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As-Saffat · Those who set the Ranks

182 ayahs Makki Pages 446–452 Juz 23
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who set the ranks in battle order

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فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

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فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who read (the Word) for a reminder,

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إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thy Lord is surely One;

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رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.

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إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

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وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWith security from every froward devil.

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لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

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دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOutcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

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إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.

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فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

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بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

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وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd heed not when they are reminded,

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وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd seek to scoff when they behold a portent.

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: Lo! this is mere magic;

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?

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أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd our forefathers?

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قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThere is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,

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وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.

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هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.

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۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallInstead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;

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وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd stop them, for they must be questioned.

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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth you that ye help not one another?

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بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but this day they make full submission.

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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).

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قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.

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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.

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فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNow the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).

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فَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.

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فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.

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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thus deal We with the guilty.

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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they were scornful

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وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?

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بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).

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إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -

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وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYe are requited naught save what ye did -

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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah;

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).