37

Surah As-Saffat

الصافات · Those Who Set the Ranks · Meccan · 182 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

37:1

وَالصّٰۤفّٰتِ صَفًّاۙ ۝١

Waṣ-ṣōffāti ṣoffā

1. By the aligners aligning.

37:2

فَالزّٰجِرٰتِ زَجْرًاۙ ۝٢

Faz-zājirōti zajrō

2. And the drivers driving.

37:3

فَالتّٰلِيٰتِ ذِكْرًاۙ ۝٣

Fat-tāliyāti żikrō

3. And the reciters of the Reminder.

37:4

اِنَّ اِلٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌۗ ۝٤

Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid

4. Your god is indeed One.

37:5

رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِۗ ۝٥

Robbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā wa robbul-masyāriq

5. Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them; and Lord of the Easts.

37:6

اِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاۤءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِيْنَةِ ِۨالْكَوَاكِبِۙ ۝٦

Innā zayyannas-samā-ad-dun-yā bizīnatinil-kawākib

6. We have adorned the lower heaven with the beauty of the planets.

37:7

وَحِفْظًا مِّنْ كُلِّ شَيْطٰنٍ مَّارِدٍۚ ۝٧

Wa ḥifẓom min kulli syaiṭōnim mārid

7. And guarded it against every defiant devil.

37:8

لَا يَسَّمَّعُوْنَ اِلَى الْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰى وَيُقْذَفُوْنَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍۖ ۝٨

Lā yassammā‘ūna ilal-mala'il-a‘lā wa yuqżafūna min kulli jānib

8. They cannot eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite, for they get bombarded from every side.

37:9

دُحُوْرًا وَّلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَّاصِبٌ ۝٩

Duḥūrow wa lahum ‘ażābuw wāṣib

9. Repelled—they will have a lingering torment.

37:10

اِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ۝١٠

Illā man khoṭifal-khoṭfata fa'atba‘ahū syihābun ṡāqib

10. Except for him who snatches a fragment—he gets pursued by a piercing projectile.

37:11

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَهُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمْ مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ۗاِنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ طِيْنٍ لَّازِبٍ ۝١١

Fastaftihim ahum asyaddu kholqon am man kholaqnā, innā kholaqnāhum min ṭīnil lāzib

11. Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or the others We created?” We created them from sticky clay.

37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُوْنَ ۖ ۝١٢

Bal ‘ajibta wa yaskhorūn

12. But you wonder, and they ridicule.

37:13

وَاِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا لَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ ۖ ۝١٣

Wa iżā żukkirū lā yażkurūn

13. And when reminded, they pay no attention.

37:14

وَاِذَا رَاَوْا اٰيَةً يَّسْتَسْخِرُوْنَۖ ۝١٤

Wa iżā ro'au āyatay yastaskhirūn

14. And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

37:15

وَقَالُوْٓا اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۚ ۝١٥

Wa qōlū in hāżā illā siḥrum mubīn

15. And they say, “This is nothing but plain magic.

37:16

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ ۝١٦

A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turōbaw wa ‘iẓōman a'innā lamab‘ūṡūn

16. When we have died and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?

37:17

اَوَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَۗ ۝١٧

Awa ābā-unal-awwalūn

17. And our ancestors of old?”

37:18

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَاَنْتُمْ دٰخِرُوْنَۚ ۝١٨

Qul na‘am wa antum dākhirūn

18. Say, “Yes indeed, and you will be totally subdued.”

37:19

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ فَاِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ ۝١٩

Fa'innamā hiya zajrotuw wāḥidatun fa'iżā hum yanẓurūn

19. It will be a single nudge, and they will be staring.

37:20

وَقَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَا هٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّيْنِ ۝٢٠

Wa qōlū yā wailanā hāżā yaumud-dīn

20. They will say, “Woe to us. This is the Day of Judgment.”

37:21

هٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٢١

Hāżā yaumul-faṣlil-lażī kuntum bihī tukażżibūn

21. “This is the Day of Separation which you used to deny.

