Revealed during the late Makkan period when the physical and psychological persecution of the early Muslim community was at its peak, Surah Ibrahim (Abraham) focuses profoundly on the universal mission of all divine messengers: to bring humanity out of the depths of darkness and into the light by the permission of their Lord. It reassures the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) by reminding him that previous prophets faced identical mockery and rejection from their nations, yet divine truth ultimately prevailed. The chapter is renowned for its striking, unforgettable metaphors, beautifully comparing the profound word of faith (Tawhid) to a deeply rooted, fruit-bearing tree that stands firm against all storms, while likening disbelief to a decaying, easily uprooted weed, or to ashes violently scattered by the wind. It also delivers one of the most chilling and psychologically revealing moments in the entire Quran—Satan’s speech in Hellfire on the Day of Judgment, where he completely abandons his followers, admitting that God’s promises were true while his own were mere illusions, and declaring that humans have no one to blame but themselves. The Surah culminates with the deeply emotional and foundational prayers of Prophet Abraham, from whom the chapter takes its name, as he stood in the barren valley of Makkah pleading with God for his family's security, provision, and absolute protection from the spiritual disease of idolatry, ultimately cementing the unbreakable divine law that gratitude is the key to the multiplication of blessings.
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Aliflamra kitabun anzalnahu ilayka litukhrija alnnasa mina alththulumati ila alnnoori biithni rabbihim ila sirati alAAazeezi alhameedi
Translation
Alif, Lam, Ra. A Scripture that We revealed to you, that you may bring humanity from darkness to light—with the permission of their Lord—to the path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy
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Allahi allathee lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wawaylun lilkafireena min AAathabin shadeedin
Translation
God—to whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth. And woe to the disbelievers from a severe torment
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Allatheena yastahibboona alhayata alddunya AAala alakhirati wayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan olaika fee dalalin baAAeedin
Translation
Those who prefer the present life to the Hereafter, and repel from the path of God, and seek to make it crooked—these are far astray
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Wama arsalna min rasoolin illa bilisani qawmihi liyubayyina lahum fayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu
Translation
We never sent any messenger except in the language of his people, to make things clear for them. God leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. He is the Mighty, the Wise
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Walaqad arsalna moosa biayatina an akhrij qawmaka mina alththulumati ila alnnoori wathakkirhum biayyami Allahi inna fee thalika laayatin likulli sabbarin shakoorin
Translation
We sent Moses with Our signs: “Bring your people out of darkness into light, and remind them of the Days of God.” In that are signs for every patient and thankful person.”
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Waith qala moosa liqawmihi othkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ith anjakum min ali firAAawna yasoomoonakum sooa alAAathabi wayuthabbihoona abnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikum balaon min rabbikum AAatheemun
Translation
Moses said to his people, “Remember God’s blessings upon you, as He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who inflicted on you terrible suffering, slaughtering your sons while sparing your daughters. In that was a serious trial from your Lord.”
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Waith taaththana rabbukum lain shakartum laazeedannakum walain kafartum inna AAathabee lashadeedun
Translation
And when your Lord proclaimed: “If you give thanks, I will grant you increase; but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe.”
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Waqala moosa in takfuroo antum waman fee alardi jameeAAan fainna Allaha laghaniyyun hameedun
Translation
And Moses said, “Even if you are ungrateful, together with everyone on earth—God is in no need, Worthy of Praise.”
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Alam yatikum nabao allatheena min qablikum qawmi noohin waAAadin wathamooda waallatheena min baAAdihim la yaAAlamuhum illa Allahu jaathum rusuluhum bialbayyinati faraddoo aydiyahum fee afwahihim waqaloo inna kafarna bima orsiltum bihi wainna lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonana ilayhi mureebun
Translation
Has not the story reached you, of those before you, the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood—and those after them? None knows them except God. Their messengers came to them with the clear proofs, but they tried to silence them, and said, “We reject what you are sent with, and we are in serious doubt regarding what you are calling us to.”
Transliteration
Qalat rusuluhum afee Allahi shakkun fatiri alssamawati waalardi yadAAookum liyaghfira lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirakum ila ajalin musamman qaloo in antum illa basharun mithluna tureedoona an tasuddoona AAamma kana yaAAbudu abaona fatoona bisultanin mubeenin
Translation
Their messengers said, “Is there any doubt about God, Maker of the heavens and the earth? He calls you to forgive you your sins, and to defer you until a stated term.” They said, “You are only humans like us; you want to turn us away from what our ancestors worshiped; so bring us a clear proof.”
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Qalat lahum rusuluhum in nahnu illa basharun mithlukum walakinna Allaha yamunnu AAala man yashao min AAibadihi wama kana lana an natiyakum bisultanin illa biithni Allahi waAAala Allahi falyatawakkali almuminoona
Translation
Their messengers said to them, “We are only humans like you, but God favors whomever He wills from among His servants. We cannot possibly show you any proof, except by leave of God. In God let the faithful put their trust.”
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Wama lana alla natawakkala AAala Allahi waqad hadana subulana walanasbiranna AAala ma athaytumoona waAAala Allahi falyatawakkali almutawakkiloona
Translation
“And why should we not trust in God, when He has guided us in our ways? We will persevere in the face of your persecution. And upon God the reliant should rely.”
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Waqala allatheena kafaroo lirusulihim lanukhrijannakum min ardina aw lataAAoodunna fee millatina faawha ilayhim rabbuhum lanuhlikanna alththalimeena
Translation
Those who disbelieved said to their messengers, “We will expel you from our land, unless you return to our religion.” And their Lord inspired them: “We will destroy the wrongdoers.”
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Walanuskinannakumu alarda min baAAdihim thalika liman khafa maqamee wakhafa waAAeedi
Translation
“And We will settle you in the land after them. That is for him who fears My Majesty, and fears My threats.”
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Waistaftahoo wakhaba kullu jabbarin AAaneedin
Translation
And they prayed for victory, and every stubborn tyrant came to disappointment
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Min waraihi jahannamu wayusqa min main sadeedin
Translation
Beyond him lies Hell, and he will be given to drink putrid water
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YatajarraAAuhu wala yakadu yuseeghuhu wayateehi almawtu min kulli makanin wama huwa bimayyitin wamin waraihi AAathabun ghaleethun
Translation
He will guzzle it, but he will not swallow it. Death will come at him from every direction, but he will not die. And beyond this is relentless suffering
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Mathalu allatheena kafaroo birabbihim aAAmaluhum karamadin ishtaddat bihi alrreehu fee yawmin AAasifin la yaqdiroona mimma kasaboo AAala shayin thalika huwa alddalalu albaAAeedu
Translation
The likeness of those who disbelieve in their Lord: their works are like ashes, in a fierce wind, on a stormy day. They have no control over anything they have earned. That is the utmost misguidance
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Alam tara anna Allaha khalaqa alssamawati waalarda bialhaqqi in yasha yuthhibkum wayati bikhalqin jadeedin
Translation
Do you not see that God created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He wills, He can do away with you, and bring a new creation
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Wama thalika AAala Allahi biAAazeezin
Translation
And that is not difficult for God