| | M. M. Pickthall rendition of Surah Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers(as-Saffat)
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| 37:1 | | By those who set the ranks in battle orde |
| 37:2 | | And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproo |
| 37:3 | | And those who read (the Word) for a reminder |
| 37:4 | | Lo! thy Lord is surely One |
| 37:5 | | Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings |
| 37:6 | | Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets |
| 37:7 | | With security from every froward devil |
| 37:8 | | They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side |
| 37:9 | | Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment |
| 37:10 | | Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame |
| 37:11 | | 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 |
| 37:12 | | Nay, but thou dost marvel when they moc |
| 37:13 | | And heed not when they are reminded |
| 37:14 | | And seek to scoff when they behold a portent |
| 37:15 | | And they say: Lo! this is mere magic |
| 37:16 | | When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again) |
| 37:17 | | And our forefathers |
| 37:18 | | Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low |
| 37:19 | | There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold |
| 37:20 | | And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment |
| 37:21 | | This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny |
| 37:22 | | (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worshi |
| 37:23 | | Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell |
| 37:24 | | And stop them, for they must be questioned |
| 37:25 | | What aileth you that ye help not one another |
| 37:26 | | Nay, but this day they make full submission |
| 37:27 | | And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning |
| 37:28 | | They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth) |
| 37:29 | | They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers |
| 37:30 | | We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk |
| 37:31 | | Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom) |
| 37:32 | | Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray |
| 37:33 | | Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom |
| 37:34 | | Lo! thus deal We with the guilty |
| 37:35 | | For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornfu |
| 37:36 | | And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet |
| 37:37 | | Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him) |
| 37:38 | | Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom |
| 37:39 | | Ye are requited naught save what ye did |
| 37:40 | | Save single-minded slaves of Allah |
| 37:41 | | For them there is a known provision |
| 37:42 | | Fruits. And they will be honoure |
| 37:43 | | In the Gardens of delight |
| 37:44 | | On couches facing one another |
| 37:45 | | A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them |
| 37:46 | | White, delicious to the drinkers |
| 37:47 | | Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby |
| 37:48 | | And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes |
| 37:49 | | (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich) |
| 37:50 | | And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning |
| 37:51 | | A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrad |
| 37:52 | | Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words) |
| 37:53 | | Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book |
| 37:54 | | He saith: Will ye look |
| 37:55 | | Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell |
| 37:56 | | He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin |
| 37:57 | | And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom) |
| 37:58 | | Are we then not to di |
| 37:59 | | Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished |
| 37:60 | | Lo! this is the supreme triumph |
| 37:61 | | For the like of this, then, let the workers work |
| 37:62 | | Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum |
| 37:63 | | Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers |
| 37:64 | | Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell |
| 37:65 | | Its crop is as it were the heads of devil |
| 37:66 | | And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith |
| 37:67 | | And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling wate |
| 37:68 | | And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell |
| 37:69 | | They indeed found their fathers astray |
| 37:70 | | But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps |
| 37:71 | | And verily most of the men of old went astray before them |
| 37:72 | | And verily We sent among them warners |
| 37:73 | | Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned |
| 37:74 | | Save single-minded slaves of Allah |
| 37:75 | | And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his praye |
| 37:76 | | And We saved him and his household from the great distress |
| 37:77 | | And made his seed the survivors |
| 37:78 | | And left for him among the later folk (the salutation) |
| 37:79 | | Peace be unto Noah among the peoples |
| 37:80 | | Lo! thus do We reward the good |
| 37:81 | | Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves |
| 37:82 | | Then We did drown the others |
| 37:83 | | And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraha |
| 37:84 | | When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart |
| 37:85 | | When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship |
| 37:86 | | Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire |
| 37:87 | | What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds |
| 37:88 | | And he glanced a glance at the star |
| 37:89 | | Then said: Lo! I feel sick |
| 37:90 | | And they turned their backs and went away from him |
| 37:91 | | Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat |
| 37:92 | | What aileth you that ye speak not |
| 37:93 | | Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand |
| 37:94 | | And (his people) came toward him, hastening |
| 37:95 | | He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carv |
| 37:96 | | When Allah hath created you and what ye make |
| 37:97 | | They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire |
| 37:98 | | And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost |
| 37:99 | | And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me |
| 37:100 | | My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous |
| 37:101 | | So We gave him tidings of a gentle son |
| 37:102 | | 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 |
| 37:103 | | Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face |
| 37:104 | | We called unto him: O Abraham |
| 37:105 | | Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good |
| 37:106 | | Lo! that verily was a clear test |
| 37:107 | | Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim |
| 37:108 | | And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation) |
| 37:109 | | Peace be unto Abraham |
| 37:110 | | Thus do We reward the good |
| 37:111 | | Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves |
| 37:112 | | And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous |
| 37:113 | | And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves |
| 37:114 | | And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron |
| 37:115 | | And saved them and their people from the great distress |
| 37:116 | | And helped them so that they became the victors |
| 37:117 | | And We gave them the clear Scriptur |
| 37:118 | | And showed them the right path |
| 37:119 | | And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation) |
| 37:120 | | Peace be unto Moses and Aaron |
| 37:121 | | Lo! thus do We reward the good |
| 37:122 | | Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves |
| 37:123 | | And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn) |
| 37:124 | | When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil) |
| 37:125 | | Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators |
| 37:126 | | Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers |
| 37:127 | | But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom |
| 37:128 | | Save single-minded slaves of Allah |
| 37:129 | | And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation) |
| 37:130 | | Peace be unto Elias |
| 37:131 | | Lo! thus do We reward the good |
| 37:132 | | Lo! he is one of our believing slaves |
| 37:133 | | And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn) |
| 37:134 | | When We saved him and his household, every one |
| 37:135 | | Save an old woman among those who stayed behind |
| 37:136 | | Then We destroyed the others |
| 37:137 | | And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the mornin |
| 37:138 | | And at night-time; have ye then no sense |
| 37:139 | | And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn |
| 37:140 | | When he fled unto the laden ship |
| 37:141 | | And then drew lots and was of those rejected |
| 37:142 | | And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy |
| 37:143 | | And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah |
| 37:144 | | He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised |
| 37:145 | | Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick |
| 37:146 | | And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him |
| 37:147 | | And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or mor |
| 37:148 | | And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while |
| 37:149 | | Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons |
| 37:150 | | Or created We the angels females while they were present |
| 37:151 | | Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say |
| 37:152 | | Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie |
| 37:153 | | (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons |
| 37:154 | | What aileth you? How judge ye |
| 37:155 | | Will ye not then reflect |
| 37:156 | | Or have ye a clear warrant |
| 37:157 | | Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful |
| 37:158 | | And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him) |
| 37:159 | | Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him) |
| 37:160 | | Save single-minded slaves of Allah |
| 37:161 | | Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship |
| 37:162 | | Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him |
| 37:163 | | Save him who is to burn in hell |
| 37:164 | | There is not one of us but hath his known position |
| 37:165 | | Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks |
| 37:166 | | Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His prais |
| 37:167 | | And indeed they used to say |
| 37:168 | | If we had but a reminder from the men of ol |
| 37:169 | | We would be single-minded slaves of Allah |
| 37:170 | | Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know |
| 37:171 | | And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn |
| 37:172 | | That they verily would be helped |
| 37:173 | | And that Our host, they verily would be the victors |
| 37:174 | | So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile |
| 37:175 | | And watch, for they will (soon) see |
| 37:176 | | Would they hasten on Our doom |
| 37:177 | | But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned |
| 37:178 | | Withdraw from them awhil |
| 37:179 | | And watch, for they will (soon) see |
| 37:180 | | Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him |
| 37:181 | | And peace be unto those sent (to warn) |
| 37:182 | | And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds |
