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| 1. * | - Dialogue between the followers and the leaders who mislead them. 37 AS-SAFFAT - IN RANKS In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. By those who range themselves in ranks[1] |
| 2. * | and by those who cast out demons,[2] |
| 3. * | and by those who proclaim the message [3] |
| 4. * | : surely your God is One,[4] |
| 5. * | the Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that lies between them, and the Lord of the easts.[5] |
| 6. * | We have indeed decked the worldly heaven with beautiful stars[6] |
| 7. * | and have secured it against all obstinate rebellious Satans.[7] |
| 8. * | They cannot even hear the words of the exalted assembly of angels and they are darted at from every side[8] |
| 9. * | they are repulsed and are under a constant chastisement.[9] |
| 10. * | Eavesdroppers are persuaded by a flaming fire of piercing brightness.[10] |
| 11. * | Ask them: "What is more difficult - their creation or the rest of Our creation? - Them We have created out of a sticky clay.[11] |
| 12. * | You marvel at the wonders of Allah’s creation, while they ridicule at it.[12] |
| 13. * | When they are admonished, they pay no heed,[13] |
| 14. * | and when they see a sign, they mock at it[14] |
| 15. * | and say: "This is nothing but plain sorcery.[15] |
| 16. * | What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be raised to life again[16] |
| 17. * | - we and also our forefathers of the ancient time?"[17] |
| 18. * | Tell them: "Yes and you shall be held up to shame."[18] |
| 19. * | It will be just a single cry, and they will see it all with their own eyes.[19] |
| 20. * | Ah, woe to us! They shall exclaim, "this is the Day of Judgement!"[20] |
| 21. * | It will be said: "Yes, this is the same Day of Judgement which you used to deny."[21] |
| 22. * | It will be commanded: "Gather all the wrongdoers, their spouses and those whom they used to worship[22] |
| 23. * | besides Allah and show them the way to hell.[23] |
| 24. * | When they will all be gathered and angels will start pushing them towards hell, Allah shall say: "Stop for a while, they have to be questioned:[24] |
| 25. * | What is the matter with you today that you do not help each other?[25] |
| 26. * | Nay! On that Day they shall all be submissive.[26] |
| 27. * | Some of them will step forward to question one another.[27] |
| 28. * | The followers will say to their leaders: "It was you who used to come at us from the right hand and forced us towards the wrong way."[28] |
| 29. * | They will reply: "Nay! But it was you who had no faith.[29] |
| 30. * | We had no power over you, the fact is that you were an inordinate people;[30] |
| 31. * | true is the verdict which Our Lord has passed upon us, we shall indeed taste the punishment of our sins:[31] |
| 32. * | We misled you, for we ourselves were astray."[32] |
| 33. * | So on that Day they shall all be partners in the punishment.[33] |
| 34. * | Thus, shall We deal with the criminals;[34] |
| 35. * | for when they were told: "There is no god except Allah," they used to puff themselves up with pride[35] |
| 36. * | and say: "What! Should we give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?"[36] |
| 37. * | Whereas he had come with the truth and had confirmed the message of prior Messengers.[36] |
| 38. * | Then it will be said: "You are surely going to taste the painful punishment:[38] |
| 39. * | and this reward is nothing except what you had done.[39] |
| 40. * | But the sincere devotees of Allah[40] |
| 41. * | shall have familiar sustenance[41] |
| 42. * | - fruits, and shall be honored[42] |
| 43. * | in the gardens of delight.[43] |
| 44. * | Reclining face to face upon soft couches,[44] |
| 45. * | they shall be served with goblets filled at a fountain of wine,[45] |
| 46. * | a crystal-white drink, delicious to those who drink it.[46] |
| 47. * | It will neither dull their senses nor they will become drunk.[47] |
| 48. * | And beside them there will be bashful, dark big beautiful-eyed virgins,[48] |
| 49. * | as if they were delicate eggs closely guarded.[49] |
| 50. * | Some of them will be asking questions to others.[50] |
| 51. * | One of them will say: "I had a friend[51] |
| 52. * | who used to ask: ‘Are you really of those who affirm (the message of Islam)?[52] |
| 53. * | When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we ever be brought to judgement?’"[53] |
| 54. * | It will be said: "Would you like to see him?"[54] |
| 55. * | He will look down and see his friend in the midst of hellfire.[55] |
| 56. * | Then he will say: "By Allah! You had almost ruined me.[56] |
| 57. * | Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I should certainly have been among those who are brought there.[57] |
| 58. * | Is it not so that we shall not die[58] |
| 59. * | after our first death and that we shall not be chastised?"[59] |
| 60. * | Most surely it is a mighty achievement.[60] |
| 61. * | For such an end, let every one strive who wishes to strive.[61] |
| 62. * | Is this a better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?[62] |
| 63. * | Surely We have made this tree a trial for the wrongdoers.[63] |
| 64. * | Surely it is a tree that grows in the bottom of the hellfire,[64] |
| 65. * | bearing fruits as if they were heads of Satans,[65] |
| 66. * | on it they shall feed and with it they shall fill their bellies.[66] |
| 67. * | Then on top of that, they will be given a concoction made from boiling water.[67] |
| 68. * | Then to hellfire they shall be returned.[68] |
| 69. * | In fact, they found their fathers on the wrong path,[69] |
| 70. * | and they are eagerly following their footsteps.[70] |
| 71. * | Most of the ancients went astray before them,[71] |
| 72. * | though We had sent Warners to them.[72] |
| 73. * | See what was the end of those who had been forewarned: they all perished,[73] |
| 74. * | except the sincere devotees of Allah.[74] |
| 75. * | Noah prayed to Us; see how excellent was Our response to his prayer![75] |
| 76. * | We delivered him and his people from the mighty distress,[76] |
| 77. * | and made his progeny to be the only survivors,[77] |
| 78. * | and We left his good name among the later generations.[78] |
| 79. * | SaLotation to Noah among the people of the worlds.[79] |
| 80. * | Thus do We reward the righteous.[80] |
| 81. * | Surely he was one of Our believing devotees.[81] |
| 82. * | Then the rest We drowned in the great flood.[82] |
| 83. * | Surely Abraham belonged to the first group,[83] |
| 84. * | when he came to his Lord with a pure heart.[84] |
| 85. * | Behold, he said to his father and to his people: "What are these that you worship?[85] |
| 86. * | Would you serve false gods instead of Allah?[86] |
| 87. * | What is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?"[87] |
| 88. * | Then he looked at the stars one time[88] |
| 89. * | and said "I am feeling sick."[89] |
| 90. * | So his people left him behind and went away to their national fair.[90] |
| 91. * | He sneaked into the temple of their gods and addressed them: "Why don’t you eat from these offerings before you?[91] |
| 92. * | What is the matter with you that you don’t even speak?"[92] |
| 93. * | Then he fell upon them, smiting them with his right hand.[93] |
| 94. * | The people came running to the scene.[94] |
| 95. * | Would you worship that which you have carved with your own hands, he said,[95] |
| 96. * | when Allah is the One Who created you and that which you have made?[96] |
| 97. * | They said to one another: "Prepare for him a furnace and throw him into the blazing flames."[97] |
| 98. * | Thus did they scheme against him: but We humiliated them in their scheme.[98] |
| 99. * | Abraham said: "I am going to take refuge with my Lord, He will surely guide me.[99] |
| 100. * | O Lord! Grant me a righteous son."[100] |
| 101. * | So We gave him the good news of a gentle son.[101] |
| 102. * | When he reached the age to work with him, Abraham said to him: "O my son! I have seen a vision that I should offer you as a sacrifice, now tell me what is your view." He replied: "O my father! Do as you are commanded: you will find me, if Allah so wills, of the patient."[102] |
| 103. * | And when they both submitted to Allah and Abraham laid down his son prostrate upon his forehead for sacrifice;[103] |
| 104. * | We called out to him: "O Abraham stop![104] |
| 105. * | You have fulfilled your vision." Thus do We reward the righteous.[105] |
| 106. * | That was indeed a manifest test.[106] |
| 107. * | We ransomed his son for a great sacrifice[107] |
| 108. * | and We left his good name among the later generations.[108] |
| 109. * | SaLotation to Abraham.[109] |
| 110. * | Thus We reward the righteous.[110] |
| 111. * | Surely he was one of Our believing devotees.[111] |
| 112. * | We gave him the good news of Isaac - a prophet - one of the righteous.[112] |
| 113. * | We blessed him and Isaac both. Among their progeny there are some who are righteous and some who are clearly doing wrong to their own souls.[113] |
| 114. * | We bestowed Our favor on Moses and Haroon.[114] |
| 115. * | We delivered them with all their people from the mighty distress.[115] |
| 116. * | We helped them so they became victorious.[116] |
| 117. * | We gave them the Glorious Book (Torah),[117] |
| 118. * | and guided them both to the Right Way.[118] |
| 119. * | We left their good names among the later generations.[119] |
| 120. * | SaLotation to Moses and Haroon.[120] |
| 121. * | Thus do We reward the righteous.[121] |
| 122. * | Surely they were two of Our believing devotees.[122] |
| 123. * | Ilyas (Elias) was surely one of Our Messengers.[123] |
| 124. * | Behold, he said to his people: "Have you no fear of Allah?[124] |
| 125. * | Would you invoke Bal (their invented god) and forsake the best of the Creators[125] |
| 126. * | - Allah - Who is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?"[126] |
| 127. * | But they denied him, so they will certainly be called to account,[127] |
| 128. * | with the exception of sincere devotees of Allah.[128] |
| 129. * | We left his good name among the later generations.[129] |
| 130. * | SaLotation to Ilyas.[130] |
| 131. * | Thus do We reward the righteous.[131] |
| 132. * | He was surely one of Our believing devotees.[132] |
| 133. * | Lot was one of Our Messengers.[133] |
| 134. * | Behold, We delivered him and his whole family[134] |
| 135. * | except an old woman who was among those who remained behind,[135] |
| 136. * | and We destroyed the others.[136] |
| 137. * | Surely you pass by their ruins by day[137] |
| 138. * | and by night. Will you not use your common sense?[138] |
| 139. * | Jonah was surely one of Our Messengers.[139] |
| 140. * | When he ran to the laden ship,[140] |
| 141. * | took part in casting of lots, and was condemned.[141] |
| 142. * | A whale swallowed him for he had become blameworthy.[142] |
| 143. * | Had he not repented and became of those who glorify Allah,[143] |
| 144. * | he would certainly have remained inside its belly till the Day of Resurrection.[144] |
| 145. * | Then We cast him upon a desolate shore in a state of serious illness[145] |
| 146. * | and caused a gourd plant to grow over him.[146] |
| 147. * | Then We sent him to a nation of one hundred thousand people or more.[147] |
| 148. * | They believed in him, so We permitted them to enjoy their life for a while.[148] |
| 149. * | Just ask the unbelievers: Does it make any sense that their Lord should have daughters while they choose to have sons?[149] |
| 150. * | Or is it that We created the angels as females and they were present at their creation?[150] |
| 151. * | Surely they invent a lie when they say: [151] |
| 152. * | Allah has children. They are utter liars.[152] |
| 153. * | Would He choose daughters rather than sons?[153] |
| 154. * | What is the matter with you? How do you judge?[154] |
| 155. * | Will you not take heed?[155] |
| 156. * | Or do you have any proof of what you are saying?[156] |
| 157. * | Show us your scriptures if you are truthful![157] |
| 158. * | They assert blood- relationship between Him and the jinns; and the jinns know quite well that they will be called to account.[158] |
| 159. * | Glory be to Allah! He is free from what they ascribe to Him[159] |
| 160. * | except His sincere devotees who do not attribute such things to Him.[160] |
| 161. * | Therefore neither you nor those whom you worship[161] |
| 162. * | can deceive anyone about Allah[162] |
| 163. * | except him who is destined for hell.[163] |
| 164. * | The angels in fact say: "We each have our appointed place.[164] |
| 165. * | We range ourselves in ranks for His service[165] |
| 166. * | and we are surely those who declare His glory."[166] |
| 167. * | Before this, the same disbelievers used to say:[167] |
| 168. * | If we had received a reminder which the earlier people had received,[168] |
| 169. * | We certainly would have been sincere devotees of Allah.[169] |
| 170. * | But now that the Qur’an has come, they reject it: but soon they will find out the consequences of this attitude.[170] |
| 171. * | We have already promised Our servants whom We sent as Messengers[171] |
| 172. * | that they would certainly be helped,[172] |
| 173. * | and that Our forces will surely be victorious.[173] |
| 174. * | So give no heed to them for a while;[174] |
| 175. * | you will see their downfall as they shall see your victory.[175] |
| 176. * | Do they wish to hurry on Our punishment?[176] |
| 177. * | But dreadful will be that morning, when it will descend in the courtyards of those who have been forewarned.[177] |
| 178. * | So pay no heed to them for a while.[178] |
| 179. * | You will surely see their downfall as they shall see your victory.[179] |
| 180. * | Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, He is free from what they ascribe to Him![180] |
| 181. * | Peace be on the Messengers,[181] |
| 182. * | and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.[182] |