| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers(as-Saffat)
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| 37:1 | | °°°Stage 6 By the ones standing in ranks, ranged in rows |
| 37:2 | | then, ones who scare in a scaring |
| 37:3 | | then, ones who recount the Remembrance, |
| 37:4 | | truly, your God is One, |
| 37:5 | | the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and the Lord of the sunrise. |
| 37:6 | | Truly, We made to appear pleasing the present heaven with the adornment of the stars |
| 37:7 | | and keeping it safe from every emboldened Satan. |
| 37:8 | | They pay no attention to the lofty Council for they are hurled at from every edge, |
| 37:9 | | rejected. And for them is a punishment, that which lasts forever, |
| 37:10 | | but for him who snatched a fragment, then, a piercing flame pursued him. |
| 37:11 | | So ask them for advice: Are they stronger in constitution or those others whom We created? Truly, We created them of clinging clay. |
| 37:12 | | Nay! Thou hadst marveled while they deride. |
| 37:13 | | And when they were reminded, they remember not. |
| 37:14 | | And when they saw a sign, they scoff at it. |
| 37:15 | | And they said: This is not but clear sorcery. |
| 37:16 | | Is it when we were dead and had been earth dust and bones that we will, truly, be ones who are raised up |
| 37:17 | | and our fathers, the ancient ones? |
| 37:18 | | Say: Yes, you will be ones in a state of lowliness. |
| 37:19 | | There will be only one Scare. So when they will be looking on it, |
| 37:20 | | they will say: Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment! |
| 37:21 | | This is the Day of Decision which you had been denying. |
| 37:22 | | Assemble those who did wrong and their spouses, and what they had been worshipping |
| 37:23 | | —other than God—and guide them to the path to hellfire. |
| 37:24 | | And stop them for they are ones who will be asked: |
| 37:25 | | What is the matter with you that you help not one another? |
| 37:26 | | Nay! They are on that Day ones who will resign themselves to submission to God. |
| 37:27 | | And some of them came forward to some others, demanding of one another. |
| 37:28 | | They would say: Truly, you, you had been approaching us from the right. |
| 37:29 | | They would say: Nay! You are not ones who believe |
| 37:30 | | and we had not been any authority over you. Nay! You had been a folk, ones who are defiant. |
| 37:31 | | So the saying was realized against us of our Lord. That, truly, we are ones who experience the punishment. |
| 37:32 | | So we led you into error. Truly, we had been ones who are in error. |
| 37:33 | | Then, truly, they will be on that Day ones who are partners in the punishment. |
| 37:34 | | We accomplish, thus, with the ones who sin. |
| 37:35 | | Truly, when it had been said to them: There is no god but God, they grow arrogant. |
| 37:36 | | And they said: Are we ones who leave our gods for a possessed poet? |
| 37:37 | | Nay! He drew near with The Truth and he established as true the ones who are sent. |
| 37:38 | | Truly, you are ones who will experience the painful punishment |
| 37:39 | | and you will be given recompense but for what you had been doing. |
| 37:40 | | But the devoted servants of God, |
| 37:41 | | those, for them was a known provision |
| 37:42 | | —sweet fruits—and they will be ones who are honored |
| 37:43 | | in the Gardens of Bliss, |
| 37:44 | | on couches—ones who face one another. |
| 37:45 | | A cup from a spring of water will be passed around, |
| 37:46 | | white, a delight to ones who drink it. |
| 37:47 | | In that is neither headache, nor are they intoxicated by it. |
| 37:48 | | And with them are ones who are restraining their (f) glance, lovely eyed |
| 37:49 | | as if they are well-guarded pearls. |
| 37:50 | | So some of them will come forward to some others, demanding of one another. |
| 37:51 | | One of them who converses would say: Truly, I had a comrade |
| 37:52 | | who would say: Art thou of the ones who establish the Resurrection as true? |
| 37:53 | | When we are dead and had been earth dust and bones, will we be ones who are judged? |
| 37:54 | | He said: Will you be ones who peruse? |
| 37:55 | | So he perused and saw him amidst hellfire. |
| 37:56 | | He said: By God, thou wert about to deal me destruction! |
| 37:57 | | Had it not been for the divine blessing of my Lord I would have been of the ones who are charged. |
| 37:58 | | Are we not, then, to be dead again |
| 37:59 | | but for our first death and will we not be ones who are punished? |
| 37:60 | | Truly, this, it is the winning the sublime triumph. |
| 37:61 | | For the like of this, let the ones who work, work. |
| 37:62 | | Is this better as hospitality or the tree of Zaqqum? |
| 37:63 | | Truly, We made it a test for the ones who are unjust. |
| 37:64 | | Truly, it is a tree that goes forth, its root in hellfire, |
| 37:65 | | its spathes have been like the heads of satans. |
| 37:66 | | So, truly, they, they are ones who eat from it, ones who fill their bellies with it. |
| 37:67 | | Again, truly, on top of that for them is a brew of scalding water. |
| 37:68 | | Again, truly, their return is to hellfire. |
| 37:69 | | They discovered their fathers ones who go astray, |
| 37:70 | | yet they are running in their footsteps. |
| 37:71 | | And, certainly, went astray most of the ancient ones before them. |
| 37:72 | | And, certainly, We sent among them ones who warn. |
| 37:73 | | Then, look on how had been the Ultimate End of the ones who are warned, |
| 37:74 | | but the devoted servants of God. |
| 37:75 | | And, certainly, Noah cried out to Us. And how excellent were the ones who answer! |
| 37:76 | | And We delivered him and his people from tremendous distress. |
| 37:77 | | And We made his offspring—they, the ones who remain. |
| 37:78 | | And We left for him to say with the later ones: |
| 37:79 | | Peace be on Noah among the worlds. |
| 37:80 | | Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good. |
| 37:81 | | Truly, he is one of Our believing servants. |
| 37:82 | | Again, We drowned the others. |
| 37:83 | | And, truly, among his partisans was Abraham. |
| 37:84 | | When he drew near his Lord with a pure-hearted heart, |
| 37:85 | | when he said to his father and to his folk: What is it that you worship? |
| 37:86 | | Is it a calumny that you want gods other than God! |
| 37:87 | | Then, what is your opinion about the Lord of the worlds? |
| 37:88 | | And he looked on them with a glimpse at the stars |
| 37:89 | | and he said: Truly, I am ill! |
| 37:90 | | But they turned away from him as ones who draw back |
| 37:91 | | and he turned upon their gods then, said: Will you not eat? |
| 37:92 | | Why speak you not for yourselves? |
| 37:93 | | Then, he turned upon them, striking them with his right hand. |
| 37:94 | | Then, the people came forward towards him rushing. |
| 37:95 | | He said: Worship you what you yourselves carve out |
| 37:96 | | while God created you and what you do? |
| 37:97 | | They said: Build for him a structure. Then, cast him into hellfire. |
| 37:98 | | So they wanted to use cunning against him, but We made them the lowest. |
| 37:99 | | He said: Truly, I am one who goes to my Lord. He will guide me. |
| 37:100 | | My Lord! Bestow on me among the ones in accord with morality. |
| 37:101 | | So We gave him the good tidings of a forbearing boy. |
| 37:102 | | And when he reached maturity endeavoring with him, he said: O my son! Truly, I see while slumbering that I am sacrificing thee. So look on what thou hast considered? He said: O my father! Accomplish whatever thou art commanded. Thou wilt find me, if God willed, of the ones who remain steadfast. |
| 37:103 | | Then, when they both submitted themselves to God and he flung him on his brow |
| 37:104 | | We cried out to him: O Abraham! |
| 37:105 | | Surely, thou hadst established the dream as true. Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good. |
| 37:106 | | Truly, that was, certainly, the clear trial. |
| 37:107 | | And, then, We took ransom for him with a sublime slaughter |
| 37:108 | | and We left for him a good name with the later ones: |
| 37:109 | | Peace be on Abraham! |
| 37:110 | | Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good. |
| 37:111 | | Truly, he is one of Our believing servants. |
| 37:112 | | And We gave him the good tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, among the ones in accord with morality. |
| 37:113 | | And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring are ones who are doers of good and ones who are clearly unjust to themselves. |
| 37:114 | | And, certainly We showed Our grace to Moses and Aaron. |
| 37:115 | | And We delivered them and their folk from the tremendous distress |
| 37:116 | | and helped them so that they, they had been the ones who are victors. |
| 37:117 | | And We gave them the manifest Book |
| 37:118 | | and guided them to the straight path. |
| 37:119 | | We left for them a good name with the later ones: |
| 37:120 | | Peace be on Moses and Aaron! |
| 37:121 | | Truly, thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good. |
| 37:122 | | Truly, they were of Our servants, ones who believe. |
| 37:123 | | And, truly, Elijah was of the ones who are sent |
| 37:124 | | when he said to his folk: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 37:125 | | Will you call to Baal and forsake the fairer of ones who are the creators, |
| 37:126 | | God, your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers? |
| 37:127 | | But they denied him, so they, truly, were ones who are charged. |
| 37:128 | | As for the devoted servants of God among them, |
| 37:129 | | We left for him a good name with the later ones: |
| 37:130 | | Peace be on Elijah! |
| 37:131 | | Thus, We give recompense to the ones who are doers of good. |
| 37:132 | | Truly, he was of Our servants, ones who believe. |
| 37:133 | | And, truly, Lot was of the ones who are sent. |
| 37:134 | | We delivered him and his people, one and all, |
| 37:135 | | but an old woman of the ones who stay behind. |
| 37:136 | | Again, We destroyed the others. |
| 37:137 | | And, truly, you pass by them in that which is morning |
| 37:138 | | and at night. Will you not, then, be reasonable? |
| 37:139 | | And, truly, Jonah was of the ones who are sent |
| 37:140 | | when he fled, without his Lord’s permission, to the laden boat. |
| 37:141 | | He cast lots with them and he had been of the ones who are refuted. |
| 37:142 | | Then, the great fish engulfed him while he was one who is answerable. |
| 37:143 | | If he had not been of the ones who glorify, |
| 37:144 | | he would have lingered in expectation in its belly until the Day they are raised up. |
| 37:145 | | Then, We cast him forth on the naked shore while he was ill. |
| 37:146 | | We caused a vine of gourd to develop over him. |
| 37:147 | | We sent him to a community of a hundred thousand, or they even exceed that. |
| 37:148 | | And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a while. |
| 37:149 | | Then, ask them for advice: Are daughters for thy Lord and for them, sons? |
| 37:150 | | Or created We female angels while they were ones who bear witness? |
| 37:151 | | Truly, it is out of their calumny that they say: |
| 37:152 | | God procreated! And, truly, they are ones who lie. |
| 37:153 | | Favored He daughters over sons? |
| 37:154 | | What is the matter with you? How you give judgment! |
| 37:155 | | Will you not, then, recollect? |
| 37:156 | | Or is there for you a clear authority? |
| 37:157 | | Then, bring your Book if you would be ones who are sincere. |
| 37:158 | | And they made kindred between him and between the genies. But, surely, the genies knew well that they were ones who will be charged. |
| 37:159 | | Glory be to God from what they allege, |
| 37:160 | | but not the devoted servants of God. |
| 37:161 | | So, truly, you and those whom you worship |
| 37:162 | | will not be ones who are tempters against Him, |
| 37:163 | | but he who would be one who roasts in hellfire. |
| 37:164 | | There is not any of us but he has a known station. |
| 37:165 | | And we are ones who are standing in ranks. |
| 37:166 | | And we are the ones who glorify. |
| 37:167 | | And, truly, they had been saying: |
| 37:168 | | Had been with us a Remembrance from the ancient ones, |
| 37:169 | | we would have been servants of God, ones who are devoted, |
| 37:170 | | but they were ungrateful for it. and soon they will know. |
| 37:171 | | And, certainly, Our Word preceded for Our servants, the ones who are sent. |
| 37:172 | | They, truly, they are ones who shall be helped. |
| 37:173 | | And, truly, Our armies are the ones who are victors. |
| 37:174 | | So turn thou away from them for awhile |
| 37:175 | | and perceive them and soon they will perceive. |
| 37:176 | | Are they impatient for Our punishment? |
| 37:177 | | Then, when it would come down into their courtyard, how evil will be the morning daybreak of the ones who are warned! |
| 37:178 | | So turn thou away from them for a while, |
| 37:179 | | and perceive and they will perceive. |
| 37:180 | | Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Great Glory, from what they allege about Him. |
| 37:181 | | And peace be to the ones who are sent. |
| 37:182 | | And The Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds! |
