وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّا ١
wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffan
1. By those [angels] lined up in rows
Surah As-Saffat transliteration
سورة الصافات
Here is Surah As-Saffat (“Those Who Set the Ranks”) in transliteration: each of its 182 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا ٢
fal-zājirāti zajran
2. And those who drive [the clouds]
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا ٣
fal-tāliyāti dhik'ran
3. And those who recite the message,1286
Notes
[1286] To the prophets or among themselves. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) swears by these three kinds of angels to the fact mentioned in the following verse.
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ ٤
inna ilāhakum lawāḥidun
4. Indeed, your God is One,
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ ٥
rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriqi
5. Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.1287
Notes
[1287] i.e., each point or place of sunrise.
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ٦
innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākibi
6. Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ ٧
waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridin
7. And as protection against every rebellious devil
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ ٨
lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibin
8. [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,1288
Notes
[1288] By flaming meteors.
دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ ٩
duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun
9. Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ١٠
illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun
10. Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ ١١
fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin
11. 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.
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ١٢
bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūna
12. But you wonder, while they mock,
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ١٣
wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūna
13. And when they are reminded, they remember not.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ١٤
wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūna
14. And when they see a sign, they ridicule.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٥
waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun
15. And say, "This is not but obvious magic.
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ١٦
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
16. When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ١٧
awaābāunā l-awalūna
17. And our forefathers [as well]?"
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ١٨
qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūna
18. Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩
fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūna
19. It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠
waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīni
20. They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢١
hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna
21. [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."
ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٢٢
uḥ'shurū alladhīna ẓalamū wa-azwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūna
22. [The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds,1289 and what they used to worship
Notes
[1289] Those similar to them in evil deeds. Another possible meaning is "their wives."
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٢٣
min dūni l-lahi fa-ih'dūhum ilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīmi
23. Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire
وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ ٢٤
waqifūhum innahum masūlūna
24. And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ٢٥
mā lakum lā tanāṣarūna
25. [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"
بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ ٢٦
bal humu l-yawma mus'taslimūna
26. But they, that Day, are in surrender.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٧
wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna
27. And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ٢٨
qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīni
28. They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."1290
Notes
[1290] i.e., from our position of strength, oppressing us. Or from where we would have grasped the truth, preventing us.
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ٢٩
qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīna
29. They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَٰغِينَ ٣٠
wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna
30. And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ٣١
faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāiqūna
31. So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].
فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ ٣٢
fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīna
32. And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ٣٣
fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna
33. So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ٣٤
innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna
34. Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ٣٥
innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūna
35. Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ٣٦
wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin
36. And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٣٧
bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīna
37. Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ ٣٨
innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīmi
38. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٣٩
wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna
39. And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ٤٠
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
40. But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ٤١
ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmun
41. Those will have a provision determined -
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ٤٢
fawākihu wahum muk'ramūna
42. Fruits;1291 and they will be honored
Notes
[1291] Meaning everything delicious.
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٤٣
fī jannāti l-naʿīmi
43. In gardens of pleasure
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٤
ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna
44. On thrones facing one another.
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ٤٥
yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīnin
45. There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ٤٦
bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīna
46. White and delicious to the drinkers;
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ٤٧
lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūna
47. No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ٤٨
waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīnun
48. And with them will be women limiting [their] glances,1292 with large, [beautiful] eyes,
Notes
[1292] i.e., chaste and modest, looking only at their mates.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ٤٩
ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnun
49. As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٥٠
fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna
50. And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ ٥١
qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnun
51. A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ٥٢
yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīna
52. Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna
53. That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ٥٤
qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūna
54. He will say,1293 "Would you [care to] look?"
Notes
[1293] To his companions in Paradise.
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٥٥
fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīmi
55. And he will look and see him1294 in the midst of the Hellfire.
Notes
[1294] The companion who had tried to dissuade him from belief on earth.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ٥٦
qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīni
56. He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ٥٧
walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna
57. If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ٥٨
afamā naḥnu bimayyitīna
58. Then, are we not to die
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩
illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
59. Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٦٠
inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
60. Indeed, this is the great attainment.
لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ ٦١
limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūna
61. For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢
adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūmi
62. Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٣
innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīna
63. Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٦٤
innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīmi
64. Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٦٥
ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīni
65. Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ٦٦
fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna
66. And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ٦٧
thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmin
67. Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٦٨
thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīmi
68. Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ٦٩
innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīna
69. Indeed they found their fathers astray.
فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ٧٠
fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūna
70. So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٧١
walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīna
71. And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٧٢
walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīna
72. And We had already sent among them warners.
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ٧٣
fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīna
73. Then look how was the end of those who were warned -
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ٧٤
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
74. But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ٧٥
walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūna
75. And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٧٦
wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi
76. And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.
وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ٧٧
wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīna
77. And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ٧٨
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna
78. And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٩
salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīna
79. "Peace upon Noah among the worlds."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ٨٠
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
80. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨١
innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
81. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ٨٢
thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna
82. Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].
وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٨٣
wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīma
83. And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,
إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ٨٤
idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīmin
84. When he came to his Lord with a sound heart
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٨٥
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna
85. [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?
أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ٨٦
a-if'kan ālihatan dūna l-lahi turīdūna
86. Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧
famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīna
87. Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ ٨٨
fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūmi
88. And he cast a look at the stars
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ ٨٩
faqāla innī saqīmun
89. And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."
فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ ٩٠
fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīna
90. So they turned away from him, departing.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٩١
farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūna
91. Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?1295
Notes
[1295] Consume the offerings placed before them.
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ٩٢
mā lakum lā tanṭiqūna
92. What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?"
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٩٣
farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīni
93. And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.
فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ ٩٤
fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūna
94. Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ٩٥
qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūna
95. He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ٩٦
wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūna
96. While Allāh created you and that which you do?"
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٩٧
qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi
97. They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ٩٨
fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna
98. And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.
وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ٩٩
waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīni
99. And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠٠
rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīna
100. My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."
فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ ١٠١
fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīmin
101. So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٠٢
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
102. And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion,1296 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."
Notes
[1296] i.e., the ability to work and be of assistance.
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ١٠٣
falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīni
103. And when they had both submitted1297 and he put him down upon his forehead,
Notes
[1297] To the command of Allāh.
وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ١٠٤
wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīmu
104. We called to him, "O Abraham,
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٠٥
qad ṣaddaqta l-ru'yā innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
105. You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ ١٠٦
inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīnu
106. Indeed, this was the clear trial.
وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٠٧
wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīmin
107. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,1298
Notes
[1298] Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) sent a huge ram to be sacrificed in place of Ishmael.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ١٠٨
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna
108. And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ١٠٩
salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīma
109. "Peace upon Abraham."
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١١٠
kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
110. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١١
innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
111. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١١٢
wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīna
112. And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.1299
Notes
[1299] This verifies that the firstborn son who was to be sacrificed was Ishmael and not Isaac, as claimed by the Jews and Christians.
وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ ١١٣
wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā is'ḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥ'sinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīnun
113. And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١١٤
walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūna
114. And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ١١٥
wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi
115. And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,
وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ١١٦
wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīna
116. And We supported them so it was they who overcame.
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ ١١٧
waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīna
117. And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ١١٨
wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma
118. And We guided them on the straight path.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ١١٩
wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīna
119. And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١٢٠
salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūna
120. "Peace upon Moses and Aaron."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٢١
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
121. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٢٢
innahumā min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
122. Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٢٣
wa-inna il'yāsa lamina l-mur'salīna
123. And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤
idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūna
124. When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ ١٢٥
atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīna
125. Do you call upon Baʿl1300 and leave the best of creators -
Notes
[1300] The name of a great idol worshipped by the people and said to mean "lord."
