As-Saaffat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا1
By those [angels] ranged in rows
فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا2
who rebuke reproachfully
فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا3
and recite God’s word
إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ4
truly your God is One
رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ5
Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ6
We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars
وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ7
and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil
لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ8
they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side
دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ9
driven away, they will have perpetual torment––
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ10
if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ11
So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ12
You marvel as they scoff
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ13
take no heed when they are warned
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ14
and resort to ridicule when they see a sign
وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ15
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ16
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again
أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ17
along with our forefathers?’
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ18
Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ19
Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look
وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ20
and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’
هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ21
[It will be said], ‘This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny
احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ22
[Angels], gather together those who did wrong, and others like them, as well as whatever they worshipped
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ23
beside God, lead them all to the path of Hell
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ24
and halt them for questioning