English - Chapter 37 - As-Saffat

Act as a witness those personalities who set themselves in rows — establishing the rows (in Salat)

then the personalities who transmit the strict warning — transmitting strict warnings (in Takbeer)

then the personalities who recite (the Text of Al-Kitab) Zikran (as a Message)

(declaring categorically that) verily, your Ilah is indeed One —

Nourisher-Sustainer to the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between those two; and the Nourisher-Sustainer to all the easts (every point of the sun’s risings)

Verily We, We have adorned the near heaven with the beauty of the planets

and (other items) as a guard against all the rebellious Satans

They are unable to hear to the higher elite and they are pelted from every side —

being repulsed and outcast, and for them is a constant and perpetual punishment

except one who snatched away something snatched stealthily — then a flaming fire of piercing brightness pursued and chased him

So ask them: “Are they more strong as a creation, or (others) whom We created (as jinns etc.)? " Verily, We created them (i.e., the humans) of sticky clay

Nay, you wondered (at Al-Kitab) while they mock (at it)

And when they are reminded they do not remind (neither themselves, nor others)

And when they saw Aayatan (‘A Verse’ in Al-Kitab), they mock (at the Message)

and said: “It is not but evident magic

Whether, when we are dead, and have become dust and bones, shall we then verily be indeed those who have been raised into a new life

And whether our initial forefathers (also)?”

Say: “Yes (of course)! And you are those who are humiliated

So certainly what (is a fact is that) this (Day of Resurrection) is a single blasting (wild) sound. And behold, they are staring

And they said: “Oh, woe to us! This is the Day of Accountability.”

This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny

(The advice will proceed to the angels thus): "Assemble those who did wrong and their accomplices and what they used to worship

besides Allah, and lead them on to the way of the Flaming Fire

but keep them detained, surely they are those who have been questioned (and have yet not given any explanation for their evil deeds and fake beliefs).”

(O opponents of Al-Kitab)! What (is the matter) with you? You do not provide help to one another

Nay, they, this Day are submitters

And some of them came closer to some others — they question one another

They said: “Certainly (it was) you, you used to come to us from the right side.”

They (i.e., the others) said: “Nay, you (yourselves) were not Believers

And there was not in us, regarding you, any authority. Nay! You (yourselves) were a nation of disobedient arrogants

So the Statement (about punishment) coming from our Nourisher-Sustainer has proved true against us. Verily, we indeed are those who shall taste it very soon

So we led you astray, since indeed we ourselves used to be astray.”

So, surely they, this Day, will be co-partners in the torment

Surely We, in such a manner, We deal with Al-Mujrimun

Truly they, when it was said to them: “La ilaha-ill-Allah [(there is) no god except Allah]”, they used to show stubborn arrogance

And they say: “Whether surely we become those who indeed will abandon our aaliha (gods) for the sake of a fanatic poet?”

Nay! (One who propagates Al-Kitab) has come alongwith Al-Haqq (‘The Truth’), and he has confirmed (and verified) the Messengers

Verily, you (arrogant disbelievers) are about to become those who taste the painful torment

And you will not be rewarded except what you used to do —

save the Ibad of Allah who have been purified and sanctified (from every polytheism and disbelief)

Those people: for them is a well-known provision

fruits, and they will be honoured people

in the Gardens of delight

facing one another on raised couches

round them will pass [boys in perpetual (freshness)] with a cup of a flowing (liquid)

of white colour, a delight to those who drink (it)

no bad-effect therein, nor they will suffer intoxication therefrom

And near them will be those who restrain their glance, (possessing) beautiful wide eyes (with a raven-black cornea on snow-white sclera) —

as if they are eggs well guarded (in a nest)

Then some of those (dwellers in Paradise) moved forward towards some (others). They question mutually

One speaker from amongst them said: “Verily I, there was a companion to me (while I stayed in the world)

he would (frequently) say (to me): 'are you surely, indeed of those who confirm and verify

Whether when we have faced death and we have become dust and bones, would surely we will indeed be those who have been fully recompensed (of their deeds)?'”

(The other one) said: “Would you like to be those who would peep and see?”