37:22

اُحْشُرُوا الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا وَاَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوْا يَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٢

Uḥsyurul-lażīna ẓolamū wa azwājahum wa mā kānū ya‘budūn

22. Gather those who did wrong, and their mates, and what they used to worship.

37:23

مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ فَاهْدُوْهُمْ اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٢٣

Min dūnillāhi fahdūhum ilā ṣirōṭil-jaḥīm

23. Besides Allah, and lead them to the way to Hell.

37:24

وَقِفُوْهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ مَّسْـُٔوْلُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٤

Waqifūhum innahum mas'ūlūn

24. And stop them. They are to be questioned.”

37:25

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُوْنَ ۝٢٥

Mā lakum lā tanāṣorūn

25. What is the matter with you? Why do you not help one another?

37:26

بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُوْنَ ۝٢٦

Bal humul-yauma mustaslimūn

26. In fact, on that Day, they will be submissive.

37:27

وَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَ ۝٢٧

Wa aqbala ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍiy yatasā-alūn

27. They will come to one another, questioning one another.

37:28

قَالُوْٓا اِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُوْنَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٢٨

Qōlū innakum kuntum ta'tūnanā ‘anil-yamīn

28. They will say, “You used to come at us from the right.”

37:29

قَالُوْا بَلْ لَّمْ تَكُوْنُوْا مُؤْمِنِيْنَۚ ۝٢٩

Qōlū bal lam takūnū mu'minīn

29. They will say, “You yourselves were not believers.

37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍۚ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طٰغِيْنَ ۝٣٠

Wa mā kāna lanā ‘alaikum min sulṭōn, bal kuntum qouman ṭōghīn

30. We had no authority over you. You yourselves were rebellious people.

37:31

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖاِنَّا لَذَاۤىِٕقُوْنَ ۝٣١

Fa ḥaqqo ‘alainā qoulu robbinā, innā lażā-iqūn

31. The Word of our Lord has been realized against us. We are tasting it.

37:32

فَاَغْوَيْنٰكُمْ اِنَّا كُنَّا غٰوِيْنَ ۝٣٢

Fa aghwainākum innā kunnā ghōwīn

32. We seduced you. We were seducers.”

37:33

فَاِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ ۝٣٣

Fa innahum yauma'iżin fil-‘ażābi musytarikūn

33. On that Day, they will share in the punishment.

37:34

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٣٤

Innā każālika naf‘alu bil-mujrimīn

34. Thus We deal with the sinners.

37:35

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْٓا اِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ ۙ ۝٣٥

Innahum kānū iżā qīla lahum lā ilāha illallāhu yastakbirūn

35. When it was said to them, “There is no god except Allah,” they grew arrogant.

37:36

وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ اَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوْٓا اٰلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُوْنٍ ۗ ۝٣٦

Wa yaqūlūna a'innā latārikū ālihatinā lisyā‘irim majnūn

36. And said, “Are we to abandon our gods for a mad poet?”

37:37

بَلْ جَاۤءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۝٣٧

Bal jā-a bil-ḥaqqi wa ṣoddaqol-mursalīn

37. In fact, he came with the truth, and he confirmed the messengers.

37:38

اِنَّكُمْ لَذَاۤىِٕقُوا الْعَذَابِ الْاَلِيْمِ ۚ ۝٣٨

Innakum lażā-iqul-‘ażābil-alīm

38. Most assuredly, you will taste the painful punishment.

37:39

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَۙ ۝٣٩

Wa mā tujzauna illā mā kuntum ta‘malūn

39. And you will be repaid only for what you used to do.

37:40

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝٤٠

Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn

40. Except for Allah’s sincere servants.

37:41

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌۙ ۝٤١

Ulā-ika lahum rizqum ma‘lūm

41. For them is a known provision.

37:42

فَوَاكِهُ ۚوَهُمْ مُّكْرَمُوْنَۙ ۝٤٢

Fawākihu wa hum mukromūn

42. Fruits; and they will be honored.

37:43

فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِۙ ۝٤٣

Fī jannātin na‘īm

43. In the Gardens of Bliss.

37:44

عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ ۝٤٤

‘Alā sururim mutaqōbilīn

44. On furnishings, facing one another.

37:45

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِكَأْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍۢ ۙ ۝٤٥

