| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers(as-Saffat)
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| 37:1 | | By the rangers rangin |
| 37:2 | | and the scarers scarin |
| 37:3 | | and the reciters of a Remembrance |
| 37:4 | | surely your God is One |
| 37:5 | | Lord of the heavens and the earth, and of what between them is Lord of the Easts |
| 37:6 | | We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the star |
| 37:7 | | and to preserve against every rebel Satan |
| 37:8 | | they listen not to the High Council, for they are pelted from every side |
| 37:9 | | rejected, and theirs is an everlasting chastisement |
| 37:10 | | except such as snatches a fragment, and he is pursued by a piercing flame |
| 37:11 | | So ask them for a pronouncement -- Are they stronger in constitution, or those We created? We created them of clinging clay |
| 37:12 | | Nay, thou marvellest; and they scof |
| 37:13 | | and, when reminded, do not remembe |
| 37:14 | | and, when they see a sign, would scoff |
| 37:15 | | and they say, 'This is nothing but manifest sorcery |
| 37:16 | | What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up |
| 37:17 | | What, and our fathers, the ancients? |
| 37:18 | | Say: 'Yes, and in all lowliness. |
| 37:19 | | For it is only a single scaring, then behold, they are watchin |
| 37:20 | | and they say, 'Woe, alas for us! This is the Day of Doom. |
| 37:21 | | 'This is the Day of Decision, even that you cried lies to |
| 37:22 | | Muster those who did evil, their wives, and that they were serving |
| 37:23 | | apart from God, and guide them unto the path of Hell |
| 37:24 | | And halt them, to be questioned |
| 37:25 | | "Why help you not one another?" |
| 37:26 | | No indeed; but today they resign themselves in submissio |
| 37:27 | | and advance one upon another, asking each other questions |
| 37:28 | | These say, 'Why, you of old would come to us from the right hand. |
| 37:29 | | Those say, 'No; on the contrary, you were not believers |
| 37:30 | | we had no authority over you; no, you were an insolent people |
| 37:31 | | So our Lord's Word is realised against us; we are tasting it |
| 37:32 | | Therefore we perverted you, and we ourselves were perverts. |
| 37:33 | | So all of them on that day are sharers in the chastisement |
| 37:34 | | Even so We do with the sinners |
| 37:35 | | for when it was said to them, 'There is no god but God,' they were ever waxing proud |
| 37:36 | | saying, 'What, shall we forsake our gods for a poet possessed? |
| 37:37 | | 'No indeed; but he brought the truth, and confirmed the Envoys |
| 37:38 | | Now certainly you shall be tasting the painful chastisement |
| 37:39 | | and not be recompensed, except according to what you were doing. |
| 37:40 | | Except for God's sincere servants |
| 37:41 | | for them awaits a known provision |
| 37:42 | | fruits -- and they high-honoure |
| 37:43 | | in the Gardens of Blis |
| 37:44 | | upon couches, set face to face |
| 37:45 | | a cup from a spring being passed round to them |
| 37:46 | | white, a delight to the drinkers |
| 37:47 | | wherein no sickness is, neither intoxication |
| 37:48 | | and with them wide-eyed maidens restraining their glance |
| 37:49 | | as if they were hidden pearls |
| 37:50 | | They advance one upon another, asking each other questions |
| 37:51 | | One of them says, 'I had a comrad |
| 37:52 | | who would say, "Are you a confirmer |
| 37:53 | | What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be requited?" |
| 37:54 | | He says, 'Are you looking down? |
| 37:55 | | Then he looks, and sees him in the midst of Hell |
| 37:56 | | He says, 'By God, wellnigh thou didst destroy me |
| 37:57 | | But for my Lord's blessing, I were one of the arraigned |
| 37:58 | | What, do we then not di |
| 37:59 | | except for our first death, and are we not chastised |
| 37:60 | | This is indeed the mighty triumph |
| 37:61 | | for the like of this let the workers work. |
| 37:62 | | Is that better as a hospitality, or the Tree of Ez-Zakkoum |
| 37:63 | | We have appointed it as a trial for the evildoers |
| 37:64 | | It is a tree that comes forth in the root of Hell |
| 37:65 | | its spathes are as the heads of Satans |
| 37:66 | | and they eat of it, and of it fill their bellies |
| 37:67 | | then on top of it they have a brew of boiling water |
| 37:68 | | then their return is unto Hell |
| 37:69 | | They found their fathers erring |
| 37:70 | | and they run in their footsteps |
| 37:71 | | Before them erred most of the ancients |
| 37:72 | | and We sent among them warners |
| 37:73 | | and behold, how was the end of them that were warned |
| 37:74 | | except for God's sincere servants |
| 37:75 | | Noah called to Us; and how excellent were the Answerers |
| 37:76 | | And We delivered him and his people from the great distress |
| 37:77 | | and We made his seed the survivors |
| 37:78 | | and left for him among the later fol |
| 37:79 | | 'Peace be upon Noah among all beings! |
| 37:80 | | Even so We recompense the good-doers |
| 37:81 | | he was among Our believing servants |
| 37:82 | | Then afterwards We drowned the rest |
| 37:83 | | Of his party was also Abraham |
| 37:84 | | when he came unto his Lord with a pure heart |
| 37:85 | | when he said to his father and his folk, 'What do you serve |
| 37:86 | | Is it a calumny, gods apart from God, that you desire |
| 37:87 | | What think you then of the Lord of all Being? |
| 37:88 | | And he cast a glance at the stars |
| 37:89 | | and he said, 'Surely I am sick. |
| 37:90 | | But they went away from him, turning their backs |
| 37:91 | | Then he turned to their gods, and said, 'What do you eat |
| 37:92 | | What ails you, that you speak not? |
| 37:93 | | And he turned upon them smiting them with his right hand |
| 37:94 | | Then came the others to him hastening |
| 37:95 | | He said, 'Do you serve what you hew |
| 37:96 | | and God created you and what you make? |
| 37:97 | | They said, 'Build him a building, and cast him into the furnace! |
| 37:98 | | They desired to outwit him; so We made them the lower ones |
| 37:99 | | He said, 'I am going to my Lord; He will guide me |
| 37:100 | | My Lord, give me one of the righteous. |
| 37:101 | | Then We gave him the good tidings of a prudent boy |
| 37:102 | | and when he had reached the age of running with him, he said, 'My son, I see in a dream that I shall sacrifice thee; consider, what thinkest thou?' He said, 'My father, do as thou art bidden; thou shalt find me, God willing, one of the steadfast. |
| 37:103 | | When they had surrendered, and he flung him upon his brow |
| 37:104 | | We called unto him, 'Abraham |
| 37:105 | | thou hast confirmed the vision; even so We recompense the good-doers |
| 37:106 | | This is indeed the manifest trial. |
| 37:107 | | And We ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice |
| 37:108 | | and left for him among the later fol |
| 37:109 | | 'Peace be upon Abraham! |
| 37:110 | | Even so We recompense the good-doers |
| 37:111 | | he was among Our believing servants |
| 37:112 | | Then We gave him the good tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, one of the righteous |
| 37:113 | | And We blessed him, and Isaac; and of their seed some are good-doers, and some manifest self-wrongers |
| 37:114 | | We also favoured Moses and Aaron |
| 37:115 | | and We delivered them and their people from the great distress |
| 37:116 | | And We helped them, so that they were the victors |
| 37:117 | | and We gave them the Manifesting Book |
| 37:118 | | and guided them in the straight path |
| 37:119 | | and left for them among the later fol |
| 37:120 | | 'Peace be upon Moses and, Aaron! |
| 37:121 | | Even so We recompense the good-doers |
| 37:122 | | they were among Our believing servants |
| 37:123 | | Elias too was one of the Envoys |
| 37:124 | | when he said to his people, 'Will you not be godfearing |
| 37:125 | | Do you call on Baal, and abandon the Best of creators |
| 37:126 | | God, your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients? |
| 37:127 | | But they cried him lies; so they will be among the arraigned |
| 37:128 | | except for God's sincere servants |
| 37:129 | | and We left for him among the later fol |
| 37:130 | | 'Peace be upon Elias! |
| 37:131 | | Even so We recompense the good-doers |
| 37:132 | | he was among Our believing servants |
| 37:133 | | Lot too was one of the Envoys |
| 37:134 | | when We delivered him and his people all together |
| 37:135 | | save an old woman among those that tarried |
| 37:136 | | then We destroyed the others |
| 37:137 | | and you pass by them in the mornin |
| 37:138 | | and in the night; will you not understand |
| 37:139 | | Jonah too was one of the Envoys |
| 37:140 | | when he ran away to the laden shi |
| 37:141 | | and cast lots, and was of the rebutted |
| 37:142 | | then the whale swallowed him down, and he blameworthy |
| 37:143 | | Now had he not been of those that glorify God |
| 37:144 | | he would have tarried in its belly until the day they shall be raised |
| 37:145 | | but We cast him upon the wilderness, and he was sick |
| 37:146 | | and We caused to grow over him a tree of gourds |
| 37:147 | | Then We sent him unto a hundred thousand, or more |
| 37:148 | | and they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a while |
| 37:149 | | So ask them for a pronouncement -- Has thy Lord daughters, and they sons |
| 37:150 | | Or did We create the angels females, while they were witnesses |
| 37:151 | | Is it not of their own calumny that they say |
| 37:152 | | 'God has begotten?' They are truly liars |
| 37:153 | | Has He chosen daughters above sons |
| 37:154 | | What ails you then, how you judge |
| 37:155 | | What, and will you not remember |
| 37:156 | | Or have you a clear authority |
| 37:157 | | Bring your Book, if you speak truly |
| 37:158 | | They have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn; and the jinn know that they shall be arraigned |
| 37:159 | | Glory be to God above that they describe |
| 37:160 | | except for God's sincere servants |
| 37:161 | | But as for you, and that you serve |
| 37:162 | | you shall not tempt any against Hi |
| 37:163 | | except him who shall roast in Hell |
| 37:164 | | None of us is there, but has a known station |
| 37:165 | | we are the rangers |
| 37:166 | | we are they that give glory |
| 37:167 | | What though they would say |
| 37:168 | | 'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients |
| 37:169 | | then were we God's sincere servants. |
| 37:170 | | But they disbelieved in it; soon they shall know |
| 37:171 | | Already Our Word has preceded to Our servants, the Envoys |
| 37:172 | | assuredly they shall be helped |
| 37:173 | | and Our host -- they are the victors |
| 37:174 | | So turn thou from them for a while |
| 37:175 | | and see them; soon they shall see |
| 37:176 | | What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement |
| 37:177 | | When it lights in their courtyard, how evil will be the morning of them that are warned |
| 37:178 | | So turn thou from them for a while |
| 37:179 | | and see; soon they shall see |
| 37:180 | | Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Glory, above that they describe |
| 37:181 | | And peace be upon the Envoys |
| 37:182 | | and praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being |