So he peeped and saw; so he saw him in the midst of the Fire

He said: “Allah is Witness, if you could, you would have surely ruined me

And if (there was) not the Grace of my Nourisher-Sustainer, I would certainly have been among those who have been brought forth (to the midst of Fire)

Are we then not to be those who must die

except our first death, and we are not those who have been put to punishment

Truly, this indeed— that is the supreme achievement

For this kind (of good deeds) let the performers (of actions and deeds) perform

Is this better as a welcome or the tree of Zaqqum

Truly, We have made that (tree) a trial for the criminals

Verily, it is a tree that springs out in the bottom of the Hell-Fire

The shoot of its fruit-stalk — as if it is — heads of the devils

Truly, they (the criminals) surely, are about to eat thereof, then they are about to fill up the bellies therewith

Then surely, for them in addition to that, is indeed a drink of an item on a boiling-temperature

Thereafter, surely their returning-place is indeed towards the blazing Fire

Verily, they found their fathers on the wrong path

So they are made to run in their footsteps

And surely, indeed most of the earlier people before them went astray

And surely, indeed We sent amongst them warners

Then ponder what was the final end of those who were warned —

save Ibad of Allah who were cleansed and sanctified

And surely, indeed Nuh invoked Us, so surely (We are) the Best — those who answer (the request)

And We rescued him and his followers from the great distress

And We made his progeny: they (very ones, as) the survivors

And We left, regarding him in the later generations —

‘Salamun [peace (and blessings be)] upon Nuh’ throughout the worlds

Certainly We, like this, We reward the Muhsinun (who perform righteous deeds in perfection)

Verily, he was out of Our Believing Ibad

Afterwards We drowned the other ones

And verily, from amongst his group (is) surely Ibrahim

When he approached his Nourisher-Sustainer with a submitting heart

When he counselled his father and his nation: “What is that which you worship

Is (that) falsehood — aaliha (gods or deities) (which) you seek besides Allah

So, what is your thought and concept regarding the Nourisher-Sustainer to the worlds?”

Then he cast a glance at the stars

then he said: “Verily, I feel sick

So they turned away from him, showing their backs. [Please see Verse 21/57 to understand the plan and challenge which Ibrahim had in his mind]

Then (Ibrahim) turned to their aaliha and said: “Will you not eat (of these offerings available for you)

What (is the matter) with you: you do not speak?”

Then he turned upon them, strihead of state (them) with (his) right (hand)

Then the people (when they came to know of this incident which took place in their absence), returned back to him; they hasten on (intoxicated in their wild fury)

(Ibrahim) said: “Do you worship that which you (yourself) carve

while Allah has created you as well as that which you make (as your handiwork)?”

They said: “Prepare for him a structure, then throw him into the blazing fire.”

So they intended an evil design against him, but We made them the most humiliated

And (after remaining untouched by the fire, Ibrahim) said: “Verily, I am about to go towards my Nourisher-Sustainer; soon He will guide me

My Nourisher-Sustainer! Grant me (a son) out of the righteous.”

So We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing, submissive male offspring

So when he attained (reached the age of), ‘striving and effort along with him’, he (the father) said: “O my little son! I do see during the sleep that I will offer you in sacrifice (to some Cause of Allah), so look what you think.” He said: “O my dear father! Implement what you would be commanded; soon you would find me, in-shaa-Allaho [if Allah (so) willed] out of those who patiently persevere

So when both submitted (themselves), and he (Ibrahim) made him (Ismaiel) ready for Al-Jabeen [the forehead (i.e., , the events which Ismaiel would face as a sacrifice in the Way of Allah]

instantly, We called out to him (saying) that: " O Ibrahim

Indeed, you have fulfilled the vision (dream)!” Verily, thus We do reward the Muhsinun

Verily, this (vision): indeed that (is) an obvious test and preparation

And We interpreted unto him (the contents of the vision, and physically implemented Our Plan) through a Great Sacrifice

And We established for him among the later generations —

Salamun [peace (and blessings be)] upon Ibrahim’

Thus do We reward Al-Muhsinun

Verily, he was out of Our Believing Ibad

And (now, after mahead of state him experience the vision) We gave him (i.e., to Ibrahim) the glad tidings of (the birth of) Ishaque — a Prophet from the righteous

And We showered Blessings on him as well as on Ishaque. And out of the progeny of these two (is that who is) Muhsin (who acts right in perfection) as well as (that who is) Zalim (transgressor) to his Nafs (personality) — evidently manifest

And surely, indeed We showered Grace on Musa and Harun

And We saved those two and the nation of those two from the great distress

And We delivered them Al-Kitab-al-Mustabin (The Book which explains clearly and evidently)

And We guided them both to As-Sirat-al- Mustaqim (The Permanent, Eternal Path)

And We established for these two among the future generations —

Salamun [peace (and blessings be)] upon Musa and Harun

Surely We, thus do We reward Al-Muhsinun

Verily, those two (were) out of Our Believing Ibad

And verily, Ilyas (was) surely out of the Messengers —

When he said to his nation: “Will you not pay obedience (to Allah)

Will you invoke Ba’l (proper name of a chief idol) and forsake the Better of the creators

Allah, your Nourisher-Sustainer and Nourisher-Sustainer of your initial forefathers?”

