37:1  By those ranging in ranks

37:2  And those who restrain holding in restraint

37:3  And those who recite the Reminder

37:4  Surely your God is One

37:5  The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and the Lord of the eastern lands

37:6  Surely We have adorned the lower heaven with an adornment, the stars

37:7  And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious devil

37:8  They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are reproached from every side

37:9  Driven off; and for them is a perpetual chastisement

37:10  Except him who snatches away but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame

37:11  So ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay

37:12  Nay, thou wonderest, while they mock

37:13  And when they are reminded, they mind not

37:14  And when they see a sign, they seek to scoff

37:15  And say: This is nothing but clear enchantment

37:16  When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised

37:17  Or our fathers of yore

37:18  Say: Yea, and you will be humiliated

37:19  So it will be but one cry, when lo! they will see

37:20  And they will say: O woe to us! This is the day of Requital

37:21  This is the day of Judgment, which you called a lie

37:22  Gather together those who did wrong and their associates, and what they worshippe

37:23  Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell

37:24  And stop them, for they shall be questioned

37:25  What is the matter with you that you help not one another

37:26  Nay, on that day they will be submissive

37:27  And some of them will turn to others mutually questioning -

37:28  Saying: Surely you used to come to us from the right side

37:29  They will say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers

37:30  And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people

37:31  So the word of our Lord has proved true against us: we shall surely taste

37:32  We led you astray, for we ourselves were erring

37:33  So, that day they will be sharers in the chastisement

37:34  Thus do We deal with the guilty

37:35  They indeed were arrogant, when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah

37:36  And said: Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet

37:37  Nay, he has brought the Truth and verifies the messengers

37:38  Surely you will taste the painful chastisement

37:39  And you are requited naught but for what you did -

37:40  Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones

37:41  For them is a known sustenance

37:42  Fruits. And they are honoured

37:43  In Gardens of delight

37:44  On thrones, facing each other

37:45  A bowl of running water will be made to go round them

37:46  White, delicious to those who drink

37:47  It deprives not of reason, nor are they exhausted therewith

37:48  And with them are those modest in gaze, having beautiful eyes

37:49  As if they were eggs, carefully protected

37:50  Then some of them will turn to others, questioning mutually

37:51  A speaker of them will say: Surely I had a comrade

37:52  Who said: Art thou indeed of those who accept

37:53  When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be requited

37:54  He will say: Will you look

37:55  Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell

37:56  He will say: By Allah! thou hadst almost caused me to perish

37:57  And had it not been for favour of my Lord, I should have been among those brought up

37:58  Are we not to die

37:59  Except our previous death? And are we not to be chastised

37:60  Surely this is the mighty achievement

37:61  For the like of this, then, let the workers work

37:62  Is this the better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum

37:63  Surely We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers

37:64  It is a tree that grows in the bottom of hell -

37:65  Then truly they will eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it

37:66  Then surely they shall have after it a drink of boiling water

37:67  Then their return is surely to the flaming Fire

37:68  They indeed found their fathers astray

37:69  So in their footsteps they are hastening on

37:70  And most of the ancients surely went astray before them

37:71  And indeed We sent among them warners

37:72  Then see what was the end of those warned -

37:73  Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones

37:74  And Noah certainly called upon Us, and excellent Answerer of prayers are We

37:75  Its produce is as it were the heads of serpents

37:76  And We delivered him and his people from the great distress

37:77  And made his offspring the survivors

37:78  And left for him (praise) among the later generations

37:79  Peace be to Noah among the nations

37:80  Thus indeed do We reward the doers of good

37:81  Surely he was of Our believing servants

37:82  Then We drowned the others

37:83  And surely of his party was Abraham

37:84  When he came to his Lord with a secure heart

37:85  When he said to his sire and his people: What is it that you worship

37:86  A lie -- gods besides Allah do you desire

37:87  What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds

37:88  Then he glanced a glance at the stars

37:89  And said: Surely I am sick (of your deities)

37:90  So they turned their backs on him, going away

37:91  Then he turned to their gods and said: Do you not eat

37:92  What is the matter with you that you speak not

37:93  So he turned upon them, smiting with the right hand

37:94  Then they came to him, hastening

37:95  He said: Do you worship that which you hew out

37:96  And Allah has created you and what you make

37:97  They said: Build for him a building, then cast him into the flaming fire

37:98  And they designed a plan against him, but We brought them low

37:99  And he said: Surely I flee to my Lord -- He will guide me

37:100  My Lord, grant me a doer of good deeds

37:101  So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son

37:102  But when he became of (age to) work with him, he said: O my son, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: so consider what thou seest. He said: O my father, do as thou art commanded; if Allah please, thou wilt find me patient

37:103  So when they both submitted and he had thrown him down upon his forehead

37:104  And We called out to him saying, O Abraham

37:105  Thou has indeed fulfilled the vision. Thus do We reward the doers of good

37:106  Surely this is a manifest trial

37:107  And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice

37:108  And We granted him among the later generations (the salutation)

37:109  Peace to be Abraham

37:110  Thus do We reward the doers of good

37:111  Surely he was one of Our believing servants

37:112  And We gave him the good news of Isaac, a prophet, a righteous one

37:113  And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring some are doers of good, but some are clearly unjust to themselves

37:114  And certainly We conferred a favour on Moses and Aaron

37:115  And We delivered them, and their people from the mighty distress

37:116  And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers

37:117  And We gave them both the clear Book

37:118  And We guided them on the right way

37:119  And We granted them among the later generations (the salutation)

37:120  Peace be to Moses and Aaron

37:121  Thus do We reward the doers of good

37:122  Surely they were both of Our believing servants

37:123  And Elias was surely of those sent

37:124  When he said to his people: Will you not guard against evil

37:125  Do you call upon Ba’l and forsake the Best of the creators

37:126  Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore

37:127  But they rejected him, so they shall be brought up

37:128  But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones

37:129  And We granted him among the later generations (the salutation)

37:130  Peace be to Elias

37:131  Even thus We reward the doers of good

37:132  Surely he was one of Our believing servants

37:133  And Lot was surely of those sent

37:134  When We delivered him and his people, all -

37:135  Except an old woman among those who remained behind

37:136  Then We destroyed the others

37:137  And surely you pass by them in the morning

37:138  And at night. Do you not then understand

37:139  And Jonah was surely of those sent

37:140  When he fled to the laden ship

37:141  So he shared with others but was of those cast away

37:142  So the fish took him into its mouth while he was blamable

37:143  But had he not been of those who glorify (Us)

37:144  He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised

37:145  Then We cast him on the naked shore, while he was sick

37:146  And We caused a gourd to grow up for him

37:147  And We sent him to a hundred thousand or more

37:148  And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time

37:149  Now ask them whether thy Lord has daughters and they have sons

37:150  Or did We create the angels females, while they witnessed

37:151  Now surely it is of their own lie that they say

37:152  Allah has begotten. And truly they are liars

37:153  Has He preferred daughters to sons

37:154  What is the matter with you? How you judge

37:155  Will you not then mind

37:156  Or have you a clear authority

37:157  Then bring your Book, if you are truthful

37:158  And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn. And certainly the jinn know that they will be brought up (for judgment) -

37:159  Glory be to Allah from what they describe! -

37:160  But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones

37:161  So surely you and that which you serve

37:162  Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial

37:163  Save him who will burn in the flaming Fire

37:164  And there is none of us but has an assigned place

37:165  And we truly glorify (Him)

37:166  And surely they used to say

37:167  Had we a reminder from those of yore

37:168  We would have been sincere servants of Allah

37:169  But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know

37:170  And certainly Our word has already gone forth to Our servants, to those sent

37:171  That they, surely they, will be helped

37:172  And Our hosts, surely they, will be triumphant

37:173  So turn away from them till a time

37:174  And watch them, they too will see

37:175  Would they hasten on Our chastisement

37:176  So when it descends in their court, evil will be the morning of the warned ones

37:177  And turn away from them till a time

37:178  And watch, for they too will see

37:179  Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe

37:180  And peace be to those sent

37:181  And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds

37:182  And verily we are ranged in ranks