfurqana ʿala ʿabdihi liyakoona lilʿalameena natheeran
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٞ فِي ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقۡدِيرٗا ﴿٢﴾
Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi walam yattakhith waladan walam yakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shayin faqaddarahu taqdeeran
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination
وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتٗا وَلَا حَيَوٰةٗ وَلَا نُشُورٗا ﴿٣﴾
Waittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan la yakhluqoona shayan wahum yukhlaqoona wala yamlikoona lianfusihim darran wala nafʿan wala yamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan wala nushooran
But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمٗا وَزُورٗا ﴿٤﴾
Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa ifkun iftarahu waaʿanahu ʿalayhi qawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulman wazooran
And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie
وَقَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلٗا ﴿٥﴾
Waqaloo asateeru alawwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla ʿalayhi bukratan waaseelan
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon
قُلۡ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ﴿٦﴾
Qul anzalahu allathee yaʿlamu alssirra fee alssamawati waalardi innahu kana ghafooran raheeman
Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful
وَقَالُواْ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِي فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ﴿٧﴾
Waqaloo mali hatha alrrasooli yakulu alttaʿama wayamshee fee alaswaqi lawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maʿahu natheeran
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner
أَوۡ يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٞ يَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهَاۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلٗا مَّسۡحُورًا ﴿٨﴾
Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahu jannatun yakulu minha waqala alththalimoona in tattabiʿoona illa rajulan mashooran
Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic
ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ﴿٩﴾
Onthur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeʿoona sabeelan
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرٗا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّـٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا ﴿١٠﴾
Tabaraka allathee in shaa jaʿala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu wayajʿal laka qusooran
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces
بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلسَّاعَةِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ﴿١١﴾
Bal kaththaboo bialssaʿati waaʿtadna liman kaththaba bialssaʿati saʿeeran
But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze
إِذَا رَأَتۡهُم مِّن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظٗا وَزَفِيرٗا ﴿١٢﴾
Itha raathum min makanin baʿeedin samiʿoo laha taghayyuthan wazafeeran
When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring
وَإِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ مِنۡهَا مَكَانٗا ضَيِّقٗا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوۡاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورٗا ﴿١٣﴾
Waitha olqoo minha makanan dayyiqan muqarraneena daʿaw hunalika thubooran
And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction
لَّا تَدۡعُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ثُبُورٗا وَٰحِدٗا وَٱدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا كَثِيرٗا ﴿١٤﴾
La tadʿoo alyawma thubooran wahidan waodʿoo thubooran katheeran
[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction
قُلۡ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ جَنَّةُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۚ كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَمَصِيرٗا ﴿١٥﴾
Qul athalika khayrun am jannatu alkhuldi allatee wuʿida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaan wamaseeran
Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination
لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعۡدٗا مَّسۡـُٔولٗا ﴿١٦﴾
Lahum feeha ma yashaoona khalideena kana ʿala rabbika waʿdan masoolan
For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested
وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِي هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمۡ هُمۡ ضَلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ﴿١٧﴾
Wayawma yahshuruhum wama yaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltum ʿibadee haolai am hum dalloo alssabeela
And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِي لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بُورٗا ﴿١٨﴾
Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaʿtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran
They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ صَرۡفٗا وَلَا نَصۡرٗاۚ وَمَن يَظۡلِم مِّنكُمۡ نُذِقۡهُ عَذَابٗا كَبِيرٗا ﴿١٩﴾
Faqad kaththabookum bima taqooloona fama tastateeʿoona sarfan wala nasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhu ʿathaban kabeeran
So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرٗا ﴿٢٠﴾
Wama arsalna qablaka mina almursaleena illa innahum layakuloona alttaʿama wayamshoona fee alaswaqi wajaʿalna baʿdakum libaʿdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakana rabbuka baseeran
And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing
۞وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَاۗ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَعَتَوۡ عُتُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ﴿٢١﴾
Waqala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana lawla onzila ʿalayna almalaikatu aw nara rabbana laqadi istakbaroo fee anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabeeran
And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence
يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشۡرَىٰ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ﴿٢٢﴾
Yawma yarawna almalaikata la bushra yawmaithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijran mahjooran
The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible
وَقَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلٖ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هَبَآءٗ مَّنثُورًا ﴿٢٣﴾
Waqadimna ila ma ʿamiloo min ʿamalin fajaʿalnahu habaan manthooran
And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed
أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَيۡرٞ مُّسۡتَقَرّٗا وَأَحۡسَنُ مَقِيلٗا ﴿٢٤﴾
Ashabu aljannati yawmaithin khayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeelan
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place
وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ﴿٢٥﴾
Wayawma tashaqqaqu alssamao bialghamami wanuzzila almalaikatu tanzeelan
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ وَكَانَ يَوۡمًا عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرٗا ﴿٢٦﴾
Almulku yawmaithin alhaqqu lilrrahmani wakana yawman ʿala alkafireena ʿaseeran
True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day
وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا ﴿٢٧﴾
Wayawma yaʿaddu alththalimu ʿala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtu maʿa alrrasooli sabeelan
And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way
يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلٗا ﴿٢٨﴾
Ya waylata laytanee lam attakhith fulanan khaleelan
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend
لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولٗا ﴿٢٩﴾
Laqad adallanee ʿani alththikri baʿda ith jaanee wakana alshshaytanu lilinsani khathoolan
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورٗا ﴿٣٠﴾
Waqala alrrasoolu ya rabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqurana mahjooran
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيٗا وَنَصِيرٗا ﴿٣١﴾
Wakathalika jaʿalna likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyan wanaseeran
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلٗا ﴿٣٢﴾
Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawla nuzzila ʿalayhi alquranu jumlatan wahidatan kathalika linuthabbita bihi fuadaka warattalnahu tarteelan
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur'an not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly
وَلَا يَأۡتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَحۡسَنَ تَفۡسِيرًا ﴿٣٣﴾
Wala yatoonaka bimathalin illa jinaka bialhaqqi waahsana tafseeran
And they do not come to you with an argument except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation
ٱلَّذِينَ يُحۡشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ شَرّٞ مَّكَانٗا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلٗا ﴿٣٤﴾
Allatheena yuhsharoona ʿala wujoohihim ila jahannama olaika sharrun makanan waadallu sabeelan
The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرٗا ﴿٣٥﴾
Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba wajaʿalna maʿahu akhahu haroona wazeeran
And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant
فَقُلۡنَا ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ تَدۡمِيرٗا ﴿٣٦﴾
Faqulna ithhaba ila alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina fadammarnahum tadmeeran
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُواْ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةٗۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ﴿٣٧﴾
Waqawma noohin lamma kaththaboo alrrusula aghraqnahum wajaʿalnahum lilnnasi ayatan waaʿtadna lilththalimeena ʿathaban aleeman
And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment
وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَأَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونَۢا بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرٗا ﴿٣٨﴾
Waʿadan wathamooda waashaba alrrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheeran
And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them
وَكُلّٗا ضَرَبۡنَا لَهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَۖ وَكُلّٗا تَبَّرۡنَا تَتۡبِيرٗا ﴿٣٩﴾
Wakullan darabna lahu alamthala wakullan tabbarna tatbeeran
And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction
وَلَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ أَفَلَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَاۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورٗا ﴿٤٠﴾
Walaqad ataw ʿala alqaryati allatee omtirat matara alssawi afalam yakoonoo yarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushooran
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا ﴿٤١﴾
Waitha raawka in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee baʿatha Allahu rasoolan
And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger
إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوۡلَآ أَن صَبَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَاۚ وَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ مَنۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ﴿٤٢﴾
In kada layudilluna ʿan alihatina lawla an sabarna ʿalayha wasawfa yaʿlamoona heena yarawna alʿathaba man adallu sabeelan
He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way
أَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِ وَكِيلًا ﴿٤٣﴾
Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahu hawahu afaanta takoonu ʿalayhi wakeelan
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him
أَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡقِلُونَۚ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ﴿٤٤﴾
Am tahsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿoona aw yaʿqiloona in hum illa kaalanʿami bal hum adallu sabeelan
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way
أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنٗا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلٗا ﴿٤٥﴾
Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda alththilla walaw shaa lajaʿalahu sakinan thumma jaʿalna alshshamsa ʿalayhi daleelan
Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication
ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضٗا يَسِيرٗا ﴿٤٦﴾
Thumma qabadnahu ilayna qabdan yaseeran
Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورٗا ﴿٤٧﴾
Wahuwa allathee jaʿala lakumu allayla libasan waalnnawma subatan wajaʿala alnnahara nushooran
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ طَهُورٗا ﴿٤٨﴾
Wahuwa allathee arsala alrriyaha bushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina alssamai maan tahooran
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water
لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا ﴿٤٩﴾
Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytan wanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anʿaman waanasiyya katheeran
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا ﴿٥٠﴾
Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahum liyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran
And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief
وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةٖ نَّذِيرٗا ﴿٥١﴾
Walaw shina labaʿathna fee kulli qaryatin natheeran
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادٗا كَبِيرٗا ﴿٥٢﴾
Fala tutiʿi alkafireena wajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeeran
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Qur'an a great striving
۞وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٗا وَحِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ﴿٥٣﴾