But they denied him, so surely they will certainly be those brought forth (to the punishment)

except Ibad of Allah who were cleansed and sanctified

And We established for him among the later generations —

Salamun [peace (and blessings be)] upon Ilyasin

Surely We, thus do We reward Al-Muhsinun

Verily, he (was) out of Our Believing Ibad

And verily, Lout (was) surely of the Messengers —

when We saved him and his family, all together

except one who had crossed the age of fertility and hope — (we left her) among those who bury themselves in dust and debris

Then We annihilated the rest

And verily, you people pass by them as those who see the morning (i.e., during the early morning journey)

and at night . Will you not then use your intellect

And verily, Yunus (was) surely of the Messengers —

when he swiftly moved towards the fully loaded ship

as a result he slipped, so he became of those who have fallen down

Then a (big) fish swallowed him while he (is) one who blames (his own, and has no complaint against his Creator)

And that (if) he had not been of those who glorify (Allah) much (i.e., those who are always mindful of the ordainments of Allah)

surely he would have tarried in its belly uptil the Day when people would be raised (to a new life of Resurrection)

So We brought him on the bare land along the shore while he was exhausted

And We caused to grow, for his sake, a plant of the gourd kind

And We sent him as Messenger to a (nation of) hundred thousand (people), or, they will breed in number

Then, (when preaching was reinforced over them), they Believed, so We gave them provision for the limited period

So ask them: “Are (there only) daughters for your Nourisher-Sustainer and sons (exclusively) for them

Or did We create the angels as females while they (acted as) witnesses

Be careful! Certainly they, out of their fabrication they will surely say

“Allah has begotten (children)”. And certainly they are indeed liars

Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons

What is the matter with you? How do you judge

Will you not then remind (yourselves and remind the others)

Or is there for you a ‘Sultanun Mobin’ (‘Evident Authority’. This term is applied as an attribute to Allah’s Book)

(If it is so), then come forward with your Book if you happen to be truthful individuals

And (the misguided) people have invented between Him and between jinns a genealogical link, although surely, indeed the jinns knew (that) out of a certainty they will surely be those who have been brought (before Allah for Accountability)

Glorified be Allah from what they attribute (unto Him)

except Ibad of Allah who were cleansed and sanctified

So verily, you (disbelievers) and what you worship —

you are not unto him (i.e., unto a cleansed and sanctified Abd of Allah) as Fateneen [those who will put a person in doubt and suspicion (against Al-Kitab]

except that one who is about to approach Hell-Fire

(And the angels say): “There is not one out of us but for him is a known place

And verily we, indeed we are those who stand in rows

And verily we, indeed we are those who glorify

And they (disbelievers in Allah’s Book) used to indeed say

“If (it be) that (there is available) unto us Zikr (‘Message’) moving down from the earlier people

we would have indeed been Ibad of Allah who are cleansed and sanctified.”

But (now when Allah’s Book is again in its Original and under active propagation), they have disbelieved therein; so very soon they will know (the ultimate result)

And surely, indeed, Our Statement stands issued regarding Our Ibad — the Messengers

verily they, indeed they will be those who have received help

And certainly it is Our Regiments (and forces) — indeed they (shall be) victorious

So turn away from them for a while

but keep a watch over them; then soon they will (also) see

Do they then seek to hasten on Our Torment

So when it has already descended into their courtyard, then the morning of those who had been warned (in advance) turned into something evil

So turn away from them for a while

but keep a watch; then soon they will (also) see

Exalted and Absolved is your Nourisher-Sustainer, the Nourisher-Sustainer in Honour (and Majesty) from what people attribute (as partners unto Him)

And 'Salamun [peace (and blessings be)] on the Messengers

And selective Praise suits Allah (Alone), Nourisher-Sustainer to the worlds