Surah As-Saaffaat
سورة الصافات
Those drawn up in Ranks
Surah 37 · 182 Ayahs
What Is Surah As-Saaffaat?
Surah As-Saaffaat is Surah 37 of the Quran. It contains 182 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا
Meaning
(I swear) by those who stand in rows,
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Ayah 2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا
Meaning
then by those who prevent firmly,
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Ayah 3
فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا
Meaning
then by those who recite the dhikr,
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Ayah 4
إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ
Meaning
surely your God is but One,
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Ayah 5
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ
Meaning
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the points of sunrise.
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Ayah 6
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
Meaning
Verily, We have decorated the nearest sky with an adornment, the stars,
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Ayah 7
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ
Meaning
and (have made them) a security against every rebellious devil.
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Ayah 8
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
Meaning
They cannot listen to the Upper Realm and are hit from every side
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Ayah 9
دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
Meaning
to be driven off, and for them there is a lasting punishment;
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Ayah 10
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Meaning
however, if one snatches a little bit, he is pursued by a bright flame.
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Ayah 11
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ
Meaning
Now ask them, “Are they stronger in the formation of their bodies, or those (other beings) that We have created?” Certainly, We did create them from sticky clay.
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Ayah 12
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
Meaning
But you wonder (at their denial), and they mock (at the idea of an Hereafter).
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Ayah 13
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
Meaning
And when any advice is given to them, they pay no heed to it.
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Ayah 14
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
Meaning
And when they see a sign, they make fun of it,
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Ayah 15
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
and say, “This is nothing but an open magic.
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Ayah 16
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Meaning
Is it when we have died and become dust and bones, that we shall be raised again,
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Ayah 17
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Meaning
and even our fathers of aforetime?”
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Ayah 18
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ
Meaning
Say, “Yes, and you shall be disgraced (too)!”
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Ayah 19
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Meaning
So, it will be only a single castigating call, and all of a sudden they will begin to see.
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Ayah 20
وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Meaning
And they will be saying, “Woe to us; this is the Day of Retribution.”
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Ayah 21
هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Meaning
(It will be said to them,) “This is the Day of Judgment that you used to deny.”
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Ayah 22
۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
Meaning
(It will be said to the angels,) “Muster all those who were unjust, and their fellows, and whatever they used to worship
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Ayah 23
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
other than Allah, and show them the way to Jahannam ,
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Ayah 24
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ
Meaning
and stop them (for a while,) for they are to be asked some questions.”
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Ayah 25
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Meaning
(Then they will be asked, “What is wrong with you that you do not help each other?”
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Ayah 26
بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ
Meaning
On the contrary, that day all of them will have totally surrendered.
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Ayah 27
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Meaning
And some of them (the followers of their chiefs) will turn to others (the chiefs), asking questions from one another.
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Ayah 28
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Meaning
They (the followers) will say, “You were the ones who used to come to (mislead) us forcefully.”
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Ayah 29
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
They (the chiefs) will say, “On the contrary, you yourselves were not believers.
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Ayah 30
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ
Meaning
We had no authority over you at all, but you yourselves were a transgressing people.
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Ayah 31
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
Meaning
So, the word of our Lord has come true against us. Indeed, we have to taste (the punishment).
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Ayah 32
فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ
Meaning
We did misguide you, (because) we were ourselves erroneous”.
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Ayah 33
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
Meaning
So, that day, they will share each other in punishment.
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Ayah 34
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Meaning
This is how We deal with the criminals.
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Ayah 35
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
Meaning
They were those to whom when it was said: “There is no god but Allah”, they waxed proud,
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Ayah 36
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
Meaning
and used to say, “Are we really to leave our gods because of an insane poet?”
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Ayah 37
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
No, he has come with Truth and has confirmed all the messengers (of Allah).
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Ayah 38
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ
Meaning
Surely you have to taste the painful punishment,-
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Ayah 39
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Meaning
And you will be recompensed for nothing but for what you used to do-
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Ayah 40
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Meaning
unlike Allah’s chosen servants.
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Ayah 41
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
Meaning
Those are the people for whom there is a known provision,
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Ayah 42
فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ
Meaning
the fruits; and they will be honored
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Ayah 43
فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Meaning
in Gardens of Bliss
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Ayah 44
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ
Meaning
facing each other on couches.
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Ayah 45
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ
Meaning
They will be served with a cup from a flowing drink,
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Ayah 46
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ
Meaning
(that will be) white (and) delicious for those who drink.
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Ayah 47
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ
Meaning
There will be no headache therein, nor will they be intoxicated with it,
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Ayah 48
وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ
Meaning
and by their side there will be females restricting their gazes (to their husbands), having pretty big eyes,
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Ayah 49
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
Meaning
as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution).
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Ayah 50
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Meaning
Then they will turn to each other asking questions mutually.
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Ayah 51
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ
Meaning
A speaker from them will say, “I had a companion (in the worldly life)
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Ayah 52
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ
Meaning
who used to say (to me), “Are you one of those who believe?
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Ayah 53
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
Meaning
Is it when we have died and become dust and bones? Is it true that we are going to be recompensed (for our deeds)?”
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Ayah 54
قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
Meaning
He (the speaker) will say (to other people in Paradise) “Would you like to have a look (at Jahannam to find out what happened to that companion of mine)?”
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Ayah 55
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
So he will look and will see him in the middle of Jahannam.
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Ayah 56
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ
Meaning
He (the speaker) will say (to his companion seen in Jahannam ), “By Allah, you were going almost to ruin me.
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Ayah 57
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Meaning
But for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those produced for punishment.”
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Ayah 58
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Meaning
(Then the speaker will address other people of Paradise in delight and wonder, saying,) “Are we not then to die anymore
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Ayah 59
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Meaning
beyond our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”
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Ayah 60
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Meaning
This is, indeed, the great achievement.
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Ayah 61
لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ
Meaning
For this kind (of achievement), all workers must work.
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Ayah 62
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Meaning
Is that (blissful Paradise) better for hospitality or the tree of zaqqūm ?
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Ayah 63
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Meaning
We have made it a test for the unjust.
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Ayah 64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
It is a tree that comes forth in the bottom of Jahannam.
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Ayah 65
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ
Meaning
Its fruits are like the heads of devils.
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Ayah 66
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
Meaning
So, they have to eat from it and have to fill their bellies with it.
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Ayah 67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
Meaning
Then they will have, on top of it, a mixture made of boiling water.
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Ayah 68
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
Then, their final return is to the Fire.
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Ayah 69
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ
Meaning
They found their fathers on the wrong path.
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Ayah 70
فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ
Meaning
So, they used to run in their footsteps.
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Ayah 71
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Meaning
Most of the earlier ones (too) had gone astray before them.
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Ayah 72
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
Meaning
We did send warners among them.
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Ayah 73
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Meaning
So look, how was the end of those warned -
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Ayah 74
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Meaning
except Allah’s chosen servants.
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Ayah 75
وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ
Meaning
And NūH did call Us (for help after he was disappointed with his people), so (We accepted his prayer, as) We are the best to respond.
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Ayah 76
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Meaning
And We delivered him and his family from the great agony,
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Ayah 77
وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ
Meaning
and made his progeny the sole survivors (from the Deluge).
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Ayah 78
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Meaning
And We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people, (that is):
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Ayah 79
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
Salām be on NūH among (the people of) all the worlds.
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Ayah 80
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
Certainly, this is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
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Ayah 81
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
He was one of Our believing servants.
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Ayah 82
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ
Meaning
Then, we drowned others.
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Ayah 83
۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Meaning
And certainly one of his adherents was Ibrāhīm.
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Ayah 84
إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
Meaning
(Remember) when he came to his Lord with a pure heart,
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Ayah 85
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Meaning
when he said to his father and his people, “What is that which you worship?
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Ayah 86
أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Meaning
Do you wish (to have) fallacious gods other than Allah?
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Ayah 87
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
Then, what do you think about the Lord of the worlds?”
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Ayah 88
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ
Meaning
Then, he cast a look at the stars,
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Ayah 89
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ
Meaning
and then said, “I feel indisposed”
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Ayah 90
فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
Meaning
So they went away from him, turning their backs.
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Ayah 91
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Meaning
And he made his way to their ‘gods’ and said to them, “Why would you not eat?
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Ayah 92
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
Meaning
What is wrong with you that you do not speak?”
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Ayah 93
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Meaning
Then he attacked them striking with his right hand.
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Ayah 94
فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ
Meaning
Then, they (the idolaters) came to him rushing.
- 95
Ayah 95
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
Meaning
He said, “Do you worship what is carved by yourselves,
- 96
Ayah 96
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Meaning
while Allah has created you and what you make?”
- 97
Ayah 97
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
They said, “Build for him a structure, and throw him into the blazing fire.”
- 98
Ayah 98
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
Meaning
So, they intended to bring harm to him, but We made them the lowest (by frustrating their plan).
- 99
Ayah 99
وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
Meaning
And he said, “I am going to my Lord. He will show me the way.
- 100
Ayah 100
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Meaning
O my Lord, bless me with a righteous son.”
- 101
Ayah 101
فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ
Meaning
So, We gave him the good news of a forbearing boy.
- 102
Ayah 102
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
Meaning
Thereafter, when he (the boy) reached an age in which he could work with him, he (Ibrāhīm) said, “O my little son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you, so consider, what is your opinion?” He said, “O my dear father, do what you have been ordered to do. You will find me, inshā’allah , (if Allah wills) one of those who endure patiently.”
- 103
Ayah 103
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ
Meaning
So, (it was a great episode) when both of them submitted themselves (to Allah’s will), and he laid him on his forehead (to slaughter him),
- 104
Ayah 104
وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ أَن يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ
Meaning
and then We called out to him, “O Ibrāhīm,
- 105
Ayah 105
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
you did make the dream come true.” This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
- 106
Ayah 106
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Meaning
This was indeed a trial that clearly demonstrated (their obedience).
- 107
Ayah 107
وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ
Meaning
And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,
- 108
Ayah 108
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Meaning
and We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people,
- 109
Ayah 109
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Meaning
(that is,) “Salām be on Ibrāhīm!
- 110
Ayah 110
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
- 111
Ayah 111
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
Surely, he is among Our believing servants.
- 112
Ayah 112
وَبَشَّرْنَـٰهُ بِإِسْحَـٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Meaning
And We gave him the good news of IsHāq (Isaac), a prophet from among the righteous.
- 113
Ayah 113
وَبَـٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ
Meaning
And We did bless him, and IsHāq. And among the progeny of both of them, some are good and some are utterly unjust to their own selves.
- 114
Ayah 114
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ
Meaning
Certainly We bestowed favors upon Mūsā and Hārūn,
- 115
Ayah 115
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Meaning
and We delivered them and their people from the great agony,
- 116
Ayah 116
وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
Meaning
and We helped them, so they became victors,
- 117
Ayah 117
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ
Meaning
and We gave them the clear book,
- 118
Ayah 118
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Meaning
and guided them to the straight path.
- 119
Ayah 119
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Meaning
And We left for them (a word of praise) among the later people,
- 120
Ayah 120
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ
Meaning
(that is,) Salām be on Mūsā and Hārūn!
- 121
Ayah 121
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
- 122
Ayah 122
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
Surely, both of them were among Our believing servants.
- 123
Ayah 123
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
And surely, Ilyās is one of the messengers.
- 124
Ayah 124
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Meaning
(Remember) when he said to his people: “Do you not fear Allah?
- 125
Ayah 125
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ
Meaning
Do you invoke Ba‘l, and ignore the Best of the creators,
- 126
Ayah 126
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Meaning
that is, Allah who is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?”
- 127
Ayah 127
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
Meaning
Then they rejected him. Therefore, they will be arraigned -
- 128
Ayah 128
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Meaning
except Allah’s chosen servants.
- 129
Ayah 129
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Meaning
And We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people,
- 130
Ayah 130
سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ
Meaning
(that is,) “Salām on Ilyāsīn (Ilyās).
- 131
Ayah 131
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
- 132
Ayah 132
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
Surely, he was from among Our believing servants.
- 133
Ayah 133
وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
And surely, LūT is one of the messengers.
- 134
Ayah 134
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
Meaning
(Remember) when We saved him and his family, all of them,
- 135
Ayah 135
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
Meaning
except an old woman among those remaining behind.
- 136
Ayah 136
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ
Meaning
After that, We destroyed others
- 137
Ayah 137
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ
Meaning
and you do pass by them at daybreak
- 138
Ayah 138
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Meaning
and by nightfall. Would you still not understand?
- 139
Ayah 139
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
And surely, Yūnus (Jonah) is from among the messengers.
- 140
Ayah 140
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
Meaning
(Remember) when he ran away towards the boat that was already loaded.
- 141
Ayah 141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ
Meaning
Then he participated in drawing lots (to offload one of the passengers) and was the one who was defeated.
- 142
Ayah 142
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
Meaning
Then the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching his own self.
- 143
Ayah 143
فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ
Meaning
Had he not been of those who proclaim Allah’s purity,
- 144
Ayah 144
لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
Meaning
he would have definitely lived in its belly till the day when the dead will be raised.
- 145
Ayah 145
۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ
Meaning
Then We cast him ashore in the open while he was ill,
- 146
Ayah 146
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ
Meaning
and We caused a tree of gourds to grow over him.
- 147
Ayah 147
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
Meaning
And We had sent him (as messenger) to one hundred thousand, or more.
- 148
Ayah 148
فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
Meaning
So, they believed, then, We let them enjoy for a time.
- 149
Ayah 149
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
Meaning
So ask them, “Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?”
- 150
Ayah 150
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ
Meaning
Or, had We created angels as females while they were witnessing?
- 151
Ayah 151
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ
Meaning
Beware! They are the ones who, by way of a lie of theirs, (have the audacity to) say,
- 152
Ayah 152
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
Meaning
“Allah has children” - and they are absolute liars.
- 153
Ayah 153
أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ
Meaning
Is it that Allah has chosen daughters (for Himself) instead of sons?
- 154
Ayah 154
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Meaning
What is the matter with you? How (arbitrarily) do you judge?
- 155
Ayah 155
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Meaning
Then, is it that you do not think about it?
- 156
Ayah 156
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
Or, is it that there is some open authority with you?
- 157
Ayah 157
فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Meaning
Then bring your book, if you are truthful.
- 158
Ayah 158
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
Meaning
And they have made up between Him (Allah) and the Jinns some kinship, while the Jinns already know that they are bound to be seized.-
- 159
Ayah 159
سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Meaning
-Pure is Allah from what they describe-
- 160
Ayah 160
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Meaning
except Allah’s chosen servants.
- 161
Ayah 161
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Meaning
So, you and those whom you worship,
- 162
Ayah 162
مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـٰتِنِينَ
Meaning
none of you can make anyone turn away from Him (Allah),
- 163
Ayah 163
إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
except him who is to burn in Jahannam.
- 164
Ayah 164
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
Meaning
And (the angels say,) “There is no one among us who does not have a known station,
- 165
Ayah 165
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ
Meaning
and We, surely We, are those who stand in rows
- 166
Ayah 166
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ
Meaning
and We, surely We, are those who proclaim Allah’s purity.”
- 167
Ayah 167
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ
Meaning
And they (the pagans) used to say,
- 168
Ayah 168
لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Meaning
“Had there been a scripture with us like that of the former people,
- 169
Ayah 169
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Meaning
we would have certainly been Allah’s chosen servants.”
- 170
Ayah 170
فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Meaning
Then (once the divine book came to them,) they disbelieved in it. So, very soon they will come to know.
- 171
Ayah 171
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
And Our Word has already come to pass in favor of Our servants, the messengers
- 172
Ayah 172
إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ
Meaning
(that) they are the ones who will be supported,
- 173
Ayah 173
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
Meaning
and verily it is Our army (of chosen servants) that prevails.
- 174
Ayah 174
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Meaning
So, withdraw your attention from them for some time.
- 175
Ayah 175
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
Meaning
But, watch them. They shall soon see (the reality).
- 176
Ayah 176
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Meaning
Are they asking for Our punishment to come sooner?
- 177
Ayah 177
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Meaning
So, when it will descend in their courtyard, then, evil will be the morning of those warned.
- 178
Ayah 178
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Meaning
So, withdraw your attention from them for some time,
- 179
Ayah 179
وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ
Meaning
and watch. They shall soon see (the reality).
- 180
Ayah 180
سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Meaning
Pure is your Lord, the Lord of all might and honor, from what they describe
- 181
Ayah 181
وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Meaning
and Salām be on the messengers
- 182
Ayah 182
وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
and praised is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
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