as-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers)
as rendered by Abdul Majid Daryabadi		   Print

Abdul Majid Daryabadi rendition of Surah Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers(as-Saffat)
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37:1 By the angels ranged in ranks.
37:2 By the angels driving away.
37:3 By the angels reciting the praise.
37:4 Verily your God is One.
37:5 Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in- between the twain, and Lord of the easts.
37:6 Verily We! We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment: the stars.
37:7 And have placed therein a guard against any Satan froward.
37:8 They cannot listen to the exalted assembly, and they are darted at from every side.
37:9 With a driving fusillade, and theirs shall be a torment perpetual;
37:10 Except him who snatcheth away a word by stealth, and him then pursueth a glowing flame.
37:11 Ask them thou: are they stronger in structure or those others whom We have created? Verily We! We have created them of a sticky clay.
37:12 Aye! thou marvellest, and they scoff.
37:13 And when they are admonished, they receive not admcnition.
37:14 And when they behold a sign, they turn to scoffing.
37:15 And they say: this Qur'an is naught but magic manifest.
37:16 When we have become dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then verily be raised?
37:17 And also our forefathers?
37:18 Say thou: and verily ye; shall then be despicable.
37:19 It shall be but one shout, lo! they shall be staring.
37:20 And they will say: Ah! woe be Unto us! this is the Day of Requital.
37:21 This is the Day of Judgment which ye were wont to belie.
37:22 Gather together those who did wrong and their comrades and that which they were wont to worship
37:23 Beside Allah, and lead them on to the path of the Flaming Fire.
37:24 And stop them; verily they are to be questioned:
37:25 What aileth you that ye succour not one another?
37:26 Nay! on that Day they will be entirely submissive.
37:27 And they will advance toward each other mutually questioning.
37:28 They will say: verily ye! ye were wont to come Unto us Imposing.
37:29 They will say: nay! ye yourselves were not believers.
37:30 And we had over you no authority, but ye were a people exorbitant.
37:31 So on us hath been justified the sentence of our Lord: verily we are to taste.
37:32 We seduced you astray; verily we were ourselves the seduced ones.
37:33 So verily on that Day they all in the torment will be sharers.
37:34 Verily We! in this wise We deal with the culprits.
37:35 Verily when it was said Unto them: there is no god but Allah, they ever grew stiff-necked.
37:36 And they said: are we going to abandon our gods on account of a Poet distracted?
37:37 Aye! he hath come with the truth, and he confesseth to the sent ones.
37:38 Verily ye are going to taste a torment afflictive.
37:39 And ye shall be required not except for that which ye have been doing;
37:40 But the bondmen of Allah, the sincere ones -
37:41 Those! theirs shall be a provision known:
37:42 Fruits! And they shall be honoured.
37:43 In Gardens of Delight.
37:44 On couches, facing one another.
37:45 Round shall be passed a cup Unto them filled with limpid drink:
37:46 White, a pleasure Unto the drinkers.
37:47 No headiness there shall be therein, nor shall they be therewith Inebriated.
37:48 And with them shall be damsels of refraining looks, large- eyed
37:49 As though they were eggs hidden.
37:50 Then they will advance Unto each other, mutually questioning.
37:51 And a speaker from among them will say: verily there was Unto me a mate.
37:52 Who said: art thou of those who confess to the doctrine of Resurrection:
37:53 When we are dead and have become dust and bones, are we indeed going to be requited?
37:54 Allah will say: will ye look down?
37:55 Then he will look down and see him in the midst of the Flaming Fire.
37:56 And he will say: by Allah, thou hadst wellnigh causedest me to perish.
37:57 And but for the favourcf my lord, I should have been of those brought forward.
37:58 Are we not then to die
37:59 Save our first death, and are we not to be tormented?
37:60 Verily this! that is the supreme achievement.
37:61 For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
37:62 Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
37:63 Verily We! We have made it a temptation for the wrong- doers.
37:64 Verily it is a tree that springeth forth in the bottom of Flaming Fire.
37:65 The fruit thereof is as though the hoods of the serpents.
37:66 And verily they must eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.
37:67 And thereafter verily they shall have thereon a draught of balling water.
37:68 And thereafter verily their return is Unto the Flaming Fire.
37:69 Verily they found their fathers gone astray.
37:70 So they in their footsteps are rushing.
37:71 And assuredly there went stray before them many of the ancients.
37:72 And assuredly We sent among them warners.
37:73 So behold what wise hath been the end of those who were warned.
37:74 Save the bondmen of Allah sincere.
37:75 And assuredly Nuh cried Unto us; and We are the Best of answerers!
37:76 And We delivered him and his people from the great affliction.
37:77 And his offspring! them We made the survivors.
37:78 And We left for him among the posterity.
37:79 Peace be on Nuh among the worlds.
37:80 Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers.
37:81 Verily he was of Our bondmen believing.
37:82 Then We drowned the others.
37:83 And verily of his sect was Ibrahim.
37:84 Recall what time he came Unto his lord with a heart whole.
37:85 Recall what time he said Unto his father and his people: What is it that ye worship?
37:86 Is it a falsehood-god beside Allah - that ye desire?
37:87 what, then, is your opinion of the Lord of the worlds?
37:88 Then he glanced a glance on the stars.
37:89 And he said: verily I am about to be sick.
37:90 So they departed from him turning their backs.
37:91 Then he slipped Unto their gods and said: eat ye not
37:92 What aileth ye that ye speak not?
37:93 Then he slipped Unto them striking them with the right hand.
37:94 Then they advanced toward him, hastening.
37:95 He said: worship ye that which carve.
37:96 Whereas Allah hath created you and that which ye make?
37:97 They said. build for him a building and cast him into the flaming fire.
37:98 And they devised a plot for him, but We made them the humble.
37:99 And he said: verily I am going to my Lord who will guide me.
37:100 My Lord! Bestow on me a son who will be of the righteous.
37:101 Wherefore We gave him the glad tidings of a boy gentle.
37:102 And when he attained the age of, running with him, he said: O my son! verily I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering thee; so look, what considerest thou? He said: O my father! do that which thou art commanded; thou shalt find me, Allah willing, of the patients.
37:103 Then when the twain had submitted themselves and he had prostrated him upon his temple.
37:104 We cried Unto him: O Ibrahim
37:105 Of a surety thou hast fulfilled the vision. Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers.
37:106 Verily that! that was a trial manifest.
37:107 And We ransomed him with a mighty victim.
37:108 And We left for him among the posterity:
37:109 Peace be Unto Ibrahim:
37:110 Verily We! thus We compense the well-doers.
37:111 Verily he was one of Our believing bondmen.
37:112 And We gave him the glad tidings of Is-haq, a prophet, and of the righteous.
37:113 And We blessed him and Is-haq; and of their offspring are some well-doers and some who wrong themselves manifestly.
37:114 And assuredly We gave grace Unto Musa and Harun.
37:115 And delivered them and their people from the great affliction.
37:116 And We succoured them so that they became overcomers.
37:117 And We vouchsafed Unto the twain a Book luminous.
37:118 And We led the twain on Unto the straight path.
37:119 And We left for the twain among the posterity:
37:120 Peace be Unto Musa and Harun.
37:121 Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers.
37:122 Verily the twain were of Our bondmen believing.
37:123 And verily, llyas was one of the sent ones.
37:124 Recall what time he said Unto his people: fear ye not?
37:125 Call ye upon Bal and forsake the Best of creators.
37:126 Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
37:127 Then they belied him, so verily they are to be brought up.
37:128 Except the bondmen of Allah sincere.
37:129 And We left for him among the posterity:
37:130 Peace be Unto Elyasin.
37:131 Verily We! thus We recompense the well-doers.
37:132 Verily he was one of Our bondmen believing.
37:133 And verily Lut was of the sent ones.
37:134 Recall what time We delivered him and his household, all.
37:135 Save an old woman among the lingerers.
37:136 Then We annihilated the others.
37:137 And surely ye pass by them in the morning.
37:138 And at night. Will ye not therefore reflect?
37:139 And verily Yunus was Of the sent ones.
37:140 Recall what time he ran away Unto a laden ship.
37:141 Then he joined the lots, and was of the condemned.
37:142 And a fish swallowed him, and he was reproaching himself.
37:143 And had he not been of those who hallow Him,
37:144 He would have tarried in the belly thereof till the Day when they are raised.
37:145 Then We cast him on a bare desert whilst he was sick.
37:146 And We caused to grow over him a tree, a gourd.
37:147 And We had sent him to a hundred thousand: rather they exceeded.
37:148 And they believed, whrefore We let them enjoy life for a season.
37:149 Now ask thou them: there for thy Lord daughters and for them sons?
37:150 Or created We the angels females while they were witnesses?
37:151 Lo! verily it is of their falsehood that they say:
37:152 God hath begotten. Verily they are the liars.
37:153 Hath He chosen daughters above sons?
37:154 What aileth you? How judge ye?
37:155 Will ye not then be admonished?
37:156 Or, is there for you a clear warranty
37:157 Then bring your book, if ye say sooth.
37:158 And they have made a kinship between Him and the jinn a kinship whereas the jinn assuredly know that they are to be brought up
37:159 Hallowed be Allah from that which they ascribe to Him.
37:160 Except the bondmen of Allah sincere.
37:161 Wherefore verily neither ye nor that which ye worship,
37:162 Can tempt anyone to rebel against Him.
37:163 Save him Who is to roast in the Flaming Fire.
37:164 Of us there is none but hath a station assigned.
37:165 And verily we! we are ranged in ranks.
37:166 And verily we! we halloW.
37:167 And they surely were wont to say:
37:168 Had we but an admonition as had the ancients.
37:169 Surefy we would have been the bondmen of God sincere.
37:170 Yet they disbelieve therein. Presently they shall come to know.
37:171 And assuredly Our word hath already gone forth Our bondmen, the sent ones:
37:172 That verily they! they shall be made triumphant.
37:173 And verily Our host! they are to be overcome.
37:174 So turn thou aside from them for a season.
37:175 And see them thou; they themselves shall presently see.
37:176 Our torment seek they to hasten on!
37:177 Then when it descendeth Unto them face to, face, a hapless morn that shall be for those who were Warned.
37:178 And turn thou aside from them for a season.
37:179 And see thou: they themselves shall presently see.
37:180 Hallowed be thine Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they ascribe!
37:181 And peace be Unto the sent ones.
37:182 And all praise Unto Allah the Lord of the worlds.


   


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