37. As-Saaffaat

1 By those who set the ranks in battle order

2 And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

3 And those who read (the Word) for a reminder

4 Lo! thy Lord is surely One

5 Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings

6 Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets

7 With security from every froward devil

8 They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side

9 Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment

10 Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

11 Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay

12 Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

13 And heed not when they are reminded

14 And seek to scoff when they behold a portent

15 And they say: Lo! this is mere magic

16 When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)

17 And our forefathers

18 Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low

19 There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold

20 And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment

21 This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny

22 (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

23 Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell

24 And stop them, for they must be questioned

25 What aileth you that ye help not one another

26 Nay, but this day they make full submission

27 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

28 They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth)

29 They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers

30 We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk

31 Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom)

32 Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray

33 Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom

34 Lo! thus deal We with the guilty

35 For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful

36 And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet

37 Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him)

38 Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom

39 Ye are requited naught save what ye did

40 Save single-minded slaves of Allah

41 For them there is a known provision

42 Fruits. And they will be honoured

43 In the Gardens of delight

44 On couches facing one another

45 A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them

46 White, delicious to the drinkers

47 Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby

48 And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes

49 (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)

50 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

51 A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

52 Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)

53 Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book

54 He saith: Will ye look

55 Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell

56 He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin

57 And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom)

58 Are we then not to die

59 Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished

60 Lo! this is the supreme triumph

61 For the like of this, then, let the workers work

62 Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum

63 Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers

64 Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell

65 Its crop is as it were the heads of devils

66 And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith

67 And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

68 And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell

69 They indeed found their fathers astray

70 But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps

71 And verily most of the men of old went astray before them

72 And verily We sent among them warners

73 Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned

74 Save single-minded slaves of Allah

75 And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer

76 And We saved him and his household from the great distress

77 And made his seed the survivors

78 And left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

79 Peace be unto Noah among the peoples

80 Lo! thus do We reward the good

81 Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

82 Then We did drown the others

83 And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

84 When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart

85 When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship

86 Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire

87 What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds

88 And he glanced a glance at the stars

89 Then said: Lo! I feel sick

90 And they turned their backs and went away from him

91 Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat

92 What aileth you that ye speak not

93 Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand

94 And (his people) came toward him, hastening

95 He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve

96 When Allah hath created you and what ye make

97 They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire

98 And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost

99 And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me

100 My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous

101 So We gave him tidings of a gentle son

102 And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast

103 Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face

104 We called unto him: O Abraham

105 Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good

106 Lo! that verily was a clear test

107 Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim

108 And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

109 Peace be unto Abraham

110 Thus do We reward the good

111 Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

112 And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous

113 And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves

114 And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron

115 And saved them and their people from the great distress

116 And helped them so that they became the victors

117 And We gave them the clear Scripture

118 And showed them the right path

119 And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation)

120 Peace be unto Moses and Aaron

121 Lo! thus do We reward the good

122 Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves

123 And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn)

124 When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)

125 Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators

126 Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

127 But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)

128 Save single-minded slaves of Allah

129 And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

130 Peace be unto Elias

131 Lo! thus do We reward the good

132 Lo! he is one of our believing slaves

133 And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn)

134 When We saved him and his household, every one

135 Save an old woman among those who stayed behind

136 Then We destroyed the others

137 And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning

138 And at night-time; have ye then no sense

139 And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)

140 When he fled unto the laden ship

141 And then drew lots and was of those rejected

142 And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy

143 And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)

144 He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised

145 Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick

146 And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him

147 And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more

148 And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while

149 Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons

150 Or created We the angels females while they were present

151 Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say

152 Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie

153 (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons

154 What aileth you? How judge ye

155 Will ye not then reflect

156 Or have ye a clear warrant

157 Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful

158 And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him)

159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him)

160 Save single-minded slaves of Allah

161 Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship

162 Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him

163 Save him who is to burn in hell

164 There is not one of us but hath his known position

165 Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks

166 Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise

167 And indeed they used to say

168 If we had but a reminder from the men of old

169 We would be single-minded slaves of Allah

170 Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know

171 And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)

172 That they verily would be helped

173 And that Our host, they verily would be the victors

174 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile

175 And watch, for they will (soon) see

176 Would they hasten on Our doom

177 But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned

178 Withdraw from them awhile

179 And watch, for they will (soon) see

180 Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)

181 And peace be unto those sent (to warn)

182 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds