وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا ﴿١﴾
Waṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffā
By those who set the ranks in battle order
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37. As-Saaffaat
Those drawn up in Ranks · Meccan · 182 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا ﴿٢﴾
Faz-zājirāti zajrā
And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof
فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ﴿٣﴾
Fat-tāliyāti dhikrā
And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,
إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ ﴿٤﴾
Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid
Lo! thy Lord is surely One;
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ ﴿٥﴾
Rabbu as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu al-mashāriq
Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ﴿٦﴾
Innā zayyannā as-samāʾa ad-dunyā bizīnatin al-kawākib
Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ ﴿٧﴾
Waḥifẓan min kulli shayṭānin mārid
With security from every froward devil.
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ ﴿٨﴾
Lā yassammaʿūna ilā al-malaʾi al-aʿlā wayuqdhafūna min kulli jānib
They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ ﴿٩﴾
Duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣib
Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ﴿١٠﴾
Illā man khaṭifa al-khaṭfata faʾatbaʿahu shihābun thāqib
Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ ﴿١١﴾
Fāstaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzib
Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ﴿١٢﴾
Bal ʿajibta wayaskharūn
Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Waʾidhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn
And heed not when they are reminded,
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
Waʾidhā raʾaw āyatan yastaskhirūn
And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾
Waqālū in hādhā illā siḥrun mubīn
And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
Aʾidhā mitnā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿١٧﴾
Awaʾābāʾunā al-awwalūn
And our forefathers?
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Qul naʿam waʾantum dākhirūn
Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
Faʾinnamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun faʾidhā hum yanẓurūn
There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Waqālū yā waylanā hādhā yawmu ad-dīn
And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.
هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
Hādhā yawmu al-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhdhibūn
This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.
۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Uḥshurū alladhīna ẓalamū waʾazwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūn
(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٢٣﴾
Min dūni Allāhi fāhdūhum ilā ṣirāṭi al-jaḥīm
Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Waqifūhum innahum masʾūlūn
And stop them, for they must be questioned.
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn
What aileth you that ye help not one another?
بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Bal humu al-yawma mustaslimūn
Nay, but this day they make full submission.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Waʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūn
And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٢٨﴾
Qālū innakum kuntum taʾtūnanā ʿani al-yamīn
They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Qālū bal lam takūnū muʾminīn
They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾
Wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sulṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīn
We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
Faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāʾiqūn
Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).
فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Faʾaghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn
Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Faʾinnahum yawmaʾidhin fī al-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn
Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn
Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā Allāhu yastakbirūn
For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ﴿٣٦﴾
Wayaqūlūna aʾinnā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūn
And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Bal jāʾa bil-ḥaqqi waṣaddaqa al-mursalīn
Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾
Innakum ladhāʾiqū al-ʿadhābi al-alīm
Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Wamā tujzawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn
Ye are requited naught save what ye did -
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Illā ʿibāda Allāhi al-mukhlaṣīn
Save single-minded slaves of Allah;
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٤١﴾
Ulāʾika lahum rizqun maʿlūm
For them there is a known provision,
فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Fawākihu wahum mukramūn
Fruits. And they will be honoured
فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٤٣﴾
Fī jannāti an-naʿīm
In the Gardens of delight,
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾
ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn
On couches facing one another;
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ﴿٤٥﴾
Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikaʾsin min maʿīn
A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Bayḍāʾa ladhdhatin lilshshāribīn
White, delicious to the drinkers,
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūn
Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.
وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ﴿٤٨﴾
Waʿindahum qāṣirātu aṭ-ṭarfi ʿīn
And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ﴿٤٩﴾
Kaʾannahunna bayḍun maknūn
(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Faʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūn
And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾
Qāla qāʾilun minhum innī kāna lī qarīn
A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾
Yaqūlu aʾinnaka lamina al-muṣaddiqīn
Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Aʾidhā mitnā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamadīnūn
Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾
Qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn
He saith: Will ye look?
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾
Fāṭṭalaʿa faraʾāhu fī sawāʾi al-jaḥīm
Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ﴿٥٦﴾
Qāla tallāhi in kidtta laturdīn
He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾
Walawlā niʿmatu rabbī lakuntu mina al-muḥḍarīn
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾
Afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn
Are we then not to die
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Illā mawtatanā al-ulā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn
Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾
Inna hādhā lahuwa al-fawzu al-ʿaẓīm
Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
Limithli hādhā falyaʿmali al-ʿāmilūn
For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu az-zaqqūm
Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٦٣﴾
Innā jaʿalnāhā fitnatan lilẓẓālimīn
Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٤﴾
Innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli al-jaḥīm
Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ﴿٦٥﴾
Ṭalʿuhā kaʾannahu ruʾūsu ash-shayāṭīn
Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾
Faʾinnahum laʾākilūna minhā famāliʾūna minhā al-buṭūn
And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ﴿٦٧﴾
Thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīm
And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٨﴾
Thumma inna marjiʿahum laʾilā al-jaḥīm
And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Innahum alfaw ābāʾahum ḍāllīn
They indeed found their fathers astray,
فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾
Fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuhraʿūn
But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾
Walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu al-awwalīn
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn
And verily We sent among them warners.
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Fānẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu al-mundharīn
Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾
Illā ʿibāda Allāhi al-mukhlaṣīn
Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿma al-mujībūn
And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٦﴾
Wanajjaynāhu waʾahlahu mina al-karbi al-ʿaẓīm
And We saved him and his household from the great distress,
وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾
Wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu al-bāqīn
And made his seed the survivors,
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾
Wataraknā ʿalayhi fī al-ākhirīn
And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٩﴾
Salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī al-ʿālamīn
Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾
Innā kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn
Lo! thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨١﴾
Innahu min ʿibādinā al-muʾminīn
Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾
Thumma aghraqnā al-ākharīn
Then We did drown the others.
۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٨٣﴾
Waʾinna min shīʿatihi laʾibrāhīm
And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham
إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿٨٤﴾
Idh jāʾa rabbahu biqalbin salīm
When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾
Idh qāla liʾabīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūn
When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?
أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾
Aʾifkan ālihatan dūna Allāhi turīdūn
Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾
Famā ẓannukum birabbi al-ʿālamīn
What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٨٨﴾
Fanaẓara naẓratan fī an-nujūm
And he glanced a glance at the stars
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ ﴿٨٩﴾
Faqāla innī saqīm
Then said: Lo! I feel sick!
فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾
Fatawallaw ʿanhu mudbirīn
And they turned their backs and went away from him.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٩١﴾
Farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā taʾkulūn
Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾
Mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn
What aileth you that ye speak not?
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩٣﴾
Farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīn
Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Faʾaqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn
And (his people) came toward him, hastening.
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾
Qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn
He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾
Wallāhu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūn
When Allah hath created you and what ye make?
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٩٧﴾
Qālū ubnū lahu bunyānan faʾalqūhu fī al-jaḥīm
They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾
Faʾarādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu al-asfalīn
And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٩٩﴾
Waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn
And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١٠٠﴾
Rabbi hab lī mina aṣ-ṣāliḥīn
My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.
فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ ﴿١٠١﴾
Fabashsharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm
So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.
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 as-saʿya qāla yā bunayya innī arā fī al-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fānẓur mādhā tarā qāla yā abati ifʿal mā tuʾmaru satajidunī in shāʾa Allāhu mina aṣ-ṣābirīn
And 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.
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ﴿١٠٣﴾
Falammā aslamā watallahu liljabīn
Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,
وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾
Wanādaynāhu an yā ibrāhīm
We called unto him: O Abraham!
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٠٥﴾
Qad ṣaddaqta ar-ruʾyā innā kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn
Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿١٠٦﴾
Inna hādhā lahuwa al-balāʾu al-mubīn
Lo! that verily was a clear test.
وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٠٧﴾
Wafadaynāhu bidhibḥin ʿaẓīm
Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٠٨﴾
Wataraknā ʿalayhi fī al-ākhirīn
And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿١٠٩﴾
Salāmun ʿalā ibrāhīm
Peace be unto Abraham!
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١١٠﴾
Kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn
Thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١١١﴾
Innahu min ʿibādinā al-muʾminīn
Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١١٢﴾
Wabashsharnāhu biʾisḥāqa nabiyyan mina aṣ-ṣāliḥīn
And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.
وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ ﴿١١٣﴾
Wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā isḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīn
And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ﴿١١٤﴾
Walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūn
And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿١١٥﴾
Wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina al-karbi al-ʿaẓīm
And saved them and their people from the great distress,
وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ﴿١١٦﴾
Wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu al-ghālibīn
And helped them so that they became the victors.
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ ﴿١١٧﴾
Waʾātaynāhumā al-kitāba al-mustabīn
And We gave them the clear Scripture
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿١١٨﴾
Wahadaynāhumā aṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm
And showed them the right path.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١١٩﴾
Wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī al-ākhirīn
And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation):
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ﴿١٢٠﴾
Salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūn
Peace be unto Moses and Aaron!
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٢١﴾
Innā kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn
Lo! thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٢٢﴾
Innahumā min ʿibādinā al-muʾminīn
Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves.
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٢٣﴾
Waʾinna ilyāsa lamina al-mursalīn
And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūn
When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ ﴿١٢٥﴾
Atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana al-khāliqīn
Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٢٦﴾
Allāha rabbakum warabba ābāʾikumu al-awwalīn
Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ﴿١٢٧﴾
Fakadhdhabūhu faʾinnahum lamuḥḍarūn
But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿١٢٨﴾
Illā ʿibāda Allāhi al-mukhlaṣīn
Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٢٩﴾
Wataraknā ʿalayhi fī al-ākhirīn
And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾
Salāmun ʿalā il yāsīn
Peace be unto Elias!
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٣١﴾
Innā kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn
Lo! thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٣٢﴾
Innahu min ʿibādinā al-muʾminīn
Lo! he is one of our believing slaves.
وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾
Waʾinna lūṭan lamina al-mursalīn
And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿١٣٤﴾
Idh najjaynāhu waʾahlahu ajmaʿīn
When We saved him and his household, every one,
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٣٥﴾
Illā ʿajūzan fī al-ghābirīn
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿١٣٦﴾
Thumma dammarnā al-ākharīn
Then We destroyed the others.
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ ﴿١٣٧﴾
Waʾinnakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣbiḥīn
And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٣٨﴾
Wabillayli afalā taʿqilūn
And at night-time; have ye then no sense?
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٣٩﴾
Waʾinna yūnusa lamina al-mursalīn
And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ﴿١٤٠﴾
Idh abaqa ilā al-fulki al-mashḥūn
When he fled unto the laden ship,
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ ﴿١٤١﴾
Fasāhama fakāna mina al-mudḥaḍīn
And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ﴿١٤٢﴾
Fal-taqamahu al-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīm
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ ﴿١٤٣﴾
Falawlā annahu kāna mina al-musabbiḥīn
And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)
لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿١٤٤﴾
Lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yubʿathūn
He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;
۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ ﴿١٤٥﴾
Fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāʾi wahuwa saqīm
Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ ﴿١٤٦﴾
Waʾanbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīn
And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ﴿١٤٧﴾
Waʾarsalnāhu ilā miʾati alfin aw yazīdūn
And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more
فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿١٤٨﴾
Faʾāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn
And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿١٤٩﴾
Fāstaftihim alirabbika al-banātu walahumu al-banūn
Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ ﴿١٥٠﴾
Am khalaqnā al-malāʾikata ināthan wahum shāhidūn
Or created We the angels females while they were present?
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ﴿١٥١﴾
Alā innahum min ifkihim layaqūlūn
Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿١٥٢﴾
Walada Allāhu waʾinnahum lakādhibūn
Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.
أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾
Aṣṭafā al-banāti ʿalā al-banīn
(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿١٥٤﴾
Mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn
What aileth you? How judge ye?
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿١٥٥﴾
Afalā tadhakkarūn
Will ye not then reflect?
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥٦﴾
Am lakum sulṭānun mubīn
Or have ye a clear warrant?
فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٥٧﴾
Faʾtū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn
Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ﴿١٥٨﴾
Wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna al-jinnati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati al-jinnatu innahum lamuḥḍarūn
And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him).
سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿١٥٩﴾
Subḥāna Allāhi ʿammā yaṣifūn
Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿١٦٠﴾
Illā ʿibāda Allāhi al-mukhlaṣīn
Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿١٦١﴾
Faʾinnakum wamā taʿbudūn
Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,
مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ ﴿١٦٢﴾
Mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīn
Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.
إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦٣﴾
Illā man huwa ṣāli al-jaḥīm
Save him who is to burn in hell.
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿١٦٤﴾
Wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūm
There is not one of us but hath his known position.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ﴿١٦٥﴾
Waʾinnā lanaḥnu aṣ-ṣāffūn
Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿١٦٦﴾
Waʾinnā lanaḥnu al-musabbiḥūn
Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ ﴿١٦٧﴾
Waʾin kānū layaqūlūn
And indeed they used to say:
لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٦٨﴾
Law anna ʿindanā dhikran mina al-awwalīn
If we had but a reminder from the men of old
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿١٦٩﴾
Lakunnā ʿibāda Allāhi al-mukhlaṣīn
We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.
فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٧٠﴾
Fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūn
Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٧١﴾
Walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā al-mursalīn
And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ ﴿١٧٢﴾
Innahum lahumu al-manṣūrūn
That they verily would be helped,
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿١٧٣﴾
Waʾinna jundanā lahumu al-ghālibūn
And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿١٧٤﴾
Fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٧٥﴾
Waʾabṣirhum fasawfa yubṣirūn
And watch, for they will (soon) see.
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿١٧٦﴾
Afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn
Would they hasten on Our doom?
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿١٧٧﴾
Faʾidhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāʾa ṣabāḥu al-mundharīn
But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿١٧٨﴾
Watawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn
Withdraw from them awhile
وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٧٩﴾
Waʾabṣir fasawfa yubṣirūn
And watch, for they will (soon) see.
سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿١٨٠﴾
Subḥāna rabbika rabbi al-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūn
Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)
وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٨١﴾
Wasalāmun ʿalā al-mursalīn
And peace be unto those sent (to warn).
وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٨٢﴾
Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.