37As-Saaffaat

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا

By the rangers ranging

فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا

and the scarers scaring

فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا

and the reciters of a Remembrance,

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ

surely your God is One,

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and of what between them is Lord of the Easts.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ

We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars

وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ

and to preserve against every rebel Satan;

لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

they listen not to the High Council, for they are pelted from every side,

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

rejected, and theirs is an everlasting chastisement,

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

except such as snatches a fragment, and he is pursued by a piercing flame.

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ

So ask them for a pronouncement -- Are they stronger in constitution, or those We created? We created them of clinging clay.

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Nay, thou marvellest; and they scoff

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

and, when reminded, do not remember

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

and, when they see a sign, would scoff;

وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

and they say, 'This is nothing but manifest sorcery.

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up?

أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ

What, and our fathers, the ancients?'

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

Say: 'Yes, and in all lowliness.'

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ

For it is only a single scaring, then behold, they are watching

وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

and they say, 'Woe, alas for us! This is the Day of Doom.'

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

'This is the Day of Decision, even that you cried lies to.

۞ احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ

Muster those who did evil, their wives, and that they were serving,

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ

apart from God, and guide them unto the path of Hell!

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ

And halt them, to be questioned:

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

"Why help you not one another?"

بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

No indeed; but today they resign themselves in submission

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

and advance one upon another, asking each other questions.

قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ

These say, 'Why, you of old would come to us from the right hand.'

قَالُوا بَلْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Those say, 'No; on the contrary, you were not believers;

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ ۖ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ

we had no authority over you; no, you were an insolent people.

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا ۖ إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ

So our Lord's Word is realised against us; we are tasting it.

فَأَغْوَيْنَاكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَاوِينَ

Therefore we perverted you, and we ourselves were perverts.'

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

So all of them on that day are sharers in the chastisement.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ

Even so We do with the sinners;

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

for when it was said to them, 'There is no god but God,' they were ever waxing proud,

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُو آلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجْنُونٍ

saying, 'What, shall we forsake our gods for a poet possessed?'

بَلْ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

'No indeed; but he brought the truth, and confirmed the Envoys.

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَائِقُو الْعَذَابِ الْأَلِيمِ

Now certainly you shall be tasting the painful chastisement,

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

and not be recompensed, except according to what you were doing.'

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

Except for God's sincere servants;

أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَعْلُومٌ

for them awaits a known provision,

فَوَاكِهُ ۖ وَهُمْ مُكْرَمُونَ

fruits -- and they high-honoured

فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

in the Gardens of Bliss

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

upon couches, set face to face,

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ

a cup from a spring being passed round to them,

بَيْضَاءَ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ

white, a delight to the drinkers,

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنْزَفُونَ

wherein no sickness is, neither intoxication;

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

and with them wide-eyed maidens restraining their glances

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَكْنُونٌ

as if they were hidden pearls.

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

They advance one upon another, asking each other questions.

قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٌ

One of them says, 'I had a comrade

يَقُولُ أَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِينَ

who would say, "Are you a confirmer?

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be requited?"

قَالَ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُطَّلِعُونَ

He says, 'Are you looking down?'

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ

Then he looks, and sees him in the midst of Hell.

قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْدِينِ

He says, 'By God, wellnigh thou didst destroy me;

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ

But for my Lord's blessing, I were one of the arraigned.

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

What, do we then not die

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

except for our first death, and are we not chastised?

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

This is indeed the mighty triumph,

لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ

for the like of this let the workers work.'

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ

Is that better as a hospitality, or the Tree of Ez-Zakkoum?

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِلظَّالِمِينَ

We have appointed it as a trial for the evildoers.

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ

It is a tree that comes forth in the root of Hell;

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ

its spathes are as the heads of Satans,

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ

and they eat of it, and of it fill their bellies,

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ

then on top of it they have a brew of boiling water,

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ

then their return is unto Hell.

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ ضَالِّينَ

They found their fathers erring,

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

and they run in their footsteps.

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Before them erred most of the ancients,

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ مُنْذِرِينَ

and We sent among them warners;

فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

and behold, how was the end of them that were warned,

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

except for God's sincere servants.

وَلَقَدْ نَادَانَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيبُونَ

Noah called to Us; and how excellent were the Answerers!

وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ

And We delivered him and his people from the great distress,

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَاقِينَ

and We made his seed the survivors,

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

and left for him among the later folk

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ

'Peace be upon Noah among all beings!'

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Even so We recompense the good-doers;

إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

he was among Our believing servants.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

Then afterwards We drowned the rest.

۞ وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْرَاهِيمَ

Of his party was also Abraham;

إِذْ جَاءَ رَبَّهُ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

when he came unto his Lord with a pure heart,

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

when he said to his father and his folk, 'What do you serve?

أَئِفْكًا آلِهَةً دُونَ اللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

Is it a calumny, gods apart from God, that you desire?

فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

What think you then of the Lord of all Being?'

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِي النُّجُومِ

And he cast a glance at the stars,

فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ

and he said, 'Surely I am sick.'

فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

But they went away from him, turning their backs.

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ آلِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Then he turned to their gods, and said, 'What do you eat?

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُونَ

What ails you, that you speak not?'

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا بِالْيَمِينِ

And he turned upon them smiting them with his right hand.

فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

Then came the others to him hastening.

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

He said, 'Do you serve what you hew,

وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

and God created you and what you make?'

قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِي الْجَحِيمِ

They said, 'Build him a building, and cast him into the furnace!'

فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ

They desired to outwit him; so We made them the lower ones.

وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

He said, 'I am going to my Lord; He will guide me.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord, give me one of the righteous.'

فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَلِيمٍ

Then We gave him the good tidings of a prudent boy;

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ

and when he had reached the age of running with him, he said, 'My son, I see in a dream that I shall sacrifice thee; consider, what thinkest thou?' He said, 'My father, do as thou art bidden; thou shalt find me, God willing, one of the steadfast.'

فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ

When they had surrendered, and he flung him upon his brow,

وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ

We called unto him, 'Abraham,

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

thou hast confirmed the vision; even so We recompense the good-doers.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلَاءُ الْمُبِينُ

This is indeed the manifest trial.'

وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

And We ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice,

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

and left for him among the later folk

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

'Peace be upon Abraham!'

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Even so We recompense the good-doers;

إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

he was among Our believing servants.

وَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Then We gave him the good tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, one of the righteous.

وَبَارَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ إِسْحَاقَ ۚ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مُبِينٌ

And We blessed him, and Isaac; and of their seed some are good-doers, and some manifest self-wrongers.

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

We also favoured Moses and Aaron,

وَنَجَّيْنَاهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ

and We delivered them and their people from the great distress.

وَنَصَرْنَاهُمْ فَكَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

And We helped them, so that they were the victors;

وَآتَيْنَاهُمَا الْكِتَابَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ

and We gave them the Manifesting Book,

وَهَدَيْنَاهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

and guided them in the straight path,

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِي الْآخِرِينَ

and left for them among the later folk

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

'Peace be upon Moses and, Aaron!'

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Even so We recompense the good-doers;

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

they were among Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Elias too was one of the Envoys;

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when he said to his people, 'Will you not be godfearing?

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ

Do you call on Baal, and abandon the Best of creators?

اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

God, your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients?'

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

But they cried him lies; so they will be among the arraigned,

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

except for God's sincere servants;

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

and We left for him among the later folk

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

'Peace be upon Elias!'

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Even so We recompense the good-doers;

إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

he was among Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Lot too was one of the Envoys;

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

when We delivered him and his people all together,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

save an old woman among those that tarried;

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

then We destroyed the others,

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُصْبِحِينَ

and you pass by them in the morning

وَبِاللَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

and in the night; will you not understand?

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Jonah too was one of the Envoys;

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

when he ran away to the laden ship

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِينَ

and cast lots, and was of the rebutted,

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

then the whale swallowed him down, and he blameworthy.

فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ

Now had he not been of those that glorify God,

لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

he would have tarried in its belly until the day they shall be raised;

۞ فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

but We cast him upon the wilderness, and he was sick,

وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْطِينٍ

and We caused to grow over him a tree of gourds.

وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

Then We sent him unto a hundred thousand, or more,

فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

and they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a while.

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ

So ask them for a pronouncement -- Has thy Lord daughters, and they sons?

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ

Or did We create the angels females, while they were witnesses?

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Is it not of their own calumny that they say,

وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

'God has begotten?' They are truly liars.

أَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِينَ

Has He chosen daughters above sons?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What ails you then, how you judge?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

What, and will you not remember?

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَانٌ مُبِينٌ

Or have you a clear authority?

فَأْتُوا بِكِتَابِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Bring your Book, if you speak truly!

وَجَعَلُوا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

They have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn; and the jinn know that they shall be arraigned.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Glory be to God above that they describe,

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

except for God's sincere servants.

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

But as for you, and that you serve,

مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَاتِنِينَ

you shall not tempt any against Him

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ

except him who shall roast in Hell.

وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا لَهُ مَقَامٌ مَعْلُومٌ

None of us is there, but has a known station;

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّافُّونَ

we are the rangers,

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُونَ

we are they that give glory.

وَإِنْ كَانُوا لَيَقُولُونَ

What though they would say,

لَوْ أَنَّ عِنْدَنَا ذِكْرًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients,

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

then were we God's sincere servants.'

فَكَفَرُوا بِهِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

But they disbelieved in it; soon they shall know!

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Already Our Word has preceded to Our servants, the Envoys;

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُورُونَ

assuredly they shall be helped,

وَإِنَّ جُنْدَنَا لَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ

and Our host -- they are the victors.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So turn thou from them for a while,

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

and see them; soon they shall see!

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

When it lights in their courtyard, how evil will be the morning of them that are warned!

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So turn thou from them for a while,

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

and see; soon they shall see!

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Glory, above that they describe!

وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ

And peace be upon the Envoys;

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

and praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being.