Surah Al-Jumu'ah

يُسَبِّحُ لِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوْسِ الْعَزِيْزِ الْحَكِيْمِ ۝١

Yusabbiḥu lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍil-malikil-quddūsil-‘azīzil-ḥakīm

1. Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah, the Sovereign, the Holy, the Almighty, the Wise.

هُوَ الَّذِيْ بَعَثَ فِى الْاُمِّيّٖنَ رَسُوْلًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتِهٖ وَيُزَكِّيْهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتٰبَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَاِنْ كَانُوْا مِنْ قَبْلُ لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍۙ ۝٢

Huwal-lażī ba‘aṡa fil-ummiyyīna rosūlam minhum yatlū ‘alaihim āyātihī wa yuzakkīhim wa yu‘allimuhumul-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wa in kānū min qoblu lafī ḍolālim mubīn

2. It is He who sent among the unlettered a messenger from themselves; reciting His revelations to them, and purifying them, and teaching them the Scripture and wisdom; although they were in obvious error before that.

وَّاٰخَرِيْنَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوْا بِهِمْۗ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُۙ ۝٣

Wa ākhorīna minhum lammā yalḥaqū bihim, wa huwal-‘azīzul-ḥakīm

3. And others from them, who have not yet joined them. He is the Glorious, the Wise.

ذٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ يُؤْتِيْهِ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُۗ وَاللّٰهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۝٤

Żālika faḍlullāhi yu'tīhi may yasyā', wallāhu żul-faḍlil-‘aẓīm

4. That is Allah’s grace, which He grants to whomever He wills. Allah is Possessor of limitless grace.

مَثَلُ الَّذِيْنَ حُمِّلُوا التَّوْرٰىةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوْهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ اَسْفَارًاۗ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ ۗوَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٥

Maṡalul-lażīna ḥummilut-taurōta ṡumma lam yaḥmilūhā kamaṡalil-ḥimāri yaḥmilu asfārō, bi'sa maṡalul-qoumil-lażīna każżabū bi'āyātillāh, wallāhu lā yahdil-qoumaẓ-ẓōlimīn

5. The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah, but then failed to uphold it, is like the donkey carrying works of literature. Miserable is the example of the people who denounce Allah’s revelations. Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

قُلْ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ هَادُوْٓا اِنْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَاۤءُ لِلّٰهِ مِنْ دُوْنِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٦

Qul yā ayyuhal-lażīna hādū in za‘amtum annakum auliyā-u lillāhi min dūnin-nāsi fa tamannawul-mauta in kuntum ṣōdiqīn

6. Say, “O you who follow Judaism, if you claim to be the chosen of Allah, to the exclusion of the rest of mankind, then wish for death if you are sincere.”

وَلَا يَتَمَنَّوْنَهٗٓ اَبَدًاۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْدِيْهِمْۗ وَاللّٰهُ عَلِيْمٌۢ بِالظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٧

Wa lā yatamannaunahū abadam bimā qoddamat aidīhim, wallāhu ‘alīmum biẓ-ẓōlimīn

7. But they will not wish for it, ever, due to what their hands have advanced. Allah knows well the wrongdoers.

قُلْ اِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذِيْ تَفِرُّوْنَ مِنْهُ فَاِنَّهٗ مُلٰقِيْكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّوْنَ اِلٰى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٨

Qul innal-mautal-lażī tafirrūna minhu fa innahū mulāqīkum ṡumma turoddūna ilā ‘ālimil-ghoibi wasy-syahādati fa yunabbi'ukum bimā kuntum ta‘malūn

8. Say, “The death from which you flee will catch up with you; then you will be returned to the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will inform you of what you used to do.”

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِذَا نُوْدِيَ لِلصَّلٰوةِ مِنْ يَّوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا اِلٰى ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَۗ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٩

Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū iżā nūdiya liṣ-ṣolāti miy yaumil-jumu‘ati fas‘au ilā żikrillāhi wa żarul-bai‘, żālikum khoirul lakum in kuntum ta‘lamūn

9. O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Congregation Day, hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and drop all business. That is better for you, if you only knew.

فَاِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلٰوةُ فَانْتَشِرُوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَثِيْرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُوْنَ ۝١٠

Fa iżā quḍiyatiṣ-ṣolātu fantasyirū fil-arḍi wabtaghū min faḍlillāhi ważkurullāha kaṡīrol la‘allakum tufliḥūn

10. Then, when the prayer is concluded, disperse through the land, and seek Allah’s bounty, and remember Allah much, so that you may prosper.

وَاِذَا رَاَوْا تِجَارَةً اَوْ لَهْوًا ۨانْفَضُّوْٓا اِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوْكَ قَاۤىِٕمًاۗ قُلْ مَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ مِّنَ اللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ التِّجَارَةِۗ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرُ الرّٰزِقِيْنَ ࣖ ۝١١

Wa iżā ro'au tijārotan au lahwaninfaḍḍū ilaihā wa tarokūka qō-imā, qul mā ‘indallāhi khoirum minal-lahwi wa minat-tijāroh, wallāhu khoirur-rōziqīn

11. Yet whenever they come across some business, or some entertainment, they scramble towards it, and leave you standing. Say, “What is with Allah is better than entertainment and business; and Allah is the Best of providers.”