As-Saffat

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا

By those who set the ranks in battle order

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

And those who read (the Word) for a reminder

إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

Lo! thy Lord is surely One

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ

Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

With security from every froward devil

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

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

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

And heed not when they are reminded

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

And seek to scoff when they behold a portent

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And they say: Lo! this is mere magic

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

And our forefathers

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

And stop them, for they must be questioned

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

What aileth you that ye help not one another

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

Nay, but this day they make full submission

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth)

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ

We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom)

فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ

Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Lo! thus deal We with the guilty

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him)

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Ye are requited naught save what ye did

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Save single-minded slaves of Allah

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

For them there is a known provision

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

Fruits. And they will be honoured

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

In the Gardens of delight

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

On couches facing one another

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

White, delicious to the drinkers

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby

وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

He saith: Will ye look

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom)

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

Are we then not to die

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Lo! this is the supreme triumph

لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ

For the like of this, then, let the workers work

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ

Its crop is as it were the heads of devils

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

They indeed found their fathers astray

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And verily most of the men of old went astray before them

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

And verily We sent among them warners

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Save single-minded slaves of Allah

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ

And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

And We saved him and his household from the great distress

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

And made his seed the survivors

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Peace be unto Noah among the peoples

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Lo! thus do We reward the good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Then We did drown the others

۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ

And he glanced a glance at the stars

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

Then said: Lo! I feel sick

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

And they turned their backs and went away from him

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

What aileth you that ye speak not

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

And (his people) came toward him, hastening

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

When Allah hath created you and what ye make

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous

فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

So We gave him tidings of a gentle son

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

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

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face

وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

We called unto him: O Abraham

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Lo! that verily was a clear test

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Peace be unto Abraham

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Thus do We reward the good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous

وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ

And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron

وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

And saved them and their people from the great distress

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

And helped them so that they became the victors

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

And We gave them the clear Scripture

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

And showed them the right path

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation)

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

Peace be unto Moses and Aaron

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Lo! thus do We reward the good

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn)

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Save single-minded slaves of Allah

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

Peace be unto Elias

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Lo! thus do We reward the good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lo! he is one of our believing slaves

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn)

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

When We saved him and his household, every one

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Then We destroyed the others

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And at night-time; have ye then no sense

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

When he fled unto the laden ship

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

And then drew lots and was of those rejected

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised

۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ

And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ

Or created We the angels females while they were present

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What aileth you? How judge ye

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Will ye not then reflect

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

Or have ye a clear warrant

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him)

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him)

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Save single-minded slaves of Allah

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ

Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Save him who is to burn in hell

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

There is not one of us but hath his known position

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

And indeed they used to say

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

If we had but a reminder from the men of old

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

We would be single-minded slaves of Allah

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

That they verily would be helped

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

And that Our host, they verily would be the victors

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

And watch, for they will (soon) see

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Would they hasten on Our doom

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

Withdraw from them awhile

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

And watch, for they will (soon) see

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And peace be unto those sent (to warn)

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds