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Surah 37 · 182 ayat

As-Saaffaat

Those drawn up in Ranks

الصافات

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

37:1

وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا

PickthallBy those who set the ranks in battle order

37:2

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

PickthallAnd those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

37:3

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

PickthallAnd those who read (the Word) for a reminder,

37:4

إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

PickthallLo! thy Lord is surely One;

37:5

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ

PickthallLord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.

37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

PickthallLo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

37:7

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

PickthallWith security from every froward devil.

37:8

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

PickthallThey cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

37:9

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

PickthallOutcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

37:10

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

PickthallSave him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.

37:11

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

PickthallThen ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

PickthallNay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

37:13

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

PickthallAnd heed not when they are reminded,

37:14

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

PickthallAnd seek to scoff when they behold a portent.

37:15

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallAnd they say: Lo! this is mere magic;

37:16

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

PickthallWhen we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?

37:17

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

PickthallAnd our forefathers?

37:18

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

PickthallSay (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

37:19

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

PickthallThere is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,

37:20

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

PickthallAnd say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.

37:21

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

PickthallThis is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.

37:22

ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

Pickthall(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

37:23

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallInstead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;

37:24

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

PickthallAnd stop them, for they must be questioned.

37:25

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

PickthallWhat aileth you that ye help not one another?

37:26

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

PickthallNay, but this day they make full submission.

37:27

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

37:28

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

PickthallThey say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).

37:29

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallThey answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.

37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ

PickthallWe had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.

37:31

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

PickthallNow the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).

37:32

فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ

PickthallThus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.

37:33

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

PickthallThen lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.

37:34

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

PickthallLo! thus deal We with the guilty.

37:35

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

PickthallFor when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they were scornful

37:36

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

PickthallAnd said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?

37:37

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallNay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).

37:38

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

PickthallLo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom –

37:39

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

PickthallYe are requited naught save what ye did –

37:40

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah;

37:41

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

PickthallFor them there is a known provision,

37:42

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

PickthallFruits. And they will be honoured

37:43

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

PickthallIn the Gardens of delight,

37:44

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

PickthallOn couches facing one another;

37:45

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

PickthallA cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,

37:46

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

PickthallWhite, delicious to the drinkers,

37:47

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

PickthallWherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.

37:48

وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

PickthallAnd with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,

37:49

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

Pickthall(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).

37:50

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

37:51

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

PickthallA speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

37:52

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

PickthallWho used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?

37:53

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

PickthallCan we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones – can we (then) verily be brought to book?

37:54

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

PickthallHe saith: Will ye look?

37:55

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallThen looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.

37:56

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

PickthallHe saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,

37:57

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

PickthallAnd had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).

37:58

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

PickthallAre we then not to die

37:59

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

PickthallSaving our former death, and are we not to be punished?

37:60

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

PickthallLo! this is the supreme triumph.

37:61

لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ

PickthallFor the like of this, then, let the workers work.

37:62

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

PickthallIs this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?

37:63

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

PickthallLo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.

37:64

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallLo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.

37:65

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ

PickthallIts crop is as it were the heads of devils

37:66

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

PickthallAnd lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.

37:67

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

PickthallAnd afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

37:68

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallAnd afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.

37:69

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

PickthallThey indeed found their fathers astray,

37:70

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

PickthallBut they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.

37:71

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallAnd verily most of the men of old went astray before them,

37:72

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

PickthallAnd verily We sent among them warners.

37:73

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

PickthallThen see the nature of the consequence for those warned,

37:74

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah.

37:75

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ

PickthallAnd Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer.

37:76

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

PickthallAnd We saved him and his household from the great distress,

37:77

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

PickthallAnd made his seed the survivors,

37:78

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

PickthallAnd left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

37:79

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallPeace be unto Noah among the peoples!

37:80

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

PickthallLo! thus do We reward the good.

37:81

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! he is one of Our believing slaves.

37:82

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

PickthallThen We did drown the others.

37:83

وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

PickthallAnd lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

37:84

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

PickthallWhen he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;

37:85

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

PickthallWhen he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?

37:86

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

PickthallIs it a falsehood – gods beside Allah – that ye desire?

37:87

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallWhat then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?

37:88

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ

PickthallAnd he glanced a glance at the stars

37:89

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

PickthallThen said: Lo! I feel sick!

37:90

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

PickthallAnd they turned their backs and went away from him.

37:91

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

PickthallThen turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?

