As-Saffat
Peace upon the Envoys
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
By those that range themselves in ranks, by those who rumble with force, by those who recite the Reminder: your deity is surely one,
والصفت صفا فالزجرت زجرا فالتليت ذكرا ان الهكم لوحد
Guardian of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, and Guardian of the risings.
رب السموت والارض وما بينهما ورب المشرق
We have adorned the nearest heaven with the adornment of the heavenly bodies,
انا زينا السما الدنيا بزينه الكواكب
and preserved it from every rebellious Diverter,
وحفظا من كل شيطن مارد
who cannot listen to the sublime court, and are pelted from every side,
لا يسمعون الي الملا الاعلي ويقذفون من كل جانب
driven away violently;
دحورا
and they have an unceasing punishment — except him who snatches a scrap in flight: a blazing, piercing projectile then pursues him.
ولهم عذاب واصب الا من خطف الخطفه فاتبعه شهاب ثاقب
So consult them: are they harder to create, or those We have created?
فاستفتهم اهم اشد خلقا ام من خلقنا
We indeed created them from a clinging clay.
انا خلقنهم من طين لازب
But you marvel, while they scoff;
بل عجبت ويسخرون
and when they are reminded, they do not remember;
واذا ذكروا لا يذكرون
and when they see a sign, they redouble their scoffing,
واذا راوا ايه يستسخرون
and say: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion. When we are dead, earth and bones, shall we really be raised? And our earliest forefathers too?"
وقالوا ان هذا الا سحر مبين اذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظما انا لمبعوثون اواباونا الاولون
Say: "Yes, and you will be abased."
قل نعم وانتم دخرون
It will be but a single rumbling blast, and there they are, looking on,
فانما هي زجره وحده فاذا هم ينظرون
saying: "Woe to us, this is the Day of the Due!"
وقالوا يويلنا هذا يوم الدين
"This is the Day of Separation, which you used to deny."
هذا يوم الفصل الذي كنتم به تكذبون
"Gather those who did wrong, their spouses, and what they used to obey besides God, then guide them to the path of the Blaze,
احشروا الذين ظلموا وازوجهم وما كانوا يعبدون من دون الله فاهدوهم الي صرط الجحيم
and halt them: they are indeed to be questioned."
وقفوهم انهم مسولون
"What is wrong with you, that you do not help one another?"
ما لكم لا تناصرون
No, that day, they are utterly submissive.
بل هم اليوم مستسلمون
And they turn to one another, questioning each other.
واقبل بعضهم علي بعض يتسالون
They say: "It was you who used to come at us from the right."
قالوا انكم كنتم تاتوننا عن اليمين
They say: "No, it was you who were not believers;
قالوا بل لم تكونوا مومنين
and we had no authority over you — you were rather a people who exceeded all measure.
وما كان لنا عليكم من سلطن بل كنتم قوما طغين
So our Guardian's saying has proven true against us: we shall surely taste. We made you err — we were ourselves errant."
فحق علينا قول ربنا انا لذايقون فاغوينكم انا كنا غوين
That day, they are indeed partners in the punishment.
فانهم يوميذ في العذاب مشتركون
Thus do We deal with the severed.
انا كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين
Whenever it was said to them, "There is no deity but God," they would grow proud and say: "Shall we really leave our deities for a deranged seductive orator?"
انهم كانوا اذا قيل لهم لا اله الا الله يستكبرون ويقولون اينا لتاركوا الهتنا لشاعر مجنون
No, he came with the truth, and declared the envoys veracious.
بل جا بالحق وصدق المرسلين
You will surely taste the painful punishment,
انكم لذايقوا العذاب الاليم
and you will be recompensed only for what you used to do — except the refined obedient ones of God:
وما تجزون الا ما كنتم تعملون الا عباد الله المخلصين
those have a known provision, savoury fruits,
اوليك لهم رزق معلوم فوكه
and they are honored in the Gardens of bliss, on couches, facing one another.
وهم مكرمون في جنت النعيم علي سرر متقبلين
A cup of spring water will be passed among them, white, delightful for those who drink it, causing no headache and no intoxication,
يطاف عليهم بكاس من معين بيضا لذه للشربين لا فيها غول ولا هم عنها ينزفون
and beside them will be companions of reserved gaze, of support, as though they were well-sheltered eggs.
وعندهم قصرت الطرف عين كانهن بيض مكنون
And they turn to one another, questioning each other.
فاقبل بعضهم علي بعض يتسالون
One of them says: "I had an acolyte who used to say: 'Are you really one of those who declare this true? When we are dead, earth and bones, shall we really be indebted?'"
قال قايل منهم اني كان لي قرين يقول انك لمن المصدقين اذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظما انا لمدينون
He says: "Do you wish to look?" So he looked, and saw him in the midst of the Blaze.
قال هل انتم مطلعون فاطلع فراه في سوا الجحيم
He says: "By God, you nearly caused my fall; and were it not for my Guardian's blessing, I would have been among those brought forth.
قال تالله ان كدت لتردين ولولا نعمه ربي لكنت من المحضرين
Are we not dead, except our first death, and shall we not be punished?"
افما نحن بميتين الا موتتنا الاولي وما نحن بمعذبين
This is surely the immense triumph!
ان هذا لهو الفوز العظيم
It is for the like of this that those who act should act.
لمثل هذا فليعمل العملون
Is that a better welcome, or the tree of Zaqqoum?
اذلك خير نزلا ام شجره الزقوم
We have indeed made it a trial for the wrongdoers:
انا جعلنها فتنه للظلمين
it is a tree that comes out at the root of the Blaze, whose spathes resemble the heads of Diverters.
انها شجره تخرج في اصل الجحيم طلعها كانه روس الشيطين
They will surely eat from it and fill their bellies with it; then on top of it they will surely have a brew of boiling water.
فانهم لاكلون منها فمالون منها البطون ثم ان لهم عليها لشوبا من حميم
Then their return will surely be to the Blaze.
ثم ان مرجعهم لالي الجحيم
They indeed found their ancestors astray, and rushed headlong in their footsteps.
انهم الفوا اباهم ضالين فهم علي اثرهم يهرعون
And indeed, before them, most of the earlier peoples had gone astray,
ولقد ضل قبلهم اكثر الاولين
and We had certainly sent warners among them.
ولقد ارسلنا فيهم منذرين
So look at what was the end of those who were warned — except the refined obedient ones of God.
فانظر كيف كان عقبه المنذرين الا عباد الله المخلصين
And Nuh indeed called upon Us,
ولقد نادينا نوح
and what an excellent Responder We are!
فلنعم المجيبون
We saved him and his household from the immense distress,
ونجينه واهله من الكرب العظيم
and We made his descendants the ones who remain.
وجعلنا ذريته هم الباقين
And We left upon him, among later generations:
وتركنا عليه في الاخرين
"Peace upon Nuh, among all beings!"
سلم علي نوح في العلمين
Thus do We recompense those who do good.
انا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
He was among Our believing obedient ones.
انه من عبادنا المومنين
Then We drowned the others.
ثم اغرقنا الاخرين
And Ibrahim was surely of his camp, when he came to his Guardian with an intact core, when he said to his father and his people: "What do you obey?
وان من شيعته لابرهيم اذ جا ربه بقلب سليم اذ قال لابيه وقومه ماذا تعبدون
Is it a distortion that you desire, deities besides God?
ايفكا الهه دون الله تريدون
What then is your presumption about the Guardian of all beings?"
فما ظنكم برب العلمين
He cast a glance at the stars, and said: "I am unwell"; so they turned their backs on him, departing.
فنظر نظره في النجوم فقال اني سقيم فتولوا عنه مدبرين
Then he stole away to their deities, and said: "Do you not eat? What is wrong with you, that you utter nothing?"
فراغ الي الهتهم فقال الا تاكلون ما لكم لا تنطقون
Then he turned upon them, striking with his right hand; then they came forward rushing toward him.
فراغ عليهم ضربا باليمين فاقبلوا اليه يزفون
He said: "Do you obey what you carve, when God created you and what you make?"
قال اتعبدون ما تنحتون والله خلقكم وما تعملون
They said: "Build him a structure, and cast him into the Blaze!" They intended a scheme against him, but We made them the lowest.
قالوا ابنوا له بنينا فالقوه في الجحيم فارادوا به كيدا فجعلنهم الاسفلين
And he said: "I am going to my Guardian; He will guide me.
وقال اني ذاهب الي ربي سيهدين
My Guardian, bestow on me one of those who are sound."
رب هب لي من الصلحين
So We gave him glad tidings of a forbearing boy.
فبشرنه بغلم حليم
And when he reached the age of endeavouring with him, he said: "O my little one, I see in a dream that I am slaughtering you; consider, then, what you think."
فلما بلغ معه السعي قال يبني اني اري في المنام اني اذبحك فانظر ماذا تري
He said: "O my father, do what you are commanded;
قال يابت افعل ما تومر
you will find me, if God wills, among the patient."
ستجدني ان شا الله من الصبرين
And when both of them had become true to God alone, and he had laid him down on his temple, We called out to him: "O Ibrahim, you have indeed confirmed the vision."
فلما اسلما وتله للجبين وندينه ان يابرهيم قد صدقت الريا
Thus do We recompense those who do good.
انا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
This was surely the manifest testing.
ان هذا لهو البلوا المبين
And We ransomed him with an immense sacrifice.
وفدينه بذبح عظيم
And We left upon him, among later generations:
وتركنا عليه في الاخرين
"Peace upon Ibrahim!"
سلم علي ابرهيم
Thus do We recompense those who do good.
كذلك نجزي المحسنين
He was among Our believing obedient ones.
انه من عبادنا المومنين
And We gave him glad tidings of Ishaq, an informant among those who are sound, and We blessed him and Ishaq.
وبشرنه باسحق نبيا من الصلحين وبركنا عليه وعلي اسحق
And among their descendants is one who does good, and one who manifestly wrongs himself.
ومن ذريتهما محسن وظالم لنفسه مبين
And We indeed graced Moussa and Harun, and saved them and their people from the immense distress;
ولقد مننا علي موسي وهرون ونجينهما وقومهما من الكرب العظيم
We helped them, and they were the victors.
ونصرنهم فكانوا هم الغلبين
And We gave them both the explicit Scripture,
واتينهما الكتب المستبين
and We guided them both along the straight path.
وهدينهما الصرط المستقيم
And We left upon them both, among later generations:
وتركنا عليهما في الاخرين
"Peace upon Moussa and Harun!"
سلم علي موسي وهرون
Thus do We recompense those who do good.
انا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
They were both among Our believing obedient ones.
انهما من عبادنا المومنين
And Ilyas was surely among the envoys, when he said to his people: "Will you not guard yourselves? Do you call upon Ba'l, forsaking the best of creators,
وان الياس لمن المرسلين اذ قال لقومه الا تتقون اتدعون بعلا وتذرون احسن الخلقين
God, your Guardian and the Guardian of your earliest forefathers?"
الله ربكم ورب ابايكم الاولين
But they denied him; so they will surely be among those brought forth — except the refined obedient ones of God.
فكذبوه فانهم لمحضرون الا عباد الله المخلصين
And We left upon him, among later generations:
وتركنا عليه في الاخرين
"Peace upon Ilyasin!"
سلم علي ال ياسين
Thus do We recompense those who do good.
انا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
He was among Our believing obedient ones.
انه من عبادنا المومنين
And Lut was surely among the envoys, when We saved him and his household, all of them, except an old woman among those who lingered behind; then We destroyed the others.
وان لوطا لمن المرسلين اذ نجينه واهله اجمعين الا عجوزا في الغبرين ثم دمرنا الاخرين
And you surely pass by them in the morning, and at night —
وانكم لتمرون عليهم مصبحين وباليل
will you not then reason?
افلا تعقلون
And Younes was surely among the envoys, when he fled to the laden vessel; he took part in the drawing of lots, and was among those who were dismissed; then the fish swallowed him while he was censurable.
وان يونس لمن المرسلين اذ ابق الي الفلك المشحون فساهم فكان من المدحضين فالتقمه الحوت وهو مليم
Had he not been among those who glorify, he would indeed have remained in its belly until the day they are raised.
فلولا انه كان من المسبحين للبث في بطنه الي يوم يبعثون
So We cast him onto bare ground, while he was unwell,
فنبذنه بالعرا وهو سقيم
and We caused a soft, cotton-like plant to grow over him.
وانبتنا عليه شجره من يقطين
We then sent him to a hundred thousand, or more,
وارسلنه الي مايه الف او يزيدون
and they believed; so We let them enjoy for a time.
فامنوا فمتعنهم الي حين
So consult them: does your Guardian have daughters, while they have sons?
فاستفتهم الربك البنات ولهم البنون
Or did We create the Agents female, while they witnessed it?
ام خلقنا المليكه انثا وهم شهدون
Is it not that it is surely out of their own distortion that they say: "God has begotten"? They are surely liars.
الا انهم من افكهم ليقولون ولد الله وانهم لكذبون
Would He have chosen daughters over sons?
اصطفي البنات علي البنين
What is wrong with you?
ما لكم
How do you judge?
كيف تحكمون
Will you not then remember?
افلا تذكرون
Or do you have a manifest authority? Then bring your book, if you are veracious.
ام لكم سلطن مبين فاتوا بكتبكم ان كنتم صدقين
And they have set up a lineage between Him and the Occulted;
وجعلوا بينه وبين الجنه نسبا
and the Occulted well know that they will surely be brought forth —
ولقد علمت الجنه انهم لمحضرون
glory be to God, above what they describe!
سبحن الله عما يصفون
Except the refined obedient ones of God.
الا عباد الله المخلصين
Neither you, nor what you obey, can put anyone to trial against Him, except him who is destined to burn in the Blaze.
فانكم وما تعبدون ما انتم عليه بفتنين الا من هو صال الجحيم
"There is not one among us who does not have a known place,
وما منا الا له مقام معلوم
and we are surely those who stand in ranks, and we are surely those who glorify."
وانا لنحن الصافون وانا لنحن المسبحون
And they indeed used to say: "If only we had a reminder from the earlier peoples, we would have been the refined obedient ones of God."
وان كانوا ليقولون لو ان عندنا ذكرا من الاولين لكنا عباد الله المخلصين
But they disowned it;
فكفروا به
they will soon know.
فسوف يعلمون
And Our word has indeed preceded in favor of Our envoys, the obedient ones: they are indeed the ones who are helped, and it is surely Our army that is victorious.
ولقد سبقت كلمتنا لعبادنا المرسلين انهم لهم المنصورون وان جندنا لهم الغلبون
So turn your back on them for a time,
فتول عنهم حتي حين
and watch them: they will soon see clearly.
وابصرهم فسوف يبصرون
Is it then Our punishment that they seek to hasten?
افبعذابنا يستعجلون
When it descends into their courtyard, how evil will be the morning of those who were warned!
فاذا نزل بساحتهم فسا صباح المنذرين
And turn your back on them for a time,
وتول عنهم حتي حين
and watch: they will soon see clearly.
وابصر فسوف يبصرون
Glory be to your Guardian, the Guardian of might, above what they describe!
سبحن ربك رب العزه عما يصفون
And peace upon the envoys!
وسلم علي المرسلين
And praise be to God, Guardian of all beings!
والحمد لله رب العلمين