Yuṭōfu ‘alaihim bika'sim mim ma‘īn

45. They will be offered a cup of pure drink.

37:46

بَيْضَاۤءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِيْنَۚ ۝٤٦

Baiḍō-a lażżatil lisy-syāribīn

46. White; a delight to those who drink.

37:47

لَا فِيْهَا غَوْلٌ وَّلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنْزَفُوْنَ ۝٤٧

Lā fīhā ghouluw wa lā hum ‘anhā yunzafūn

47. Never polluted, and never intoxicating.

37:48

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ عِيْنٌ ۙ ۝٤٨

Wa ‘indahum qōṣirōtuṭ-ṭorfi ‘īn

48. With them will be bashful women with lovely eyes.

37:49

كَاَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ ۝٤٩

Ka'annahum baiḍum maknūn

49. As if they were closely guarded pearls.

37:50

فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَ ۝٥٠

Fa'aqbala ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍiy yatasā-alūn

50. Then they will approach one another, questioning.

37:51

قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ اِنِّيْ كَانَ لِيْ قَرِيْنٌۙ ۝٥١

Qōla qō-ilum minhum innī kāna lī qorīn

51. One of them will say, “I used to have a friend.

37:52

يَّقُوْلُ اَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِيْنَ ۝٥٢

Yaqūlu a'innaka laminal-muṣoddiqīn

52. Who used to say, ‘Are you of those who believe?

37:53

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَدِيْنُوْنَ ۝٥٣

A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turōban a'innā lamadīnūn

53. That after we die and become dust and bones, we will be called to account?’”

37:54

قَالَ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّطَّلِعُوْنَ ۝٥٤

Qōla hal antum muṭṭoli‘ūn

54. He will say, “Will you have a look?”

37:55

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَاٰهُ فِيْ سَوَاۤءِ الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٥٥

Faṭṭola‘a fa ro'āhu fī sawā-il-jaḥīm

55. He will look, and will see him in the pit of Hell.

37:56

قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَّ لَتُرْدِيْنِ ۙ ۝٥٦

Qōla tallāhi in kitta laturdīn

56. He will say, “By Allah, you almost ruined me.

37:57

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّيْ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِيْنَ ۝٥٧

Wa lau lā ni‘matu robbī lakuntu minal-muḥḍorīn

57. Were it not for the grace of my Lord, I would have been among the arraigned.”

37:58

اَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِيْنَۙ ۝٥٨

Afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn

58. “We will not die.

37:59

اِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ ۝٥٩

Illā mautatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimu‘ażżabīn

59. Except for our first death, and we will not be punished.”

37:60

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ ۝٦٠

Inna hāżā lahuwal-fauzul-‘aẓīm

60. This is the supreme triumph.

37:61

لِمِثْلِ هٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعٰمِلُوْنَ ۝٦١

Limiṡli hāżā falya‘malil-‘āmilūn

61. For the like of this let the workers work.

37:62

اَذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا اَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّوْمِ ۝٦٢

Ażālika khoirun nuzulan am syajarotuz-zaqqūm

62. Is this a better hospitality, or the Tree of Bitterness?

37:63

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٦٣

Innā ja‘alnāhā fitnatal liẓ-ẓōlimīn

63. We made it an ordeal for the unjust.

37:64

اِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِيْٓ اَصْلِ الْجَحِيْمِۙ ۝٦٤

Innahā syajarotun takhruju fī aṣlil-jaḥīm

64. It is a tree that grows from the bottom of Hell.

37:65

طَلْعُهَا كَاَنَّهٗ رُءُوْسُ الشَّيٰطِيْنِ ۝٦٥

Ṭol‘uhā ka'annahū ru'ūsusy-syayāṭīn

65. Its fruits are like the devils’ heads.

37:66

فَاِنَّهُمْ لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَۗ ۝٦٦

Fa innahum la'ākilūna minhā fa māli'ūna minhal-buṭūn

66. They will eat from it, and fill their bellies with it.

37:67

ثُمَّ اِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍۚ ۝٦٧

Ṡumma inna lahum ‘alaihā lasyaubam min ḥamīm

67. Then, on top of it, they will have a brew of boiling liquid.

37:68

ثُمَّ اِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَاِلَى الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٦٨

Ṡumma inna marji‘ahum la'ilal-jaḥīm

68. Then their return will be to the Blaze.

37:69

اِنَّهُمْ اَلْفَوْا اٰبَاۤءَهُمْ ضَاۤلِّيْنَۙ ۝٦٩

Innahum alfau ābā-ahum ḍōllīn

69. They had found their parents astray.

37:70

فَهُمْ عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُوْنَ ۝٧٠

Fahum ‘alā āṡārihim yuhro‘ūn

70. And rushed along in their footsteps.

37:71

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ اَكْثَرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ ۝٧١

Wa laqod ḍolla qoblahum akṡarul-awwalīn

71. And most of the ancients before them went astray.

37:72

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا فِيْهِمْ مُّنْذِرِيْنَ ۝٧٢

Wa laqod arsalnā fīhim munżirīn

72. Even though We sent messengers to warn them.

37:73

فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَۙ ۝٧٣

Fanẓur kaifa kāna ‘āqibatul-munżarīn

73. So observe the end of those who were warned.

37:74

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٧٤

Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn

74. Except for the sincere servants of Allah.

37:75

وَلَقَدْ نَادٰىنَا نُوْحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيْبُوْنَۖ ۝٧٥

Wa laqod nādānā nūḥun falani‘mal-mujībūn

75. And Noah called out to Us, and We are the Best of responders.

37:76

وَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيْمِۖ ۝٧٦

Wa najjaināhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-‘aẓīm

76. And We saved him and his family from the great calamity.

37:77

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهٗ هُمُ الْبَاقِيْنَ ۝٧٧

Wa ja‘alnā żurriyyatahū humul-bāqīn

77. And We made his descendants the survivors.

37:78

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ ۝٧٨

Wa taroknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn

78. And We left mention of him among those who succeeded.

37:79

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰى نُوْحٍ فِى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٧٩

Salāmun ‘alā nūḥin fil-‘ālamīn

79. Peace be upon Noah among all people.

37:80

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٨٠

Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

80. We thus reward the righteous.

37:81

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝٨١

Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn

81. He was one of Our believing servants.

37:82

ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۝٨٢

Ṡumma aghroqnal-ākhorīn

82. Then We drowned the others.

37:83

وَاِنَّ مِنْ شِيْعَتِهٖ لَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۘ ۝٨٣

Wa inna min syī‘atihī la'ibrōhīm

83. Of his kind was Abraham.

37:84

اِذْ جَاۤءَ رَبَّهٗ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيْمٍۙ ۝٨٤

