37. As-Saffat

وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفࣰّ ا

By those who range themselves in rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرࣰ ا

by those who reprove severely

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا

and those who recite the Exhortation

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدࣱ‏

surely your God is One

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatever lies between the two, the Lord of the Easts

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ

We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars

وَحِفۡظࣰ ا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ‏

and have protected it from every rebellious satan

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبࣲ‏

These satans cannot listen to what transpires in the High Council for they are pelted away from every side

دُحُورࣰ اۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ وَاصِبٌ

and are repelled. Theirs is an unceasing chastisement

إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ‏

And if any is able to snatch a fragment, he is pursued by a piercing flame

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينࣲ لَّازِبِۭ

So ask them (that is, human beings): “Were they harder to create than the objects We created?” We created them from sticky clay

بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ

You marvel (at the wondrous creations of Allah) and they scoff at it

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ

and when they are admonished, they pay no heed

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ

and if they see any Sign, they laugh it away

وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِينٌ

and say: “This is nothing but plain sorcery

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

Is it ever possible that after we die and are reduced to dust and (a skeleton of) bones, we will be raised to life

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

And so also shall our forefathers of yore be raised to life?”

قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ

Tell them: “Yes; and you are utterly helpless (against Allah).”

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ

There will be a single stern rebuff and lo, they will be observing with their own eyes (all that they had been warned against)

وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

They will then say: “Woe for us. This is the Day of Judgement.”

هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

“Yes, this is the Day of Final Decision that you used to deny as a lie.”

۞ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ

(Then will the command be given): “Muster all the wrong-doers and their spouses and the deities whom they used to serve

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

apart from Allah, and direct them to the path of Hell

وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ

and detain them there; they will be called to account

مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

How is it that you are not helping one another

بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ

Indeed, today they are surrendering themselves completely.”

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

They will then turn towards each other (and start wrangling)

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

(The followers will say to their leaders): “You used to come to us from the right hand.”

قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ

They will say: “Nay, you yourselves were not the ones who would believe

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣰ ا طَٰغِينَ

We had no power over you. You were a rebellious people

فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

and so we became deserving of the Word of our Lord that we shall be made to suffer chastisement

فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

So we led you astray; we ourselves were strayed.”

فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ

On that Day, they will all share the chastisement

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

Thus do We treat the culprits

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ

Whenever it was said to them: “There is no true deity apart from Allah,” they waxed proud

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجۡنُونِۭ

and said: “Shall we forsake our deities for the sake of a distracted poet?”

بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

(They say so although) he brought the Truth and confirmed the veracity of the Messengers

إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ

(They will be told): “You shall taste the grievous chastisement

وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

You will only be recompensed according to your deeds.”

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

But Allah's chosen servants (shall be spared this woeful end)

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ‏

For them awaits a known provision

فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ

a variety of delicious fruits; and they shall be honoured

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

in the Gardens of Bliss

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

They will be seated upon couches set face to face

يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ

a cup filled with wine from its springs, will be passed around to them

بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةࣲ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

white, sparkling (wine), a delight to the drinkers

لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلࣱ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ

There will neither be any harm in it for their body nor will it intoxicate their mind

وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينࣱ‏

Theirs shall be wide-eyed maidens with bashful, restrained glances

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ‏

so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Then some of them will turn to others, and will ask each other

قَالَ قَآئِلࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينࣱ‏

One of them will say: “I had a companion in the world

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ

who used to say: -- Are you also one of those who confirm the Truth (of life after death)

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

After we are dead and have become all dust and bones shall we still be requited

قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

He will say: -- Do you wish to know where he is now

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

Then he will look downwards, and will see him in the depths of Hell

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ

He will say to him: -- By Allah, you almost ruined me

وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ

But for Allah's favour, I should be one of those who have been mustered here

أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

So, are we not going to die

إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

except for our first death? And shall we suffer no chastisement?'”

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ

Surely this is the supreme triumph

لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ

For the like of it should the workers work

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرࣱ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Is this a better hospitality or the tree of al-Zaqqum

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ

We have made this tree a trial for the wrong-doers

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةࣱ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

It is a tree that grows in the nethermost part of Hell

طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

Its spathes are like the heads of satans

فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ

(The people of Hell) will surely eat of it, filling their bellies with it

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبࣰ ا مِّنۡ حَمِيمࣲ‏

Then on top of it they will have a brew of boiling water

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

Then their return will be to the same blazing Hell

إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ

These are the ones who found their fathers steeped in error

فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ

and they are running in their footsteps

وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

and We had sent among them Messengers to warn them

فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ

Observe, then, what was the end of those that had been warned

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

except for the chosen servants of Allah

وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحࣱ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ

Noah had called upon Us (earlier). See, how excellent We were in answering him

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

We delivered him and his household from the great calamity

وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ

and made his offspring the only ones to survive

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

and We established for him a good name among posterity

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحࣲ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Peace be upon Noah among all the nations

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward all those who do good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Surely he was one of Our truly believing servants

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

Thereafter We caused the others to be drowned

۞وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ

Abraham was on the self-same way (as Noah)

إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِيمٍ

When he came to his Lord with a pure heart

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ

and said to his father and his people: “Whom do you worship

أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةࣰ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

Is it false deities that you want to serve rather than Allah

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

What do you think of the Lord of the whole Universe?”

فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةࣰ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ

Then he looked carefully at the stars

فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمࣱ‏

and said: “I am sick.”

فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ

So turning their backs, they went away from him

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

Then he went quietly to the (temple of the deities) and said: “What is the matter with you, why do you not eat

مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

What is the matter with you, why do you not speak?”

فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ

Then he turned upon them, striking them with his right hand

فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ

whereupon people came to him running

قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ

Abraham said to them: “Do you worship what you yourselves have carved with your own hands

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ

while it is Allah Who has created you and all that you make?”

قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنࣰ ا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

They spoke among themselves: “Build him a pyre and then throw him into the furnace.”

فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدࣰ ا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ

They had contrived an evil plan against him, but We abased them all

وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ

Abraham said: “I am going to my Lord; He will guide me

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Lord, grant me a righteous son.”

فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمࣲ‏

(In response to this prayer) We gave him the good news of a prudent boy

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

and when he was old enough to go about and work with him, (one day) Abraham said to him: “My son, I see in my dream that I am slaughtering you. So consider (and tell me) what you think.” He said: “Do as you are bidden. You will find me, if Allah so wills, among the steadfast.”

فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ

When both surrendered (to Allah's command) and Abraham flung the son down on his forehead

وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ

We cried out: “O Abraham

قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

you have indeed fulfilled your dream. Thus do We reward the good-doers.”

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ

This was indeed a plain trial

وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏

And We ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

and We preserved for him a good name among posterity

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ

Peace be upon Abraham

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward the good-doers

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Surely he was one of Our believing servants

وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيࣰّ ا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And We gave him the good news of Isaac, a Prophet and among the righteous ones

وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنࣱ وَظَالِمࣱ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينࣱ‏

And We blessed him and Isaac. Among the offspring of the two some did good and some plainly wronged themselves

وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

Verily We bestowed Our favours on Moses and Aaron

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

and We delivered both of them and their people from the great calamity

وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ

We succoured them, and they gained the upper hand (against their enemies)

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِينَ

We granted them a Clear Book

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ

and showed them the Straight Way

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

and preserved for them a good name among posterity

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

Peace be upon Moses and Aaron

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward the good-doers

إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Surely both of them were among Our believing servants

وَإِنَّ إِلۡيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Surely, Elias too was among the Messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

(Call to mind) when he said to his people: “Will you not fear Allah

أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلࣰ ا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ

Do you call upon Baal and forsake the Best of the Creators

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Allah is your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors of yore.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ

But they denounced him as a liar, so they will surely be arraigned (for punishment)

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

except Allah's chosen servants

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

We preserved a good name for him among posterity

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلۡ يَاسِينَ

Peace be upon Elias

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward the good-doers

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

He was one of Our believing servants

وَإِنَّ لُوطࣰ ا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

And Lot too was one of the Messengers

إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ

(Call to mind) when We delivered him and all his kinsfolk

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰ ا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

Then We utterly destroyed the rest of them

وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ

You pass by their desolate habitations in the morning

وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

and at night. Do you still not understand

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

And Jonah too was one of the Messengers

إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ

Call to mind when he fled to the laden ship

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ

cast lots, and was among the losers

فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمࣱ‏

Then a fish swallowed him, and he was blameworthy

فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ

Had he not been one of those who glorify Allah

لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ

he would certainly have remained in its belly till the Day of Resurrection

۞فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمࣱ‏

But We threw him on a wide bare tract of land while he was ill

وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةࣰ مِّن يَقۡطِينࣲ‏

and caused a gourd tree to grow over him

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ

and We sent him forth to a nation of a hundred thousand or more

فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ‏

and they believed. So We let them enjoy life for a while

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

So ask their opinion: “(Are you convinced) that your Lord should have daughters and you should have sons

أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثࣰ ا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ

Did We create the angels as females the while they witnessed?”

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ

Behold, it is one of their fabrications that they say

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

“Allah has begotten.” They are liars

أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِينَ

Did He choose daughters rather than sons

مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ

What is the matter with you that you make such strange judgements

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Will you then not take heed

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏

Do you have any clear authority for such claims

فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ

Bring your Book, if you are truthful

وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبࣰ اۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ

They have established a kinship between Allah and the angels; and the angels know well that these people will be arraigned (as culprits)

سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

(They say): “Exalted be Allah above what they attribute to Him

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

all of them except the chosen servants of Allah

فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ

So you and your deities

مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

shall not be able to tempt anyone away from Allah

إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

except him who shall roast in the Blazing Fire

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ‏

As for us, there is none but has an appointed station

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

Verily we range ourselves in rows (as humble servants)

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ

and we are of those who glorify Allah.”

وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ

They used to say before

لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

“If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people of yore

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

we would surely have been Allah's chosen servants.”

فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ

But when it came to them, they rejected it. They shall soon come to know (the end of such an attitude)

وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

We have already given Our promise to Our Messengers

إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ

that they shall certainly be succoured

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ

and that Our hosts shall triumph

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ‏

So, (O Prophet), leave them alone for a while

وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ

and see, and soon they too shall see

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

Do they seek to hasten Our chastisement

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ

When that chastisement will descend upon their courtyard, evil shall that Day be for those who had been warned

وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ‏

Leave them alone for a while

وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ

and see; and they too shall soon see

سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Exalted be your Lord, the Lord of Glory, above what they attribute to Him

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

and peace be upon the Messengers

وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

and all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe