English - Chapter 37 - As-Saffat

°°°Stage 6 By the ones standing in ranks, ranged in rows

then, ones who scare in a scaring

then, ones who recount the Remembrance

truly, your God is One

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and the Lord of the sunrise

Truly, We made to appear pleasing the present heaven with the adornment of the stars

and keeping it safe from every emboldened Satan

They pay no attention to the lofty Council for they are hurled at from every edge

rejected. And for them is a punishment, that which lasts forever

but for him who snatched a fragment, then, a piercing flame pursued him

So ask them for advice: Are they stronger in constitution or those others whom We created? Truly, We created them of clinging clay

Nay! Thou hadst marveled while they deride

And when they were reminded, they remember not

And when they saw a sign, they scoff at it

And they said: This is not but clear sorcery

Is it when we were dead and had been earth dust and bones that we will, truly, be ones who are raised up

and our fathers, the ancient ones

Say: Yes, you will be ones in a state of lowliness

There will be only one Scare. So when they will be looking on it

they will say: Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment

This is the Day of Decision which you had been denying

Assemble those who did wrong and their spouses, and what they had been worshipping

—other than God—and guide them to the path to hellfire

And stop them for they are ones who will be asked

What is the matter with you that you help not one another

Nay! They are on that Day ones who will resign themselves to submission to God

And some of them came forward to some others, demanding of one another

They would say: Truly, you, you had been approaching us from the right

They would say: Nay! You are not ones who believe

and we had not been any authority over you. Nay! You had been a folk, ones who are defiant

So the saying was realized against us of our Lord. That, truly, we are ones who experience the punishment

So we led you into error. Truly, we had been ones who are in error

Then, truly, they will be on that Day ones who are partners in the punishment

We accomplish, thus, with the ones who sin

Truly, when it had been said to them: There is no god but God, they grow arrogant

And they said: Are we ones who leave our gods for a possessed poet

Nay! He drew near with The Truth and he established as true the ones who are sent

Truly, you are ones who will experience the painful punishment

and you will be given recompense but for what you had been doing

But the devoted servants of God

those, for them was a known provision

—sweet fruits—and they will be ones who are honored

in the Gardens of Bliss

on couches—ones who face one another

A cup from a spring of water will be passed around

white, a delight to ones who drink it

In that is neither headache, nor are they intoxicated by it

And with them are ones who are restraining their (f) glance, lovely eyed

as if they are well-guarded pearls

So some of them will come forward to some others, demanding of one another

One of them who converses would say: Truly, I had a comrade

who would say: Art thou of the ones who establish the Resurrection as true

When we are dead and had been earth dust and bones, will we be ones who are judged

He said: Will you be ones who peruse

So he perused and saw him amidst hellfire

He said: By God, thou wert about to deal me destruction

Had it not been for the divine blessing of my Lord I would have been of the ones who are charged

Are we not, then, to be dead again

but for our first death and will we not be ones who are punished

Truly, this, it is the winning the sublime triumph

For the like of this, let the ones who work, work

Is this better as hospitality or the tree of Zaqqum

Truly, We made it a test for the ones who are unjust

Truly, it is a tree that goes forth, its root in hellfire

its spathes have been like the heads of satans

So, truly, they, they are ones who eat from it, ones who fill their bellies with it