Iż jā-a robbahū biqolbin salīm

84. When he came to his Lord with a sound heart.

37:85

اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۚ ۝٨٥

Iż qōla li'abīhi wa qoumihī māżā ta‘budūn

85. He said to his father and his people, “What are you worshiping?

37:86

اَىِٕفْكًا اٰلِهَةً دُوْنَ اللّٰهِ تُرِيْدُوْنَۗ ۝٨٦

A'ifkan ālihatan dūnallāhi turīdūn

86. Is it falsified gods, instead of Allah, that you want?

37:87

فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٨٧

Famā ẓonnukum birobbil-‘ālamīn

87. So what is your opinion about the Lord of the Worlds?”

37:88

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى النُّجُوْمِۙ ۝٨٨

Fa naẓoro naẓrotan fin-nujūm

88. Then he took a glance at the stars.

37:89

فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ سَقِيْمٌ ۝٨٩

Fa qōla innī saqīm

89. And said, “I am sick.”

37:90

فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِيْنَ ۝٩٠

Fa tawallau ‘anhu mudbirīn

90. But they turned their backs on him, and went away.

37:91

فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ اَلَا تَأْكُلُوْنَۚ ۝٩١

Farōgho ilā ālihatihim faqōla alā ta'kulūn

91. Then he turned to their gods, and said, “Will you not eat?

37:92

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُوْنَ ۝٩٢

Mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn

92. What is it with you, that you do not speak?”

37:93

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا ۢبِالْيَمِيْنِ ۝٩٣

Farōgho ‘alaihim ḍorbam bil-yamīn

93. Then he turned on them, striking with his right hand.

37:94

فَاَقْبَلُوْٓا اِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّوْنَ ۝٩٤

Fa aqbalū ilaihi yaziffūn

94. And they came running towards him.

37:95

قَالَ اَتَعْبُدُوْنَ مَا تَنْحِتُوْنَۙ ۝٩٥

Qōla ata‘budūna mā tanḥitūn

95. He said, “Do you worship what you carve?

37:96

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٩٦

Wallāhu kholaqokum wa mā ta‘malūn

96. When Allah created you, and what you manufacture?”

37:97

قَالُوا ابْنُوْا لَهٗ بُنْيَانًا فَاَلْقُوْهُ فِى الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٩٧

Qōlubnū lahū bun-yānan fa'alqūhu fil-jaḥīm

97. They said, “Build a pyre for him, and throw him into the furnace.”

37:98

فَاَرَادُوْا بِهٖ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنٰهُمُ الْاَسْفَلِيْنَ ۝٩٨

Fa arōdū bihī kaidan faja‘alnāhumul-asfalīn

98. They wished him ill, but We made them the losers.

37:99

وَقَالَ اِنِّيْ ذَاهِبٌ اِلٰى رَبِّيْ سَيَهْدِيْنِ ۝٩٩

Wa qōla innī żāhibun ilā robbī sayahdīn

99. He said, “I am going towards my Lord, and He will guide me.”

37:100

رَبِّ هَبْ لِيْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۝١٠٠

Robbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣōliḥīn

100. “My Lord, give me one of the righteous.”

37:101

فَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِغُلٰمٍ حَلِيْمٍ ۝١٠١

Fa basysyarnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm

101. So We gave him good news of a clement boy.

37:102

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يٰبُنَيَّ اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰى فِى الْمَنَامِ اَنِّيْٓ اَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرٰىۗ قَالَ يٰٓاَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيْٓ اِنْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصّٰبِرِيْنَ ۝١٠٢

Falammā balagho ma‘ahus-sa‘ya qōla yā bunayya innī arō fil-manāmi annī ażbaḥuka fanẓur māżā tarō, qōla yā abatif‘al mā tu'mar, satajidunī in syā-allāhu minaṣ-ṣōbirīn

102. Then, when he was old enough to accompany him, he said, “O my son, I see in a dream that I am sacrificing you; see what you think.” He said, “O my father, do as you are commanded; you will find me, Allah willing, one of the steadfast.”

37:103

فَلَمَّآ اَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهٗ لِلْجَبِيْنِۚ ۝١٠٣

Falammā aslamā wa tallahū lil-jabīn

103. Then, when they had submitted, and he put his forehead down.

37:104

وَنَادَيْنٰهُ اَنْ يّٰٓاِبْرٰهِيْمُ ۙ ۝١٠٤

Wa nādaināhu ay yā ibrōhīm

104. We called out to him, “O Abraham!

37:105

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّءْيَا ۚاِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝١٠٥

Qod ṣoddaqtar-ru'yā, innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

105. You have fulfilled the vision.” Thus We reward the doers of good.

37:106

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلٰۤؤُا الْمُبِيْنُ ۝١٠٦

Inna hāżā lahuwal-balā-ul-mubīn

106. This was certainly an evident test.

37:107

وَفَدَيْنٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۝١٠٧

Wa fadaināhu biżibḥin ‘aẓīm

107. And We redeemed him with a great sacrifice.

37:108

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٠٨

Wa taroknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn

108. And We left with him for later generations.

37:109

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰٓى اِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۝١٠٩

Salāmun ‘alā ibrōhīm

109. Peace be upon Abraham.

37:110

كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝١١٠

Każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

110. Thus We reward the doers of good.

37:111

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١١١

Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn

111. He was one of Our believing servants.

37:112

وَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِاِسْحٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۝١١٢

Wa basysyarnāhu bi'isḥāqo nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣōliḥīn

112. And We gave him good news of Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous.

37:113

وَبٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰٓى اِسْحٰقَۗ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَّظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖ مُبِيْنٌ ࣖ ۝١١٣

Wa bāroknā ‘alaihi wa ‘alā isḥāq, wa min żurriyyatihimā muḥsinuw wa ẓōlimul linafsihī mubīn

113. And We blessed him, and Isaac. But among their descendants are some who are righteous, and some who are clearly unjust to themselves.