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٢٦
al-laha rabbakum warabba ābāikumu l-awalīna
126. Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ١٢٧
fakadhabūhu fa-innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna
127. And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ١٢٨
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
128. Except the chosen servants of Allāh.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ١٢٩
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna
129. And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ١٣٠
salāmun ʿalā il yāsīna
130. "Peace upon Elias."1301
Notes
[1301] Ilyāseen is said by some commentators to be a plural form, meaning "Elias and those who followed him."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٣١
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
131. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٣٢
innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
132. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٣٣
wa-inna lūṭan lamina l-mur'salīna
133. And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ١٣٤
idh najjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna
134. [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ١٣٥
illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna
135. Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ١٣٦
thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna
136. Then We destroyed the others.
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ ١٣٧
wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīna
137. And indeed, you pass by them in the morning
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ١٣٨
wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūna
138. And at night. Then will you not use reason?
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٣٩
wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīna
139. And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ١٤٠
idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni
140. [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ ١٤١
fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīna
141. And he drew lots1302 and was among the losers.
Notes
[1302] To determine who would be cast overboard in order to save the other passengers. Having been overloaded, the ship was on the verge of sinking.
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ١٤٢
fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmun
142. Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.1303
Notes
[1303] For having given up hope on his people prematurely and having left them without permission from Allāh.
فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ ١٤٣
falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīna
143. And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,
لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ١٤٤
lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
144. He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.1304
Notes
[1304] Meaning that the belly of the fish would have become his grave.
فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ ١٤٥
fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmun
145. But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ ١٤٦
wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin
146. And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.1305
Notes
[1305] Which is known to give cooling shade and to be a repellent of flies.
وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧
wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūna
147. And We sent him1306 to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.
Notes
[1306] i.e., returned him thereafter.
فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ١٤٨
faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin
148. And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ١٤٩
fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūna
149. So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?1307
Notes
[1307] The people of Makkah claimed that the angels were daughters of Allāh, yet they preferred sons for themselves.
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ ١٥٠
am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna
150. Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٥١
alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūna
151. Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٥٢
walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūna
152. "Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.
أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ ١٥٣
aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna
153. Has He chosen daughters over sons?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ١٥٤
mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna
154. What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٥٥
afalā tadhakkarūna
155. Then will you not be reminded?
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٥٦
am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnun
156. Or do you have a clear authority?1308
Notes
[1308] i.e., evidence.
فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٥٧
fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīna
157. Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ١٥٨
wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna
158. 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].
سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٥٩
sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna
159. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ١٦٠
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
160. Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ ١٦١
fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūna
161. So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,
مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ ١٦٢
mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīna
162. You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him
إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ١٦٣
illā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīmi
163. Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.1309
Notes
[1309] Due to his disbelief and evil deeds.
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ١٦٤
wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūmun
164. [The angels say],1310 "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.1311
Notes
[1310] Refuting what the disbelievers had said about them.
[1311] For worship. Or "an assigned task" to perform.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ١٦٥
wa-innā lanaḥnu l-ṣāfūna
165. And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ ١٦٦
wa-innā lanaḥnu l-musabiḥūna
166. And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٦٧
wa-in kānū layaqūlūna
167. And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,1312
Notes
[1312] Before the revelation of the Qur’ān.
لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٦٨
law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīna
168. "If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ١٦٩
lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
169. We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."
فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ١٧٠
fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūna
170. But they disbelieved in it,1313 so they are going to know.
Notes
[1313] i.e., in their own message, the Qur’ān.
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٧١
walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā l-mur'salīna
171. And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ ١٧٢
innahum lahumu l-manṣūrūna
172. [That] indeed, they would be those given victory
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ ١٧٣
wa-inna jundanā lahumu l-ghālibūna
173. And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.1314
Notes
[1314] If not in this world, then definitely in the Hereafter.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ١٧٤
fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin
174. So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ١٧٥
wa-abṣir'hum fasawfa yub'ṣirūna
175. And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ١٧٦
afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna
176. Then for Our punishment are they impatient?
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٧
fa-idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīna
177. But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ١٧٨
watawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin
178. And leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ١٧٩
wa-abṣir fasawfa yub'ṣirūna
179. And see, for they are going to see.
سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٨٠
sub'ḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizati ʿammā yaṣifūna
180. Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٨١
wasalāmun ʿalā l-mur'salīna
181. And peace upon the messengers.
وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٢
wal-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna
182. And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
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