ترجمة معاني سورة الصافات باللغة الإنجليزية من كتاب Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation .

As-Saffat


(37:1) By those who range themselves in rows;

(37:2) by those who reprove severely,

(37:3) and those who recite the Exhortation;1

(37:4) surely your God is One,2

(37:5) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatever lies between
the two, the Lord3 of the Easts.4

(37:6) We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars5

(37:7) and have protected it from every rebellious satan.6

(37:8) These satans cannot listen to what transpires in the High Council
for they are pelted away from every side

(37:9) and are repelled. Theirs is an unceasing chastisement.

(37:10) And if any is able to snatch a fragment, he is pursued by a piercing
flame.7

(37:11) So ask them (that is, human beings): “Were they harder to create
than the objects We created?”8 We created them from sticky clay.9

(37:12) You marvel (at the wondrous creations of Allah) and they scoff at
it,

(37:13) and when they are admonished, they pay no heed;

(37:14) and if they see any Sign, they laugh it away

(37:15) and say: “This is nothing but plain sorcery.0

(37:16) Is it ever possible that after we die and are reduced to dust and
(a skeleton of) bones, we will be raised to life?

(37:17) And so also shall our forefathers of yore be raised to life?”

(37:18) Tell them: “Yes; and you are utterly helpless (against Allah).”1

(37:19) There will be a single stern rebuff and lo, they will be observing
with their own eyes (all that they had been warned against).2

(37:20) They will then say: “Woe for us. This is the Day of Judgement.”

(37:21) “Yes, this is the Day of Final Decision that you used to deny as
a lie.”3

(37:22) (Then will the command be given): “Muster all the wrong-doers4
and their spouses5 and the deities whom they used to serve

(37:23) apart from Allah,6 and direct them to the path of Hell,

(37:24) and detain them there; they will be called to account.

(37:25) How is it that you are not helping one another?

(37:26) Indeed, today they are surrendering themselves completely.”7

(37:27) They will then turn towards each other (and start wrangling).

(37:28) (The followers will say to their leaders): “You used to come to us
from the right hand.”8

(37:29) They will say: “Nay, you yourselves were not the ones who would believe.

(37:30) We had no power over you. You were a rebellious people,

(37:31) and so we became deserving of the Word of our Lord that we shall
be made to suffer chastisement.

(37:32) So we led you astray; we ourselves were strayed.”9

(37:33) On that Day, they will all share the chastisement.0

(37:34) Thus do We treat the culprits.

(37:35) Whenever it was said to them: “There is no true deity apart from
Allah,” they waxed proud

(37:36) and said: “Shall we forsake our deities for the sake of a distracted
poet?”

(37:37) (They say so although) he brought the Truth and confirmed the veracity
of the Messengers.1

(37:38) (They will be told): “You shall taste the grievous chastisement.

(37:39) You will only be recompensed according to your deeds.”

(37:40) But Allah's chosen servants (shall be spared this woeful end).

(37:41) For them awaits a known provision,2

(37:42) a variety of delicious fruits; and they shall be honoured3

(37:43) in the Gardens of Bliss.

(37:44) They will be seated upon couches set face to face;

(37:45) a cup filled with wine4 from its springs,5
will be passed around to them;6

(37:46) white, sparkling (wine), a delight to the drinkers.

(37:47) There will neither be any harm in it for their body nor will it intoxicate
their mind.7

(37:48) Theirs shall be wide-eyed maidens8 with bashful, restrained
glances,9

(37:49) so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.0

(37:50) Then some of them will turn to others, and will ask each other.

(37:51) One of them will say: “I had a companion in the world

(37:52) who used to say: �Are you also one of those who confirm the Truth
(of life after death)?

(37:53) After we are dead and have become all dust and bones shall we still
be requited?'1

(37:54) He will say: �Do you wish to know where he is now?'

(37:55) Then he will look downwards, and will see him in the depths of Hell.

