37:1  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!