37:92

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

PickthallWhat aileth you that ye speak not?

37:93

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

PickthallThen he attacked them, striking with his right hand.

37:94

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

PickthallAnd (his people) came toward him, hastening.

37:95

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

PickthallHe said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve

37:96

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

PickthallWhen Allah hath created you and what ye make?

37:97

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallThey said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.

37:98

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

PickthallAnd they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.

37:99

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

PickthallAnd he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.

37:100

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

PickthallMy Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.

37:101

فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

PickthallSo We gave him tidings of a gentle son.

37:102

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

PickthallAnd when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.

37:103

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

PickthallThen, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,

37:104

وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

PickthallWe called unto him: O Abraham!

37:105

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

PickthallThou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good.

37:106

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ

PickthallLo! that verily was a clear test.

37:107

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

PickthallThen We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.

37:108

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

PickthallAnd We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

37:109

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

PickthallPeace be unto Abraham!

37:110

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

PickthallThus do We reward the good.

37:111

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! he is one of Our believing slaves.

37:112

وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

PickthallAnd we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.

37:113

وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ

PickthallAnd We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.

37:114

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

PickthallAnd We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,

37:115

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

PickthallAnd saved them and their people from the great distress,

37:116

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

PickthallAnd helped them so that they became the victors.

37:117

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

PickthallAnd We gave them the clear Scripture

37:118

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

PickthallAnd showed them the right path.

37:119

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

PickthallAnd We left for them among the later folk (the salutation):

37:120

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

PickthallPeace be unto Moses and Aaron!

37:121

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

PickthallLo! thus do We reward the good.

37:122

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! they are two of Our believing slaves.

37:123

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),

37:124

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

37:125

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

PickthallWill ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,

37:126

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallAllah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?

37:127

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

PickthallBut they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)

37:128

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah.

37:129

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

PickthallAnd we left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

37:130

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

PickthallPeace be unto Elias!

37:131

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

PickthallLo! thus do We reward the good.

37:132

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! he is one of our believing slaves.

37:133

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).

37:134

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

PickthallWhen We saved him and his household, every one,

37:135

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

PickthallSave an old woman among those who stayed behind;

37:136

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

PickthallThen We destroyed the others.

37:137

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning

37:138

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

PickthallAnd at night-time; have ye then no sense?

37:139

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)

37:140

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

PickthallWhen he fled unto the laden ship,

37:141

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

PickthallAnd then drew lots and was of those rejected;

37:142

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

PickthallAnd the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;

37:143

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

PickthallAnd had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)

37:144

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

PickthallHe would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;

37:145

فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

PickthallThen We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;

37:146

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ

PickthallAnd We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;

37:147

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

PickthallAnd We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more

37:148

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

PickthallAnd they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.

37:149

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

PickthallNow ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?

37:150

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ

PickthallOr created We the angels females while they were present?

37:151

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

PickthallLo! it is of their falsehood that they say:

37:152

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

PickthallAllah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.

37:153

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

Pickthall(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.

37:154

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

PickthallWhat aileth you? How judge ye?

37:155

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

PickthallWill ye not then reflect?

37:156

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallOr have ye a clear warrant?

37:157

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

PickthallThen produce your writ, if ye are truthful.

37:158

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

PickthallAnd they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him).

37:159

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

PickthallGlorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),

37:160

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah.

37:161

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

PickthallLo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,

37:162

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ

PickthallYe cannot excite (anyone) against Him.

37:163

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallSave him who is to burn in hell.

37:164

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

PickthallThere is not one of us but hath his known position.

37:165

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

PickthallLo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,

37:166

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

PickthallLo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise

37:167

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

PickthallAnd indeed they used to say:

37:168

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallIf we had but a reminder from the men of old

37:169

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

PickthallWe would be single-minded slaves of Allah.

37:170

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

PickthallYet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.

37:171

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallAnd verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)

37:172

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

PickthallThat they verily would be helped,

37:173

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

PickthallAnd that Our host, they verily would be the victors.

37:174

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

PickthallSo withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,

37:175

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

PickthallAnd watch, for they will (soon) see.

37:176

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

PickthallWould they hasten on Our doom?

37:177

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

PickthallBut when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morning for those who have been warned.

37:178

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

PickthallWithdraw from them awhile

37:179

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

PickthallAnd watch, for they will (soon) see.

37:180

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

PickthallGlorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)

37:181

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallAnd peace be unto those sent (to warn).

37:182

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!

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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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