37:114

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلٰى مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ ۚ ۝١١٤

Wa laqod manannā ‘alā mūsā wa hārūn

114. And We blessed Moses and Aaron.

37:115

وَنَجَّيْنٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيْمِۚ ۝١١٥

Wa najjaināhumā wa qoumahumā minal-karbil-‘aẓīm

115. And We delivered them and their people from the terrible disaster.

37:116

وَنَصَرْنٰهُمْ فَكَانُوْا هُمُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَۚ ۝١١٦

Wa naṣornāhum fakānū humul-ghōlibīn

116. And We supported them, and so they were the victors.

37:117

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمَا الْكِتٰبَ الْمُسْتَبِيْنَ ۚ ۝١١٧

Wa ātaināhumal-kitābal-mustabīn

117. And We gave them the Clarifying Scripture.

37:118

وَهَدَيْنٰهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَۚ ۝١١٨

Wa hadaināhumaṣ-ṣirōṭol-mustaqīm

118. And We guided them upon the straight path.

37:119

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۖ ۝١١٩

Wa taroknā ‘alaihimā fil-ākhirīn

119. And We left with them for later generations.

37:120

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰى مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ ۝١٢٠

Salāmun ‘alā mūsā wa hārūn

120. Peace be upon Moses and Aaron.

37:121

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝١٢١

Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

121. Thus We reward the righteous.

37:122

اِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٢٢

Innahumā min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn

122. They were of Our believing servants.

37:123

وَاِنَّ اِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ ۝١٢٣

Wa inna ilyāsa laminal-mursalīn

123. Also Elijah was one of the messengers.

37:124

اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهٖٓ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۝١٢٤

Iż qōla liqoumihī alā tattaqūn

124. He said to his people, “Do you not fear?

37:125

اَتَدْعُوْنَ بَعْلًا وَّتَذَرُوْنَ اَحْسَنَ الْخٰلِقِيْنَۙ ۝١٢٥

Atad‘ūna ba‘law wa tażarūna aḥsanal-khōliqīn

125. Do you call on Baal, and forsake the Best of creators?

37:126

اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٢٦

Allāha robbakum wa robba ābā-ikumul-awwalīn

126. Allah is your Lord, and the Lord of your ancestors.”

37:127

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَۙ ۝١٢٧

Fakażżabūhu fa'innahum lamuḥḍorūn

127. But they called him a liar, and thus they will be brought forward.

37:128

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝١٢٨

Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn

128. Except for Allah’s sincere servants.

37:129

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٢٩

Wa taroknā ‘alaihi fil-ākhirīn

129. And We left with him for later generations.

37:130

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰٓى اِلْ يَاسِيْنَ ۝١٣٠

Salāmun ‘alā ilyāsīn

130. Peace be upon the House of Elijah.

37:131

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝١٣١

Innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

131. Thus We reward the virtuous.

37:132

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٣٢

Innahū min ‘ibādinal-mu'minīn

132. He was one of Our believing servants.

37:133

وَاِنَّ لُوْطًا لَّمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ ۝١٣٣

Wa inna lūṭol laminal-mursalīn

133. And Lot was one of the messengers.

37:134

اِذْ نَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ ۝١٣٤

Iż najjaināhu wa ahlahū ajma‘īn

134. We saved him and his family, all of them.

37:135

اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِى الْغٰبِرِيْنَ ۝١٣٥

Illā ‘ajūzan fil-ghōbirīn

135. Except for an old woman who lagged behind.

37:136

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۝١٣٦

Ṡumma dammarnal-ākhorīn

136. Then We annihilated the others.

37:137

وَاِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّوْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِيْنَۙ ۝١٣٧

Wa innakum latamurrūna ‘alaihim muṣbiḥīn

137. You pass by them in the morning.

37:138

وَبِالَّيْلِۗ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ ࣖ ۝١٣٨

Wa bil-lail, afalā ta‘qilūn

138. And at night. Do you not understand?

37:139

وَاِنَّ يُوْنُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۗ ۝١٣٩

Wa inna yūnusa laminal-mursalīn

139. And Jonah was one of the messengers.

37:140

اِذْ اَبَقَ اِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِۙ ۝١٤٠

Iż abaqo ilal-fulkil-masyḥūn

140. When he fled to the laden boat.

37:141

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِيْنَۚ ۝١٤١

Fa sāhama fakāna minal-mudḥaḍīn

141. He gambled and lost.

37:142

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوْتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيْمٌ ۝١٤٢

Faltaqomahul-ḥūtu wa huwa mulīm

142. Then the fish swallowed him, and he was to blame.

37:143

فَلَوْلَآ اَنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٤٣

Falau lā annahū kāna minal-musabbiḥīn

143. Had he not been one of those who praised.

37:144

لَلَبِثَ فِيْ بَطْنِهٖٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَۚ ۝١٤٤

Lalabiṡa fī baṭnihī ilā yaumi yub‘aṡūn

144. He would have stayed in its belly until the Day they are raised.

37:145

فَنَبَذْنٰهُ بِالْعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيْمٌ ۚ ۝١٤٥

Fa nabażnāhu bil-‘arō-i wa huwa saqīm

145. Then We threw him into the wilderness, and he was sick.

37:146

وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّنْ يَّقْطِيْنٍۚ ۝١٤٦

Wa ambatnā ‘alaihi syajarotam miy yaqṭīn

146. And We made a gourd tree grow over him.

37:147

وَاَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰى مِائَةِ اَلْفٍ اَوْ يَزِيْدُوْنَۚ ۝١٤٧

Wa arsalnāhu ilā mi'ati alfin au yazīdūn

147. Then We sent him to a hundred thousand, or more.

37:148

فَاٰمَنُوْا فَمَتَّعْنٰهُمْ اِلٰى حِيْنٍ ۝١٤٨

Fa'āmanū famatta‘nāhum ilā ḥīn

148. And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a while.

37:149

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُوْنَۚ ۝١٤٩

Fastaftihim alirobbikal-banātu wa lahumul-banūn

149. Ask them, “Are the daughters for your Lord, while for them the sons?

37:150

اَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ اِنَاثًا وَّهُمْ شٰهِدُوْنَ ۝١٥٠

Am kholaqnal-malā-ikata ināṡaw wa hum syāhidūn

150. Or did We create the angels females, as they witnessed?”

37:151

اَلَآ اِنَّهُمْ مِّنْ اِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ ۝١٥١

Alā innahum min ifkihim layaqūlūn

151. No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say.

37:152

وَلَدَ اللّٰهُ ۙوَاِنَّهُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَۙ ۝١٥٢

Waladallāh, wa innahum lakāżibūn

152. “Allah has begotten.” They are indeed lying.

37:153

اَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِيْنَۗ ۝١٥٣

Aṣṭofal-banāti ‘alal-banīn

153. So He preferred girls over boys?

37:154

مَا لَكُمْۗ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ ۝١٥٤

Mā lakum, kaifa taḥkumūn

154. What is the matter with you? How do you judge?

37:155

اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَۚ ۝١٥٥

Afalā tażakkarūn

155. Will you not reflect?

37:156

اَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطٰنٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ ۝١٥٦

Am lakum sulṭōnum mubīn

156. Or do you have some clear proof?

37:157

فَأْتُوْا بِكِتٰبِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝١٥٧

Fa'tū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣōdiqīn

157. Then bring your book, if you are telling the truth.

37:158

وَجَعَلُوْا بَيْنَهٗ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۗوَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ اِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَۙ ۝١٥٨

