Surah As-Saffat

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفّٗا١

   37:1

   wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffan

   By those [angels] lined up in rows

2. فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا٢

   37:2

   fal-zājirāti zajran

   And those who drive [the clouds]

3. فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا٣

   37:3

   fal-tāliyāti dhik'ran

   And those who recite the message,

4. إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ٤

   37:4

   inna ilāhakum lawāḥidun

   Indeed, your God is One,

5. رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ٥

   37:5

   rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriqi

   Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

6. إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ٦

   37:6

   innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākibi

   Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

7. وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ٧

   37:7

   waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridin

   And as protection against every rebellious devil

8. لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ٨

   37:8

   lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibin

   [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

9. دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ٩

   37:9

   duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun

   Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

10. إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ١٠

    37:10

    illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

    Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

11. فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ١١

    37:11

    fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin

    Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

12. بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ١٢

    37:12

    bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūna

    But you wonder, while they mock,

13. وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ١٣

    37:13

    wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūna

    And when they are reminded, they remember not.

14. وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ١٤

    37:14

    wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūna

    And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

15. وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ١٥

    37:15

    waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun

    And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

16. أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ١٦

    37:16

    a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

    When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

17. أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ١٧

    37:17

    awaābāunā l-awalūna

    And our forefathers [as well]?"

18. قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ١٨

    37:18

    qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūna

    Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

19. فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ١٩

    37:19

    fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūna

    It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

20. وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ٢٠

    37:20

    waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīni

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

21. هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ٢١

    37:21

    hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

    [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

22. ۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ٢٢

    37:22

    uḥ'shurū alladhīna ẓalamū wa-azwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūna

    [The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship

23. مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٢٣

    37:23

    min dūni l-lahi fa-ih'dūhum ilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīmi

    Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

24. وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ٢٤

    37:24

    waqifūhum innahum masūlūna

    And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

25. مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ٢٥

    37:25

    mā lakum lā tanāṣarūna

    [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"

26. بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ٢٦

    37:26

    bal humu l-yawma mus'taslimūna

    But they, that Day, are in surrender.

27. وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ٢٧

    37:27

    wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna

    And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.

28. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ٢٨

    37:28

    qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīni

    They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."

29. قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ٢٩

    37:29

    qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīna

    They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

30. وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ٣٠

    37:30

    wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna

    And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.

31. فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ٣١

    37:31

    faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāiqūna

    So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

32. فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ٣٢

    37:32

    fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīna

    And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

33. فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ٣٣

    37:33

    fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna

    So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

34. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ٣٤

    37:34

    innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

    Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

35. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ٣٥

    37:35

    innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūna

    Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant

36. وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ٣٦

    37:36

    wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin

    And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

37. بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ٣٧

    37:37

    bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīna

    Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.

38. إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ٣٨

    37:38

    innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīmi

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

39. وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ٣٩

    37:39

    wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

    And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -

40. إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ٤٠

    37:40

    illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

    But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

41. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ٤١

    37:41

    ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmun

    Those will have a provision determined -

42. فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ٤٢

    37:42

    fawākihu wahum muk'ramūna

    Fruits; and they will be honored

43. فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ٤٣

    37:43

    fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

    In gardens of pleasure

44. عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ٤٤

    37:44

    ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

    On thrones facing one another.

45. يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ٤٥

    37:45

    yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīnin

    There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,

46. بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ٤٦

    37:46

    bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīna

    White and delicious to the drinkers;

47. لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلٞ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ٤٧

    37:47

    lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūna

    No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.

48. وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينٞ٤٨

    37:48

    waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīnun

    And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,

49. كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ٤٩

    37:49

    ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnun

    As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

50. فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ٥٠

    37:50

    fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

51. قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٞ٥١

    37:51

    qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnun

    A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].

52. يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ٥٢

    37:52

    yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīna

    Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

53. أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ٥٣

    37:53

    a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna

    That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"

54. قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ٥٤

    37:54

    qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūna

    He will say, "Would you [care to] look?"

55. فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٥٥

    37:55

    fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīmi

    And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

56. قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ٥٦

    37:56

    qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīni

    He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.

57. وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ٥٧

    37:57

    walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna

    If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

58. أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ٥٨

    37:58

    afamā naḥnu bimayyitīna

    Then, are we not to die

59. إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ٥٩

    37:59

    illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

    Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

60. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ٦٠

    37:60

    inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

    Indeed, this is the great attainment.

61. لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ٦١

    37:61

    limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūna

    For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.

62. أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ٦٢

    37:62

    adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūmi

    Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?

63. إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ٦٣

    37:63

    innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīna

    Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

64. إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٞ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٦٤

    37:64

    innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīmi

    Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

65. طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ٦٥

    37:65

    ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīni

    Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

66. فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ٦٦

    37:66

    fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

    And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

67. ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبٗا مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ٦٧

    37:67

    thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmin

    Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

68. ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٦٨

    37:68

    thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīmi

    Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

69. إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ٦٩

    37:69

    innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīna

    Indeed they found their fathers astray.

70. فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ٧٠

    37:70

    fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūna

    So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

71. وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ٧١

    37:71

    walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīna

    And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

72. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ٧٢

    37:72

    walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīna

    And We had already sent among them warners.

73. فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ٧٣

    37:73

    fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīna

    Then look how was the end of those who were warned -

74. إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ٧٤

    37:74

    illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

    But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

75. وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ٧٥

    37:75

    walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūna

    And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.

76. وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٧٦

    37:76

    wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

    And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

77. وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ٧٧

    37:77

    wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīna

    And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]

78. وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ٧٨

    37:78

    wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

    And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

79. سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٖ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٧٩

    37:79

    salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīna

    "Peace upon Noah among the worlds."

80. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ٨٠

    37:80

    innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

    Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

81. إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ٨١

    37:81

    innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

    Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

82. ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ٨٢

    37:82

    thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna

    Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].

83. ۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ٨٣

    37:83

    wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīma

    And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,

84. إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٍ٨٤

    37:84

    idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīmin

    When he came to his Lord with a sound heart

85. إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ٨٥

    37:85

    idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna

    [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

86. أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةٗ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ٨٦

    37:86

    a-if'kan ālihatan dūna l-lahi turīdūna

    Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?

87. فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٨٧

    37:87

    famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīna

    Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"

88. فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ٨٨

    37:88

    fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūmi

    And he cast a look at the stars.

89. فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ٨٩

    37:89

    faqāla innī saqīmun

    And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."

90. فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ٩٠

    37:90

    fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīna

    So they turned away from him, departing.

91. فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ٩١

    37:91

    farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūna

    Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?

92. مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ٩٢

    37:92

    mā lakum lā tanṭiqūna

    What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?".

93. فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ٩٣

    37:93

    farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīni

    And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.

94. فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ٩٤

    37:94

    fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūna

    Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.

95. قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ٩٥

    37:95

    qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūna

    He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,

96. وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ٩٦

    37:96

    wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūna

    While Allāh created you and that which you do?"

97. قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٩٧

    37:97

    qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi

    They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."

98. فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ٩٨

    37:98

    fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna

    And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.

99. وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ٩٩

    37:99

    waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīni

    And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.

100. رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ١٠٠

     37:100

     rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīna

     My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

101. فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ١٠١

     37:101

     fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīmin

     So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

102. 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 ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ١٠٢

     37:102

     falammā balagha maʿahu l-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fī l-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fa-unẓur mādhā tarā qāla yāabati if'ʿal mā tu'maru satajidunī in shāa l-lahu mina l-ṣābirīna

     And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."

103. فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ١٠٣

     37:103

     falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīni

     And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,

104. وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ١٠٤

     37:104

     wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīmu

     We called to him, "O Abraham,

105. قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ١٠٥

     37:105

     qad ṣaddaqta l-ru'yā innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

     You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

106. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ١٠٦

     37:106

     inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīnu

     Indeed, this was the clear trial.

107. وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمٖ١٠٧

     37:107

     wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīmin

     And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

108. وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ١٠٨

     37:108

     wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

     And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

109. سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ١٠٩

     37:109

     salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīma

     "Peace upon Abraham."

110. كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ١١٠

     37:110

     kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

     Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

111. إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ١١١

     37:111

     innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

     Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

112. وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ١١٢

     37:112

     wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīna

     And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.

113. وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنٞ وَظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينٞ١١٣

     37:113

     wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā is'ḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥ'sinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīnun

     And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].

114. وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ١١٤

     37:114

     walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūna

     And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

115. وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ١١٥

     37:115

     wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

     And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

116. وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ١١٦

     37:116

     wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīna

     And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

117. وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِينَ١١٧

     37:117

     waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīna

     And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],

118. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ١١٨

     37:118

     wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma

     And We guided them on the straight path.

119. وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ١١٩

     37:119

     wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīna

     And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

120. سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ١٢٠

     37:120

     salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūna

     "Peace upon Moses and Aaron."

121. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ١٢١

     37:121

     innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

     Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

122. إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ١٢٢

     37:122

     innahumā min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

     Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.

123. وَإِنَّ إِلۡيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٢٣

     37:123

     wa-inna il'yāsa lamina l-mur'salīna

     And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

124. إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ١٢٤

     37:124

     idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūna

     When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?

125. أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلٗا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ١٢٥

     37:125

     atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīna

     Do you call upon Baʿl and leave the best of creators -

126. ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ١٢٦

     37:126

     al-laha rabbakum warabba ābāikumu l-awalīna

     Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"

127. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ١٢٧

     37:127

     fakadhabūhu fa-innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna

     And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],

128. إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ١٢٨

     37:128

     illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

     Except the chosen servants of Allāh.

129. وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ١٢٩

     37:129

     wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna

     And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

130. سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلۡ يَاسِينَ١٣٠

     37:130

     salāmun ʿalā il yāsīna

     "Peace upon Elias."

131. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ١٣١

     37:131

     innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

     Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

132. إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ١٣٢

     37:132

     innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna

     Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

133. وَإِنَّ لُوطٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٣٣

     37:133

     wa-inna lūṭan lamina l-mur'salīna

     And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

134. إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ١٣٤

     37:134

     idh najjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna

     [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

135. إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ١٣٥

     37:135

     illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

     Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].

136. ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ١٣٦

     37:136

     thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna

     Then We destroyed the others.

137. وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ١٣٧

     37:137

     wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīna

     And indeed, you pass by them in the morning

138. وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ١٣٨

     37:138

     wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūna

     And at night. Then will you not use reason?

139. وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٣٩

     37:139

     wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīna

     And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

140. إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ١٤٠

     37:140

     idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

     [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

141. فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ١٤١

     37:141

     fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīna

     And he drew lots and was among the losers.

142. فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ١٤٢

     37:142

     fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmun

     Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

143. فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ١٤٣

     37:143

     falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīna

     And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

144. لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ١٤٤

     37:144

     lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

     He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.

145. ۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ١٤٥

     37:145

     fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmun

     But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

146. وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ١٤٦

     37:146

     wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin

     And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.

147. وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ١٤٧

     37:147

     wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūna

     And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

148. فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ١٤٨

     37:148

     faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin

     And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.

149. فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ١٤٩

     37:149

     fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūna

     So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?

150. أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ١٥٠

     37:150

     am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna

     Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

151. أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ١٥١

     37:151

     alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūna

     Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

152. وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ١٥٢

     37:152

     walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūna

     "Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

153. أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِينَ١٥٣

     37:153

     aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna

     Has He chosen daughters over sons?

154. مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ١٥٤

     37:154

     mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna

     What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

155. أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ١٥٥

     37:155

     afalā tadhakkarūna

     Then will you not be reminded?

156. أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞ مُّبِينٞ١٥٦

     37:156

     am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnun

     Or do you have a clear authority?

157. فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ١٥٧

     37:157

     fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīna

     Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

158. وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبٗاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ١٥٨

     37:158

     wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna

     And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].

159. سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ١٥٩

     37:159

     sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna

     Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,

160. إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ١٦٠

     37:160

     illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

     Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].

161. فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ١٦١

     37:161

     fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūna

     So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,

162. مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ١٦٢

     37:162

     mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīna

     You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

163. إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ١٦٣

     37:163

     illā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīmi

     Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.

164. وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ١٦٤

     37:164

     wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūmun

     [The angels say], "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.

165. وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ١٦٥

     37:165

     wa-innā lanaḥnu l-ṣāfūna

     And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].

166. وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ١٦٦

     37:166

     wa-innā lanaḥnu l-musabiḥūna

     And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."

167. وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ١٦٧

     37:167

     wa-in kānū layaqūlūna

     And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,

168. لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ١٦٨

     37:168

     law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīna

     "If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

169. لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ١٦٩

     37:169

     lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

     We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."

170. فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ١٧٠

     37:170

     fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūna

     But they disbelieved in it, so they are going to know.

171. وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٧١

     37:171

     walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā l-mur'salīna

     And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,

172. إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ١٧٢

     37:172

     innahum lahumu l-manṣūrūna

     [That] indeed, they would be those given victory

173. وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ١٧٣

     37:173

     wa-inna jundanā lahumu l-ghālibūna

     And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.

174. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ١٧٤

     37:174

     fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

     So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.

175. وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ١٧٥

     37:175

     wa-abṣir'hum fasawfa yub'ṣirūna

     And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.

176. أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ١٧٦

     37:176

     afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

     Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

177. فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ١٧٧

     37:177

     fa-idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīna

     But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

178. وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ١٧٨

     37:178

     watawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

     And leave them for a time.

179. وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ١٧٩

     37:179

     wa-abṣir fasawfa yub'ṣirūna

     And see, for they are going to see.

180. سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ١٨٠

     37:180

     sub'ḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizati ʿammā yaṣifūna

     Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.

181. وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٨١

     37:181

     wasalāmun ʿalā l-mur'salīna

     And peace upon the messengers.

182. وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ١٨٢

     37:182

     wal-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

     And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.