قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ ١
qul yāayyuhā l-kāfirūna
1. Say, "O disbelievers,
Surah Al-Kafirun transliteration
سورة الكافرون
Here is Surah Al-Kafirun (“The Disbelievers”) in transliteration: each of its 6 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٢
lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūna
2. I do not worship what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ٣
walā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbudu
3. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ٤
walā anā ʿābidun mā ʿabadttum
4. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ٥
walā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbudu
5. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ ٦
lakum dīnukum waliya dīni
6. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
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