(37:56) He will say to him: �By Allah, you almost ruined me.

(37:57) But for Allah's favour, I should be one of those who have been mustered
here.2

(37:58) So, are we not going to die,

(37:59) except for our first death? And shall we suffer no chastisement?'”3

(37:60) Surely this is the supreme triumph.

(37:61) For the like of it should the workers work.

(37:62) Is this a better hospitality or the tree of al-Zaqqum?4

(37:63) We have made this tree a trial for the wrong-doers.5

(37:64) It is a tree that grows in the nethermost part of Hell.

(37:65) Its spathes are like the heads of satans.6

(37:66) (The people of Hell) will surely eat of it, filling their bellies
with it.

(37:67) Then on top of it they will have a brew of boiling water.

(37:68) Then their return will be to the same blazing Hell.7

(37:69) These are the ones who found their fathers steeped in error,

(37:70) and they are running in their footsteps.

(37:71) Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred,

(37:72) and We had sent among them Messengers to warn them.

(37:73) Observe, then, what was the end of those that had been warned,

(37:74) except for the chosen servants of Allah?8

(37:75) Noah9 had called upon Us (earlier).0 See,
how excellent We were in answering him!

(37:76) We delivered him and his household from the great calamity;1

(37:77) and made his offspring the only ones to survive,2

(37:78) and We established for him a good name among posterity.

(37:79) Peace be upon Noah among all the nations.3

(37:80) Thus do We reward all those who do good.

(37:81) Surely he was one of Our truly believing servants.

(37:82) Thereafter We caused the others to be drowned.

(37:83) Abraham was on the self-same way (as Noah).

(37:84) When he came to his Lord with a pure heart,4

(37:85) and said to his father and his people:5 “Whom do you
worship?

(37:86) Is it false deities that you want to serve rather than Allah?

(37:87) What do you think of the Lord of the whole Universe?”6

(37:88) Then7 he looked carefully at the stars8

(37:89) and said: “I am sick.”9

(37:90) So turning their backs, they went away from him.0

(37:91) Then he went quietly to the (temple of the deities) and said: “What
is the matter with you, why do you not eat?1

(37:92) What is the matter with you, why do you not speak?”

(37:93) Then he turned upon them, striking them with his right hand,

(37:94) whereupon people came to him running.2

(37:95) Abraham said to them: “Do you worship what you yourselves have carved
with your own hands

(37:96) while it is Allah Who has created you and all that you make?”

(37:97) They spoke among themselves: “Build him a pyre and then throw him
into the furnace.”

(37:98) They had contrived an evil plan against him, but We abased them all.3

(37:99) Abraham said:4 “I am going to my Lord;5 He
will guide me.

(37:100) Lord, grant me a righteous son.”6

(37:101) (In response to this prayer) We gave him the good news of a prudent
boy;7

(37:102) and when he was old enough to go about and work with him, (one day)
Abraham said to him: “My son, I see in my dream that I am slaughtering you.8
So consider (and tell me) what you think.”9 He said: “Do as you
are bidden.0 You will find me, if Allah so wills, among the steadfast.”

(37:103) When both surrendered (to Allah's command) and Abraham flung the
son down on his forehead,1

(37:104) We cried out:2 “O Abraham,

(37:105) you have indeed fulfilled your dream.3 Thus do We reward
the good-doers.”4

(37:106) This was indeed a plain trial.5

(37:107) And We ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice,6

(37:108) and We preserved for him a good name among posterity.

(37:109) Peace be upon Abraham.

(37:110) Thus do We reward the good-doers.

(37:111) Surely he was one of Our believing servants.

(37:112) And We gave him the good news of Isaac,7 a Prophet and
among the righteous ones.8

(37:113) And We blessed him and Isaac. Among the offspring of the two some
did good and some plainly wronged themselves.

(37:114) Verily We bestowed Our favours on Moses and Aaron

(37:115) and We delivered both of them and their people from the great calamity.9

(37:116) We succoured them, and they gained the upper hand (against their
enemies).

(37:117) We granted them a Clear Book,

(37:118) and showed them the Straight Way,

(37:119) and preserved for them a good name among posterity.

(37:120) Peace be upon Moses and Aaron.

(37:121) Thus do We reward the good-doers.

(37:122) Surely both of them were among Our believing servants.

(37:123) Surely, Elias too was among the Messengers.0

(37:124) (Call to mind) when he said to his people: “Will you not fear Allah?

(37:125) Do you call upon Baal1 and forsake the Best of the Creators?

(37:126) Allah is your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors of yore.”

(37:127) But they denounced him as a liar, so they will surely be arraigned
(for punishment),

(37:128) except Allah's chosen servants.2

(37:129) We preserved a good name for him among posterity.3

(37:130) Peace be upon Elias.4

(37:131) Thus do We reward the good-doers.

(37:132) He was one of Our believing servants.

(37:133) And Lot too was one of the Messengers.

(37:134) (Call to mind) when We delivered him and all his kinsfolk,

(37:135) except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind.5

(37:136) Then We utterly destroyed the rest of them.

(37:137) You pass by their desolate habitations in the morning6

(37:138) and at night. Do you still not understand?

(37:139) And Jonah too was one of the Messengers.7

(37:140) Call to mind when he fled to the laden ship,8

(37:141) cast lots, and was among the losers.

(37:142) Then a fish swallowed him, and he was blameworthy.9

(37:143) Had he not been one of those who glorify Allah,0

(37:144) he would certainly have remained in its belly till the Day of Resurrection.1

(37:145) But We threw him on a wide bare tract of land while he was ill;2

(37:146) and caused a gourd tree3 to grow over him,

(37:147) and We sent him forth to a nation of a hundred thousand or more,4

(37:148) and they believed. So We let them enjoy life for a while.5

(37:149) So ask their opinion:6 “(Are you convinced) that your
Lord should have daughters and you should have sons?7

(37:150) Did We create the angels as females the while they witnessed?”

(37:151) Behold, it is one of their fabrications that they say:

(37:152) “Allah has begotten.” They are liars!

(37:153) Did He choose daughters rather than sons?

(37:154) What is the matter with you that you make such strange judgements?

(37:155) Will you then not take heed?

(37:156) Do you have any clear authority for such claims?

(37:157) Bring your Book, if you are truthful.8

(37:158) They have established a kinship between Allah and the angels;9
and the angels know well that these people will be arraigned (as culprits).

(37:159) (They say): “Exalted be Allah above what they attribute to Him,

(37:160) all of them except the chosen servants of Allah.

(37:161) So you and your deities

(37:162) shall not be able to tempt anyone away from Allah

(37:163) except him who shall roast in the Blazing Fire.0

(37:164) As for us, there is none but has an appointed station.1

(37:165) Verily we range ourselves in rows (as humble servants)

(37:166) and we are of those who glorify Allah.”

(37:167) They used to say before:

(37:168) “If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people
of yore

(37:169) we would surely have been Allah's chosen servants.”2

(37:170) But when it came to them, they rejected it. They shall soon come
to know (the end of such an attitude).

(37:171) We have already given Our promise to Our Messengers

(37:172) that they shall certainly be succoured,

(37:173) and that Our hosts shall triumph.3

(37:174) So, (O Prophet), leave them alone for a while,

(37:175) and see, and soon they too shall see.4

(37:176) Do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?

(37:177) When that chastisement will descend upon their courtyard, evil shall
that Day be for those who had been warned.

(37:178) Leave them alone for a while,

(37:179) and see; and they too shall soon see.

(37:180) Exalted be your Lord, the Lord of Glory, above what they attribute
to Him,

(37:181) and peace be upon the Messengers,

(37:182) and all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe.