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Those who set the Ranks37. Aṣ-Ṣāffātالصافات

al-Ṣaffāt

The Ranged Ones

Meccan182 verses37 / 114

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37:1

wa-ṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffan

By the [angels] ranged in ranks,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:2

fa-z-zājirāti zajran

by the ones who drive [the clouds] vigorously,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:3

fa-t-tāliyāti dhikran

by the ones who recite the reminder:

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37:4

ʾinna ʾilāhakum la-wāḥidun

indeed your God is certainly One,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:5

rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā wa-rabbu l-mashāriqi

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and the Lord of the easts.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:6

ʾinnā zayyannā s-samāʾa d-dunyā bi-zīnatin-i l-kawākibi

Indeed We have adorned the lowest heaven with the finery of the stars,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:7

wa-ḥifẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridin

and to guard from any froward devil.

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37:8

lā yassammaʿūna ʾilā l-malaʾi l-ʾaʿlā wa-yuqdhafūna min kulli jānibin

They do not eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite—they are shot at from every side,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:9

duḥūran wa-lahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun

to drive them away, and there is a perpetual punishment for them—

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:10

ʾillā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-ʾatbaʿahū shihābun thāqibun

except any who snatches a snatch, whereat a piercing flame pursues him.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:11

fa-staftihim ʾa-hum ʾashaddu khalqan ʾam man khalaqnā ʾinnā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin

Ask them, is their creation more prodigious or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed, We created them from a viscous clay.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:12

bal ʿajibta wa-yaskharūna

Indeed you wonder, while they engage in ridicule,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:13

wa-ʾidhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūna

and [even] when admonished do not take admonition,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:14

wa-ʾidhā raʾaw ʾāyatan yastaskhirūna

and when they see a sign they make it an object of ridicule,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:15

wa-qālū ʾin hādhā ʾillā siḥrun mubīnun

and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’

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37:16

ʾa-ʾidhā mitnā wa-kunnā turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna

‘What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?

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37:17

ʾa-wa-ʾābāʾunā l-ʾawwalūna

And our forefathers too?!’

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37:18

qul naʿam wa-ʾantum dākhirūna

Say, ‘Yes! And you will be utterly humble.’

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37:19

fa-ʾinnamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-ʾidhā hum yanẓurūna

It will be only a single shout and, behold, they will look on,

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37:20

wa-qālū yā-waylanā hādhā yawmu d-dīni

and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Retribution!’

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37:21

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli lladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūna

‘This is the Day of Judgement that you used to deny!’

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37:22

uḥshurū lladhīna ẓalamū wa-ʾazwājahum wa-mā kānū yaʿbudūna

‘Muster the wrongdoers and their mates and what they used to worship

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37:23

min dūni llāhi fa-hdūhum ʾilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīmi

besides Allah, and show them the way to hell!

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37:24

wa-qifūhum ʾinnahum masʾūlūna

[But first] stop them! For they must be questioned.’

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37:25

mā lakum lā tanāṣarūna

‘Why is it that you do not support one another [today]?’

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37:26

bal humu l-yawma mustaslimūna

‘Indeed, they are [meek and] submissive today!’

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37:27

wa-ʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūna

Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.

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37:28

qālū ʾinnakum kuntum taʾtūnanā ʿani l-yamīni

They will say, ‘Indeed you used to accost us peremptorily.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:29

qālū bal lam takūnū muʾminīna

They will answer, ‘No, you [yourselves] had no faith.

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37:30

wa-mā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sulṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna

We had no authority over you. No, you [yourselves] were a rebellious lot.

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37:31

fa-ḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā ʾinnā la-dhāʾiqūna

So our Lord’s word became due against us that we shall indeed taste [the punishment].

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37:32

fa-ʾaghwaynākum ʾinnā kunnā ghāwīna

So we perverted you, for we were perverse [ourselves].’

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37:33

fa-ʾinnahum yawmaʾidhin fī l-ʿadhābi mushtarikūna

So, that day they will share the punishment.

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37:34

ʾinnā ka-dhālika nafʿalu bi-l-mujrimīna

Indeed, that is how We deal with the guilty.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:35

ʾinnahum kānū ʾidhā qīla lahum lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāhu yastakbirūna

Indeed, it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful,

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37:36

wa-yaqūlūna ʾa-ʾinnā la-tārikū ʾālihatinā li-shāʿirin majnūnin

and [they would] say, ‘Shall we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:37

bal jāʾa bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ṣaddaqa l-mursalīna

Indeed, he has brought [them] the truth, and confirmed the [earlier] apostles.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:38

ʾinnakum la-dhāʾiqū l-ʿadhābi l-ʾalīmi

Indeed you will taste the painful punishment,

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37:39

wa-mā tujzawna ʾillā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

and you will be requited only for what you used to do

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:40

ʾillā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:41

ʾulāʾika lahum rizqun maʿlūmun

For such there is a known provision

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37:42

fawākihu wa-hum mukramūna

—fruits—and they will be held in honour,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:43

fī jannāti n-naʿīmi

in the gardens of bliss,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:44

ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

[reclining] on couches, facing one another,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:45

yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bi-kaʾsin min maʿīnin

served around with a cup, from a clear fountain,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:46

bayḍāʾa ladhdhatin li-sh-shāribīna

snow-white, delicious to the drinkers,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:47

lā fīhā ghawlun wa-lā hum ʿanhā yunzafūna

wherein there will be neither headache nor will it cause them stupefaction,

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37:48

wa-ʿindahum qāṣirātu ṭ-ṭarfi ʿīnun

and with them will be maidens, of restrained glances with big [beautiful] eyes,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:49

ka-ʾannahunna bayḍun maknūnun

as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:50

fa-ʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūna

Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:51

qāla qāʾilun minhum ʾinnī kāna lī qarīnun

One of them will say, ‘Indeed I had a companion

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37:52

yaqūlu ʾa-ʾinnaka la-mina l-muṣaddiqīna

who used to say, ‘‘Are you really among those who affirm

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:53

ʾa-ʾidhā mitnā wa-kunnā turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾa-ʾinnā la-madīnūna

that when we have died and become dust and bones, we shall be brought to retribution?’’ ’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:54

qāla hal ʾantum muṭṭaliʿūna

He will say, ‘Will you have a look?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:55

fa-ṭṭalaʿa fa-raʾāhu fī sawāʾi l-jaḥīmi

Then he will take a look and sight him in the middle of hell.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:56

qāla ta-llāhi ʾin kidta la-turdīni

He will say, ‘By Allah, you had almost ruined me!

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37:57

wa-law-lā niʿmatu rabbī la-kuntu mina l-muḥḍarīna

Had it not been for my Lord’s blessing, I too would have been among those mustered [in hell]!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:58

ʾa-fa-mā naḥnu bi-mayyitīna

‘Is it [true] that we shall not die [anymore],

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37:59

ʾillā mawtatanā l-ʾūlā wa-mā naḥnu bi-muʿadhdhabīna

aside from our earlier death, and that we shall not be punished?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:60

ʾinna hādhā la-huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

This is indeed the supreme triumph!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:61

li-mithli hādhā fa-l-yaʿmali l-ʿāmilūna

Let all workers work for the like of this!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:62

ʾa-dhālika khayrun nuzulan ʾam shajaratu z-zaqqūmi

Is this a better reception, or the Zaqqum tree?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:63

ʾinnā jaʿalnāhā fitnatan li-ẓ-ẓālimīna

Indeed We have made it a punishment for the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:64

ʾinnahā shajaratun takhruju fī ʾaṣli l-jaḥīmi

It is a tree that rises from the depths of hell.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:65

ṭalʿuhā ka-ʾannahū ruʾūsu sh-shayāṭīni

Its spathes are as if they were devils’ heads.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:66

fa-ʾinnahum la-ʾākilūna minhā fa-māliʾūna minhā l-buṭūna

They will eat from it and gorge with it their bellies.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:67

thumma ʾinna lahum ʿalayhā la-shawban min ḥamīmin

On top of that they will take a solution of scalding water.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:68

thumma ʾinna marjiʿahum la-ʾilā l-jaḥīmi

Then their retreat will be toward hell.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:69

ʾinnahum ʾalfaw ʾābāʾahum ḍāllīna

They had found their fathers astray,

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37:70

fa-hum ʿalā ʾāthārihim yuhraʿūna

yet they press onwards in their footsteps.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:71

wa-la-qad ḍalla qablahum ʾaktharu l-ʾawwalīna

Most of the former peoples went astray before them,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:72

wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā fīhim mundhirīna

and We had certainly sent warners among them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:73

fa-nẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīna

So observe how was the fate of those who were warned

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:74

ʾillā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:75

wa-la-qad nādānā nūḥun fa-la-niʿma l-mujībūna

Certainly Noah called out to Us, and how well did We respond!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:76

wa-najjaynāhu wa-ʾahlahū mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

We delivered him and his family from their great distress,

— Ali Quli Qarai

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37:77

wa-jaʿalnā dhurriyyatahū humu l-bāqīna

and made his descendants the survivors,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:78

wa-taraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ʾākhirīna

and left for him a good name among posterity:

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:79

salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīna

‘Peace to Noah, throughout the nations!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:80

ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

Thus do We reward the virtuous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:81

ʾinnahū min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:82

thumma ʾaghraqnā l-ʾākharīna

Then We drowned the rest.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:83

wa-ʾinna min shīʿatihī la-ʾibrāhīma

Indeed Abraham was among his followers,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:84

ʾidh jāʾa rabbahū bi-qalbin salīmin

when he came to his Lord with a sound heart [untainted by sin].

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:85

ʾidh qāla li-ʾabīhi wa-qawmihī mādhā taʿbudūna

When he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?

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37:86

ʾa-ʾifkan ʾālihatan dūna llāhi turīdūna

Is it a lie, gods other than Allah, that you desire?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:87

fa-mā ẓannukum bi-rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Then what is your idea about the Lord of all the worlds?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:88

fa-naẓara naẓratan fī n-nujūmi

Then he made an observation of the stars

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37:89

fa-qāla ʾinnī saqīmun

and said, ‘Indeed I am sick!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:90

fa-tawallaw ʿanhu mudbirīna

So they went away leaving him behind.

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37:91

fa-rāgha ʾilā ʾālihatihim fa-qāla ʾa-lā taʾkulūna

Then he stole away to their gods and said, ‘Will you not eat?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:92

mā lakum lā tanṭiqūna

Why do you not speak?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:93

fa-rāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bi-l-yamīni

Then he attacked them, striking forcefully.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:94

fa-ʾaqbalū ʾilayhi yaziffūna

They came running towards him.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:95

qāla ʾa-taʿbudūna mā tanḥitūna

He said, ‘Do you worship what you have yourselves carved,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:96

wa-llāhu khalaqakum wa-mā taʿmalūna

when Allah has created you and whatever you make?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:97

qālū bnū lahū bunyānan fa-ʾalqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi

They said, ‘Build a structure for him and cast him into a huge fire.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:98

fa-ʾarādū bihī kaydan fa-jaʿalnāhumu l-ʾasfalīna

So they sought to outwit him, but We made them the lowermost.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:99

wa-qāla ʾinnī dhāhibun ʾilā rabbī sa-yahdīni

He said, ‘Indeed I am going toward my Lord, who will guide me.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:100

rabbi hab lī mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

‘My Lord! Give me [an heir], one of the righteous.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:101

fa-bashsharnāhu bi-ghulāmin ḥalīmin

So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:102

fa-lammā balagha maʿahu s-saʿya qāla yā-bunayya ʾinnī ʾarā fī l-manāmi ʾannī ʾadhbaḥuka fa-nẓur mādhā tarā qāla yā-ʾabati fʿal mā tuʾmaru sa-tajidunī ʾin shāʾa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣābirīna

When he was old enough to assist in his endeavour, he said, ‘My son! I see in dreams that I am sacrificing you. See what you think.’ He said, ‘Father! Do whatever you have been commanded. If Allah wishes, you will find me to be patient.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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37:103

fa-lammā ʾaslamā wa-tallahū li-l-jabīni

So when they had both surrendered [to Allah’s will], and he had laid him down on his forehead,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:104

wa-nādaynāhu ʾan yā-ʾibrāhīmu

We called out to him, ‘O Abraham!

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37:105

qad ṣaddaqta r-ruʾyā ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

You have indeed fulfilled your vision! Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:106

ʾinna hādhā la-huwa l-balāʾu l-mubīnu

This was indeed a manifest test.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:107

wa-fadaynāhu bi-dhibḥin ʿaẓīmin

Then We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:108

wa-taraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ʾākhirīna

and left for him a good name in posterity:

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:109

salāmun ʿalā ʾibrāhīma

‘Peace be to Abraham!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:110

ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

Thus do We reward the virtuous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:111

ʾinnahū min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:112

wa-bashsharnāhu bi-ʾisḥāqa nabiyyan mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

And We gave him the good news of [the birth of] Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:113

wa-bāraknā ʿalayhi wa-ʿalā ʾisḥāqa wa-min dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinun wa-ẓālimun li-nafsihī mubīnun

And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants [some] are virtuous, and [some] who manifestly wrong themselves.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:114

wa-la-qad manannā ʿalā mūsā wa-hārūna

Certainly We favoured Moses and Aaron,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:115

wa-najjaynāhumā wa-qawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

and delivered them and their people from their great distress,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:116

wa-naṣarnāhum fa-kānū humu l-ghālibīna

and We helped them so that they became the victors.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:117

wa-ʾātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mustabīna

We gave them the illuminating scripture

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:118

wa-hadaynāhumā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīma

and guided them to the straight path,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:119

wa-taraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ʾākhirīna

and left for them a good name in posterity.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:120

salāmun ʿalā mūsā wa-hārūna

‘Peace be to Moses and Aaron!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:121

ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:122

ʾinnahumā min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

They are indeed among Our faithful servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:123

wa-ʾinna ʾilyāsa la-mina l-mursalīna

Indeed Ilyas was one of the apostles.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:124

ʾidh qāla li-qawmihī ʾa-lā tattaqūna

When he said to his people, ‘Will you not be Godwary?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:125

ʾa-tadʿūna baʿlan wa-tadharūna ʾaḥsana l-khāliqīna

Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:126

allāha rabbakum wa-rabba ʾābāʾikumu l-ʾawwalīna

Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?,’

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37:127

fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾinnahum la-muḥḍarūna

they impugned him. So they will indeed be mustered [in hell]

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:128

ʾillā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:129

wa-taraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ʾākhirīna

We left for him a good name in posterity.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:130

salāmun ʿalā ʾila

‘Peace be to Ilyas!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:131

ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:132

ʾinnahū min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:133

wa-ʾinna lūṭan la-mina l-mursalīna

Indeed Lot was one of the apostles.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:134

ʾidh najjaynāhu wa-ʾahlahū ʾajmaʿīna

When We delivered him and all his family,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:135

ʾillā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

excepting an old woman among those who remained behind,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:136

thumma dammarnā l-ʾākharīna

We destroyed the rest.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:137

wa-ʾinnakum la-tamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣbiḥīna

Indeed you pass by them at dawn

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:138

wa-bi-l-layli ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

and at night. Do you not exercise your reason?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:139

wa-ʾinna yūnusa la-mina l-mursalīna

Indeed Jonah was one of the apostles.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:140

ʾidh ʾabaqa ʾilā l-fulki l-mashḥūni

When he absconded toward the laden ship,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:141

fa-sāhama fa-kāna mina l-mudḥaḍīna

he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard].

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:142

fa-ltaqamahu l-ḥūtu wa-huwa mulīmun

Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:143

fa-law-lā ʾannahū kāna mina l-musabbiḥīna

Had he not been one of those who celebrate Allah’s glory,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:144

la-labitha fī baṭnihī ʾilā yawmi yubʿathūna

he would have surely remained in its belly till the day they will be resurrected.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:145

fa-nabadhnāhu bi-l-ʿarāʾi wa-huwa saqīmun

Then We cast him on a bare shore, and he was sick.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:146

wa-ʾanbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin

So We made a gourd plant grow above him.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:147

wa-ʾarsalnāhu ʾilā miʾati ʾalfin ʾaw yazīdūna

We sent him to a [community of] hundred thousand or more,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:148

fa-ʾāmanū fa-mattaʿnāhum ʾilā ḥīnin

and they believed [in him]. So We provided for them for a while.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:149

fa-staftihim ʾa-li-rabbika l-banātu wa-lahumu l-banūna

Ask them, are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:150

ʾam khalaqnā l-malāʾikata ʾināthan wa-hum shāhidūna

Did We create the angels females while they were present?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:151

ʾa-lā ʾinnahum min ʾifkihim la-yaqūlūna

Be aware that it is out of their mendacity that they say,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:152

walada llāhu wa-ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna

‘Allah has begotten [offsprings],’ and they indeed speak a falsehood.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:153

ʾa-ṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna

Has He preferred daughters to sons?

— Ali Quli Qarai

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37:154

mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna

What is the matter with you? How do you judge?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:155

ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna

Will you not then take admonition?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:156

ʾam lakum sulṭānun mubīnun

Do you have a manifest authority?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:157

fa-ʾtū bi-kitābikum ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

Then produce your scripture, should you be truthful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:158

wa-jaʿalū baynahū wa-bayna l-jinnati nasaban wa-la-qad ʿalimati l-jinnatu ʾinnahum la-muḥḍarūna

And they have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn, while the jinn certainly know that they will be presented [before Him].

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:159

subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yaṣifūna

Clear is Allah of whatever they allege [about Him]

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:160

ʾillā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:161

fa-ʾinnakum wa-mā taʿbudūna

Indeed you and what you worship

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:162

mā ʾantum ʿalayhi bi-fātinīna

cannot mislead [anyone] about Him,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:163

ʾillā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīmi

except someone who is bound for hell.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:164

wa-mā minnā ʾillā lahū maqāmun maʿlūmun

‘There is none among us but has a known place.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:165

wa-ʾinnā la-naḥnu ṣ-ṣāffūna

It is we who are the ranged ones.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:166

wa-ʾinnā la-naḥnu l-musabbiḥūna

It is we who celebrate Allah’s glory.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:167

wa-ʾin kānū la-yaqūlūna

They indeed, used to say,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:168

law ʾanna ʿindanā dhikran mina l-ʾawwalīna

‘Had we possessed a Reminder from our predecessors,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:169

la-kunnā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

we would have surely been Allah’s exclusive servants.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:170

fa-kafarū bihī fa-sawfa yaʿlamūna

But they disbelieved it [when it came to them]. Soon they will know!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:171

wa-la-qad sabaqat kalimatunā li-ʿibādinā l-mursalīna

Certainly Our decree has gone beforehand in favour of Our servants, the apostles,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:172

ʾinnahum la-humu l-manṣūrūna

that they will indeed receive [Allah’s] help,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:173

wa-ʾinna jundanā la-humu l-ghālibūna

and indeed Our hosts will be the victors.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:174

fa-tawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

So leave them alone for a while,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:175

wa-ʾabṣirhum fa-sawfa yubṣirūna

and watch them; soon they will see [the truth of the matter]!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:176

ʾa-fa-bi-ʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

Do they seek to hasten Our punishment?

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:177

fa-ʾidhā nazala bi-sāḥatihim fa-sāʾa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīna

But when it descends in their courtyard it will be a dismal dawn for those who had been warned.

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:178

wa-tawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīnin

So leave them alone for a while,

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:179

wa-ʾabṣir fa-sawfa yubṣirūna

and watch; soon they will see!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:180

subḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūna

Clear is your Lord, the Lord of Might, of whatever they allege [concerning Him].

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:181

wa-salāmun ʿalā l-mursalīna

Peace be to the apostles!

— Ali Quli Qarai

37:182

wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Aṣ-Ṣāffāt

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anSurah commentary

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 1-3

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 4-5

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 6-7

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 8-10

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 11-12

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 13-15

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 16-18

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 19-21

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 22-24

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 25-27

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 28-29

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 30-31

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 32-33

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 34-36

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 37-39

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 40-44

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 45-47

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 48-49

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 50-52

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerse 53

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 54-55

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 56-57

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 58-61

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 62-64

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 65-68

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 69-70

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 71-74

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 75-79

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 80-82

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 83-84

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 85-87

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 88-92

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 93-94

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 95-98

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 99-102

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 103-106

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 107-113

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 114-116

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 117-119

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 120-122

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 123-125

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 126-129

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 130-132

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 133-136

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 137-138

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 139-141

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 142-144

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 145-147

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerse 148

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerse 149

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 150-152

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 153-156

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerse 157

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 158-160

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 161-163

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 164-166

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 167-169

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerse 170

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 171-173

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 174-176

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 177-179

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 180-182

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anSurah commentary

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 1-3

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 4-5

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 6-7

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 8-10

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 11-12

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 13-15

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 16-18

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 19-21

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 22-24

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 25-27

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 28-29

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 30-31

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 32-33

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 34-36

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 37-39

Tafsir Nur al-Qur'anVerses 40-44