37. As-Saaffaat — Those drawn up in Ranks

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37:1
وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفࣰّ ا
Waalssaffati saffan
By those who set the ranks in battle order
37:2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرࣰ ا
Faalzzajirati zajran
And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof
37:3
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا
Faalttaliyati thikran
And those who read (the Word) for a reminder
37:4
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدࣱ‏
Inna ilahakum lawahidun
Lo! thy Lord is surely One
37:5
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ
Rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma warabbu almashariqi
Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings
37:6
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ
Inna zayyanna alssamaa alddunya bizeenatin alkawakibi
Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets
37:7
وَحِفۡظࣰ ا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ‏
Wahifthan min kulli shaytanin maridin
With security from every froward devil
37:8
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبࣲ‏
La yassammaAAoona ila almalai alaAAla wayuqthafoona min kulli janibin
They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side
37:9
دُحُورࣰ اۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ وَاصِبٌ
Duhooran walahum AAathabun wasibun
Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment
37:10
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ‏
Illa man khatifa alkhatfata faatbaAAahu shihabun thaqibun
Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame
37:11
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينࣲ لَّازِبِۭ
Faistaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqna inna khalaqnahum min teenin lazibin
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
37:12
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ
Bal AAajibta wayaskharoona
Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
37:13
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ
Waitha thukkiroo la yathkuroona
And heed not when they are reminded
37:14
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ
Waitha raaw ayatan yastaskhiroona
And seek to scoff when they behold a portent
37:15
وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِينٌ
Waqaloo in hatha illa sihrun mubeenun
And they say: Lo! this is mere magic
37:16
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
Aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamabAAoothoona
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)
37:17
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
Awaabaona alawwaloona
And our forefathers
37:18
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ
Qul naAAam waantum dakhiroona
Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low
37:19
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun faitha hum yanthuroona
There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold
37:20
وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Waqaloo ya waylana hatha yawmu alddeeni
And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment
37:21
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Hatha yawmu alfasli allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny
37:22
۞ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ
Ohshuroo allatheena thalamoo waazwajahum wama kanoo yaAAbudoona
(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
37:23
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Min dooni Allahi faihdoohum ila sirati aljaheemi
Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell
37:24
وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ
Waqifoohum innahum masooloona
And stop them, for they must be questioned
37:25
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Ma lakum la tanasaroona
What aileth you that ye help not one another
37:26
بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ
Bal humu alyawma mustaslimoona
Nay, but this day they make full submission
37:27
وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning
37:28
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Qaloo innakum kuntum tatoonana AAani alyameeni
They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth)
37:29
قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
Qaloo bal lam takoonoo mumineena
They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers
37:30
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣰ ا طَٰغِينَ
Wama kana lana AAalaykum min sultanin bal kuntum qawman tagheena
We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk
37:31
فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
Fahaqqa AAalayna qawlu rabbina inna lathaiqoona
Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom)
37:32
فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
Faaghwaynakum inna kunna ghaweena
Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray
37:33
فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ
Fainnahum yawmaithin fee alAAathabi mushtarikoona
Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom
37:34
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Inna kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena
Lo! thus deal We with the guilty
37:35
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
Innahum kanoo itha qeela lahum la ilaha illa Allahu yastakbiroona
For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful
37:36
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجۡنُونِۭ
Wayaqooloona ainna latarikoo alihatina lishaAAirin majnoonin
And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet
37:37
بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Bal jaa bialhaqqi wasaddaqa almursaleena
Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him)
37:38
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ
Innakum lathaiqoo alAAathabi alaleemi
Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom
37:39
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
Wama tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona
Ye are requited naught save what ye did
37:40
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
Illa AAibada Allahi almukhlaseena
Save single-minded slaves of Allah
37:41
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ‏
Olaika lahum rizqun maAAloomun
For them there is a known provision
37:42
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ
Fawakihu wahum mukramoona
Fruits. And they will be honoured
37:43
فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Fee jannati alnnaAAeemi
In the Gardens of delight
37:44
عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
AAala sururin mutaqabileena
On couches facing one another
37:45
يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ
Yutafu AAalayhim bikasin min maAAeenin
A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them
37:46
بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةࣲ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ
Baydaa laththatin lilshsharibeena
White, delicious to the drinkers
37:47
لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلࣱ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ
La feeha ghawlun wala hum AAanha yunzafoona
Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby
37:48
وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينࣱ‏
WaAAindahum qasiratu alttarfi AAeenun
And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes
37:49
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ‏
Kaannahunna baydun maknoonun
(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)
37:50
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning
37:51
قَالَ قَآئِلࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينࣱ‏
Qala qailun minhum innee kana lee qareenun
A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