Again, truly, on top of that for them is a brew of scalding water

Again, truly, their return is to hellfire

They discovered their fathers ones who go astray

yet they are running in their footsteps

And, certainly, went astray most of the ancient ones before them

And, certainly, We sent among them ones who warn

Then, look on how had been the Ultimate End of the ones who are warned

but the devoted servants of God

And, certainly, Noah cried out to Us. And how excellent were the ones who answer

And We delivered him and his people from tremendous distress

And We made his offspring—they, the ones who remain

And We left for him to say with the later ones

Peace be on Noah among the worlds

Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good

Truly, he is one of Our believing servants

Again, We drowned the others

And, truly, among his partisans was Abraham

When he drew near his Lord with a pure-hearted heart

when he said to his father and to his folk: What is it that you worship

Is it a calumny that you want gods other than God

Then, what is your opinion about the Lord of the worlds

And he looked on them with a glimpse at the stars

and he said: Truly, I am ill

But they turned away from him as ones who draw back

and he turned upon their gods then, said: Will you not eat

Why speak you not for yourselves

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

Then, the people came forward towards him rushing

He said: Worship you what you yourselves carve out

while God created you and what you do

They said: Build for him a structure. Then, cast him into hellfire

So they wanted to use cunning against him, but We made them the lowest

He said: Truly, I am one who goes to my Lord. He will guide me

My Lord! Bestow on me among the ones in accord with morality

So We gave him the good tidings of a forbearing boy

And when he reached maturity endeavoring with him, he said: O my son! Truly, I see while slumbering that I am sacrificing thee. So look on what thou hast considered? He said: O my father! Accomplish whatever thou art commanded. Thou wilt find me, if God willed, of the ones who remain steadfast

Then, when they both submitted themselves to God and he flung him on his brow

We cried out to him: O Abraham

Surely, thou hadst established the dream as true. Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good

Truly, that was, certainly, the clear trial

And, then, We took ransom for him with a sublime slaughter

and We left for him a good name with the later ones

Peace be on Abraham

Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good

Truly, he is one of Our believing servants

And We gave him the good tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, among the ones in accord with morality

And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring are ones who are doers of good and ones who are clearly unjust to themselves

And, certainly We showed Our grace to Moses and Aaron

And We delivered them and their folk from the tremendous distress

and helped them so that they, they had been the ones who are victors

And We gave them the manifest Book

and guided them to the straight path

We left for them a good name with the later ones

Peace be on Moses and Aaron

Truly, thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good

Truly, they were of Our servants, ones who believe

And, truly, Elijah was of the ones who are sent

when he said to his folk: Will you not be Godfearing

Will you call to Baal and forsake the fairer of ones who are the creators

God, your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers

But they denied him, so they, truly, were ones who are charged

As for the devoted servants of God among them

We left for him a good name with the later ones

Peace be on Elijah

Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good

Truly, he was of Our servants, ones who believe

And, truly, Lot was of the ones who are sent

We delivered him and his people, one and all

but an old woman of the ones who stay behind

Again, We destroyed the others

And, truly, you pass by them in that which is morning

and at night. Will you not, then, be reasonable

And, truly, Jonah was of the ones who are sent

when he fled, without his Lord’s permission, to the laden boat

He cast lots with them and he had been of the ones who are refuted

Then, the great fish engulfed him while he was one who is answerable

If he had not been of the ones who glorify

he would have lingered in expectation in its belly until the Day they are raised up

Then, We cast him forth on the naked shore while he was ill

We caused a vine of gourd to develop over him

We sent him to a community of a hundred thousand, or they even exceed that

And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a while

Then, ask them for advice: Are daughters for thy Lord and for them, sons

Or created We female angels while they were ones who bear witness

Truly, it is out of their calumny that they say

God procreated! And, truly, they are ones who lie

Favored He daughters over sons

What is the matter with you? How you give judgment

Will you not, then, recollect

Or is there for you a clear authority

Then, bring your Book if you would be ones who are sincere

And they made kindred between him and between the genies. But, surely, the genies knew well that they were ones who will be charged

Glory be to God from what they allege

but not the devoted servants of God

So, truly, you and those whom you worship

will not be ones who are tempters against Him

but he who would be one who roasts in hellfire

There is not any of us but he has a known station

And we are ones who are standing in ranks

And we are the ones who glorify

And, truly, they had been saying

Had been with us a Remembrance from the ancient ones

we would have been servants of God, ones who are devoted

but they were ungrateful for it. and soon they will know

And, certainly, Our Word preceded for Our servants, the ones who are sent

They, truly, they are ones who shall be helped

And, truly, Our armies are the ones who are victors

So turn thou away from them for awhile

Are they impatient for Our punishment

Then, when it would come down into their courtyard, how evil will be the morning daybreak of the ones who are warned

So turn thou away from them for a while

and perceive and they will perceive

Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Great Glory, from what they allege about Him

And peace be to the ones who are sent

And The Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds