Verse 1

ﭑﭒ ﭓ ​

As-Saffat

By those [angels] ranged in rows,

Verse 2

ﭔﭕ ﭖ ​

who rebuke reproachfully

Verse 3

ﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

and recite God’s word,

Verse 4

ﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

truly your God is One,

Verse 5

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

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

Verse 6

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫ ﭬ ​

We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars,

Verse 7

ﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ ​

and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil:

Verse 8

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

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

Verse 9

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

driven away, they will have perpetual torment––

Verse 10

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

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

Verse 11

ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗ ﮘ ​

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

Verse 12

ﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

You marvel as they scoff,

Verse 13

ﮝﮞﮟﮠ ﮡ ​

take no heed when they are warned,

Verse 14

ﮢﮣﮤﮥ ﮦ ​

and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,

Verse 15

ﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬ ﮭ ​

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

Verse 16

ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ ​

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

Verse 17

ﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

along with our forefathers?’

Verse 18

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

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

Verse 19

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥ ﯦ ​

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

Verse 20

ﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

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

Verse 21

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

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

Verse 22

ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼ ﯽ ​

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

Verse 23

ﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ ​

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

Verse 24

ﰆﰇﰈﰉ ﰊ ​

and halt them for questioning:

Verse 25

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

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

Verse 26

ﭖﭗﭘﭙ ﭚ ​

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

Verse 27

ﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ ​

and they will turn on one another accusingly.

Verse 28

ﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦ ﭧ ​

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

Verse 29

ﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬ ﭭ ​

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

Verse 30

ﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

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

Verse 31

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ ​

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

Verse 32

ﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ ​

We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’

Verse 33

ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ ​

On that Day they will all share the torment:

Verse 34

ﮍﮎﮏﮐ ﮑ ​

this is how We deal with the guilty.

Verse 35

ﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

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

Verse 36

ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

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

Verse 37

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨ ﮩ ​

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

Verse 38

ﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

you will taste the painful torment,

Verse 39

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ ​

and be repaid only according to your deeds.’

Verse 40

ﯗﯘﯙﯚ ﯛ ​

Not so God’s true servants.

Verse 41

ﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

They will have familiar provisions––

Verse 42

ﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ ​

fruits- and will be honoured

Verse 43

ﯥﯦﯧ ﯨ ​

in gardens of delight;

Verse 44

ﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

seated on couches, facing one another.

Verse 45

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ ​

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

Verse 46

ﯳﯴﯵ ﯶ ​

white, delicious to those who taste it,

Verse 47

ﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽ ﯾ ​

causing no headiness or intoxication.

Verse 48

ﯿﰀﰁﰂ ﰃ ​

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

Verse 49

ﰄﰅﰆ ﰇ ​

like protected eggs.

Verse 50

ﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌ ﰍ ​

They will turn to one another with questions:

Verse 51

ﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔ ﰕ ​

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

Verse 52

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

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

Verse 53

ﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

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

Verse 54

ﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ ​

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

Verse 55

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

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

Verse 56

ﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭ ﭮ ​

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

Verse 57

ﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

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

Verse 58

ﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

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

Verse 59

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ ​

Shall we never suffer?

Verse 60

ﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ ​

This truly is the supreme triumph!’

Verse 61

ﮇﮈﮉﮊ ﮋ ​

Everyone should strive to attain this.

Verse 62

ﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑ ﮒ ​

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

Verse 63

ﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

which we have made a test for the evildoers?

Verse 64

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ ​

This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire,

Verse 65

ﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

and its fruits are like devils’ heads.

Verse 66

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

They will fill their bellies eating from it;

Verse 67

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

then drink scalding water on top of it;

Verse 68

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

then return to the blazing Fire.

Verse 69

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

They found their forefathers astray,

Verse 70

ﯟﯠﯡﯢ ﯣ ​

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

Verse 71

ﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

most men in the past went astray,

Verse 72

ﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ ​

even though We sent messengers to warn them.

Verse 73

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

See how those who were warned met their end!

Verse 74

ﯵﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

Not so the true servants of God.

Verse 75

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾ ﯿ ​

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

Verse 76

ﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ ​

We saved him and his people from great distress,

Verse 77

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

We let his offspring remain on the earth,

Verse 78

ﭖﭗﭘﭙ ﭚ ​

We let him be praised by later generations:

Verse 79

ﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ ​

‘Peace be upon Noah among all the nations!’

Verse 80

ﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

This is how We reward those who do good:

Verse 81

ﭦﭧﭨﭩ ﭪ ​

he was truly one of Our faithful servants.

Verse 82

ﭫﭬﭭ ﭮ ​

We drowned the rest.

Verse 83

ﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ ​

Abraham was of the same faith:

Verse 84

ﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ ​

he came to his Lord with a devoted heart.

Verse 85

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ ​

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

Verse 86

ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆ ﮇ ​

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

Verse 87

ﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ ​

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

Verse 88

ﮍﮎﮏﮐ ﮑ ​

then he looked up to the stars.

Verse 89

ﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

He said, ‘I am sick,’

Verse 90

ﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

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

Verse 91

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟ ﮠ ​

He turned to their gods and said,

Verse 92

ﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

‘Do you not eat? Why do you not speak?’

Verse 93

ﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

then he turned and struck them with his right arm.

Verse 94

ﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

His people hurried towards him,

Verse 95

ﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

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

Verse 96

ﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

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

Verse 97

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ ﯡ ​

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

Verse 98

ﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦ ﯧ ​

They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them.

Verse 99

ﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ ​

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

Verse 100

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

Lord, grant me a righteous son,’

Verse 101

ﯵﯶﯷ ﯸ ​

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

Verse 102

ﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔ ﰕ ​

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.’

Verse 103

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

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

Verse 104

ﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

We called out to him, ‘Abraham,

Verse 105

ﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ ​

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

Verse 106

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

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

Verse 107

ﭩﭪﭫ ﭬ ​

We ransomed his son with a momentous sacrifice,

Verse 108

ﭭﭮﭯﭰ ﭱ ​

and We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

Verse 109

ﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

‘Peace be upon Abraham!’

Verse 110

ﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

This is how We reward those who do good:

Verse 111

ﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﭾ ​

truly he was one of Our faithful servants.

Verse 112

ﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

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

Verse 113

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

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

Verse 114

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕ ﮖ ​

We also bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron:

Verse 115

ﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

We saved them and their people from great distress;

Verse 116

ﮝﮞﮟﮠ ﮡ ​

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

Verse 117

ﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

We gave them the Scripture that makes things clear;

Verse 118

ﮦﮧﮨ ﮩ ​

We guided them to the right path;

Verse 119

ﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

We let them be praised by succeeding generations:

Verse 120

ﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

‘Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!’

Verse 121

ﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

This is how We reward those who do good:

Verse 122

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

truly they were among Our faithful servants.

Verse 123

ﯟﯠﯡﯢ ﯣ ​

Elijah too was one of the messengers.

Verse 124

ﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

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

Verse 125

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ ​

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

Verse 126

ﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

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

Verse 127

ﭑﭒﭓ ﭔ ​

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

Verse 128

ﭕﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

not so the true servants of God.

Verse 129

ﭚﭛﭜﭝ ﭞ ​

We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

Verse 130

ﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

‘Peace be to Elijah!’

Verse 131

ﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

This is how We reward those who do good:

Verse 132

ﭩﭪﭫﭬ ﭭ ​

truly he was one of Our faithful servants.

Verse 133

ﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ ​

Lot was also one of the messengers.

Verse 134

ﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

We saved him and all his family-

Verse 135

ﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

except for an old woman who stayed behind-

Verse 136

ﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ ​

and We destroyed the rest.

Verse 137

ﮁﮂﮃﮄ ﮅ ​

You [people] pass by their ruins morning

Verse 138

ﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

and night: will you not take heed?

Verse 139

ﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

Jonah too was one of the messengers.

Verse 140

ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

He fled to the overloaded ship.

Verse 141

ﮖﮗﮘﮙ ﮚ ​

They cast lots, he suffered defeat,

Verse 142

ﮛﮜﮝﮞ ﮟ ​

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

Verse 143

ﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

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

Verse 144

ﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ ​

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

Verse 145

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

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

Verse 146

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

and made a gourd tree grow above him.

Verse 147

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more.

Verse 148

ﯡﯢﯣﯤ ﯥ ​

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

Verse 149

ﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ ​

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

Verse 150

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ ​

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

Verse 151

ﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷ ﯸ ​

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

Verse 152

ﯹﯺﯻﯼ ﯽ ​

‘God has begotten.’ How they lie!

Verse 153

ﯾﯿﰀﰁ ﰂ ​

Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?

Verse 154

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

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

Verse 155

ﭖﭗ ﭘ ​

Do you not reflect?

Verse 156

ﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

Do you perhaps have clear authority?

Verse 157

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

Bring your scriptures, if you are telling the truth.

Verse 158

ﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

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

Verse 159

ﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ ​

God is far above what they attribute to Him-

Verse 160

ﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

the true servants of God do not do such things-

Verse 161

ﭺﭻﭼ ﭽ ​

and neither you nor what you worship

Verse 162

ﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

can lure away from God any

Verse 163

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

except those who will burn in Hell.

Verse 164

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

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

Verse 165

ﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

we are ranged in ranks.

Verse 166

ﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

We glorify God.’

Verse 167

ﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

[The disbelievers] used to say,

Verse 168

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ ​

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

Verse 169

ﮣﮤﮥﮦ ﮧ ​

we would be true servants of God,’

Verse 170

ﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬ ﮭ ​

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

Verse 171

ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

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

Verse 172

ﯕﯖﯗ ﯘ ​

it is they who will be helped,

Verse 173

ﯙﯚﯛﯜ ﯝ ​

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

Verse 174

ﯞﯟﯠﯡ ﯢ ​

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

Verse 175

ﯣﯤﯥ ﯦ ​

Watch them: they will soon see.

Verse 176

ﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

Do they really wish to hasten Our punishment?

Verse 177

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﯰ ​

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

Verse 178

ﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

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

Verse 179

ﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

Watch them: they will soon see.

Verse 180

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ ​

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

Verse 181

ﰁﰂﰃ ﰄ ​

Peace be upon the messengers

Verse 182

ﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰉ ​

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