English - Chapter 37 - As-Saffat

And by those ranged in ranks ranging

Then by the scarers scaring, (This is sometimes meat that the Angles perform such acts)

Then by the reciters of a Remembrance

Surely your God is indeed One

The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them both and The Lord of the easts

Surely We have adorned the lowest heaven with an adornment, the planets

And (as) a preservation against every insurgent Shatan. (Ever vicious (one), i.e., devil

They do not overhear the most Exalted Chiefs, (i.e., angels) and they are pelted (with hurled meteors) from every side

Rejected, and they will have a lasting torment

Except him who snatches a snatching (away); then a piercing flaming (meteor) follows him up

So ask them for a pronouncement: "Are they more valiant as a creation or the ones We created? Surely We created them of clinging clay

No indeed, you wonder, and they scoff

And when they are reminded, they do not remember

And when they see a sign, they turn it to scoffing

And they have said, "Decidedly this is nothing except an evident sorcery

When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be made to rise again indeed

And our earliest fathers

Say, "Yes, and you will be (utterly) abject

So, surely it is only one scaring, then only then, they are looking on

And they say, "oh woe to us! This is the Day of Doom." (Or: Judgment; Religion)

This is the Day of Verdict, which you used to cry lies to

Muster the ones who did injustice, and their spouses, and whatever they were worshiping

Apart from Allah, and so guide them to the path of Hell-Fire

And bid them stand; surely they are to be questioned

How is it that you do not vindicate one another

No indeed; (but) they are today submitting themselves

And some of them come forward to others, (Literally: some (others) asking one another (questions)

They (The seduced) say, "Surely you used to come up to us from the right hand." (i.e. with the Truth)

They say, "No indeed, but you were not believers

And in no way did we have any all- binding authority over you; no indeed, (but) you were an inordinate people

So, our Lord's Word (Literally: Saying) has come true against us; surely we are indeed tasting (it)

So we have misguided you; surely we were (ourselves) misguided

So, upon that Day, surely they are partners in the torment

Surely thus We perform against the criminals

Surely when it was said to them, "There is no god except Allah, " they were waxing proud

And they said, "Shall we surely be leaving indeed our gods for a mad poet

No indeed, (but) he has come with the Truth and has sincere (faith) in the Emissaries

Surely you will indeed be tasting the painful torment

And in no way will you be recompensed, except according to whatever you were doing

Except for the most faithful bondmen of Allah

For those there is a known provision

Fruits-and they will be honored

In the Gardens of Bliss

On settees, facing one another

A cup from a profuse (spring) is passed round for them

White, delicious to the drinkers

Wherein there is no insobriety, (Or: havoc, danger) nor are they exhausted (Or: inebriated) thereby

And in their presence are wide-eyed (maidens), restraining their glances

As if they were white nestled (jewels)

So some of them come forward to others, (Literally: some (others) asking one another (questions)

A speaker of them says, "Surely I used to have a comrade

He (always) said, Are you surely of the ones who indeed count it sincerely (verified)

When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be doomed (Or: judged) indeed

He says, "Are you (all) viewing (him)

So he views (him), and then sees him in the (deepest) level of the Hell-Fire

He says, "By Allah, (The Arabic is ta-llahi; which a stronger oath than the more usual wa-llahi) decidedly you were almost about to topple me down indeed

And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, indeed I would have been among the ones presented forward

Then in no way will we be dead

Except for our first death, and in no way will we be tormented

Surely this is indeed that which is magnificent triumph

For the like of this let the doers do (good deeds)

Is this a more charitable (i.e., better) hospitality, or even the Tree of Az-Zaqqum

Surely We have made it as a temptation (Or: trial) for the unjust

Surely it is a tree that comes out (Literally: goes out) in the root of Hell-Fire

Its spathes are as the heads of Shayatun. (Ever-vicious (ones), i.e., devils

Then surely they will indeed be eating of it, and so of it they will be filling their bellies

Thereafter on top of it surely they will have indeed an admixture of scalding (water)

Thereafter surely their return indeed is to Hell-Fire

Surely they came upon their fathers erring

So they are made to hurry in their tracks

And indeed before them already erred away most of the earliest (people)

And indeed We already sent among them warners

So look into how was the end of the warned people

Except for the most faithful bondmen of Allah

And indeed, Nuh (Noah) already called out to Us; (i.e., Allah, through the Angels) so how excellent indeed were The Answerers

And We safely delivered him and his family from the tremendous agony

And We made his offspring the ones who are the (enduring) survivors

And We have left for him (honor) among the later (generations)

Peace be upon Nuh (Noah) among the worlds

Surely thus do We recompense the fair-doers

Surely he is among Our believing bondmen

Thereafter We drowned the others

And surely of his sect indeed was Ibrahim (Abraham)

As he came to his Lord with a sound heart

As he said to his father and his people, "What is it that you worship

Is it a falsehood, gods apart from Allah, that you are willing (to worship)

What then is your expectation from The Lord of the worlds

So he looked a look (i.e., gazed at the stars) at the stars

Yet he said, "Surely I am ailing

Then they turned away from him, withdrawing

So he went apart to their gods; then he said, "Will you not eat

How is it with you that you do not pronounce (a word)

So he went apart upon them (i.e., their idols) striking with his right hand

Then they (i.e., the disbelievers) came forward to him in a hurried procession

He said, "Do you worship what you hew

And Allah created you and whatever you do

They said, "Build him a structure, (and) then cast him in the Hell-Fire

So they were willing to devise a plot against him; yet We made them the basest

And he said, "Surely I am going to my Lord, soon He will guide me

Lord! Bestow upon me one of the righteous

So We gave him the good tidings of a forbearing youth

Then when he (His son) reached the age of endeavoring with him, he said, "O my son, surely I see in a dream (Literally: time of sleeping) that I should slay you; so, look, what do you see?" He said, "O my (dear) father, perform whatever you are commanded; you will soon find me, in case Allah (so) decides, among the patient

So, as soon as they had both surrendered, and he dashed him upon his brow

And We called out to him (saying), "O Ibrahim, (Abraham)

you have already sincerely (believed) in the vision; surely thus We recompense the fair-doers

Surely this is indeed what is the evident trial

And We ransomed him with a magnificent slain (sacrifice)

And We have left for him among the later generations

Peace be upon Ibrahim." (Abraham)

Thus We recompense the fair-doers

Surely he is one of Our believing bondmen

And We gave him the good tidings of Ishaq, (Isaac) a Prophet, one of the righteous

And We blessed him and Ishaq, and of their (The pronoun is dual; i.e., offspring of the two of them) offspring some are fair-doers, and (some) are evidently unjust to themselves

And indeed We were already bounteous to Musa (Moses) and Harun. (Aron)

And We safely delivered them both and their people from the tremendous agony

And We granted them victory, so that they were the ones (who were) overcomers

And We brought them both the Evidential Book

And We guided them both in the straight Path

And We have left for them both among the later (generations)

Peace be upon Musa and Harun

Surely thus We recompense the fair-doers

Surely they are both of Our believing bondmen

And surely Ilyas (Alias=Elijah) is indeed one of the Emissaries

As he said to his people, "Will you not be pious (towards Allah)

Do you invoke Bacl, and leave out The Fairest of creators

Allah, your Lord, and The Lord of your earliest fathers

Yet they cried him lies; then surely they will indeed be presented forward

Except for the most faithful bondmen of Allah

And We have left for him (honor) in the later generations

Peace be upon Ilyasin!" (Elias)

Surely thus We recompense the fair-doers

Surely he is one of Our believing bondmen

And surely Lut (Lot) is indeed one of the Emissaries

As We safely delivered him and his family all together

Except an old woman among the laggards

Thereafter We destroyed the others

And surely you pass by them in the (early) morning

And by night; Will you not then consider

And surely Yunus (Jonah) is indeed one of the Emissaries

As he deserted to the laden ship (s)

Then he cast lots. Yet he was of the rebutted

So the whale gobbled him, and he was blameworthy

So had he not been of the extollers (of Allah)

He would indeed have lingered in its belly until the Day they will be made to rise again

Then We flung him off upon the naked (shore) and he was ailing

And We caused to grow over him a tree of gourds

And We sent him to a hundred thousand, or more. (Literally: they may have increased)

Then they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a while

So, ask them for a pronouncement, "Has your Lord daughters, and they have sons

Or even did We create the Angels females, and they were witnesses

Verily, surely it is of their falsehood, indeed, (that) they say

Allah has begotten!" And surely they are liars indeed

Has he elected daughters above sons

How is it with you, how do you judge

Will you then not be mindful

Or even do you have an evident all- binding authority

Then come up with your Book, in case you are sincere

And they have made up a consanguity between Him and the jinn; and indeed the jinn already know that surely they will indeed be presented forward

All Extolment be to Allah above what they describe

Except (for) the most faithful bondmen of Allah

Yet surely you and whatever you worship

In no way will you tempt any against Him

Except (for) him who will roast in Hell-Fire

And in no way is there one of us, (i.e., the angels) except that he has a known station

And surely we, indeed we, are the ones ranged in ranks

And surely we, indeed we, are the extollers (of Allah)

And decidedly they (i.e., the disbelievers) indeed used to say

If only we had in our presence a Remembrance (i.e., Scriptures) from the earliest (people)

Indeed we would be the most faithful bondmen of Allah

Yet they disbelieved in it; then eventually they will know

And indeed Our Word has already gone before to Our bondmen, the Emissaries

Surely they, indeed they, will be vindicated

And surely Our hosts, indeed they, will be the overcomers

So turn away from them for a while

And behold them; then they will eventually behold

Do they then seek to hasten Our torment

So when it comes down in their courtyard, then how odious will be the morning of them that are constantly warned

And turn away from them for a while

All Extolment be to your Lord, The Lord of Might, above whatever they describe

And peace be upon the Emissaries

And praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds