37:1  By those who range themselves in close ranks

37:2  And those who repel evil vigorously

37:3  And those who recite the Reminder - the Qur'an

37:4  Surely, your God is One

37:5  Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them and the Lord of the places from which light spreads forth

37:6  WE have adorned the lowest heaven with an adornment - the planets

37:7  And have guarded it against all rebellious satans

37:8  They cannot listen to anything from the Exalted Assembly of angels - and they are pelted from every side

37:9  Repulsed, and for them is a perpetual punishment

37:10  But if any of them snatches away something by stealth, he is pursued by a piecing flame

37:11  So ask them whether it is they who are harder to create, or those others whom WE have created? Them WE have created of cohesive clay

37:12  Nay, thou dost wonder at what they say, and they ridicule what thou sayest

37:13  And when they are admonished, they pay no heed

37:14  And when they see a Sign, they mock at it

37:15  And they say, this is nothing but plain sorcery

37:16  `What ! when we are dead and have become dust and broken bones, shall we then be raised up again

37:17  `And our fathers of yore also?

37:18  Say, `Yea; and you will, then, be abased.

37:19  It will be but one stern call, and lo ! they will be up and seeing

37:20  And they will say, `Alas for us ! this is the Day of Requital.

37:21  ALLAH will say, `This is the day of the final Decision which you used to deny.

37:22  The angels will be commanded: `Assemble those who acted wrongfully along with their companions and what they used to worshi

37:23  `Beside ALLAH; and lead them along the path of Hell

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

37:25  They will be asked, `What is the matter with you that you help not one another?

37:26  Nay, on that day they will surrender themselves completely

37:27  And some of them will address others, questioning one another

37:28  They will say, `Verily you used to come to us from the right.

37:29  The others will answer, `Nay, you yourselves were not believers

37:30  `And we had no power over you; but you yourselves were a transgressing people

37:31  `Now the word of our Lord has been fulfilled against us that we must taste the punishment

37:32  `And we caused you to go astray for we ourselves had gone astray.

37:33  Truly, on that day they will all be sharers in the punishment

37:34  Surely, thus do WE deal with the guilty

37:35  For when it was said to them, `There is no god but ALLAH, they behaved arrogantly

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

37:37  Nay, he has brought the truth and has testified to the truth of all the Messengers

37:38  You shall, surely, taste the painful punishment

37:39  And you will be requited only for what you have wrought

37:40  Save the chosen servants of ALLAH

37:41  They will have a known provision

37:42  Fruits; and they shall be honoured

37:43  In the Gardens of Bliss

37:44  Seated on thrones, facing one another

37:45  They will be served round with a cup from a flowing fountain

37:46  Sparkling white, delicious to the drinkers

37:47  Wherein there will be no intoxication, nor will they be exhausted thereby

37:48  And with them will be chaste women, with restrained looks and large beautiful eyes

37:49  As though they were sheltered eggs

37:50  Then some of them will address the others, questioning one another

37:51  A speaker from among them will say, `I had an intimate companion

37:52  `Who used to say, `Art thou, indeed, among those who believe the Resurrection to be true

37:53  `When we are dead, and have become dust and broken bones, shall we indeed, be requited?

37:54  The speaker will then ask those around him, `Will you have a look and find out about him?

37:55  Then he will look himself and see him in the midst of the Fire

37:56  And will say to him, `By ALLAH, thou hadst almost caused my ruin

37:57  But for the grace of my Lord, I should, surely, have been of those who are called up before Hell

37:58  `Tell me, is it not so that we are not going to suffer death again

37:59  `Save our first death, and that we are not to be punished

37:60  Surely, this is the supreme triumph.

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

37:62  Is that better as an entertainment, of the tree of Zaqqhm?

37:63  Verily, WE have made it a trial for the wrongdoers

37:64  It is a tree that springs forth in the bottom of Hell

37:65  The fruit thereof is as though it were the heads of serpents

37:66  And they shall eat of it and fill their bellies therewith

37:67  Then will they have in addition to it a mixture of boiling water to drink

37:68  Then, surely, their return shall be Hell

37:69  They found their fathers erring

37:70  And they hurried on in their footsteps

37:71  And most of the ancient peoples had erred before them

37:72  And WE had sent Warners among them

37:73  Behold, then, how evil was the end of those who were warned

37:74  Save the chosen servants of ALLAH

37:75  And Noah, indeed, did cry unto US, and how excellent Answerer of Prayers are WE

37:76  And WE saved him and his family from the great distress

37:77  And WE made his offspring the only survivors

37:78  And WE left for him a good name among the later generations

37:79  Peace be upon Noah among the peoples

37:80  Thus, indeed, do WE reward those who do good

37:81  He was, surely, one of our believing servants

37:82  Then WE drowned the others

37:83  And, verily, of his party was Abraham

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

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

37:86  `A lie - false gods beside ALLAH do you desire

37:87  `What think ye of the Lord of the worlds?

37:88  Then he cast a glance at the stars

37:89  And said, `I am feeling unwell.

