37 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness those who stand arrayed in rows,
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As-Saaffaat · 182 verses
37 : 2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And those who restrain by reprimanding,
37 : 3
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا
Ahmed Ali
And those who recite the Reminder,
37 : 4
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Verily your God is One,
37 : 5
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ
Ahmed Ali
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, and the Lord of the Easts.
37 : 6
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
Ahmed Ali
He decked the nearest heavens with ornaments of stars,
37 : 7
وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Protecting them against every wayward devil,
37 : 8
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So that they are not able to listen to the angels of higher (echelons), and are pelted from all sides
37 : 9
دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ
Ahmed Ali
And kept far away. There is perpetual punishment for them,
37 : 10
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Except those who eavesdrop and are pursued by a shooting flame.
37 : 11
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ
Ahmed Ali
So ask them if they are more difficult to create, or the rest We have created? Indeed (man) We created from fermented clay.
37 : 12
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Yet while you are filled with wonder, they just scoff;
37 : 13
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And when they are warned they pay no heed.
37 : 14
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When they see a sign, they laugh at it,
37 : 15
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
Ahmed Ali
And say: "This is only magic.
37 : 16
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, how can we be raised again,
37 : 17
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And our fathers too?"
37 : 18
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
You say: "Yes; and you will be lowly made."
37 : 19
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
There will only be a single jerk, and they will gape,
37 : 20
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Ahmed Ali
And say: "Ah woe! This is the Day of Reckoning."
37 : 21
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"(Yes,) this is the Day of Judgement you had called a lie."
37 : 22
۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Gather all the wicked together and their comrades, and those they had worshipped
37 : 23
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
Other than God," (the angels will be told), "then show them the way to Hell,
37 : 24
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And detain them, for they will be questioned."
37 : 25
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?"
37 : 26
بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They will submit to questioning then,
37 : 27
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And some of them will confront the others,
37 : 28
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Ahmed Ali
Saying: "It were you who imposed yourselves upon us."
37 : 29
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
They will say: "No, you were the ones who would not believe.
37 : 30
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We had no power over you. In fact, you were a people rebellious.
37 : 31
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
The sentence of our Lord has come true for us. We have certainly to taste (the punishment),
37 : 32
فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
Ahmed Ali
For we had led you astray. In fact we ourselves were astray."
37 : 33
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So, they will become partners in punishment.
37 : 34
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
That is how We deal with sinners.
37 : 35
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They were those who, when it was said to them, "There is no god but God," behaved with insolence,
37 : 36
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
Ahmed Ali
And said: "Should we abandon our gods for the sake of an insane poet?"
37 : 37
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Not in the least. He has brought the truth and confirmed the other messengers.
37 : 38
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
You will indeed taste a painful punishment,
37 : 39
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And be rewarded but only for what you had done,
37 : 40
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except the chosen creatures of God,
37 : 41
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Whose provision is predetermined --
37 : 42
فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Fruits of every kind, and they will be honoured
37 : 43
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
In gardens of delight,
37 : 44
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
(Sitting) on couches, face to face,
37 : 45
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ
Ahmed Ali
With cups from a flowing stream being passed around,
37 : 46
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Clear, delicious to drink,
37 : 47
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Neither dulling the senses nor intoxicating,
37 : 48
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
And with them maidens of modest look and large lustrous eyes,
37 : 49
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Like sheltered eggs in a nest.
37 : 50
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Then one turned to the other in an enquiry.
37 : 51
قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Said one of the speakers: "I had a friend
37 : 52
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Who used to say: 'Are you one of those who can testify to the truth?
37 : 53
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
Ahmed Ali
(Do you think) we would be paid back our due when we are dead and reduced to dust and bones?'
37 : 54
قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
He said: 'Will you look down?'
37 : 55
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
He looked down and saw (his friend) in the midst of Hell.
37 : 56
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ
Ahmed Ali
'By God', he said, 'you had almost ruined me.
37 : 57
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord I too would have been there (in Hell).
37 : 58
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Ahmed Ali
(Another will say:)"Is it true, we are not going to die
37 : 59
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Other than our first death, and we shall not be punished?
