| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers(as-Saffat)
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| 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 |
