Surah As-Saffat · Those who set the Ranks

وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا ۝١

wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffā

By those [angels] lined up in rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا ۝٢

fal-zājirāti zajrā

And those who drive [the clouds]

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ۝٣

fal-tāliyāti dhik'rā

And those who recite the message,

إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ ۝٤

inna ilāhakum lawāḥid

Indeed, your God is One,

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ ۝٥

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

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

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ۝٦

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

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

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ ۝٧

waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin mārid

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 jānib

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

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ ۝٩

duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣib

Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ۝١٠

illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqib

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 خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ ۝١١

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

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 wayaskharūn

But you wonder, while they mock,

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ۝١٣

wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn

And when they are reminded, they remember not.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ۝١٤

wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūn

And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٥

waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīn

And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ۝١٦

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

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

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۝١٧

awaābāunā l-awalūn

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ۝١٨

qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūn

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ۝١٩

fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūn

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

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٢٠

waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīn

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

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢١

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

[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 yaʿbudūn

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

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٢٣

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

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

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ ۝٢٤

waqifūhum innahum masūlūn

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

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ۝٢٥

mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn

[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'taslimūn

But they, that Day, are in surrender.

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٢٧

wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

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-yamīn

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

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٢٩

qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīn

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

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ ۝٣٠

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

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 ladhāiqūn

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

فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ ۝٣٢

fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn

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

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ۝٣٣

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

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

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٤

innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ۝٣٥

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

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 majnūn

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'salīn

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-alīm

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

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٣٩

wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn

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

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝٤٠

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ۝٤١

ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūm

Those will have a provision determined -

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ۝٤٢

fawākihu wahum muk'ramūn

Fruits; and they will be honored

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٤٣

fī jannāti l-naʿīm

In gardens of pleasure

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ۝٤٤

ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn

On thrones facing one another.

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ۝٤٥

yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīn

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

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ ۝٤٦

bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīn

White and delicious to the drinkers;

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ۝٤٧

lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūn

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

وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ۝٤٨

waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīn

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

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ۝٤٩

ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūn

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

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٥٠

fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

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 qarīn

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

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ۝٥٢

yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīn

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

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ۝٥٣

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

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

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ۝٥٤

qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn

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

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٥٥

fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīm

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

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ۝٥٦

qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīn

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

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ۝٥٧

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

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

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ۝٥٨

afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn

Then, are we not to die

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ۝٥٩

illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

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

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝٦٠

inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

Indeed, this is the great attainment.

لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ ۝٦١

limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūn

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

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٦٢

adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūm

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

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ۝٦٣

innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīn

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

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٦٤

innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīm

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

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۝٦٥

ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīn

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-buṭūn

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 ḥamīm

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٦٨

thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīm

Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ۝٦٩

innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīn

Indeed they found their fathers astray.

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ۝٧٠

fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūn

So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٧١

walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīn

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

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ۝٧٢

walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn

And We had already sent among them warners.

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ۝٧٣

fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīn

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

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝٧٤

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ۝٧٥

walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūn

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

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٧٦

wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīm

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

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ۝٧٧

wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīn

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

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝٧٨

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

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

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٧٩

salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīn

"Peace upon Noah among the worlds."

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝٨٠

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨١

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ۝٨٢

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

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

۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝٨٣

wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīm

And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ۝٨٤

idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīm

When he came to his Lord with a sound heart

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝٨٥

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūn

[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 turīdūn

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

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٨٧

famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٨٨

fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūm

And he cast a look at the stars.

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ ۝٨٩

faqāla innī saqīm

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

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ ۝٩٠

fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīn

So they turned away from him, departing.

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٩١

farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūn

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

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ۝٩٢

mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn

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

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٩٣

farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīn

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

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ ۝٩٤

fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn

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

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ۝٩٥

qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn

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

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٩٦

wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūn

While Allāh created you and that which you do?"

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٩٧

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

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

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ۝٩٨

fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīn

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 sayahdīn

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

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ۝١٠٠

rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīn

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

فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ ۝١٠١

fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm

So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

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 ۝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-ṣābirīn

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."