37:52
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ
Yaqoolu ainnaka lamina almusaddiqeena
Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)
37:53
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
Aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamadeenoona
Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book
37:54
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
Qala hal antum muttaliAAoona
He saith: Will ye look
37:55
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
FaittalaAAa faraahu fee sawai aljaheemi
Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell
37:56
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ
Qala taAllahi in kidta laturdeeni
He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin
37:57
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ
Walawla niAAmatu rabbee lakuntu mina almuhdareena
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom)
37:58
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Afama nahnu bimayyiteena
Are we then not to die
37:59
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Illa mawtatana aloola wama nahnu bimuAAaththabeena
Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished
37:60
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
Inna hatha lahuwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
Lo! this is the supreme triumph
37:61
لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ
Limithli hatha falyaAAmali alAAamiloona
For the like of this, then, let the workers work
37:62
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرࣱ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Athalika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu alzzaqqoomi
Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum
37:63
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Inna jaAAalnaha fitnatan lilththalimeena
Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers
37:64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةࣱ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Innaha shajaratun takhruju fee asli aljaheemi
Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell
37:65
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
TalAAuha kaannahu ruoosu alshshayateeni
Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
37:66
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ
Fainnahum laakiloona minha famalioona minha albutoona
And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith
37:67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبࣰ ا مِّنۡ حَمِيمࣲ‏
Thumma inna lahum AAalayha lashawban min hameemin
And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water
37:68
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Thumma inna marjiAAahum laila aljaheemi
And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell
37:69
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ
Innahum alfaw abaahum dalleena
They indeed found their fathers astray
37:70
فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ
Fahum AAala atharihim yuhraAAoona
But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps
37:71
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad dalla qablahum aktharu alawwaleena
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them
37:72
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
Walaqad arsalna feehim munthireena
And verily We sent among them warners
37:73
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
Faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almunthareena
Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned
37:74
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
Illa AAibada Allahi almukhlaseena
Save single-minded slaves of Allah
37:75
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحࣱ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ
Walaqad nadana noohun falaniAAma almujeeboona
And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
37:76
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
Wanajjaynahu waahlahu mina alkarbi alAAatheemi
And We saved him and his household from the great distress
37:77
وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ
WajaAAalna thurriyyatahu humu albaqeena
And made his seed the survivors
37:78
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Watarakna AAalayhi fee alakhireena
And left for him among the later folk (the salutation)
37:79
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحࣲ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Salamun AAala noohin fee alAAalameena
Peace be unto Noah among the peoples
37:80
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena
Lo! thus do We reward the good
37:81
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Innahu min AAibadina almumineena
Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves
37:82
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Thumma aghraqna alakhareena
Then We did drown the others
37:83
۞وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
Wainna min sheeAAatihi laibraheema
And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham
37:84
إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِيمٍ
Ith jaa rabbahu biqalbin saleemin
When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart
37:85
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi matha taAAbudoona
When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship
37:86
أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةࣰ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Aifkan alihatan doona Allahi tureedoona
Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire
37:87
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Fama thannukum birabbi alAAalameena
What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds
37:88
فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةࣰ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ
Fanathara nathratan fee alnnujoomi
And he glanced a glance at the stars
37:89
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمࣱ‏
Faqala innee saqeemun
Then said: Lo! I feel sick
37:90
فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ
Fatawallaw AAanhu mudbireena
And they turned their backs and went away from him
37:91
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
Faragha ila alihatihim faqala ala takuloona
Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat
37:92
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
Ma lakum la tantiqoona
What aileth you that ye speak not
37:93
فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
Faragha AAalayhim darban bialyameeni
Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand
37:94
فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ
Faaqbaloo ilayhi yaziffoona
And (his people) came toward him, hastening
37:95
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ
Qala ataAAbudoona ma tanhitoona
He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve
37:96
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
WaAllahu khalaqakum wama taAAmaloona
When Allah hath created you and what ye make
37:97
قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنࣰ ا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Qaloo ibnoo lahu bunyanan faalqoohu fee aljaheemi
They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire
37:98
فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدࣰ ا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ
Faaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumu alasfaleena
And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost
37:99
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
Waqala innee thahibun ila rabbee sayahdeeni
And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me
37:100
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Rabbi hab lee mina alssaliheena
My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.