Short Surahs for Salah Beginners

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

1. Qul huwallahu ahad — "Say: He is Allah, the One."

اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ

2. Allahus samad — "Allah, the Eternal Refuge."

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

3. Lam yalid wa lam yulad — "He neither begets nor is born."

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

4. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad — "Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ

1. Qul a'udhu birabbil-falaq — "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak."

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

2. Min sharri ma khalaq — "From the evil of what He has created."

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

3. Wa min sharri ghasiqin idha waqab — "From the evil of darkness when it settles."

وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ

4. Wa min sharrin-naffathati fil-'uqad — "From the evil of those who blow on knots."

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

5. Wa min sharri hasidin idha hasad — "From the evil of an envier when he envies."

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

1. Qul a'udhu birabbin-nas — "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind."

مَلِكِ النَّاسِ

2. Malikin-nas — "The King of mankind."

إِلَهِ النَّاسِ

3. Ilahin-nas — "The God of mankind."

مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ

4. Min sharril-waswasil-khannas — "From the evil of the whisperer who withdraws."

الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ

5. Alladhi yuwaswisu fi sudurin-nas — "Who whispers into the hearts of mankind."

مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

6. Minal-jinnati wan-nas — "From among the jinn and mankind."

إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ

1. Inna a'taynaka kawthar — "Indeed, We have granted you abundance."

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ

2. Fasalli lirabbika wanhar — "So pray to your Lord and sacrifice."

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ

3. Inna shani'aka huwal abtar — "Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off."

وَالْعَصْرِ

1. Wal-'asr — "By time."

إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ

2. Innal-insana lafi khusr — "Indeed, mankind is in loss."

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ

3. Illa alladhina amanu wa 'amilus-salihati wa tawasaw bil-haqqi wa tawasaw bis-sabr — "Except those who believe, do good deeds, encourage truth, and encourage patience."

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ

1. Ara'aytalladhi yukadhibu bid-din — "Have you seen the one who denies the judgment?"

فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ

2. Fadhalikalladhi yadu''ul-yatim — "That is the one who repulses the orphan."

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

3. Wa la yahuddu 'ala ta'am-il-miskin — "And does not encourage the feeding of the poor."

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

4. Fawaylun lil-musallin — "So woe to those who pray."

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

5. Alladhina hum 'an salatihim sahun — "Those who are heedless of their prayer."

الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ

6. Alladhina hum yura'un — "Those who show off."

وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ

7. Wa yamna'unal-ma'un — "And withhold small acts of kindness."

لِإِيلَافِ قُرَيْشٍ

1. Li-ilafi quraysh — "For the accustomed security of Quraysh."

إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ

2. Ilafihim rihlatash-shita'i was-sayf — "Their accustomed security in the winter and summer journeys."

فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هَٰذَا الْبَيْتِ

3. Falya'budu rabba hadhal-bayt — "Let them worship the Lord of this House."

الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ

4. Alladhi at'amahum min ju'in wa amanahum min khawf — "Who has fed them against hunger and made them safe from fear."

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ

1. Alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi-as-habil-fil — "Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?"

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ

2. Alam yaj'al kaydahum fi tadlil — "Did He not make their plan go astray?"

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

3. Wa arsala 'alayhim tayran ababil — "And He sent against them birds in flocks."

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

4. Tarmihim bihijaratin min sijjil — "Striking them with stones of baked clay."

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ

5. Faja'alahum ka'asfin ma'kul — "And He made them like eaten straw."

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

1. Waylun likulli humazatil-lumazah — "Woe to every slanderer and backbiter."

الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ

2. Alladhi jama'a malan wa 'addadah — "Who collects wealth and counts it."

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ

3. Yahsabu anna malahu akhladah — "He thinks his wealth will make him immortal."

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ

4. Kalla layunbadhanna fil-hutamah — "No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher."

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ

5. Wa ma adraka mal-hutamah — "And what can make you know what the Crusher is?"

نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ

6. Narullahil-muqadah — "The fire of Allah, kindled."

الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ

7. Allati tattali'u 'alal-af'idah — "Which mounts over the hearts."

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

8. Innahu 'alayhim mu'sadah — "Indeed, it will be closed down upon them."

فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ

9. Fi 'amadin mumaddadah — "In extended columns."

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ

1. Inna anzalnahu fi laylatil-qadr — "Indeed, We sent it down on the Night of Power."

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ

2. Wa ma adraka ma laylatul-qadr — "And what can make you know what the Night of Power is?"

لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

3. Laylatul-qadri khayrum min alfi shahr — "The Night of Power is better than a thousand months."

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

4. Tanazzalul-mala'ikatu war-ruhu fiha bi-idhni rabbihim min kulli amr — "The angels and the Spirit descend therein by the permission of their Lord for every matter."

سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ

5. Salamun hiya hatta matla'il-fajr — "Peace it is until the emergence of dawn."