Wa ja‘alū bainahū wa bainal-jinnati nasabā, wa laqod ‘alimatil-jinnatu innahum lamuḥḍorūn

158. And they invented a relationship between Him and the jinn. But the jinn know that they will be arraigned.

37:159

سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَۙ ۝١٥٩

Subḥānallāhi ‘ammā yaṣifūn

159. Allah be glorified, far above what they allege.

37:160

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝١٦٠

Illā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn

160. Except for Allah’s sincere servants.

37:161

فَاِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ ۝١٦١

Fa'innakum wa mā ta‘budūn

161. Surely, you and what you serve.

37:162

مَآ اَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفٰتِنِيْنَۙ ۝١٦٢

Mā antum ‘alaihi bifātinīn

162. Cannot seduce away from Him.

37:163

اِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيْمِ ۝١٦٣

Illā man huwa ṣōlil-jaḥīm

163. Except for him who will be roasting in Hell.

37:164

وَمَا مِنَّآ اِلَّا لَهٗ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌۙ ۝١٦٤

Wa mā minnā illā lahū maqōmum ma‘lūm

164. “There is not one of us but has an assigned position.

37:165

وَّاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّۤافُّوْنَۖ ۝١٦٥

Wa innā lanaḥnuṣ-ṣōffūn

165. And we are the arrangers.

37:166

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُوْنَ ۝١٦٦

Wa innā lanaḥnul-musabbiḥūn

166. And we are the glorifiers.”

37:167

وَاِنْ كَانُوْا لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ ۝١٦٧

Wa in kānū layaqūlūn

167. Even though they used to say.

37:168

لَوْ اَنَّ عِنْدَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ ۝١٦٨

Lau anna ‘indanā żikrom minal-awwalīn

168. “Had we received advice from the ancients.

37:169

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝١٦٩

Lakunnā ‘ibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn

169. We would have been Allah’s faithful servants.”

37:170

فَكَفَرُوْا بِهٖۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝١٧٠

Fa kafarū bih, fasaufa ya‘lamūn

170. But they rejected it, so they will find out.

37:171

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٧١

Wa laqod sabaqot kalimatunā li‘ibādinal-mursalīn

171. Our Word has already gone out to Our servant messengers.

37:172

اِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُوْرُوْنَۖ ۝١٧٢

Innahum lahumul-manṣūrūn

172. It is they who will be supported.

37:173

وَاِنَّ جُنْدَنَا لَهُمُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ ۝١٧٣

Wa inna jundanā lahumul-ghōlibūn

173. And Our troops will be the victors.

37:174

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰى حِيْنٍۙ ۝١٧٤

Fatawalla ‘anhum ḥattā ḥīn

174. So disregard them for a while.

37:175

وَّاَبْصِرْهُمْۗ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝١٧٥

Wa abṣirhum, fa saufa yubṣirūn

175. And watch them—they will soon see.

37:176

اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ ۝١٧٦

Afabi‘ażābinā yasta‘jilūn

176. Are they seeking to hasten Our punishment?

37:177

فَاِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَاۤءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَ ۝١٧٧

Fa iżā nazala bisāḥatihim fa sā-a ṣobāḥul-munżarīn

177. When it descends into their yard, miserable will be the morning of those forewarned.

37:178

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰى حِيْنٍۙ ۝١٧٨

Wa tawalla ‘anhum ḥattā ḥīn

178. So avoid them for a while.

37:179

وَّاَبْصِرْۗ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝١٧٩

Wa abṣir, fasaufa yubṣirūn

179. And watch—they will soon see.

37:180

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَۚ ۝١٨٠

Subḥāna robbika robbil-‘izzati ‘ammā yaṣifūn

180. Exalted be your Lord, the Lord of Glory, beyond their allegations.

37:181

وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۚ ۝١٨١

Wa salāmun ‘alal-mursalīn

181. And peace be upon the messengers.

37:182

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ ۝١٨٢

Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi robbil-‘ālamīn

182. And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

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Surah As-Saffat (Those Who Set the Ranks) is surah number 37 of the Quran. It has 182 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).