Rhetorical Questions
Surah Al-Baqara – Chapter 2, verse 77
أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
Awalaa ya'lamoona annal laaha ya'lamu maa yusirroona wa maa yu'linoon
Are they unaware that Allah knows all that they hide and all that they disclose?
Surah An-Nisa – Chapter 4, verse 147
مَا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ وَآمَنْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا
Maa yaf'alul laahu bi 'azaabikum in shakartum wa aamantum; wa kaanal laahu Shaakiran 'Aleema (End Juz 5)
Why should Allah [punish] you if you are grateful to Him and believe? Allah is All-Appreciative, All-Knowing.
Surah Al-Ma’idah – Chapter 5, verse 74
أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Afalaa yatooboona ilal laahi wa yastaghfiroonah; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem
Will they not, then, turn to Allah in repentance, and ask for His forgiveness? Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.
Surah Al-Ankaboot – Chapter 29, verse 2
أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Ahasiban naasu any yutrakooo any yaqoolooo aamannaa wa hum la yuftanoon
Do people think that they will be let go merely by saying: “We believe,” and that they will not be tested?
Surah Ya-seen – Chapter 36, verse 22
وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Wa maa liya laaa a'budul lazee fataranee wa ilaihi turja'oon
Why should I not serve the One Who created me and to Whom all of you shall be sent back?
Surah Az-Zumar – Chapter 39, verse 36
أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ ۖ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِالَّذِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ
Alaisal laahu bikaafin 'abdahoo wa yukhawwi foonaka billazeena min doonih; wa mai yudlilil laahu famaa lahoo min haad
(O Prophet), does Allah not suffice for His servant? They frighten you with others apart from Him, although he whom Allah lets go astray, none can guide him to the Right Way.
Surah Al-Zukhruf – Chapter 43, verse 66
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Hal yanzuroona illas Saa'ata an ta'tiyahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon
Are they awaiting anything other than the Last Hour that it should suddenly come upon them without their even perceiving it?
Surah Muhammad – Chapter 47, verse 24
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا
Afalaa yatadabbaroonal Qur-aana am 'alaa quloobin aqfaaluhaa
Do they, then, not reflect on the Qur'an? Or are there locks on their hearts?
Surah At-Tur – Chapter 52, verses 35 to 43
(35) أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ
أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۚ بَلْ لَا يُوقِنُونَ (36)
(37) أَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَيْطِرُونَ
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ (38)
أَمْ لَهُ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُونَ (39)
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ (40)
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ (41)
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ (42)
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ (43)
(35) Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon (36) Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon (37) Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon (38) Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen (39) Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon (40) Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon (41) Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon (42) Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon (43) Am lahum ilaahun ghairul laa; subhaanal laahi 'ammaa yushrikoon
(35) Did they come into being without any creator? Or were they their own creators? (36) Or is it they who created the heavens and the earth? No; the truth is that they lack sure faith. (37) Or do they have your Lord's treasures in their keeping? Or have absolute authority over them? (38) Or do they have a ladder whereon they can climb and attempt to listen (to what is transpiring in the Higher Realm)? Then, let any of them who has listened to it produce a clear proof of it. (39) Or does Allah have daughters whereas you have sons? (40) Or is it that you ask of them any recompense so that they should fear to be weighed down under the burden of debt? (41) Or is it that they have access to (the Truths in) the realm beyond sense-perception which they are writing down? (42) Or are they contriving a stratagem against you? If so, that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers. (43) Do they have any god other than Allah? Exalted be Allah above whatever they associate (with Him in His Divinity).
Surah Ar-Rahman – Chapter 55, verse 60
هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ
Hal jazaaa'ul ihsaani illal ihsaan
Can the reward of goodness be any other than goodness?
Surah At-Tawkir – Chapter 81, verse 26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Fa ayna tazhaboon
Where to are you then heading?