Wahuwa allathee maraja albahrayni hatha ʿathbun furatun wahatha milhun ojajun wajaʿala baynahuma barzakhan wahijran mahjooran
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرٗا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبٗا وَصِهۡرٗاۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرٗا ﴿٥٤﴾
Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina almai basharan fajaʿalahu nasaban wasihran wakana rabbuka qadeeran
And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation]
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرٗا ﴿٥٥﴾
Wayaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaʿuhum wala yadurruhum wakana alkafiru ʿala rabbihi thaheeran
But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan]
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ﴿٥٦﴾
Wama arsalnaka illa mubashshiran wanatheeran
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner
قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلٗا ﴿٥٧﴾
Qul ma asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illa man shaa an yattakhitha ila rabbihi sabeelan
Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡحَيِّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِهِۦۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ﴿٥٨﴾
Watawakkal ʿala alhayyi allathee la yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafa bihi bithunoobi ʿibadihi khabeeran
And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بِهِۦ خَبِيرٗا ﴿٥٩﴾
Allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa ʿala alʿarshi alrrahmanu faisal bihi khabeeran
He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ قَالُواْ وَمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ أَنَسۡجُدُ لِمَا تَأۡمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمۡ نُفُورٗا۩ ﴿٦٠﴾
Waitha qeela lahumu osjudoo lilrrahmani qaloo wama alrrahmanu anasjudu lima tamuruna wazadahum nufooran
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجٗا وَقَمَرٗا مُّنِيرٗا ﴿٦١﴾
Tabaraka allathee jaʿala fee alssamai buroojan wajaʿala feeha sirajan waqamaran muneeran
Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلۡفَةٗ لِّمَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوۡ أَرَادَ شُكُورٗا ﴿٦٢﴾
Wahuwa allathee jaʿala allayla waalnnahara khilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw arada shukooran
And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude
وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡشُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هَوۡنٗا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلۡجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗا ﴿٦٣﴾
Waʿibadu alrrahmani allatheena yamshoona ʿala alardi hawnan waitha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloo salaman
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمۡ سُجَّدٗا وَقِيَٰمٗا ﴿٦٤﴾
Waallatheena yabeetoona lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyaman
And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصۡرِفۡ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ﴿٦٥﴾
Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana isrif ʿanna ʿathaba jahannama inna ʿathabaha kana gharaman
And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering
إِنَّهَا سَآءَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرّٗا وَمُقَامٗا ﴿٦٦﴾
Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqaman
Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَكَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامٗا ﴿٦٧﴾
Waallatheena itha anfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalika qawaman
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدۡعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا يَزۡنُونَۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ يَلۡقَ أَثَامٗا ﴿٦٨﴾
Waallatheena la yadʿoona maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara wala yaqtuloona alnnafsa allatee harrama Allahu illa bialhaqqi wala yaznoona waman yafʿal thalika yalqa athaman
And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty
يُضَٰعَفۡ لَهُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخۡلُدۡ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا ﴿٦٩﴾
Yudaʿaf lahu alʿathabu yawma alqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhanan
Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated
إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلٗا صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ حَسَنَٰتٖۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ﴿٧٠﴾
Illa man taba waamana waʿamila ʿamalan salihan faolaika yubaddilu Allahu sayyiatihim hasanatin wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful
وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابٗا ﴿٧١﴾
Waman taba waʿamila salihan fainnahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataban
And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ كِرَامٗا ﴿٧٢﴾
Waallatheena la yashhadoona alzzoora waitha marroo biallaghwi marroo kiraman
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَمۡ يَخِرُّواْ عَلَيۡهَا صُمّٗا وَعُمۡيَانٗا ﴿٧٣﴾
Waallatheena itha thukkiroo biayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo ʿalayha summan waʿumyanan
And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعۡيُنٖ وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ﴿٧٤﴾
Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana hab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatina qurrata aʿyunin waijʿalna lilmuttaqeena imaman
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ يُجۡزَوۡنَ ٱلۡغُرۡفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَيُلَقَّوۡنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةٗ وَسَلَٰمًا ﴿٧٥﴾
Olaika yujzawna alghurfata bima sabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalaman
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ حَسُنَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرّٗا وَمُقَامٗا ﴿٧٦﴾
Khalideena feeha hasunat mustaqarran wamuqaman
Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence
قُلۡ مَا يَعۡبَؤُاْ بِكُمۡ رَبِّي لَوۡلَا دُعَآؤُكُمۡۖ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبۡتُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامَۢا ﴿٧٧﴾
Qul ma yaʿbao bikum rabbee lawla duʿaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizaman
Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so your denial is going to be adherent
Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Furqan?
Surah Al-Furqan has 77 verses.
Where was Surah Al-Furqan revealed?
Surah Al-Furqan is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.
Which juz is Surah Al-Furqan in?
Surah Al-Furqan is in juz 18–19, on pages 359–366 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
What does Al-Furqan mean?
الفرقان means "The Criterion".