37 : 60
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
This will indeed be great happiness.
37 : 61
لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
For this the toilers should strive."
37 : 62
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Ahmed Ali
Is this better or the tree of Zaqqum
37 : 63
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Which We have reserved as punishment for evil-doers?
37 : 64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌۭ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
It is a tree that grows at the bottom of Hell.
37 : 65
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
Ahmed Ali
Its spathes are like the prickly pear.
37 : 66
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They will eat and fill their bellies with it,
37 : 67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًۭا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Washing it down with boiling water.
37 : 68
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
Then to Hell they will surely be returned.
37 : 69
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ
Ahmed Ali
They had found their fathers astray,
37 : 70
فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Yet they hasten to follow in their footsteps.
37 : 71
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So had many an earlier people gone astray,
37 : 72
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And We had sent admonishers to them.
37 : 73
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Look, then how was the end of those who had been warned,
37 : 74
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Other than the chosen creatures of God.
37 : 75
وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌۭ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Noah had verily called to Us. And how gracious was He who answered (him).
37 : 76
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
We saved him and his family from the great affliction,
37 : 77
وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And made his progeny survive,
37 : 78
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And left (his name) for posterity.
37 : 79
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Peace on Noah among all men.
37 : 80
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
That is how We reward those who do good.
37 : 81
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Surely he was among Our faithful creatures.
37 : 82
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Afterwards We drowned the others.
37 : 83
۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
And Abraham indeed was of his inducement,
37 : 84
إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
When he came to his Lord with a heart compliant,
37 : 85
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When he said to his father and his people: "What is this you worship?
37 : 86
أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةًۭ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Why do you solicit false gods instead of God?
37 : 87
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
What do you imagine the Lord of the worlds to be?"
37 : 88
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةًۭ فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ
Ahmed Ali
Then he looked up at the stars (they worshipped),
37 : 89
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
And said: "I am sick (of what you worship)!"
37 : 90
فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But they turned their backs on him and went away.
37 : 91
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Then he turned towards their gods and said: "Why do you not eat (of these offerings)?
37 : 92
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
What is wrong with you that you do not speak?"
37 : 93
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Ahmed Ali
Then he started striking them down with his right hand.
37 : 94
فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ
Ahmed Ali
So the people descended upon him.
37 : 95
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"Why do you worship these you carve yourselves," he asked,
37 : 96
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"When God has created you and what you make?"
37 : 97
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًۭا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
"Build a pyre for him and throw him into the raging fire."
37 : 98
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So they contrived a plot against him, but We made them abject.
37 : 99
وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
Ahmed Ali
And he said: "I am going away to my Lord who will show me the way.
37 : 100
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
(And he prayed:) "O Lord, grant me a righteous son."
37 : 101
فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So We gave him the good news of a clement son.
37 : 102
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
When he was old enough to go about with him, he said: "O my son, I dreamt that I was sacrificing you. Consider, what you think?" He replied: "Father, do as you are commanded. If God pleases you will find me firm."
37 : 103
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ
Ahmed Ali
When they submitted to the will of God, and (Abraham) laid (his son) down prostrate on his temple,
37 : 104
وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
We called out: "O Abraham,
37 : 105
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
You have fulfilled your dream." Thus do We reward the good.
37 : 106
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Ahmed Ali
That was indeed a trying test.
37 : 107
وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So We ransomed him for a great sacrifice,
37 : 108
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And left (his hallowed memory) for posterity.
37 : 109
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
Peace be on Abraham.
37 : 110
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
That is how We reward those who do good.
37 : 111
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
He is truly among Our faithful creatures.
37 : 112
وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So We gave him the good news of Isaac, apostle, who is among the righteous.
37 : 113
وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌۭ وَظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants are some who do good, but some who wrong themselves.
37 : 114
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We were indeed gracious to Moses and Aaron,
37 : 115
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
And saved them and their people from great distress,
37 : 116
وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And helped them, so they were victorious.
37 : 117
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We gave them the explicit Book,
37 : 118
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
And showed them the straight path,
37 : 119
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And left (their remembrance) for posterity.
37 : 120
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Peace be on Moses and Aaron.
37 : 121
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
That is how We reward those who do good.
37 : 122
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
They are among Our faithful devotees.
37 : 123
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Verily Elias is one of the apostles.
37 : 124
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When he said to his people: "Will you not be mindful of God?
37 : 125
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Would you call on Baal and leave the best of creators,
37 : 126
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
God, your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers?"
37 : 127
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They denied him, and will surely be brought to punishment,
37 : 128
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except the chosen creatures of God.
37 : 129
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And We left his (memory) for posterity.
37 : 130
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Peace be on Elias.
37 : 131
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
That is how We reward those who do good.
37 : 132
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
He is truly among Our faithful devotees.
37 : 133
وَإِنَّ لُوطًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Verily Lot was one of the apostles,
37 : 134
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Wherefore We saved him and his entire family
37 : 135
إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except an old woman who was one of those who stayed behind.
37 : 136
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Then We destroyed the others.
37 : 137
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
You pass by (their habitations) in the morning
37 : 138
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Or at night. Then how is it you do not understand?
37 : 139
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Verily Jonah is one of the apostles.
37 : 140
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
Ahmed Ali
When he fled on the laden ship,
37 : 141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And lots were cast (when a storm overtook them), he was rejected, (and thrown overboard).
37 : 142
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Then he was swallowed by a large fish as he was worthy of blame.
37 : 143
فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Had he not been one of those who struggled hard,
37 : 144
لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
Ahmed Ali
He would have stayed in its belly till the day the dead are raised.
37 : 145
۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
So We cast him, sick, on a barren shore,
37 : 146
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةًۭ مِّن يَقْطِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
And We made a gourd tree grow over him.
37 : 147
وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We sent him to a hundred thousand men or more,
37 : 148
فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
And they came to believe; so We allowed them to enjoy the good things of life for an age.
37 : 149
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Now ask them if their Lord has daughters, and they sons?
37 : 150
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Or did We make the angels females, and they witnessed it?
37 : 151
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Is it not a lie invented by them when they say:
37 : 152
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"God has begotten (children)?" They are liars indeed!
37 : 153
أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Does He prefer sons to daughters?
37 : 154
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
What ails you that you judge in such a wise?
37 : 155
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Why do you not reflect?
37 : 156
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Or have you received some clear authority?
37 : 157
فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Then bring your scripture, if what you say is true.
37 : 158
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They link Him with jinns by lineage, yet the jinns know they will be brought before Him.
37 : 159
سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Ahmed Ali
God is too glorious for what they ascribe to Him
37 : 160
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except His chosen creatures who do not.
37 : 161
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So neither you nor those you worship
37 : 162
مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Can mislead anyone away from Him,
37 : 163
إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
Except one who is (destined) to burn in Hell.
37 : 164
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
"There is not one of us who does not have his appointed place," (declare the angels.)
37 : 165
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ
Ahmed Ali
"And we are truly those who stand in rows,
37 : 166
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And we are those who sing hallelujas to Him."
37 : 167
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They used to say:
37 : 168
لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
If we had the account of earlier people with us,
37 : 169
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We would have been the chosen creatures of God."
37 : 170
فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Yet now (that it has come) they refuse to believe in it; but they will come to know soon.
37 : 171
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Our word had already been given before to Our votaries, the apostles, --
37 : 172
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ
Ahmed Ali
That they would be helped,
37 : 173
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And that certainly Our armies will be victorious.
37 : 174
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So you ignore them for a time
37 : 175
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And wait; they will come to know soon.
37 : 176
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Do they want to hasten Our punishment?
37 : 177
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
When it comes down on their plains, it will be an evil dawn for those who had been warned.
37 : 178
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So turn away from them for a time
37 : 179
وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And watch; they will come to know soon.
37 : 180
سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Too glorious is your Lord, the Lord of power, for what they ascribe to Him.
37 : 181
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So peace be on the messengers,
37 : 182
وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And all praise to God, the Lord of all the worlds.