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ۝١٠٣

falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīn

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

وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۝١٠٤

wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīm

We called to him, "O Abraham,

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٠٥

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

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

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ ۝١٠٦

inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīn

Indeed, this was the clear trial.

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝١٠٧

wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīm

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝١٠٨

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

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

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝١٠٩

salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīm

"Peace upon Abraham."

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١١٠

kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١١١

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ۝١١٢

wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīn

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

وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ ۝١١٣

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

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 وَهَـٰرُونَ ۝١١٤

walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūn

And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝١١٥

wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīm

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

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ۝١١٦

wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīn

And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ ۝١١٧

waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīn

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

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝١١٨

wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīm

And We guided them on the straight path.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝١١٩

wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīn

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

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ۝١٢٠

salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūn

"Peace upon Moses and Aaron."

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٢١

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٢٢

innahumā min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٢٣

wa-inna il'yāsa lamina l-mur'salīn

And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūn

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

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ ۝١٢٥

atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīn

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

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٢٦

al-laha rabbakum warabba ābāikumu l-awalīn

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

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ۝١٢٧

fakadhabūhu fa-innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūn

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

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٢٨

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

Except the chosen servants of Allāh.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝١٢٩

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

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

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ۝١٣٠

salāmun ʿalā il yāsīn

"Peace upon Elias."

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٣١

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٣٢

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٣٣

wa-inna lūṭan lamina l-mur'salīn

And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝١٣٤

idh najjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

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

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ۝١٣٥

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

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

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ۝١٣٦

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

Then We destroyed the others.

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ ۝١٣٧

wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīn

And indeed, you pass by them in the morning

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝١٣٨

wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūn

And at night. Then will you not use reason?

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٣٩

wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīn

And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ۝١٤٠

idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn

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

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ ۝١٤١

fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīn

And he drew lots and was among the losers.

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ۝١٤٢

fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīm

Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ ۝١٤٣

falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīn

And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝١٤٤

lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn

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

۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ ۝١٤٥

fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīm

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

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ ۝١٤٦

wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīn

And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ۝١٤٧

wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūn

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

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ۝١٤٨

faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn

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-banūn

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

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ ۝١٥٠

am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūn

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

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝١٥١

alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūn

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

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ۝١٥٢

walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūn

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

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ ۝١٥٣

aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīn

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ۝١٥٤

mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn

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

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝١٥٥

afalā tadhakkarūn

Then will you not be reminded?

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٥٦

am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīn

Or do you have a clear authority?

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ۝١٥٧

fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn

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'ḍarūn

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].

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝١٥٩

sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūn

Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٦٠

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

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

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝١٦١

fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūn

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

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ ۝١٦٢

mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīn

You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝١٦٣

illā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīm

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

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ۝١٦٤

wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūm

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ۝١٦٥

wa-innā lanaḥnu l-ṣāfūn

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ ۝١٦٦

wa-innā lanaḥnu l-musabiḥūn

And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝١٦٧

wa-in kānū layaqūlūn

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

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٦٨

law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīn

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

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٦٩

lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٧٠

fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūn

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

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٧١

walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā l-mur'salīn

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

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ ۝١٧٢

innahum lahumu l-manṣūrūn

[That] indeed, they would be those given victory

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ۝١٧٣

wa-inna jundanā lahumu l-ghālibūn

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

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ۝١٧٤

fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn

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

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝١٧٥

wa-abṣir'hum fasawfa yub'ṣirūn

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

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ۝١٧٦

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ۝١٧٧

fa-idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīn

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 ḥīn

And leave them for a time.

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝١٧٩

wa-abṣir fasawfa yub'ṣirūn

And see, for they are going to see.

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝١٨٠

sub'ḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizati ʿammā yaṣifūn

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

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٨١

wasalāmun ʿalā l-mur'salīn

And peace upon the messengers.

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝١٨٢

wal-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.