Surat as-Saffat (Those Ranged in Ranks)

﴾١﴿ By those angels lined up in rows ﴾٢﴿ And those who drive the clouds ﴾٣﴿ And those who recite the message ﴾٤﴿ Indeed, your God is One ﴾٥﴿ Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises ﴾٦﴿ Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars ﴾٧﴿ And as protection against every rebellious devil ﴾٨﴿ So they may not listen to the exalted assembly of angels and are pelted from every side ﴾٩﴿ Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment ﴾١٠﴿ Except one who snatches some words by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing in brightness ﴾١١﴿ Then inquire of them, O Muhammad, "Are they a stronger or more difficult creation or those others We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay ﴾١٢﴿ But you wonder, while they mock ﴾١٣﴿ And when they are reminded, they remember not ﴾١٤﴿ And when they see a sign, they ridicule ﴾١٥﴿ And say, "This is not but obvious magic ﴾١٦﴿ When we have died and become dust and bones, are we verily to be resurrected ﴾١٧﴿ And our forefathers as well ﴾١٨﴿ Say, "Yes, and you will be rendered contemptible ﴾١٩﴿ It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing ﴾٢٠﴿ And they will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense ﴾٢١﴿ They will be told, "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny

﴾٢٢﴿ The angels will be ordered, "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship ﴾٢٣﴿ Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire ﴾٢٤﴿ And stop them; verily, they are to be questioned ﴾٢٥﴿ They will be asked, "What is wrong with you? Why do you not help each other ﴾٢٦﴿ But they, that Day, are in surrender ﴾٢٧﴿ And they will approach one another blaming each other ﴾٢٨﴿ And they will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right ﴾٢٩﴿ The oppressors will say, "Rather, you yourselves were not believers ﴾٣٠﴿ And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people ﴾٣١﴿ So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste punishment ﴾٣٢﴿ And we led you to deviation; verily, we were deviators ﴾٣٣﴿ Thus verily they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment ﴾٣٤﴿ Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals ﴾٣٥﴿ Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant ﴾٣٦﴿ And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet ﴾٣٧﴿ Rather, the Prophet has come with the truth and confirmed the previous messengers ﴾٣٨﴿ Indeed, you disbelievers will be tasters of the painful punishment ﴾٣٩﴿ And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do ﴾٤٠﴿ But not the chosen servants of Allah ﴾٤١﴿ Those will have a provision determined ﴾٤٢﴿ Fruits; and they will be honored ﴾٤٣﴿ In gardens of pleasure ﴾٤٤﴿ On thrones facing one another ﴾٤٥﴿ There will be circulated among them a cup of wine from a flowing spring ﴾٤٦﴿ White and delicious to the drinkers ﴾٤٧﴿ No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated ﴾٤٨﴿ And with them will be women limiting their glances, with large, beautiful eyes ﴾٤٩﴿ As if they were delicate eggs, well-protected ﴾٥٠﴿ And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other ﴾٥١﴿ A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion on earth ﴾٥٢﴿ Who would say, 'Are you verily of those who believe ﴾٥٣﴿ That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will verily be recompensed ﴾٥٤﴿ He will say, "Would you care to look ﴾٥٥﴿ And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire ﴾٥٦﴿ And he will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined me ﴾٥٧﴿ If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in to Hell ﴾٥٨﴿ Then, are we not to die ﴾٥٩﴿ Except for our first death, and we will not be punished ﴾٦٠﴿ Indeed, this is the great attainment ﴾٦١﴿ For the like of this let the workers on earth work ﴾٦٢﴿ Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum ﴾٦٣﴿ Indeed, We have made it a torment for those who do wrong ﴾٦٤﴿ Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire ﴾٦٥﴿ Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils ﴾٦٦﴿ And verily, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies ﴾٦٧﴿ Then verily, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water ﴾٦٨﴿ Then verily, their return will be to the Hellfire ﴾٦٩﴿ Indeed they found their fathers astray ﴾٧٠﴿ So they hastened to follow in their footsteps ﴾٧١﴿ And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples ﴾٧٢﴿ And We had already sent among them warners ﴾٧٣﴿ Then look how was the end of those who were warned ﴾٧٤﴿ But not the chosen servants of Allah

﴾٧٥﴿ And Noah had certainly called Us, and We are the best of responders ﴾٧٦﴿ And We saved him and his family from the great affliction ﴾٧٧﴿ And We made his descendants those remaining on the earth ﴾٧٨﴿ And left for him favorable mention among later generations ﴾٧٩﴿ Peace upon Noah among the worlds ﴾٨٠﴿ Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good ﴾٨١﴿ Indeed, he was of Our believing servants ﴾٨٢﴿ Then We drowned the disbelievers ﴾٨٣﴿ And verily, among his kind was Abraham ﴾٨٤﴿ When he came to his Lord with a sound heart ﴾٨٥﴿ And when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship ﴾٨٦﴿ Is it falsehood as gods other than Allah you desire ﴾٨٧﴿ Then what is your thought about Lord of all worlds ﴾٨٨﴿ And he cast a look at the stars ﴾٨٩﴿ And said, "Indeed, I am about to be ill ﴾٩٠﴿ Thus they turned away from him, departing ﴾٩١﴿ Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat ﴾٩٢﴿ What is wrong with you that you do not speak ﴾٩٣﴿ And he turned upon them a blow with his right hand ﴾٩٤﴿ Then the people came toward him, hastening ﴾٩٥﴿ He said, "Do you worship that which you yourselves carve ﴾٩٦﴿ While Allah created you and that which you do ﴾٩٧﴿ And they said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire ﴾٩٨﴿ And they intended for him a plan, but We made them the most debased ﴾٩٩﴿ And then he said, "Indeed, I will go to where I am ordered by my Lord; He will guide me ﴾١٠٠﴿ My Lord, grant me a child from among the righteous ﴾١٠١﴿ Thus We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy ﴾١٠٢﴿ And when he reached with him the age of exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah wills, of the steadfast ﴾١٠٣﴿ And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead ﴾١٠٤﴿ We called to him, "O Abraham ﴾١٠٥﴿ You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good ﴾١٠٦﴿ Indeed, this was the clear trial ﴾١٠٧﴿ And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice ﴾١٠٨﴿ And We left for him favorable mention among later generations ﴾١٠٩﴿ Peace upon Abraham ﴾١١٠﴿ Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good ﴾١١١﴿ Indeed, he was of Our believing servants ﴾١١٢﴿ And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous ﴾١١٣﴿ And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself

﴾١١٤﴿ And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron ﴾١١٥﴿ And We saved them and their people from the great affliction ﴾١١٦﴿ And We supported them so it was they who overcame ﴾١١٧﴿ And We gave them the explicit Scripture ﴾١١٨﴿ And We guided them on the straight path ﴾١١٩﴿ And We left for them favorable mention among later generations ﴾١٢٠﴿ Peace upon Moses and Aaron ﴾١٢١﴿ Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good ﴾١٢٢﴿ Indeed, they were of Our believing servants ﴾١٢٣﴿ And verily, Elias was from among the messengers ﴾١٢٤﴿ When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allah ﴾١٢٥﴿ Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators ﴾١٢٦﴿ Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers ﴾١٢٧﴿ And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought for punishment ﴾١٢٨﴿ Except the chosen servants of Allah ﴾١٢٩﴿ And We left for him favorable mention among later generations ﴾١٣٠﴿ Peace upon Elias ﴾١٣١﴿ Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good ﴾١٣٢﴿ Indeed, he was of Our believing servants ﴾١٣٣﴿ And verily, Lot was among the messengers ﴾١٣٤﴿ So mention when We saved him and his family, all ﴾١٣٥﴿ Except his wife among those who remained with the evildoers ﴾١٣٦﴿ Then We destroyed the others ﴾١٣٧﴿ And verily, you pass by them in the morning ﴾١٣٨﴿ And at night. Then will you not use reason

﴾١٣٩﴿ And verily, Jonah was among the messengers ﴾١٤٠﴿ Mention when he ran away to the laden ship ﴾١٤١﴿ And he drew lots and was among the losers ﴾١٤٢﴿ Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy ﴾١٤٣﴿ And had he not been of those who exalt Allah ﴾١٤٤﴿ And he would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected ﴾١٤٥﴿ But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill ﴾١٤٦﴿ And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine ﴾١٤٧﴿ And We sent him to his people of a hundred thousand or more ﴾١٤٨﴿ And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment of life for a time ﴾١٤٩﴿ So inquire of them, O Muhammad, "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons ﴾١٥٠﴿ Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses ﴾١٥١﴿ Unquestionably, it is out of their invented falsehood that they say ﴾١٥٢﴿ Allah has begotten," and verily, they are liars ﴾١٥٣﴿ Has He chosen daughters over sons ﴾١٥٤﴿ What is wrong with you? How do you make judgement ﴾١٥٥﴿ Then will you not be reminded ﴾١٥٦﴿ Or do you have a clear authority ﴾١٥٧﴿ Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful ﴾١٥٨﴿ And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they who made such claims will be brought to punishment ﴾١٥٩﴿ Exalted is Allah above what they describe ﴾١٦٠﴿ Except the chosen servants of Allah who do not share in that sin ﴾١٦١﴿ So indeed, you disbelievers and whatever you worship ﴾١٦٢﴿ You cannot tempt anyone away from Him ﴾١٦٣﴿ Except he who is to enter and burn in the Hellfire ﴾١٦٤﴿ The angels say, "There is not among us any except that he has a known position ﴾١٦٥﴿ And indeed, we are those who line up for prayer ﴾١٦٦﴿ And verily, we are those who exalt Allah ﴾١٦٧﴿ And verily, the disbelievers used to say ﴾١٦٨﴿ If we had a message from those of the former peoples ﴾١٦٩﴿ We would have been the chosen servants of Allah ﴾١٧٠﴿ But they disbelieved in it, so they are going to know ﴾١٧١﴿ And Our word has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers ﴾١٧٢﴿ That indeed, they would be those given victory ﴾١٧٣﴿ And that indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome ﴾١٧٤﴿ So, O Muhammad, leave them for a time ﴾١٧٥﴿ And see what will befall them, for they are going to see ﴾١٧٦﴿ Then for Our punishment are they impatient ﴾١٧٧﴿ But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned ﴾١٧٨﴿ And leave them for a time ﴾١٧٩﴿ And see, for they are going to see ﴾١٨٠﴿ Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe ﴾١٨١﴿ And peace upon the messengers ﴾١٨٢﴿ And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds