Surah As-Saaffat - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفّٗا
By those angels. who draw up in ranks arranged in even rows
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 1
فَٱلزَّـٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا
And by those who take a firm stand against evil and bring it into reproach to be a reproach to the wrongdoer
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 2
فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا
And by those who recite the Quran to hear the voice of Allah expressing his will
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 3
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ
Allah your creator is but One and only
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 4
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ
Creator and Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and of all that lies between and He is their Supreme controlling power. He is the Sovereign of all eastern cardinal points near which the sun rises in its apparent passage through the signs of the zodiac
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 5
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ
We have embellished the vault of the lowermost heaven with the brilliancy and splendour of the inlaid stars
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 6
وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ
That are posted to serve also as sentinels against every bold satanic and a lawless and wicked spirit
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 7
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ
Who peers inquisitively into the realm making an effort to hear what is discussed in the August Assembly, but they are debarred, being assailed with flames on every side
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 8
دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ
Fiery discharges forcing them back, that is besides what awaits them of an eternal suffering induced by the lasting torment laid upon the damned
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 9
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ
And he who ventures upon catching whatever comes to his hearing of the secrets or future events is pursued by a piercing flame which does not miss
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 10
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ
Therefore, ask them O Muhammad: Are they the more difficult to bring into being or the others of Our inanimate created beings We created them -mankind- from coherent clay
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 11
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ
And there, you Muhammad are filled with Admiration and wonder at Allah's infinite power to create what He will and you marvel at His Omnipotence to restore the dead to life Hereafter while they mock the issue and laugh it to scorn
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 12
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ
And when exhorted to acknowledge Allah's Oneness, Uniqueness, Omnipotence and Omniscience, they pay no heed
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 13
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ
And when they see a sign attesting to these attributes they look at it as an occasion of derision
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 14
وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ
And they express their thoughts in words, thus: "This is nothing but sorcery made evident to the eye and the mind
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 15
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
Maintaining the false dictum, they add: "How can we be raised after death and be restored to life after we have been reduced to dust and disintegrated bones
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 16
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
And does this", they say, also apply to our forefathers who have long been disintegrated and strewed upon the surface of the earth
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 17
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ
Say to them O Muhammad: "Yes indeed, and you shall be incensed with multiplied wrongs and humiliation
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 18
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
All it takes is only one single loud call inciting to action and there they get up and rise from bed and be able to look around
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 19
وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
And there, they -the infidels- will exclaim thus: "Woe betide us, this is the promised Day of Judgement
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 20
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
There and then they will be told: "This is the Day of Judgement and final decision, the Day on which the faithful are segregated from the infidels, this is the Day you have always denied
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 21
۞ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ
Throng all the wrongful of actions together with their wives who habited in falsehood and with those they revered and adored with appropriate acts and rites
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 22
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Who regarded their false gods with extreme devotion besides Allah. Guide them all O angels toward the path leading directly into the abysm of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 23
وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ
But stop them here for now they have much to answer for
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 24
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
They are asked: "How is it that you do not help one another Hereafter as you did her below
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 25
بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ
But they are at a disadvantage in this Day of Judgement, they give themselves up into Allah's power and they resign themselves to His command
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 26
وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
They will convey their thoughts reciprocally in talk, holding discourse of the why and the wherefore and of the how and when of life and past events relative to their actions, their responses, their reactions and their fate
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 27
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Those who yielded to external influence will recriminate those who led them by the nose into error, they will say: "You had always approached us from the right-hand side which we presumed to be the way of moral rightness and spiritual salvation
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 28
قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
But", the accused will say: "You yourselves were a people whose hearts never reflected the image of religious and spiritual virtues nor were you receptive of the truth
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 29
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ
Nor did we have authority over you or impose on you an edict or edicts; the fact is that you played the tyrant and were people given to transgression
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 30
فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
And the word of Allah", they Will add, "which was predicted beforehand is being fulfilled, and now will all of us experience the taste of the punishment falling to us as our lot and making us bewail at the day we were born
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 31
فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
And they will say in addition: "We made you depart from the path of righteousness for we ourselves were holders of mistaken and false beliefs
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 32
فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ
Wherefore shall all those who denied Allah and incorporated with Him other deities go shares in what falls to their lot in Day of Judgement of the torment laid upon the damned from hence forever
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 33
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
For thus do We requite the sinful who grow daily more and more wicked
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 34
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
When they were told in life: "There is no supreme being but Allah", they responded with extravagance in their accounts of themselves and displayed inordinate self-esteem
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 35
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ
And they expressed their thoughts in words, thus: "shall we" they said, "forsake our gods on account of what has been said by whom we hold certainly a demoniac
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 36
بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
When to the contrary, he presented to them the spirit of truth that guides into all truth, confirming the divine message related to the people by the Messengers who were sent before him
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 37
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ
Then they, will be told: You -infidels- shall certainly experience the taste of the torment laid upon the damned
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 38
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
And you shall be requited with what is commensurate with your deeds
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 39
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
But excluded from punishment in the abysm of Hell shall be those who were faithful to Allah and sincerely conformed to His system of faith and worship
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 40
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Such persons shall be provisioned with what Allah has mercifully reserved for them of expected grace and of what is replete with choice of all delights
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 41
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ
They are presented with fruits, and they will be bearing their honours thick upon them and treated with honour
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 42
فِي جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
In the beatitude of heaven in the gardens of supreme blessedness and happiness
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 43
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Seated on thrones of dignity facing each other
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 44
يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ
Attended upon and served with a drink in the cup of Joy procured from a spring flowing like a fountain
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 45
بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةٖ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ
Clear white procuring alacrity to those who drink it
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 46
لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلٞ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ
Free from intoxicants and not exhaustive to the faculties of the brain
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 47
وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينٞ
Companioned with beautiful women of modest gaze and gleaming eyes radiating splendour
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 48
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ
Beauties who look as though they were clear pure white eggs affording keen pleasure to the eye, guarded under the shadow of a gracious wing
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 49
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
And there shall the faithful convey their thoughts reciprocally in talk holding discourse of the why and the wherefore of past events in life below
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 50
قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٞ
One of them (a representative) will say: "I had a companion in life below
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 51
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ
Who used to say to me: Do you honestly believe in resurrection and its aftermath
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 52
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
Do you mean, that after we die and be reduced to dust and disintegrated bones, we will be restored to life and have much to answer for
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 53
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
Then he will say to those around: "Do you see those who made their abode in Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 54
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
And he looks, only to see him -his companion in life- in the abyss of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 55
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ
And there, he will exclaim against his companion: "Good gracious, you almost succeeded in making of me a child of perdition and an inheritor of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 56
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ
Had it not been", he will say, "for Allah's mercy and grace l would have been among those dragged and hauled over the flames in the pit of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 57
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
And he will ask himself wondering thus: "is it then that having paid nature its debt we suffer no death
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 58
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Other than that first death we suffered in the world below and we live from hence to forever exempt from heavens high jurisdiction and punishment
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 59
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
This is indeed great", he will say, "and triumph supreme
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 60
لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ
For the accomplishment of a like exalted end Hereafter shall endeavour those who aspire to attain it
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 61
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Now is this honoured end affording happiness and delightful provision better or the entertainment which provides the evil fruit plucked from the obnoxious tree of zaqqum
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 62
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
The tree We caused to grow especially for the trial in sharp tribulation and misery of the wrongful of actions
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 63
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٞ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
It is a tree springing up from the pit in the abysm of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 64
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
A tree whose branches are full of spadicies looking as though they were the abhorrent heads of the devils
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 65
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ
It is the source of aliment the infidels shall eat and fill their bellies
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 66
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبٗا مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ
And their thirst shall be quenched with a mixture of repulsive ingredients dissolved in boiling water
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Having drunk the cup of misery they are cast back into the abysm of Hell
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 68
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ
They found their fathers treading the wrong path leading to the loss in the maze of error
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 69
فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ
And with their hearts' ears closed and with their minds' eyes blind they insisted on walking in their fathers' footsteps
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 70
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Similarly behaved long before them most of those of old; they insisted on treading the path of error
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 71
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
Notwithstanding that We did send to them Messengers as spectacles and warnings
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 72
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
And there you can see the fatal consequence of those whom We exhorted -but they counselled deaf
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 73
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
But excluded from that ill-fate were those votaries faithful to Allah and sincere in mind and spirit
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 74
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ
Nuh invoked Us appealing for aid and how excellent was the divine response
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 75
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
And We delivered him together with his family excluding his son and the few of his people who followed him from the distressful event exhaustive to the mind
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 76
وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ
And We destined his posterity to be the survivors who inhabit the earth
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 77
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And We praised his name to fame that he be honoured by those to come of future and later generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 78
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٖ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Peace be unto Nuh and hailed shall he be with reverential salutations among succeeding generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 79
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
For thus do We requite those who perfect their illustrious toils and turn their thoughts on moral excellence and benevolence and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 80
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
He was one of Our votaries whose purpose was the heart of Our purpose
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 81
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We drowned the others who were at variance with Our system of faith and worship
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 82
۞وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
And among those who followed his doctrine which mirrored Allah's will and His religious principles was Ibrahim
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 83
إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٍ
Who presented himself to Allah, his Creator, with a pure, undefiled and sound heart
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 84
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
He questioned the truth of his peoples' system of faith and worship. He said to his father and to his people: "What is it that you worship
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 85
أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةٗ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Do you choose", he said, "to revere false gods besides Allah, the Creator, and adore them with appropriate acts and rites". Is this what you boldly deem the right path to tread and you insist on brewing falsehood and thinking falsehood
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 86
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
He asked, "What do you think then of Allah Creator of the worlds, past, present and those to come
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 87
فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ
He took a look and directed his attention to the stars
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 88
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ
And there, he exclaimed: "I feel really sick at heart of such irreverent society
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 89
فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ
They -his people- turned their backs upon him and they went away
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 90
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
Then he turned to their false gods (food was set before them) and asked them, thus: "Do you not eat
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 91
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
Are you mute" he asked "what ails you that you do not talk nor do you say something to the purpose
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 92
فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
Secluded from observation he kept striking them right and left with the right hand
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 93
فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ
But when the damage was noticed, his people came back rushing
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 94
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ
And there said Ibrahim to them: "Do you worship the stones and the material you carve with your own hands
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 95
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
When it is Allah Who brought you Into being together with all the elements you use in your handiwork
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 96
قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Offended as they seemed, they decided to get rid of him and so they said: "Build for him a chamber full of combustibles and cast him into the blazing fire
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 97
فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ
And they thought of contriving against him but We made them the losers who lost the most
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 98
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
And there decided Ibrahim to emigrate? soul and body, spiritually and physically. He said: "I am quitting my home land and will settle where I can best serve Allah, my Creator, Who will guide me to His path of righteousness
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 99
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
And he prayed, thus: "I pray and beseech You O Allah, my Creator, to grace me with a son invested with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 100
فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ
And there, We intimated to him the birth of a son vested with the virtue of patience and with the attribute of nobleness which would teach him forbearance from so foul a wrong
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 101
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
And when the son attained maturity and was able to participate in his father's divine service the father intimated to him his mystical vision. He said: "my son I saw in my dream that I offer you up to Allah as a sacrifice and so, see what you think and what you have to say". But the son said: " O father do what you have been commanded, you shall find me with patience, Allah willing, bearing your act
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 102
فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ
And when they both had given themselves up to the course of action imposed by Allah and Ibrahim positioned his son's forehead downwards
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 103
وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ
We forthwith called upon him: "O Ibrahim", We said
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 104
قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
Allah's command and your inspired vision have been thus accorded". For thus do We requite those who faithfully and sincerely give up themselves to Allah's command -the redemption by an offerings
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 105
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَـٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ
This was indeed a severe but a sure test of action and reaction echoing the true belief and the prevalent inclination
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 106
وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمٖ
And We redeemed him -the son- with a great sacrifice. the slaughter of an animal -the ram- as an offering to Allah
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 107
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And We praised his name to fame that he be honoured by those to come of future and later generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 108
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
Peace be unto Ibrahim from Allah and His angels and from succeeding generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 109
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
Thus do We requite those who perfect their illustrious toils and turn their thoughts on moral excellence and benevolence and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 110
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
He was one of Our votaries whose purpose was the heart of Our purpose
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 111
وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
And We intimated to him the birth of Ishaq (Isaac) who would be chosen as a Prophet invested with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 112
وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنٞ وَظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينٞ
And We blessed him together with Ishaq. And of their progeny were those whose deeds were imprinted with wisdom and piety as well as those who were wrongful of actions
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 113
وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
And We made Our sufficient grace (which renders the soul capable of performing a supernatural act, Allah willing) and Our efficacious grace (which effects the end for which it is given) abound in Mussa and Harun
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 114
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
And We saved them and delivered them together with their people from the distressful event which was really exhaustive to the mind
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 115
وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
And We made victory sit on their helm and by consequence were they the victors
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 116
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِينَ
And We entrusted them with the Book AL-Tawrah (the Torah) of enlightenment and illumination, The Book distinctly expressing all that was meant leaving nothing merely implied
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 117
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
And We guided them to the path of righteousness
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 118
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And We praised their names to fame that they be honoured by those to come of future and later generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 119
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
Peace be unto Mussa and Harun from Allah and His angels and from succeeding generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 120
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
For thus do We requite those who perfect their illustrious toils and turn their thoughts on moral excellence and benevolence and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 121
إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
They were among Our votaries whose purpose was the heart of Our purpose
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 122
وَإِنَّ إِلۡيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
And Elias (Elijah) whom We chose to be a spectacle and a warning and We entrusted with Our divine message
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 123
إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
He urged his people by words to laudable conduct and said to them: "Will you not keep in awe of Allah and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 124
أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلٗا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ
Do you invoke the idol Ba'l (Baal), he asked, "and neglect the Supreme Creator
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 125
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Who is Allah, your Creator and the Creator of your forefathers
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 126
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ
But they counselled deaf and accused him of falsehood and by consequence they shall have much to answer for in Day of Judgement
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 127
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
But excluded from that ill-fate shall be Allah's votaries who were faithful to Him and sincere in mind and spirit
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 128
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And We praised his name to fame that he be honoured by those to come of future and later generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 129
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلۡ يَاسِينَ
Peace be unto Eliaseen -from Allah and His angels- and hailed shall he be with reverential salutations among succeeding generations
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 130
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
For, thus do We requite those who perfect their illustrious toils and turn their thoughts on moral excellence and benevolence and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 131
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
He was one of Our votaries whose purpose was the heart of Our purpose
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 132
وَإِنَّ لُوطٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
And We chose Lut and We sent him to his people as a spectacle and a warning and entrusted him with Our divine message
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 133
إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
We saved him and delivered him together with his family and those of his people who fell into line with him and from the irretrievable disaster
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 134
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
Except an old woman -his wife- who was left behind to perish in the general ruin
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 135
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We reduced all the others to a useless form
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 136
وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ
And you -people- go by their ruined dwellings and you evidence the fatal consequence by day
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 137
وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ
And you do evidence them also by night and so can you not reflect
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 138
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
And so was Yunus; he was one of Our Messengers whom We entrusted with Our divine message
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 139
إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ
He withdrew from his people, -with whom he grew impatient- and without Allah's instructions, he hurriedly fled them and went aboard a fully laden ship
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 140
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ
He participated in casting lots and the lot fell on him and he was the one rejected and thrown overboard
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 141
فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ
And there he was swallowed by the fish and it was him who had incurred the blame
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 142
فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ
Had he not been one of those who in lowliest plight repentant stood and constantly praised Allah and extolled His glorious attributes
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 143
لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ
He would have remained burried in that grave -the belly of the fish- till Resurrection
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 144
۞فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ
And We made the fish regurgitate him in the open on the desert shore feeble and sickly
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 145
وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ
We caused a tree to grow over him for protection, a tree which grew decumbently and straggingly to a considerable length so as to rest upon the ground (possibly some kind of pumpkin)
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 146
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ
And when recovered We sent him as a spectacle and a warning to a people who numbered one hundred thousand or more
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 147
فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ
And his mission was accepted with the consenting minds of the whole who conformed their will to Allah's will and by consequence We made them enjoy life up to a predetermined point of time
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 148
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ
And now ask them -the infidels- O Muhammad and question the truth of their dictum: "Has Allah chosen as they irreverently alleged the females and left for them the males
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 149
أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ
Or did We create the angels females and they bore witness to their creation and therefore they have ground for their belief
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 150
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ
Indeed their perversion of facts and their intentional assertion of falsehood induced them to falsify the words, wittingly, endeavouring to attain their blasphemous and irreverent object, namely
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 151
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ
Allah has begotten a son" and make it seem divine which is not. They are indeed pathological liars who lie in their teeth and commit errors at the grossness of which common sense revolts
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 152
أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِينَ
Did He exercise choice and He preferred daughters to sons
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 153
مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ
What ails you - people - that you deviate from sense! How could your minds assent to such proposition and induce you to judge and defend this belief
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 154
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Can you not deviate into sense and turn your thoughts upon the truth
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 155
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞ مُّبِينٞ
Or do you have a divine authorization to sanction this belief that you speak like a book
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 156
فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
(If so) then produce your Sacred Writ that has been issued by Providence if indeed you are declaring the truth
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 157
وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبٗاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ
And they -the infidels- go further and fare worse; they ascribe to Him affinity to the Jinn when the Jinn themselves do know that they shall be thronged before Him for Judgement
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 158
سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Glory be to Him and extolled are His glorious attributes. He is infinitely far above what they ascribe to Him
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 159
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
Excluded are those (of the Jinn and mankind) who are sincere in mind and spirit and free of that intended mischief that is wrought by want of thought
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 160
فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
And you -infidels- together with those you revere and adore besides Allah
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 161
مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ
Shall not be able to influence any to deviate from sense
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 162
إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Except him who has already been justly predestined to suffer the blazes and Hell asserts him as her own
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 163
وَمَامِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
And none of us say the angels but has a place in a certain rank
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 164
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ
And the angels add "we draw up ourselves in ranks arranged in even rows to engage in the act of worship and in divine service
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 165
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ
And it is We who constantly celebrate the praises of Allah and adore His Eternal Name, express our feelings of warm adoration and extol His glorious attributes
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 166
وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ
Notwithstanding that before the Prophet's mission there were those* who habited in falsehood and expressed their thoughts in words, thus
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 167
لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Had we received a Book", they said, "like the Scriptures of those of old
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 168
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
We would have been of Allah's votaries who are sincere in mind and spirit
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 169
فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ
And when the Quran was revealed to them they denied its divine nature and rejected it, but they shall come to know that
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 170
وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
However, Our word was already proclaimed beforehand to Our Messengers whom We sent as spectacles and warnings
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 171
إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ
That they shall certainly be afforded help
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 172
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
And that Our forces shall in the end and at the right time be the winners and victory shall sit on their helm
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 173
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
Therefore keep away from them O Muhammad for a while
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 174
وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ
But keep a vigilant eye upon them for they will be firm and vigilant, anxious to see what falls to your lot and what can happen to them in this life
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 175
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
Do they wish Our punishment be hastened on as a challenge to the truth of the measure and its wisdom
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 176
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
But when it hits their court-yard, what an evil morning shall it be for those who were warned and counselled deaf
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 177
وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
Stay away from them O Muhammad or a while
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 178
وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ
And keep a vigilant eye upon them for they will be firm and vigilant, anxious to see what falls to your lot and what can happen to them in this life
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 179
سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Glory be to Allah, your Creators the Fountain -Head of glory and honour whose divine and eternal nature exclude Him and absolutely exempt Him from the attributes they ascribe to Him
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 180
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
And peace be extended from Allah and His angels to all Messengers whom He entrusted with His divine message to relate to their people
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 181
وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And by consequence impel -you people- yourselves to the feeling of gratitude and gratefulness and express your praying in words, thus: "Our bosoms surge up and answer thanks to Allah, Creator of the worlds, past, present and those to come
Surah As-Saaffat, Verse 182