37:90  So they went away from him, turning their backs

37:91  The he went quietly to their gods and addressing them said, `Will you not eat

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

37:93  The he turned upon them, striking them with the right hand

37:94  Thereupon the people came towards him, hastening

37:95  He said, `Do you worship that which you yourselves carve out

37:96  `Whereas ALLAH has created you and also your handiwork?

37:97  They said, `Build for him a structure and cast him into the fire.

37:98  Thus they designed an evil design against him, but WE made them most humiliated

37:99  And he said, `I am going to my Lord. HE will, surely, guide me.

37:100  And he prayed, `My Lord, grant me a righteous son

37:101  So WE gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing son

37:102  And when he was old enough to run along with him, he said, `O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I offer thee in sacrifice. So consider what thou thinkest of it !' He replied, `O my father, do as thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if ALLAH please, steadfast in my faith.

37:103  And when they both submitted to the will of God, and Abraham had thrown him down on his forehead

37:104  WE called to him, `O Abraham

37:105  `Thou hast, indeed, fulfilled the dream.' Thus, indeed, do WE reward those who do good

37:106  That, surely, was a manifest trial

37:107  And WE ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice

37:108  And WE left for him a good name among the succeeding generations

37:109  Peace be upon Abraham

37:110  Thus do WE reward those who do good

37:111  Surely, he was one of our believing servants

37:112  And WE gave him the glad tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, and one of the righteous

37:113  And WE bestowed blessings on him and on Isaac. And among their progeny are some who do good and others who clearly wrong themselves

37:114  And, indeed, WE bestowed favours on Moses and Aaron

37:115  And WE saved them both and their people from the great distress

37:116  And WE helped them, and it was they who were victorious

37:117  And WE gave them the Book that made everything clear

37:118  And WE guided them to the right path

37:119  And WE left for them a good name among the succeeding generations.

37:120  Peace be on Moses and Aaron

37:121  Thus, indeed, do WE reward those who do good

37:122  Surely, they were both among Our believing servants

37:123  And, assuredly, Elias also was one of the Messengers

37:124  When he said to his people, `Will you not be God-fearing

37:125  `Do you call on Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators

37:126  ALLAH, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of old?

37:127  But they rejected him, and they will, surely, be brought before God to render an account of their deeds

37:128  Except the chosen servants of ALLAH

37:129  And WE left for him a good name among the later generations.

37:130  Peace be on Elias and his people

37:131  Thus, indeed, do WE reward those who do good

37:132  Surely, he was one of Our believing servants

37:133  And assuredly, Lot, too, was one of the Messengers

37:134  When WE delivered him and all his family

37:135  Except an old women who was among those who stayed behind

37:136  Then WE utterly destroyed the others

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

37:138  And by night, Will you not understand

37:139  And, surely, Jonah also was one of the Messengers

37:140  When he fled to the laden ship

37:141  And he cast lots with the crew of the ship and was of the losers

37:142  And the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching himself

37:143  And had he not been of those who glorify God

37:144  He would, surely, have tarried in its belly till the Day of Resurrection

37:145  Then WE cast him on a bare tract of land, and he was sick

37:146  And WE caused a gourd plant to grow over him

37:147  And WE sent him as a Messenger to a hundred thousand people or more

37:148  And they all believed; so WE permitted them to enjoy life for a long while

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

37:150  Did WE create the angels females while they were witnesses

37:151  Now, surely, it is of their fabrications that they say

37:152  `ALLAH has begotten children;' and they are certainly liars

37:153  Has HE chosen daughters in preference to sons

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

37:155  Will you not take heed

37:156  Or, have you a clear authority

37:157  Then produce your book, if you are truthful

37:158  And they assert a kinship between HIM and the jinn while the jinn themselves know well that they will be brought before ALLAH for judgment

37:159  Holy is ALLAH and free from what they attribute to HIM

37:160  But the chosen servants of ALLAH do not attribute anything derogatory to HIM

37:161  Verily, you and what you worship

37:162  None of you can mislead anyone against HIM

37:163  Except only him who shall burn in Hell

37:164  They say, `There is not one of us but has known a station

37:165  `And, verily, we are those who stand ranged in rows

37:166  And we, verily, are those who glorify ALLAH.

37:167  And, surely, the Meccan disbelievers used to say

37:168  `If we had with us a Reminder like that of the people of old

37:169  `We would, surely, have been ALLAH's chosen servants.

37:170  Yet when it has come to them they disbelieve therein, but they will soon come to know

37:171  And, surely, Our word has gone forth to Our servants, the Messengers

37:172  That it is, certainly, they who will be helped

37:173  And that it is Our host that will, certainly, be victorious

37:174  So turn thou away from them for a while

37:175  And watch them, for they will soon see their own end

37:176  Is it then Our punishment that they seek to hasten on

37:177  But when it descends into their courtyard, it shall be an evil morning for those who were warned

37:178  So turn thou away from them for a while

37:179  And watch, for they will soon see their own end

37:180  Holy is thy Lord, the Lord of Power, far above that which they assert

37:181  And peace is ever upon the Messengers

37:182  And all praise belongs to ALLAH, the Lord of the worlds