Surah As-Saffat (Those Ranged in Ranks)

Topics in Surah As-Saffat

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) (29 verses)
• Excellence (Ihsan) (25 verses)
• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (17 verses)
• Blessing (Barakah) (16 verses)
• Recompense (Jaza) (16 verses)
• Patience (Sabr) (16 verses)
• Glorification (Tasbih) (15 verses)
• Angels (Mala'ikah) (13 verses)
• Prophet Noah (Nuh) (11 verses)
• Blind Following (Taqlid) (10 verses)
• Prophet Jonah (Yunus) (10 verses)
• Oaths (Qasam) (9 verses)
• Companionship (Suhbah) (9 verses)
• Remembrance (Dhikr) (8 verses)
• Adornment (Zinah) (8 verses)

Read Surah As-Saffat with English translation

1. 37:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا

   By those [angels] ranged in rows,

2. 37:2

   فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا

   who rebuke reproachfully

3. 37:3

   فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

   and recite God’s word,

4. 37:4

   إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ

   truly your God is One,

5. 37:5

   رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

   Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise.

6. 37:6

   إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

   We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars,

7. 37:7

   وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ

   and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil:

8. 37:8

   لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ

   they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side,

9. 37:9

   دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ

   driven away, they will have perpetual torment––

10. 37:10

    إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ

    if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.

11. 37:11

    فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ

    So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay.

12. 37:12

    بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

    You marvel as they scoff,

13. 37:13

    وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

    take no heed when they are warned,

14. 37:14

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

    and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,

15. 37:15

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ

    saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’

16. 37:16

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    ‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,

17. 37:17

    أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    along with our forefathers?’

18. 37:18

    قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

    Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’

19. 37:19

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look

20. 37:20

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

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

21. 37:21

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [It will be said], ‘This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny.

22. 37:22

    ۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

    [Angels], gather together those who did wrong, and others like them, as well as whatever they worshipped

23. 37:23

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    beside God, lead them all to the path of Hell,

24. 37:24

    وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

    and halt them for questioning:

25. 37:25

    مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

    “Why do you not support each other now?” ’––

26. 37:26

    بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

    no indeed! They will be in complete submission on that Day––

27. 37:27

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    and they will turn on one another accusingly.

28. 37:28

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    They will say, ‘You came to us from a position of power.’

29. 37:29

    قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    They will say, ‘No! It was you who would not believe-

30. 37:30

    وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ

    we had no power over you- and you were already exceeding all limits.

31. 37:31

    فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

    Our Lord’s sentence on us is just and we must all taste the punishment.

32. 37:32

    فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

    We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’

33. 37:33

    فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    On that Day they will all share the torment:

34. 37:34

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    this is how We deal with the guilty.

35. 37:35

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Whenever it was said to them, ‘There is no deity but God,’ they became arrogant,

36. 37:36

    وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

    and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’

37. 37:37

    بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ‘No: he brought the truth and confirmed the earlier messengers;

38. 37:38

    إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

    you will taste the painful torment,

39. 37:39

    وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    and be repaid only according to your deeds.’

40. 37:40

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Not so God’s true servants.

41. 37:41

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

    They will have familiar provisions––

42. 37:42

    فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

    fruits- and will be honoured

43. 37:43

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    in gardens of delight;

44. 37:44

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    seated on couches, facing one another.

45. 37:45

    يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

    A drink will be passed round among them from a flowing spring:

46. 37:46

    بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

    white, delicious to those who taste it,

47. 37:47

    لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

    causing no headiness or intoxication.

48. 37:48

    وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ

    With them will be spouses- modest of gaze and beautiful of eye-

49. 37:49

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ

    like protected eggs.

50. 37:50

    فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    They will turn to one another with questions:

51. 37:51

    قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ

    one will say, ‘I had a close companion on earth

52. 37:52

    يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

    who used to ask me, “Do you really believe that

53. 37:53

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

    after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’

54. 37:54

    قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

    Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’

55. 37:55

    فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    He will look down and see him in the midst of the Fire,

56. 37:56

    قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

    and say to him, ‘By God, you almost brought me to ruin!

57. 37:57

    وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

    Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’

58. 37:58

    أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

    Then he will say [to his blessed companions], ‘Are we never to die again after our earlier death?

59. 37:59

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    Shall we never suffer?

60. 37:60

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

    This truly is the supreme triumph!’

61. 37:61

    لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ

    Everyone should strive to attain this.

62. 37:62

    أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

    Is this the better welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum,

63. 37:63

    إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    which we have made a test for the evildoers?

64. 37:64

    إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌۭ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire,

65. 37:65

    طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

    and its fruits are like devils’ heads.

66. 37:66

    فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    They will fill their bellies eating from it;

67. 37:67

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًۭا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

    then drink scalding water on top of it;

68. 37:68

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    then return to the blazing Fire.

69. 37:69

    إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

    They found their forefathers astray,

70. 37:70

    فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

    and rushed to follow in their footsteps- before the disbelievers [of Mecca],

71. 37:71

    وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    most men in the past went astray,

72. 37:72

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

    even though We sent messengers to warn them.

73. 37:73

    فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    See how those who were warned met their end!

74. 37:74

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Not so the true servants of God.

75. 37:75

    وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌۭ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ

    Noah cried to Us, and how excellent was Our response!

76. 37:76

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    We saved him and his people from great distress,

77. 37:77

    وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

    We let his offspring remain on the earth,

78. 37:78

    وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    We let him be praised by later generations:

79. 37:79

    سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ‘Peace be upon Noah among all the nations!’

80. 37:80

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    This is how We reward those who do good:

81. 37:81

    إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    he was truly one of Our faithful servants.

82. 37:82

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

    We drowned the rest.

83. 37:83

    ۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

    Abraham was of the same faith:

84. 37:84

    إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍ

    he came to his Lord with a devoted heart.

85. 37:85

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    He said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping?

86. 37:86

    أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةًۭ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

    How can you choose false gods instead of the true God?

87. 37:87

    فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    So what is your opinion about the Lord of all the Worlds?’

88. 37:88

    فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةًۭ فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ

    then he looked up to the stars.

89. 37:89

    فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌۭ

    He said, ‘I am sick,’

90. 37:90

    فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

    so [his people] turned away from him and left.

91. 37:91

    فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    He turned to their gods and said, ‘Do you not eat?

92. 37:92

    مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

    Why do you not speak?’

93. 37:93

    فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

    then he turned and struck them with his right arm.

94. 37:94

    فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

    His people hurried towards him,

95. 37:95

    قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

    but he said, ‘How can you worship things you carve with your own hands,

96. 37:96

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    when it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?’

97. 37:97

    قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًۭا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    They said, ‘Build a pyre and throw him into the blazing fire.’

98. 37:98

    فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them.

99. 37:99

    وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

    He said, ‘I will go to my Lord: He is sure to guide me.

100. 37:100

     رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

     Lord, grant me a righteous son,’

101. 37:101

     فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍۢ

     so We gave him the good news that he would have a patient son.

102. 37:102

     فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

     When the boy was old enough to work with his father, Abraham said, ‘My son, I have seen myself sacrificing you in a dream. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Father, do as you are commanded and, God willing, you will find me steadfast.’

103. 37:103

     فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

     When they had both submitted to God, and he had laid his son down on the side of his face,

104. 37:104

     وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

     We called out to him, ‘Abraham,

105. 37:105

     قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     you have fulfilled the dream.’ This is how We reward those who do good-

106. 37:106

     إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ

     it was a test to prove [their true characters]-

107. 37:107

     وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

     We ransomed his son with a momentous sacrifice,

108. 37:108

     وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

     and We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

109. 37:109

     سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

     ‘Peace be upon Abraham!’

110. 37:110

     كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     This is how We reward those who do good:

111. 37:111

     إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     truly he was one of Our faithful servants.

112. 37:112

     وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

     We gave Abraham the good news of Isaac- a prophet and a righteous man-

113. 37:113

     وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌۭ وَظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌۭ

     and blessed him and Isaac too: some of their offspring were good, but some clearly wronged themselves.

114. 37:114

     وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

     We also bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron:

115. 37:115

     وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

     We saved them and their people from great distress;

116. 37:116

     وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

     We helped them, so they were the ones to succeed;

117. 37:117

     وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

     We gave them the Scripture that makes things clear;

118. 37:118

     وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

     We guided them to the right path;

119. 37:119

     وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

     We let them be praised by succeeding generations:

120. 37:120

     سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

     ‘Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!’

121. 37:121

     إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     This is how We reward those who do good:

122. 37:122

     إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     truly they were among Our faithful servants.

123. 37:123

     وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Elijah too was one of the messengers.

124. 37:124

     إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     He said to his people, ‘Have you no fear of God?

125. 37:125

     أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

     How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator,

126. 37:126

     ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

     God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?’

127. 37:127

     فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

     but they rejected him. They will be brought to punishment as a consequence;

128. 37:128

     إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

     not so the true servants of God.

129. 37:129

     وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

     We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

130. 37:130

     سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

     ‘Peace be to Elijah!’

131. 37:131

     إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     This is how We reward those who do good:

132. 37:132

     إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     truly he was one of Our faithful servants.

133. 37:133

     وَإِنَّ لُوطًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Lot was also one of the messengers.

134. 37:134

     إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

     We saved him and all his family-

135. 37:135

     إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

     except for an old woman who stayed behind-

136. 37:136

     ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

     and We destroyed the rest.

137. 37:137

     وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

     You [people] pass by their ruins morning

138. 37:138

     وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

     and night: will you not take heed?

139. 37:139

     وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Jonah too was one of the messengers.

140. 37:140

     إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

     He fled to the overloaded ship.

141. 37:141

     فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

     They cast lots, he suffered defeat,

142. 37:142

     فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ

     and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts.

143. 37:143

     فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

     If he had not been one of those who glorified God,

144. 37:144

     لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

     he would have stayed in its belly until the Day when all are raised up,

145. 37:145

     ۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌۭ

     but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore,

146. 37:146

     وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةًۭ مِّن يَقْطِينٍۢ

     and made a gourd tree grow above him.

147. 37:147

     وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

     We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more.

148. 37:148

     فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ

     They believed, so We let them live out their lives.

149. 37:149

     فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

     Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves?

150. 37:150

     أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ

     Did We create the angels as females while they were watching?

151. 37:151

     أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

     No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say,

152. 37:152

     وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

     ‘God has begotten.’ How they lie!

153. 37:153

     أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

     Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?

154. 37:154

     مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

     What is the matter with you? How do you form your judgements?

155. 37:155

     أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

     Do you not reflect?

156. 37:156

     أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

     Do you perhaps have clear authority?

157. 37:157

     فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

     Bring your scriptures, if you are telling the truth.

158. 37:158

     وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

     They claim that He has kinship with the jinn, yet the jinn themselves know that they will be brought before Him.

159. 37:159

     سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

     God is far above what they attribute to Him-

160. 37:160

     إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

     the true servants of God do not do such things-

161. 37:161

     فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

     and neither you nor what you worship

162. 37:162

     مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

     can lure away from God any

163. 37:163

     إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

     except those who will burn in Hell.

164. 37:164

     وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

     [The angels say], ‘Every single one of us has his appointed place:

165. 37:165

     وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

     we are ranged in ranks.

166. 37:166

     وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

     We glorify God.’

167. 37:167

     وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

     [The disbelievers] used to say,

168. 37:168

     لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

     ‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

169. 37:169

     لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

     we would be true servants of God,’

170. 37:170

     فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

     yet now they reject [the Quran]. They will soon realize.

171. 37:171

     وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Our word has already been given to Our servants the messengers:

172. 37:172

     إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

     it is they who will be helped,

173. 37:173

     وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

     and the ones who support Our cause will be the winners.

174. 37:174

     فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ

     So [Prophet] turn away from the disbelievers for a while.

175. 37:175

     وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

     Watch them: they will soon see.

176. 37:176

     أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

     Do they really wish to hasten Our punishment?

177. 37:177

     فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

     When it descends on their courtyards, how ter-rible that morning will be for those who were warned!

178. 37:178

     وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ

     [Prophet], turn away from the disbelievers for a while.

179. 37:179

     وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

     Watch them: they will soon see.

180. 37:180

     سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

     Your Lord, the Lord of Glory, is far above what they attribute to Him.

181. 37:181

     وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Peace be upon the messengers

182. 37:182

     وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

     and praise be to God the Lord of all the Worlds.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.