English - Chapter 37 - As-Saffat

By the angels ranged in ranks

By the angels driving away

By the angels reciting the praise

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in- between the twain, and Lord of the easts

Verily We! We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment: the stars

And have placed therein a guard against any Satan froward

They cannot listen to the exalted assembly, and they are darted at from every side

With a driving fusillade, and theirs shall be a torment perpetual

Except him who snatcheth away a word by stealth, and him then pursueth a glowing flame

Ask them thou: are they stronger in structure or those others whom We have created? Verily We! We have created them of a sticky clay

Aye! thou marvellest, and they scoff

And when they are admonished, they receive not admcnition

And when they behold a sign, they turn to scoffing

And they say: this Qur'an is naught but magic manifest

When we have become dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then verily be raised

And also our forefathers

Say thou: and verily ye; shall then be despicable

It shall be but one shout, lo! they shall be staring

And they will say: Ah! woe be Unto us! this is the Day of Requital

This is the Day of Judgment which ye were wont to belie

Gather together those who did wrong and their comrades and that which they were wont to worship

Beside Allah, and lead them on to the path of the Flaming Fire

And stop them; verily they are to be questioned

What aileth you that ye succour not one another

Nay! on that Day they will be entirely submissive

And they will advance toward each other mutually questioning

They will say: verily ye! ye were wont to come Unto us Imposing

They will say: nay! ye yourselves were not believers

And we had over you no authority, but ye were a people exorbitant

So on us hath been justified the sentence of our Lord: verily we are to taste

We seduced you astray; verily we were ourselves the seduced ones

So verily on that Day they all in the torment will be sharers

Verily We! in this wise We deal with the culprits

Verily when it was said Unto them: there is no god but Allah, they ever grew stiff-necked

And they said: are we going to abandon our gods on account of a Poet distracted

Aye! he hath come with the truth, and he confesseth to the sent ones

Verily ye are going to taste a torment afflictive

And ye shall be required not except for that which ye have been doing

But the bondmen of Allah, the sincere ones

Those! theirs shall be a provision known

Fruits! And they shall be honoured

In Gardens of Delight

On couches, facing one another

Round shall be passed a cup Unto them filled with limpid drink

White, a pleasure Unto the drinkers

No headiness there shall be therein, nor shall they be therewith Inebriated

And with them shall be damsels of refraining looks, large- eyed

As though they were eggs hidden

Then they will advance Unto each other, mutually questioning

And a speaker from among them will say: verily there was Unto me a mate

Who said: art thou of those who confess to the doctrine of Resurrection

When we are dead and have become dust and bones, are we indeed going to be requited

Allah will say: will ye look down

Then he will look down and see him in the midst of the Flaming Fire

And he will say: by Allah, thou hadst wellnigh causedest me to perish

And but for the favourcf my lord, I should have been of those brought forward

Are we not then to die

Save our first death, and are we not to be tormented

Verily this! that is the supreme achievement

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

Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum

Verily We! We have made it a temptation for the wrong- doers

Verily it is a tree that springeth forth in the bottom of Flaming Fire

The fruit thereof is as though the hoods of the serpents

And verily they must eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith

And thereafter verily they shall have thereon a draught of balling water

And thereafter verily their return is Unto the Flaming Fire

Verily they found their fathers gone astray

So they in their footsteps are rushing

And assuredly there went stray before them many of the ancients

And assuredly We sent among them warners

So behold what wise hath been the end of those who were warned

Save the bondmen of Allah sincere

And assuredly Nuh cried Unto us; and We are the Best of answerers

And We delivered him and his people from the great affliction

And his offspring! them We made the survivors

And We left for him among the posterity

Peace be on Nuh among the worlds

Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers

Verily he was of Our bondmen believing

Then We drowned the others

And verily of his sect was Ibrahim

Recall what time he came Unto his lord with a heart whole

Recall what time he said Unto his father and his people: What is it that ye worship

Is it a falsehood-god beside Allah - that ye desire

what, then, is your opinion of the Lord of the worlds

Then he glanced a glance on the stars

And he said: verily I am about to be sick

So they departed from him turning their backs

Then he slipped Unto their gods and said: eat ye not

What aileth ye that ye speak not

Then he slipped Unto them striking them with the right hand

Then they advanced toward him, hastening

He said: worship ye that which carve

Whereas Allah hath created you and that which ye make

They said. build for him a building and cast him into the flaming fire

And they devised a plot for him, but We made them the humble

And he said: verily I am going to my Lord who will guide me

My Lord! Bestow on me a son who will be of the righteous

Wherefore We gave him the glad tidings of a boy gentle

And when he attained the age of, running with him, he said: O my son! verily I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering thee; so look, what considerest thou? He said: O my father! do that which thou art commanded; thou shalt find me, Allah willing, of the patients

Then when the twain had submitted themselves and he had prostrated him upon his temple

We cried Unto him: O Ibrahim

Of a surety thou hast fulfilled the vision. Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers

Verily that! that was a trial manifest

And We ransomed him with a mighty victim

And We left for him among the posterity

Peace be Unto Ibrahim

Verily We! thus We compense the well-doers

Verily he was one of Our believing bondmen

And We gave him the glad tidings of Is-haq, a prophet, and of the righteous

And We blessed him and Is-haq; and of their offspring are some well-doers and some who wrong themselves manifestly

And assuredly We gave grace Unto Musa and Harun

And delivered them and their people from the great affliction

And We succoured them so that they became overcomers

And We vouchsafed Unto the twain a Book luminous

And We led the twain on Unto the straight path

And We left for the twain among the posterity

Peace be Unto Musa and Harun

Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers

Verily the twain were of Our bondmen believing

And verily, llyas was one of the sent ones

Recall what time he said Unto his people: fear ye not

Call ye upon Bal and forsake the Best of creators

Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

Then they belied him, so verily they are to be brought up

Except the bondmen of Allah sincere

And We left for him among the posterity

Peace be Unto Elyasin

Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers

Verily he was one of Our bondmen believing

And verily Lut was of the sent ones

Recall what time We delivered him and his household, all

Save an old woman among the lingerers

Then We annihilated the others

And surely ye pass by them in the morning

And at night. Will ye not therefore reflect

And verily Yunus was Of the sent ones

Recall what time he ran away Unto a laden ship

Then he joined the lots, and was of the condemned

And a fish swallowed him, and he was reproaching himself

And had he not been of those who hallow Him

He would have tarried in the belly thereof till the Day when they are raised

Then We cast him on a bare desert whilst he was sick

And We caused to grow over him a tree, a gourd

And We had sent him to a hundred thousand: rather they exceeded

And they believed, whrefore We let them enjoy life for a season

Now ask thou them: there for thy Lord daughters and for them sons

Or created We the angels females while they were witnesses

Lo! verily it is of their falsehood that they say

God hath begotten. Verily they are the liars

Hath He chosen daughters above sons

What aileth you? How judge ye

Will ye not then be admonished

Or, is there for you a clear warranty

Then bring your book, if ye say sooth

And they have made a kinship between Him and the jinn a kinship whereas the jinn assuredly know that they are to be brought up

Hallowed be Allah from that which they ascribe to Him

Except the bondmen of Allah sincere

Wherefore verily neither ye nor that which ye worship

Can tempt anyone to rebel against Him

Save him Who is to roast in the Flaming Fire

Of us there is none but hath a station assigned

And verily we! we are ranged in ranks

And verily we! we halloW

And they surely were wont to say

Had we but an admonition as had the ancients

Surefy we would have been the bondmen of God sincere

Yet they disbelieve therein. Presently they shall come to know

And assuredly Our word hath already gone forth Our bondmen, the sent ones

That verily they! they shall be made triumphant

And verily Our host! they are to be overcome

So turn thou aside from them for a season

And see them thou; they themselves shall presently see

Our torment seek they to hasten on

Then when it descendeth Unto them face to, face, a hapless morn that shall be for those who were Warned

And turn thou aside from them for a season

And see thou: they themselves shall presently see

Hallowed be thine Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they ascribe

And peace be Unto the sent ones

And all praise Unto Allah the Lord of the worlds